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PERSONAL.

Capt. James H. Harold. one of the heroes of
the Swamp Angel" Fort Wagner and Morris
Island S. c., has been appointed Postmaster of
Dunellen, Middlesex Co, ". J. He was one of the
first to volunteer in Brooklyn, II. Y. He respond
ed Immediately to President Bincolns first call for
10000 men. enrolling himself in Co, c, 18th n. Y
After the first Bull Run he took in the situation at
glance, and while yet in the three-months serv-
ice prepared himself for company officer, and
passing an examination as such before the New
York Board of Examiners, he again volunteered
for the war; and joined Co. I, LIST n. Y. Engineers
rs private. He passed through the various grades
of promotion and the first enlisted man of the
regiment promoted to Lieutenantcy, and was in
command of his company at the time the original
members were mustered out Capt. Harold served
continually from April % 1861 until March s. 1865,
when his term of service expired.
Hon Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine, who was elect
ed President on the ticket with Abraham
Lincoln In 1860 is nearing his sOth year but is hale
and hearty yet AT the banquet of the Sons of Vet
Grams on Wednesday evening last Mt Bangor, Me-,
he responded to the toast Our Fathers" as though
he was still youth 1t is hard to realize that 50
wears ago he was Speaker of the Maine House of
Representatives, and that when John Tyler was
President he was Member of Congress from
Maine. He is n member of the GAR, having
served for short time during the war He con-
tradicls the old saying that the good always die
young.
Col. Frank c. LOveland, who appointed by
the President on Thursday last as Pension Agent
in New York city to succeed Gen, Franz Sigel, was
born in Ohio, but has lived in New York since the
war He enlisted private in the 9th Ohio Cav.
in 1861 and passed through the grades to the Col
oneley of that regiment, which grade he held ut
the time of its muster-Out in 1863 Col. Loveland
- Al, D..
reau in 1881, and was stationed in New York city.
and remained in the position until removed by
Secretary Lamar because he refused to vote for Mr..
Cleveland. He is great friend of Gen. Sigel I'M
der whom he served for some time. Col. Loveland
was ohampioned for the position by both the New
York Senators. Commissioner Tanner, exCommis-
sioner Dudley, and great many other prominent
men of New York city and State.
Col. Asa G. Matthews, Of Illinois, who was APP
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SOLDIERS HOMES.
How the One at Learenuorth Is coudueie.

How the One at LeaYenH0rth Is Conducted.
EDITOR NATIONAL Tribune: Not having
seen anything in your valuable paper from this
portion of this grand terrestrial sphere, I
thought l would spend few moments with
you to let you know that we stiI survive.
In company with Col. A. b. Wright, OF Geo H.
Thomas Post, No. D Department of illinois,
Chicago, with our wives, your humble servant
made visit TO the Soldiers Home at Leaven-
worth. Kan, recently, and viii say, to be-
gin with. that instead of being a guard-hOuse
OF a prison, as it has often been denomiuated,
it is one of Gods palaces. There one sees
all the home eOmforts-ali that any reasonable
person could wish for Under the able man
agement Of Col. ShOckley, the old boys get ali
that heart could wish.
We observed very closely how things we're
being conducted, that we might be able to re-
flute any and all reports to the contrary. We
watched the old veterans as they hled into the
large and spacious dining hall 200 and bet
ter-alI more or less tinged with gray and,
like the days Of old when they were marching
on the enemy at Marye's Nights, FrederiekS-
burg, the "a Bloody Angle at SpOttsylvania, or
other battlefelds, the same measured tread
could be observed. 1t was a grand sight TO see
those old defenders of their cosntry march
up to the meSsrOOm, every one having his ac-
customed place at the table. old and hoary
heads, many who had passed their allotted
three-score years and ten. One would hardly
believe that there were so many Of the old boys
yet alive.
After visit through the hospital. conducted
by SurgeOn-in- Charge Viewer, who, by the way,
is the right man in the right place. we visited
the workshops where all kinds Of carpenter
work IS performed under the foremanship Of
skilled mechanics, all inmates OF the Home
After passing through all the different depart
ments one could not but excaim that this is
one of the grandest and best Governments that
the sun ever shone on. Instead of the Soldiers
Home being prison. il is perfect paradise.
1t has been said that the old soldiers. as 4
class, are the worst set OF franks shat ever ex-
listed, aud / believe il IS so. They are like
clock or an engine without 3 balance-Wheel
but they are exeusable TO great extent. Those
who have lost a limb, and perhaps both limbs,
or have been otherwise crippled for life IN de-
tense of that dear old flag that the Nation
might live; who gave up all-hOmes, wives,
ehildren-cnly reserying home beyond this
world have a right to be cranks; and stand
ready to Join and defend them all on this
proposition. 1t is we'll worth ones time to
make visit to one Of these Soldiers Homes;
and before closing this / do not wish to slight
the ladies in what they have done for this
Home at LeavenwOrth, for almost every room
one enters he sees the hnger-marks Of the
WR.C. and other kind ladies of the State Of
der-easy-cushions. headrests. spreads, etc.
while in many rooms more especially IN the
hospital, one sees evidences of the grand work
OF the noble Woman's Relief COrps.-F. @
JONES, Captain, Gath n. y, Kansas City, Mo.
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KEEP ITSM MIND.

Comrades, keep it in mind that we want
Section 1854, Revised Statutes, 50 amended
as to give preference in all forms of public
employment to all veterans. This section
now reads:
Persons honorably discharged from the military
or naval service by reason Of disability resulting
from wounds or sickness incurred in line of duty
shall be preferred for appointments TO civil Offices
provided they are found to possess the business ca
pacity necessary for the proper discharge Of the
duties Of such offices.
The amendments we desire are:
1. That the preference shall be extended
to those who were discharged on account
of the expiration of their term of service
or the end of the war.
q That it shall not be confined to Off
ces," but extend to all manner of public
employment
3. That there shall be penal clause COM
polling those who have the appointing
power to obey the law.
Talk this matter over in your Post meet
ings and other gatherings, comrades. Let
your Representatives understand your
wishes, and we shall have the law properly
amended at the next session of Congress.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
A SERIOUS MIST AXE.

The Milwaukee hotels have made seri-
Gus mistake in declining to allow accommo-
dations to be engaged in advance for the
National Encampment A letter from the
Secretary of the GAR. Local Executive
Committee to Department Commander Pier
point, of Connecticut, says:
The leading hotels decline to engage rooms
ahead, and think your best way will be to do, as
some of the other Departments have already done
TO have this committee assign you and your staff
quarters in some Of our private residences. While
they are not as large the hotels they have all the
conveniences and comforts of the Plankinton, and
IL is the intention of the householder to make his
guests feel Just as much at home and ease and
servants Just as attentive, as though stopping at
public house.
Many of our finest residences have been thus
placed at the command the committee, and some
of the leading Generals and public men have
already been assigned.
The Department Commander of Wisconsin holds
very close relations TO The manager of the leading
hotel here, AMI he was unable to secure for the
Commander Chief quarters ahead and it will be
only as matter of special favor that he be per-
mitted, by occupying the rooms q week or ten avs
in advance and paying for them, TO have them at
his disposal Encampment week. 1t is possible
General Warner himself may go TO a private resi-
dence with his stall.
You will of course. understand that a public hall
is provided for headquarters of each Department
for business and social purposes without cost, and
will be at your command during the week. All of
these viii be comfortable and provided with mod
crn toilet and other facilities such as is usual to
society halls and the like.
This is blunderipgly wrong, and will
grievously interfere with the success and
enjoyment of the. Encampment. Great
numbers of comrades will not go, and they
certainly will not take their wives if on ar
rival they have to scramble for accommo-
dations in the throng which will descend
upon the little city of Milwaukee on the
eve of the Eecampment. dThe hotel keepers
are making a serious blunder as far as their
own interests are concerned. They have
never had to deal with as big crowd as
will visit them next August, and their work
would be much easier and more satisfactory
if they would assign rooms in advance so
that all their guests would be placed on ar
rival, without friction.
Then the talk of quartering the Com
mander-in- Chief and the Department Com
manders with stats in private houses is
preposterous. These officials must be To-
Gated centrally, and where they are easily
accessible, which will not be the case il
established in private residences. Again,
much of the enjoyment of National En-
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NORTHERN men are leayening the dull
Old South with progress. The men of the
Army of the Cumberland can remember no
sleeper, slower village than Florence, Ala.
Implanted houses, woodpiles in front of the
doors, unpaved, unguttered streets covered
with rank dog-fennel to the rutty track in
the center, no sidewalks anywhere, and the
principal industry of the men chewing to-
bacco, talking politics and sampling mint
juleps. This was a picture of the town
i. " afo' de wah.n Now it is having boom of
Che most pronounced variety. Northerners,
seeing the advantages of the place, have
swarmed in there, and within short time
have established 20 factories, with an aggre-
gate capital of $1,50OOOO. The habits of
the natives are not much disturbed by this
influx, however. Nothing but being born
again, of different parents, will accomplish
that
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TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON, D. C., NAY 16. 1889.
RENEW IN TINE.

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The number Of this paper is 405. If the
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that he viii receive but two more numbers,
and he should renew at once. fit is 408 he
viii get three more papers, and SO on.
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There is only limited number Of the beauti-
ful and suggestive Veterans Calendar" left
Rnd comrades should not delay any longer in
providing themselves with them. There is
nothing Ike il 10 the market. and every soldier
desires one for his home or Office All who
have obtained them say that they are worth
much more than their cost, and are delighted
with them. They are sent, securely packed,
10 any address, upon receipt Of % cents; FIVE
for 81. Address TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
Washington. d. Q.
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pointed last week as First Comptroller Of the Treas
ury, is the present Speaker Of the Illinois House "a
Representatives and has held that position for sew
eral terms. He enlisted in 1861 in the 99sh H. and
left the service on the musser-out Of his regiment
as Lieuienant-C Colonel. being in command Of the
regiment FOR the last year Of its service He lives
in Pttsfeld, H. and was Collector Of Internal
Revenue for the Peoria District for several years
He is an excellent lawyer and it is predicted that
lie VIII make an excellent Comptroller.
The San Francisco people had grand celebra-
ton of the Centennial Inauguration, and one Of
the features was recitation Of cd Glory" by
Mrs. Nellie Holbrook Blinn The san Francisco
Can says Of it Il is hardly necessary TO refer TO
the iadys acknowledged elccutiouary ability fur
Their than to state that the immense audience was
silent as the grave while she was speaking, and
when she had finished the applause was deafening.
She was laden with floral trophies and was COM
PEELED to come forward and bow her acknowledge
menis twice before the applause subsidized. Mrs.
Binn's costume was very effective. II consisted OK
askirt Of sky-blue corded silk, with an overdress
OF antique blue and white brocade, cut decollete,
with eorsage bouquet Of jacqueminot roses. Her
hands were covered with s<y-bIue Bernhardt
gloves and she carried fan Of white ostrich
feathers.
Mayor Thcsnas Carson of Brownsville. Tex, has
been in Washington for the past week. He gained
considerable notoriety while the Mayor Of Browns
vile during the yeliow-fever epidemic at that
place several years ago by refusing to leave the
city when it considered almost certain death
TO remain. He was blockade runner during The
war, aud did some daring acts in passing out
from the North Carolina ports through the block
aiding squadron. He is thoroughly reconstructed,
however.
Gen. Clinton B. Fisk has accepted the Presi-
deney Of the New York Accident Insurance. Conn
pany.
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campment is made up of meeting old COM
rades In order to do this it is necessary
for those who contemplate attending to
know in advance where they can find one
another or their regiments, brigades, etc.
To not be able to do this viii produce end
less confusion and disappointment. Time
that should be devoted to pleasant reunion
viii be squandered in vexatious hunting
around for quarters for ones sell, and for the
stopping places of those whom it is desired
to meet. Confusion and disappointment
will reign.
AT the Encampments at Columbus and
st. Louis, headquarters for the Commander
in-Chief, the various Departments, the Army
Societies, corps, brigades and regiments were
selected and announced long in advance, and
everybody who intended going had the OPP
portunity of knowing just where he would
find those whom he most wished to
see. This privilege is to be denied those
attending at Milwaukee, and the knowledge
of it will keep thousands away who do not
feel like scrambling for quarters after reach
ing the city, and then not be where their
friends can find them, or they their friends.
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is perfect little library in Itself It is iRval-
liable for sehool-children, Cor it answers all
their innDmerable questions al once and accH-
Talely, giving them Information that they
might have TO hunt through volumes before
finding. 1t is Of equal value 10 all classes of
readers for il explains who people, countries
and things are who are constantly alluded to in
tho papers, magazines and books one reads. The
Cyciopedia viii be sent, postage paid, to any
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WE have occasion to say so much in con-
domination of the imitation Englishmen who
make up the snobocraey of New York and
New England, that it is a pleasure OCCASION
ally to recognize some good coming out of
Nazareth. Mr.. E. Fl. Schermerhorn is one
of this class He is very rich and so devot-
ed to English things that he never reads an
American newspaper. He is leader in
that paradise of snobbery-Newport. Re-
Gently he startled his acquaintance by buy
ing large and valuable lot in a cemetery
at Newport, and presenting it to the city as
a burial place for the soldiers and sailors.
We will except Mr.. schermerhorn, hence
forth, in our mild animadyersions against
his set.
The National tribune., 1889-05-16

By encouraging her beet root sugar pro-
duction by proper protection, Germany has
in few years stopt the outflow of money to
other countries for sugar and directed the
current into pockets of her own people. She
has become one of the great sugar producing
countries of the world. We can do the same
The S10O,OO0,0oO which we send abroad
every year should be kept at home and put
in the pockets of our own farmers
The National tribune., 1889-05-16
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY ls

S433, 100000 in all--in supporting armies
which in IS years have not done altogether
as much hard fighting as the armies to
which these pensioners who receive $50, 00o,-
600 belonged did in four years.
We cannot forbear one more comparison
with European standards to show how much
bloodier was the fighting of our own sol
diers. The charge of the Light Brigade at
Balaklava stands out in the history of all
European wars as the most murderous loss
ever sustained by a single organization IN
battle. It has been sung about, painted in
pictures, and made the subject of countless
pieces of mastery word-painting. What
are the exact figures? 1t started upon the
charge with 673 men, and lost 113 killed
and 134 wounded; total PAT, or 36.7 per
cent of its number. This was its first and
only battle After that it rested on its lau-
rels. There were scores of regiments in our
army which lost more heavily than this in
single engagements, after having suffered
severely before, and which went on to other
battles, where they suffered still more.
Take, for example, the LIST Mimi, which,
after having fought valiantly at the first
Bull Run, on the Peninsula, at thesecond Bull
Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chan
cellorsville, found itself at Gettysburg, with
the 1880 men it started out with reduced
to 262. At critical point in the battle
Hancock found it necessary to sacrifice it to
gain few minutes time. He ordered it to
charge into an overwhelming mass of the
enemy, and capture their colors, which it
did, though almost annihilated. 1t lost rs
killed or MORALLY wounded, and 149 wound
ed-224 in all, or 81 per cent! This did not
stop its fighting either, for it lost in nearly
every battle the Army of the Potomac
fought afterward. The Light Brigade's loss
in killed was 1913 per cent. The following
table shows an equal or greater percentage
of loss of some of our regiments in single
! enoaoenenfs.
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Dickens's Works.
Fifteen ClOth-BOund Books for S..

We have come in possession Of number Of
complete sets of the works of Charles Dickens
Tho greatest Of modern noyelists-which we
viii offer TO subscribers of The NATIONAL
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lowing novels and sketches complete and una
bridged:
PiekWick Papers MiseelIanies
Oliver Twist Bleak House.
Dnconanaercial Traveller. Our Mutual Friend
David Copper1ieid- Little Dorrit.
Great Expectations. Christmas Books.
Pictures from italy. Tale of Two Cities
American Notes. A Message from the Sea-
Donbey and SON Sketches by Boz.
Barnaby Ridge Hard Times.
Edwin brood Martin Chuzzlewit.
Nicholas Eickleby. Child's History of Eng
Old Curiosity Shop. land.
Miscellaneous Pieces.
These volumes each contain about 500 pages
Of large, clear print with illustrations by noted
artists. They are a library ia themselves.
They are strongly bound in cloth and contained
In a neat pasteboard box, and viii be sent by
express 10 ANY subscriber on receipt Of S6-the
purchaser 10 pay express charges. These will
make a handsome holiday present to any boy
girl. II "a much tle best cheap edition Of Dick
ems 10 be obtained aHglOhere.
Address, THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
Washington, ID. q.
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THE RED ACORN

The most fascinating novel ever written. By
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Address THE NATIONAL Tribune
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CRUISE OF THE MONTAUK.
A Charming Story Of Salt Water
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uncle and aunt-will be fascinated with. It
created great deal Of interest when it first
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Its author was the late Gen. Jas McQuade,
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Now is the time to secure handsomely
bound copy Of Campfire. Memorial Day.
and Other Poems by Mrs. Kate B. Sherwood.
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IF the new method of executing by cleo
tricity can be made as certain as the acci-
dental destruction of life by touching a
charged wire is, there will be nothing left
to be desired. A workman or passer-by
comes in contact with seemingly harmless
bit of iron, and passes into eternity instantly
and without groan. But there is danger
that the same ill-luck will attend the official
use of the apparatus that accompanies the
Sheriff's management of the moose. A party
of children at play, or of lynchers discourag-
nghorse-stealing never has the least trouble
in making a moose that is deadly sure, while
we have all manners of unnecessary horrors
when an officer of the law tries to carry out
the sentence of the court.
The National tribune., 1889-05-16

THE wealth of country is in its labor.
Protection secures the greatest return of
wealth from given amount of labor, and is
therefore the proper policy to be pursued.
The National tribune., 1889-05-16

INDIoATIoNs.-The will be an area of
low veracity, ending in cyclone of walls
over the Lost Cause, at Fayetteville, N. c.,
Nov. 81. JEFF Davis is going to speak there
then on 1.-THE Federal Constitution"
The National tribune., 1889-05-16

IF each subscriber TO THE NAIT0NAL
TRIBUNE aoM charge himself Nth getting
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