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The National tribune., 1889-11-07
THAT RIGHT WING.
A Maryland Boz Knows all About Il.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRiBUHR: Another long
controversy having begun the question.
Was the right wing turned May q, 1864"
Now, comrades, l rise To exclaim in emphatic
tones, yes, not only the right wing bnt por.
ton also OF the rear. ] secured this portion Of
the wing tpcrhaps feather thereof aud rear
In Washington few days before the breaking
up OF Winter quarters at Brandy Station. My
object IN bringing this addition 10 the army is
obvious. had for several months previous
held n soft place " ia Washington aud was in
hopes that Secretary Stanton would see the ne.
ccssity of my remaining 10 protect our homes,
while the other fellows were seeing after the
country and glory at the front. But the hon
orable Secretary failed to see it a. did. aud In
due Time was waited upon by messenger
from the War Department, who delivered an
envelope much longer than its contents, which
ran about thus: join your command without
| delay" Would here state am OF a social MA
tuTe, and on all such journeys 10 the front !
! liked company, therefore secured this part of
| the wing aud rear for c0mpany's sake; also 10
tote my blankets and c0mmissary. / neg.
] lectcd, however, To secure its name, and there
| is where missed IL. / think il was about five
| feet eight In hight, l25 pounds weight, and In
color dark copper. Now this portion Of the
wing began 10 turn IN early AS the 5th, ia
| fact, by shutdown ID had turned 10 the color Of
new saddle, though he manfuily held the POI
sitiOn assigned him, while claiming IL was not
! quite as much IN rear as formally agreed upon
/ On the 9th 10 showed more OF its wonderful
| power Of turning, aud once | detected milk.
and cider color; aud the last / ever saw Of my
rear wing Was long streak, resembling the
Milky Way" getting more rearward at light
ming speed, and with IL went my blanket, com
missaTy, good-wishes aud regret that the reg
ulations prevented me from doing Likewise
| But II has always been mystery 10 me how IL
broke through the lines OF tho 9TH Me-, as
know they poured q volley into the skirlnish-
line Of the Second Brigade, Third Division,
composed, think, OF the 9Th Md aud 10th
| Ohio, or PORTIONS Of those regiments, who were
falling back In good order at the same time
maintaining continuous fire in the face OF the
enemy, who were closely pursuing.
! Now, u any Of the comrades who seem to
! know all the details Of the turning" the fight
and flight, can give mo any information of my
| right wing, who did most OF the turning
aud who was most unquestionably turned /
| Will set 'em up at the next ReuniOn.-H ].
HAWKINS, First Toll Gate, Hartford Road, Bal
| ttmOfe Md.
The National tribune., 1889-11-07

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Something
about as certain as death and taxes can be-
found in the columns OF THE NATIONAL TRIB.
UEE each issue. Let some cOmrade make n
statement and claim that his regiment brigade.
division or corps did something, aud lust 40
sure he will have hornets nest about his ears
For example, take the I" Planting of fiues On
Lookout Mountain; "Who recaDtured N.
Gresss battery >; "Wh0se flank was Turned
at the Wilderness" aud 1000 other claims and
counter-clalms with which your columns have
been teeming for several years. Is IL not
strange that so many claimants should come
forth at this late day2 And they all quote
official reports as though they had them com.
mitted to memory, or had library at their
elbow which contains nothing but army mat.
ters. Aud what does the private soldier know
OF a battle but that which takes place in his
immediate front, If he was Il good soldier and
IN the ranksr Consider this fact, comrades.
aud perhaps some OF us will not try to tell how
this brigade was on the left Of that brigade /.
that such Il corps did not stand when the charge
was made. etc Ask any Brigadier- General of
your acquaintance who was known as a fighter.
and ] Will warrant that he will tell Won that
even he with several regiments under his com
mand, knew but little of what was transpiring
outside his immediate command. If tins is the
case, how can IA man in the ranks tell OF Tho
movements of any but his own company and
regimentf Stop and think over this matter
before you move whole armies and condemn
regiments for not coming up TO the mark
WEI. CLEARwATERs Washington, ID. q.
The National tribune., 1889-11-07
Personal,

Frederick Young, Co. r, 18th Iowa, Van
couver City. Wash, enlisted when but IL lie
wants to lot his comrades know that he is still
on the turf" and wishes they would write to
him.
Henry w. Mirise. Sergeant Major 1st Cav,
NJ. S. ~, Hnmansvile No., writes that some
people arc trying TO injure him by circulating
the report that he has no army record. He
wishes to say 10 all who have heard this report
that IL is lie, and in eorroboration Of his state
ment sends us a letter and an affidavit from
James II. b. McFarran, Colonel, LIST Cav, NJ. s.
NJ, In which the latter says: 80 far as l know
or believe, you were loyal and faithful in the
discharge of your duties as a soldier, and no
one who desires to be truthful can question
your war record, either in loyalty or service in
the army or 70 your country"
The National tribune., 1889-11-07
Random Shots.

Solomon Smith, Co. l., 37th H., Mendoza,
ILL.,, says that his regiment was one which
never lost its flag nor its honor although il had
some very hard experiences. His son has one
OF the stars of the old battleflag, which is now
at Springfield, Ill.
+. II. Smith, Co. G, 9th Iowa, Grant, Ore,
says that Shiloh was the first big battle In which
his regiment participated and the whole regi-
ment were taken prisoners though after being
confined for some time they were exchanged.
q. i. Gohn, Co. c. 4Sth Ind, La Grange Ind,
says that his regiment went to Pennington,
Miss, in May, 1862, to reconnoiter. They ran
u lot of hogs across the enemy's pieket-line,
aud were cooking large kettlefu of pork,
when the Johnnies came out from Corinth and
drove them away. They lost all their meat
except one ham, which one OF the boys carried
oil on his bayonet.
X. J. MeElvoy, Co. ID, 4th Iowa, Santa Mon
iea Cal. claims to be one of the youngest sol
diers. He was born Nov. 8, 1913, and enlisted
Feb. 1. 1862. He was wounded in the thigh at
Pea Ridge, and participated in ii other engage
ments. He was taken prisoner on the skirmish-
line at Atlanta, and confined five months and
"a days in AndeTsonvile
James T. Reardan, 18th Ind battery, Ma
tional Home, Wis, has been reading this paper
for eight years, and has never yet seen any
mention of his battery. 1t served To the end of
the war; aud came out with as good record
as any of the regiments and batteries that
served from that State. Al Cedar Creek it lost
five men killed aud 10 wounded out of so, and
30 horses were shot down. Neither has he seen
any mention OF the Saith Mass IA regiment that
served with his ON many campaigns. He
would like to have some one of the boys who
can do il justicewrite an account of the capture
of the 9th Md. Oct Is 1863, at Charlestown, Va.
All infections of the blood are removed by
AuartS Sold hv al lruugisfa
The National tribune., 1889-11-07
CONsuMrTioN CultEn.

An old physician, retired from practice, had
placed Ia his hands by East India missionary the
formula ola simple vegetable remedy for the speedy
and permanent cure of Consumption. bronchitis
Catarrh Asthma and Nil Throat ana Lung Alice
lions, also positive and radical cure for Nervous
Debility aud all nervous complaints. Having tested
It's wonderful curative powers in thousands cases
and desiring to relieve human Suffering will send
fIee OF chnrge to all who wish it, this recipe in
German, French, or English, with full directions
for preparing and using. Sent by mail by address
Ing, with stamp, naming this paper, w. A. NoyEs
so P0Eers' Block, Rochester, ~. Y
The National tribune., 1889-11-07

he fight, it is confidently trusted that he will
wheel into line with tho majority of the boys,
as he did during the war, for the honor of the
subordinates aud men of the Armies of the Po-
tomac and Shenandoah and their flag-and for
the flag, too, of an undivided country.-H.
CAPEHART, Fargo N. Oak.
The National tribune., 1889-11-07
Address Registered Letters containing

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Anything IN offered f0r LES Than DollAx Il
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PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Information Asked and Given.


VIM. Green, Co. II, 51st Ohio. Laeeyville, o.,
took prisoner at Resaca and gave him in
charge of a Captain. After the fight he was
unable to find any trace of either the Captain
or his prisoner, and If the former is living he
would like to hear from him.
Andrew Mcfarland, 14th and 18th H., Comp
ton, Cal. says that at the close of the war tho
18th and 18th III. Veteran battalion numbered
90 men, all told. He has the roll of those 80
men, and any of the boys who went from
Big Shanty to the sea with Sherman will con-
fer a favor by writing to him.
Comments and Corrections.
Chris. Schauss Co. T., 41st N. Y, Nina, Pa,
says that Comrade Benkner Co. f. 54th N. Y,
and Stotz, Co. e. 45th N. Y, are wrong in re-
gard to the soldiers drowned in the Shenan-
doah River. The writer says the men belonged
to the 10Th Pa, under command of Col. Bohlon,
and, including officers and men, III persisted.
The Colonel got the nick name of "The Water
man" and was known by that name throughout
the division. He was shot near the Rappahan
mock in skirmish about Aug. Ii, shortly
before tho second battle Of Bull Run.
Joseph A. Stuart, Pawtucket Box, Lowell,
Mass, c0rrects the statement recently made
that Corporal Luther G. Todd was the first
man killed in the war. 1t was Luther G. Ladd,
9th Mass.
Ezra Mcconnell, Flushing, o., declares that
all are mistaken who state that Capt. Groce
was not in command of the forlOrn hope ut
Vicksburg May %, 1863. Lieut.. George Il.
O'Neill, Co. G, 30th Ohio. was second in COM
mand. Groce and ONell were both wounded,
and Groce was aftorward- killed at Fort Me-
Allister while serving on Gen. Hazens staff. A
communication from Capt. j. Il. Ridenour, 55th
ILL.,, Woodruff, ILL.,, corroborates the statements
of Comrado Mcconnell.
II. ID. Loveland, Co. T. 9TH Pa. Cav, Lamar,
Pa, says that sometime ago he stated in these
columns that his company had on its rolls II
pairs Of brothers. ono trio and three fathers
with their sons At Reunion Of tho regiment
held Oct % no ascertained that he was mis-
taken. The company had 81 pairs of brothers.
one trio, and three fathers each with a son. lie
wants to know If this can DO matched by any
other company.
A. NJ. Zines, Co d, 18th U. 6. Concord June
tion. Mass, says also that the first man killed
in battle was Luther G.. Iadd, Co. G, 9Th Mass,
and that few minutes after he fell a comrade
named Whitney was killed. The writer thinks
Whitney was a native OF Maine. Ladd was
born in Alexandria n. H.. and both he aud
Whitney were residents OF Lowell, Mass, at
the time of their enlistment. Their bodies
were taken 10 Lowell. where they now rest
under fine granite monument erected by the
city.
The National tribune., 1889-11-07
Old O,ereoais.

Samuel Wambaugh, Co. A. 10th U. s., Arier-
Vile, Pa, has his old overcoat that no wore
at Spotisylvania. IL is in good condition. and
served him two years on the frontier of Min
nesota after the war.
John Brown, Co. K, lst Wis. Cav. Beaver
Dam, Wis. has his overcoat that no wore
through Georgia in 1864. aud says il Is in good
condition. He also has his tin cup and hatchet
1924 camo on.
John W. Riscb, Co. F, 9Th n. Y. II. A., VAL
Icy Creek. Mimi, has his old oyereoat that he
wore june 3, 1864. in the bayonet charge at
Cold Harbor There are four buIlet-holes
through it, and it is stained somewhat with
his blood
The National tribune., 1889-11-07
Give Them Their Dues.

The comrades of Huntingdon. Tenn, are
complaining that, although they have a num-
Der Of old soldiers in that town who were APP
plicants for the position Of Postmaster. former
rebel still holds the Office. The Postmaster
General has been appealed TO. but has taken no
action in the matter So far.
J. w. Hight. Sergeant. Co. C. 18th Ill. Cav,
Leadville, Colo, says that on Feb. 8. 1864 Gen.
Sherman. with 10000 men, left Nicksbarg for
Meridian, Miss. One brigade of cavalry coz
sisted of the 4th Iowa, 9th and 18th H., and
l0th No, under command Of Col. Winslow. 18th
Iowa. The rebels were met az Champion Hills.
The cavalry brigade drove them back until
near Jackson, where they formed their line
back of the old breastworks built By Grant in
1863 i'm the rear of Nicksburg. Col. Winslow's
Brigade charged the Confederates, and succeed
ed in capturing a cannon and number of prs-
oneTs When the brigade returned TO camp, its
term of enlistment being out, most Of the men
re.enlisted and went home on 80 days furlOugh.
The 18th H.. in recognition of its having capt
ured "A cannon, was allowed 20 take il North,
aud the gun Is to-day at Springfield, Ill.
The National tribune., 1889-11-07

lizard Tack and Coffee Is wonderful war
book, fitting supplement to Grants Memoirs
Agents everywhere are making splendid sales
For circulars and full ..fOrmation address Hard
Tack Publishing Co., 81 CoTnhili, Boston, Mass.
The National tribune., 1889-11-07

All infections of tho blood are removed by
Ayers Sarsaparilla. Sold by all druggists.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-07-31
Development Of the Skull.

Chicago Times.
Mr.. Digit, professor of anatomy
in the American college at Beirut,
Syria, gives some very interesting
results of his examination of col
lection of human skulls which are
stored away in an old monastery in
the Kedron valley, midway between
Jerusalem and the Dead sea. he
has made a careful comparison of
these skulls with those of the same
race at the present day, and finds
some significant differences. The
Caucasian skull has during the last
thirteen centuries increased in cir
conference nearly two inches, and
has gained considerable in cranial
capacity. There has been no m
crease III width. The brain has
gained in height and width. e.,
there has been development of the
upper and anterior papts of the
brain. theparts which we should ex-
pect to increase by education and
civilization, as they preside over the
moral and intellectual functions.
The lower portions of the brain, in
which the lower or more selfish pro-
pensities are conferred, and which give
breadth to the head, have, in the
march of the centuries, failed to
grow as rapidly as the higher brain
centuries, hence the non-increase in
the width OF our skulls. Chicago
Times.
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LII D.
From the Rev. DR.. Leonard Bacon.

From the Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon.
When the college wants to compli-
ment a visitor, or benefactor, or
one who may become a benefactor,
and annot make anything else out
of him, it can always make him a
doctor of laws. He may be land
speculator, or may have invented a
cooking stove, or may be proficient
in cuneiform Inscriptions, or may
have found an osteriod, ormay have
put upa new brand of tobacco--it
does not matter, Ii. D. looks well
after any mans name, and LII. d.
tits.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-07-31

Is it probable that what million women
say after daily trial is a mistake? They say
they know by test that Dobbins' Electric is
most economical, purest and best They
have had "a years to try it. You give it one
trial.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-07-31
JohnstoWn Horror !!

Our New Book. The Johnstown Horror ory alley
ofDeath the stthril!ing bookever issued gents
wanted in every township. Terms SO olo, Outfits,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-07-31

a poorly kept hedge is worse than
no fence at all, besides being q posi-
tive injury to the land
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-07-31

pocket mirror free to smokers of Tan
stills Punch" .5e. Cigar
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The Gods give no great good without la
bor'' is an old proyerb, and true one the
hardest labor is not always that which is the
best paid, however. To those in search of
light, pleasant and profitable employment,
we say write to B. F. johnson & Co.. Rich
mond, Va.
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--Reo-NN

The Disciples denomination is to establish
college in Minneapolis.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-07-31

j. J. West is ousted from the editorial con-
troll OF the Chicago Times.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-07-31

Lewis Bros. & Co., dry goods, of Philadel-
phia, fail for four millions.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-07-31

People who desire to preserve their health
should be exceedingly careful about their
diet at this season, and at no time should
they be without a supply OF PERRY DAVIS
PAIN KILLER. the safest, surest and speediest
remedy for all troubles of the stomach and
bowels. All druggists sell it.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-07-31

Some of the lynchers of James Ayerell and
Kate Maxwell are arrested in Wyoming.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-07-31

Menominee gets the episcopal military
school for Northern Wisconsin.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-09-19

SomF pcoT e are afraid to elt fruit,
thinking that fruit and diarrhea are
always associated, when, if they under
stood the true cause OF the diarrhoa,
they would know that il was caused by
eating meat. Ia hot weather meat
putrefes very quickly, and during this
process alkaloids are formed which are
very poisonous, acting as ometics and
purgaJives. IT'S true that fruit eaten
green or between meals will interfere
with digestion and cause bowel
troubles; but use fruit that is perfectly
ripe aT mealtime. and only beneficial
results will follow.
Acids prevent calcerous degenera
tions, keeping the bones elastic, as
well as preventing the accumulation of
earthly matters. This is because Of
the solvent power of the acids; but
manufactured acids are not harmless,
as are those which nature has pre-
pared for US in the various kinds OF
fruit Fruit is perfect food when
fully ripe, but il it were in daily use
from youth to age there would be less
govt gall-stones and stone in the
bladder. SteweI apples, pears and
plums are favorite articles OF diet. For
breakfast or luncheon, in the dining
room or in the nursery, there are few
table dishes more wholesome and more
delicious than well stcwed fruit served
up with cream or custard.
There are many persons, however,
who cannot eat ii on account either Of
the acidity of the fruit or the excess of
sugar necessary to make it palatable
Sugar does not, OF course, counteract
acidity; it only DISCUSSES it, ana its use
in large quantities is calculated TO re-
tard digestion. The housewife may,
therefore, be grateful for the reminder
that a pinch, very small pinch, OF
carbonate of soda, sprinkled over the
fruit previously to cooking, will save
sugar, and will render the dish at
once more palatable and more whole
some--Medical Classics.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-09-19

or coal-heavers, east or west OF the
Alleghanies, or herders rounding UP
steers on the plains of Colorado.
Analogy leads us to anticipate this,
for the sons OF such workingmen it is
who have formed a majority of every
cabinet in the history of the country.
At least ten Of our presidents have
grown from young men who worked as
day laborers for hire, and sometimes
did not know where they should get
their next dinner.
Secretary jeremiah M. Rusk OF the
agricultural department is n fine
sample of the self-made man of this
generation. He was born and grew
to manhood in the southeastern corner
of Ohio, near the banks of the Little
Muskingum. Here his father had
early stuck his stakes in the midst of
the primeval forest. Jerry was very
big and strong of his age and always
after he was II he did mans day s
work.
beguiled him the other day into
talking about those days. My mind
craved knowledge he said. as much
9s it has ever done, but | hated the
schoolroom and its restraints. | was
a truant whenever could be and now
/ often lament that did not stick TO
my books. But l had uncommon
strength and agility, and took great
pleasure in them. After | was - my
father always put me forward to led
the men all day at whatever was to be
done-sowing, reaping, blowing, now
ing, logging or pulling stumps. We
cut grain with a sickle then, and half
an acre was IL fair days work. Our
farfl had to be cut out of the solid for
est by the toughest OF hard work, and
i detested the work and worry of get
ting out the underbrush. / learned
to do everything that a farm re-
quired.
I'VE had all the sports OF a frontier
neighborhood, and they sprang from
the same motives and needs that actu-
ate the young to-day. The first dance
l ever attended was held in one OF
those primitive cabins on puncheon
floor. You don't know what pun
cheon floor is? Why, floor of logs
or slabs, the upper floor of which
has been rudely ax-hewn to level
| it."
was afterwards speaking about
this talk With IL Wisconsin neighbor
of Secretary Rusk, Capt. Bacon.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-09-19

son speaks very tenderly OF these pa
thetic scenes in his early life.
The first dollar | ever earned" he
says. on those rare occasions when he
alludes to the subject ''was earned
picking up and piling stones on a
neighbours farm. | picked stones six
days at 25 cents day and earned $3.50,
with which got my mother a new
calico dress.
Before he was IL he had enlisted IN
the army and hurled to the front Be-
fore he was 10 he had both legs shot
off at the second Bull Run. Before he
was 10 he got pair OF wooden legs and
had learned photography and return
ed to Washington to do such reporting
as he could find.
In April, 1865 he was boarding in q
little brick house on Tenth street, OPP
posite Ford's theatre, and one evening
just as he was going TO bed ne heard a
tumult outside and the cry, Lincoln
is shot!n
The wounded president was carried
in next door, and in half an hour Stan
ton had organized there in back room
II court of inquiry. He called for u re-
porter TO take testimony. Young
Tanner was summoned from next
door,
| called on n recent evening at the
old Georgetown mansion in which
Commissioner Tanner lives. When l
referred to the Lincoln incident he
went to a drawer and carefully re-
moved and unrolled some photographic
manuscript. looked at it to be re-
port in very ligible short hand of the
testimony of that fateful night.
"A young man whom / knew came
and called me- said Mr.. Tanner. Il
could not get from one house to the
other because Of the crowd, and | went
up stairs and crossed upon the balco-
MES. From IL o'clock till in the
morning testimony was taken, and l
wrote as hard as | could. Then went at
work to transcribe it in long baud, and
wrote till 6. In the front room lay
Mr.. Lincoln surrounded by doctors and
friends, and Mrs. Lincoln and the
children were in another room weep
ing aloud. just before Mr.. Lincoln
died Invent into the room again and
remained till all was over.
w. A. CRoFFUT.