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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-07

KALAMAZOO. Mich. March 6.-Last
Saturday might n students of Kalamazoo
college kidnapped Prof. Ferry and In-
structor TrobridRe. bound them and left
them lying out i'm "a corn field. il being
nearly two hours before they succeeded
in liberstinG themselves. The faculty to-
day expelled one senior. suspended an
other and freshman for "a year, while
the other Ia students are suspended for
the remainder OF the school year. The
punishment j. generally considered too
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WAsHISGToS. March "a copy of the
charges preferred by General Hastings
against Commander McCalia and other
officers OF the United States steamer En-
terprise, of scandalotis conduct at Ber-
muda. has been referred by the secretary
of the navy to the officers concerned for
explanation. The charges are to- the eff
feet that McC Calla and three. other officers
were shamefully drunk and tlisorticrly AT
Hamilton. Bermuda. on the sunday while
the Enterprise was at anchor in the har-
bor with the dead body OF th.. late Minis
ter Peudleton on hoard.
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MASorETTE, Mich. March Warden
Tompkins OF the penitcnti,ry shot the
notorious train and stage robber and
murderer .Polsehs,ey through the hand
Tonight i'm order tn disarm him. Poi-e-
haey had In some manner secured "a table
knife and ground il down to "A point, and
was threatening ,hs. lif. of a fellow pri--
oner. The warSien'- shot carried away
all the hugers of his right hand.
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SYDNEY. March "a -kulling match
has been arranged between Neil Matter
son and Peter Kemp for the champion
,hi,, of the world. The race to take place
on April %.
William j. O'Connor. the Canadian
oar-niari. has arrived here.
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toLuMBts. Ohio, March 6.--The senate
this evening passed tine house till r,sli--
tricting the state for congressional pur-
posses and IL will become law with th.,
governors signature. All the democrats,
supported the. measure.
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Z,SziBAs. March S.-Major Wi~sn.nn
attacked the fortified position held by
Bwaua Heri. At Atmlnbate. ON january
4. and carried il after sewers, lighting.
The German force consisted of jnO Sou
danese and ~ officers, while Bwana Herr
had I. .sAp men. The hattl.. lasted several
hours and the victory of thu German COM
fnand..r Was complete.
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IN TIE COMMONS.
The raro~it Conn t.stssn Report Debated
at Length.


LoNDoN. March 6.-Iu the commons
this evening the debate ON the parn..ll
commission report was resumed by Pro-
fessor Bryce. who praised Parncll and
Davit; for rendering "a great service to
England in bringing about the feeling is-
tween ttis. Two countries.
Sir Charles Russell said hc could not
regard the commission Judges men free
from prcpossessions and pr,judiccs. A
bad precedent had been made in the
questions having chiefly a political AS
pcct. The whole ease had been con-
Quoted with pertiuacio'i- r:.ncor by the
attorney-gcncral. manner ia which IL
would not have been conducted IL the Iso-
litical character of the commission had
not swept away it's Judgment.
Attorneys: neral Webster said hr had
been represented throughout by the
speakers of the opposition as a villain
only doing his duiy a. counsel
Throughout the case mo steps had been
crnIncnt had aimed solely to throw the
clcarest possible light upon the sloings of
the lcagucrs. Truth. not rnisrcprcsenta-
had provided impartial minds with evil
ienc" that justified the accusations
against tl,. Parnciiitcs. Parncli
single speech in which he
had denounced the ,i-s, Of dynamite. The
wcr,, made that should not have been
made. The respondents had withdrawn
their ease. Tut the fact was that more wit
ncs-cs were called. more than the Ti8iss
ease fs.ing proved. IL was only hIs duty
tn reply to the accusations as "a r,.prcsen-
tativc of tho Tunes and leave the matter
in the hands of the house. Major Sander
son described at length what he callesi
the dual method of the Parucliites. Ia
was their custom to collect dynamite.
funds in America and crate on the ..thc
union of hearts at home" Sanslcrson
cusesl Dillon of indirectly encouraging the
manning of cattl. whcrcupon Par
nell shouted ..liar" The speaker
sternly called for order. Sanslerson
twittcd Harcourt with having cost the
country at the rate Of E1OuD yearly for
protection from the ,lytlatnitcrs
when he was home secretary. and
now his body Ruari. composed of nation
alists. was paid by Ford.
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Females In Rattle.

PARIS. March6.-The Soir,i has received
news that another battle was fought be-
tween the French tr. ops and troops of the
king Of Dahoney. Eight were killed and
many wounded. A number of Frenchu,en
and other Europeans were captured ty
Daliomians. Other atlvices received here
state that after the above mentioned fight
the DahomAn- made. "A second attack
upon kotonon. They finally rs.-
pulsed. leaving tOO of their number dead
on tn. field. Among the dead wer.. found
several of the female warriors of the king
of Dahomcy.
The National tribune., 1890-01-30
CAN. ~ LON nn,,s.s rnnernl-

John Stewart, Senior Vice Commander, T. o.
Howe Post New Orleans, La, having noticed
reports that at the funeral ceremonies of JEFF Da-
Wis about 40 GA. X. comrades wearing badges
marched in the rear of the Confederate cavalry,
wishes 10 say that the GAR. of the Depart
ment of the Gulf did not officially take part in
the obsequies, and there was no GAR badge
or emblem seen in the parade. The newspa-
pers previous to the ceremony had the GAR.
assigned to place in the line, and the public
accepted itas so. The fact that Jacob Gray. the
Department Commander, served on one of the
committees, rs private individual, probably
gave the impression that the GAR. partici-
pated. The evening previous to the funeral T.
o. Howe and Joseph A. Mower Posts. the
strongest in point Of numbers in the South, de-
cidcd that the funeral Of JEFF Davis was not
the funeral Of the GAR Of their Department.
There were but half dozen comrades who
took part, one as Commander Of the Uniformed
Rank, X. of p; one as a city Councilman, tho
Department Commander as pail bearer, and
the other three as members of civic organiza-
tious, not one officially representing the GAR.
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Comrade J.. A. Norcross, Goth Ne, writing
from Leaavile Colo, says
Stewards battery wonL into position within
10 rods of where ] lay on the skirmish-line Of
our regiment of Bartletts Brigade in front of
Bethesda Church June ., 1864. Our regiment
dcployed sbirmishers north Of the Mechanics.
vile pike and the 18th Mass south OF 10 that
day. Stewards battery went into action bo.
tween us on the pike about 400 ia the after
noon. IhcTe WAS a rebel battery that had come
out OF the woods aud was Smelling the position
Of our brigade Stewards battery went into
position right on our skirmish.linc and made
holy show OF this rebel battery in about 10
minutes. They (tho rebel battery were firing
down the pike when Stewards battery camo
along the road. We had no idea that our bat
terry intended To come up to the skirmsh-line.
But they did. They came along NJ a run, and
IT did not take them q minute 10 get to firing
after they halted and uulimbered their guns.
After that the rebel battery was no more than
mouse ia the claws OF cat. They destroyed
1t right away-Huch quicker than / can tell
about IL. Aud they destroyed ID " for keeps"
too. The right gun OF Stewards battery WAS
not more than eight rods from where | lay be.
hind the little bank, and / could not help
pok!ng my head up TO sec those artiileTymen
jump TO their work. / also kept firing nv
muhket IN a random way In the smoke toward
the encmy's battery, as did the rest Of our bows
Oh the hkiTiblHh-Ine. But the fire Of Stewards
battery was something to remember. The
rebels wiIted under 1t like potato vines in
heavy frost They began TO quit almost rs soon
Is Stewards battery began to FIRE Finally,
when they stopped altogether aud the smoke
lifted, we could see that the rebel battery was
entirely knocked to pieces. Its guns were dis.
mounted. and one OF them was knocked com
pletcly of It's truck or carriage Some Of their
ammunition chests were blown up, aud all their
men and horses were killed or wounded or
driven away. There was nobody who dared
TO stay by the disabled guns Then the goth
Me gave three cheers for that brass battery.
They were Regulars from the old First Corps.
and they had always been with Wadsworth's
Division until that time, and had not been
with Grfln's Division before. But we ga W that
they had the stuff in them, and we were glad
20 have them with our division. They re-
manned with our division long time after that
aud we got very fond OF them. They were a
daisy battery, though mostly Western men
We soon got we'll acquainted with them, and
became close comrades.
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cycling Like a Comanehe!"

Comrade ii. l.. James Rochester, MY, 10th
n. Y, Ayres's Brigade, Grifiins Division, says
I witnessed the so-called charge" of Stew
arts battery at Bethesda Church June g, 1864
We had just deplOyed skirmishers on the left
OF the pike when the enemy brought out his
battery. The next minute old Stewart came
tearing along down the pike, barehcaded, yell
ing like q Comanche Indian, and the drivers
Of his four guns hustling TO keep mp with him
They were in plain sight for some distance on
both sides OF the pike, so there must have been
as many as 5000 infantrymen watching them
and cheering them on. We all felt very much
relieved when they got across the fat or swae
and got into battery without accident for We
knew they could take care of themselves then
against any battery that ever wore the gray
But our hearts were in our mouths while they
were going in, for fear they would have some
teams crippled or some other accident 10 stop
them. 1t was a fine performance and well told
We were all very proud Of Stewards battery in
Grifiins Division. They called themselves
" Regulars" but there was hardly Regular
soldier in the battery, all being detached vol
unteers from New York and Western infantry
regiments. They got some recruits from our
fAyress) brigade during the Winter at Gull
peper-all lrst-class men. ] have been much
amused at the airs the "Cannoneer" puts on
about being Regular" when he was simply
a detached volunteer himself like the rest Of
them. The Regular artillery would have cut
& sorry figure If il had not been for the de-
tached volunteers. ] have read the "Can.
noneer" with great pleasure but think he
makes q mistake ia trying TO eXalt the Regu-
Ian" a. he calls them. His battery was manned
by volunteers all the time, and they gave il It's
fame. Why, then, not speak Of IL az a true
volunteer battery" commanded, IL you please,
by Regular olicersf
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TheY Had 90 Elghl.

Gen. Joseph J. Bartlett, in a recent CONVEX
cation IN the Office of THE NATIONAL Tntg.
UHE, referring 10 the CannOneerg" account
OF the action Of Stewards battery at Bethesda
Church, remarked: well IL was a very GAL
liant and credltable performance. IL was n
good thing for Stewards boys 10 crow over
They certainly paralyzed their antagonists in
short order But il was seldom that "A battery
had such chance as they had to show their
mettle. They went ont there right on nv
skirmish-lnc and engaged a Confederate bat
terry OF an equal number of guns under condi.
tons that made it like two gladiators Joining
battle IN the old Roman Amphitheater. They
had for an audience GTifiius and Cutters Di.
visions, OF our army, and Rh0dcs's aud Cor.
don,s Division, Of the Confederate army; and
during the 10 or II minutes that they were
hghting they had the whole field to themselves
They were equal 10 the occasion; but, really. |
must FAY that much poorer battery than
Stewards was could not have helpcd fighting
well under such conditions! Stewards hat
terry had come into the new Fifth Corps with a
great reputation from their history i'm the old
First Corps. This was the first time thew had
been In line with the troops of the old Fifth
Corps. Naturally they must have felt that
they had To show up for all they were worth.
If ever men were showed in where they had 10
light and win, or die in their tracks, or be dis
graced If they weakened, il was Stewards bat.
terry when Griffin sent them out on nv Skin
mish-line In front Of Bethesda Church."
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apiece. They made their prisoners wade the
the river, aud exchanged clothing with them.
On arriving mt Stanton, small ration of flour
was dOled out. The party finally reached Libby,
where their diet was small ration Of meal and
mule meat. There the graybacks as big as
grains Of corn, kept the men scratching from
morning to night. When captured the writer
weighed $50 pounds. and when he was released
only 70.
j. r. Van Sickle Co. H., Goth Ohio, Chal-
fanPs, o., was detailed during the month of
DC Ober, 1868, along with others to guard
train Of some 400 wagons loaded with provis-
ions and ammunition from Bridgeport, Ala,
to Chattanooga. They were attacked by the
Confederate forces under Wheeler and For
rest the train was burned, and all were
taken prisoners. The rebels were all anxious
to trade clothing with them, and one took the
writer's cap and boots. The latter had been
sent him from home. aud only day or two pre-
vOus he had put SI5 into one Of them for safe
keeping. The man who took the boots had
big scar on the side Of his face. The writer has
never seen him since, and would like to know
il he is dead or alive. They were only kept
prisoners nine days, when they were paroled.
Frank Polling Atlanta. Ga says he has nine
12.poUnd solid shot three I5-pound shells, and
a number Of Parrott Shells which no will send
them. His father is q veteran and takes The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE at Dayton, o.
III. s. Ross Go. f. S1th Ind, Shelton, Neb.,
would like to have some OF his old brigade
come to the 'front.' and tell OF the hard marches
and battles i'm which they were engaged.
These boys were not afraid during war times
to be at the front and lie would like to hear
them tell Of what they accomplished in sustain
ing the best flag that was ever unfurled.
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Phillips Battery Vas There.

Comrade George w. Pyne. Chicago, H.. 29th
Mass, Of BartIett's Brigade, says that he wit.
messed the whole action Of Stewards battery
June 2 but hc has always thought that at
least one section Of Phillips 18th Mass bat
terry went into action ct the same time per-
forming very efficient service and losing
heavily.
lComrade Pyne is right. Sections Of both
Phillips, 9Th Mass, aud Winsow's Orchard
sons ID, lst n. y, did 90 into action. but they
were in the fields north of the pike and facing
the enemy's infantry coming in on the front OF
Sweitzer's Brigade from the Shady Grove road
Phillips section lost their Orderly Sergeant
killed and seven or eight men killed and
wounded, and Winsl0w's lost five or SIX men,
including their Lieutenant, DE Motto. But
Stewards was the only Yankee battery in posi-
ton on the Mechaniesville pike at any time
during the afternoon Of June 2.-AuTHoRl
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FIGHTING THEM OVER
What Oar Veterans Have TO Say About
Their Old Campaigns
STEWARDS BATTERY.
What the Veterans Have to Say AbOut the Charge
at Bethesda.
Reminds Him Of the " Hohenlindcn.' =

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The action of
Stewards battery at Bethesda Church june >
1884 does not lose any thing by the Cannoneers
description but il WAS a splendid affair, and
will bear good deal of telling" The bat
terry passed close TO our line in that famous
charge and we saw IL all. from the beginning
of the charge" itself 10 the appearance of the
rebel battery after IL was +" knocked out" But
Stewart aud his men were certainly very lucky,
because, if the Johnnics had made good pT3c-
tice, they could never have got into position rs
they did. We all held our brcaths as they
swept along the dusty road expecting every
second 10 see a lead team or two go down, ana
we knew that if that happened, at the pace
they were going il was ali up with Stewart 5
battery. OF course when they once got into
battery at that short range, it was all day
with the Johnnies, because that battery Of
Stewards was simply terrible, manned, as
the Canuoneer says, by three-year veterans,"
who could handle l2-pouuder Napoleons like
horse-pistOls." My recollection is that Stewart
and his battery had the reputation all over the
army of being lucky" in such scrapes. 1t
was certainly marvellous that battery could go
into action under fire as they did and do what
they did. with a loss Of only Is or Ii men and
few horses. have always associated that aiialr
with verse from HOhenlindeD," which
used 10 recite in my school days:
'Then shook the hills with thunder riven,
Then rushed the steeds 10 battle driven,
Aud louder than the bolts Of Heaven,
Far flashed the red artillery"
C. +. FARMAN, Oath n. Y, Marine City,
Mich
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The Action of nlnt,'. Brigade In June. 1868.

The Action Of Mlnty's Brigade la June, 1868
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Ia the issue
OF Jan. ! saw an article by Comrado Whiia-
ker, Co. d. I'd n 7. Cav, wherein ho gives an
account Of Maj Ih0rnburRh's valOr at Duck
River, near Shcbyvliie Tenn, 10 which | take
exceptions. Maj Thornburgh relates that In
October, 1863. no captured piece oil artillery,
and he aud his mGu shot man from the gun
that refused % surrender. etc Now, IN the first
place Ia October, 1863 there were no rebels in or
around Shclbyyillo at all. and there WAS no &C.
ton near that place during that month, but In
June, 1863 there was mn occurrence there nearly
similar, which ] will undertake 10 relate.
When Rosecrans left Murfrceboro, Minty's
Brigade ofcavalry led thcadvance Of the column
that passed through SheIbygillo. Miutys Bri.
Rade al that time was composed the 9TH Mich.
9TH PA. aud attn u. s. Cav. Just before we
reached SheIbyyile the advance (eithor the
4th Mich. or 7tn Pa found the Johnnics and
captured ii good many prisoners, think some
300 or 300. As thcy passed TO the rear with
them, IL left the ith 4. S. Cav, Capt. Mcintyre
IN command, III the advance. Just as We came
IN sight Of the town We found the rebs in line
with ii battery Of six pieces, which opened on
ns in great shape. Capt, Mcintyre ordered Il
charge. when the rebs lmbcrod up and got out
Of there. We followed them through the town
on "A run, and OH To Duck River. The bridge was
a double.trackGd wooden affair, with strong
IlIiber raining OH each blde, ana one through
the middle aud the Johnnics had run one gun
on the railing and tipped it over. We were so
close that they abandoned the gun, which we
captured. was ia tho advance, aud my horse
jumped the gun, AS did many of the Others, aud
/ am sure that got there as soon as anyone.
and could sec no one astraddle of the gun,
drunk or sober In this charge, besides this
gun, we captured about 800 prisoners The
LIST Tenn. Cav was not with us Mt that time
nor were they ever with Minty while |
belonged to the brigade. Maj. Thornburg
might have seen something similar occur ut tho
same place, but he must DO mistaken in tho
date. As for my account, any of the old boys
of the 4th u. S. Cav can substantate 1t, and
they will all remember Il, ! thnk.-PErER
srElNEBAcH, Co. A, Attn u. S. Cav, Colby,
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Loss of the I5lst Pa. At Getty,h,ra

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Referring TO
the record Of the l5Ist Pa in the issue of Dee
20 last, beg leave TO inform YOU that this
regiment deserved more praise than WAS given
The lblst had present On the morning of
July ], 1863, at Gettysburg, 81 officers and 446
men. They were actively engaged with other
regiments in Rowley's Brigade, Doubleday's
Division, First Corps, from the early morning
of July ! TO the afternoon of July 3. They
were the only regiment of their brigade de.
tailed 10 hold position on the left of Han.
cocks line. The right Of the l5lst Pa. rested
on the left of the goth n Y, and about 200 feet
east oil stannaId's Vermont Brigade which got
In that daisy flank fire during the charge and
repuse OF the JOhnnies. The position. as given
you, can be verified by the War Department
maps OF July /, 2 and 3, made by Gen. Hum.
phreys, U. s. A. The loss Of the regiment was:
Officers killed, 2; men, TO- officers wounded, 0;
men, l72; officers captured, A; men, II; total
loss, officers, l5; men, 322, being greater loss
than that sustained by any other regiment In
the Army OF the Potomac at Gettysburg, and
they have justly had the honor of placing their
The National tribune., 1890-01-30
Never Heard the Inst of IL.

Comrade T. III. Hanrahan, of Paddy Har's
battery, writes from New Orleans, La, that
he remembers the fight between their boy
and Stewards boy at the Pamunkcy Crossing
lie says their boy Iittlo fellow named
Quinn. from Troy. n. y, and that he was NOR
tally wounded short time aftor in ono of the
cauuonades in Fort Hell lScdEwicl). as stated
by the "Cann0nocr.' He says that little Quinn
was much smaller and lighter than Stewards
boy also that Stewards men had nothing 10
brag Of in the general row that onsuod. IIo
adds that, we never heard the end Of that
charge at Bethesda Church. We got two men
from Stewards battery in the SuIhmcr Still
man aud Dottloiil, and they were always talk
ing about H. No doubt II must has been grand.
i wonder what has become Of Stillmau aud
Detlol2u
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How Stewart Looks Nowadays.

Comrade Frank L. BunnelI, Chicago says he
made the march 10 the sea, aud then TO Wash
ington, In Kilpatricz's Cavalry Division, Sher-
mans army, in the Sd Ind. Cav. He says he
was private soldier, IL years of age, and
never drew full regular ration between the
COosawhatchie aud the Cane Fear River 4"
He says: " i have been a reader of battle lit
erature wherever / could find it. For a long
time ! have regarded Archibald Forbes, the
great English war correspondent, as the Cap
tain of all battle writers; but Forbes can take
lessons Of the Yankee Gunner who described
the charge Of Stewards battery at Bethesda
Church in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE of Jan o.
Two years ago i was in Cincinnati on business
and ran up 10 Carthage with friend. While
there Capt Stewart was pointed out TO me OH
the street the old Major as his neighbors ali
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Comrade Ferdinand A. Dettlof, Co. K. %
Wis. and Of Stewards battery, Madison, Wis.
writes as follows:
well remember Bethesda Church. I was
She blacksmith Of Stewards battery az that
time, aud can E,se &c aid de Camp now as he
dashed up into the grove shouting, Stewart.
we want your Lattcry," and then Gen. Griffin
gave tho order 10 70 in" There was one man
WHO haa his whole left breast shot away, and
when they brought him back 70 the church his
heart WAS hanging out. Another one of our
boys was brought back shot through the lung
with large canAsier shot lie died in a few
minutes. j dug grave, aud we buried them
near the church with the donors of war
can't remember their names, but one of them
the last mcntiOned-was one of the recruits
sent 10 US al Culpeper. THE author thinks
The name OF TINS poor boy was Bowers 1t
WGs pretty hot place, tell you, and the boys
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Rcficr Lnio Hmm Neucr.

Comrado Charley Daniels, of Stewards Bat
terry, writes from Philadelphia to say that he
joined the old battery the Summer Of 1864"
but he shares the pride of his comrades in that
glorious action at Bethesda Church. He was
with the old battery in the different assaults
on the "od front" of Petersburg; at the
Yellow Tavern, Weldon Railroad, Ream's Sta
ton tboth battles, September and OCTOBER ;
Iiatcher's Run, the HtcIlsford raid, the second
Hatchcr's Run, Feb. 7, 1865, and in the Apo
mattoX campaign, at Gravelly Run, the Quaker
Road White Oak Road. Sailors Creek, aud APP
pomattox Station; and saw the surrender, and
after that the Grand Review at Washington.