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The National tribune., 1892-08-11

After the evacuation of Atlanta the Fourth
Corps remained quietly in camp until Oct.
%, when marching orders were received.
and early next day it moved out, marching
north 10 Chattanooga, arriving at that place
about the end Of the month. On the 31st
Woods Division reached Athens, closely
followed by the other divisions, when Gen.
Stanley concentrated his whole force at
Pulaski On the 231 of November orders
were received, and early next morning the
Fourth Corps marched to Columbia, Tenn.
On the 9th Columbia was evacuated, Gen.
Stanley having been ordered to move from
that place. with his trains, to Spring Hill.
On the afternoon of the 29th, about o'clock,
the Confederates attacked Stanley's lines
near Spring Hill with q strong force of in
fantry and cavalry. A severe engagement
ensued, lasting until dark, Stanley holding
his ground, though with great diff Guilty, un-
Til his trains had passed safely into the town.
On the morning of the 30th the corps with
drew from its position at Spring Hill and
marched to Franklin. Late in the afternoon
of that day Hood, with all his force, came up
and at once attacked.
The result of this contest known as the
battle of Franklin, was perhaps to the Con-
federates the most disastrous battle of the
war. They fought with great desperation
and sustained heavy losses, including IL of
their Generals, in their attack upon the
Union intrenchments.
A portion Of the works which had been
captured by the enemy were retaken by
Opdycke's Brigade after desperate fighting.
which resulted in the capture of several
hundred prisoners, a nlmber Of battle-fags,
and in regaining nearly all Of the line that
had been lost. i3sro b go
So rapid was the firing between p. m.
and nightfall that it was with great diff
Guilty that the troops were supplied with
ammunition, 100 wagon-londs of artillery
and infantry ammunition having been used
by the Fourth Corps alone. The aggregate
loss sustained by Hood army in this en-
gagement in killed, wounded and captured
was 6,252, not including. those slightly
wounded. Gen. Stanley having been Sc
verely wounded in this action, was sue
ceeded in command of The Fourth Corps by
Gen. Thomas J. Wood, who from the COM
mencement Of the war had served with dis
tinction in the Armies Of the Ohio and The
Cumberland.
The loss Of the Fourth Corps was 81
killed, COZ wounded, and 794 captured or
missing; aggrega!ing 1868. Of this number
the Second Division lost 1,241.
During tho early part OF the night, the
enemy having been repulsed, the artillery was
transferred to the north sank of the Harpeth
River, and at midnight the army crossed
the river without loss or opposition. Gen.
Wood retained his position until about a.
m and after destroying the bridges moved
| northward as the rear.guard OF the army,
which marched quietly TO Nashville, where
the different corps were assigned to posi-
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Others AS it is now, every few years the
lands are divided among the families of the
villages and each family gets what the village
assembly judges is its share according to the
number of persons in the family and their
working power, and this it can farm till the
next division.
1t is the village itself, and not the Govern
ment of the Gar that makes this division, and
the Car taxes the village, and the assembly of
the village, which it's citizens elect, apportions
the taxes out among the people. Thus every
Russian village is sort of joint stock conf
pany or cooperative society. Its people
work together and they sow their crops in
gangs helping one another. You never see a
man working alone, and all the farming is
done in common. The institutions of these
communes are curious in the extreme, and
they are like no others in the world. Their
sele-government and what we would call their
popular rights which these people have are far
different from what is generally supposed, and
may treat of them in another letter
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
The National tribune., 1892-08-11
BATTLE OF ANTIETAM.
BugIer Cook Says the Boys of Battery b
Never Left Their Guns.

Never Lett Their Guns.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In your paper
of the 9Th inst, in article headed Antietam
occurred these words: "Immedia lately on our
right. aud something like 100 yards in front, was
q battery of IL pound brass guns which had
evidently beer in action for some time Their
horses were killed or crippled. and the gunners
were leaving their guns before the advancing
line of Confederate infantry. This was proba-
bly, Battery b. 4th U. s. Art, from absorption
OF their position given in the story of the Can
noueer TO the left and front Of the battery,
and 100 or 200 yards away from it, was the rem
nants of a brigade still stubbornly contesting
the advance of the enemy across the cornfeld.
AS soon our line was formed we moved for.
ward 10 the line of the battery before men,
toned the srtiIlerymen at the same time re-
turned"
In reading the article a person would come TO
the conclusion that the eannoneers of Battery
b left their guns in action He is terribly mig
taken. The men and boys of Battery B never
turned their backs on the guns they served
without orders from their superior officers Is
might have been the time when the two guns
on the right of the lane and in front of the
famous straw stacks were sileuced for few
minutes, but not until all the men were shot
down and two of the boys had crawled on their
hands and knees several times from the timber
to the piece and loaded and fred those guns in
that way until they had recoiled 80 far that
they could not use them any more; not until
then were they entirely siIenced. The rest Of
the guns were more fortunate in not losing so
many men. The battery suffered a loss of 40
out of leo present for duty and q horses
JOHN Cook, Washington, ID. G..
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LONE station on the
great black plain of
South Russia; a soli-
tary gen-d'arm in long
coat. top-bcots and
clanking sword, march
ing up and down its
platform all day long;
a single house in the
midst of a vast sea of
green fields; a hot
sun blazing down upon
the plain from a merci-
less sky; no civilized
looking being in sight
but the station agent,
the gen-d'arm, and two
Americans; such are
my surroundings here
in the heart of peasant
Russia. DIR. Hubbell,
of the American Red
Cross Society, and my
self have stopped here
to visit the estate OF a
Russian notle whom
we met a few days ago
on the Volga. His
family spoke English,
and be had given US a
telegram in Russian to
send to them from
Saratov. We had sent
the telegram, but had
received an answer
from the station agent
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came from America, and that it wac part Of the
corn sent 10 the hungry people. He caught hold
Of us and motioned us TO come with him, and
then took US out into the fields back of the sta
tion and showed us little patch of American
corn which he was raising. The sprouts were
sowed instead of being planted in hills, and they
were about foot high.
The soil here is as good as that of Kansas or
Nebraska, and it ought to produce the best of
corn. That sowed by this man was growing
finely, and he was delighted when We showed
that We were pleased with il. He then pointed
70 a windmill, and told us that the corn had
been ground by it for the peasants and went on
by signs 10 talk Of other matters.
lie evidently despised the Cars policeman,
who has no:hing TO do but strut up and down
this lonely platform all day long, and he called
him 'ihe prisoner of the railroad" and asked
ii we i:,d any such in America. We said "niet,"
aud lie tlcreUpon crossed himself, and said as
plain though he spoke in words Thank
aafv
pc made these signs there was a jingling
ghbells and q moment later our team
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came up. The carriage was sort OF boat-llke
tub on wheels, and the driver was a Russian
.jehu in black cap and dirty brown gown.
shaggy gray mare stood between the shafts
of the vehicle, and the shafts tied to the axles
were fastened 10 her by wooden bow, which
was tied to the shafts. and which stood about
two feet above the neck of the horse. To the
top of this yoke bells were hung, and these jim
gled merrily as we drove.
Hitcbed outside of the shafts was second
horse, an unshod three-year- old colt, which
was fastened by tugs to a bar connected with
the axle on the left wheel, aud which had
about the same connection with the buggy as
the horse which is hitched to the side of the
car to help the bob-tail horse car uphill. Both
horses were thin and the team looked sorry
enough. I'VE viii never get there" said /
to the Doctor, as We took our seats in the tub.
% fear that we will not" said he; but l
have ridden in these rigs before, and you can't
always tell"
With this we sat down, and at once found
that the Doctor was right. We had hardly
touched the cushions before our driver cracked
his whip and the colt started off on gallop.
The mare trotted at four-minute pace. and
this speed was kept up for nearly the whole
distance. The road was as black as yoHr hat,
and it was full of ruts, and the old tub jolted
US up and down like farm wagon on cordu-
roy road.
At the end of Is minutes / found IL of my
bones aching, the very existence Of which
had not known up 10 this time in my life,
and my side was nearly split with the motion.
j thought l knew the Russian word for go
slower" and tried it; but must have made
mistake, for the tjehu whipped frantically at
his horses and we went faster than ever. Signs,
however, did moro than my Russian, and /
finally got him down to fair rate of speed
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As we drink we exchange ideas, and hold
quite conversation together. You laugh at
the idea of talking by signs, but it is wonderful
how much you can learn and how well you can
understand. The Russian soon found we were
Americans, and he was then delighted. He
crossed himself and looked up at the heavens
as much as TO say that he thanked God Amer.
lea existed, and he rushed out of the station,
went over TO a pair Of scales. and in moment
came back with grain Of American corn. He
showed this to us, aud asked America We
nodded. lie then showed us by signs that this
The National tribune., 1892-08-11
IN RUSSIA'S HEART,
The Peasants Who Live in the Black,
Lands Regions of the Empire.

Queer Experiences i'm the Back Counties
Talking by Signs-American Corn and a
Visit TO a Russian Bakery-Russian Bread.
A Ride through the Country-A Russian
yiuace-How the People Sleep and Eat
Russian Farming-A Nation of Little Re
publics.
The National tribune., 1892-08-11

Then the ride was delightful The road led
through the fields. There are no fences in
Russia, and we drove through vast crops of rye
which were moving under the wind like the
waves of the sea. We passed through long
fields of sunfiowers which were struggling up
into blossom, and out of these came into
meadows upon which hundreds of sheep were
feeding. watched by shepherds who leaned
upon their stats and gazed at us in wonder.
Across the country, here and there, we could
see little collections of brown huts. the villages
of the peasants. and away off to the front of
US a churchspire of white and gold glittered
in the rays of the early morning sun.
We seemed to be making for this church, and
after siX-mile drive We came to it and found
it the church of the village. just outside of the
estate of Count Sabourof. Passing it, we
drove around TO the left of it and in few mo-
ments found ourselves in courtyard walled
on three sides by out-buildings aud on the
fourth by comfortable two-story frame house,
for all the world like that of rich Southern
planter.
This was the home of Count Sabouroff. 1t
contained perhaps 20 large rooms, and it was
situated in the midst of beautiful grove,
with shady walks. beds of flowers, streams of
running water, and with all the surroundings
of a man of culture and taste. A Russian boy
met Us at the door and we went through the
same slgn-language program we had had at the
station. No one was at home, but the boy said
he would call the butler, and moment later
spruce young fellow came in. He, however,
could speak German. and with him as an inter-
prefer we went over the estate, visited the
villages and chatted with the peasants.
great deal of the American corn has been
received by this part of the country, aud the
Count Sabourof is giving it to such of the
villagers as are in want. He asks US if We
The National tribune., 1892-08-11

The customary price Of G. a. r. cards is SO
per 100, but THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
,ciH furnish you NTH 100, Aaping a fine picture
Of you.
The National tribune., 1892-08-11

Every comrade waHts his portrait on has
card, that has friends and comrades may hare
it as memento of him. See NATIONAL
TRLBUNEiS portrait-card advertisement ia
another column.
The National tribune., 1892-08-11

A CCOMMODATIONS for 25 to 500 men for
IA GAR. Encampment can be had at the wash
ingfOn Schutxen Park, at 81 so per day, for four
days and over including two good square meals. Adj
dress D. T. KIDDER, 625 street, ". W., Washing
ton d. C.,
The National tribune., 1892-08-11
ATTENTION! GRAND ARMY /!

All persons visiting Washington should see the best
TRUSS in the world. Two thousand people in WASH
ington are wearing it, All the leading pys clans room
ment IT, Price g. l.. c. BAILEY cor. sh and ID, ". w.
Menion The National Tribune.
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have described above. and bread and soup forms
the diet of these people at all times. They
now and then get little meat or a little fish,
but this is seldom, and if they can have cab
bage soup and sour bread they are happy.
Even in these times of famine they have not
known enough of the wonders of Nature about
them to appreciate that in the fields surround
ing them food is going to waste. Before leav-
ing America. in talking with many people on
the subject of the famine in Russia. heard it
often said that they could not be so very badly
off when the green vegetables came and they
could get greens to eat. The fact is, these peo-
pie know practically nothing of vegetables.
They grow potatoes and cucumbers and cab
bage, but nothing else. They have no gardens,
and saw greens in the fields, which an Ameri-
can family would have jumped at, going to
waste. suppose the people do not know that
they are good to eat, and it was strange to me
that in this whole village, which had at least
200 people, there was not single house with
garden.
The National tribune., 1892-08-11

= THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE,S portrait
cards are the biggest thing out See adcertise-
aesns in another column.
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Special correspondence The National Tribune.
PoKRoFFsKoI, SOUTH RUSSIA, Aug. j, 1892.
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These Russian villages are like no other
settlements in the world. The people living in
them make up nine-tenths and more of the
population of Russia, and there are a third
more people who live in such huts than the
whole population of the United States. The
villages are the same all over this great Russian
Empire. In some parts the houses are made of
The National tribune., 1892-08-11

The furniture of one of these Russian houses
would not bring more than its value in fire.
wood at an American auction. The chairs are
Of the rudest description, and in many of the
The National tribune., 1892-08-11
CoSrs!ANDEEs.

Maj.-Gen. Gordon Granger, from Oct. g.
1863, to April 10, 1864; Maj.-Gen. o. o.
Howard, from April 10 to July 81, 1864;
Maj Gen. d. S. Stanley from July 81, 1864,
to date of discontinuance of corps. From
Oct. 3 TO 81, 1864, Gen. Stanley was COM
handing the Fourth and Fourteenth Corps;
from Nov. to IA he was in command of the
army, watching Hoods movements, and
from Dec. 2, 1864, to Jan. 30, 1866, he was
absent, wounded. During thee periods the
command of the corps devolved upon Brig
Gen. T. J. Wood.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-01-30
Enee, OF Glare Upon Eye.lsh..

1t appears that Professor Plateau, OF the
University Of Client. while trying 10 observe
the effects of the irritation of the retina
gazed steadily at the sun for twenty seconds,
the result being that chronic irido-choroiditis
developed, ending eventually In total blind
ness. A number OF cases are known In which
choroiditis and retinitis occurred In persons
who had observed AN eclipse Of the sun. The
single flash OF n sun reflector has been known
to cause retinitis, and other temporary visual
disturbances OF functional character have
been frequently noted.
NJ. Reich has described a curious epidemic
Of snow blindness, which occurred among a
body OF laborers engaged in cleaning way
through the masses OF snow which INSTRUCTED
the road between Passanaur and Mtati, in the
Caucasus; the rays of the sun refectssl from
the vast stretches of snow ON every side pro-
duced an intense glare OF light, which the
unaccustomed eye could not support without
the protection OF dark glasses A few OF the
sturdicst among the laborers were able TO
work with IMMUNITY, but the majority suf-
fened 50 much that among seventy strongly
marked cases, thirty were 80 severe that the
men were absolutely unable 10 continue
work or 10 find their way home, and lay
prone ON their faces, striving 20 hide their
faces from the light and crying ont from
pain. Recovery was gradual but complete
New York Tribune
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-01-30

mental assimilation made mp for her
lack OF solid education. Her voice was
harsh, bnt this defect was forgotten
in the hrillianry, the aptness with
which she would tell the story of the
book she was reading, or OF the play
she had seen. She was quick at re.
partee.
The Emperor was continually putting
his wife ON her guard against iudulgs
ing In fatal habit of talking too freely
with the high-born and often periidious
ladies whom she admitted to her inti-
macy. They are 80 many spies" he
was won't TO say. The Princess de
Metternich seemed 10 have a contempt
for the beautiful parvenue. NJ. de Lano
calls the Austrian lady the evil genius
OF the court. She often took the lead
IN scheming amusements and enter
tainments that were derogatory 70 the
dignity of the sovereign.
One day, for instance, the princess
proposed TO the empress to take
tramp In short petticoats on foot
through the forest Of Fontaineblenu
with her ladies' AZ that time the
fashion for wearing short dresses
had not come in. The empress
was delighted at the idea One of
her ladies objected aud demonstrated
with Nine. de Metternich. would
you advise your Empress 10 go about
in curtailed skirts for the edihcation
of her subjects" "0h. that is quite
different thing. the Princess answered.
mo, certainly, would never advise the
Empress Elizabeth to 70 out walking
In short petticoats. But then my En-
press Is royally born princess. while
yours, my dear-yours Is Mdlle. de
Montii0.
No wonder the Empires sometimes
thought bitterly that a throne could
be Paid for too dearly. Az the years
went ON the golden Bohemianism At
court gave rise to scandal. On one oc-
casion the Empress protests In a letter
/ TO an intimate friend that the report
Is exaggerated which has got abroad
that In the tableaux given at an inti-
mate gathering in the Tulleries the
ladies appeared arrayed IN the scantiest
clothing.
The details accompanying the pub
lished description pointed TO the re-
port having been sent 10 the paper by
perhdions guest. This Amateur
malevolence. as she cleverly terms the
motiveless scandal mongering OF some
| people. saddened her. II find my
lence If parties, To that of public
curiosity by friend-at any rate by
one who was my guest. To this can
not accustom myself My enemies will
always find me strong To resist their
attacks, but i cannot say that my
friends will.
The Empress brought up her son adj
mirably. She was somewhat severe
with him in her eagerness to counter
act the overindulgent treatment of the
Emperor.
NJ. Lano assures US that the beautiful
woman was not the spendthrift she has
been represented. Her taste inclined
TO elegant simplicity. The emperor
urged her constantly to dress more
richly. The extravaganza and luxury
OF the court were far more due To the
lavish display affected by her ladies
than TO her. She was clever artist,
and some of the portraits that sh
painted have genuine artistic merit.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-01-30

Very few more remarkable coinci-
dences can be raked up than that
which occurred at the Russell house.
Detroit, recently. Two strangers to
the town. and strangers to one an
other. residents Of two different
countries, hut both bearing identical
names, met instantaneous death in
the same city, under. the same roof
and ON the same day, A. II. Whitney
of Toronto, Canada. and A H. Whit
ney of Quincy, ILL.,, died suddenly, the
one of pulmonary consumption and
the other of apoplexy. There was not
anything notable IN the death of
either one of these men. With the
consumptive death was u matter of
days or weeks at the most. The apo.
plectic went the way OF many another
victim of this intense generation. The
remarkable feature of these deaths lay
in the coincidence of the victims bear
ing the Identical name and a ing un.
der the same roof ON the same day.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-01-30
EUGENIE's PAST LIFE.
BRIGHTER DAYS OF THE BEAU
TtFUL iLI-FATED WOMAN.
Net Born Co wear q crown. she
Bresked wish Dinseaisy she fss-
stfaIats OF court She was shsrm-
InxIf unconventional

EVERYTHING about Eugenic, the ex-
Empress of the trench, Is Interesting.
Since her return from the south to
Paris several very striking books have
been written about her. but none
which compare in brightness and
piquancy with NJ. Lano collection of
''Sonvenirs They give us a com.
plete picture Of the Empress youth,
and some amusing accounts of the
difficulties she had to encounter In her
exalted station.
Not born 10 wear crown, she
brooked with difficulty the restraints
of court ceremonials. The emperor,
who was aware that his love match
with Mdlle. de Montijo was coldly re.
garded by the crowned heads of Europe.
constantly impressed upon his beauti-
full wife the necessity of more digni-
fled bearing ut official pageants. She
would promise and forget
Un one occasion he ha wager with
her that at u forthcoming State ball she
would omit To ascertain beforehand the
order in which her ladies' should group
themselves round the throne. The
Empress nearly lost her wager. A note
she scrubbed In pencil and sent up at
the last moment To an English Countess
Is given by NJ. Lano. 1T is y wager