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Charged with Embexxlement.

BosToN. June 9.-Thomas G. Faxon
whose arrest caused such sensation,
was arraigned in the police court today
charged with the EN- bezzlement of $780,
GOO from the firm of Morton & Cheney,
contractors. He waived examination
and was held in $40, 900 bail for his ap-
pearance before the July term Of the
superior court.
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The Colunabia.

PHILADELPHIA, June y.-The big
cruiser Columbia is resting on the clocks
in the dry dock at League island navy
yard. The court of inquiry took look
at the Columbia today, and were as
much surprised as the attaches OF the
navy yard at the apparently trifing
nature OF her injuries. The Cramps will
begin the work OF repairing at once.
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The Record Broken.

New YORK, June 0.-The worlds road
cycling record was smashed by five men
in the team contest today for the 10-mile
bicycle champicnship of Union county,
N. j. The start was made from Eliza
beth, with turn at Springfield, five
miles distant. The first man to finish
WAS VIM. Bettner, whose time wac
17 IT AZ
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Nicaragua Laughed At.

NEW York. June ga World dispatch
from Managua, says: General Ortiz is
at Leon. but the leaders OF the opposi-
ton refuse to treat with him as long as
he is representative of Zelaya. The
government ordered Costa Rica to expel
refugee. but Costa Rica replied ener.
getically that it would not comply. This
has made Nicaragua's government q
laughing stock,
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Has Good Nraobine,v.

WASHINGTON, june 9.-Report of Past
Assistant Engineer Mr.. Wileiz, who re-
presented the engineering bureau on the
Minneapolis trial trip, was received at
the navy department today. The report
says the performance of the machinery
was remarkably good.
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Cyrus w. Field Dead.

New York, June 9.-Cyrus W. Field
died at his residence at West Sixty
fifth street this afternoon. He had been
i'll some time and his death was ex-
pected. He had been gradually sinking
for several days. The dead man was a
son of the late Cyrus w. Field. He was
about 35 years old and had been en-
gagged in business in this city for several
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Wants m Credit.

PARIS, June 9.-The government has
decided to ask the chamber for a credit
OF 800, ,OO0f to send troops to protect the
French frontiers in Africa. The cabinet
has decided to proceed with the trial of
Or. Cornelius Herr, the Panama lobbyist.
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Mary for Congress.

TOPEKA. Kan, June 9.-It is an
nounced here tonight that Mrs. Mary E.
Lease will be nominated by the Prohi-
btion convention for congressman-at-
large from Kansas. 1t is also expected
this nomination will be endorsed by the
Peoples party.
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A Missouri Dam.

WASHINGTON, June 9.-The president
has approved the bill to authorize the
Missouri River Power company of Mon
tana to construct dam across the Mis-
souri, river.
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A Yacht RAGS.

LONDON. June 9.--The regatta OF the
Tpames Yacht club took place today.
The first prize was $5000 The only CON
testants were The prince of Wales
britannia and Mr.. d. IL. Clark's
SatRnito. The former won handily.
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CrisIa Continnea.

ROME. June 9.-The ministerial crisis
continues.
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Homes for Settlers.

C. N. Maxwell, 18th Me-, Mentone, Ala.
says that Mentone is situated on the brow
of Lookout Mountain, two miles from Val
ley Head, on the A. G. s. r. r. "Tnis is be-
coming quite a health resort, and we have
about a dozen Northern families here.
now have printed description of this
section which l will send to any who desire
it aud will incose stamp"
S. A. Allison, Halsey, Ore, wants to CORE
spond with comrades living in healthy local
tiles of Florida, as he desires small place
for home in a warm climate.
John C. Thompson, Co. D, Goth ILL.,, Mid
dlebury, Fla, writes: "Seeing goodly
number of old comrades inQuiring for homes
| will give description OF this part of the
State. The climate is all one could wish
for. A person may work out of doors every
day in the year, and raise anything in the
line of vegetables Summer and Winter. II
is q splendid fruit country. Land is for
sale fiom So up, according to location, on a
navigable stream 45 miles from Jackson
vile by water and 20 by rail. do not 60
into deIail, as l have no ak to grind. 1t is
good will for the old soldier that | WRITE"
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A BR AVE NJ AN.
Gen. Nelson Shows His Efficiency In the
Face of Defeat.

Gen. Nelson Shows His Efficiency I'm the
Face of Defeat.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Much has
been written and published about Gen.
Nelson. ] want to give the General credit
for being brave man, and one who wan ted
every officer and enlisted man to do his
duty.
Those who were in the Regular service
know well that it was very necessary to
have strict discipline, aud that in The yolun-
teer service the officers and men were almost
invariably friends and neghbors before the
war, entire companies coming from the same
city, town or township, and when they were
aiterward associated in military life with
the Regular Army they noticed that the
officers of regiments of Regulars did not as
socate with the men. There were two very
good reasons for this. One was that the en-
listed men were strangers, coming from
many different towns and States. Then, the
officers had been educated to treat the en-
listed men as mere machines.
| have no personal knowledge of Gen.
Nelson, except during the month of August,
1862. When at Richmond, KY, 10 raw
regiments of infantry were sent forward
| from Lexington TO guard the country near
Richmond, with positive instructions to fall
back 10 miles to the Kentucky River, should
the enemy appear in great force.
But through some misunderstanding or
| blunder these orders were not obeyed, and
an engagement was brought on, which re-
suited very disastrously to the Union
| troops.
| Gen. Nelson, hearing the sound Of heavy
canDOnading early in the morning of Aug.
| 3d. mounted his horse without waiting to
put on military clothing, and rode with his
| staff officers TO the scene OF action, 80 miles
away from Lexington, for the battle began
| seven miles southeast from Richmond.
When the General met our command, it
was in full retreat before force Of the
enemy twice the number Of ours. He was
angered at the disobedience of orders, but
began at once to get brigades and regiments
in line for effective defense. He partially
succeeded, but it was utterly impossible TO
make a stand against the superior force OF
the enemy, and also an impossiblity TO get
| away from our foes; we were fianked, and
| about to be surrounded.
After fighting and retreating until sunset
! the General and his staff left, and made
their way back to Lexington, and the ma
jority of the troops were taken prisoners.
Gen. Nelson manifested good judgment
came onto the field brought order out OF
| disorder, and remained with the command
making desperate stand against great Odds
| and then, when choice must be made be-
tween beng taken prisoner or riding through
the rebel lines to escape chose the latter
and returned 10 Lexington, thence to Louis
vile, with the troops not engaged, joined
by those who were.
Ambitious officers had their friends, and
those who were termed military despots
were not popular; yet those very strict dis
ciplinarians were in fact the best real friends
TO the men. Where there was strict disci-
pline was noticed better health and good
servioe.-H WARREN PHELPS, 95th Ohio
Westerville, 0.
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assisted by handful of whites, over some

assisted by a handful of whites, over some
thousands Of Conitderaies.
Gen. Henry T. Mccullough was at this
time well up in years. He had all the APP
pearance OF q goOd-naiured. thrifty, hOspit-
able old farmer and neighbor, which IN
truth he was lie had no military educa-
ton. However. he was good District COM
mander, and all his slaff were like him.
While Quantre!i was at Sherman. McCul-
Tough received orders from Gen. T.. Kirby
Smith TO have Quantrell appear at Bonham
to he assigned TO regular duty. Qusntreli,
however, failed to report. Alter two weeks
of waiting, and no Quantrell appearing, a
special courier was dispatched with per-
emptory orders to report forthwith. At the
same time, TO stiffrn the orders, he sent a
detachment of 800 infantry.
TIE infantry took the main road from
Bonham TO Sherman. While Ell route
Quantrell, accompanied nv 20 of his rough
riders. made their appearance at Gen. McCui-
longh's Headquarters, they having come down
by Colbert'S Ferry, road nearer the river
than the one upon which the infantry were
marching.
The Generals quarters were upstairs in
the courthouse, which stands in the middle
of the public square. Riding to the court
house. the gueTrillas dsmountsd on the
south side of the building. Quantrell went
up TO the Generals Office at once. He WAS
ordered under arrest, and his revOlvers
taken from him. The General laid them
upon a bed in a room opening upon his
Office The guard about the office consisted
of a couple of gray-tearded conscripts,
armed with Belgian muskets.
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THE RAILROAD REGIMENT.
Something About the seth Ill. and It's
Fight for the Union.

Something About the seth Ill. and Its
Fight for the Union.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: It seems
as If regiment that participated in % en-
gagements, marched 2,253 miles, and rode
] 1877 miles by rail from the time of leaving
Louisville Aug. 90, 1862, until return there
and muster-out June 10, 1865, deserves some
mention in your columns.
The regiment first did business in the
line of fighting at Lawrenceburg Oct. Z,
1862, afterwards at Perryville. Stone River,
Liberty Cap Chickamauga, Orchard Knob,
Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, DAN
bridge, Rocky Face, Resaca, New Hope
Church, Dallas, Kenesaw, Peachtree Creek,
Atlanta Jonesboro, Lovtjoy Station, Column
bia, Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville
The regiment had total of ,403 men,
transferred 202 recruits to The 59th III. Vet
Vols, mustered out 3S1 of the rank and file
leaving record of $50 men killed, died
from wounds, or discharged on account of
disability.
The last time saw the regiment was at
New Hope Church (some call it Pickett's
Mills, near Dallas, Ga, May 81, 1864. The
Third Division, Fourth Corps, under Gen.
Wood, was ordered to flank to the extreme
left, but before we got there we ran against
snag in the shape of Gen. Pat Cleburne
supported by Gen Hurst, and another divis-
ion (the Generals name do not remem-
ber). / need not ask any of our division
(the Third) if they remember the handto-
hand work we had there.
There is an old saying that blood will
| tell, ;" and ] think it told there, as l have
been informed that the Third Division lost
nearly ZOO men that night. l know the
| S9lh was terribly cut to pieces; that my old
company (A) went into that engagement
with 40 men, and that her record shows there
were IL at next mornings rOll-call l know
that l received two hard wounds in less
| than as many minutes, and that in the
morning / was beating Gen. Sherman and
his entire army into Atlanta, on my way to
AndersonviIle and other pleasant resorts,
where 1 remained cooling coffee" lin my
dreams) long year.
found after my capture that the john
MES were well acquainted with us, from the
| corps down to every regiment in it, and
| that all knew Gen. Willich's Horn Brigade,
| and his children. The Johnnes couldn't
catch on to our bug!e, calls, which, you all
remember, were the German calls used by
Which in Germany, so they called us the
| Horn Brigade.
The S9lb III. was organized in Chicago,
H., from men of the different roads center
ing in that city, hence ils c0gnomen Railroad
Regiment. 1t was attached to the First Bri-
gade, Third Division, Fourth Corps.
Now, let all the surviving comrades who
marched through Kentucky, Tennessee, ana
Georgia with the S9th, climber to the
front" and rally around our regimental flag,
with the locomotive on the blue silk field,
and give an old-time yell. "Clear the track, !"
for we were "dar suah's yer born."-H. G..
FISH, Co. A, seth Ill.
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KENES SAW.
What the Third Brigade, Second Division,
Fourteenth Corps, Did on the Eventfui
Iupa

What the Third Brigade, Second Division,
Fourteenth Corps, Did on the EventfuI
June ~.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: On the
night OF June %, 1864, the Second Division
Fourteenth Corps, was taken from the line
near Little Kenesaw Mountain and moved
abou. four miles 10 the right, where we lay
in camp. On Sunday, the 26th, We broke
camp early the morning of the ever to- be-
remembered 9th of June
The Third Brigade formed in mass, and it
was composed ~ :5e l25tb, S5th and Seth
Ill, 22d Inc. and the SD OHIO. We formed
some distaIce IN the rear of the line held by
the First Division. The Second Brigade was
on our rigtL
At the agreed gnal we crossed our front
line OF works, a small branch and a wheat
field. The rebel font line was soon taken.
1t Was just al the edge of the timber. Here
the SD VAS ordered to lie down for a mo-
ment. IL a few moments we went on and
soon found ourselves at the top of the hill
hugging mother earth in company with all
who were left alive Cd that hill. The rebel
works were built just over the hill so that
when we lay down We could see the sky un-
der thin heSd-log, and woe be 10 any
Johnny who dared darken That space-a
dozen guns would crack
We soon bad ourselves protected by works
thrown up ry tan cups, plates, or anything
that would move dirt. These works were
built just u steps IRON the rebel works.
On the day Ollowing there was an armis-
tice TO give time 10 bury the dead. That
night we started new line just 10 steps
from outside 70 outside from the rebel works,
Notwithstanding they kept turpentine balls
burning all night long We also started a
tunnel under their works, and had it nearly
completed o.. the night they left.
When at Marietta, Ga, two years ago, a
citizen told the writer that those works are
just as plain aad well defined as they were
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That Little Orderly.

W. f. Webster, LIST N Y. battery, Au-
| burn, n. Y, remembers the circumstance
mentioned in Chat of the Corridors of Nov.
1, of the little Orderly who stuck so close
to Sheridan on his famous ride from VIM
chester. I" / was on the road to Winches-
ter" says Webster, "about six miles beyond
Middletown, when l met Sheridan on his
ride TO the front The little Orderly was
his sole company. In about a half hour l
met his staff. They pulled up and asked
me if / had met the General, and how far
asked. Who was the little Orderly? He
if living"
On the Come cticut.
J6aB Fl. Hartman, Germantown, n. Y,
wishes to find some Of his shipmates on
board the o. S. Gunboat Connecticut dur
ing the late war. Some will remember the
time they ran blockade runner on the
North Carolina shore, and brave Jim Dono-
hoe lost his life.
Bound to Serve.
d. W. Sherman, Middletown Me-, says:
81 enlisted in Gen. Granger's company
raised in Calais in 1861, but my ia her
came to the steamboat wharf, took me by
the collar and led me home. The next
month l enlisted for the LIST Me. Cav.
They wanted every man to weigh at least
125 pounds, so l filled my pockets with
weights and they took me to Augusta and
stripped me and placed me on the scales.
just tipped 113. The officers looked at
the papers, then Mt my weight, 113, and
sent me home. The month after / sue
ceeded in enlisting in the 18th Me-, and
served in that and other regiments till the
close of the war"
Holds to His Claims.
Joseph w. Grant, Lieutenant Co. A, 14th
Me-, Bangor, Me-, writes: "Some weeks ago
/ noticed an article from the pen of Gen.
Minty, rejecting severely upon my article
on the custody of Jeff Davis and his guard
(Co. A, 18th Me. J, of which l was The COM
mander. AS Gen. Mnty stated that he had
called the attention of several officers of his
regiment who claimed to have been the
guard of the rebel President, and would
further show the falsity of my article, have
waited for him to do So
a wish to state to the comrades that in
no respect have intended to impose upon
them, but simply to relate what my COM
pany did and where they were while Jeff
Davis was conveyed to Fort Monroe. Gen.
Minty may prove several errors in my state
ments, as calling steamboats, by the wrong
names, but he cannot. prove that Co. A, 18th
Me-, was not with jeff Davis while he was
being taken from Augusta, Ca, to Fort
Monroe. l hope that Gen. Minty will be
kind enough to show what nay company was
doing on this trip, and where this irrepress-
ible imagination, he writes about, really
belongs whether to me or to himself.
I" 1t is a fact that Co. A, 14th Me-, went az
guard with the rebel chieftan and some of
his officers to Fort Monroe, and did return
TO Savannah with Mrs. Davis, where / re-
ported my actions to Gen. Grover, and was
by him sent to my regiment Mrs. Davis
still lives, and will undoubtedly corroborate
my story Col. A. X. Bolan, Of the 14ih Me-,
lives in New York, and will affirm that my
statement is true"
Lost and Found.
James McQuade. South Omaha, Neb, has
corps badge belonging to George Durham,
Co. &. 18th Mass. o..
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One of the most numerous

complaints is disease of the liver, but
il can be cured effectualIy by the use of DIR.
Peters Blood Vitaiizer Can only be had OF
local retail agents or direct from the pro-
prietor, DR.. P. Fahrney, 112-114 s. Hoyne
Ave-, Chicago, Ill.
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Rheumatism Is . disease of the blood and Is cured
by Hoods 6arsapsrilla. Take only Hoods.
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1.-THE Editor would he glad 10 receive articles o.
from 600 to 600 words serial papers of greater
length. for publlcati on the first page "f, and
written exclusively for. THE NATIONAL tribune
Tire subjects submitted should he of interest To the
We Grams in general, and should be treated with
especiai regard historical accuracy of statement
Articles on the behavior of some particular Iegi-
ment or brigade some field whereon II dis
tinguished itself. in some campaign IN which IT
took n prominent part. in some siege wherein 1t
acted deiensively or extensively; "Reminiscences
of prison life the march or the camp; personal
adventures all such solicited. will receive due
consideration, and il available will have carly in-
eeriioD.l
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when we left them, and he said 1t always has
been mystery to him how one line-of-battle
could get so close to another as we did and
live. But the works are there to-day, four
miles from Marietta, Ga, to speak for them
selves, notwithstanding Gems. Sherman's and
Joseph E. Johnston's articles in the Century
to the contrary.-I. NJ GRAY, Co. L, SD
Ohio, Haven, Kan.
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Soldiers Relief.

Nearly 100 years use (lsO0 to 1890 is a tremendous
test Of merit. Such is the record Of Fosgate's Ano
dyne Cordial for curing Diarrbul, DysenIery,
Cholera Morbus, Collie aud Cramps. For Chronic
Didrrhga take one teaspoonful of the Anodyne
Cordial and S to 10 drops of muriated tiucIure of
iron. mixed in little water, with each meal. Fos-
gates Anodyne Cordial is for sale By druggists or
sc nj by mail receip, Of price. IS cents. Write to
Fosgate's Medical Laboratory. Auburn, N Y.
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Buy it for Christmas. The Columbian
Orguinette advertised in this paper by The
Bates Organ Mfg. Co. is certainly musical
wonder. 1t plays all kinds of music and the
low price at which it is sold should ill every
house in the land with its harmony of sweet
sounds. Send all orders to The Bates Mfg Co.,
100 High ST., Boston, Mass.
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THEIR RECORDS,
Brief Sketches of the Services of
Various Regiments.

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE has in hand several
hundred requests for regiments histories All such
requests will be acceded to In due time, although
those now received cannot be published for at
least six months owing to lack of space. Numerous
sketches have already been published and of these
none can be found room for a second time.I
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The goth n. Y. l.. A.

This battery WAS organized in New Yorl
City Dec. 81, 1862, to serve three years. Tn
members were recruited principally from
the cities of Brooklyn, Houndsfield, Water
town, and New York. B. F. Ryer was com
missioned Captain Sept. II, 1868, and com
manded the organization until mustered out
Early in 1865 number of men belonging
TO the battery were transferred to the 12t
N. Y. battery, and in July the organiza
tion was mustered out of the service. /
served at Fort Schuyler, N. Y, and at For
Columbus. Six men died of disease.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-12-22
A WISE MEASURE.
Favorable Report on Bill Affecting Net
Tonnage Measurements Of Vessels.

Washington, Dec. 21.-The House COM
mittee on merchant marine and fisheries,
today, ordered favorable report upon
measure of great Importance to those en-
gagged in the shipping trade. The bill re-
moves the present limits of 8 per cent. for
crew space and SO per cent. for all deduc-
tions including propelling power
The removal of these limitations con-
duces to the comfort and health of crews
and to the construction of speedy vessels.
1t prescribes that space for the berthing
of the crew be constructed and cared for
with regard to the health and comfort OF
members.
1t is proposed that the bill go into effect,
July l.. Owners of vessels documented
before that date are thereafter to have the
option of availing themselves of its bene-
fits or retaining their present certificates
of measurement. Provision is made for
an international appendix designed to give
American vessels in foreign ports the full
advantage of any decrease in net tonnage
that may be established hereafter by the
laws of other nations.
The bill brings the laws of the United
States into substantial accord with tht
laws of Great Britain and other powers
1t does not materially affect gross tonnage
but makes considerable reductions in the
net tonnage, the basis ON which many
navigation charges are imposed both al
home and abroad