The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-01-10

Got All He Wanted.
Comrade Fred Mather, Cold Spring Har
Dor, N. Y, made request for certain seed.
in this column several weeks ago and now
writes: 1.-THE inquiry brought me many
letters; one from Comrade S. T.. Brosius, o.
the firm of Gillihan & Brosus, attOrneys-st-
law, Gallatin, Mo-, which contained lea1
from a nursery catalog showing that could
get paw-paw trees from Rochester, N. Y.
while an unknown friend sent catalog from
Westburg, n. Y, which shows that / can
find them on Long Island, within Is miles
Of home. This shows how ignorant of what
is at his door a man may be. Comrade p
II. Warner Overpeek, o., sent me q bag oil
paw-Paw seed, which are now in the ground
and is sorry that he cannot send the chin
quapin, because it does not grow along the
Miami River Comrade Fl. III. knight
manufacturer of shaved hickory whip
stocks, Sandusky, o.. sends small sack OF
hazel nuts, black walnuts and buckeyes.
We have the black walnut on Long Island
but it grows slow in our gravel, and is so
hard that cabinet-malSers do not like to
work ii. An unknown friend sends bag
of hazel nuts, and am well supplied with
all the above seeds, and wish TO thank all
those friends publicly, as have done by
letter, and assure them that Will be pleased
to return the favor in any way they may
namen
Well Drilled.
q. l.. Camp, Burton, Mich, says: az re-
member the first colored regiment / ever
saw drilled. At the command of Eyes
right it looked as though chalk line had
been drawn the length Of the regiment. THE
! NATIONAL TRIBUNE in it's good work has
accomplished wonders, and at its command
Eyes right in the campaign just closed.
the same effect was produced. We of the
Pacific Coast, in making right wheel, have
overrun the enemy. They put me in mind
of the Johnnies who used to come into our
lines on the Atlanta campaign; they have
| given themselves up and gone to the rear,
and are not in it any more"
| Information Wanted.
J. G. Smith, Box $685. Bath, N. Y, says:
YIN the Summer of 1864 was q nurse in
the hospital at New Albany, Ind. had
! under my care a young soldier by the name
of Allen. Il think his first name was James,
but am not sure. He had scrofula sore
extending from the butt of one ear to the
other, passing down under the chin and
down over the collar-bone on the left
side. The Surgeon said he could not
live, but he got well. The muscles of
his neck contracted 80 as to hold his chin
down somewhat. The Surgeon gave me the
credit of saving his life. / want to learn
whether he is living. He was Pennsyl-
vania soldier"
| Mrs. Sarah E. Jacobs, Vernon Center,
Mimi, desires the addresses of comrades of
her husband, member of Co. F. 65th N. Y.
sheridan's Orderly.
Hiram Place, 9th U. s. Cav, Fremont,
| Mich, sends rs sworn affidavit that he was
"Sheridans Orderly at the time of his men,
orable ride from Winchester to Cedar Creek,
Va, on Oct. 10, 1864 and that also he was
the only private soldier who went through
with him on that ride"
He says: Sheridan started on the great
| ride to Cedar Creek in company with his
brother, Lieut.. Sheridan, Capt. O'Kief and
myself. The records of the 9th u. S. Cav.
and Co. c of that regiment will substantiate
my statement as to being the Generals
Orderly"
John M. Gould, Major, Goth Me- Portland,
Me-. writes that nothing in THE TRIBUNE in
all the years that he has read the paper has
pleased him more than " The Little Orderly"
in Picket Shots. He says he can throw no
light On the question. When Sheridan
reached the Goth Me. he was mounted on
fresh pony, and 80 far as he can remember
neither the General nor any of his officers
nor their horses gave evidence of hard driv-
ing. He has been trying two or three
years to learn who the Orderly was that
rode behind Gen. Mansfield when the Gen.
eral was mortally wounded at Antietam.
Any comrade who wishes 10 claim this
honor for himself or friend will please re-
ply directly or through THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE. Let everyone now come to the
front.
Lost and Found.
G. V. Mesler, Captain, Co. /, Gasport,
n. Y, wants to know who has his sword,
which was taken from him at the time of
his capture, Aug. 49, 1864, after the taking
of the Weldon Railroad, Va, by the Union
forces. Correspondence requested, with
view of obtaining said sword. Southern
papers please copy.
A Home for the Right Person.
Mrs G.. NJ Kemage, jennings La, will
give good home and wages to q soldiers
widow or daughter who wishes to do house
work for small family mo children)
Good chance for woman wishing to come
South.
James P. Carlein, Lieutenant, Co. G, 31st |
Wis, Willow Springs, Mo-, writes: AT |
Madison, Wis, July, 1865, lost sword |
anu pclt lTOui tlt hnSTfCdu J1OLeI. LII was |
taken by some one through mistake OF de- |
sign. 1t was presented to me by the patrol |
guard acting at the time in the City of |
Nashville, Tenn, l being Assistant Provost |
Marshal of Nashville. My name, regiment,
and the presentation is inscribed on the |
scabbard of sword"
Who Hit Him?
CS. Ellison, Co. A, I'd u. S., Ansley, Neb.,
writes: I" l wish to tell of an incident at
Fort Ridgely, Mimi, where / was stationed
in 1857. We had half-breed Indian as
prisoner in the guard house for shooting
soldier. We had to take him out each day
for an airing, for fear his health might suffer
FROM close confinement, with strict orders to
shoot him if he should attempt to escape.
az was Sergeant of the Guard one day,
and was crossing the parade to the Adju-
tant's Office. Hearing loud noise turned
around and saw our prisoner running.
shouted to the guard to fire at him. took
COED aim and fred myself
:" He fell, shot through the thigh by one
ball.n
Thinks IL a Noble Project.
Joseph G. Marshall, Madison, Ind, writes:
Your issue of Nov. 30, 1894, contains an
article favoring the building of National
Military Home for the INDECENT ex-Cenfed-
srate soldiers and sailors This magnanimous
act inaugurated by the boys in blue is most
certainly an act worthy of notice, and will,
I believe, grow with the GA. II. when they
HARM IN understand tho n,attar opI xuhot |