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COVERING, a RETREAT.
Bull Run Map and the Memories 1t Revived

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: THE ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE with the map of the battle
of Bull Run came TO hand, and you will
please accept my warmest thanks for the
same. The map is complete and true in
every respect. would not part with it for
any price. / took part in the battle and am
sure every comrade living who did will prize
it highly. l shall keep it as o souvenir of
that memorable day. -
There is scarcely Croad represented on
the map over which did not march. Gen.
l. b. Richardson's Brigade, of Tyler's Divis-
ion, composed of the I'D Mich, Sd Mich,
IL h N. Y. (three-months men), LIST Mass.
(three-months mem, fought the battle of
Black burns Ford July Is, and camped in
front oft till July 81. Richardson's Brigade
covered the retreat of the panic-strlcken
army. We did not leave the nights of Cen
terviHe till $50 o'clock Monday morning
reaching Fairfax Courthouse at 1890 o'clock,
where we could see no troops of our army,
the place being completely deserted, and
finally arriving at Arlington at o'clock p.
m. in q drenching rain.
Richardson's Brigade never got credit for
covering the retreat of our army. Blenker's
Brigade always claimed it. often thought
l would refute their claims made in these
columns some years ago What deferred
me was the hope that some ADLER pen than
mine would do it.
/ stood within few feet of Gen. Richard
son. / think it was nearly 6 p. m. when
Capt. Alexander, of the Corps of Engineers,
directed Gen. Richardson, by order of Gen.
Mcdowell, to make general arrangements of
troops and cover the retreat of the army (;
which he did by forming the brigade in
line-of-battle across the Union and Black
burn roads about a mile from Centerville.
About dusk large body of the enemy's
cavalry appeared on the Centerville and
Manassas roads. A few well-directed shots
fired by Lieut.. Benjamin from The r1ed
cannon of Battery NJ, I'd q. S. Art, made
them disappear quickly. We staid there in
Iine-of battle till after o'clock Monday
morning, when, by order of Gen. Richard
son, the brigade commenced the retreat in
the following order: The 10Th n. Y. in front,
followed by the LIST Mass next, the Sd Mich,
and in rear of all the Cd Mich, after all
other regiments and batteries had retired
FREDERICK Cook, Sergeant, Co. 3, I'd Mich,
Ueertield, Mich.
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bill be amended by striking out the first section
and inserting the accompanying substitute in place
tbereof and that amended. the bill do pass.
The committee also recommend TO amend the
title OF the bill 10 read, IAN act authorizing
the Secretary of War to procure and present suit
able medals 10 the survivors of the volunteers for
tie stormtng column at Port Hudson"
This bill has been introduced in every
Congress from 1884, yet has never been re-
ported by the House Military Committee,
with the above exception, and at that time
too late for action by the full House, while
it has nearly always passed the Senate. This
bill has been again introduced in the 54th
Congress by the Hon. Samuel w. Mccall, of
Massachusetts, has been referred to the Com
mittee on Military Affairs, and numbered
223. and by the many assurances OF support
from Republicans, Democrats, Union and
non-Uniop veterans, late Confederates.
there Is little doubt that these long deferred
medals will be granted at this Congress,
should the committees make favorable re-
port The Senate Committee has already
made the following report:
A BILL to grant medals to survivors and heirs OF
volunteers of the Port Hudson, La, forlorn hope
storming column
Be it cndctcd by the Senate and House Of Represent
dtiUes Of the United States Of america in Congress
assembled, That the Secretary OF wsr is hereby
authorized and directed TO procure suitable
medal to be presented the survivors of the for
lorn hope storming column against the works at
Port Hudson. La., June Is. 1868. in fulfil ment OF
the promises made by Malice N. Z. Banks. COM
manding the Department of the Gulf, and con-
tanned in his General Order numbered 40; and in
case OF decease of such volunteers said medals
shall be given to the widow oldest heir.
SEC . That for the purposes of this act n sum
sufficient Is hereby appropriated out of any moneys
in The Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
1t is especially requested that every men,
Der of the forlorn hope storming column will
communicate with the undersigned. Send
any members address he may know; also,
those members who have answered their last
reveille in the morning and the bugle notes
have sounded taps, lights out, at night.-F.
w. PRESTON. Secretary, 504 Grand avenue,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Pleased with the Flag.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: have re-
ceived the flag you sent me as premiums
and am well pleased with it, as it is just
what you recommend it to be. All that
have seen it say it is beauty, and l would
say to all that want to get nice flag
at small cost, get up small club for the
good old paper, THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
and get one as premium. l would not
take SIS bill for the flag you sent me.
Now, will say to the old boys: "Stand by
the good old TRIBUNE, and get up small
club, and help her fight for our rights, and
by so doing help Others. w. FIGHT,
Everett, Pa.
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FIGHTING THEM OVER.
What Our Veterans Have to Say About
Their Old Campaigns.

FThe Editor would he glad TO receive articles of
from 600 to 600 words serial papers of greater
length, for publication on the first page of, and
written exclusively for, The NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
The subjects submitted should he of Interest the
veterans i'm general, and should be treated with
especial regard historical accuracy of statement
Articles on the behavior of some particular regi-
ment or brigade on some field wherein IL dis
tinguished itself. in some campaign in which it
took prominent part I'm some siege wherein IL
acted defensively ofensisef,; "reminiscences
of prison life, the march or the camp; personal
adventures all such are solicited Shorter papers
of from 500 10 900 words and of the same charac
ter. sre also desired for Fighting Them Over"
All articles will receive consideration and if avail
able will have insertion. Stamps should be in
closed IL IL is desired that the manuscript be re-
turned IL unavailable
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COL. URIC DAHLGREN.

Some Further Testimony as to His Services
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / have
received this paper from correspondent
looked IN my article on Uric Dahlgren,
published in your valuable paper.-MADE-
LEINE VINToN DAHLGREN.
Tire following is taken from "War of the
Rebellion, Official Records of the Union and
Confederate Armies,pi Series /, Vol. XVII,
Part 1, Reports, Serial No. 43, PIP. 995 and
1916. Va.
HEADoUARTnns, THIRD DIVISION
CAyAbRY CORPS Aug. 10, 1868.
CAPTAIN: Leannot pass over this en-
gngemenI Operations afeund WiiIamspor,) with
out mentioning few .;,nogg tle many individual
cases OF gallantry thatennie under my obser-
walton: Capts. Snydg. Dahlgren. and Chauncy.
the first killed the last Two w Wounded leading a
daring charge through, Ale streets of Hagers,own.
Respectfully Admitted.
- J. KILPATRIcK,
Brigadier General Of Volunteers. Commanding
Capt. A. J. CoHEs, 8ssisiau, Adjuant- General
Cavalry Corps.
Report of Gen. Alfred Pleas0nton,
q. S. Army, commanding Cavalry Corps,
Army of the Potomac:i
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CoRps.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC June Is. 1863
GENERAL: Cspis. DahIgren ard Cad
waiaaer. Aids Camp OF Maj. Gen. Hooker were
frequently under the hottest fire, and
firing In their generous assistance in conveying my
orders. CaIi. Dahgre.i-lv among the first to-
ihe0river si,d charged with the fret troop.
He sfterw charged with the 6in Pa. Cav, when
that Regiments won The admiration Of the entire
command. and his horse shot four times. His
dashing bravery aud cool intelligence are only
equaled by bis varied accom- pi ishments.
am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
81 A. PLEAsosTON,
Brigader- General, commanding.
Brig. Gen. 8. WILLIAMS Assistant Adjutant- Gem
cral. Army of tie Potomac.
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BEFORE PORT HUDSON.

Survivors of the Forlorn Hope Ask for Their
Medals of Honors.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The boys
babe us good-by as though they never ex-
pscted to see us again. are the words
June is, 1868, when he and his COM
rsdes were preparing to lead the forlorn
hope storming column before Port Hudson.
At that time the fortified town of Port
Hudson, on the Mississippi River, was hold
ing out against the Union army, and resist
ing successfully the assaults of Gen. Banks's
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THEIR RECORDS.
Brief Sketches of the Services of
Various Commands.

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE has IN hand several
hundred requests for regimenta histories All such
those now received cannot be published for a.
least year. owing to lack of space. Numerous
sketches havealready been published. and of these
none can be found room for a second time, until all
have been printed.l
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A Missouri Post In Politics,

Post ia, of Fredericktown, No., was sus-
pended at meeting of the Council of Admins
tration of the Department Saturday. The
charge against the Post was issuing q circular
letter. which was mailed to the various Posts
in the State, recommending the nomination Of
r. r. Cahoon for Governor, subject to the action
of the Republican party.
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by Col James W. Paramore. Col Para
more was dismissed, and Col Charles B.
Siedel commissioned to succeed him. Col.
Siedel was mustered out at the expiration
of his term, Jan. IS, 1865, and during the
remainder of the regiments service Col.
Horace N. Rowland was in command. The
regiment served in Crooks Division, Cav
airy Corps, Army of the Cumberland, and
lost five officers and 50 men killed and one
officer and 100 men died.
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PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.

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soon as possible. Comrades should write very
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only, and matters OF general interest. The
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great that room cannot be found for all, how
meritorious and those chosen cannot
find insertion for some little while. Stamps should
be inclosed il II is desired that manuscript unava-
able be returned.l
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"A Murdered Soldier.

Comrade N. M. Clifford, Lenapah, !. T.,
writes: Soon after the war a man named
VIM. Hoffman, who had been a soldier in
the war in the 44th ILL.,, was murdered in
Indiana ard his body burned in a fireplace
connected with a double Lighthouse by q
man named Hineman. In after years a
statement appeared in THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE setting forth these facts, in reply
to an inquiry for his whereabouts. The
answer to this inquiry was written by an
old soldier who, within the past nine
months, stopped over night with another
old soldier named Joseph Winsell, about 10
miles west of Nowata, l. r., as he was driv-
ing through with two-horse covered
wagon.
=" / desire to know the postofice address of
the old soldier who answered the inquiry as to
the whereabouts of VIM. Hoffman, and who
stopped at the home of Joseph Winsell rs
above stated, in order to open correspond
ence with him in regard to VIM. Hoffman,
deceased. Winsell is an old soldier, but he
has forgotten the name of the soldier who
stopped with him."
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The Sd Ohio Cav.

The regiment was organized at Camp Wor-
cester, o., from Sept. to Dec 1, 1861, to
serve three years. 1t veteranized and was
retained in service until Aug. 4, 1866. Col.
Lewis Zahm, who was commissioned on the
organization of the regiment, was honOrably
discharged Jan. 5, 1868. He was succeeded
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SHE BECAME A MASON.
Degree Conferred Upon Her by Som
one She Befriended.

Degree Conferred Upon Her by Some
one She Befriended.
One cold, rainy afternoon during the
war, us sat in my lonely country home,
In the South knitting socks for our soldiers,
a servant entered, saying man wished
TO speak to me.
Going to the door, saw ragged, un-
kempt creature, who fremblingiy asked If
had any masonry work to be done?
Smoky chimneys needed work" but
the money was lacking to ray for it.
II was then lnte Saturday afternoon.
could not turn him away, and yet was
a widow, living salone, with my son, q
small boy, and a raFaiyzed brother. How,
under such condition could take one into
my house?
hit on plan. Calling man servant,
Ioniered a warm bath and fresh clothes.
and nfter good supper the poor man
enjoyed comfortable bed and q fine
nights rest.
The.inext morning being Sunday, my
family servant sjOined us In the Episcopal
service, ard the visitor was invited to take
part. To my suTE1ise. he went through
the wlsele Service and sang all the chants
and hymns con amo re-,
Tue folio wing dey Lsent o man with him
10 the nearest town. twenty miles off.
Upon leaving lie asked ms token OF graft
tuste 10 he allowed TO make me u Mason.
A i WASH young widow, quite uDpro-
tected, situated 1hdif way between two
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03O-833s7fhS ST. n. W.
19I@-l0 fB IA. Avo. N. W.
asa Pa. Ave. =. e.

ing him until Joseph's teeth ratified like
Otero's castanets.
"This man." explained Hollinberger,
"was having row on street last night.
with another Italian, and using very pro-
fame language.
That's about the first element In
English they acquire" observed his
honor. dryIy.
PLEADED NOT GUILTY.
'.Yes, SIR" assented Tom, wto finished
the rest of his testimony without detail
ing the oaths.
'Nota guiitu," said Floma, a little. short
dark man. in veiveteen plaids. with thin
gold earrings glisteDing in his ears.
$50 you didn't swear?''
Eyes, 1 sweara, but 1 no carry guD."
"The other man accused him OF having
a revolver said the officer, but none
was found on him at the station
Fifteen days." said the court.
How mucha mum pay dot?" asked the
prisoner.
Five dollars"
II noa pay" sneered Floria, tramping
back to the corridor. But he will, for
Joseph takes in that much every day
with his hand-organ.
Poppy or Mandragora or all the drowsy
imps Of the East could not soothe the Nile
green monster. that agitatcd poor Polly
Lawson's breast last night, when she
81 " her beau, Joseph Sparks, out walking
with another girl. Polly is q comely yell
low girl, whose police court record was
nil until st. Patrick's Day, 'S6.
The barefaced deception by her sweet
heart was too much for Polly, and she fol-
lowed the pair. waiting until they halted
under gas lamp to make her presence
known. She made it known not only to
them, but the whole neighborhood, for
Polly has wicked voice. and the language
she used would have raised the rough
hair on the head of n Breton fish woman.
SHE sCREECHED PROFANITY.
She piled invective on top OF inyectiye,
screamed oath upon oath, until the police
closed her mouth. The sight OF brass but
tons brought Polly to her senses, and she
fell in heap when the Officers put her
under arrest.
This morning the wicked pair who caused
all Poily's undoing testified against her;
sotid the policeman. 4 nd the case was plainly
made out. Polly took the stand and saved
her freedom by telling the truth.
"Yaas. swere, yo' 'onner," sobbed
Polly; ''dced ] did, mos dredful, cause
los NAH senses wen sees dat gal wild my
bo. wot's been payin' me 'tentions for two
yeers.''
HAS she ever beea arrested before ask
ed the court.
The policeman said. NO ard gave
Polly a good character.
'.Secms to me l. have seen her before"
pondered the judge. do you remember
her. Mr.. Kendig?''
Mr. Kendig said no. too. and that settled
1t, the court accepting Polly's personal
bonds, warning her TO be seen no more in
the tolls of the law aud to look for a more
constant swain.
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TWO MEN WERE KILLED.
An Express Train Crashes Into
Freight Near Harrisburg.

Freight Near Harrisburg.
Harrisburg. Pa, March 1.-THE fast
line express train east-Sound on the Penn
sylvania Railroad which left this city
at 3:45 O'Clock this morning ran into a
i've stock train near Stcelton. few
miles east of here, and caused a serious
wreck. Two men were killed and a dozen
were injured. The dead are:
Samuel WEIGH, engineer, and Lee Strouse,
:iremen. both of Philadelphia. They were
in charge of the locomotive of the pas
senger train.
The engineer was terribly scalded about
he head, face and body, and died at the
city hospital about O'Clock. The fire
man was crushed TO death urdcr the engine.
Several of the passengers were slightly
injured, but proceeded on their way after
having their wounds dressed. The injured
passengers at the hospital are:
Milbourn Fielding, aged 80. of Phlladel-
phia, an electrician; abrasion of the right
knee.
Peter Donelson whitmore. OF Mexican
county, Pa, returning to Sweden, a labor
er; mild confusion of the body.
Harry Henson OF No. 1 East One Hundred
and Fourteenth street, New York, on his
way from Pittsburg; iucised wound over
the left eye and punctured wound of left
knee.
Johu Van Heest, Philadelphia, punctured
VIC Ind OF the right leg and abrasion over the
right car.
James Costello of McDonald's Station,
Pa, contusions and other injuries.
H. Kraus, of Akron, Ohio, internal in
juries.
Van Heest and Gracey are pugiIists.
A hundred sheep were killed. The cars
caught fire and the uninjured passengers
went to work with snow and prevented its
spreading. The cars were broken to splin-
tiers and the track was blocked a short
time.
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nlH WRECKED 81 '0PIUE
William McDeyIie's Wreiched
Locks and Ssrry Plight.
PROSECUTED BY HIS MOTHER
She Had Suffered All She Could Stand
From the wayward Son-Hot-Hea
ed Floria's Outburst of Rage and
Profanity Cost Him Money-Polly's
Plea Got Her Off.

st. Patrlck's day In the police court and
not an Irishman in the dOcki
Kendig assumed for the day descent from
Brian Borhu, wearing in his buttonhole q
gorgeous trefoil OF green, and throwing
flavor or emerald brogue In his mezzo-
tenor voice. Flynn, grandiloquent and
magnificent, received congratulations like
prince and dispensed handshakes like a
potentate. Contradictory Flynn. He wore
no green ribbon on his broad chest, clothed
sparkling like diamonds.
'.Where's the ribbon, Mike?' asked
Lawyer silIers, showing genuine sham
rock in little glass case, sent him from
Ireland.
"Oi nivcr wear ony. sur, replied Flynn.
"It's prowd of me burth. OF am, but, above
all, Orm an American. Me colors are the
rid, white and blue.''
Flynn spread his great shoulders like an
eagle, settling its pinions for flight, and
stalked the corridors. at once hetcrrificr and
thepacifier ofthe motley Gro wd of witnesses.
The good saint must have used his virtues
in the city last night. for the dock held but
six prisoners. One an opium fiend. another
n belIlgerent Dago, and a third sobbing
mullatto girl.
The opium fiend was William McDevitt
and a sad story his arrest revealed. He
has been living with his old mother on
Lincoln avenue, near st. Mary's Cemetery.
The mother has two other sons, worthy
Young men, who manage her property.
William is lost to all feeling OF filial re-
spect and duty.
He has but one thought In life-to keep
himself in perpetual stupor by using the
product of he deadly poppy plant. When
he cannot Influence money from the fam
lily, he will steal any or everything he can
lay hands on ard sell the articles to buy
opium. Not many mont hs ago he stole some
clothes from a friend while visiting the
latter's house, and served a jail sentence
for the theft. On his release his mother
sent him to Providence Hospital for treat
ment. He stayed there two days and then
made his escape from a second-story win
dow.
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Tho Lady and the seaguIl.

A lady photographer at BuxtOn OWLS
seagull, which, after being tanned, proved
TO be SO docile and clever as in some way
to be used In the lady's business. To pre-
vent it flying away the birds wing was
clipped, and the owner was proceeded
against for cruelty. The magistrates re-
fused to convict on the ground that a sea-
gull not being domestic animal. did not
come within the statute. This view was
upheld by Divisional court on Saturday.
Mr. Justice Vaughan Williams remarking
that he wished the law was different. but
they had no right to extend Its scope.
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arimesthat were approachingus, he thought
II would be right to waive all rules and
give me the degree.
In O rider 10 make him think he was doing
me favor / went through the form OF
taking 1t, but had no idea until months
afterwards, when three Master MasoDs
gave me the cegree, that 1T was iona
flee ono. / believe they all agreed that,
under the circumstances, the nun did no
wrong, yet never revealed his name until
he was dead.
So the masonry" work was done-but
not upon the chimneys. 1t was simply fire
side work.
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silver Tea Caddies.

Among the prettiest things shown at the
silyersmiths' are tea caddies with two
compartments, for two sorts Of tea.