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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-02

Mr.. Neff a y while MIR. Spooner was
telephoning to the city hall, Anderson
went in the Cooperage office and also
tried to telephone the city hall, but was
so drunk he could not do SO. Mr.. Neff
says Anderson told him that the sailor
The prisoner, who gave his name as
Giles Anderson, says he belongs in
Sampson county, n has a mother and
two brothers living in this city. That
he came to the city Saturday after
noon from a visit to Clinton, and was
drinking on the way, having bought
liquor in Clinton. He failed to give a
connected story Of his actions during
the night previous to committing the
murder, but he admitted talking to the
officer in the hollow shortly after l
O'Clock and about twenty minutes be-
fore h murder. He claims to have
been assaulted and knocked down and
stamped by two or more men, and
While down he called for help and An
ally shot at the man twice. He also
in the Cooperage Company's Office and
telephoned the fact to the city HAL and
thai he did not know the man was
dead until he was placed under arrest.
When asked what became Of the pis-
toll, he stated that the companions of
the murdered man took it and ran
away, also taking his hat. ~
The National tribune., 1897-02-25
Holding the Enemy.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In your
Issue of JAM % one of Casey's men says his
division held Gen. Joe Johnston's whole
army for three and one-half hours, giving
the second line of works time to prepare,
and that COUGHS line held them about 80
minutes. There were only two regiments
the 10th Mass. and the 36th N. Y.-to form
that line. The line: The right of the 10th
massed on the railroad the left of the 10th
Oil the 36th; the left of the 36th on the
main road to Casey's camp, in riae-pit.
1t was the 10th that held them for that
80 minutes. Gen. Kearny came on our left
with the 55th n. Y. 1t was KearDy who
saved us and ordered us out of the rifie-pit-
We went to the next line of pits about half
a mile.
Now, about that brigade that made the
charge and saved us. That part is wrong.
There was n charge made the second day by
two regimenls-the S5th and 69th N. Y.
They charged into the woods between the
main road and the railroad. I went after
them to see ii there was anything left of our
camp.-PATRIcK SWEENEY, Co. f, 36th N.
Y, Togus, Me.
The National tribune., 1897-02-25
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE LIBRARY.
Series of Historical Textbooks.
Textbooks.


TIE s Statistical h s. nan sss eg:
No e LINcoLN's WoRDSTheG Address Second Inaugural
No g. MISCELLANEOUS MEMORANDA.-Dates Of the great
Rebellion; Physiological
of killed on both sides
PENSION sTATisTcS-Nmbsr Oh the roll OF each Glass; OK
its stimulus
into the Territories; Emancipation
musra by Portraits
Is, % @ Amp lbs @ ass
Message Portrait Map, etc
Ps'ss NuTess John Mf,y tDs Splendid 1 page
the Army various dates
No. g. THE STORY CUBA.-By Byron Andrews History OF the
of Weyer Map and 10
Wer
both sides brought
No. 10. THE LIFE Of MAJ GEN GEoRG 3. T. IHoMASm
Cumbrl haftone portrait
addition contains the Platform 10Th
LIFE OF SEM F. 4 RAP leader % IS = pa me
No. 49, cHRoNoLoGIc REcoRR OF BAdTIES 1 Cfia.
No. ~. LIFE OF ADMIRAL D. G. FARRAGuT.-Ihs grsae''
No. is. FAIR Otilo.-Song and music
No. II. GLORIOUS PENNSYLvANlA-song and music
TO BE ISSUED.
No. 1e. SOME POETRY OF THE WAR.
OTHER NUMBERS OF GREAT INTEREST uILL F0LL0M
number z 10 cents sf1 Of the
numb postpaid
Address, TRIBUNE. York Ave. Warrington u
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If fond of reports, look what Sheridan
says of our conduct at Winchester. The
one brigade (Upton's) he singles out. For
what? Simply they were in their place,
where their services counted, and they
made it count Vide VOL AZ, Official Rec
ords
The comrade says Gen. Wright knew
nothing of the fierce fight on our front I
am aware of what he says in his report, but,
as an equal of any citizen of this Union. I
am ready to say, and substantiate my as
sertion, that he did know of it. Gen.
Emory rode out of the fog to where Gems.
Wright, Wheaton, and Hamblin were sit
ting on their horses, not 40 feet from my
position, and asked for assistance. Emory
was bleeding from a wound in the face, and
his horse was spouiing blood at each breath
from a hole in his left flank.
Rambling correspondence. begat by the
thousand-times-told tale, inferred even be-
fore the war ended the immense superiority
of Getty's Division to all the rest of the
army. The Old Guard of Napoleon was not
The National tribune., 1897-02-25
MEETING ON THE Ice.

the angle. i reiterate the statement that
there were no organized troops in sight of
the left of the First Division at the time the
rebels made their attack ON us. Further
more the Second Division could not hold
their ground 10 minutes against the concen-
trated forces Of Early but for the fact that
our two divisions were on his left flank and
rear and stayed there until marched around
to the pike and all fighting had ceased on
the mornings battlefield except skirmishing
Porter is fond of quoting the Records.
He says the First and Third Divisions were
10 the rear of Getty. Sheridan and the
Records say to the right. And, again. there
was no fight made by our divisions; and
then says nearly every field officer in
Wheaton's 1.-THE First was killed or
wounded. Let me give some figures from
the Records, Vol AZ, Part 1, page 131. 1t
gives the loss of the Second (Hamblin's)
Brigade, First (Wheaton's) Division as three
officers and 49 men killed, IL officers and
255 men wounded, and three officers and "a
men missing. Total loss, 404. Oct Is, re.
ported for duty in brigade, SAC men.
On page 132 the loss Of the Vermonters ID
shown, TO which Porter belonged: One off
Ger and SO men killed, l2 officers and 49,
men wounded. and 12 officers and Al men
missing. Total loss, 2S4. No report o.
number Of muskets carried into fight
Comparisons are not odious. Ccmradt
Porter, did We lose one-third more men thar
your brigade without making fight? Were
you, Comrade Porter, with us on May 10
1858. when Upton. our Brigadier, broke the
rebel center, and with ball and bayonet held
his ground for two hours against 10 time.
his number? Can you recollect the Bloody
Angle at Spottsylyania, when Upton and
the brigade fought from daylight until Ions
after dark under pouring rain, and never
70 ieet from the enemyf
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wounded, besides nearly 80 missing. In the
action il lost its gallant Major, John Brad
ley. At the battle of Gettysburg the regi-
meDt did much splendid fighting, and rs
less was quite severe; 13 men were killed.
1913 wounded, and 20 missing. In this Bat
tie Col Robert p. Cummins was killed.
Lieut.-Col. Alfred Il. McCaimont, who sue
ceeded Col. Cummins in command, was de-
tailed to duty away from the regiment IN
April, 1854. The following Fall he was pro-
NOTED TO ColoBei of the 2OSth Pa He was
brevetted Brigadier-General. The regiment,
which had been recruited in Harrisburg,
Pa, in the Fall of 1862, to serve three years,
was mustered out May 20, 1865, with Lieut.
Col Horatio y. Warren in command.
The National tribune., 1897-02-25
Good News for Asthma Sufferers.

We are glad to announce that the Kola plant,
recently discovered on the Congo River. West
Africa, has proved itself a sure cure for Asthma,
as claimed at the time. We have the testimony
of ministers of the gospel, doctors, business
men. aud farmers, all speaking of the marvellous
curative power of this new discovery. Hon.
L. g. Clute of Greeley. Iowa. writes that he
could not lie down night or day from Asthma,
and the Kola Plant cured him at once Rev.
g. Ellsworth Stump, pastor of the Congrega-
tional Church at Newell Iowa, was cured by it
Of Asthma Of twenty years standing, and many
others gave similar testimony. To prove to you
beyond doubt its wonderful curative power. the
Kols Importing Co., No. 1854 Broadway New
York, will send large case of the Kola Com
pound free by mail to every reader of THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE who suffers from any form
of Asthma. In return they only ask that you
tell your neighbors Of il when cured yourself.
This is very fair, and We advise all sufferers
from Asthma to send for the Case. Itcosts you
nothing.
The National tribune., 1897-02-25
CLAIMS THE CREDIT.
{" Grab Root" Said to Have Originated
With the 61st Ill.

With the 61st Ill.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / saw an
article in your issue of Jan. IA from r. III.
Bell, Adamsville, o., in regard to the phrase
Jump off and grab a root.n He is partly
correct. The gag FIRST originated in our
camp at Owl Creek, Tenn, just after the
battle of Shiloh. As he states, we had a
man in our regiment acting as Adjutant by
the name of Albert Kramer, but never en-
listed or mustered, as can find from records
of our regiment.
Kramer was riding through our camp one
day on his little yellow pony, which, BY the
way, had been locked and tail shaved by
our boys, when his pony SHE'D and threw
him of near large tree with prominent
roots. He was so badly ratified he grabbed
one of the roots, which, being observed by
the boys, caused them TO yell, Jump off
and grab root" From that time on until
/ left the army, in 1865, this gag was used
by the whole army, and the men respected
no official, no matter how high his rank.
They made life a burden to poor old
German Kramer, and he left the regiment.
Where he went to / do not know, but if
alive, and should he see this, / am satisfied
he would bear me out in the statement l
make.
IKE 10 see mticies IIom olO IeIlOWS OF
the 6lst ILL.,, 18th Mich. Irregular Jay
hawkers) and AID Ill, all good fellows and
scrappers from way back. especially the 43d,
who, with our regiment, did Forrest up to
the Queens taste at Salem Cemetery, Dec
| 10, 1862 Poor Grayis, Colonel of the 10Th,
is dead; Engleman. Colonel of the 33d, 1
have lost track of but Dingler, the dapper
little Lieutenant-COiOnel of the 43d, is in
| New York.
1t has been 90 years since / have written
any army experiences, but the memories OF
long ago are still fresh. and nothing pleases
me better than to see articles written by the
boys of the stirring times of 1861 to 1885,
S. TCARRIco, Captain, Co. B, 6lst H., Alva,
! Okla. Ter.
The National tribune., 1897-02-25
LOST OPPORTUNITIES.
A Facetious Comrade Tells OF Ways He
Might Have Become Famous.


EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: will tell
what know aboht that flag Comrade W.
P. Lawrence, Co. 9. 122d Ohio, Carl, Iowa,
didn't get q furlough or medal for captur-
ing. On the morning of April 2, 1865, when
the assault on the rebel works south OF
Petersburg was mB1e, my regiment, 9th Nd,
was in the first HE bf Gen. Refers Brigade,
Gen. Ricketts's Division, Sixth Corps. BY
the time we reached the rebel works no
special alignment oftregiments or companies
was observed. Itcentered the rebel works
through sallyport where hundreds OF
others were forcing their way in.
When inside / looked for a moment for
the rebel line of defense to drive us back
Then l was called to by some soldier l
never knew, who, saying, "These shantles
have men in them" / ran to one and told
our boys to order all out. At the same time
every shanty had callers. I then ran to
large frame house standing near by. l found
boys ready to enter. We went inside. l
turned to room to my right In it was
bedstead with all the bedding belonging
thereto. The covers were tossed back, and
the bed showed every sign of two persons
having occupied it.
In the corner of room stood big flag,
furled. Some man said: See, here ii
their flag" unfnrled it, and on it was the
Headquarters emblem Of what supposed
was corps or division. l did not stop to
examine it infinitely, but my best recollec-
ton was it was cross, which. in the early
dawn in the room, I supposed was blue on
what know was a white field.
l relinquished all claim to it by simply
getting out quick, to look for what l
thought was bigger game. This must have
been the flag Comrade Lawrence so gener-
ously gave to the man who got the furlough
and medal.
Again, ut the battle of Sailors Greek,
April 6, 1865, when Gen. Early and his en-
tire corps were captured, /, with the 9th Md,
was on the skirmish-Iine. The rebels made
their stand, and offered battle on the south
side of Sailors Creek, but had heavy
skirmish-line on the north side.
This we drove back till in our front de-
cided stand was made at farmhouse near
the creek. Here, protected by the house,
barn, and several other outbuildings, the
skirmish was very brisk.
We charged up to the building. The en-
tire force around it surrendered, perhaps
500 men. An officer came to me, having a
fieldglass suspended around his neck. |
looked at him a moment and directed him
to the rear When the troops came up, and
the line of the old Third Division, Sixth
Corps, was formed for the advance on the
rebel line, / saw man carrying that ident1-
cal feldglass. He said he captured it off a
rebel officer. guess he got medal.
regarded it as his private property. hence
did not take it-G. M. EICHELBERGER,
Captain, Co. G, 9Th Md, Jacksonville, 0.
The National tribune., 1897-02-25
"De Coffee's Hot"

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: 1t was
July, 1865. Headquarters and three COM
panies of the 7th Kan. Cav. were at Cape
Grardeau, Mo. The remainder of the regi
ment was in surrounding country suppress
ing or dispensing rowing bands Of armed
men. Our camp was in beautiful grove
about two miles west Of town.. Quartermas-
ter Smith and myself occupied a wall-tent,
and two colored boys a wedge-tent to our
left and rear. 1t was warm evening, and
the walls of our tent were turned up to adj
nit circulation Of air. Smith and were
Just about to "turn in" when flash and a
terrible commotion among the darky boys
attracted our attention. Looking out we
saw their tent in flames, and heard the cook
John shout 10 Giles:
"Frow some water on frow some water
on!" 49,
"De waters all Hone gone," yelled Giles.
John, remembering kettle of coffee on
the fire, called to him:
"Frow de coffee on; frow de coffee ont"
and Giles screamed back:
No use frow do coffee on; de coffee's
hot!"
By this time THE tent was doomed, but
Smith and myself were too helpless from
laughter at Giles's philosophy to render any
aid, and the boys saved very little from the
ruins. "Cotfee's hot" became standing
joke with us, and, no one. enjoyed it more
than John and 'Giles.-F. PoMERoY, Com
missary- Sergeant, 18th Kan, Burbank, Cal.
The National tribune., 1897-02-25
COMPLIM ENTS.

I congratulate you on the success of The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE. 1t has become q
necessity in my home. could not do with
out it.-JAMEs B. Hoop, Co. +. LIST Ohio,
Carthage, KY.
What? THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE stop?
No, not bit Of it, 80 long as we old sol
diers live to help you fight our old battles
over again with the same old enemy. The
Memoirs of General Sherman alone is worth
many times more than the cost of THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE.-DAvID LUTz, Shir-
leysburg, Pa.
The National tribune., 1897-02-25
THEIR RECORDS.
Brief Sketches of the Services Of
Various Commands.

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE has In hand several
hundred requests for regimen,al histories All such
requests will be acceded to in due time. although
those now received cannot be published for NJ
least year, owing to lack of space. Numerous
sketches have alrcady been published and of these
be found room for q second time. until all
have been pripted.l
The National tribune., 1897-02-25

Remember we give good stem-wind
and stem-set watch free to every one who
will raise club OF only four yearly sub
scribers to THE. NATIONAL TRIBUNE at 81
each.
The National tribune., 1897-02-25
COmrade George Wells and the Historic
Gun He PrcsentAd to Reserve Post.


Gun He PrcsentAd to Reserve Post.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: At re-
cent meeting Coihrade Henderson Synnamon,
on behalf of George Wells, of Burlington, N.
j., presented Pennsylvania Reserve Post,
191, Philadelphia, with double-barrel rifle.
This rife has history, which was told dur
ing the presentation. The narrator being
an eye witness q tn. the event made it doubly
interesting.
In January, 1854, an exigency having
arisen in the Valley Of the Shenandoah, the
Sd and 4th Pa Reserve were ordered to
Harper's Ferry. Late in April they reached
Camp Piatt, on the Great Kanawha River, be-
low Charleston, the present capital of West
Virginia. At this point they were brigaded
with the 18th and 18th w. Va, and formed
portion of the column under Gen. Crooks,
known as the Army of the Kanawha.
The route was over the mountain fastnes-
| SEES Of the Allegheny range. aud was heavily
wooded. The TANKS of the army were con-
tinually harassed by the bushwhacke:s and
! guerrillas hidden away in the rocks. May
they drove the rebels from fort called
Breckenridge, at Princeton, Va. The route
then led over the Black Oak and East River
Mountains, with the enemy In front and the
hills on the TANKS filled with sharpshooters,
who constantly annoyed the moving column.
For two days the skirmishng continued.
A marksman in a tree on the mountain was
doing great execution, and could not be
silenced until Corp'l Geo. Wells, Co. E, Sd
Pa. Reserves, shot him with his rifle.
Comrade Wells left the road, assembled the
| woody side of the hill and took possession of
the rifle, which he had held ever since. The
bushwhack was a man Of fine and COM
manding presence, and proved to be Capt.
VIM. Harmon Of that immediate neighbor-
hood.
Having decided to present the gun to the
Post, the comrade had silver plate in
scribed as follows "This gun was captured
at Brushy Mt, Va. ON May, 1864, by Geo.
Wells, Co f, Sd Reg't, Pa. Reserve, from
| Capt. VIM. Harmon, rebel Bushwhacker."
This is but one instance OF the bravery Of
| Comrade Geo. Wells who attested his love
| for his country on many hard-fought field.
| HENDERSON SYNNAMON, 113S South Fiji
tenth street, Philadelphia.
The National tribune., 1897-02-25

Mrs. Hudnut's free offer to In valid Ladies on
page will interest all women.
The National tribune., 1897-02-25
A sHARPsHOoTER's RIFLE

After typhoid fever, pneumonia and other pros
trating diseases take Hoods Sarsaparia.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-28
The End of samuel Pepys.

This day died Mr.. Sam. Pepys. a
very worthy, industrious and CURIOUS
person, none in England exceeding him
in knowledge of the Navy, in which he
had passed through all the more consid-
cradle offices. Clerk of the Acts and Sec
rotary of the Admiralty, all which he
performed with great integrity. When
King James went out OF England, he
laid down his office and would serve DO
more, but withdrawing himself from all
public affaires he liv'd at Chapman
with his partner Mr.. Hewer, formerly
his clerk, in very noble house and
sweet place, where he enjoy'd the fruite
of his labors in create prosperity. he
was universally BELOVED, hospitable,
generous, learned in many things,
skill'd in music, very create cherisher
of learned men, of whom he had the
conversation.
His library and collection Of other
curiosities were of the most consider
able, the models of ships especially.
Besides what he published of an Ac-
count Of the Navy, as he found and left
it, he had for divers yeares under his
hand the History of the Navy, or Ma
valia, as he called it, but how far adj
vancd, and what will follow of his, is
left, suppose, to his sisters son, Mr..
Jackson, a young gentleman whom Mr..
Pepys had educated in all sorts OF use
full learning, sending him to travel
abroad, from whence he return'd with
extraordinary accomplishments and
worthy to be heir. Mr.. Pepys had been
for neere forty yeares so much my par
ticular friend that Mr.. Jackson sent me
compleat mourning, desiring me to be
one to hold up the pail at his magnifi'
cent obsequies, but my indispositior
hinder'd me from doing him this last
office. -"Evelyn's Diary"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-28
A "CIeano Shave.

Nothing is easier than for contagion
to be conveyed from diseased to q
healthy skin during the act Of shaving,
and many cases have now been recorded
proving that diseased processes have In
this manner been propagated. Probably
the readiest manner available to the
barber for preventing such untoward
occurrences would be by sterilizing his
instruments" by means of heat, either
by steam or boiling water. Razors
should be made so that their handles
would not suffer from the exposure to
high degrees of heat, and the rule should
be enforced that in no case should any
of the instruments" be used consecu-
lively without having first been submit
ted to the sterilizing process. Under
this rule, then, each customer would be
sure of having "clean" shave in more
senses than one. OF course. also, on the
principle Of "fresh pot Of tea for each
customer, freshly scalded out lather
not should be included with each shave.
Unless these or similar precautions be
carried out in BARRIERS shops, cases OF
the conveyance Of infectious skin dis
eases from customer to customer can
not fail to occur.-Medical Press
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-28
For ra,ented Young Frenchmen.

The Villa de Medici, which the
French nation has owned for many
years in the Eternal City, is a beautiful
building, standing in the middle OF a
garden filled with statuary and fine old
trees, commanding "a view of the IA
nous old city and fitted up with superb
furniture, tapestries and pictures, the
remains of the former greatness of the
powerful Medici family. Here each year
are sent four young Frenchmen-a
painter, q sculptor, an architect and a
carver of precious stones. These lads are
chosen by competition held at the
school of fine arts in Paris every spring.
The examinations are very searching,
and the successful candidates are greatly
envied, for, having won their honors,
they are housed, fed and provided WITH
a studio and an ample sum of money to
nay their expenses for four years, all
by the French government.
Paul DR. Chaillu tells OF the doings
of queer African species of ant, which
the natives call the bashikonay, which
marches through the forests in aregula'
line. This line usually averages about
two inches in breadth and is often sew
eral miles long, with not break in thu
column. "All along the line" says TIT
great traveller. ''large and fierce lookini
ants act as officers, keeping the singula
army In ordor. +"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-28
As She Viewed Her Present.

An amusing incident occurred at a
fashionable wedding in London. One
friend, who determined to save her
money and credit at the same time, took
q broken earring to famous jeweler OF
Bond street and ordered the little stone
to be set'as scarfpin for the groom.
AS she sagely remarked, lit does me
no good, and coming from such a IA
nous establishment they are sure to
prize it and think l paid q lot OF
money" When the package was re-
turned from the shop, the wedding guest
failed to examine her proposed present,
and merely dispatched it with her card
and compliments. Imagine her disgust,
when strolling through the rooms where
the bridal gifts We're displayed, to find
dozen people about her offering, and
each one smiling For moment she
hesitated, then pressed forward. and 10!
there was the precious white satin COW
cred box bearing the priced name, 1t Is
true, but, alas, below, "From repairing
Department. and even worse than all,
resting on the blue cotton beside the
pin, was an old broken bit OF earring
returned by the conscientious firm. -
London Correspondent.