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The attention Of Gen. 6iilmefS was now
directed to fsnodeling these works and
fitting them for offensive use in further
operations for the reduction and recovery OF
Fort Sumter and the occupation Of Charles
ton. The huge guns which had been en-
ployed in their reduction were transferred
and mounted upon these forts, and a new
battery called Chatfield's-better known IS
the Swamp Angel was constructed be-
tween them on q point nearer Charleston
and big gun mounted upon it to shell the
city.
The gun was drawn along the beach OF
Morris Island by details of 500 men from
the colored troops. But three or four shots
were ever fred from this huge gun, because
Gen. Beauregard placed several hundred
Union officers and soldiers, prisoners Of war
in the barracks along the docks in Charles
ton, to prevent US from Smelling the city.
On Sept. 90 the 112th N. Y was ordered to
20 to 4 small island between Morris and
James Islands to do picket duty and con-
struct q new earthwork redoubt for two Ga
pound Parrot guns on Blacks Island. We
were exposed to the fire of the rebel batteries
on James Island, Castle Pinckney, in the
harbor, and Fort Sumter.
By fidelity to duty we won praise from
Gen. Terry, under whose temporary COM
mand we were, and fattering notice was
sent by him to Headquarters of Gen. Gill
more.
During the constant excursions to Morris
Island before the surrender of Forts Wagner
and Gregg not man of my company or
regiment had been wounded or killed. On
the morning of the 25th of September, 1863
private, George Thompson, had just come
in from picket duty and taken a seat close
beside me ON log. A shell thrown from
James Island burst in the air overhead and
fragment broke his left arm and shattered
his right knee, nearly severing the leg,
weunding the calf of the left leg and foot.
A fragment Of the same shell struck among
party of officers who had just landed upon
the island, spattering them with mud.
With q detail of men from my company
placed Thompson in yawl, and amidst
storm of shot and shell from the rebel bat
teries on James Island, Castle Pinckney,
Forts Sumter, Wagner and Gregg conveyed
him safely to Morris Island and the operat-
ing hospital. Ampntation was skillfully
performed but he died breathing words of
W. BARBER, ST., Captain,
Co. G, 10Th N. Y, Akron, O.
The National tribune., 1897-07-15
"Like the ReRuiars.n

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: A comradA
who was taken prisoner in the early part Of
the war, and was temporarily confined in o
Georgia out of-the-way-town, relates that o
Georgia Captain, with . company of new ~
cruits for the Confederate army, arrived ct
the place one day, and were drilling near
where the Feds" were under guard.
Captain aud recruits were entirely ignop
rant of military tactics. but the Captain had
evidently seen some drilling done. He had
his men drawn up in two ranks, but did mot
know how to get them into four ranks.
Finally, bright thought struck him. Ins
loud, clear tone. and with dignity all over
him, at least four inches thick, he showed
his ability to meet the emergency by COM
handing;
From two strings into TO- strings-liks
Their reglars. Right smaht now. Git ~
r. M. ALLEN, Jefferson City, Mo.
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OVER
What the Veterans Have to Say
About Their Campaigns.

fThe Editor would be- glad to receive from the
veterans articles Of nom 800 10 1000 words written
exclusively for The NATIONAL TRIBUNE, and for
mont. Tho subjects should b of interest to vet
Grams In general and treated with especial regard
for historical accuracy OF statement Narratives OF
the behavior of some particular regiment brigade,
or division on some held wherein il distinR
ITSELF In some campaign in which il took a
prominent part. In some asge wherein II acted
o6ensivsly or dofpnsivey; "reminiscences Of prison
life. the march. the battle or the camp: dramatic
personal adventures and humorous inoden,s-all
suoh are solicited. They will receive prompt con-
sidcration. and If available be inserted. Stamps
should DO inolosed II II 10 desired that the manu-
script be returned II unavailable.l
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oE pRrcEnING cHAPrERs.

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
about score of men, chosen from the I'd,
2lst and SD Ohio, and led by J. }. Andrews,
daring Federal spy, are commissioned to pene-
trate the rebel lines to Marietta, ga, take
train run northward again. destroying the
Georgia Railroad, and so break communication
with the South They leave their division
commander, Gen. O. M. Mitchell, April z. 1862
near Shelbyville, Tenn. reach Chattanooga on
the lIth unfortunately delayed one day.
Reaching Marietta. they return by train next
day. steal the engine and three cars at Big
Shnnty. in the face of 10000 Confederates, and
cash away.
II-They are pursued by train, and the ex-
citing chase rouses the country. Bridges are
burned. tracks destroyed, wires cut. but the
pursuers hang on. After q reckless race, the
fuel gives out and there s no opportunity to
replenish it. They are almost captured.
III-The story of the train-stealing is told
from the rebel standpoint.
Iv.-Alf Wilson takes up his story again as
the men jump from the engine, and details
part of his thrilling adventures In ending the
pursuers.
y.-The country is full of enemies. and the
strain on Wood and Wilson is terrible. They
are surprised by cavalry squad and captured.
EI-0ld Snow, Captain of the squad, thinks
they are Southern men trying to escape con-
scription. They tell plausible story. and
sre allowed to go on promise to return home.
They are harbored by Unionist. and later
guided on their way and TO a boat danger
Gus passage is made down tho Tennessee. Near
Stevenson. Ala. they meet fugitive rebels. who
tell them that the Yankees are in the town.
They reach the place, 10 find it swarming with
rebel soldiers
EII-Wood and Wilson are captured. soon
identified engine thieves, and thrown INTO
a loathsome dungeon at Chattanooga, known as
"Swims's Hole" They find there their CON-
pan lions in the Andrews Raid.
VIII.-The horrors of a rebel prison are aptly
described. Owing to Gen. Mitchers sudden
appearance all the prisoners are hurried of by
railway to Madison. Ga, but were returned to
the Chattanooga prison after the Federal troops
had left that Immediate vicinity.
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CHAPTER vIII-(continued).

n VOW SHOULD LIKE TO HAVE
~ seen the old 2lst regiment. under
command Of the intrepid COL Arnold
- II McMahan, turned loose by COM
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They must have regarded us as very des-
perate, dangerous men, from the extraordi-
Aary precautions they took. Even when
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The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-05
A NATIONAL MONUMENT.
Proposed Erection of One in Washing
ton to Union Soldiers.

Washington, April 5.-There wR quite
an enthusiastic gathering of ex-Union
soldiers at G.. A. r. hall last night to
form a soldiers and sailors national
monument association.
Nearly every soldiers organization
was represented, and of the 100 names
recorded as charter members over one
half were present.
The meeting was called to order by
Dr. H. J. PenrOd, and DR.. Frank T.
Howe was unanimously elected tempor-
ary chairman, and DR.. PenrOd was
made temporary secretary. DR.. Howe
briefly stated that the object of the
meeting was the erection of a monu-
ment at the capital OF the nation in
honor and memory of the officers and
enlisted men of the army and navy of
the United States who fell In the war
of the rebellion, which shall serve as a
reminder of the present and fu-
ture generations of the sentiment enter
tanned by all loyal people for the sol
diers and sailors who risked their lives
in the defense of their country. He re-
ferred to the fact that similar monu-
mentS had been erected in many cities
and towns in the states, but at the ma
tional capital there was no monument
covering the idea. contemplated.
He believed that by systematic and
well directed work a monument could
be erected in Washington that should
surpass in grandeur anything yet at
tempted, and which would be a credit
to those engaged in the work. and an
adOrnment to the city that the Union
soldiers and sailors were instrumental
in saving
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-05
THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.
How the Crew of the Oxus Heard the
Result of the Fight.

New York, April 5.-Bets on the big
fight at Carson City made by the crew
of the British steamship Oxus were
paid yesterday when she reached her
dock in the Erie Basin. This was the
ceived the news of FitzsimmOns vic
tory, direct from the bottom of the
Gulf Of Mexico, early in the morning Of
the day after the fight. It was the
first news flashed over the repaired
cable from Tampico to Vera Cruz.
The Oxus was chartered to repair the
cable, and left Tampico on March II,
to the great disgust of the men. all of
whom had bets on Corbett and Fitz-
simmons. Mr.. Mccain of Galveston,
the electrician in charge, located the
break at 1 o'clock on the morning of
March 1S, and made the necessary re-
pairs. To test the wire he attached
his instrument and telegraphed to Tam
picO the inquiry:
Does the wire work all right2"
The answer came back: 90. K. Fitz-
simmons WINS
Mr.. McCann turned to Captain Suth-
erland. You lose your bets, captain"
he said. "All your men who bet on
Corbett lose"
The news spread through the ship,
and the men crowded around the cleo
trician with queries, but the instrument
had been detached and no details were
to be had The bettors agreed that
all bets should be paid upon arriving
in New York.
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NEW YORK'S NEXT MAYOR.
Labor and Silver Men Think They
Have Chance to Elect Him.

New York, April 5-OccasionaI refer
ence has been made to the possibility
that the municipal contest next fall
may be complicated by the forces of
organized labor taking an Independent
stand and running their own ticket. The
evidences multiply, indicating that the
labor organizations will seek to make
themselves felt in the coming cam
paign, not as an adjunct to any of the
existing political parties or Organiza-
tIon, but as an Independent factor in
the fight.
Several employers of labor who have
been interested in trying to ascertain
the attitude of the labOring men in the
coming mayOralty contest, have been
conducting inquiries among their own
WOrkingmen.
One of these men who employs 1900
workmen, says of the result of his in
VestigatiOn:
Il learn that the voters in my fac
tory are almost to a unit in favor of
nominating q straight la Dor ticket for
the coming election. Through my men
l aScertained that the same feeling per-
meates the great body of organized Ia
bor in the city. They are not saying
anything for the public, because the
leaders are discreet, and none has de-
velOped yet who wants to exploit him
self as the leader of the movement.
''The reasons which have impelled the
laboring men to think they can elect
the mayor of Greater New York-they
really do not expect such a result-are
many, but they are all based on the no.
tiOn that If the friends of Bryan and
Organism stand together in this con-
test when the other element is divided
by other issues. and for different candi-
dates there can be no doubt of a faVora-
bic result for them.
What little talk there has ben
among the men about individual candi-
dates has all been directed to- the
probable nomination of Henry George.
Mr.. George may not be as strong a man
with organized labor as he was when
he ran for mayor in 1886, but according
to the labor idea, he IS sound on the
Bryan issue, and he will attract to his
support, they say, the single takers, free
silver Democrats and free silver Re
publicans and all the other elements
who supported the Democratic ticket
last year.
What they want is to have a free
silver Bryan mayor of New York for
the effect his election will have
throughout the country as well as to
help them in the presidential election of
1900 when the mayor will still be in
Office
This manufacturer has talked with
several others who employ in the ag-
gregate thousands of men, and finds
that the result of similar Investigations
made by them in their own factories is
corrobOrative of his discoveries.
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MAY MAKE ARMOR PLATE.
C. P. Huntington Thinking of Going
Into the Business.

San Francisco, April S.-Collis P.
Huntington's attention was called last
night to a dispatch from Norfolk, Va,
stating that a company of American
and English capitalists were to join him
in esta blishing a large ordnance and ar
NOR plate factory at his ship building
yards at Newport News, Va.
Il can readily understand - said Mr.
Huntington, how that story has gain
ed currency. 1t is true, some gentlemen
want me to join them in an enterprise
of that character. ] have had conferen-
ces with them on the subject, but con-
clusious were never reached. I do not
think I will become interested in any
armor plate factory. If so, it will be
in the distant future.
Possibly I may agree to have an
ordnance establishment at Newport
News. The Armstrong; of England.
the great gun manufacturers of the
world, would like me to join them in
such a scheme 1t was only the other
day / got a letter from them on this
very subject. 1 do not know yet what
viii be the result of their proposals TO
me about the matter, but If company
should be formed to build an ordnance
factory at Newport News, 1 rather
think I win put some money into it.
The Armstrong; are good people and
very Competent in such matters. If
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-05
WANT TO HELP M'KINLEY.
A Committee in Washington that
Wants to Help Run the Govern
nneut

Washington, April 3.-Eleven of the
Is members of the executive commit
tee appointed by the Indianapolis mon
etary convention has been in the city
for several days.
The executive committee have decid-
ed to establish headquarters here in an
endeavor to procure from congress such
legislation at this session as will en-
power the president to appoint a com
mittee to prepare plans for a revision of
the banking and currency laws before
the regular session in December.
The headquarters will probably be in
charge of Secretary H. H Hanna of
indianapolis. Those who are here are
c. c. Harrison and Stewart Patterson
OF Philadelphia; w. B. Dean of st. Paul;
Crawford of Texas; Maj. Hanson of
Georgia; John p. Irish of California;
ex-Gov. Stannard of Missouri; A. E.
Wilson of Kentucky and Geo. F. Pea
The members of the committee have
conferred with public officials and mem
bers of congress with regard to this,
and say they have met with no discour-
agement.
In an interview Mr.. Hanna stated
that the committee had decided to rec
ommend procedure as follows:
First, That act be promptly in
troduced in both houses providing for
the appointment by the president of a
monetary committee of II mem bers,
Whlch ShaIl, as soon as II may De poSSl-
BILE, after the constitution and appoint
ment thereof, enter upon thorough
and comprehensive consideration of the
currency and banking affairs of the
United States, and the laws relating
thereto, and no limit is placed upon the
scope of such inquiry or the manner of
conducting the same.
The commission shall make within
four months after the date of their ap-
pointment and not later than the first
day of October 1897, a concise and
exact report of their deliberations,
conclusions and recommendations,
covering the subject matter considered
by them, accompanying the said report
with a proper bill or bills to carry their
recommendations into effect.
It is the judgment of this committee
that the simple fact of the appointment
of such a nOn-pOliticaI representative
commission would have an immediate
and important effect in aiding the re-
turn of confidence.
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JUDGES HALF HOLIDAY.
Could Do Just as he Pleased Until
Monday Morning.

At half past o'clock Saturday Judge
Hazen adjourned the January term of
the district court and took the remain
der of the afternoon Off the first Ieis-
ure time he has had since the COM
mencement of the term on January IA
On next Tuesday at 10 O'Clock the April
term of court commences.
During the January term there were
256 cases disposed of in the district
court, or about 100 cases a month, as
the duration of the term was two
months and half OF this number 81
were jury cases, 145 court cases and so
dismissals. In the criminal business Of
the term ten persons We're found guilty
of misdemeanors and fined, two con-
victed of misdemeanors and fined and
imprisoned. thirteen convicted and sent
to the state penitentiary and two con-
Victed and sent to the state reforma-
tory.
Three hundred motions were disposed
of during the term
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-05

ring of suffragists which had usurped
power there. When I entered into the
suffragist movement with the enthusiasm
OF youth and a new convert the move
ment was led by representative women.
The years which have intervened since
then have been marked with their loss
by death or withdrawal. Today the Ma
Uonal Suffrage association has lost the
prestige it enjoyed when on a strong ma
tional basis.
1t is now properly known as the Ans
thony-Shaw ring. Susan b. Anthony and
Anna Shaw, who run about talking Of
holding Aunt SusanS bonnet Rachel
Foster Avery and Carrie Chapman Gait,
comprise the officers year in and year out
and run the organization to the eXcIu-
sion of everyone else.
I do not hesitate to say that it was
the methods pursued by the national or
ganization that caused the defeat in Cal
ifornia, and not the saloon element Is
they claim. Every time woman Suffrage
Is defeated it is laid at the door of the
saloon-keeper and liquor dealer. Look at
CoIorado-Suffrage for women prevailed
IN that state, and there were as many
saloons there then as now. You proba-
bly remember Miss Anthony did not as
sist in the campaign that brought suff-
rage to women in Colorado She has
worked for suffrage in 13 states, in every
one OF which suffrage met with over
Whelming defeat. The only state that
ever carried suffrage by popular vote was
one she kept away from L have neither
patience nor charity for this feminine
Tammany hail.
Miss Cousins smiled little at her own
edrneStness. This is strong language,
but mean it all'' she said.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-05
ATTACH L.H.POUNDs' GOODS
The DR.. Alexander Claim Enforced
Against Household Goods

A portion of the household goods
owned by L. H. Pounds, which were
stored in the residence in PotWin now
occupied by Frank Willard, when Mr.
Pounds and family removed to New
York city, have been. attached by Under
Sheriff Bert Lucas on an attachment
issued out of the district court on be-
half of Mrs. Alberta T. Alexander. The
goods are now in possession of the
sheriff.
Mrs Alexander brought suit in the
district court to recover 1890 and inter
est on that sum for several years, from
L. H. Pounds, and her attorney later
asked the court for an order of attach
ment for personal property owned by
the defendant. The suit is on a. prom
issory note given by Mr.. Pounds to the
Alexander estate in settlement of an
account for medical services rendered
the Pounds family by the late DR.. Reid
Alexander.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-05
CATRON'S SONS FAILED.
Gould Not Enter Either Annapolis or
West Point.

Washington. April 5.-Thomas B.
Catron, late New Mexico delegate in
congress, has worked manfully to get
his two sons into the government
schools, but has failed.
Last summer Catron had two vacan-
cies, one at West Point and one at An
napOlis, and to make sure, as he
thought, to get at least one boy in, he
appointed each an alternate Of the
other. Both went to Annapolis, and
failed and one afterward failed at West
Point. At the recent examination Ca
irons second boy failed. and the alter
nate who was designated in case both
sons failed at West Point and Annapo-
lis met the requirements. A number
of years ago a Maryland congressman
designated his two boys, one to west
Point and the other to Annapolis, and
was defeated for denomination by his
constituents.
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IT MADE HIM FORGET.
Result of an Injury to Isaac Belts Re
ceived Last Fall

Isaac Belts, a mechanic who resides
at 800 North Monroe street. was ad-
urday and will be sent to the Topeka
asylum. Belts was injured while at
work in the railroad shops at Rich Hill,
Mo, last fall, and since the injury his
mind has been affected at times. He
formerly worked in the Santa Fe shops
in this city.
Belts affection is amenabIe to treat
ment, and it was for this purpose that
he will be sent to the asylum. He re-
alizes his condition himself and made
no objection to the trial. At times
when his mind has been affected he has
wandered about the city for hours, and
has passed his own home without rec
ogniZing the place. He is a. man about
SO years of age.