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was one-thrd. (Ofthe original s5 stalwart.
picked men of Co. f, only / 5 are now living
Dearer TO me than any brother was cur
| intrepid young Major, j. Barnet Sloan,
whose name is Gommemorated in Post Sloan
G. A. r., at Penn Yam, n. Y, where Co. +
was raised by him.
At the field hospital, 20 hours after the
bloody charge, / held his band when the
deah-damp moistened his handsome brow,
ana the light of earthly life faded frsm his
brilliant eyes-eyes that had read men, and
commanded them. and never 9uailed during
two years OF arduous campaigning and fight
ing with the 3lst n. Y, of Brooklyn.
As truly brave as Hooker or Custer, this
fatal stroke by minie-ball was his third
wound, all received in desperate charges
including the battles of Williamsburg and
fredericksburg.
As Sloan's faint, final whisper, "Mary !"
(his wiie), trembled npon his pallid lips,
mourned, and | cursed in my heart the cruel
necessity for this war, and for such terrible
sacrifices of our bravest and best, who died
for you and died for me-"
First Serg't VIM. Leroy Norton died in
October, at his home in Watkins, y. Y,
lamented and honored by all the people.
As a soldier he was one of the bravest and
coolest members of the old 23d n. Y, and
the newer 179h. Since the war he had
twice served his native County of Schuyler
most efficiently as District Attorney, and he
was = citizen of ability aud sterling integ
rity. His once robust constitution was
shattered by the terrible prvations OF Belle
Isle aud Salisbury prisons in 64-5. To the
memory Of this noble comrade, and of Maj.
Sloan, 1 twine a chaplet of myrtle and
cypress.
The 179th's last charge-made independ-
ently-is thus referred to in q sketch of the
regiment published in an Elsira IN. Y. J
paper:
"On the night of April 1, 1865, the roth
regiment alone, by splendid flank r1ove-
ment, assaulted the whole picket-line on it's
brigade front (near Petersburg), capturing
about four times their number, and held the
position until morning. 1t then took posi-
tlon on the front line for general assault
on the enemy's works. which were subse-
quently taken, with such an overwhelming
victory as to completely break up the enemy's
lines of Notifications and compel his evacua-
tion and retreat toward Five Forks and APP
pomattox, where the end came"
Brevet Brig.-G William NJ. Gregg, of
Elmira, (now deceased was Colonel of the
10th and Franklin B. Doty, of Hornells-
viile was sLieutenaut-CoIon Gallant Doty
was killed in the "last charge" above re-
fsrred to. A fine monument to Doty's MEM
ory was erected al Hornellsville by his sur
viving comradea-NEwToN 3. SPENCER
Sergeant, 10th N. Y, Middletown, N. Y.
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FIGHTING THEM OVER
What the Veterans Have to Say
About Their Campaigns.
THE 17eTH's FtRsT CHARGE.
"a Regiment of FrisRs9Young Goats Led
by Seasoned Lions"

"a Regiment of FrisRS9Young Goats Led
by Seasopast Lions"
| EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Six o'clock
p. H., June II, 1864, in front of Petersburg,
Va. "All quiet" along the lines of both
Grant and Lea temporary lull in q series
of bloody charges to force the enemy back
closer to Petersburg and give us more
| favorable position for beseging the city.
From the fateful Wilderness down to this
final line of attack the two opposing armies
have marched, flanked, fought, and been
doubly decimated. Human life is mere
bauble against the supreme need, which is
| victory.
As mere machine, to shoot and be shot
at, L am merged in mass of other human
| machines, styled o regiment; in fact, only a
battalion OF six companies. Our 10th n. Y.
has been rushed into ths field before it had
time to become a fnll-grown regiment But
experienced veterans fiji the most important
Offices, line and staff, ard we lean upon
| their tested courage and skill.
Left TO be sacrificed, if necessary, as soli-
| tary picket force of the Ninth Corps on the
Cold Harbor line, after our entire army bad
withdrawn for the hot race TO Petersburg,
we were there extricated from the open
jaws OF peril by the cool sagacity of our field
officers, who have thus won our complete
confidence
Now we face a graver peril. Our first
charge Is to open at once upon that slightly
sloping plateau, and the 'greenhorns are
to lead the brigade.
We form in a shallow ravine and march
up. Before us is narrow, barren plain ;
dIagonaIly across it stretch low breastworks,
! hastily thrown mp; at the entire rear a
fringe of pine woods; at each flank, near the
wooded background, are two feld-guns.
Doom for some of us turks in the ominous
silence of that breastwork. brigade Of
Longstreets veterans lie there; the bur-
nIshed feld-pieces gleam in the June sum
light; more doom ia behind their menacing
muzzles.
We, the untried, take in all this at one
sweeping glance. nervous thrill pulsates
along our little line-of- battle, and many
faces Of the unseasoned are blanched The
time is short for thought, but thought is
electric
The fiash-light photograph presents the
chief events of many lives; the central
scene is home and its dear ones. Only q
caiious-hearted wretch can face some Of the
best Confederate fighters for the first time
without tremor, and only Falstaffian liar
can say after the battle that he absolutely
felt no fear. r.
The artillery sharply opens; the red
throats belch fire and death; some we'll
known comrades reel and fall. Our line is
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To the north we proposed to remove
the various bands of Sioux, with such
others as could be induced to locate
near them, and to the south, on the In
dian Territory already established, we
proposed to remove the Cheyennes,
Arapahoes, Kiowas, Comanches, and such
others as we could prevail on to move
thither.
AT that date the Union Pacific con-
struction had reached the Rocky Mount
aims at Cheyenne, and the Kansas Pa
cific to about Fort Wallace. We held
council with the Ogallallas at the Forks
of the Platte, and arranged to meet
them all the next Spring-1S6S.
In the Spring of 1868 we met the
Grows in council at Fort Laramie, the
Sioux at the North Platte, the Sho-
shones, or Snakes, at Fort Hall, the
Navajos at Fort Sumner, on the Pecos,
and the Cheyennes and Arapahoes at
Medicine Lodge.
To accomplish these results the COM
mission divided up into committees,
Gen. Augur going to the Shoshones,
Mr.. Tappan and [ to the Navajos, and
the remainder to Medicine Lodge. In
that year we made treaties or arrange
ments with all the tribes which before
had followed the buffalo in their annual
migrations, and which brought them
into constant conflict with the whites.
Mr.. Tappan and | found it impossible
to prevail On the Navajoes to remove to
the Indian Territory, and had to con-
sent to their return to their former
home, restricted to limited reservation
west of Santa Fe, about old Fort Def
ance, and there they continue unto this
day, rich in the possession Of herds of
sheep and goats, with some cattle and
horses, and they have remained at peace
ever since.
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thrown into sudden Confusion, panic-rout
is threatened if we break and retreat, only
many brave dea hs later can atone for The
disgrace. Veteran FIfst Serg't Norton, of
Co. F, shouts the order: Lie down y
Lieut.-Col Doty and Mai. Sloan quickly
repeat il. 1t is eagerly obeyed. Soon the
hail of cannon ball, ,lackens.
Up and forward!"t .'
The crucial time has come Every un-
hurt man arses, ping closer his Enfield,
with bayouet fixed; this cold steel must
reach and peiistrate rebel line.
D1ublr-q icI>-charge!"
1t Is a.n.os AZ certain death now to go
back ward as forward. With frenzied wells
the blue-coa ed mob rushes for the breast
work Quick and thick comes the defiant
rain of hostile lead it is a hot stream from
sheol.
The field guns roonen, the palpitating air
is fillei with The confusing, diabolical ring
OF musketry aud an if rnai buzzing, as if a
myriad angrr hornets are dashing at US.
More comrades fail AT either band The
breastwork is reaca Ell; It - carried with a
wild, mad, irresistible rush at the point of
the buyonet, and one ol Longstreets best
brgades is driven from the fed
70 see those gray-j -jackets run thrills the
of strong wine, and it finds vent in vocif-
erous cheers.
Victory! The green regiment" has won,
and it is a miracle Of mex perienced valor
Our Brigadier exultantly hugs himself, and
says:
"a regiment of frsky yonRg goats, led by
seasoned lions hey didii't know how to stop
when they'd got arted l. ngstreet's vets
thought they'd have e picnic, but it was
rOut instead"
We bivonac that night upon that field,
barren when we >tarttd nav strewn with
the confused d-"ri~ charge. The 10th
N. Y. and the hrigads haye7earned the right
to sleep there.
! But earned it at n heavy sacrifice. Our
Lentenan Colonel seeereiy wounded; the
Major mortally SO; shnA Captains badly
hurt, aud one killed. Tile hons" suffered
sadly. ~, ht
In my company Of AZ men engaged three
were killed and 90 wounded. OF whom i've
died later, and the total regimental loss
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He Carried the Flag

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: At the bat
tie of Roanoke Island did not take the
island alone but did plant the first flag on
the rebel works. We had one Color-Ser-
geant, Howard, shot through, and the other,
Poppie, Knocked down on the charge.
took Poppie's flag, and was the third man on
the works, but did not do it ALL The 21st
Mass. and 5lst Pa, of our brigade, were there,
and did all that they could do, and so did
all the troops engaged.
l seldom see anything written by any of
the brigade. / would like some one to tell
OF the battle of New Berne 1t was the
hardsst-iought battle for the time it lasted
that was ever in as / remember. 1t lasted
four and half hours, and as near as / can
remember We were not farther than 75 yards
from the rebel works. / was q color guard,
and stood with Serg's Poppie until he was
wounded and fell. ] carried him from the
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HEART DISEASE.
SOME FACTS REGARDING THE RAPID
INCREASE OF HEART TROUBLES.
Do Not he Alarmed, But Look For the
Cause.

Do Not BE Alarmed, But Look For the
Cause.
Heart troubles, at least among Americans
are certainly increasing, and while this may
be largely due to the excitement and worry
of American business life, it is more often
the result of weak stomachs, of poor iges-
ton.
Real, organic heart disease is incurable
but not one case in a hundred of heart
trouble is organic.
The close relation between heart trouble
and poor digestion is because both organs
are controlled by branches of the same great
nerves, the Sympathetic and Pneumogastric.
In another way, also, the heart is affected
by that form of poor digestion which causes
gas and fermentation from half-digested
food; there is u feeling of oppression and
heavness in the chest caused by pressure of
the distended stomach on the heart and
lungs, interfering with their action; hence
arises palpitation and short breath.
Poor digestion also poisons the blood,
makes it thin and watery which irritates
and weakens the heart.
The most sensible treatment for heart
troubles Is to improve the digestion and to
insure the prompt assimilation of food.
This can best be done by the regular use,
after meals, of some safe, pleasant, and effect
i've digestive preparation, like Siuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets, which may be found at most
drug stores, and which contain valuable,
harmless digestive elements in pleasant,
convenient form.
1t is safe to say that the regular persistent
use of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets at meal
time will cure any form of stomach trouble
except cancer OF stomach.
Full sized packages of the tablets sold by
druggists at 30 cents.
Little book on stomach troubles mailed
free. Address Stuart CO., Marshall Mich.
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to be closing about me, spite of my earnest
efforts to avoid them; but necessity ties my
hands, and | must submit with the best grace
| can till l make other arrangements
In Washington are already the Headquar-
ters of n Department. and of the Army itself,
and il is hard for me to see wherein ! can
render military service there. Any staff
officer with the rank of Major could surely
fill any gap left between these two military
officers; and, by being placed in Washington,
| will be universally construed as a rival to
the General-in-Chief. n position damaging
to me in the highest degree.
Our relations have always been most con-
fidential and friendly, and if, unhappily, any
cloud of difference should arise between us,
my sense of personal dignity and duty
would leave me no alternative but Tesig-
nation. For this am not yet prepared, but
shall proceed to arrange for it as rapidly rs
possible. so that when the time does come
Gas it surely will if this plan is carried into
effect | may act promptly.
Inasmuch as the order is now issued, L
cannot expect full revocation of it, but | beg
the privilege of taking post at New York, or
any point you may name within the new
military division other than Washington.
This privilege is generally granted to all
military commanders and | see no good
reason why too may not ask for it, and this
simple concession, involving no public IN
terest, Will much soften the blow, which,
right or wrong / eonstrue as one of the hard
est ! have sustained in life somewhat check
cred with adyersity,
With great respect, yours truly,
w. I. SHERMAN, Lieutenant-General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION or
The Missouri, ST. LOUIS, Mo, Feb.
IA, 1865.
To the President
DEAR SIR: IL is hard for me TO conceive
you would purposely do me an unkindness
unless under the pressure Of a sense of public
duty, or because you do not believe me sim
cere. 4 was IN hopes, since my letter TO YOU
OF the 3lst OF January, that you had CON
GUIDED TO pass over that purpose of yours ex-
pressed more than once in conversation-to
organize new command for me in the East
with headquarters in Washington: but a tele-
gram from Gen. Grant OF yesterday saws that
the order was ISSUED ordering youH incl
TO Atlantic Division and the newspapers
oi TINS morning contain the same information.
with The addition that / have been nominated
as Breyet General.
1 have telegraphed my own brother in the
Senate to oppose my confirmation, OH the
ground that the two higher grades in the
Army ought not to be complicated with bre-
vets and trust you Will conceive my motives
aright. If could see my way clear to main
tam my family, / should not hesitate mo-
ment 10 resign my present commission. and
seek some business wherein / would be free
HON These unhappy complications that seem
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top Of the ridge to where he would be safe,
and went back 10 the col0rs. / WAS with
them through the fight.
Poppie died Of his wound, and I think
Alic Maulin took the colOrs from New
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Who "Limber Jim" yyxs.

Curtis II. Terry, Co. ii, 9th Mass, North
Adams, Mass, writes that he was in Ander-
sonville, and was well acquainted with
Timber JIM" Jim was a great mystery
to many OF the prisoners and to the rebels.
but not to the members of Co. Ii, 27tn Mass,
who knew him as Jack" Williams, Cnief
Gunner of the gunboat Commodore Perry.
Williams was one of the company detailed
TO the naval service, and Comrade Terry
know him both in the 9th Mass. and while
q prisoner.
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Berne and carried them ts An'ietam. where
he was shot dead at my side, ihs colors fall
ing partly Down on the other side from me,
but beng soon in the air agan.-F. q.
PLANFZ Hay Springs, Neb.
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To CURE COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money il it fails to cure
25s. Tho gen Huine has l.. b. @. on each tablet.
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At Jones sbors
Some Other Regiment.

James E. Kelsey, Lima, ILL.,, writes to cor
rect A. A. Jones, Of Toledo, Iowa, in his
statement that the 66th Ill. lost many men
in wreck off Cape Hatteras Comrade
Kelsey was a member of the regiment. and
knows whereof he speaks. He thinks it
must have been some other Illinois COM
mand
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Scattering.

2. Hill, Crittenden, Ill, wants some of
the boys of the old 10th Tenn Cav. to write
their experiences.
c. II. johnson, Boyne Falls, Mich, would
like some comrade to send the song, "The
Old Coffee Kettle that Hung ON the Psle.n y
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PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line.


John Bagley, Co. T. 23th Me-, Lowell,
Mass, thinks that the Sixth Corps BOYS
should not claim all the glory of Cedar
Creek, as the Nineteenth was present and
did g.llant ork. oEc 81 Comrade Bagley )
tent mates was Killed. and several of his
friends wounded. The 18th Me-, he men
tions, worked on the dlf:. nj Alexandra, La,
and helped save the UHiOn euDD0ats. The
organization was pick "a nut by Gen Banks
to cover the reireat iroun Sabine Crossroads
Peter C. S!eath Co. A. AZ. h Pa. Ambler,
Pa, writes 10 correct an error IN tAe ssue OF
Nov. 4. lie was a memDar Of the 47th, and
not the 43th Pa. HIS company lost eight
men killed at Cedar Creek
Ed Z. Barrett, Co. l., 9Th Ohio Cav, Muir
freesboro, Tenn. writes that Volney b. St
John, 9Th Ohio Cav, is right in regard to
Cedar Creek. Comrade Barrett was there.
and says he knows Col. Moore's Brigade was
on the left, and was the first struck by the
enemy. Other regiments of the brigade
were the 18th Pa. and 2lst n. Y Cav.
Max Slemmsr. Corporal, Co. A, 47th Pa,
Third Brigade, First Division Nineteenth
Corps, Philadelphia, Pa, writes that his
regiment was on the right Of ID wight's Divis-
ion, Nineteenth Corps, at Cedar Creek, and
formed across the pike to oppose Early.
At Jonesboro.
F. McElliott, Co. B, 18th Ohio Albion,
Neb., writes: " In the issue of Oct. 2S Com
rade j. W. Homer, Co. A., 69th Ohio, saws
| that at Jonesboro he saw the Regu ars and
17th n. Y. charge across an open field and
| capture a six-gun battery. He is right re-
gardng the 18th n. Y, which was in the
charge, but the Regulars had been repussd.
and the 18th OHIO, 74th Ind, 3Sth Ohio.
and 17lh N. T.. forming the Third Brigade,
Third Division, Fourteenth Corps, were or.
dered forward and took the battery
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ITO Be coistiHuedl
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A goodly number assembled at the
Opera house, at the appointed hour,
Saturday afternoon. NJ. III. Blackwell
called the meeteing to order and read
the warrant. George Weeks was
chosen moderator and began the real
business of the meeting by reading the
second article relating to sewers. A
very few moments later it was evident
that there was to be the old familiar
contest between the farmers and the
villagers. For nearly an hour and a
half the discussion went on. Lawyer
Chapman made a lengthy plea for the
sewers and explained the matter thor
oughly. Private citizens We're willing
to pay one-fourth or one-fifth of the
cost of the construction of the sewer
besides their proportionate part and
to build about 600 feet along High
street at their own cost and then de-
liver it over to the town. The Maine
Central Railroad, over whose land the
sewer was to have gone, would have
aided in its construction so the final
cost to the town would be very small
compared with the benefits to be re-
ceived. The farmers and a few others.
HtWtNei' ieiiidiieu Hiil anu ilIdilN
managed to get vote on the question
which then was whether or not the ar
ticle relating to sewers should be
passed over. The first ballot. stood
negatives %, Alternatives %. A second
vote was taken and then stood 80 to 81
for passing over the article, and the
farmers rejoiced greatly over their
victory. But the question is coming up
again soon and its decision means a
hot time for the old town. The select
men were instructed under article III
to receive bids for the old schoolhouse
at Shawmut until the annual town
meeting, when they are to receive in
struotions as to selling it.
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THE MINERS STORY.
Fired on BY The Sherins without Notice aal
Without Provocation.

Philadelphia. Sept. 10.--A special
to the Press from Hazleton states
that early in the day a num-
Der of miners were marching on the
mines owned by Calvin Pardee ard
that two of their number were ar
rested. The crowd then turned toward
the Latimer mines. When they reached
the edge of the town, marching 10 in
a line. they were met by Sheriff Mar
tin and about 20 deputies. Martin
halted them and read the riot act. and
brandishing revolver above his head.
ordered them to go back. The strikers
answered that they were not doing
any harm and began to brush by Mar
tin.
Immediately volley was fired, ana
when the smoke had cleared II dead
and 3S wounded were stretched on the
ground. and the remaining miners be-
gan to scatter to all points for shelter.
In the meantime the women living IN
the vicinity began to care for the
wounded and many of the miners be-
gan to carry some Of the wounded
away from the scene.
Within 30 minutes trolley car cary
ing a number of doctors arrived from
Hazleton and the wounded were placed
on board and taken to that city.
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coming over and gave this vers,on
the affair: We were going along ~.
ROAD 70 Latimer and the deputies were
lined across the road. barring our pro-
gress. We tried to go through them : ~
did not attempt to hit or modest ths,a
when they fired upon us. We ran hn.
they kept on shooting on US while wa
ran. 1t Is all their fault"
Citizens meetings were held In va,
Gus parts OF the city. tonight. opinan
was divided about the Responsiveness.
for the shooting.
i Is estimated that when the strikers
began marching on the Haze,
mines they outnumbered about 20o
All along the road they seemed jubilan,
over their success at the Hazel mines