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DISCOURAGED SOUTHRONS.
An Ex-Confederate's Letter that Betrayed
the Sentiment During Sherman'S Advance.

An Ex-Confederate's Letter that Betrayed
the Sentiment During Sherman's Advance.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: [ send
you part of the letter of an ex-Coniederate,
which indicates the state of feeling in the
rebel army when Sherman was pressing
Hood. 1t is dated Sept. is, 1864, at Military
Court, Headquarters Lees Corps, A. T., 20
miles from Atlanta. 1t is addressed Dear
Father" by one who signed himself Your
affectionate son, Winder," and it was picked
up on Herschel V. Johnson's plantation,
near Barton, Ga, while foraging from At
lanta to Savannah and the writer is be-
lieved to have been his son, Winder b.
Johnson, Captain and Judge Advocate:
You have no idea of the hardships to
which our soldiers have been exposed. The
marches have been long and rapid We
marched so miles in four days, on one meal
a day. | stood it finely myself, keeping
ahead all the time of our entire corps, but
many of the soldiers were completely ex-
hausted, and struggling soon to n consider
able extent decimated the ranks.
The army is at present in demoralized
condition. The soldiers blame Hood, and
say that Johnston would have done long ago
(that is, give up Atlanta) what Hood was
at last forced to do. They think that John
ston would have saved the 10000 or 10, 600
men that Hood lost in defending Atlanta
They have enough to discourage them.
The moment Hood took command he COM
menced giving orders to charge breastworks.
Our men have fought desperately, but in
nearly every instance that a charge has been
made they have been hurled back with
slaughter by superior numbers. They now
swear that they will never charge another
breastwork; they think that they are
whipped, and of course are disheartened.
Sherman now has the State of Georgia
at his mercy. Our army in its greatest
strength has been hurled from fine positions,
and, decimated as it is at present, with no
advantage of position between here and the
ocean, it cannot be expected to ever hold in
check an army vastly superior i'll numbers
and flushed with victory. | believe if it was
left to vote of this army whether we should
60 back into the Union or not, nine-tenths
would vote in the affirmative.
"The people in this section of the coun-
try, almost to man, are in favor of re-
union. They do not say so in words, but
no other inference can be drawn from their
conversation. They say We are whipped ,;
that everything we have is gone; that all
will starve' The last expression with them
is true. The whole country for 80 miles in
every direction is desolated; not stalk of
corn or of cane is standing. Hogs, cattle
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His word IS considered his bond BY all Who
know him throughout this section. Mr. Sweet
is not the only one in Stearns County who is
using this celebrated medicine and with
equally good results.
Subscribed and swOrn'to before me this 18th
day of June. 1896.
JAMES L. JERRARD, Notary P,sBlic.
SteaFns County, Minnesota.
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They Prize These Relies.

Lincoln Post, Of Newark, N. j., boasts of
two war relics. One is board taken from
the Herman House in Gettysburg, in which
is imbedded bullet fired during the his
toric engagement The other relic is an old,
rusty and bent gun-barrel. 1t was found in
Rock Creek, near the 18Th n j. monument.
on the Gettysburg field. The gun was run
over by an army wagon, which bent the
barrel and rendered it useless. Some of the
members of the Post remember the incident,
and still further recollect that the disgusted
owner threw the useless gun in the creek,
where it lay many years. The Post is in
debted to John Herman, Of Gettysburg, for
the two relics.
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all have gone into the bottomIess nav of
of the Confederate Government
Our wagons travel 30 miles to feed the
stock of the army with green corn. The
people are generally small farmers, and de-
pendent for the coming years support upon
the growing crops, but the Government has
not only taken a portion of their support,
but all of it; they are not paid one cent for
the robbery, and, in many instances which
have come under my own observation, GER
tiflcates of Indebtedness have not been given.
They are actually fleeing from starvation.
hat little the Government Agent leaves
is stolen by the soldiers. They shoot down
the hogs, sheep, chickens, before the faces of
the owners. / saw dozen old citizens yes
terday who had assembled to assess the
damages done them. They all stated that
they had nothing to live on; said if the Gov
eminent would pay them the money, they
would 90 somewhere, in order to live. But
they have neither bread nor money. Instead
of looking upon the Government as their
protection, they see in it nothing but a
great juggernaut crushing them to death.
They care nothing for the Confederacy.
They are alienated from it, and would rather
risk the chances of being ground to pieces
by reunion than to bear their present suffer
ings longer. Every man in Georgia will
have to undergo the same trials.
Sherman will be in Macon before Christ
mas, as sure as you live, and would earnestly
advise you to gather your crops as soon as
possible. and sell them Immediately; sell
everything you can possibly spare. You
will have to leave home. / am as certain
of it as l can be of anything If you hold
on to your crops for higher prices you will
lose ali. Better to have the money in your
pocket. I would advise you, if you move
at all, to go to Savannah; never think of
going to Augusta.
Sherman is now running eight trains
loaded with supplies to Atlanta. He has
already enough on hand to last him two
months. He does not care for the railroad
between Dalton and Atlanta; the latter
place is now his base. He drove the people
out because he did not wish to support them.
You may look for raiding parties at any
moment.
The question before the people is this
Can you stand the war four years longer, or
will you propose reunion?' believe the
war will stop in less than so days after the
4th of March, for the Southern people will
go back upon any terms. You will see It,"
M. X. LEWIS, Co. A, 150th n. Y, Was
sale, n. Y.
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THIS C0MRADE HID A HARD TIME.
Paid Dearly for His Medal of Honor Before
He Got 1t.


lie Got 1t.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Leonidas
M. Cooley, of Ottumwa, Iowa, who recently
received a medal of hono- for distinguished
gallantry at Vicksburg, Miss, May % 1863,
had lively experience then and afterwards.
He was at that time Orderly-Sergeant of Co.
+, 22d Iowa. He led his company in the
assault on that place, falling just outside
the parapet, wounded in the left leg by a
canister-shot that destroyed the bone.
After lying there FOR time. he sat up
facing the rebel works, and his movements
drew voley from the rebel works, q mimic
ball striking him in the breast and coming
out at the shoulder-blade. At this time he
received another shot through the knee joint
of the left leg.
He remained on the field until midnight,
and knowing that it would not be possible
to get back to his regiment in ytime, and
not wishing to take the chances on the field
another day, succeeded in getting the Ser
geant OF rebel picket-post near by to take
him over inside the rebel lines, which proved
to be in the line of Waul's Texas Legion.
live Yankee at SO close range caused
some curiosity among the rebels, but they
were kind They carried the Sergeant to
fire. and routed out the Assistant Surgeon Of
the Legion, who examined the Sergeants
wounds, and told him he could do nothing
for him until morning.
When the doctor had completed sick call
next day, he amputated the Sergeants leg.
Cooley was placed in an army wagon on q
mattress by the side of sick Confederate.
While ascending long hill they were in
range of the Union sharpshooters The balls
spattered around them, and the driver whip
ped his mules to escape, which they did.
The Sergeant has never seen or heard of
the Assistant Surgeon of WauPs Legion since
the day he amputated his limb without
ch,oroform, but will say he was a noble man.
The Sergeant was taken to a residence in
the eastern part Of Yicksburg on . high
hill, used for a hospital. One day, just as
dinner was being brought into the wards,
shell struck the building and there was
great commoton among those that were
able to get on their feet, but to the un-
fortunates that had just lost legs and arms,
it was a trying time. Shortly, another
she'll struck the hospital, going through the
wall opposite where the Sergeant lay,
almost covering him over with bricks, one
of which struck him in the forehead over
the right eye, rendering him insensible.
When he returned 10 consciousness the next
day, the inmates had been removed from
the building into tents in deep rayine,
where they remained about two weeks, and
were then removed to the old L. S. Marine
Hospital III Ficksburg, from which hospital
the Sergeant was paroled and sent across
the river to our fleet, June &C. 1861
VETERAN
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PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line.

w. B. Baugh, Corporal. Co. A, 33d Mo.
Smithton, Mo-, writes: There has been
some contention over who saved the day at
Helena, July A. 1868. On the evening Of
the Sd an order was issued from Head
quarters to load all the guns in battery
around the town with blank cartridges, to
be ready when the signal gun was fired at
Fort Curtis, for Fourth of July salute.
The batteries were ranged as follows: 1st
Mo-, six 1O-ponnd rifle PARROTS, on the ex-
treme right; Battery A, manned by Co. A,
33d Mo-, next in line; Battery c, SD Mo. !;
Battery f, 33d Mo-, and Battery B, SD Mo.
These batteries formed the chain of works
around the town. As for Battery b, do
not know what was on the extreme left.
Fort Curtis was in the center. There may
have been other batteries, such as field bat
teries
"Picket shots were heard on right and
left The order was to draw blank car
fridge and load with shell. Marmaduke's
command drove in the pickets on the right,
and Parsons's Division drove them on the
center. The 36th Iowa supported Battery
A. 4 skirmish-line was thown out in front
OF the battery, but was soon driven back.
The 33d Iowa lost some 10 men killed and
great number wounded.
The battle ragged until about noon with
varied success, when the enemy fell back
with heavy loss. On the center and left the
rebel Gen. Parsons made a charge and
captured Battery E, commanded by Capt.
Gibson. The men stood at their guns and
fired their last shot when the enemy was
on the parapet
THE rebels, elated with victory, rushed
onto Battery b. but did not fare so well.
There was deep ditch in front of the
battery, and Capt Hudson was ready for
them, and when they filed into the ditch
the Captain wheeled 12-pound howitzer
round and called OH them to surrender.
Over 600 rebels were captured ut that bat
terry alone A rush was made by part of
the rebel command on Fort Curtis. They
were moved down by the guns of the Fort
Hydens battery, of the 28th Wis. and others.
One gun from Battery A, 33d Mo-, was
turned on them"
Exchange of Courtesies.
Clinton McMickle, Sergeant, Co. G., I'd
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and built up my nervous system in a wonder.
fu way. They have done me world Of good
and have been greatly benefited by their use,
where everything else took failed TO give me
the relief | sought for have recommended
them TO large number Of my old comrades.
and 1t IS pleasure for me TO DO so. for | feel
that the manufacturers are deserving OF any
good that can do them in saying good word
for their product. in ret1rn for the good they
have done me. / viii gladly recommend these
pills 10 any one writing me. il they doubt the
genuineDess of this statement"
When interviewed. Mr.. Sweet felt so crate.
ful for the good that he had received through
DIR. Williams Pink Pills that he did not have
the slightest hesitaucy in going on record.
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majority. At such an alarming rate is the
death rate increasing among the army mem
bership that statisticians tell US that it will be
but few years before the Veterans will be but
memory. 1t is for this reason that the entire
public IS interested to hear of the recovery
from sickness of comrade.
James NJ. Mckelvy Post GAR, of st. Cloud.
Minnesota. contains one such, Milton f. Sweet.
No man stands higher in the community than
does he. and through his strict integrity and
honesty of conviction he has won the respect
OF all who know him. Mr.. Sweet has for many
years been resident of Minnesota, and for the
past ten years has resided in this city, where ne
IS engaged in the manufacture OF carpets. Hs
IS now fifty-one years Of age. He served in the
war three years and seven months. with Com
pany G, New York, participating in sixty
battles, including Gettysburg.
During the war Mr.. Sweet contracted heart
disease, which was ccompaned by excessive
nervousness. As age increased his symptoms
grew worse and many were the remedies re-
sorted TO by him without the slightest relief.
We will let Mr.. Sweet tell the story in his
own words:
Six months ago, at the suggestion of
comrade who had been benefited by Dr. Will
liams' Pink Pills, began their use. aud very
cheerfully state that they have invgorated
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-09-16
CONSUMPTION CURED.

An old physician. retired from practice had
placed in his hands by East India missionary
the formula OF n simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy aud permanent cure of Consumption,
Bronchitis. Catarrh, Asthma aud all Throat and
Lung Affections. also positive aud radical cure
for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints.
Having tested its wonderful curative powers in
thousands of cases, and desiring relieve human
suffering. l Will send free Of charge To all who
wish It. This recipe, in German French or English
with full directions Tor preparing and using. Sent
by mail, by addressing. with stanp, naming This
paper, w. A MOVES. so Pogers' Block. Rochester,
N Y
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FIGHTING THEM OVER
What the Veterans Have to Say
About Their. campaigns.

rThe Editor would bess.hd to receive from the
veterans Volunteers md Regulars articles of from
500 to 1000 words written exclusively for THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE, and for publication in the
Fighting Them Over debaftment. The subjects
should be of interest TO veterans in general and
treated with especial regaydfor historical accuracy
of statement Narrative. of the behavior of some
particular regiment, bfighae, or division on some
field whcreon il disting uskcd itself in some CAM
paign in which it took prominent part, i'll some
siege wherein it ncted Extensively defcnsively ;
"reminiscences OF prison life, the march, the battle
or The camp; dramatic personal adventures and
humorous inciden,s--al sHch are solicited The
naval veterans are invited to give narratives of
their service in various enterprises. Articles will
receive prompt consideration, aud il available be
inserted. Stamps should be inclosed If it is de-
sired that the manuscript be returned If unavail-
Ahle.l
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A GETTYSBURG
SURVIVOR
F. Sweet Speaks of His
Experiences Since the War.
From The Journal Press, S. Cloud Gnn.

From he Journal Press 81. Cloud MINI
Each day, each month each year the Grand
Army of the Republic is growing smaller. Al
most each hour is some veteran soldier of the
Rebellion responding to the call of the Great
Commander and joining the army of the silent
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"Children Teethins."

Mrs WISsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP should always
be used for children tcething. 1t soothes this
child softens the gums sllays all pain, cures wind
collie and is the best remedy for diarrh3a Twenty.
five cents q bottle.
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For Five Years

She Has Not Felt as Well as Since
Taking Hoods SarsapariIIa.
After having the grip WAS in very poor
health and began taking Hoods Sarsaparilla
/ kept on taking it, aud am now feeling better
than have felt for five years. l advise all
who have impure blood to take Hoods Sarsa.
parilla." MRS. o. p. BLAIR. Burr's Mills,
New York. Got Hoods, because
Hoods SarsapariIla
Is The best--in fact the One True Blood Purifier
Annn'C 0iSlC the best after dinner
O pills. aid digestion. Csc.
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A Veterans Friendly Advice.

Do not experiment with unheard-of and untried
medicines, but be 10 get Hoods Sarsaparilla.
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ITO be continued.
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DETACHsiENTS.

Brigade {not numbered l-Brev't Brig
Gen. j. C. Abbott-3d y. Il, Eth " H., 9th
Conn, 7th Conn, 10th \. 7. II. A (sx COM
psnies), 10th n. Y. lnd'p't battery, 22d Ind.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-05-12
Announcement.

Special classes in penmRnship will
organized at the Capital City Business
college at $40 o'clock Monday morn
ing, May II. A course OF practical
penmanship will be taught in a sys.
tematic manner. The letters will be
grouped and presented In the order OF
their relation to each other. All who
will avail themselves Of this opportun,
ity can acquire a beantiful and rapid
handwriting.
The term will consist of fifty lessons
ten weeks) Of one hour each. The in.
struetion will be given just as writing
should be taught In the public schools
hence, the training will not only be oi
Interest TO the boys and girls, young
men and young women, but of double
interest TO teachers.
The tuition for the entire course
will be only 81 90, one half of which
may be paid on entering, and the bal
ance IN thirty days.
Glasses In bookkeeping, business
arithmetic, rapid calculation, gram
mar, correspondence, spelling, short
hand, typewriting and ornamenta
penmsnship will also be organized
Tuition for one hour each day in any
branch will be 'ss 90 per month. AT
supplies can be procured, for miLi
mum price, At the college office
Second street, Guthrie, o. T, Call fo
partit ulsrs. r. A. GAFFNEY,
9t6 President
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-05-12

1t is said that the GUTHRIE LEADER
will change it's politics and become
the official organ OF the Barnes admin
istration. The LEADER, as a Demo
cratic newspaper, supported Barnes,
while the Capital, was hrst, last and
all the time for Flynn. Kansas City
Star
The above paragraph, or something
similar, has been floating among the
papers in and out Of the territory for
ten days past.
II is rot and twRddle Of the basest
sort and originated in the three-star
Hennessey brain Of Harvey Fleming,
truth Annihilator. who wired it to the
Kansas City Journal from Washington.
The matter was so absurdly silly
that THE LEADER has given it no at
tention. Al first IT was thought such
statement was being used by BArnes'
enemies TO embk-i ass him with GER
tain senators, but this view is secuted
by Fleming himself who declares he is
in Washington ITO stir up the boys
There lie no more danger Of The
LEADER changing its politics than
there is OF failure OF crops ow-
ing to drouthy weather in Oklahoma
this season.
For years The LEADER has unswerv-
ingly advocated the Democratic prin
eiples and as the official organ OF
Oklahoma Democracy has never falter'
ed In it's duty il has zeRlously sup.
ported the territorial Democratic
administration and IN doing so. has
incurred the enmity OF sorehesds and
party maleontents, but THE LEADEE
has grown fat on the attacks of politi-
cal brigands and is now more firmly
entrenched than ever rs the leading
paper OF the territory.
The LEADER is Dem cratic to the
core and stands squarely by the prin
ciples enunciated in the Chicago plat
form of 1896. There is no wishy
nhy business about this paper. 4
Hsl1icy and adheres TO 1t strictly
, For Mr. Barnes THE LEADER enter
tAins the kindliest feelings. Barnes q
4 political fighter and THE LEADEl
admires fighter. He made q tellinl
hght under bank of disadvantage
and TIE LEADER Epplauded him in hi
work.
There need be no occasion for ALARM
as to The LEADERS course. II will b
ever found on the side of justice, righ
and truth, battling for the doctrine
of Democracy
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-05-12
.INoRpINArE WEALTH

William Waldorf Astor owns $40,
600, 600 worth OF real estate in the
city of New York. John Jacob Astor
holds real estate In the same city To
the value OF $40, 900 COO Robert og-
den Goelet possesses real estate SIT
uat.d in New York city worth S55, 600,
900. The man who owns nearly one
hundred million dollars worth OF real
estate on Manhattan Island is now a
nRturAlized subject of Queen Victoria,
having left the United States TO seek
more aristocratic surroundings in Lon.
don. When Western Legislators,
knowing the facts stated above, en-.
deavor TO formulate some sort of leg.
islAtion which shall control lnordinAte
wealth, the newspapers of New York
raise a cAckle of laughter and demand
to know What is inordinAte wealth.
II is . difficult question to answer,
There are many difaeult propositions
facing the American people today,
and ready ridlcule Is not going TO assist
in hn ling the answer There can be
no possible doubt OF the evils that
must iow from the fact that non
resident Astor owns 500, 900. 0Oc, nth
Of New York real estate, and that q
resident Astor owns $40, 600. 90 worth
Of the same kind Of property.
Perhaps the humor OF the suggestion
that there can be any remote possibl
ity OF such thing as 'inordinat'
wealth" may be somewhat dulled by q
contemplation of the holding Of the
Astor mlllionsires in New York city.
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THE Times Journal of Oklahoms
Town appears TO be greatly wrought
MP over Guthries rapid advancement,
especially since arrangements are
making to erect cotton compress
in this city. II attempts to initiate the
lethargic spirits OF Town citizens by
melting them against Guthrie. The
Times-J ournsl should cool down. The
capital citv, with its enviable cotton
record, long since left the Town in the
race for commercial supremacy. Plug
ging and knocking on the part OF the
Town cannot hurt Guthrie