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The National tribune., 1898-10-27
Crossing Hear Creak

Editor National Tribune: | was yer,
much interested in the article by High
Private, Slst Ohio, because it reminded
me of several incidents that occurred
about the time mentioned. was in the
7th H., and well remember crossing Bear
Creek, each man with his musket and
bundle of clothes on his left shoulder, and
holding the rope with his right hand.
can now almost feel the chill of that cold
water The old 18th was in it that time
sure. Some lost their hats, some shoes,
but we could not stop for trifieS.
AT Town Creek | received two letters
from home, and read them while the artil-
lery fire was going on, as we lay on the
edge of the creek. The It'll crossed the
creek ON some trees which had been
chopped down for that purpose. have a
small picture which was drawn in pencil
by one OF our boys, showing the men
crossing on the railroad bridge, the posi-
ton of the regiments that had crossed
the. slxirmish-lines, and the rebel force in
the di stance.
| am sorry | did not happen to notice
the article by Comrade Ransdill, but shall
not attempt to make any correction of
either his or High Privates statements.
We are all liable to mistakes short
time ago | received a visit from an old
comrade who was an officer in the It'll,
and whom | have not seen for SO years
Comrades 1--WE are getting old; many of us
will not meet in this world. Let US, there
fore, meet beyond the river.-W. l.. Robin
son, East Gloucester, Mass.
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PART II.-lcontinMed.l

BY ). r. HOLIBAUGH, DENVER. COLO
For reasons not known to the rank ano
file the plans were changed at the las
moment. and the First Division OF the
Ninth Corps, Under command of Gen
I.edIie. was thrown to the front. The
Third Brigade of this division, composed
of the Cd Nd, 57th Mass, 18th \. Y. III. "A.
and the Roundheads, was placed directly
in front of the Confederate fort.
About midnight we were taken from the
line of works between Forts Haskell and
Stedman, and quietly moved to the left,
and entered the deep trenches leading TO
Ahe base of Cemetery Hill
We filed into the line of works on the
brow of the hill about $50 o'clock a. m.
and the orders were given in whispers to
unsling knapsackS and pile them up by
companies; next to fix hayoEetS, and
we knew the next order would be "Charge!
BY Encouragement the mine was TO be
Sprung at o'clock a. m. Ihe time came,
and no explosion. Every mans nerves
svere strung TO the highest tension. Time
went on and no explosion. Orderlies were
running in almost every direction, and it
has been said that at 4:J0 o'clock Gen.
Grant ordered the charge TO be made re-
Eardless of the mine.
Serg't Henry Reese, of the +8th Pa, en-
tered the mine and found the fuse had
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| as the twin regiments, and first met at
kalorama Nights in 1861, and became fast
| friends.
The Highlanders' term of three years
service expired at Spottsylvania, but they
could not be mustered out while on the
move. May 8, 1864, Just after we crossed
the Ny River, the 18th boys, whose time
had expired several days previous, came
to spend a few days with us before going
home. Col. LeaSuTe, our brigade com,
mander, in forming a certain line, found
he could not form a junction with other
troops to cover the enemy's front. Col.
Morrison, of the Highlanders, saw the
situation and volunteered his assistance
Riding back to his boys he said, COL
Leasure wants us to fill gap in his line,
and the Hightanders came in on the
double-Quick with cheer. The enemy
was driven back, but not without the loss
of several of the brave Highlanders killed
and wounded, Col. Morrison receiving a
severe wound This seemed sad, as the
boys should have been on their way home
They proved that they were true COM
radeS to the ROundheads.
The end
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ers, who were parolcd and returned On
the day OF the final assault, April 2, the
boys acted as spectators. April we en-
tered Petersburg, where we should have
gone July 30, 1861. From Petersburg me
marched 10 Wilson's Station on the South
Side Railroad, where we remained until
after the surrender of Gen. Lee at APP
pomattox.
We moved back to Washington, and par
ticipated in the Grand Review, and later
went TO Harrisburg and were discharged
July IS, 1865. Then the Roundheads
passed out of existence as a fighting or
ganization. During their time of service
they were engaged in 20 regular fought en-
gagements-three in South Carolina, two
in Maryland, two in Mississippi three in
Tennessee and 1G in Virginia.
The muster rolls show AN enlistment OF
over 1000 men, and to-day there are per
haps about 400 of the old boys living.
The regiments brigaded with the Round
heads during the war are: 10th and 79tI,
\. Y. (the latter known as the High
ianders), the 18Th and 50th Pa, the %, sth.
18th, 10th and 9th Mich, the 2ist. Both.
57th and seth Mass, the I'd Md and the
l4th 5. Y. II. s. The New York High
ianders and the Roundheads were known
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CHOLLY ON THE WAH.

BY FRANCIS C. LONG, WASHINGTON, ID. @.
l cawn't love a woman who w-wangle
and pweacheS,
And won't give the wights of fella I
show;
think any man ought to w-weah his owl
brooches
That is, until he gets married
you know:
Aw, denny, nevah'd have Though
NTH Sewena
Would want me to flight Spanish
wwascals to quell;
She wants me to entah the b-bloody
awenah
Where gunpowdah makes such hor
while smell
wouldn't mind going, but, aw-the Low
cWetureS
I'd have to consOrt with would t-tschoch
my nerves tso;
If a saber or bullet should nah my fine
features
How could the guls call me-aw-
connie il faut7
And then the dust wising from wegiments
nlawcning
Would stihe my nostwils and d-d-dirty
my fathe.
I'd have to ,weah collahS and c-cufTs
without stawcliing,
| nevah'd could s-stand it, I'd die Of dis
gwace!
couldn't play biIyawds nor bet on the
wathes,
Nor heah NTH Sewena ,tztoueh he
light gui.aw;
couldn't go wound to the ww-waterint
5 piathes,
And Truck the tsweet c-coblahs ans
juleps tlro' strawh,
I think NTH Sewena is cwewel-fan
taStic
Just to think of me putting the Span
ia-ds to won't
Where bombs!fells are bursting tsc
h-horIid bombastc,
sand bullets are carelessly flying about
The ideah it'll absurd and | cannot tse,
thwough it
Pway, why should she wish me t.
w-woam off tso fan,
But il she says go, of course, | mus
But, denny. do not mean go to the
w-w-wah.
The unwefined fawmers, the clerks anf
mechanics
Are just the wight f-fellas the Cubans t.
f-fwee;
Let folks tell big s-stowies, and get III
ggweat panicS-
When it comes to foighting MN,
m-mother w want, me.
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Notes of the Magazines.
Doesn't Hurt the Surgeon.
Youths COyuDut,in1

A New York Surgeon connected with one
OF the postgraduate medical schools Of
that city was one day on TIE point OF
lancing feion for one OF the students, a
young Southern physician. The patient
paled at sight of the knife. Ii won't
hurt" observed the Surgeon with sym
pathetic smile. Il sometimes think he
| added, that il is well for the Surgeon Ia
feel the point Of the knife at least once in
his lifs.
saw my first hospital service in this
city with DIR. S., he went on, and no bet
ter Surgeon was then to be found in
america. He had large dispensary
clinic and rarely day passed that one or
more cases Of felon did not appear.
+" 1t won't hurt was always his com
forting assurance to the patient
The old Doctor was very irritable if a
patient made any cutlery or bother over
The lancing Of a felon. Put your finger
down there, indicating the edge of the
table. and keep still = he commanded:
and. truth to tell, p.,tients, as a rule.
made little. fuss.
Time passed on, and in the mutations
of lie DIR. 5. had felon on his left fore
finger, and it WAS a bad one, He pom =
ticed it and fused with il for about a
week, and walked the floor with pain at
night. At last it became uncomfortable.
and he went to his Assistant Surgeon and
said, nervously:
g" | say, Doctor, will you take look at
my fingcrs'
The Assistant Surgeon looked and re-
marked gravcly: That ought to have been
lanced before.
90 Possibiy-but - said DIR. S.. and
then, with long breath: Perhaps you'd
better lance il now
Certainly said the Assistant Sur
geon. Put your finger on the table
Dr. S. complied, and with a face as
white as paper watched the knife. BE
gentle, he cautioned; that's an awful
sore finger
" 1t won't hurt remarked the Assist
ant Surgeon, and the sharp steel des-
cended.
There was howl of agony from DIR.
3, and with his finger in his other hand
he s-anced about the room crying, Oh |!
Oh Oh
Why remarked the Assistant Sur
geon, have heard you tell patients
hundreds OF times that it didn't hurt to
lance felon.'
No doubt, no doubt you have
groaned Dr.. S. But that DEPENDS on
which end of the knife man is at"
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REPORTING 1T SEA.
1t Was 20 Fun Gathering News on a Pres.
Boat.

John r. spears, In Seribner's
Going afioat in press boat was ONLY
the beginning of the reporters work He
had to contrive to learn what was going
on at all the bloclladed points. for in
stance, from day to day. If possible he
must be present when the Miguel lover and
the Panama were captured; when Matan-
zas was bombarded; when the Cienfuegos
cable was cut; when the Winslow was
shot to pieces in Cardenas Bay-alI events
occurring early in the war, and at widely
separated points. He must not only see
these events where possible, but must
learn by interview the extent of the dam
age done aioat and ashore. And inter
viewing at sea is not always an easy
matter, for the reporter must go from his
sewn ship to the others in a small boat,
though q haif-gale were bl0wing-a work
however, that very few, indeed, shirked
Meantime he must keep the opposition
boats in his eye, knowing very well that
he must not only get the facts but must
get the wire. Ii it were in him he might
have the 10y of battle while the battle
was on, for it was his imperative duty to
go under fire in order to see all that was
done, and then he had the thrill of race
after the battle Was over. And that was
no small race either. The least one in
which | had part was over course 70
miles long. With the other boat con-
stantly in sight that was not a short one
On one occasion two press boats came
into Key West neck and neck, so to speak
The yacht had passed the tug at Sand
Key, and both plowed into the harbor
with the black smoke trailing away
astern, the spray curling from the bows
and their yawls lowered from the davits
till the IteelS were but an inch above the
water. At the sight of it the crews of
the warshipS crowded to the rails and
yelled their approval, while the iouneers
loan nd
small boats with their compliments to
ask the winning skipper which press
beat left the other side first and how
the wholo q Itch. Wv ''i''e
EaCirg was necessary business, and
preparations for such events on the Kama
Daha wee rarely out of mind For in
stance, the yacht was trimmed in vali JUS
positions until it was definitely deter
mi aed in which one she would travel most
swiftly. Her awnings were arranged to
furl Quickly in case of head wind, and
her sails so that they could be handled
with equal celebrity when the wind was
tair A huge trysail was purchased to
balance the jib and the topmasts, with
all their standing rigging, were sent
ashore to relieve the weight alCft, for in
"a wind fit only for topstails no sails were
worth having. A water shed to throw the
water away from the forecastle hatch was
built, and ample scuppers opened on
each side so that she might be driven
through a head sea-literally through the
waves-without danger, and then, last of
all, four barrels of tallow wee taken on
board for greasing the coal in case of su-
preme need.
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beauty of his song by telling his love to Eva.
Hans Sachs, joyed at the completed songs
beauty, writes out both music an ords, and
bids the lover appear ut the contest. Then
comes the contest, the old loyer singing the
unfinished song which is not his own, and fail
ing dismally; the youth singing his own heart
song and being welcomed among the Masters
Hans Sachs receives great praise for helping
the new singer. and all ends well Wagner,
it is said, was in one Cf his rarely Joyous
moods when he wrote it, and besides giving
the critics many a sly. dig in the scene of
Walters examination, wrote music and score
OF great beauty. 1fJ
I-
Nuremberg in flr515th century was one of
the worlds foremost cities, and claims as her
own many Of the worlds great inventions,
and indeed is second only to China in this
respect. Itclaims the first suspension bridge,
the first railway in Germany, and those
things which it does not, claim as inventions
it claims it first ppt iptO practical use; in
deed, in its day it iniust have been quite
lively and up tO-tAte down. Its watches,
printing presses, RAILWAYS s,lspen sion bridges
were the worlds woMdcT, and to-day it has
few important niapuJactures-to,s lead
pencils and ultra-nlarine
The Bavarian soldierris slim rather fine
faced, live, active fellow, who looks as though
he might occasionally think. Unfortunately
our American prcjudices were always crop
ping out and interfering with perfect en-
thusiasm over some phase of life there, and
the scared faces Of the soiJiers and students
did not properly csnyince us that therefore
the men were all that is manly and brave
In fact, an angry scar across u mans cheek
and nose, conveying no meaning Of danger
faced and blood shed only for a great reason,
meant an unpleasant barbatism to us The
women wore exquisite frocks of graceful
design and beautiful materials, but did
not look pretty in them, and while we de-
plored our blindness, we compared them I'M
iayorabiy with our countrywomen.
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: lin the issue of Oct. - Comrade >. &
Stevenson, 100th Pa, told the story OF the
Roundheads to the period of veteran FUR
lough, in January, 1861. Comrade ). IL.
Holibaugh in Part II gives in detail the
rest of the regiment service.
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! Nuremberg's churches are interesting rs
studies of old times. There is hardly any
thing of to-day in them but photographer
taking views to sell to the poor travellers
mere are continual schemes and cunning de-
vices TO charm the marks and pfennigs out
! OF ones pockets: sometimes it seems as
though the Mayor and his whole town sat up
| nights devising new plots against the
travellers purse, but this is DEPRESSION
/ Ihere IS an exquisite Pyx-a shrine
Tor the sacrament carved from stones
IN lines rs fine as the threads of ace-whic.i
Longtelow compares to the foamy wreath
of fountains incidentally one hears often OF
Longfellow's Poem on Nuremberg, and GER
tam people rave over it as guide " to the
city. 1t IS better guide than poem. but
lsnota particularly good guide. Except for a
hint OF thought or two it has little loneliness
and one Is disappointed that the towns I'M
doubted interest and beauty did not inspire
him to better work. 1t has really little more
than al enumeration of the sights
! Besides the houses, with their steep roofs,
their heavily-carved caves. doorways and
windows, lis warm rosy color in the walls,
its fascinatin" roof-lnes. the old bridges.
balconies and willows hanging over the little
river Pegnitz that threads the town. the win
dows bright with flowers, or with the GRIM
son, omnipresent, utterly -abominable German
feather-beds that continually do air, are the
window scenes.
We see maiden in pink muslin frock
leaning oGt to watch the soldiers returning
to thsIr barracks; q matron coisiping with
her ne'ghbor5 or keeping sharp eye across
at their windows; q gray-beartled ancient
with his long p pc watching the west where
the setting sun is flushing the light clouds
and dyein4the dark, heavy ones With scarlet,
ana we I'D lin TO think he looks poetical,
philosophical and deep. until we remember
that the German is not always what he seems,
and we hesitate to raptufize over him.
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Nuremberg is also the residence of the
IRON Virgin, a medieval gigantic Young
lady OF iron walls with steel spikes closing
inward; the walls would OPEN and close on
victim, who afterwards would be dropped
INTO some eark and unknown space below.
she stands in 4 tower OF the old castle that
LOOKS down on the city-a dismal reminder
on now late man was worse than a brute
Ihey wanted to sell us souvenir spoons with
little iron Virgin whose spiked walls really
open and shut, but we thought the memories
rather grim for tea. table, and left the clerks
disappointed
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Cologne's smells being so famous. we were
sort OF waiting for them, and were surprised
and could hardly believe our own noses in
Nuremberg; but after half day in the town
we could find our way back 10 our inn by the
sense OF smell only. Some of the odors were
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though We recognized them; but from Saint
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Sometimes the am-smell crosses the brewery
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