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Death OF Senator Morrill,.

Senator Justin Smith Morrill,, of Yer
mont, died Dec. % from pneumonia fol
lowing an attack9of the grip. Mr.. Morrill,
was in his S9th year. In the death OF
Mr. Morrill, the Senate lost its senior
member in point of service and its oldest
in age. He had served continuously in
the Senate for more than 81 years, and
he was SO years old on April Ia last.
Mr.. Morrili was a native of Vermont,
and was first elected as a member of the
Saith Congress, taking his seat at the first
assembling OF that body after March 4
1855. He was reelected until, in 1867, he
was chosen to the Senate to succeed Hon
Luke r. Poland. He had held his seat in
the Senate. since that date without in
terruption.
He was the author OF the Morrill, tariff
act oi 1861, which was the basis of all the
tariff Legislation of war times. In 1864 he
became Chairman Of the Committee on
Ways and Means, the principal commit
tee OF the House.
After entering the Senate Mr. Morrill,
continued to give his attention largely to
financial and commercial questions, and
during the greater part OF his term Of
service he was a member of the Commit
tee on Finance, which committee deals
Especially with these subjects.
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leo to act again as Secretary

called to Mexico to act again as Secretary
| of Finance ad interim.
| Mr. Romero, as well as being a states
man, had also some military experience,
serving upon the staff OF Gen. DlaZ with
the rank OF Colonel.
| He found time in addition to his official
| du ties, to contribute frequent articles to
the reviews, and only few weeks ago his
| book upon the relations of Mexico and the
| United States appeared
He entertained profound respect for
Gen. Grant, dating back to the days OF
the struggle with Macmillan. The day
when the Geographic dispatches an
nounced the financial ruin OF Gen. Grant
through the rascality OF Ferdinand Ward,
Mr.. Romero at once took the train for
New York City, and going to Gen. Grants
| residence made him an offer OF any
financial aid in his power. While the
| General was left without dollar in the
| world, except the change which he hap
pened to have in his pocket, he refused
the kind offer of his old friend Mr.:
! Romero returned home and by next mail
sent him a check for $500. Under these
circumstances Gen. Grant accepted the
loan, and before his death directed that
the debt should be repaid from the first
money received from the sale of his book.
| In person Mr.. Romero was OF almost
ldiminutiVe stature and very spare in
| figure. He was OF the Caucasian type OF
I Mexican, with pale, olive complexion and
| IDpIeSSlNt, SoitJ pio"ii eyCo. III manner
| he was retiring almost to tim idity with
voice low and gently modulating. All his
! life he was a close student, and while the
Mexican Legation in Washington was the
center of coterie that included all Off
cai society, these gayeties were to please
Madam Romero rather than her husband.
lis wife was an American, a native of
| Philadelphia, remarkably bright and
| handsome woman, and as a hostess was
famous at the National Capital for many
| years. She was idoliZed by her husband,
who after her death last Summer founded
a hospital for incurables in the City of
| Mexico as a monument to her memory.
| The funeral services took place on Sun
| day at ST. Matthews Catholic Church, and
| were attended by the President and Cabi-
net as well as most other prominent
| officials in Washington.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON D. c. THURSDAY JANUARY


and dingy suit OF "butternut," which he
laid down in trent Of his prisoner, saying
as he did So -
Here take that an put it onter We, an
shet up yer CAB mighty suddint."
O'Neii kicked the garments away indig-
nantly. ME wear thin ribil rags? Me
wear the cloze NV the inimy? Niver, Oil
go naked first. Civ me back me uni
form
Cant yer see they's torn up?n asked
Simms. I'VE amt got nothin' else ter
give yer. We've no Yankee cloze to ac-
commodate ev'ry stranger what ONES.
We hain't in that line. Yer'd better put
EN- on, ez mus hev our blanket yes
got on
O'NeiI handed over the blanket and
crouched nearer the fire. He was nearly
freezing, and he had undergone so much
in the last few hours that his power to
withstand hardship was greatly diminish
ed, and at last he yielded not without
many anathemas on the rebels generally
and on his captorS particularly and put
on the hated garments in as wretched a
state of mind as ever man wa S in. They
brought him warmth, however and, lying
down beside the fire, he forgot his troubles
in dreamless sleep.
IT.
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DEHTH OF MHTIHS ROMERO.
Career of Mexico's Most Prominent
Diplomatic Official Ended.

Aside from Porfirio Diaz, the supreme
architect OF modern Mexico, no living
Mexican has done so much for his coun-
try as did AfatiaS Romero who died at the
Embassy IN Washington early last Friday
morning. Mr.. Romero had represented
his country in Washington for many years
and was by long odds in point of service
the senior member of the forei ign Diplo-
matte Corps.
Arrangements had just been made for
promoting the United States Minister To
Mexico and the Mexican Minister to this
country both To the rank OF Ambassador,
and the ceremony was to have taken
place on Tuesday of this week.
Mr.. Romero was i'll but short time and
died from the effects of an operation for
acute appendicitis. He returned to Wash
ington only few weeks ago from Mexico,
where he had been to convey the remains
| OF his wife, who died on the goth OF last
July, and from the shock of whose death
he never recovered his spirits.
| Mr.. Romero's service in Washington
| dates back to the Adm inistration OF Abra-
ham Lincoln. He was native OF the
| City OF Oaxaca, where he was born Feb.
| "a, 1887. He studied law and for awhile
occupied subordinate position in the
| Mexican State Department. Ia 1857 when
| Pres ident Juarez was driven from the
Capital, Mr.. Romero accompanied him to
| the Port OF Vera Cruz, and in 1859 was
| made Secretary of the Mexican Legation
in Washington, Senior Mata at that time
being Minister. From 1860 to 1863 he
acted as Charge d Affairs, and in the
| latter year was made Minister Plenipo-
| Tertiary and remained in Washington
| throughout the struggle of the Republican
| Government in Mexico against the French
| Intervention and the so-called empire OF
Macmillan. He displayed untiring ac-
tivity and sagacity in the service OF the
cause OF the Republic, and during these
years he was on intimate terms with
President Lincoln, Secretary Seward and
Gen. Grant.
In 1866 he returned to Mexico, being
sent by Secretary Seward, as mark OF
distinction, in a United States vessel.
On his arrival in Mexico he was appointed
Minister of Finance, but resigned the
office in 1872 and spent some years on his
coffee plantation in the Province of Soco-
nusco; at the same time, however, he was
member of the National Congress. In
1877 he was again appointed Secretary OF
Fin ance by President Diaz, and later
Pos tmaster-General, remaining in his lat
ter post until his appointment as Minister
Plenipotentiary to Washington in 1892
since which time he has occupied the
position up to his death, with the excep
ton of the few months when he was
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SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

This story OF q file of infantrymen who
fought CALAMITY for the pTeserVallono OF the
Union portrays The experiences OF the
Union soldier in a style that holds the
attention of the reader and inspires ad-
diiional interest with each chapter
Waiter ArInitage and David Bronson,
Chicago newspaper cOmpCSItcTS; iadith
OMEN. an Sergeant Of BeGu arS. gwen To
apt remarks and brave deeds: Kari iirent-
man. a lovabie German youth, all enilSt
after The Fai OF Fort Sumter One Stock,
q Dhlegmatic Young man, who, despite
his stupid appearance, rs quick-wItted
and an excellent marNSnlan, IS III Inc
regiment, and becomes one OF the group OF
friends. 4 set Of t0ughs. one 'Heory
among them, also enlist and prove COW
ards from the first. "Inky, an Office
bow. becomes an artil!eryman. whose
dashing work secures him speedy pro
motion. Dick Morgan. a compositor, who
enters the rebel army, is met by the
comrades at various times. The File
soon get promotion, ONeil becoming a
Lieutenant. Kari falls madiy in love with
a bewitching, fiery, contrary rebel girl.
They are with the army operating against
Vicksburg, and in the preceding chapter
participate at Chickasaw Bayou, where
Stock is shot. and the File do not see him
again when the army falls back. When
Col Ellet, commanding the Queen Of the
West ram, runs among the rebel boats IN
the river to sink the vessel City of Nicks-
burg, O'Nen, fearing for the fate OF his
comrades who are on board, sets Of to
find them as the Queen steens back, and
Is captured.
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wild the foinest bit Nv cloth ther is in the
wurrld. Trims the noblest cloze a man
kin put on an we've no shame whin We
trate thin in that way. / know we've no
cause fur admirin' the same, but theirs
pIinty NV raSons fur respictin' it, an
we II give ye more afore we're done wild
ye."
Well" said Simms, you'll hev no
more to do in this scrimmage. A firm
party'll settle yer hash completely this
afternoon. Our Gin'Tals a terrer: why,
| he thinks no more Of shOotin' a Yankee
| spy than he does Of leavin' a stone at a
mad dog"
| He must be n gintlemin NV wonderful
self-control," said O'Neil, with sneer.
He holds himsih in well The soight NV
a Yankee wild gun must hev caImin
| effect on i'm. Leastwise DIVE nivir no
ticed i'm in the front in battle KILN all
the Yankees he sit eyes on"
Never mind; he'll show you wen yer
rought before him."
Maybe he will; maybe he won't" said
! O'Neil; but II Dim ter die Oh wants
these same cloze ter 90 ii in. Olive worn
tLim now these II year, an think they
makes man s. corpse look the hand
soonest Nv anything he can wear
There's no chance % yer ever wearin'
of them cloze agin',' said Simms. 1T
can't be made up agin, an were gwine
ter give en another overhaulin' by day
/ light. Maybe we kin fin more then ;"
But what am Oh to wear in the name
time? asked O'Neil. He was numb with
cold.
| 20, we will find something that mayn't
lie es fine es yer Lincoln buds, but too
good fur Yankee spy. Better men wear
it, We wear il. Well give We some OF
our ole cioze."
You better min than me?-hear the
! lit talk. Thin better min than a O'Nale
| Wy, none wv yes fit ter tie solutions in
a 10 IL
per in the O'NaIe domains (whin they had
'em) S worth more ain ther hull Coniid
tracy Rowl We all tergitter inter one man
I've wouldn't be me ekaI"
The rebel did not reply to this asser-
ton OF supe riority, but produced worn
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crouching behind trees and logs, they
awaited the order TO fire.
The rebels worked on in sweet uncon-
seriousness OF danger. The squad near
est TO Walter had made so deep cut into
the giant pecan tree upon which they
were at work that he feared il would fall
and in his direct ion. lie was inpatient
for the order to be- given which would stop
the proceedings OF the choppers.
lie leaned against a tree and took aim
at the chopper. At that moment the sig
nal came. There was flashing of rife
shots, a round Of cheers, the torches were
! flung 70 the ground and for a moment all
/ that could be heard was the groans of the
wounded and the shouts OF the rebei Off
GERS forming their men.
Then the swamp lighted up with reply
frem their muskets. Bullets sang, whis
| tied, and clattered in all directions, but
our soldiers were so well protected that
none was hurt.
| The fire showed the rebel line To extend
far into the woods. The fire from Walters
companions showed how much shorter
their line was, and the rebels Logan To
creep around it's right flank.
| The reEels pressed up closer and closer
with each yolley, until the flashes reveal
ed both sides firing almost in each others
! faces. Each step of the rebels made them
more certain OF the inferio.ity OF the at
tackifg force, and more eager to crush or
capture it,
1t was now Just midnight, and the fir
ing was as fierce as ever. All at once
another voiley rang out from the woods
behind the rebels, and was followed by
an unm istakable Northern cheer.
| The rebels were struck dumb; a mo
ment Of bewilderment, and they broke
ranks and fed in the darkness.
Cur men ran forward To meet the new
corners, who had arrived so OPPORTUNITY
/ They gathered up the pine knot torches
| thrown down by the rebels and soon the
somber forest was brilliantly lighted The
Inducements proved 10 tie the dashng
and gallant 9th Mo-, which had been in
She rman S advance.
When ali the details were made known
! ii was found that Sherman became alarm
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Willows and expresses grew directly
into the channel, Ind were only removed
by being knocked over by one OF the pow
eIfuI rams butting them with all its ire
mendous force. Day after day the ex-
petition forged itself ahead in this toll
some way, sometimes making less than
one mile in II hours. A week Of such
weary labor took il inside and through
Steele's Bayou, Cypress Lake, Deer reek
and into the Big Sunfower River, Cow n
which ii was intended 60 float into the
Yazoo above Haines's Bluff.
But the rebels were far from idle i'm the
meantime. They had Il force Of 5 eco men
IN the swamps, and they began an
assault upon the feet. They cut down
trees before and behind the advancing
boats; they gathered close Ia them und, 7
she liter OF itgs, and picked of the men
in the pilot houses, at the guns and
those who were in the bows clearing
away Il obstacles in front
The boats replied heavily and clumsily
with their great guns, but the rebels
laughed them 20 scOrn. 1t was like fight
ing muskets with shotguns. The boats
wedged in the narrow bayous, could not
tram their artillery 10 follow the eyasiye
sharpshooters.
Walter, with the balance Of the infantry
detail, struggled braNely with the over
wbeimIng hunters, but without avail
They were not even Ia 100, and suffered
terribly, because the rebels knew where e
strike them, while they were in continue
doubt as 10 where they would find tn {
enemy.
AS night drew on the position of the
boats became desperate. Walter was
aiken of the shore, where he and Others
had made desperate fight and driven
off a force Of the enemy. He had been re
.urnec 10 the flag boat, instead Of the one
he waS formerly on, and the situation Of
affairs, as evidenced by the action of the
officers. alarmed him exceedingly.
As he came on board Admiral Porter
who was in command was giving in
structions To an intelligent hooking negro
As he Finished he took from the hand Of
his sec-.tary somethin that shone in the
light OF the deck lantern with a metallic
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CHAPTER L.

Towards the end of March Walter had
recovered SO as 10 be able TO do Light
duty. Believing, as everyone oid, that
The fall OF tickSburg would virtually enc
the war, and that contamination ABOUT
10 be attained he was naturally ImTa-
ienl to get back to his comrades at the
rCnt and be in at TIE death Though
.he Surgeon was reluctant 10 let him re-
.uTn To duty until his wound was nearer
healed, he yielded 10 Walters lnlportunI-
ties, especially as ne was given detail
Oh u gInboat, where his exposure would
be less than with his regiment III the
field. Walters determination was fixed
to leave the boat as soon as he came near
where his comrades were. He did not
mention this Ia the Surgeon.
Tie heat upon which he was assigned
formed part OF still another expedition
into Ike bayous on the eastern side OF the
river, with the double object OF getting
through the Yazoo above Haines's Bluff
and Il making such a diversion as would
draw of the rebels and allow the Moon
Lake expedition To escape from the trap
in which ii threatened TO be caught.
The negroes had revealed that there
was in the network OF bayGUs that rami-
fed all The country between the lazoo
and the Mississippi channel leading
in the fcrlner river above Hainos's Bluff;
this might he made large enough to per
NIT the passage OF gunboats iii the high
stages or water then prevailing.
Tie eunboat that Walter was on ran
up the Yazoo 10 the point where Sher-
man > army bad landed Tor lis unfortu-
nate attack upon Chickasaw Bayou, and
then turning sharply To the left proceeded
UP what was known as Steeio's Bayou.
Here began a series of troubles like that
which the expedition from Moon Lake had
encountered.
There was plenty Of water 10 feat the
boats, bat The channel was so crooked
that for much q the way the boats could
not use their steam at all but were pulled
around the bends by ropes attached &c
the trees on the hanks and wound VI
by the capstanS. The exchanging limbs
brollc down the chir7ncys and swept the
pilot houses OF the unamored boats.
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ed at the continual booming of the heavy
guns of the fleet, and began urging his
forces forward. When the faithful negro
succeeded in reaching him he found that
his fears were only too we'll founded. He
pressed his men forward ON foot with his
staff-using the horses was simply i'm
possible-and he led a part OF his division
with a candle feebly burning in his own
hand to brighten the way through the
dense and weary darkness. He arrived
lust in time and the feet was saved.
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The LASH haze of Abe ChiIean war-clo

The last haze of the Chilean war-cloud
OF President Harrison Administration dis
appeared last Friday. There has been
$500 lying in the Treasury, the balance OF
the SIS, 900 indemnity paid by Chile. II
be longed to a seaman who subsequently,
deserted, and consequently forfeited it
In order to clear the books, Secretary Long
ordered the money divided between the
families of VIM. ID. Turnbull and Chas W.
Riggin, who were killed in the riot at
Valparaiso.
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Then He Had Her.
Detroit Free Press.

"And them" the fair maiden went on
with her narration, al covered my face
with my hands and wept."
Impossible calculated the young
man, as he gathered her to his bosom.
you could not cover your face with those
small hands,"
And she was his from that day forward,
and they lived happily ever after.
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Andersonville, and other rebel prisons,
but who does not want his name given,
writes strong letter to the effect that the
comrades in his locality are thoroughly
aroused over the treatment they have
been receiving from the Pension Bureau,
and are determined to make their infiu-
ence felt at the polls. The Representa-
tives who were left at home in the recent
election was only beginning.
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The revenue receipts of the Government
for the last half of 1898 were the largest OF
any similar period since 1865. They were
S245, 1861 1893, as against SPOT, 100, 574 for the
same period of last year.
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The success of Hoods Sarsaparilla for rheuma-
tism is vouched for by many whom it has cured
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The Comrades Mean Business.
A comrade in Lowville, n. Y, who
served in the Second Corps, in Libby,
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ITO be confiuued1

EDITORIAL NoTE.-What happened to
o'Neil when he reached the rebel head
quarters is related in the next chapter.
Walters exciting experience with the gun
boats at running rebel batteries is also told
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religions of the world He COM
menced his work alone, with shovel
and wheelbarrow The farmers
watched and jeered him, but he did not
sop. At length out of sheer admira-
ton for his perseverance one or two
turned to and helped him. Then more
joined, until 200 men were digging
without ray. All OF which suggests
the query: Is there any cult conce:y-
able by the mind of man too insane.
too ridiculous. or too blasphemous 20
attract numerous adherents from a
world of supposedly rational human
beings? The answer is, that none has
yet failed to do it.