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!, URING his speech.making tour
Mr.. Bryan springs with agility
from issue to issue, and says
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A splendid lot of styles Electric Seal, i'm
itation Marten, Opossum, etc. Prices, 1926
to 81. and more If you want to pay it.
They're selling now and we'd like you to see
the assortment before it gets broken up.
The National tribune., 1900-09-20
THE NATIONAL TR1BuNE WASHINGTON DID, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 90
works were building. I finally found my

works were building. T finally found my
self outside of Alexandria.
Troops were now moving northward
Hooker was relieved and Meade took
command. Orders were received for all
ablc-bOdied men to report to their resi
ments Some others and / slipped out
with the crowd and got on the train fol
Frederick. where l Joined the regiment.
We went into camp at IittlestOwn, Pa.
On July 1 we stopped at Two Taverns
for dinner, when the sound of artillery
was heard at the front. We were soon
in line and on dog-trot. Some of the
wounded and numbers of rebel prisoners
were coming back We moved to the
front not far from Little Round Top and
near the Peach Orchard, remaining three
until night, when we moved to the right.
TIE morning of the ID found us on the
right of Seminary Ridge, where we lay
until late in the afternoon, when we
moved to the right again, coming to an
old saw mill on Rock Run. We moved
back in the night near to the position
we had left.
At daylight forward movement was
made on the enemy, who had gained ouI
temporary works during cur absence. The
rebels were driven from the position and
did not regain it. There was desperate
fighting on these lines and around Spang-
lcr's Spring, where now stands fine mon
ument in honor of the regiment.
Next morning / was at the front help
ing to carry the dead for burial. There
were terrible sights beyond adequate de-
scription.
We went back to Littlestown and Jared
well in eatables, as We passed along, at
the hands of patriotic young women, who
sang and waved Old Glory.
(To be continued,
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DEFENSE OF THE CAPITAL.
One of the Veteran Reserve Corps Tells His
Experience

EDITOR NATIONAL. TRIBUNE: Under
the above heading much has appeared in
your columns regarding Early's demonstra-
tons against Washington, ID. c., in July,
1864, and as l had hand in that affair
| will give an account of my personal ex-
perience. l was on duty in Washington
as a member of Co. ii, 9Th, V. r. C.
Called Invalid Corps, having been trans
ferred from Co. L, Hist Pa, May Is,
1864. Co. II was stationed at Kendall
Green, just out little east of the Gov
eminent Printing Office, guarding corral
of Government trains, mostly driven by
rebel deserters, who had taken the oath
of allegiance and were employed about
the city as Transfers. tough lot.
The fore part of July we began to have
rumors of raid. upon Washington, and
our guards were doubled from July to
July 10, when we were kept up until 10
o'clock p. M, under marching orders. We
were uniformed in blouses, with the old
Harper's Ferry muskets, 40 rounds of
buck-and-ball cartridge, and started ON a
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It Was Wiedrick's Battery.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: l wish
to correct J. II. Valleau, in mis- sketch OF
THE Tooth Pas sterling work with Old
Tecumseh," in the issue of Aug. 20,
where he writes about siieneing a gun
boat. He says Knap's Battery of three
inch rifles silenced the rebel gunboat and
made them surrender. The facts We're as
follows, as l know them:
Wiedrch's Battery q, list N. Y. L. A.
of three-inch rifled guns, at that time
commanded by Capt. Chas. -E. Vinegar,
Acting CHIEF of Artillery, Twentieth
CORPS, took position on the banks of the
Savannah River Dec, II, 1864. The next
day we saw three steamers coming dow n
the river, and We opened on them as soon
as they got within range. One of the
steamers proved to be Il gunboat. armed
with heavy piece of ordnance. and she
replied. After about half-hour's en-
sasement the sunboat and one of the
tenders escaped up the river. The other
boat (the Resolute) we had disabled, and
she drifted onto an island in the river,
on which was a brigade of our corps
(Twentieth), and was taken possession of
by them.
Some of our boys went over Immediately
in small boats and scows and went aboard
of the Resolute and took the streamer.
This streamer was in the possession Of
Lieut.. w. L. Scott, Of orr battery, until
about Eve years ago, when he turned it
over to our battery association, and it is
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AROUND VICKSBURG.
Fierce Fighting With the Johnnies In and
Out of BreastWorks.

E,p1rnp NATIONAL TRIRT-SE. Orr hri.
oodn +hn Aeth Teth ord 11tb III vac nv.
81 ~ IanI.Son ~, a roid aftar. old Con
Ea,.ras+ - a. III > IS,1 a. ,ve ,yer,
~, o,r ,iontn9r br;dgo across Re-
Riont R;ror thn rnhal scouts fred into M
tiII;ns ono NON of 70 n 4Gtb IN The
TEL sa,i !, i;nn o,,d Soon made them sLa.
5oG,un ' '''
Nntb;,c moro bonnenod fill wa started
hoc 81, ,n &icii.bur,, ,Jies Inst outside ol
10 hro,st mi, 81 robs n;tcbod into nc
W. foncbt IN darI formed a line across
,ba road Low ", ON pa n,'r arnna oil nirbt woro
ur az the broaL "f Jay and Vent at II
a9o;n w. skir,n;sbad an Tnorninr Ahon+
@ n,nlock on tho 7tb about two miles from,
tho L,oaStwort, tn The rigbt or the rail.
rned in n it'll ci,,mn of 1re.s on n biii
,ba rohoIs nonnnonnnd Sh.iiing onr main
In 70 d,.o, n,,,. o+,on+;n,, 10 fbo loft ha
go M" on,. sI,;r,,;sb co,ononv Nth
~ W - N 49,
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About Jennison and Others.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: ! see in
your issue of July 70 an article headed
ION the Border" telling of episodes of the
bitterness between men in Kansas and
Missouri, in which r. NJ. Peck, of Whit,
tier, Cal, undertakes to correct some of
the inaccuracies of H. ii. Moore, d. D.,
in Il former issue of your paper. Now,
kindly ask the privilege of correcting
Comrade Peck, as follows:
l was Captain of Co. III, 18th Kan, and
was commissioned a Lieutenant in the
10th Kan; was ordered to report to the
rendezvous of the 18th, at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan, which was just being raised.
was assigned to recruiting service for the
18th Kan, and succeeded i'll recruiting
said Co. Ii, and was commissioned and
mustered as its Captain, and that regi-
ment was commanded by Col. w. r. Da-
Wis, of Baden City, Kan, until mustered
out on Dec. u, 1866, at Fort Leayenworth,
Kan, aud the Lieutenant-C Colonel was
Sam Walker, OF Lawrence, Kan. JennisOn
was the Colonel Of the It'll Kan. JAY
hawkers, as they were termed, who was
cashiered from the service of the United
States with portion of his regimental
officers. Afterwards the disability was
removed and he obtained permission to
raise the 18th Kan. Cav, and was dis
honOrably discharged from that regiment,
with a portion Of his officers, and Col. w.
f. Cloud was assigned to the command of
the 18th, and commanded it until it was
mustered out. l wish to say Col. Cloud
was one of the ablest and best officers of
the Army of the Frontier.
The name "Red-Legs" was applied to a
secret society which was led by Lieut..
Col. Geo. H.. Hoyt, who pleaded John
Browns case at Harper's Ferry before
Brown was hung.-H. w. STUBBLEFIELD,
of the Staff of the Commander of the De-
partment Of Colorado and Wyoming, G.
A. R., Boulder, Colo.
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march through the city Co. II was an
isolated company, and marched independ-
ent of the balance Of the regiment, which
had headquarters on Capitol Hill.
We marched through Washington to
Georgetown and to position near Tennal-
lytown Sunday night, reaching Fort Reno
at about 3 o'clock q. H., Monday, July IL.
We had breakfast and remained until
about 8 O'cloct. n. 10, when we marched
east past Fort Kearny and Fort De Rus
venS, and were thrown out as n skirmish-
line in the slashing in front of the fort,
where we remained until little after
noon. We heard firing off a little to the
east of the fort beyond the Seventh
Street Pike. Soon after the balance of
our 9th joined US to the right, with the
1st V. X. q. to their right, when quite a
severe skirmish took place, in which we
held our position near the east branch
of Rock Greek. We lay on our arms I'LL
til morning.
At about dark the advance Of the
Sixth Corps began TO arrive, also some
troops of dismounted cavalry from Camp
Stoneman, with Spencer carbines. In the
morning of Tuesday, July II, we made n
push to the front through the slashing, up
the creek, and drove the enemy nearly a
mile and half.
We were relieved by the balance of
Wright's Division OF the Sixth Corps, who
had arrived during the night. We were
Immediately relieved by squadron Of dis
mounted cavalry from Camp Stoneman,
who | remember passed through our Skin
mish line, and one man in their ranks was
killed as they passed by where L was
standing, and I secured his Spencer car
bine, and made it hot with a Johnny who
had been giving McNeye and myself some
trouble.
At about noon ol the 10Th we retired to
near Fort De Russey, where we lay until
about O'Clock p. H., and drew whisky
rat.ons. We We're ordered Capt e. L..
Clark, with 40 mem to try to burn q house
about two miles north of Fort De Russey,
in which sharpshooters had assembled
and were annoying our skirmishers. We
moved out by Il flank to within half Il mile
of the house, when we deployed and went
for the house through Il bad tangie Of
slashing, and when within about 800 yards
of the house We're met by very hot FIRE
from abouC 400 or 500 of the enenIy
whom we drove back to the clearing about
the house. We found too many to go any
farther, and Capt. Clark ordered Us to re-
treat in good order, which we did in 4
fashion, as Corp'l Foster, 10. Ball. Joe
McMahon and myself accomplished the
feat next morning at daylight.
We all got back next day, but found
every man of the 40 had rebel bullet
holes in his person or clothing; four We're
wounded so as to take to the ambulance
Serg't Laurence, George Hutchinson and
two others whom | cannot remember.
This ended our experience at Fort Ste
vens but | am satisfied that Co. II, 9Th
v r. c., was in line at the defense OF
Fort Stevens as early as any troops who
defended Washington at Early's raid.
l would like to hear from any of that
company who were there and in other
exploits of Co. Ii in western Ohio after
knights of the Golden Circle" in the
Winter of "a and '65.-M. b. ALDRICH
SHORTY. ITO Court ST., Binghamton,
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WITH A FIGHTING REGIMENT.
Story of the Four Years Service of the Gallant 10Th Ohio
BY JOHN RUpP, Co. !, 10Th Ohio.

Back in 'G1 in the quiet village of Ho-
merville, on the Western Reserve, there
were l. men, whose hearts, filled with 10y
atty, could not longer resist the call to
arms, who enlisted for three years and
went into camp on Russell b. Smiths
farm, near Chatham, Medina Co.. o.,
with number of others from the Coun-
ty and from Cleveland. Our drillmasters
were G. C. Lord and J. G. Marsh, who
were in the three months service. We
were mostly country lads, clumsy about
getting around, but we learned very. rap
idIy. We had rise of ground with u
meadow for drilling. We also had a plat
form in front of the camp, where we
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now deposited with the Buffalo Historical

now deposited with the Buffalo Historical
Society.
If there was any other engagement
with rebel gunbOat on the Savannah
River north of that city at that time L
havc never heard of it. Our battery held
the position on the river from the day the
Twentieth Corps arrived until it entered
Savannah, Dec. Il, 1864.
l will state that section of our bat
terry was sent over onto the island after
the engagement.
This is small matter to get into a
controversy about, but if writers would
be sure OF the facts it would save good
deal of space in making corrections
FRED. SMITH. Battery /, LIST n. Y. l.. Art,
Buffalo, n. Y.
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EYEGgaH5
RESTORED
Failing Eyesisht, Cataracts or Blindness Cured
without the use Of the knife.

Dr. W O. Coffee the noted eye specialist Of Des
MONIES, Iowa, has perfected mild treatment by
The National tribune., 1900-09-20
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
SAW THEIR FIRST YANKEES.

Harvey Dcnney, Co l., 18th Ohio Cav,
Finton, o., wants TO know if all the boys
are dead who went from the Blue Grass
region of Kentucky over the mountains
with Gen. Sanders in 1863. Il have
never been of much account since We
started from Mount Vernon | do not
know how many there We're, but the 1st
and I'd Tenn, some of the 18th Ohio Cav,
some Illinois regiments and some of the
41rh Ohio, mounted, and others Were
there. There was also a battery. We
went over the mountains to tear up the
railroad that ran through East Tennessee.
| We struck it at London Bridge and burnt
| that, also Lenoir, where was ammunition
| on cars. We got to Knoxville before day
| light, surrounded Il rebel camp and cap
| tured a few hundred camped outside of
| town. The next morning about 300 of us
| cavalry formed in front of Il rebel fort
that stood where was Fort Sanders af-
| forwards. We charged up close amid q
| shower of rebel lead, and went past. We
gave the town good scare and went on.
We We're the first Yankees, / guess, the
people had ever seen"
REPORT THE DEATHS.
John Pennock, Walsh Station, Cal,
makes an appeal to comrades to report eli
deaths Of soldiers at once to THE Ma
| TIoNAL TRIBUNE. This is of importance
| to the readers of the paper Tor rlany re.t-
Sons, among which is that they will then
know when their comrades nave passed
| away, and they can no longer look to them
for assistance in pension matters.
SCATTERING.
e. T. Everett, Grand Rapids, Mich,
| says he noticed an article about return
| ing flags, which reminded him of one he
has. 1t belonged to the Newbury Blues.
| 1t is of fine silk, lined with cotton. On
one side is palmetto tree, on the other
a sheaf of wheat. 1t is marked in one
place Cherish Southern Rights The
| flag was captured by Isaac Burbank, Co.
f, 14th Mich, at Bentonville, n. c.,
March 10, 1865.
jeremiah Sheldon, Co. B., 9th Wis,
Fort Montgomery, N. Y, answering
Memory Joggers," in the issue Of June
I, says: Harper Wilson, Commander OF
Manitoba Post, Winnipeg, wants to know
what regiment and brigade were first to
cross the Rappahannock at Franklin's
1862. l know that at that time the 9th
Wis. was part of the Light Brigade or
ganized by Gen. G. Il. Pratt by order of
Gen. Hooker. Half of the regiment
formed the. skirnish-line facing the fort
on the nights. We were deployed two
PAGES apart. Co. went in with Al mus
| kcts and came out with II. | remember
being taken to hospital in the ambulance.
| Col. Tom Allen was in command of the
regiment and Gen. Barnum, of the bri-
gade"
Nathan Davis, Co. B, Coraopois, Pa.
was in the Fourteenth Corps. Referring
to some statements in the late J. NJ. Bran
um's Letters from the Field" he says
that Gen. Baird was commander of the
Third Division, Fourteenth Corps, and
Gen. Turchin, of the First Brigade, which
consisted of the ODD, S9th, Both and 18th
| Ohio. ''Branum did not give us much
credit for what we did at Kenesaw.n
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captured. We were marched back over
the field of battle. Our first night was
spent on top of the Blue Ridge in heavy
rainstorm. The enemy were moving dr-
tiliery, cavalry and infantry all mixed up
and were hustling for all they We're worth.
History tells us they reached Mcclellan S
flank at Malvern Hill.
Our second night as prisoners was spent
in a barn. Our flag was in possession
of our guards-dismounted cavalry. Tired
with their march they dozed. BY little
strategy our flag was recaptnred, torn
from the staff and the staff burned.
think Comradc Bailey. of Co. C, accom-
plished this. There was some vehement
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A Useful Life. Mrs Frederika Sing

erhoff, No. 121 Congress Street, New Haven,
Conn, writes: For sixteen long years /
have supplied my suffering fellow-beings
Liniment, and hundreds have been cured
by these valuable medicines"
Such useful life is worthy Of common
dation. 1t is gratifying to manufacturer
and agent alike, to be able to place before
the people remedies which positively pos
sess merit. For further particulars re-
Eahrney, 112-1l4 S. Hoyne Ave, Chicago,
Ill.
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w. o. COFFEE, NJ D. feet eyesight. If you ara
afflicted with any eye trouble write to DR.. Coffee
and tell him all about it. He will then tell you Just
what he can do. he will also send you Free OF
charge his so page hook, The New System of Treat
ing Diseases of -e Eye" 1t is full OF interesting
and valuable information. All cures permanent.
Write to-day for yourseif or friend to
W. o. COFFEE, M. 1890 Good Block, Des Hsires, Ia.
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which anyone suffering from
failing eyesight, casaraets.
blindness or any disease Of
the eyes can cure themselves
at home. Judge George Ed
Inunds, a leading attorney OF
Carthage, Ills, 20 years old.
was cured of cataracts on
both eyes. Mrs. Lucinda
/, Hammond, Aurora, Neb., "a
years old, had cataracts on
both eyes and DR.. Cofee's
rerue1ieS restored her TO per-
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The MotionIe.. Monoc,e

while American men wear woolens from
English mills. and the styles in mems gar
ments in London are followed closely or
modified to suit our taste" said Washing
ton gentleman, there Is one article in
vogue abroad which we have not and will
not adopt. and that is the monocle.
THE circular piece Of crystal which the
English and continental gentleman of leis-
ure wears tenaciously and vacantly in
the socket of his eye has never been pop
ular here In Washington. the capital of
the nation, 1t Is observed occasionally on
F street and Connecticut avenue in the optic
of stylishly dressed man, but he is either
a member of the diplomatic corps or a for
eigner.
I'm New York men are lnfrequently met
on 9Th avenue and Broadway with the glass
in the eye or hanging suspended around the
neck on a silken cord, but the same rule
obtains there as here. 1t is rarely seen in
other cities
ION the stage it is affected by some ac-
tors and is always worn on the boards
where the actor portrays titled part. The
actor who responds to the summons: MY
lord, the carriage waits could not find
his way to the imaginary vehicle II he
didn't first take the precautfon to adjust
his monocle carefully in his right eye, and
the audience wouldn't feel that he Is q
real lord, you know if he didn't wear the
single eyeglass.
I'm this country If society man habit
ually wore one his friends would laugh at
him, and consider that he was very af-
fected.'"
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Names of Several Places Which Do
Not Come Under a Regular Rule.

IN travelling around the country, it is In
teresting to observe the different manner in
which the same name is pronounced, eS-
pecially geographical names and those of
cities,'' said a drummer.
For instance, resident of San Antonio,
Texas, would feel insulted if. in his native
habitat, you were to pronounce the name
of his city as it is spelled one would
here or in the east In Texas it is San
Antoine.
Here. and generally in the east. we say
liable. In the west. it is common to hear it
placed on the second. the vest being
strongly accentuated. 1t sounds oddly thus
pronounced.
II once met a young lady from Atlanta.
Ga. who told me she lived in Ahtlawntah.'
AS 1 had never heard it pronounced so, L
at first did not for a fact understand her.
She thought l was stupid when l asked in
what state in the south her town stu
ated.
Before the Spanish war Cuba and
'Cubans were words used with compare
tive infrequency. Now we hear them all the
time. l am glad to note in my travels that
people do not say Cubic and Cubeeans.
as much as they did; that is. some people.
pronounced in the east and west, being
called Los Angeles The last syllable on
the Pacific coast Is pronounced as though
it were spelled los which is correct:
Helena, the capital of Montana, Is pro-
nounced with the accent on the first sylla-
BILE. St. Helena, the island where Napoleon
died, and St. Helena. Cal, are pronounced
alike with the accent on the lie
Pierre. S. D., is called Pierce. by those
who live there. The French say pier
I'm Boston and New York. If you were
to call young lady named Beatrice by her
first name with the accent on the at she
would not ask you to call again. 1 never
heard it pronounced otherwise in Beatrice.
Neb.. or In the west
I'm the east, we say Manitoba with the
accent on the first syllable. In that prov
ince of Canada, it is 'Manitobah.' with the
accent on the last syllable. This is the
usual pronunciation in the northwest also
! In Washington they pronounce Spokane.
as though the final e were elided, thus:
'Spocan.' We say 'Spocane.' 1 have heard
it called 'Spokanee.'
1.-The capital of Idaho is generally pro-
nounced as written, in one syllable, Boise
Out there they all say Boisee.' making
two syllables, but running them quickly
together.
1.-The second city in New Mexico is pro-
nounced in the north in three syllables,
'querque,' being the terminal Down there
1t is divided into four. like this; 'Al-bu-quer-
kee.'
Here are four Spanish names. two of
which are familiar. one being a city In
California, and the other In Porto Rico.
namely. San Jose and San Juan. pronounced
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Rodney IN Smith. through Attorney w
r Poulton, this afternoon instituted pro-
ceedings for divorce against Bessie Smith
Infidelity on the part of the latter IS al
legged. The parties were married March
- last. SO it is stated, and lived together
lust one month.
Proceedings for divorce were also begun
this afternoon by jeanette Williams. who
names James H. Williams respondent. The
narties were married October p. 1891 IL
is explained that in October last Inc
mother and sister of the defendant took up
residence with the parties to the suit. I'M
mediately thereafter. so it is declared a. they
began to exert great influence over the de.
fendant: that they boosted that In a short
time they would have the petitioner and
the defendant separated. Easter Sunday
II ia charged. the husband struck the wife
a blow with his fist. 1t is also alleged that
he turned her and their child out Of the
house. and has been guilty of cruel treat
nent Attorneys Sheehy and Sheehy are
the solicitors for the petitioner
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tiOlatOrs of the Liquor Law COnyIcta,
and Fined.


In the District branch of the Polica (,onr,
today Judge Scott imposed sentence in rho
case of John H. Lauer, who was recentlv
convicted of charge of second offensa
under the liquor law. Lauer was given
three months absolute Imprisonment and
was fined 500 with three months additbu-
al as the alternative. He will serve the
time in the workhouse.
I.a.uer lives in Brightwood avenue, and
when Policemen Hunt and Yetton started
cut to catch him the former, as a ruse
opened a coal yard in his neighborhood
He was detected and convicted. A motion
for new trial was made and overruled
and Lauer was notified to appear for SEN
tence.
A colored man named John Smith. who
was arrested yesterday by Policeman
Ro!ey Of the sixth precinct. was tried to-
day on charge of keeping a ''speak-easv. !"
and convicted. Two witnesses told the
court that they got drinks In the defend
ants place.
II didn't pay for my drink said one of
the witnesses, but I made Mr.. Smith a
present of ten cents.
Judge Scott fined Smith $500. with five
months on the farm as the equivalent.