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CROSSING AT FREDERICKSBURG.
Honors Claimed for the 7tL Mich. in an I'M
poTtant Event.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: This
topic is discussed i'll the columns of our
paper often, and is always interesting to
one who was there, Dec. II, go, and now
Il can't sit still and keep quiet without
rising and saying few words"
As matter of history, it has been gen.
orally accepted as authentic as to whom
the first honors belong in forcing the pas
sage of the Rappahannock and taking pos
session of Fredericksburg.
Many events have become dim in the
distance, while others remain wildly inn
the 11th the 7th Mich. was in camp about
two miles from the river. The lombard
ment commenced about daylight, and it
was not many hours before we found our
selves in the vicinity Of the disturbance.
We remained in line to the right of the
Lacy House and about 80 rods in rear OF
the artillery posted along the bank.
Under cover of several batteries, re-
peated efforts had been made to lay the
pontoon bridge. Late in the day Burnside
concluded to abandon the plan, as it was
costing too many lives. He called for vol
uIteers to make dash in open boats ane
clear the way, for the Army of the Po.
tomac-12J, ,0O0-then at it's greatest in
numbers and discipline-stood waiting for
an opportunity to strike.
Col. Norman j. Hall, then commanding
the brigade, offered his regiment, pro-
vided the officers would consent. Between
3 and O'Clock p. m. he came up on his
gray, stopped in front of the regiment, and
called: Officers, to the front and CEN
ter"
Who can imagine our feelings when we
saw the company officers cluster around
him. In few minutes they returned and
explained hurriedly the situation and the
proposed solution of the trouble We
were deployed as line of skirmishers along
the shore, about the same number above
as below the bridge.
In few minutes word was passed
along the line to rally on the center.
Accordingly we all met at the bridge ane
were nt once ordered by Lieut. Col. Bax-
ter to launch the boats lying along the
shore.
We laid down our guns and showed six
Of those boats in, wading to the knees
before they would feat. Then about 25
men would get their guns and climb in.
The boats were propelled by poles, as the
water was rather shallow.
Lieut.-Col. Baxter had but recently re-
turned to us, having been wounded in ac-
ton at Antietam. He was again wounded
as his boat started over. He was returned
to the shore and Capt. Amos E. Steele
KILLED at Gettysburg) was in command
we were now III possession of the town.
The two bridges were laid and the Army
coming, coming, coming; but alasl how
many thousands never returned The 10th
and 10th Mass. will allow all claim for
the 1th-that it cleared the way, render
ing the passage for all who came after alb
solutely safe, whether in open boats or ON
the BRIDGE. A. TIvY, Co. E, 7th Mich,
tUo Sixteenth street, Detroit, Mich.
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GAINES'S MILL.
Hospital Stewards Sketchy Picture Of Day with Bullets
and Bandages.


participated in the siege of Yorktown and
McCleilans siege of Richmond, but had
not as yet heard the song of unfriendly
bullet or shrek of bellicose shell, when,
one fine morning-how green the woods
and fields, how clear the sky, how sweet
the warbling of the birds, how grateful
the mingled odor of meadow and forest
that memorable day!-we were ordered to
pack up our tents, take our beds upon our
backs and march. Some of us, blessed
with a keener instinct than the rest, did
sniff the breeze and smell the battle from
.afar.
GRAND STRATEGY.
Then we marched several hundred
wards in the direction of Richmond, only
seven miles distant. With a caution that
beat all. we marched through some corn
fields TIVE being the First Brigade, Second
Division, Fifth Corps, Army of the Po-
tomac); but as we did not detect any
Johnnies in that direction, soon concluded
to look for them in the opposite direction.
Several of us had little knowledge OF
geography, and as Richmond lay between
ourselves and the Pacific Ocean, and only
a few miles away, we could not quite com
prehend why we should be marched
straight for the Atlantic Ocean. How
ever, as our superiors were supposed to
know more about marches and counter
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When the Pony Express brought the
news of the surrender of Fort Sumter to
the two-company post of Fort Brldger,
AWAY out in the Rockies, four out of hve
officers of the garrison promptly assem-,
bled at their sutler store club room, and
soon wild hurrahs for Jeff Davis issued
from those sacred precincts, and some OF
the men were sure they heard the voice
of Judge Carter, the venerable dealer IN
Sustice, liquor, and suffers goods, mixed
IN in the general chorus. These officers
were Cant. Franklin Gardner and Second
Lieut.. A. S. Cunningham, of Co. b, and
Can't. Cummings and First Lieut.. Frank
Armistead, of Co. G, 10th U. s., which
two companies garrisoned the post. These
officers at once sent in their designations,
and without waiting for the little for
mality of the action of the new Adolf
ton President thereon, took stage and
were off for Dixie, leaving Second Lieut..
Alexander Murray the only officer at the
Post. But little excitement was created
among the enlisted men by the momentous
news; they were loyal to their duty, but
rather alphabetically so, owing, probably,
to the attitude of their officers.
Capt. Gardner soon afterwards achieved
some distinction as the rebel defender of
Port Hudson. Why he, New Yorker by
birth, espoused the cause of the slave
owners l do not know; but it was proba-
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MAXIMUM PERCENTAGES OF CASUALTIES.

So the 18th Mass. is ranked as No. 8 in
percentages of losses.
There is another significant fact to note
in the above list, that of the Goth Mass.
at Fredericksburg and the 18th MINI. at
Gettysburg, which Col. Fox ranks as sixth
and first in respect to casualties, that none
were missing, while tho 18th Mass.
shows 10.
should like, to have the officers and
difference between what Fox In his ssRep
imental Losses" reports as between the
1st MINI. and 18th Mass, and what is
shown upon that painting at Brockton
comes about. For there is honor enough
to 60 around, without distorting history
e; .. MowRY, Go. A, LIST Mimi, Olney-
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and wanted to 90 up North, where he
could farm. The Colonel asked him
whereabouts in the North he wished to
burg, where there was no fighting. We
were directly east of Vicksburg, and had
taken it during the Summer. He said his
family lived there. near Enterprise. So
the Colonel sent guard with him and
found his story true: he had yoke OF
cattle and wagon, which he hitched up.
and his wife and two little children and
mother-in-law and a few household ef-
fects were loaded in and he followed in
the rear of the army back to Vicksburg,
nearly 200 miles, in the month OF January.
l remember passing the OK team while on
our march back about IL o'clock one
night and it raining and no cover over
the wagon. B. RIcKEY, Co. A, 33d
Wis, La Plata, Mo.
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SUCH WAS WAR.
Kecollections of the Meridian Raid by Wis
conRin Man

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I was a
member of the 33d Wis, and was on the
Meridian Raid, and seeing reminiscence
in The NATIONAL TRIBUNE, "CrippIing
the Enemy" recalls what I saw while
there.
was stationed on guard down at the
depot. The tavern mentioned that was
burned was situated on rise of ground
about 200 yards from the depot, in plain
view. 1t was set on fire in the evening
directly after dark. Several soldiers had
congregated around, watching it burn,
when to their surprise what should come
forth from under the burning building but
several chickens, and just as soon as one
made its appearance it was captured. And
it seems as though all of the cats, or
large portion of them, from the town had
got wind of the Yankees coming and had
taken refuge in the cellar, for every now
and then out would dart cat, and it
would make no difference whether cat or
chicken, the boys charged on it all the
same, and the yelling at every charge re-
minded me of the charges at Vicksburg.
l could not leave my post to take part
in the sport, but was a looker-on, and
counted no less than II cats from that
burning building. 1t was a dark night,
but the tavern was quite large struc-
ture, and while burning it was as light as
day.
The next day our brigade, commanded
by Col. J. b. Moore, was ordered to go to
Enterprise, a small town about II miles
from Meridian, as the rebels had some
commissary stores there; but we did not
find much, only some supplies to feed ne
groes. The rebels had the negroes to dig
their trenches and throw up their breast
works; they had to be fed on something,
and they were fed on the refuse. We
burned up about 80 hogsheads of hogs
heads with the front part of the head,
snout and ears left on, smoked and cured.
While there there came to our picket
line Johnnie, who gave himself up, say
ing he had been conscripted. was put
in charge of him over night. The next
morning he was taken to headquarters,
and said he had got tired Of 'tighting,"
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Carthy. Lieut.. Joseph Logan and Charles
D. Clark. severely wounded. Privates
George Banghardt, George w. Griffin,
Theron Hollenbeck, w. H. Schermerhorn,
james X. Simpson and John s. Lee,
wounded, most of them not seriously.
Of tho enemy, Al were made prisoners,
with their horses and equipments. Their
number Of killed and of wounded who
were able to leave the field we were not
able to accurately determine, but from il-
formation from residents at and near tho
battlefield it is believed to have been
heavy.
Among their mortally wounded was
Lieut.. Albert Carroll, Of the Maryland
Line, said to have been a grandson of
Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, one of the
signers of the Declaration of Independ-
cncc. His body was forwarded by Us to
his relatives in Baltimore. On the day Of
the fight dispatch was sent by the writer
to Maj j.-Gen. John Il. Wood, commanding
the Department at Baltimore, informing
him Of the event and its results. This
information was forwarded by Gen. Wood
to Washington and on the next day the
following was received:
Big Gen. White, Martinsburg:
"'Your success this afternoon is very
gratifying and highly creditable. 1t is OK
pected that no post will be surrendered,
but that every officer and man shall fight
as il the fate of the Government depended
upon him.
"'EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
"'Secretary Of War;"
"Of course, this well-deserved COM
mendation from the distinguished Secre-
tary, although addressed to the officer
commanding the post, applied only to
Lieut.-Col. Davis and the gallant little
band who made the fight.
eff this shall seem to attach undue i'm
portance to battle wherein the numbers
engaged were small and the results trifing,
it may be said in reply that, while in COM
parison with the greater battles OF the
war it occupied an almost unnoticed place
in history, yet it possessed great signih-
cance-so great as to call forth from the
Secretary of War himself immediate and
strong commendation. fully justified by
the facts. Small as were the numbers Of
Col. Davis's command, it killed, wounded
and captured number of the enemy
greater than his force."-JEREMIAH LAM
BERsoN, Co. c, 18th III. Cav, 31S Dean
Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
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medal il there should be one due (Ths
writer is advised to write for particulars,
stating his case and his references, to the
Navy Department.
SCATTERING.
John W. Mcclure, who contributed an
article in the issue of March 1 last, says
his address is North Bend. Neb.
d. NJ. Miller, Sergeant-Major, 4Sth Ind,
Commander, Gen. Sol Meredith Post, 176,
Fairfield. Cal, says: Il would like to
ask ]. NJ. Waldorf, Co. G, 9th Ohio,
where the 4sth Ind. was about the time
he speaks of in the Shiloh article. We
arrived at Pittsburg Landing at o'clock
p. NJ. of the first days fight. If 1 re-
member rightly, his regiment was coming
down over the embankment with the 18th
Mich, and more of them in the water
than on land, getting away from the rebel
cavalry charge. / think Comrade Thorp
is very nearly correct"
John r. Robson, Co. C, 11th Mo. Cav,
Postmaster, Wilcox, Mo-, says: "In two
recent issues / saw communication from
Comrade G. e. Crammer, Co. A, 9th
Iowa Cav, and Thomas O'Conner, 10th
I'll. Cav, telling of the noted Pigeon
Roost. I remember the roost, but was
never there. Some of my comrades went
out few times, but did not fetch in so
many birds as O'Conner did. / have seen
the light of the sun darkened with them
in the morning for two hours at time.
II some of the comrades who stayed at
Brownsville that Winter would write. to
me l would be glad to hear from them
and would answer"
r. II. Wilson, Boise, Idaho, says he
does not know how far it is from Fred
erick, Md, to Uniontown, Pa. but I'VE
made it in one day going to Gettysburg.
There were about eight of us stacked
arms together. 1t was the worst straggle
1 ever saw. The comrade does not give
his regiment.
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and cheerfulness soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. lfthe child urin-
ateS too often IL tha
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urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child
reaches an age when II should be able to
control the passage. it is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting, depend upon 1t. the cause of
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment Of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to diseased condition of tho
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as
most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble.
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect Of
Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold
by druggists, in fifty EI~
cent and one dollar eHsrSka:s,, a:,a:ss:s5 -
sizes. You may have = -:
sample bottle by mail aG9g a.s!::sssLssgf9
free. also pamphlet tell Home of Swamp Root.
ing all about it. including many of the
thousands Of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing Dr.. Kilnner
& Co.. Binghamton, N. Y, be sure and
mention this paper.
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Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind. dis
courages and lessons ambition: beauty, vigor
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STOOD BY THE coLoRs.

Gaddis Bayless, Signal @. NJ, q. s. S.
Neosho, says he was in the four days en-
gagement at Bells Mills, near Nashville
December, 1864, and was the first man to
touch the colors after they were shot
down. He made them fast to the stump
Of the aag staff. He would like to get q
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PENSIONS

The new bill has become law. 1t will
allow thousands of claims Now every
soldier who draws less than S12 per month,
OF does not draw pension, should write
me- Every soldiers widow who does not
draw So. 90 per month, should write me. If
papers are not prepared right, they will be
thrown ont, so be careful who you employ.
Mr. Hunter is a hustler; had III cases allowed
in one day. He is at the Pension Bureau
each day, looking up neglected and rejected
cases. He will look up yours. Only lawful
fee charged, and that paid after you have
received your money. Blanks free. Write
at once.
JOSEPH H. HUNTER,
Pension and Patent Attorney,
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medal il there should be one due. CThe
writer is advised to write for particulars,
stating his case and his references, TO the
Navy Department.
The National tribune., 1900-07-12

BY druggists, in fifty
cent and one dollar
sizes. You may have a
sample bottle by mail
free, also pamphlet tell
The Holly chieftain., 1900-07-20
ALLIED FORCES AT
TIEN TSIN SUCCESSFUL. !.

London, July ls.-The Shanghai cor
respondent OF the Evening News. tele-
graphing July 18th, says:
THE allied troops resumed the at
tack upon the Chinese walled City Of
Tien Tsin on the morning Of July 14th.
and succeeded in preaching the walls
and capturing all the forts.
''The Chinese were completely routed
and the allies took possession of the ma
tive city and its defenses.
THE total losses of the allies in the
engagements of Thursday Friday and
Saturday We're about 800 killed or
wounded. The casualties We're great
est among the Russians and Japanese.
'T'he guns of the allies did immense
damage to the native city, causing
many large conflagrations, and finally
silenced the majority of the enemy's
guns simultaneously. Then 1,oOO Rus
slams, assisted by small parties of Ger
mans and French, assaulted and cap
tured eight guns that were in position
on the railway embankment ana the
fort. the magazine of which the French
subsequently blew up.
"a body of American. British, Japa-
nese and Austrian troops then made a
sortie and attacked the west arsenal
which the Chinese had reoccupied. AZ
ter four hours of the hardest fighting
yet experienced, the Chinese fed.
When the arsenal had been evacu-
ated by the Chinese the Americans,
French. Japanese and Welsh Fusiliers
advanced toward the native city and
Joined with the other attacking force.
The Japanese infantry and mounted
battery advanced to the foot of the
walls, supported by the Americans and
French. Despite valiant attacks. the
allies We're only able to hold the posi-
tions gained outside the walls, prepar-
The Holly chieftain., 1900-07-20
Important Deal a, Idaho Springs.

Idaho Springs, Colo, July 14.-An i'm
oortant mining transaction was con-
summated here to-day whereby the
Franklin ana Lady Franklin mines
we're sold for cash to the Colorado
California Shaft Holding Mining and
Milling Company. The parties making
The sale refused to name the exact
price, but 1t is rumored to be in the
neighbOrhood of $50 600.
The Franklin claims We're owned by
George and Thomas Riley and are
among the Oldest locations in this sec
lion. No attempt has ever been made
to work this property on large scale,
1t having been worked by the owners
and the iessees. but Notwithstanding
this fact the total production exceeds
s25o,oco. The company purchasing the
property is composed of Iowa capital
lists and they are now operating the
Grown Point mines at the head of Vir-
ginia canon. which Is supposed to be
continuation of and part of the same
rein as the Franklin, which is the
mother vein of Seaton mountain and is
.he same as the large vein recently cut
n the Newhouse tunnel.
Superintendent Knowels said tonight
that the plans for working the Frank
lin We're not fully matured and for the
present would be carried ON in the adit
tunnel, but 1t is presumed that in n
short time negotiations will be consum-
mated for working through the New
house tunnel. But before this can be
done they will have to open up about
1000 feet of the large ore body east of
the tunnel before striking the end lines
of the Franklin. They also expect to
continue sinking a shaft which lies be-
tween the two properties and to con-
meet with the Newhouse tunnel The
same company has bought the Wilkie
mill. where 1t is treating the ores from
the Crown Point and has also lust
taken charge of the Allen mill near the
mouth of Chicago creek. This mill is
being changed from stamp to a con-
centrating plant and when the changes
are completed will he used exclusively
to treat the ores on the Franklin prop
erty. The trade was engineered entire
ly by local parties. The ore body is
five feet wide and about twenty-five
per cent. of the ore is smelling product.
the balance being milling.
The Holly chieftain., 1900-07-20
The Value of the Camp Bird Mines.

Ouray. Colo, July 15.-The fact that
Il. a. Rickard. state geologist. has been
In Ouray district with his corps of as
sistants. exploiting and exporting the
Camp Bird properties has led news
papers in Denver and Colorado Springs
to conclude that the Venture company
of London is negotiating for the pur-
chase of the property. 1t is true that
the mine has been exported by Mr..
Rickard and his corps. but 1t is not
true that the work was done at the in
stigation of the Venture or any other
company. Mr.. Walsh. at his own ex-
pense. had Mr. Rickard, who is per-
sonal friend, examine the property and
put valuation on it. The News can
state positively that no person or com
pany Nas an option or n bond and lease
on the property. The statement made
in the Denver Post. that the selling
price will not be far from S3.5O0.0O0''
is simply ridiculous. If the Camp
Bird properties should be sold the pur-
chasers will put up from 81, 2,000, 900 TO
f15.O00.0oO.
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will go over the line this week. Their
bids Will be made within week or
ten days. probably, and the contract
then will be let Work will be begun
at once.
Il am not at present prepared to say
what other lines the Rio Grande rail-
road company will construct this year.
1t is possible that one or more will be
begun and finished. The object in in
cooperating as we did is to enable US
to go ahead with projected work with
out incorporating new company every
time. That would mean several
boards of directors to meet annually.
and would end in endless confusion
and red tape"
The Holly chieftain., 1900-07-20
WHAT IS DOING In
THE MINING WORLD
The Value of a Prospect.

AS n basis of mine promotion one OF
the first as well as the most difficult
things to determine is the value of the
prospect which is TO be the basis of the
transaction. There is n way TO arrive
at the value Of n mine with some de-
gree Of accuracy. The character of its
veins and the quantity and value of its
known ore bodies are easily deter
mined.
With prospect but little can be
known. The possibility OF a prospect
proving to be worthless after the eN-
penditure of large sum of money i'll
Its development. more than offsets the
possibility that II may become bo-
nanza. Having determined that the
indications justify its development. the
value of prospect depends largely
npon location and environments, and
the facilities for transportation and
treatment of such ores as Ii is hoped
will he found by development. 1t is
safe to say that the value of the pros
pcct added to the cost of development
and operation. after making proper al
lowarce for the risk of the prospect
not making n mine should not be so
great that the proceeds Will not pay Il
fair return upon the Investment The
cost of plant and of development work
is practically n fixed quantity. This be
Ing provided. the prospect is worth the
difference between its cost and the
value of the developed mine. which
cannot be arrived AT until the devel-
opment work has been done. There can
be no set rule for determining the value
OF n prospect. 1t is worth what you
can sell 1t for on Il fair statement of its
merits Ii is worth what you can get
out of 1t with the means nj command
IT Is absolutely worthless without the
nid of sufficient capital TO make 1t pro-
uuctive. How to enlist capital in the
development of the largest number Of
prospects is n vital question. The Min
ing Reporter believes that the condi-
tons which most frequently give capi-
tai an opportunity for profit will most
surely aid in securing the cooperation
of men Of means in the development of
the great mineral resources of the
West. The promoter who fixes the
value of his prospect at so high n
price as to make ii impossible for the
investor to make n profit through the
development of the mine, builds an eff
fectual barrier against the sale of all
other prospects in that neighborhood.-
The Mining Reporter.