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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-10
rns Illus, battalion.

,rna RIr,eS. Battalion /. IL tave f.tii-
drs.s inspection drill Tonight. Tbs
viii be the last TINA Major cuscains
will be in command. as MS resignation
takes effect on the titt..
1t is hoped there will be large at
tendance OF the members OF beth cem-
panies.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Annual Meeting To-Night and EleC~
lion of Officers.

The annual meeting of the Chamber OF
Commerce will be held tonight, at when
time President Morris report VIII be SUP
nitted and officers for the year elected.
This meeting is an important one, ana
large attendance is expected.
me pres.oents report VIII show Won
dcrful progress is all classes OF business.
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Died of His Injuries.

Ike wilcox. the young man who was
shot while hunting last week. died on
Thursday evening after several hours OF
intense surering.-Caremont Herald
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Mrs. wei1ne,. Better.

Mrs. Mary Weimer, sister OF Captain
John II. Frischkorn. who was paralyzed
Tuesday: AFTERNOON at her residence on
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-10

Virginia Council. Royal Arcanum. will
install its officers at Lee Camp Hall to-
night.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-10

Mr.. a. Langstaff Johnston. VINO IS III
a. e. Imke's Hospital, Is somewhat bets
ter.
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TIE 18th N, Y,

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: A short
! time ago a son of veteran requested that
some member of the 18th n. Y. write a
history of that regiment. As / was i'll the
18th from its organization until 1t was
consolidated with the 102d n. Y, and
then in the 102d, will try to write short
history Of the command.
The 18th n. Y. was organized at Staten
Island, y. Y, in the Spring of 1862. We
moved to Washington, ID. c., and went
into camp there until Jackson drove Gen
Banks from Middletown, Va, to Harper's
Ferry and Martinsburg, when the 18th
and other troops at Washington were sent
to Harper's Ferry, where we remained
short time while Jackson was picking up
what stores were in the Valley; then we
advanced by easy stages to Cedar Noun
tain, where on Aug. o. 1862, we met Old
Stonewall who severely whipped us,
Headquarters in the Saddle" Pope refus-
ing to allow Gen. Sigel, who lay in our
rear with his command, to reinforce Banks
while Jackson was driving us from the
field after Cedar Mountain. We were with
Pope III his brilliant advance on Washing
ton, with Lees army as rear guard, and
then under Mcclellan. We were at An
tietam, Md, then back into Virginia, via
Fairfax Court House; then to AQUA
Greek; then at Charlottesville In 1853;
next TO Gettysburg, Pa.
We belonged to the Third Brigade, Sec
ond Division, Twelfth Corps In the Fall
of 1863 the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps
were sent West and were in the battle of
Wauchatchie, Oct. %, 1868 Our next
| battle was Resaca, Ga. We then took
! part in the Atlanta campaign. During this
campaign we were consolidated with the
l02d n. Y, at or near Clayville, Ga After
that we were called the 1929 n. Y, Third
Brigade, Second Division, Twentieth
Corps.
We were with Sherman on his march to
the sea, in fact, the 102d was the first
regiment to enter Savannah. Our brig
ade was commanded by Gen. George S.
Greene, Gen. Geary division commander,
Brig. Gen. Williams commander of corps.
forgot to say that the hardest bat
tie that our regiment was in after we
left Atlanta was Peach Tree Greek July
20, 1864. No doubt some of the old COM
rades can give more of the history of the
7Sth-T. ID. CORNELL, Lewisburg, w. Va.
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Who Stole the Turkey?

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Not hear
ing anything from the boys Of the 10th
Ohio, and especially of Co. l, lately, |
would like to jog the memory of some of
them by asking, Who stole my turkey!'
On the return from Knoxville in Febru-
airy, 1864, at Cottonport Ferry, on the
Tennessee River, /, with eight others of
the regiment, was left behind to come
down on a tiatboat to Chattanooga. Just
before starting we secured IA chickens, an
old tin churn full of honey, and a big tur-
key. At Chattanooga the turkey was left
in my care. i had him under my bunk, all
safe as supposed, and had made arrange
ments to have him cooked by lady in
town next day, but when / woke the next
morning no turkey could / find. / said a
few cuss words and then, remembering
there were some Yankee soldiers prowl-
ing around that night l only said ! could
lick any man or boy mean enough to steal
my turkey.
But at this late date, as am pretty well
used up, l will forgive the man if he will
come out and own up to the theft, so he
happy hunting grounds.
/ would like to know where all the
boys are who used to be in the Seventh
Division General Hospital, Camp Denni-
son, Ohio. i was Warden of the Division
from November, 1864, to May, 1865, and
of all the boys ] knew there l have not
met one since. Come, boys, write to me
and let us renew old acquaintance again
JOHN A. LEONARD, Co. l, 49th Ohio,
Shannon, Ill.
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/ never within 200 miles of the scene of the
comrades sketch.
We all know that from '61 to '65, there
was hard and stubborn fighting all through
the South and deeds of heroic daring We're
of constant occurrence and there were
honors enough won to 80 round, and give
each arm of the service a goodly share,
and fully satisfy all who fought in the
Army of the Cumberland, the Tennessee,
the Potomac, or the Navy.
do not want some comrade to jump up
and say that | have left out the Army Of
the Shenandoah, or any other division.
am not writing a history of any army, and
in naming those / have, | mean all; and
l would not knowingly pluck one laurel
leaf from the crown so dearly but heroic
ally won by every comrade who followed
gallant Sherman to the sea, or fought with
Pap Thomas around Nashville, or any
other, any more than / would that of the
branch in which l served, the Army of the
Potomac led by the man of few words,
but of noble deeds, U. S. Grant.
Most of the criticism in The Tribune
comes from Western comrades, and we
know that the Western comrades were all
great fighters; that is an established fact
beyond all contradiction. / only ask that
those Western comrades give the six New
England and the Middle States the credit
of having contributed a few men to help
quell the rebellion.-GEo. II. HAYWARD,
Co. K, 1st Me. III. A., Com. Post $50, De,
partinent of Maine, Dennysville, Me.
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Pursuit of Lees Army.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: II a re
cent issue of The National Tribune | saw
question by Thomas j. Magnify, 230S
Market street, Philadelphia, Pa, asking
on which day-July or 5-the Sixth
Corps left the battlefield of Gettysburg to
follow up the retreat OF Gen. Lee.
The First Division, Skin Corps, started
from the battlefield on the morning of the
9th of July; the 121st n. Y, belonging to
the Second Brigade, First Division, COM
mandcd by Col. Emory Upton, in advance.
We pressed the enemy so closely that at
one place where they stopped to rest some
men who were sent back to fill canteens
were captured by our fankers. Just be-
fore sundown our batteries shelled their
rear guard, but did not bring them to q
halt.
The next morning, July 6, the 121st
y. Y. was ON the skirmish line, and fol-
lowed them to the village of Fairfield,
where we saw them disappear over the
hills TO the south. We then joined the di-
vision and made night march, arriving
about daylight, or little before, the next
morning, July Z. The cavalry started in
pursuit the same morning July 81, but by
some other route, as there were no troops
between US and the enemy's rear guard un-
til after the night of July 6.-ALBERT
n. JENNINGS, 121st n. Y, Highland, n.
V
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Gen Sheridan's Charger.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I am
back after the black horse Gen. Sheridan
rode at Cedar Greek, Oct. 10, 1864
Comrade q. l. Nash says it was black
horse, with two white front feet and one
white hind foot, and he further says that
the General rode this horse in nearly every
battle and campaign in which he took
part. Comrade A. w. Crawford says it
was a black horse, except that it was
white with foam, while 'Comrade /. III.
Paine says it was d black horse with n
white face, and CoIhrade w. III. Newlin
calls it a black charger. Now, what l
want to say is this: was with Gen.
from Harper's Ferry, Aug i, 1864, to
Mount Crawford on Sept. -, and back to
Cedar Greek ON Oct. 10, 1864, and l was
on duty every day and i'll all the battles,
skirmishes and marches. / did not see
Gen. Sheridan at the Battle of Cedar
Greek, because | was with the rear guard,
trying to hold the johnnies back while the
army was going down the pike towards
Winchester in fact, | do not remember
of ever seeing him on black horse, but
have often seen him Oh gray horse. /
remember seeing him on gray horse at
Winchester, Sept. 10, 1864, and l also
saw him on a gray horse at Fishers Hill,
Sept. -, 1864.
l remember reading poetry written by
some one of the 2Sth Iowa, on the battle
of Winchester, one verse being as follows:
THE 2Sth skirmish line was formed al
ready for fray,
And glancing to the rear we saw Phil on
his prancing grey"
Now, l would like to ask the comrades,
where did this grey horse come in, and
when did the grey quit, and when and
where did the black horse commence?-
THOMAS T. ALEXANDER, Lieutenant Co.
l, 11th Ind, Florence, Kan.
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MY FIRST EXPERIENCE ON PICKET DUTY.
BY GOLDSMITH BROWN.

Twas down at Memphis, Tennessee,
The year was eighteen slxtythree;
The fight was fierce that Summer day,
But we had kept the rebs at bay,
And when night came, double line
OF pIckets watched the hill Of pine.
There, Forrest, by his nightly raid,
His very name terror made;
And orders from headquarters came,
To let none pass without his name
And password, given on the spot,
Or welcomed to his grave, by shot.
1 was picket duty then,
A beardless youth mid bearded men;
We lay along the woodland there,
And paced the ground with martial air;
When, through the brush / looked, and 10!
white form hickered to aid fro.
rubbed my eyes and gazed again,
heard the bushes cracking then
o, shade Of Marion! help me now,
My hair on end-beads on my brow;
My time had come; / felt that l
Must Kill old Forests scout or die!
The gun from off my shoulder fell,
To friends and home / sighed farewell;
Halt! who goes there? Password and namen
No answer To my summons came;
Still through the bushes dark and low,
Sc" and heard my willy foe.
Halt! who goes thereT once, twice ant
thrice,
Darkness and sIcnce,,death the price;
! aimed and fired! heavy fall,
grOan and moaning-that was all
My God! l cried, I've killed mani
The Corporal to the death scene ran.
Come, boy, and see what you have donel
They shouted, who had heard the gun:
! scud along the little brook,
My knees, like King BelshaZZar's shook;
Look there!" my tOrturing comrades said,
lookcd-an old white mule lay dead!
The National tribune., 1901-06-27
Tons of old Coins Sold as Metal.

" ltlSDuTS CO1InerClal IaZeIIe.D
Over $4,000 pounds of money to be sold
as old metal. T:.is is the offer Daniel
Fox, President of the Fox Copper and
Bronze Manufacturing Company, recently
embraced, and as result he has the big
gest collection of curios ever seen in Pitts
burg.
The first shipment of coins, 700 pounds
arrived on Monday. Since then Mr. Fox
factory at 1924 Smallman street has been
visited by many coin lovers, who got a
tip that u new collection was in the city.
Thus far no one has solved the mystery
of the queer shaped and curiously marked
bits of metal.
Some time ago Mr.. Fox received a let
ter with samples of the coins, and hints
that he could secure a big lot of them.
Mr.. Fox tested the pieces and found them
the entire lot, 25,0O0 pounds, on condition
that the first shipment was up to the
standard of the samples.
The coins are about the size of an oyster
cracker and of irregular forms-oblong,
triangular, rhOmboid, square-and hun
dreds have no deinable shape. They
seem to have been cut out with some
crude instrument.
There are hundreds of curious designs.
When the pieces are rubbed bright the
characters show plainly. Rude carvings
Of animals, trees, crosses, circles and I'M
known hieroglyphics can be traced
That the coins are very old is evident
from the inscriptions, MANY of which are
entirely effaced. A peculiar thing about
the lot is that the majority of the pieces
have recently been defaced by a rude
chisel mark, as if to destroy their circu-
lating value.
Alonzo Brockett, of 1885 Bluff street,
showed the coins to numismatists, but
they were unable to throw any light on
their history. Mr.. Brockett met q naval
officer yesterday who has travelled exten-
si~ely in the east and who says the
coins are from Korea. As the Govern ment
there has been adopting more perfect
coins during the last 100 years, it is sup
posed these have become obsolete. From
his knowledge of the history of Korean
money he declares they were made before
the Christian era. Mr.. Brockett will pre-
sent 209 of the coins to the Carnegie insti-
tute.
Prof. Samuel A. Andrews, Superintend-
ent of Pittsburg Schools, Is also pre-
pairing a lot which he will send to eX-
pcrts in the hope of determining their
origin and history. Mr.. Fox will keep
out a number of the best specimens to sell
to coin collectors. The rest will be melted
and made into castings.
On Friday Mr.. Fox expects the second
consignment, 5000 pounds, of a lot of
historic Cuban bells purchased several
months ago.
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Wonnded In Baltimore.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Henry e..
Smith, now resident of Owensboro, in
Daviess County, KY, was the first man
to receive a wound or shed his blood in
the war between the States, 1861 to 1865.
Henry f. Smith first joined Co. b, 9th
Mass, and afterwards served in Co. Il,
33d Mass. He participated in the fight
in the streets of Baltimore, Md, April
10, 1861, and was wounded in that fight.
Mr.. - Whitney, member of Co. b,
9th Mass, Lowell, Mass, was killed and
history records the fact that - Whitney
was the first man killed In the war.
Smith was wounded just before Whitney
was killed. When Whitney was killed
he fell across the already PROSTATE body
Of Smith, Smith having received sabcr
wound in the left leg and at the same time
been felled by blow on the back of his
head or neck. Comrade Smith is now an
old man, and he carries an ugly scar on
his left leg, trophy of that fight, and is
drawing the pitiful sum Of So per month
pension.-E. G. ADAMS, Owensburg, Ky.
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! ing the progress of the supper he and his
seven associates We're arrested. We in the
prison were to charge upon our guards
when Cole gave the signal, but the signal
never came"
Maj. George Mcknight, in prison with
Mclean, carried on an amusing correspon-
dence between two mythical persons
Jack o. Diamonds" and Asa Hartz."
Mcknight was a versatile literary man,
and while in prison wrote for Harper's
Magazine and other periodicals. To Har-
per's he contributed probably his most pop
ular poem, "My Love and L.
You would have laughed" continued
Mclean, had you seen our mess dividing
its rations of two loaves of bread daily be-
tween eight men. We selected one man to
carve because of his ability to dissect the
loaf mathematically."
Here is one of the mournful songs
sounds from The battlefield:
THE OFFICERS FUNERAL"
"Hark. to the shrill trumpet calling,
1t pierceth the soft, Summer mir,
Tears from each comrade are falling,
For the widow and orphan are there.
The bayonets earthward are turning,
And the drums muffled breath rolls
around;
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But he hears not the voice of their mourn
ing,
Nor awakes to the bugle's sound.
"Sleep, soldier, tho many regret thee
Who stand by thy cold bier today,
soon, soon, shall the kindest forget thee,
And thy name from the earth pass
away.
The man thou did'st love as a brother,
A friend in thy place will have gained;
Thy dog shall keep watch for another,
And thy steed by a stranger be reined.
But tho hearts that now mourn for thee
sadly
Soon joyous as ever shall be;
Tho thy bright orphan boy may laugh
gladly
As he sits on some comrades kind knee,
There is one who will still pay the duty
OF tears for the true and the brave,
As when first, in the bloom of her beauty,
She wept DER the soldiers grave"
(To be continuedJ
The National tribune., 1901-06-27
AROUND BATON ROUGE.
Incidents Occurring While Breckinridge Was
Before the City.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: No series
of articles in The National Tribune have
interested me more than those by George
Dallas Mosgrove-"Bugle Notes from
Dixie" Sc far as my knowledge goes they
have been very accurate, but i'll the May
80 number he has made one mistake.
Speaking of Gen. John G. Breckinridge, he
Rouge added laui to his fame" But.
fortunately for he did not capture
Baton Rouge. he, with from 10000 to
l5,OOO men u cannot be exact from mem
ory as TO numbers) made 4 very vigorous
attack, showing all the courage and gal
lantry for which he and his men were
noted, but they were repulsed with heavy
loss Il was in this battle that he lost
an arm, believe, but here again | can
not be positive.
Some of the troops engaged in the de-
fense were the 4th Wis, 11th Me-, Sth n.
H., Minis Mass. Battery, and some others,
perhaps the 2lst Ind, and 7th or Sth VT
Gen. Williams, in command, was killed. In
this connection there is a very interesting
bit OF history. Congress had passed reso-
lutlOns in substance declaring escaped
negro slaves contraband, and not to be re-
turned TO their masters. Some slayehold-
ers obtained from Gen. Williams an order
to permit them to search through the
regiments for their slaves. When they
reached Col. Halbert II. Paine, command
| ing the 4th Wis, he refused to permit
the search. He endorsed on the order in
| substance the following, viz: 1T is sol
! dier's first duty to obey orders, but when
| orders from two sources are received II
is his duty to obey the order emanating
from the highest authority" then, refer.
ring to the resolution of Congress, he con,
| sidered it his duty to obey that. When
! they returned to Gen. Williams he wrote
underneath: Will you obey the order oil
not; yes or no." Col. Paine indorsed again
that he supposed his previous endorsement
sufficiently explicit, but as it was not, he
could only say he would not obey the
order. He was Immediately placed undel
arrest.
A day or two later the attack of Gen
Breckenridge occurred, Williams was
killed, and Gen. Butler released Col. Paine
and placed him in command of the post
1t is safe to say that no more orders t
permit search for contrabands were Sc
cured at Baton Rouge. Col. Paine wal
soon after promoted TO Brigadier- General
was conspicuous for gallant service
through the campaign in 1868, resulting
in the capture Of Port Hudson; lost LEI
in the assault June IA, lying all day OF
the battlefield; was made Major General
served on Military Commission, etc. Afte
the war he served several terms in Con
gress. No officer was ever more loved anC
cheerfully obeyed than Gen. Paine, no
only by his own regiment but by all serv
Ing under him.. n. LIsCoMB, Co. Il, 4tl
Wis. Cav, Los Angeles, Cal.
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Grapeyine Bridge.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In the
issue of May %, Comrade Eugene Sulli-
van, 42d \. Y, mentioning the article,
"On the Peninsula" by ComrGde John
Mccormick, Co. Il, 9th u. S. Cav, states
that the so-called Summers Grapevine
Bridge" was built by the AID n. Y. Com
rade Sullivan is mistaken in saying that
the AID n Y. built the bridge. On May
y, 1862, at noon the 1st Minn. was Or
dered. with guns and cartridge boxes, to
the Chickahominy, a wagon with axes fol
lowing. Arriving there the men We're or
deIed under special charge of Capt.
Downy to build Il bridge, and went to
work as described by Comrade Sullivan.
About o'clock Gen. Sumner arrived at
the river and seeing, to his great satisfac-
ton, the bridge about finished, he com
plimented our Colonel, Alf Sully, on the
work done, and turning to one of his or
derlies told him to go to the Quartermas-
ter and tell him to send barrel of whis-
key to the 1st MINI. The bridge was fin
ished that afternoon, except the northern
approach. This approach may have been
made by the 42d n. Y, l will not deny.
We had to guard that bridge that night,
and the whialey did us lots of good, as we
lay down without fire, in our wet clothes.
On May 81, about 2:30 o'clock, we re-
moved, the 1st MINI. being the first regi-
ment to cross the Grapevine Bridge to
the relief of the troops on the south side
of the Chickahominy.- q. SoNDERMAN,
Co. A, 1st Mimi, Pembina, n. d.
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THE INDIAN LANDS.
An Ohio Valley Comrade Writes That He Has
Not Found an Earthly Paradise.

Not Found an Earthly Paradise.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Many
veterans have written in glowing terms of
the kiOwa, COmanche and Apache lands,
and anyone who has not lived there would
think from the descriptions that that coun-
try is an earthly paradise. | do not mean
to belittle the country, neither do l de-
sire to say that my comrades have not
told the truth, but all the same, they do
not look through the same specs" | do.
My specs" after three years residence
there, show me country of about average
productiyeness, a surplus of sand and dust,
and a scarcity of good drinking water. 1t
is estimated that there are on the borders
of the reservation enough wOuld-be home
steaders to furnish about 16 claimants to
one homestead.
Speaking of dust, it is agreed among us
that came from the Ohio Valley, that there
is more dust here, on an average, flying
through the air in 10 minutes, than in a
lifetime on the shores of La Belle
Riviere.
The Indians will get the very best of the
land, and the whites and negroes can take
the high, sandy land. And where one sue
ceeds in getting Il homestead there will be
at least a dozen disappointed ones.
Last September a comrade came here
from Idaho, and said that he had home
steaded some eight or nine times, but had
sold out each time just in time to not lose
his right 70 try it again, and that he was
living on homestead in that State, but
had thought of selling it and trying it
again here. So he got a camping outfit
and went over the reservation,
and spent three weeks OH it, and came
back and said that he would not give his
little 160 acres in Idaho for an entire
township in this reservation; that he'd go
back home and quit trying to find better
place than he had.
To person raised along the Ohio River
this country is sadly lacking in timber