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too expensive for a Michigan boy. We
were not looking for trouble just then.
so we moved on, and left the group IF
COnfeds. wondering what had become
of their Lieutenant. l said we We're nor
looking for trouble, but it was looking
for US. and it found us that night. We
went into camp near Meadow Bridge
The night was dark and rainy. We
built fires to fry some ham Ie had
secured from n nearby smolIehouse.
After warm supper of ham and coffee
we rolled up in our rubber blankets for
a nights rest. But our rest was dis
turbed about II o'clock, whe'R the
whoop and yell, artillery, infantry and
cavalry. which woke us from our slum-
bcrs and made each particular hair
stand on end. We needed no command
to mount and get out of there the best
We could. They killed. wounded and
captured several of our command.
When we got away from our camp
we were halted. form d, and held them
in check.
The night was very dark. so 1t
made a prctt:- near frce-for-all fight
A friend of mine (Albert McClouth)
was on videt that night. The first vol
ley brought down his horse. which fell
upon him. The rebs charged over him.
and when we drove them back he hid
riding n mule. So we had it down the
Peninsula to Yorktown. On the way
down we met Gen. Butler with his col
ored troops. whom we expected to form
junction with us and help libcrate the
Union prisoners in Libby. But they we're
too late. Dahlgrcn had been killed,
and our expedition, so far as liberatinS
the prisoners, had been a failure: bat
we had done much damage to the
Corfederacy. We returned to the
main army by water to Alexandria.
From there We marched back to our
old camp on the Rapid Ann River.
I could go On and tell of our May
campaign, but have taken too much of
your valuable space. 1t is sufficient to
say that we We're with Custer in the
Wilderness and on the famous Sheridan
raid, capturing all of Gen. Lees sup
plies at Beaver Dam Station, burning
what we could not carry on cur
horses. eve had no wagons.) The
writer threw away his overcoat to strap
a ham on his saddle. / think that was
the finest ham 1 ever tasted. We met
Gen. Stewart at Yellow Tavern, whipped
him. and drove his command before us.
Stewart was killed in this fight. 1T
was great loss to the Confederacy
They were easier to handle after that.
They gave us some trouble at Meadow
Bridge May u. tho we came out with
flying colors: but they got the writer
of this at Haw's Shop. His left wing
was shattered so that it has not
been fit for duty since. But / must
not complain. for / gave my left arm
for the best Government under the
sun.-A. v. Cole, Co. G. 4th Mich; Co.
G, 9Th Mich. Cav; Hastings, Neb.
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ANDERSONVILLE. A
The First DiscOverer of Providence
Spring.

Editor National Tribune: Havin,
been an inmate of that den of misery
Andersonville, for five months I an
naturally interested in anything tina
may be said or written relative thereto
hence when 1 read in your issue of tn,
9th ult. the brief but graphic descrip
| ton Of the hanging of those six raider:
as related by Comrade or Ito use al
Andersonville phrasc) Pard II bland i
brought vividly to my mind thost
months of suffering and privation.
1 was one of that vast throng VIII,
stood on the north hillside eagerly
watching the grewsome tragedy 1t wa.
really great event in Anders )nville
The question was being settled whethe,
the whole camp was to be at the mercl
of band of robbers and murderers
and when it was all over not one In
that motley crowd of spectators woult
but say it served them right But
am somewhat surprised at the con
fessed ignorance of Pard Holland rela-
tive to the Providence Spring. Now
Para, you are way off when you say
that the spring was not there earlier
than October, and as you say you are
willing to be corrected let me give you
my knowledge of the question. In do
ing so it may be that / was the first
discoverer of that much-talted- OF
spring. 1t was early one m orning in
the month of August. / was taking my
usual walk. On going near the dead
line some distance above the nortl,
gate my attention was attracted to a
tiny flow of water ooZing out of the
ground, scarcely wetting the ground to
any distance. l. paid but little atten-
ton to it nor thought more about 1t till
in passing along there the next day IL
-.
flowing spring, attracting the attention
of many Others who stood wistfully
gazing on the pure lcool stream as IL
flowed down II the brook How to turn
its course to ours side of the dead line
was the all-important question. But
where there's n will there's a way. and
it takes a soldier to find the way. In
the dead hour of the night, when tn"
guard was probab bly, asleep. party OF
resolute men noiselessly dug ditch,
whereby the water was brought within
our reach. The news soon spread
through the camp. when general rush
was made to get a draft of its pure
water. So eager was the crowd many
weaker ones were injured IN their at
tempt. The police finally restored order
by compelling the men to form in line
and take their turn To the credit of
some of the guard. who seemed to have
= little spark of humanity, they came
in one day and with boards constructed
trough with n fall sufficient for the
filling of cups and pals.
Now, Pard Holland, you say you
passed by there often. I can't see how
you failed to observe that long line OF
men who daily came with their cups
and pals, eagerly waiting their turn.
1t may be this will be the means of stir
ring up your memory, and set yon
straight on the spring question. If so,
let us know.
am right in with the pards on that
50 day which should be considered
rigIltfully due us. not only for what we
suffered but that our Government
would not be obliged to exchange skele-
tons for able-bodied men.-A. Du Bois.
Co. F. 7th n. Y. II. Art, Albany, n. Y.
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in the Great National Struggle

mand of the Twentieth Corps in the
engagement at Peach Tree Creek, July
20, 1864.
Gen. Hooker did not ask to be re-
lieved until after Gen. Howard had
been assigned to the Army of the Ten
nessee This assignment of Gen. How
ard was not until after July %, 1864,
for it was on that day that Mcpherson
was killed.
Those who were at the Twentieth
Corps headquarters the evening of July
20, 1864, have special reason to re-
member that Gen. Hooker had been in
command during the day. for when
Gen. Sherman came to Hookers head
quarters after the fight was over there
was some hot talk between them grow
ing out of what seemed to Gen, Hook
er to be lack of appreciation by Gen.
Sherman of what had been done by
the corps during the day.
1t has always seemed to me be a
curious and interesting circumstance
that of all the commanders engaged ct
Charlottesville the two who were most
unfortunate in that engagement, How
ard and Slocum, should have become
the commanders of the right and left
wings of Sherman's army in the world
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Gen. Martindale.

Editor National Tribune: You are
wrong about the services of Gen. Mar
tindale. After McClellan's army was
forced back to Harrison's Landing Gen.
Porter brought charges against him
that he arrived there six hours ahead
of his brigade, and expressed his belief
that We ought to make the best terms
possible with the rebels. / know that
he was Provost Marshal at Washington
December 1862. How in the face of
these facts could he be brevetted Major
General for gallantry at Malvern Hiii?
ARENAS II. Skinner, Chatham
Place, Worcester, Mass.
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AT PORT HUDSON.
Romance Connected With the Great Gun
"Lady Davis"

"Lndy DIyis.'
Editor National Tribune: In your is
sue of the 9th is letter from S. H.
Samuels, Cayuga, Ind. The Lady Da-
Wis" gun he asks about was known to
US as "the demon gum" Our batteries
on the extreme left, which were op-
posed to the rebel batteries on what
was called the CITADEL" We're built and
manned by men and guns we supp osed
from Farragut's fleet. When l visited
them they We're ironclad, with portfolios
covered with movable shutters.
According to the map compiled from
Federal engineers surveys and the
commanders of both sides, there were
no batteries on the west side of the riv-
er. Batteries Nos % and % We're next
TO the river; No. % had two 20-pound
Parrots, three 24-pound PARROTS. two
nine-inch siege guns, one eight-inch
Howitzer, four 12-pound Napoleons
two 10-pound PARROTS, three 30-pound
PARROTS; No. % had two 10-inch siege
m ortarS.
There is quite a romance connected
with the Lady Davis" named in honor
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Hooker and the Twentieth Corps.

Editor National Tribune: I was much
Interested in Comrade Harmon's COM
munication to The National Tribune in
issue of the 26th ult.. but you must
allow me to correct his correction so
far as to remind him that Gen. Hooker
and not Gen. Williams was in COM
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-18
The Case of Gorkv

Mr. Gorky has discovered that Charles
Dickens on his first visit did not admire
US. He should pursue the theme. After
Iurther acquaintance-and increased sales
OF his books-Mr. Dickens changed his
mind, and wrote an apology TO go along
with his published works But America
never changed its mind about Mr.. Dickens
He did not offend as Mr.. Gorky has done
but be never rose in this country above
the appraisement OF nashy man OF
genius, whose own personality and affairs
should have kept him very quiet about
other peoples. On both OF his visits ne at
tracted good deal OF attention, and on
the second he made good deal OF money
by his readings.
As Mr.. Dickens gained rather than lost
In financial way by his experience over
here. Mr.. GOrky may have a similar
fortune. He is at most a literary man.
lie can describe conditions and paint hor-
rors but whore is the authority for ac-
cepting him as constructive statesman?
We need no tangled haired artist 10 tell us
that Russia IS in a ferment as the result of
Ions and brutal m!srule. We have heard
that from numerous sources, and, indeed
the fact stands confessed Our sympathies
are well enough aroused on that score al
ready. What those Americans who would
be glad to help the Russian people want
10 know Is how better conditions there
may be established. And on that point
Mr.. Gorky is probably without a practical
suggestion.
But. for awhile. Nh Gorky's books both
here and abroad. VIII sell better than ever
Such an 'ad" as the present one would
not count for more IN good money II Il
had fallen to the lot OF a singer or a
player. The publics interest has been
Increased. ana Mr. Gorky is in hands that
VIII not. neglect the opportunity.
Mr.. Gorky's offeHse Is an iaexcusable out
rage and has been properly resented. But
let US not lose sight OF the fact. for our
own good. that IL happens at time when
a decision of the highest court in the land
IS publicly Interpreted as in morals at
least. iuegi;iHa tlzing some twenty thou
sand children. the fruits Of conduct IN many
cases like that OF the Russian novelist As
Mr.. Gorky is not available for the Russian
propaganda, maybe he is as an awful ex-
ample-the worst outside OF Newport
in the cause OF decent domestic life IN
the United States.
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The San Francisco EARTHQUAKE.

The disaster at San Francisco is as yet
unmeasured. but enough is known to pre-
sent the spectacle of a calamity of first
magnitude. The interruption of Geographic
communications. caused by the earthquake,
adds to tire terror of the situation for those
outside Of the stricken area. who are anx-
ious for friends and relatives. Details are
coming very slowly, and even such bits OF
information as filter through suggest that
the wreckage has not yet been estimated,
while fires are destroying properties that
were not affected seriously by the shocks.
The news dispatches that have come east
| tell of happenings that residents in cities
never affected by such visitations cannot
fully appreciate. Fortunately the shocks
were felt at a very early hour in the day,
before the business section, which was
chiefly subjected to the tremors. was thickiy
populated. Had the qual1ing of the earth
occurred four hours later the loss of life
must have been appalling, probably mount
ing into the thousands
As 1t is, San Francisco Is the victim of
shock that will seriously injure 1t in a
material sense. Even if the disaster is no
worse than the first ACCOUNTS have described,
1t will require all the abundant energy of
the residents of that enterprising commun-
ity to make good the losses. In some re-
spects earthquake shock is worse than q
fire. for the buildings that not destroy ed
are rendered subject to suspicion by reason
of the weakening of foundations and walls.
This seismic phenomenon. coming SO
quickly after the recent eruption of Vesu-
vius inevitably falls in the public mind
into relation with that disaster There can
be little doubt that there Is close con
nection between them. We are experiencing
a succession of demonstrations that the
interior of the earth is molten and that the
election of heated and viscid matter from
the great vents causes disturbances in the
more solid crust The seismolegists are
doubtless ready to describe the established
lines of cause and effect and to expound
the theories now entertained by the Ecien-
tific world. AT present it sufficies to know
that one of the largest and busiest cities IN
the country has been damaged to the extent
of many millions and has lost heavily in
lives. The sympathy of the whole country
goes out to San Francisco in this hour of
disaster and further danger, and If the cry
for help is heard the response will be
prompt and generous.
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Hughes.

Charles e. Hughes associate counsel in
the investigation of the transportation and
sale of coal In interstate commerce should
do the government important service. The
matter is of great public interest, and the
ability of Mr.. Hughes to handle it is safely
to be assumed. He comes to the task fresh
from a triumph which has secured him ma
tional applause, and from which the public
Is already largely the gamer. The public is
quite as curious about the coal question as
affected by railroad connections with 1t as
It was about the insurance question when
il was discovered that certain officials OF
insurance companies had been feathering
their own nests at the expense of policy
holders and otherwise abusing their trust.
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The Strike Evil.

Trouble OF serious kind has broken out
early in the hard coal district where the
miners are now on strike. Men have been
killed and wounded and bad blood has been
engendered. The state constabulary has
been sent to the scene OF the rioting and
order has been restored but the wounds
Inflicted will be slow of healing. If the
anthracite strike continues for even a few
weeks such scenes as that enacted near
Johnstown will be repeated In many places.
This was one of the most certain possi-
bilities the future held when the deadlock
between the miners and the operators was
threatened. Both Mitchell and Baer, rep
resenting the opposing sides. were thor
oughly aware that the cessation OK work
by the union miners and the attempt to
run mines or washeries with non-union
men would precipitate conflicts. No power
welded by either man could prevent such
q happening. Tho union leader has in the
past claimed that on his opponent lay the
responsibility for attempting to work the
mines during the strike. The leader of the
operators has declared that on Mitchell
rested the blame for the troubles, for Or
dering into idleness men who could not
understand tho right of a mine owner to
manage his property as he sees At.
1t does not matter much which man is
right and which Is wrong, or IL there Is
some right and some wrong on both Sides
The fact remains that owing TO the impos-
sibiiity of these two forces to agree upon
peace arrangement which will permit
miners to earn living and mine owners to
supply tho public with coal, q strike occurs
and there are enormous money losses on
all sides and lives are sacrificed to the
blind fury Of the strikers and the bad judg.
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ment OF the officers OF the law. Both sides
are responsible for the conditions. and It
will not do for the nation to stand idly by
when such crises are periodically precipi-
tated and permit the continuance OF the
conflicts which make for such heavy losses
to the people
What can be doneg Some people suggest
state ownership. which arouses great OPP
position on the part of those antf-sociai-
lists who fear an extension of even slight
application of this principle. Others have
for many years been urging the adoption
of a compulsory arbitration system which
will prevent these occasional conflicts ana
deadiocks. When the miners riot and the
troops fire on them and blood Is shed the
case broadens materially from the merely
economic phase which It normally assumes
1t becomes question Of the highest moral
ity. 1t involves the duty of the state to
safeguard life. to reduce to minimum the
conditions which make for disorder and
disruption.
We attack diseases which menace the
health OF the whole people. We try to
stamp them out. to kill all the germs. to
educate the people to lead sanitary lives.
and we even In some cases compel them
to do SO. Should we not regard the strike
evil as disease. to be attacked as q posi-
tive menace to the public health? 1t Is
destructive of life as surely as the cholera
which comes to us from abroad, or the
yellow fever which We allow to spread
through the agencies that breed in our
sw amps and cesspoels Are we to take
high ground as civilized nation In one
direction and remain passive and weak In
the face of danger greater in its posi-
bilities than that of the worst outbreak of
disease ever known?