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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23
The Toledo War.

Editor National Tribune: Will you
please tell in The National Tribune
when and where the Toledo war was
w. II. Ravens, Co. I, 18th ILL.,, Ma
rengo, Ill.
When the first draft of the Constitu-
ton of Ohio was formed in 1903 the
northwest boundary of the State was
made to run due east from the most
southerly point of Lake Michigan. In
discussing the Constitution an old In
dian hunter, who was a member of the
Convention, told them that Lake Michi-
gan came from further south than they
expected; consequently in the Consti-
tuition which was finally adopted the
boundary was made to run due west
from the most northerly cape of Maui
NEE Bay. This made a difference of
eight miles, and became of great inter-
est when the Wabash & Erie Canal was
constructed, as the Territory of Michi-
gan and the State of Ohio both wanted
the mouth of the canal, and the "fu-
ture great city, which was to be built
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23
Grape Shot.

Editor National Tribune: Will YOU
please give your readers a correct idea
of grape shot and the caliber of the cam
non in which it can be used? In The
National Tribune of March Comrade
Stevens says: Grape was used during
the civil war in field artillery" Tho
Cannoneer, page Is, reads: There is
no such thing as grape in light artiI<
lery." Which one is right ?-Delevan
Bates, 121st N. Y, Aurora, Neb.
Gen. Delevan Bates, whose nania
many comrades will be glad to see and
know that he is alive, should be as Well
informed as to grape and cannon as any
man alive. He has seen as much of it
coming his way during his long service
in the ranks and as the commander Of
colored troops as any man that we can
recall. AS a rule, we think the field
guns never fired grape. Canister had
generally superseded that form of mis-
sile at the opening of the war of the
rebellion, but there may have been some
grape used from old supplies of ammIi-
milton in many battles. During the war
both sides threw at one another about
everything that they could gather up
and felt would hurt. Probably there
were stands of grape for field guns found
in the old arsenals of the country and
used for want of something better, pre-
cisely as field guns sometimes fire rail-
road spikes, trace chains, bullets gath
cred around camp and tied up in socks,
etc. The large siege guns, of course.
fired grape.-Editor National Tribune.
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FIGHTING SENATORS.
(Continued from first pageD

war when Culture" personal dignity
and an appearance of profundity were
esteemed the highest attributes OF man.
hood. Senator Sumner was man OF
intense personal dignity and exceed
ingly impressive manner. He made
great pretentions to the old style of
education, which embraced thoro
knowledge of the classics, with little
of practical everyday wisdom. He
made ponderous. exceedingly learned
speeches, with elaborate phraseoiogy
and abundant classical illusions which
then past for the highest form of hui
man thought As his colleague. Sena-
tor Hoar well said of him. He i'm
agined all the problems of the world
could be settled by his elaborate speech
making. and he regarded the war with
all its intensity merely as an annoying
incident something like the passage of
| a fire engine" He had entered public
| life as leader of the conscience
Wings of Massachusetts,, and was elect
] ed to the Senate by combination of
| Free Soil Wings and Democrats. He
became an uncompromising opponent
of slavery in the Senate, and his speech
| in 1856 on the crime against Kansas.
| in which he reflected severely upon
Senator Butler, of South Carolina.
brought about an assault in the Senate
| Chamber by Representative Preston
| Brooks, of South Carolina, and Sumner
was SO badly beaten that for four years
he was incapacitated for service in the
| Senate, and this incident was made the
most OF to secure him National SYM
! pathy and to stir up the North against
| the bullying and arrogance of the
Southern fire-edters. He took extreme
views as to reconstruction, advocating
what was called the suicide theory.
That is, that the Southern States had
committed suicide when they entered
into the rebellion. He was leader in
opposition to President Johnson, and
from the first he and President Grant
did not get along well together. Presi-
dent Grant was a plain, practical man,
who did things, and perhaps had too
little patience with the prosy, pompous.
orotund orator, who wanted to settle
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co. He had seen many encampments
of the fairly good militia of Pennsylva-
MIA, and this was about all. To put a
kindly, amiable, elderly gentleman like
himself in command of a far larger
army than had ever before been as
sembled in America and confront him
by an active, audacious enemy which he
thought outnumbered him could not
help being bewildering. He was un-
fortunate, too. in having for his Chief
of Staff the polished, agreeable, thoroly
soldierlike, but entirely negative and
non-aggressive F'itz John Porter, who
was at best no inspiration to his feeble
combaiiveness.
Patterson gathered column of about
&c, 600 at Chambersburg, and advanced
by the way of Hagerstown. He began
at once calling for achievements, tried
to have all the best regiments from
every direction sent to him, and sue
ceeded in getting enough to swell his
force of electives to over 10000. One
of his brigades was commanded by Col.
George II. Thomas, and consisted of the
9Th, 2lst and Odd Pa, and Battery f,
4th u. S. Art, commanded by Lieut.
ID. D. Perkins. The First Division was
commanded by brevet Maj.-Gen. Geo.
Cadwalader and the Second Division by
Maj.-Gen. W. II. Keim, of the Penn
sylvania Militia. Neither of the Divis-
ion Commanders had any reputation for
enterprise.
Patterson broke camp at Chambers
burg June Z, Col. Thomas leading the
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23
CHAS SIMMER

effective supporter of Grant thru both
the latter's Administrations, and was
associated with much of the strong leg
islation of that period in regard to re-
construction, resumption of specie pay
ments and other needed measures He
began to aspire to the Presidency, and
in the Cincinnati Convention of 1876
received SO votes. He helped frame
the bill creating the Electoral Commits
sion, but would not vote for the affirma-
ton of its findings. He was a true
spokesman, and vigorously resisted Civil
Service Reform. With his intense per-
sonal ambition and his overweaning
vanity, he at once came into collision
with John Sherman, Blaine, Edmunds
and others, who were his rivals for the
leadership, and the first break with the
Administration of President Hayes came
In 1877, when the Secretary of the
Treasury. John Sherman, appointed a
commission to investigate the affairs of
the New York Custom House. This in
vestigatiOn brought about such revela-
tions that President Hayes decided up
on the removal of Conkling's dearest
friends. admirers and supporters, Ches-
ter A. Arthur, Collector; Gen. George
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THE NATIONAL WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY

part in the battle. Only two organiza-
tions-the 4th Pa. and Varian's New
York Battery-were so badly advised
and Differed as to claim their rights
and insist upon being discharged.
The Grand Army"--by far the larg-
est army the country had ever seen as
sembled-made a most imposing spec
tacle as il marched away over the Vir-
ginia hills, with it's gaudy militia uni
forms, its new silken banners and its
splendid bands. The July sun shone
bright the air was full of the wine of
early Summers promise, and the men
felt that behind them were 100000
of their fellow-citiZens, eagerly watch
ing every step they made.
Enterprising correspondents were at
the head of every column. and every
little while messengers would dash back
to the telegraph office with special dis
patches to the Northern papers, telling
of the progress of the Grand Army.
Extras" We're being gotten out hourly
in all the large cities. and myriads de-
voured their contents.
(To be continued.)
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had since leaving the Ohio it would soon
be in the Shenandoah.
Gen. PattersOn's Failure.
Gen. Patterson's failure to carry out
Gen. ScOtt's views were criticized with
intense acrimony, and many prominent
men did not hesitate to accuse him of
downright treason. Looked at from
this distance, or even from that of a
few years after the event, there is seen
not the slightest reason for the charge
of disloyalty on the part of Gen. Pat
terson. 1t was simply the great mis-
take of taking an elderly gentleman,
successful in mercantile pursuits and
prominent in Philadelphia society, a
man who had dallied with military mat
tiers and affected to be a soldier pre-
cisely as he affected to be an elegant
figure in a drawing-room, and putting
him in a position which required a man
of intense purpose, fiery energy and We
hement pugnacity. With all Gen. Pat
terson's long and highly respectable
connection with the militia of Pennsyl-
vania, his experience in actual war had
been confined to service as line officer
in the War of 1872 and commander of
the Cracker" line for while in Mexi-
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everything by making phrases. Sumner
had been Chairman of the Committee
on Foreign Relations ever since 1861,
and his admirers asserted that he had
rendered inestimable service to the Ma
ton in that position. Gen. Grant could
not see his value in the same light that
Summers admirers did; there came a
sharp dissension between the two;
Sumner was removed from the position
Of Chairman, and Joined in the Liberal
movement of 1872 which nominated
Horace Greeley in opposition. Sumner
had expected that he was going to take
a large portion of the Republican Party
over into the opposition to Gen. Grant,
and the smallness of the seceders in his
train was a disappointment which vir-
tually broke his heart, and he died two
years after the election.
Roscoe ConkIing.
Roscoe Conkling, Senator from New
York, had career of meteoric bril-
liancy. He had entered politics as an
old line Wing, and in 1852 stumped New
York FOR Gen. Winfield Scott. His fine
presence, earnest manner and brilliant
oratory made him a most acceptable
ness as a political manager. He was
one of the founders of the Republican
Party, and contributed very largely to-
ward carrying New York for Fremont
and Dayton in 1856. He was elected to
Congress, in which he served during
the war except for Period, when he
acted as Judge-Advocate for the War
Department, and won National reputa-
ton as a debater and orator. He was
an enthusiastic supporter of Lincoln,
and the National reputation he gained
secured his election in 1867, at the age
of 3S, to succeed Senator Ira Harris.
With all his splendid gifts Conkling had
strong defects, and one of these was
that he let his personal likes and dis
likes have much more influence upon
him than considerations of public or
party policy. He was a vigorous and
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The Hattie of Simonoselsi.

Editor National Tribune: In your in
teresting articles on the japanese ques-
ton you quote President Roosevelt as
saying that they shave ever been the
friends OF the United States since the
time of Commodore Perry's visit" Is
it not historical fact that the only
hostile gun directed by q foreign power
during the civil war against the Amer
lean Flag was the fire opened on an
American merchant vessel in the
Straits of Simonoseki? Did not Com
modore McDougal, in command of that
station, promptly sail in, and upon be-
ing fired on open cannonade that put
the Samurai out of business at that
stand?-J. c. True, 40th Mo, Oatville,
Kan.
The battle in the Straits of Simono-
seki was not regarded as the act of the
Government of Japan, but as one of
the semi-independent Damios, called
Chochieu, who had acted in disobedi-
ence to the express command of the
Shotgun. The foreigners obtained
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there within their own borders Mich
igan insisted upon the first boundary
line and Ohio upon the second. The
Governors of both Michigan and Ohio
called out their troops, and there was
feared deadly strife. The only person
hurt during the hostilities, however, was
a man by the name of Stickney, of
Toledo, an ardent Ohio man, who was
stabbed In the course of a quarrel with
an equally ardent Michigander. Peace
was secured by conceding the territory
to Ohio and placating Michigan with
the Upper Peninsula, about which the
Wisconsin people grumble to this day.
National Tribune.
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The I'd w. Va.

Editor National Tribune: In your pa
per, the soldiers best friend, will you
please publish a short history Of the I'd
w. Va, also time it was consolidated
with the Sd Va. and made the 9Th Cav.
j. w. Umstead, I'd w Va. and 9Th
Cav, Mount Zion, w. Va.
The history of the I'd w. Va. was
published last year, and we cannot re-
peat it until the others that are pressing
for publication shall appear.
The veterans and recruits Of the 5th
w. Va. Cav. were consolidated into a
battalion of three companies and trans
ferred to the 9Th w. Va. Cav. Dec. IA,
1864.-Editor National Tribune.
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Shiloh.
WIN rorf

Editor National Tribune: VIII rou
kindly inform the writer the distance
from Pittsburg Landing to Corinth and
from the former to Shiloh Church? Also
from what State Gen. Pat Cleburne en-
tered the service Julius NJ. CARING
ton, Cleveland, o.
The distance from Pittsburg Landing
to Shiloh is yariously stated at from IS
to % miles, probably depending upon
the condition of the roads. Shiloh
Church is out some two miles. Pat
Cleburne entered the Confederate army
from ADMINISTRATION National Trih-
une.
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advance, who crost the Potomac at Will
liamsburg, June 16, and had a Slight
skirmish with Stonewall Jackson, driv-
ing him with ease and no loss to him.
self. Then Patterson became alarmed
and drew Thomas back across the Fo-
tomac, much to Gen. Scotts disappoirt-
ment. Joe Johnston had evacuated
Harper's Ferry upon the appearance of
Patterson upon his left flank, destroying
a greater part of the works and the
magnificent railroad works. and carry
ing off with him most of the machin-
cry.
Then finding Patterson again on the
north side of the Potomac, Johnston
quickly returned to Harper's Ferry,
completed the work of destruction and
took away at his leisure the rest of the
things that he wanted. Patterson be-
came much disturbed by the reports
which were assiduously fed him of
Johnston's great strength and the heavy
reinforcements which were being sent
him from Richmond and Manassas. 1t
was constantly expected that Beaure-
gard would suddenly abandon Manassas,
and, taking to the railroad, bring up
his whole army to reinforce Johnston
and overwhelm Patterson. The latter
was firmly imprest with the idea that
all the hopes of the country were wrapt
up in his army, and felt that he must
aster follow upon any mistake that he
should make. 1t is needless to say that
men of this temperament never Win
victories. He telegraphed to Col. Town
send from Martinsburg, July 10, as fol-
lows:
"Martinsburg, July 13, 1861
"Col. Z. d. Townsend, Assistant Adju-
tant-General:
Received the announcement of Nc
Clellan's victory with great gratifica-
ton. His success, however, makes no
change in my plans. This force is the
keystone of the combined movements,
and injury to ii would counteract the
good effects of all victories elsewhere.
Johnston is in position beyond Win
chester, to be reinforced, and his
strength doubled just as L would reach
him. My position is a strong one, but !
must act cautiously whilst preparing to
strike.
''R. Patterson, Major-G General.
Patterson's Lul<ewarmness.
Gen. Scott's first idea of a movement
against Manassas was some demOnstra-
ton to deter Bcauregard from leaving
there to reinforce Johnston, and Scott
became more inSistent daily that Pat
terson should move up strongly against
Johnston, but Patterson had more ex-
cuses for not moving than Scott had
persistence. Froissart says that when
he never lacketh plentiful reasons for
not fighting" and certainly Patterson
had a very cold stomach for an encoun-
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They VIII March.

The Memorial Committee of Cleve-
land, o., recently decided to submit to
the seven Grand Army Posts of Cleve-
land a question of the advisability of
abolishing the Memorial Day parade
All the answers but two have come in
and they are invariably of the tenor
that the Post is going to march on Me-
mortal Day as long as a single member
can put one foot in front of the other.
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On the Harper's Ferry Front.

"Brig.-Gen. Mcdowell
James B. Fry, Assistant Adjutant-
General"
On the Harper's Ferry Front.
Gen. Scott had no apprehensions from
the force gathering at Manassas. The
forts which, under the hands of the
volunteers, had risen with such CELEBRITY
from the Chain Bridge to Alexandra,
We're sufficient protection against any
probable rush from Virginia. 1t was
quite otherwise, however. with Harper's
Ferry and the entrance to the Shenan-
doah Valley. The heavy forces there
would menace at once the National Cap
ital, as well as Baltimore, and crossing
the narrow strip of western Maryland,
find ready entrance into rich, populous
PENNSYLVANIA. These forces, especially
the large brigade under r. ]. Jackson,
We're much more demonstrative than
those in front of Washington. Gen.
Joseph e. johnson had high reputa-
ton in the Old Army, and all who knew
him felt strong fears of what his known
energy, ability and resourcefulness
might accomplish. As one of the five
Generals recently appointed to head the
Confederate army, his assignment to the
command of the Shenandoah Valley inn
piled that the main efforts of the enemy
would be in that direction. Gen. Scott
wanted him struck heavily, or at least
pushed back out of easy reach of his
probable goals. McClellans victory at
Rich Mountain brought another reason
for this, inasmuch as if Mcclellan
should advance Johnston would be in a
position to strike and probably crush
him before assistance could reach the
former. 1t is true that 100 miles and
lofty mountains interviewed between Nc
Clellan and the Shenandoah Valley, but
Mcclellan was headed that way, and
if his army moved with the rapidity il
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CHAPTER Xxx.
UPON THE EVE OF BATTLE.

UPON THE EVE OF BATTLE.
Scott More Concerned About the Shen-
andOah Than Mnnassas-Sluggish Gen.
Observation-Disclosures Lack of Ag-
gressiveness and General Fitness for
the Task-Scott's WaverinE Plans
The Advance at Last Begins.
Beauregard's Infiammatory Rhetoric.
Beauregard had all the French vanity
in his emotional and eXcitable rhetoric,
and the proclamation which he issued
upon assuming command is worth re-
production as showing how little ne
suffered himself to be bothered with
facts when he set out to fire the South
ern heart This notable effuSion runs
as follows:
Proclamation.
Headquarters Department of Alex
andria, Camp Pickens, June 8, 1861.
ITO the People of the Counties of Lou
doun, Fairfax and Prince William:
"A reckless and unprincipled tyrant
has invaded your soil. Abraham Lin
coin, regardless of all moral, legal and
constitutional restraints, has thrown his
Abolition hosts among you, who are
numbering and imprisoning your citi
Zens confiscating and destroying your
property, and committing other acts of
violence and outrage too shocking and
revolving to humanity to be enumerat-
ed.
'.All rules of civilized warfare are
abandoned, and they proclaim by their
acts. if not on their banners, that their
war cry Is Beauty and booty All that
is dear to nan-your honor and that of
your wives and daughters-your for
tunes and your lives, are involved in
this momentous contest
''In the name, therefore, of the con-
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"The battalion of marines consisted
of Cos. c and G, I'd; b, d, G, H and
X, Sd, and G, Sth.
**The battalion of Regular cavalry
consisted of Cos. A and B, 1st u. s.
Cav; B, f, G and I, I'd U. S. Cav, and
K, Second Dragons.
fThe I'd r. 1. had with 1t battery
Of light artillery and the list N. Y.
two howitzers
tRunyon's Fourth Division was not
engaged.
at Centerville, and not engaged in the
battle proper. Had some skirmishing
with the enemy while covering the re-
treat of the army.
ttBookwOod's n. Y. Battery consist
ed of the field guns OF the 8th N. Y.
Militia. manned by detachments from
the Sth and 29th N. Y.