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Qualifications of . General.

Lyman e. Stowe, I'd Mich, Detroit,
Mich, says that McElroy's criticisms OF
the Fredericksburg campaign is a mas
terpiece of careful judgment. 1t was
rumored in camp that Gen. Poe, COM
handing the First Brigade, Third Divi-
sion, Ninth Corps, actually refused to
allow the brigade to be uselessly slaugh-
tered in that attack. Comrade Stowe
thinks that to make up a good General
he should have the organizing and en-
gineering ability of Mcclellan, the in
dependence of Cromwell, dash of Phil
Kearny, the carefulness and staying
qualities of Thomas, the tenacity of
Grant, the strategic powers of Rose
Grams, and last, but not least, the I'M
dying loyalty to his country of a pri-
vate soldier. who risks life, health and
future hopes without rank and without
financial inducements.
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Knocking Out Big Guns,

Is Editor National Tribune: have just
read Comrade James n. Jerome's arti-
Gle on Knocking out the big guns at
Port Hudson, La" / am much pleased
with the article, and IS l vas a par
dcipaIt as one of the sharpshooters
who kept down the rebel gunners, have
right to corroborate the statements
made. 1 sent you an article on Port
Hudson several years ago, which you
published. 1 had our Lieutenant's diary
to give dates and incidents of each days
doings, and it astonishes me to see
how correct Comrade Jerome has been
in all of his statements. If only COM
rades generally would give or write out
statements of their war experience a
very truthful and accurate history could
be written of every Department. Each
comrades account could be compared
with others in regard to same occur
renee and the actual truth be given
w. Fl. Weber, Postmaster, Lampasas,
Tex
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Wants to Revoke.

Ex-Mayor Nathan Barnert, Paterson,
N j., has raised an important question
in demanding to have returned to him
a S250.O00 temple which he presented
several years ago to congregation Bnai
Jesuran as 4 memorial to his wife. He
claims that the conditions OF the gift
have been violated by those who would
''moderniZe" the Hebrew service. He
had stipulated that the services should
all be conducted in Hebrew, whereas
English has been used for many of
them. Mr.. Barnert is well meaning.
but he is like Mrs. Partington, who
tried to sweep back the Atlantic Ocean.
The Jews in this country are becoming
rapidly AmericaniZed, and caring less
every year for the practices of the Old
World and the use of a language which
has held them apart from their fellow
citizens
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BATTLING WITH VIRGINIA MUD.

no certain information when the town
was entirely evacuated. 1 therefore di-
rected few chesses to be taken up, the
iashings loosened over every fourth
boat, and every preparation made to
float the bridge OF III sections at q
moments notice. About a. m. a half
regiment passed over the bridge, the
officer in command stating that they
formed the rear picket, and that all our
troops had evacuated the town. AS the
tide was running out rapidly and Il
heavy northwest Wind blowing, / saw
that it would be exceedingly difficult
to take the boats up the stream with
the small force at my command. and
directed the lashings to be refastened,
the connection with the shore loosened
at each end. a cable made fast to the
extremity OF the bridge next the town,
and then fastened down the stream to
the shore on this side. The boats were
also all connected by a cable, half
hitch being made around each stanch-
ion. all but three of the anchors were
weighed, and the bridge held by spring
lines to these. At 9 a. m. Capt. Sterling,
of Gen. Butterfeld's staff, came upon
the ground, and stated that the town
had been entirely evacuated. 1 accord
ingfy directed the bridge to be swung
around, leaving four boats with crews
to bring over the stragglers. The few
balks and cheSses connecting the far
Their extremity of the bridge with the
shore fell off into the water, the bridge
swung easily round, was drawn in and
made fast to the shore on this side, the
whole process occupying less than five
minutes. There are at this point, in
Guiding those on shore, "a boats.''
Lees Order Of Congratulations.
Cen Lee issued the following order
of congratulation to his troops:
General Orders, No. 1873.
HdQrs. Army of Northern Virginia
Dec. 81. 1862.
this occasion to express to the officers
and soldiers of the army his high APP
probation of the fortitude, vaIor, and
devotion displayed by them, which I'M
der the blessing of Almighty God, has
added the victory of Fredericksburg to
the long list of their triumphs.
IAN arduous march. performed with
CELEBRITY under many disadvantages, ex-
hibited the discipline and spirit of the
troops and their eagerness to confront
the foe
THE immense army of the enemy
completed its preparation for the at.
tack without interruption, and gave
battle in its own time, and on ground
of its own selection. 1t was encount-
cred by less than 10000 of this brave
army. and its columns crushed and
broken, hurled back at every point
with such fearful slaughter that es-
cape from entire destruction became
the boast of those who had advanced
in full confidence of victory. That
this great result was achieved with
loss small in point of numbers, only
augments the admiration with which
the commanding General regards the
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The Most Valuable Prize Captured.
Editor National Tribune: Several

Editor National Tribune: Several OF
your readers have written to me in re-
gard to what was the most valuable
prize captured by our navy during the
civil war, and for the information of all
such ! desire to state thru your paper
that the steamer Memphis. captured by
the gunboat Magnolia. sold in New York
for $543,495.15. This was the highest
price paid for any blockade runner cap
tured by our naval vessels during the
war, and the expenses of condemnation
were s32,5S1.0S, one-half of the net
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half. Nobly has it responded 10 her
call in the past, and she will never APP
peal in vain to its courage and patriot
ism.
THE signal manifestations of Di-
vine mercy that have distinguished the
eventful and glorious campaign of the
year just closing give assurance of hope
that, under the guidance of the same
Almighty hand, the coming year will
be no less fruitful of events that will
insure the safety, peace, and happiness
of our beloved country, and add new
Iuster to the already imperishable name
of the Army of Northern Virginia.
"R. T.. LEE, General"
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The PropeIIer Fair Play,

Mrs Leanora T. Lynn, Cincinnati, O.,
wants some information in regard to
the propeller Fair Play, built and own
ed by her husband, NJ. n. Lynn, which
ran from Memphis to Vicksburg She
was captured by the U. S. steamers
Monarch and Lancaster when she was
loaded with arms and ammunition for
the COnfederates. Early in the morn
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ran into the gunboats and was cap
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burned to keep her from being recap
tured
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Roster Of Iowa TrOOps.

Comrade Harvey Reed is energetical-
ly at work collating material for the
publication of the history and rosters
of Iowa soldiers provided for by the
Legislature. 1t has been enacted that
the State shall publish complete rosters
of Iowa soldiers enlisted for civil and
other wars. The Board of Publication
consists Of the Governor, Attorney
General, the curator of the Iowa His
torical Department, Col. George w.
Crowley, and Comrade Reed
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Wants the Poem.

E. II. Boomer. N3th Wis, Pecatonica,
ILL.,, wants the words of the poem be-
ginning:
ITS midnight, and the twinlling stars
Shine brightly from on high,
And not a cloud is shadowing now
The warlike Southern sky.
I'm stationed in cedar grove,
The picket post to stand,
And listen for the stealthy tread
OF traitors close at hand
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prowess of the troops, and increases his
gratitude to Him who has given us the
victory.
1.-The war is not yet ended. The en-
envy is still numerous and strong, and
the country demands of the army re-
newai of its heroic efforts in her be-
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Longevity.

The fourth number of this magazine
which is devoted to life and physical
Immortality is now out, and has sew
eral articles OF unusual interest. 1t is
published at Washington. Price. rs
cents
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Wants TO Hear From Them,

Mrs. A. B. Mangis, Caiistoga. Cal, .
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ILL.,, or any one Of the regiment.
B. E. Boulton, Howard, Kan, wants
to hear from any of the 18th Ind. or
of the First Brigade. Fourth Division,
Fifteenth Corps.
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Why Lee Did Not Pursue.

AS usual the Secessionists magnified
their victory to the utmost, yet every
where there were strong criticisms up
on Lee and Jackson for allowing the
Army of the Potomac to escape back
across the river without annihilation.
The more ardent of the .Southerners
felt that this could have been done
and should have been done, and Lee
was not little blamed for his failure
to do it; in fact, this spirit animates all
the Southern histories of the war TO
this day. Lee himself gives color to
of his report, in which he says:
THE attack on the 18th had been so
easily repulsed, and by so small a part
of our army, that it was not supposed
the enemy would limit his efforts to
an attempt which, in view of the mag
nitude of his preparations and the ex-
tent of his force, seemed to be COM
paratively Insignificant. Believing,
therefore, that he would attack us, it
was not deemed expedient to lose the
advantages of our position and expose
the troops to the fire of his inaccessi-
BILE batteries beyond the river. by ad-
yancing against him; but we were nee
essarily ignorant os the extent to which
he had suffered, and only became
aware of it when, on tine morning of
the 10th, 1t was discovered that he had
availed himself of the darkness of
night and the prevalence of a vio-
lent storm of wind and rain to recross
the river. The town was Immediately
reoccupied and our position on the
river bank resumed
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CHAPTER XXXVI.
BACK ACROSS THE RIPARIAN
MOCK.

Two Days After the Battle Burnside
Gives the Order TO Retrcat-Why Lee
Did Not PursGe-A Boy Soldiers Rec
objections.
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The English View.

A correspondent of the London
Times, who was attached to Lees head
quarters, wrote to his paper that Dec.
Is, 1865, would be forever memorable
in the history of the Decline and Fall
of the American Republic" and that
Lee and his subordinates enjoyed a
moment of proud qualification when
they realized beyond all question that
the enemy was about to force an at
tack under circumstances which would
have insured defeat had the onslaught
been made by the bravest disciplined
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for any competent observer to say that
mortal men could have carried that
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" ANTED-The address of a comrade whs
w served In Co. G, 34th Regiment Of
Infantry. U. S. Regular Army, during ser
vice Saith was combined with 11th to form
18th, from which i received discharge), be-
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e. JOHN McELRoY.

them had done So This action necessi-
tated a change in the order of with
drawal, which was made properly and
without confusion. 1t was a most for
tunate circumstance that this unwar-
rantable blunder caused no CONFUSION.
The bridges We're Immediately ordered
to be relaid, and the crossing continued
successfully.
Col. Buchanan's Brigade of Sykes S
Division crossed last, at about a. m,
in most excellent order. Several boat
loads OF stragglers were brought over
after the taking up of the bridges,
which was completed at 8 a. m. My
command was two mours longer in re-
firing from the position in front of the
enemy to the left bank of the river
than it was in crossing from the left
bank on the 18th and engaging with
the enemy. I can give no better COM
mentary than this upon the spirit which
animated all in the performance of
their duty"
breaking the Bridges.
Capt H. W. Bowers gives an inter-
esting description of the way the
bridges were broken after the troops
had passed over:
LAS l was not able to put myself in
communication with the officer COM
handing the rear guard, I could have
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Lee Wise In Not Attacking.

AS q matter of fact Lee showed the
greatest wisdom in not attacking. The
desperate courage which our troops
had displayed in assaulting him in a
position of such defensive strength was
exceedingly poor encouragement for him
to come down from his coin Of vantage
and try conclusions on the level plain
or Fredericksburg. Badly as the Army
OF the Potomac had suffered, ii still
had more men than Lee, and it had
shown that, where the chances were at
all equal, its fighting was of the kind
that wins victories. Nothing would
have pleased the Army of the Potomac
DETER than to have had Lee bring his
men out of his intrenchments in an
attempt to drive the Army of the Poto-
mac INTO the Rappahannock. 1t would
then have been fight TO q finish, and
the finish would have been that of the
Army of Northern Virginia Besides,
the Army of the Potomac would have
mad the assistance Of the $50 guns
planted on the overlooking nights of
Falmouth, and no prospect would have
been more acceptable to the gallant
patterymen than to have the Army
ci Nortnerh Virginia within a few hun
dfed yards range, and a chance to re-
pay the terrible slaugter which Lees
serried batteries had inflicted upon the
massed Union troops.
Gen. LOngstreet's View.
Gen. Longstreet, in Battles and
Leaders," says:
Such was the battle OF Fredericks-
burg as saw it. 1t has been asked
why We did not follow up the vic
tory. The answer is plain. 1t goes
without saying that the battle of the
First Corps, concluded after nightfaIl,
could not have been changed into Of
fensive operations. Our line was about
three miles long, extending thru wood
land, over hill and dale. An attempt
at concentration to throw she troops
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