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The National tribune., 1909-05-20
OLD FRGATE NIAGARA.
An Old Tar Who VIII Not Have His
Good Ship BcIitticd.

Editor National Tribune: | have writ
ten so much, first and last, about this
grand old frigate that | wish some one
else would champion the proud record
in peace as we'll as in war But when
the editor of The National Tribune says
"she rendered comparatively little SER
vice. etc, as he did in n late number
of that journal, ] feel like training
one of her big 1i-ton l1-inch guns on
him and blazing away.
The cd3tor's account may have been
true of her after ], myself, landsman in
the afterguard, parted company with
her in June, 1862, but prior to that
date no ship in the Navy scored oftener
or with more telling effect. True, she
drew too much water for some of the
southern bars (She was a religious as
well as temperance Ship, or those ports
would ilarl: all been opened the first
year of the war. Why, the very name
of Niagara was terror to Southern
naval officers, who knew her well, and
her presence off any port from Key
West to Galveston was sufficient to send
the coast inhabitants flying with fear
into the interior and all hostile craft TO
withdraw to place OF safety. When
the rebel Hollins, with nis fire ships
and ram Manassas, made his night as
sault on the Mississippi blockade, ne
prudently waited until the Niagara had
sailed away to Pensacola, where she
was stripped for fight with the Pensa-
cola forts. And when our heet was
dem0ralized by said assault, what ship
The National tribune., 1909-05-20
St. Cloud Colony.

Editor National Tribune: Seeing in
The National Tribune of June 20 arti-
cles coInmendatory of the lands Of the
c. A. II. colony. l send one. L have
lived in Florida 3s years last December.
/ am well acquainted with the lands
and location. it being only 40 miles
| from where / have lived all this time.
Altho 1 have been in most every part
of the State, ! can truthfully say / do
not know Of a more desirable place on
| the face of Gods earth for an old sol
dier to spend his last days. l came
here from western New York State. 50
mile seast of Buffalo, and surely would
not have been alive now had I stayed
there. Because ] was obliged to leave
there to save. my life think II grea'
| injustice not to pension old soldier.
| that have left the State. but served il IL
| its greatest time of trouble.
/ would like to say to all old com.
rades who come to Florida that farm
| ing here is much different than at the
North. They will have to learn wha
crops and the best time of year to pu
| in different ones and mode of cultiya.
ton.
| / am glad The National Tribune has
started this enterprise. and hope it will
be of much benefit TO all old comrades
Finley W. Munson. Adjutant. Pos
16. Department of Florida, G. A. r.
Sanford. Fla.
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rHE FRIeATE sNIAGARA.

the infantry and two pieces of artillery
were formed behind ridge, in
semicircle across the highway, two
pieces of artillery behind the ridge to
the left Of the pike and the infantry
behind the ridge to the right. The cav
airy retreated in alb haste until We got
thru the trap. and had just time to
about wheel by fours, when the enemy
came, yelling, and as the two columns
began with the sabers the infantry and
artillery made their presence known.
In a moynent ii was our time to yell, and
We were driving the enemy back onto
their reserve. Among the prisoners we
took was Capt. Harry Gilmore, of Bal
timore 1t was the best trap and the
most successful that 1 saw during the
war. Miiroy telegraphed to Gen. Wool,
and received orders to hold on; Multi
gan was coming with 5000 troops. We
battled against odds on the 18th and
14th. On the night of the 18th Co. f
of the 18th Pa. Cav. was sent out to
Bunker Hill to meet Mulligan and es-
cort him in, but they met Matthews
again. We realized then that Lees
whole army was around us. On the
night of the 14th Milroy. SO the story
goes, called his regimentai command
ers around, and. telling them the cir
icumstances, said he would surrender the
infantry, but cavalry he never surren-
| 0eTeQ- IEt Sdiu II
! the cavalry could cut their way out
they could. too; and on the morning OF
| the 18th, about O'Clock, we started
out the Martinsburg pike. Two miles
or more on our way we found our way
| blockaded by troops. Receiving the
command. Every man for himself.
the 18th Pa. Cav. struck to the right
! making Berryvilie our objective point;
but we did not go far until we captured
| a Confederate dispatch bearer on his
way from Berryyille, who told US that
the town was in the hands of the ene-
| my. We then headed for Charlestown
4 but discovered we were too late again
and we then made for Harpers Ferry
| arriving on Bolivar HiShts about p
m, where the ladies gave us bread
| cake, pie and coffee. Oh, such a wei
| comet Ailroy's official report on the
morning of the 18th of June was 1851
| available men. We learned soon after
wards that 1900 cut our way out. The
enemy had gotten around Milroy and
attached his wires. receiving his tele
grams to Gen. Wool, and answered
them in Woofs name. / was in the
Army of the Potomac till the close ol
the war. and / consider Winchestel
about as unsafe q combat as / saw any
where, yet the historians say nothing
about it. If Lee had slipped past Win
chester quietly Gettysburg would never
have been a noted battlefeld.-R. III
McElhinny, r. c. s., 18th Pa. Cav.
Scott, Kan.
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MUSTERED OUT.

JACKSON.-At Shoustown. Pa, April
5. 1909. Mary Jackson. aged 95 years.
eight months. 16 days. She il survived
by her only son. George w. Jackson.
OF Shoustown, who served in the 139th
Pa.
BOWERS.-At Center, Colo, March
81, 1909, Phillip Bowers. He was born
in Ohio. May /. 1899; served one year
in Co. NJ. 1st Ohio Cav.
REID-At Chardon, o., March 81,
1909, James Reid. aged IL years. He
served in Co. d. 68th Ohio, from Dec.
%. 1868. until close of war. He was
born in Ayrshire. Scotland. His widow
and four children survive him.
BLEVINS.--At Cove. Ore. April 10.
1903. John Blevins, M. d. He was born
in Carlinville. ILL.,, Sept. II. 1913: en-
listed Jan. 1. 1852, as private in Co. E,
49th ILL.,; was wounded in left leg Feb.
IA, 1852, at Fort Donelson; lost his
right foot in battle of Pleasant Hill,
La. April 9. 1861: was discharged on
account of injuries May 2, 1865. His
widow, two daughters and three sons
survive him.
TALBERT.-At South Milton, Ore,
Feb. 16. 1909, Jonathan Talbert. aged 63
years. He served in the 9Th Iowa Cav.
WALKER.-At Williamsburg, o.,
March Is, 1909, Hillery Walker, aged
81 years. He served two years in the
9th Ohio; was discharged for disabil-
ity; re-enlisted and served in the 4sth
Ohio.
VERBICK.-At West Plains, Mo-,
April 1, 1909, Andrew ]. Verbick, aged
6S years. He served in Co. c, 18th
Ohio, in first three-months service, and
re-enlsted for three years and served
till the close of the war in Co. B, I'd
w. Va. Cav. His widow and two sons
survive him.
KELLEY.-At Defiance, o., Feb. 2. 1909.
Isaac c. Kelley. Co. l., 1st o. V. ii. A. Com
Il, 1S43. He served two years. Besides
three sons aud one daughter, Comrade Kelley
Is survived by his mother, three brothers and
one sister
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Stories Emineny Worth Telling of Experiences and Adventures
In the Great National Struggle

paratory to breaking her up this gun
was left aboard, and when she was
beached near E,astport, Me. $50 citi-
zen of that place has told mel. the peo-
pie, after many days hard labor. sue
ceeded in landing it in a nearby pas
ture or bayfield,. where it became a
convenient storage place for plows, cui-
tivators ard other farm tools. He said
that sheer, and young cattle frequently
took shelter in it in stormy weather
L happen to know that Eastport has
some quite as good Ananias stock as
Washington and other towns, SO wish
it understood that 1 do not youch for
the whole truth (only parD of this
Eastport tale. If any of my Niagara
shipmates are yet living and can WELD
the pencil anywhere near as well as
they could the scouse spoon and duIf
fork, shall look for some echoes from
this.-Marcus A. Hanna, South Port
land, Me.
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REcEIPr THAT CURES MEN-FREE
Send Name and Address Today--You

have in my possession prescription for nervous
decline. lack OF vigor, weakened manhood. failing
memory and lame back, etc, that has cured many
worn and nervous men right in their own homes
without any additional help medicine have de-
termIned to send copy OF the prescription, fres OF
CHARGE In plain, ordinary sealed envelope. to any
man who will write me for 1t.
This prescript on comes from q physician who has
made special study of men, and am convinced It Is
the acting combination for the cure OF failing
manhood and vigor-failure ever put together.
think owe 1t to my fellow men 10 send them q
copy In confidence. TINT any man. anywhere who
Is weak and discouraged with repeated failures may
stop drnggng himself with harmful patent medicines
secure what believe Is the quickestacting. resora-
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1854 Luck Bldg, Detroit Mich. and will send you
scaled envelope, ffss st charge
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AliLRoY AT WINCHESTER.
A Very Unsafe Place Generally.

Editor National Tribune: see in The
National Tribune mention of Milroy at
Winchester, some by way of criticism
If they knew the facts thoroly they
would understand intelligently. Milroy
was under command of Gen. Wool,
commander of the Eighth Corps, head
quarters at Baltimore. On the after
noon of June Il. 1863, the S7th Pa. and
18th Pa Cav were sent out the Stras-
burg pike on reconnaissance. We found
the enemy in force at Middletown. The
18th Pa. Cav. was instructed to make
pretense and then fail back to where
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Lived More Than a century.

Comrade Horace Albert, Co. I, s1st
Ohio. Abba, Iowa, writes: "At Sabina,
o., Feb. 10, 1903, my wife's mother.
Mrs. Crilla Anderson, died, aged 100
yeors, TWO months, five days, at the
home Of a daughter NY wife has a
pair of hose, dress and two quilts. all
of which We're made by her mother in
one son in the 10th Ohio. one in the
90th Ohio, one in the 91st Ohio. She
had IL children. 43 grandchildren, 140
great-grandchildren, 10 great-great-
grandchildren. She was for So years a
member Of the Methodist church."
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A Marching Regiment.

Capt. ]. P. Brooke. 51st Pa, a134
Wallace street Philadelphia, answers
the question in a recent, issue of The
National Tribune as to which regiment
made the longest marches by sending a
record of his regiment, which served in
the Armies of the Potomac, Tennessee
and Ohio, In Virginia. Tennessee, Mis-
sissippi and North Carolina. 1t trav-
eied by rail 3.311 miles: by transport
o,39o miles, Dy marches, 1,738 miles;
making total of 10,439 miles travelled
during the war 1t had 2,O92 names
on its rolls, and its total casualties were
1874
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Who Wants a half-f,rothere ?

Mrs. Y. B. Hoffman, Lawrence, Kan,
Route /, Box 26, writes: IF he will
write to Adolph Gebhard, Gaffs. Kan,
he may hnd the haifrbrother or STEP
brother he is lookingl for. L have known
Adolph Gebhard since 1857 or 1862
This is probably response to some
inquiry made thru The National Trib
une. which the correspondent failed tt
rpfef. n
The National tribune., 1909-05-20
HULL MEMORIAL CHURCH.
Irn;oue I'm Church Building and in Dedi-
cation Is This Christian Church at
ronSdONne, Md.

one of the most unique churches in
all Christendom stands in Lansdowne,
Nd 1t is known as the Huh Memorial
Christian Church. 1t is dedicated to
the worship of the living God. with a
clause in the deed of the land upon
which it is erected. reserving the sec
ond Sabbath in May of each recurring
year as a Memorial Day for special SER
vices in commemoration of the brave
and loyal men who, by their willing
sacrifice in the days of their country $
peril, preserved the Union established
by their patriot forefathers. 1t truly
was magnificent inspiration that
prompted the desire to give to the little
world that this church dominates a
building SO dedicated and so consecrat-
ed.
One cannot be a good citizen VINO
does not love the Flag and the God
who protects that Flag. Love of God
and love OF country are thus insepara-
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ear specialists In this country, who Will send
two months medicine free 10 prove his
ability 10 cure Deafness, Head Noises and
Catarrh. Address DIR. q. n Branaman, III
East 18th Street. Kansas City. No.
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The National tribune., 1909-05-20

! Observation-Disclosures of the company,
regiment and service of Alexander K. Coss.
supposed TO have been enrolled In some Iili-
nois organization in the civil war. He was
for sometime engaged in mining at or neak
Denver and Georgetown, Colo. His widow
Is anxious to get his military record and the
Company or regiment he served In. Address
Mrs. Alexander r. Coss, 725 Hennepin Ave.
MianeapoliR MINI.
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acknowledgements of Capt. Robert
A. Lowell, of Davenport, Iowa, and Leayen-
worth. Kan. 1 am trying to Locate him IL
living, or his heirs II he Is dad. Frank II.
Perry, PIT 1-2 Brady street, Davenport,
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The National tribune., 1909-05-20

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wANTED-Thomas Parker. Butler, Pa,
of Co. X, Sth N. j., would like TO hear from
Serg't McKenney or any comrade Of his
regiment.
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

WANTED. G.. Robbins, LIE Seur Center,
Mimi, would like the address of Comrade
Jackson Woodson, who belonged to some Iowa
regiment.
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WANTED-Adwina a. Lewis, Chardon,
o., needs Information of the whereabouts or
death of her husband, Charles Willard
the address Of any Of his relatives. Lewis
disappeared from his home near Richmond,
Va. Feb. 2, 1887.
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wANTED-Mr s. B. Teter, 345 Ave- 81,
Los Angeles Cal, would like the addresses
of John A. Griffin, sheldon C. Ayers, and
Capt II. Fl. Bush, Of Co. d, 18th i'll.
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WANTED-The address of any relative or
comrade of Joseph Lamontain, a soldier Of
the civil war, who served in an Indiana regi-
ment. The object Is to obtain a pension for
a deserving widow. J. K. McGregor Co. I,
4th Ill. Cav, Nickerson, Kan.
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

wANTED-The whereabouts of Claude q.
walling George W. Herring, AT South
Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs, Colo.
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

wANTED-The address of comrades OF
Co. X, 9th Kan. Cav, who knew George A.
Etter, who served as substitute for Hiram
Etter from Aug Is, 1861, to March Z, 1862,
at Fort Scott, Kan. Address George A. Etter,
Box 366, PorterYille, Cal.
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PENSIONS.
FARMS roa SALE.

II1ARAfS and Timber Lands in Virginia For sale
e excellent farms from 50 to 1000 acres at from
s8 90 to SIS oe per acre Write for Catalogue Jefeys
Hester q Co., Inc. Real Estate Agents. Chase City.
Mecklenburg County, Va
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ELORlDA Carleton Colony, on Lake
Loyal Have been here 10 years. Highest and
heathest spot In Florida; purest OF watof maara
or bronchial trouble. All vegetables grow; two gar
dens year. Fish and game. Just the place for old
Vets TO live on their pensions and escape the billiards
Of the North stamp reply G. c. smith, Carleton,
Putnam Co., Florida Fs-t
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WANTED ED-ADDRESS-can any comrads
give the address of John Findley, Co. G, I'd
Ill. Cav.3 Wounded summer of '64 at Baton
Rouge. La. Last heard Of In Hancock Co.,
ILL.,. James ]. Houston, 3. T. D. 4, Gibson
City, Ill.
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D. 4. R. GIVE
MISSISSIPPI
FIRST SERVICE
cANpELABRA OF RICH SILVER is
PRESENTED THE 6ATTLESHIP
AT NATcHEz, FOUR HUNDRED
MEMBERS GATHERING ON THE
SHIP.
BY Associated Press.

Natchez, Miss, May 21.-The hrst
silver service presentation to the big
battleship named after this historic
state was made on the quarter deck
of the vessel this afternoon by the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton. A candelabra of rich silver was
the token.
About four hundred daughters and
their friends came aboard the vessel.
Mrs. c. w. Williamson, of Jackson,
made the presentation speech and the
csndelabra was delivered to Captain
Fremont by Miss Clara Leight Jones,
who recited a verse on the MISSES
sippi as she delivered the gift.
Captain Fremont responded IN a
few words in behalf Of the officers
and men.
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TAFT IS ASKED
To PROTECT Z
MISSIONARIES
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF SOUTH
ERN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
PASSES RESOLUTIONS REGARD
ING THE BELGIAN GOVERN
MENT.
By Associated Press.

Savannah, May 2l.-In a resolution
and amendment to it adopted today
by the general assembly of the South
ern Presbyterian church, President
Taft is to be asked to use his in
huence with the Belgian government
TO have postponed the trial of the
two American missionaries in Congo,
Charged with "calumniouS denuncia-
ton" of the Kassai Rubber Co, in
which King Leopold is the principal
and then see to it that
the missionaries are properly repre-
scented.
r. c. Reed of Columbia, s. L.
was heard on "Calvin's Contribution
to Reformation" and tonight T. c.
Johnson, of Richmond. on Calvin
Contribution to inc Church Policy"
Membership of the standing com
mittees was announced.
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BECAUSE Of HIS
COLOR DAMAGES
ARE REDUCED
COURT DECLARES IN DAMAGE
SUIT THAT NEGRO DOES NOT
SUFFER HUMILIATION AS A
WHITE MAN.
By Assoclateu Press.

New York, May PA negro and
white man do not suffer equal humili-
alton in the eyes of the law for false
arrest, according to the appellate di-
vision of the supreme court, which
today sustained The order Of Justice
DugTO. in the supreme court, reducing
the amount of damages awarded Geo
Griffin, Pullman porter, from $500
to $500.
The negro was arrested on the
charge of stealing a pocketboOk, but
the charge was not subStantiated and
he was released. He brought suit
against Daniel II. Brady, New 1cTk
manufacturer, who caused his arrest.
, In the order Justice DugrO said:
while in some senses the negro,
under the law, is just as good man
as the president of the United States,
il would be bad argument TO say he
is just as good in some respects.
Damages in a case of this kind de-
pend on a mans standing and ciTcum-
stances If he is cOlOred that fact
should be considered
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the intention to elevate the new mill
above the high water mark
The boys here are preparing for a
big day tomorrow. They are expect
ing to cross bats with the Holt boys
at p. m. tomorrow. They viii serve
refreshments at the village pavilion.
Everybody seems hopeful that Mil
ligan will take on new life with the
erection of a new saw mill here. Many
plans are being made for the further
ance of the business interest of the
place in the near future. We are in
formed that a first-class physician
will locate here in the near future.
Mrs. Hutto returned to her home at
Holt Tuesday after a pleasant visit to
her daughter, Mrs. Lambeth.
Hon. J. A Holt, Of Cobb, was among
the business visitors here yesterday
Capt. Ed. Jernigan, Of Otahite, was
among the visitors here this week.