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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-20

TO the treasury of the Illinois Central
of the sole stakeholder Of the Chi
cago, St Louis and New Orleans
Railroad Company Whether any
rental is paid or not makes no differ
ence whatever to the lessor or the
lessee. The Chicago, st. Louis and
New Orleans Railroad, in this trans
action, was a mere tool of the Illinois
Central The Illinois Central in fact
owns this bridge and no arbitraries
can be deducted on account thereof
from the charter line receipts. L
cannot do indirectly what it cannot
do directly. II cannot 10 in the name
of a dummy what it cannot do in It's
| own name.
Practically the same plan was pur
sued in building the Dubgqne bride.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-20

pFacticed by defendant means simply
fthis non-charter line is divided
Unto blocks of 30 miles each, ana
leycry station within a block, regard,
less of how far the traffic moves to
reach it, is allowed the entire 50 miles
of the block
TO illustrate: The line from Gil
man to st. Louis Ga non-charter line)
is DIVIDED into blocks of 80 miles each
commencing at Gilman. Ridgeville is
: miles west of Gilman, and is the
FIRST station within the first block. A
shipment is made from Chicago to
Ridgevlle, for which the company
Hreceives 81, This shipment moves
/ from Chicago to Gilman a distance
of 8 miles, over charter line, and
| from Gilman to Ridgeyille, Il distance
! of ) miles, over a nOn-charter line
In dividing this joint earning. the
Inon-charter line is allowed not
miles, the actual distance from Gil
man to Ridgeville, but 80 miles, the
! total distance of the block The
| charter line IL allowed the actual dis
{tance oftits haul, namely, 81 miles.The
nine dollar joint earning is divided
| as follows SI-13l, or 500, is given
| the charter line, and jO-t3l, or $3.43
| Is given the non-charter line. If ac,
! tual mileage We're allowed each line
lSS.47 would be given the charter line
land 81 cents would be given the non
| charter line For years this scheme
! has been practiced in different parts
Iof defendants system in dividing the
| Joint earnings.
Some of the Other Methods
| In fdiWding the Joint earnings be
tween the lines east and west of the
/ Mississippi river, after allowing the
lines west of the river fictitious ana
constructive mileage, 80 per cent Is
arbitrarily. taken from tho share al
lowed the lines east OF the. river anC
given ia, the lines west Of Che river
\ part Of this amount Is taken from
the charter line earnings. When the
volume Of traffic moving between
Chicago and the great northwest j,
! considered, and these methods are
understood, one reason appears why
the claims in this suit aggregate
millions
In dividing joint earnings between
the charter lines and the non-chartel
lines south of the Ohio river, the
lines south Of the river are allowed
the local rates to the river, and what
ever Is left of the through rates afte
these local rates are deducted iron
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-20

Rice Cultivation ia aurrss
OF the twelve million acres under
cultivation in Burma, eight million are
devoted to rice
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-20

SKINNED MIX Good for Hens.
Skinned milk has been proved a
valuable food for laying hens, accord
ing to experiments at the Virginia ex
pertinent station.
The National tribune., 1909-03-11
The Spring
Medicine
In thousand of homes, for
more than thirty years.

Has been Hoods Sarsaparilla taken by
every member Of the family.
Peculiar to Itself in what it is, and
what it does, 1t combines The best blood
purifiers. appetizers and tonics, and eff
fects complete cures of
Spring ailments-ali blood diseases,
pimples, eruptions, eczema, scrofula, all
stomach, liver and kidney complaints,
loss of appetite. that tired feeling, all
low or rundown conditions of the sys-
tenn.
Hoods SarsapariIIa effects its won
derful cures. not simply because 1t con-
taiDs sarsaparilIa, but because 1t COM
bines the utmost remedial values of
more than 20 different ingredients, each
greatly strengthened and enriched by
this peculiar combination. These in
gradients are the very remedies that
successful physicians prescribe fox the
same diseases and ailments If urged
to buy any preparation said to be .just
as good" you may be sure 1t is inferior.
costs less to make and yields the dealer
a larger profit.
Begin taking Hoods SarsapariIla to-
day. in the usual liquid form or in the
chocolated tablets, known as Sarsatabs.
100 Doses One Dollar.
The National tribune., 1909-03-11
The 5th N, Y.

Editor National Tribune: VIII You
please give me the history of the 5th
N. Y, Duryea's Zouaves?-Wm. Clark,
Soldiers and Sailors Home, Bath, N. Y.
The 5th ". Y, also called Duryea's
Zouaves. and one of the fighting regi-
ments, was organized at Fort Schuyler,
May 9, 1861, and mustered out May II,
1863, the enlisted men with unexpired
terms being transferred to the 146th N.
Y. 1t was commanded by Coils. Abram
Du-yea, G.. K. Warren, Hiram Duryea
and Cleveland Winslow, successfully.
The 5th was noted not only for its gay
uniforms, but for its steadiness under
fire, Gen. Sykes having pronounced It
the best volunteer organization he ever
saw. During its active service 1t was in
the Division Of Regulars. In addition
to the Generals who served as It's
Colonies, the regiment graduated others
from its line, such as Fitzpatrick, Davies
and Hamblin. the former having been a
Captain in the 5th. 1t was one Of the
first regiments to respond to the call
for troops. At Gaines's Mill It faced
a musketry fire which cut down one
third of its mon. winning the highest
efficiency and drill. At Manassas 1t lost
III killed or wounded out Of the 4so
which 1t took into action. After tho
muster-out Of the 5th, which was Q
two years regiment, Col. WinsIow or
ganized another. which bore the same
name. He fell. mortally wounded.
while commanding 1t at Bethesda
Church. 1t belonged to Sykes's Division,
Fifth Corps, and lost lit killed and "a
from disease, etc.-Editor National Trt-~
bune. ~ o.
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The f4Oth Pa.

Editor National Tribune: Kindly
give a brief history Of the 140th Pa,
and particularly the part 1t took in
the battle Of Gettysburg.-J. Moody,
Beaver, Pa.
The 140th Pa, one Of the fighting
regiments, was organized at Pittsburg
and Harrisburg principally, in August
and September, 1852, and mustered out
May 81, 1865. It was commanded by
Coils. Richard P. Robert and John Fra
ser, successfully. It sustained the
greatest percentage Of loss of any regi-
mentA from the State. 1t broke camp
to march to Charlottesville, and In
that battle. its first, lost killed, %
wounded and 9 missing. OF the part
it played at Gettysburg, Col. Fox says:
Arriving on that field, the division
moved into the 'whirling vortex of
death in the Wheat Field, where it OBJ
stinately contested the Confederate ad-
vance until half the division lay dead
or wounded on the field. Gen. Zook
was killed; Col. Roberts, who succeeded
him in command of the brigade, also
fell dead. The loss of the regiment was
81 killed, 144 wounded and so missing,
total of 241 out of $50 engaged" At
Spotsylvania its loss was equally heavy,
with fewer men to do the work It
fought its last battle at FarmviIle,
where its loss was also great, two off,
GERS being among those killed. 1t be-
longed to Caldwells Division, Second
Corps. and lost 1913 killed and 12S from
disease, etc. Its total of killed and
wounded was 1872, and 2S of its mem
bers died in Confederate PRISONS
Editor National Tribune.
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1909. by John McElroy.)
CHAPTER VIII.
A Long, Bloody Wrestle.

It looked for days as if determined
otruggie to the uttermost was at hand.
Johnston had his whole army, now aug
mented-. by Polk's Mississippi force, in
a strong position. and seemed deter
miffSd~tb retreat no farther. Undoubt-
edly the temper of his subordinates, led
by the -impeiuous Hood, was TO fight q
battle then and there to finish. HOODS S
criticisms, the nagsing of Jefferson Da-
yis-antf- BraXton Bragg. and the recrlm-
nations which had followed the declin-
alton of battle at Cassville, all combined
powerfully to stiffen Johnston's deter
mination He would give Hood and
the otlfers who were protesting such a
fondness for fighting all they wanted
Johnston. as usual, had taken up MS
position with the greatest shrewdness
His lines, everywhere strong, extended
for-1p..er IL miles. There was no weak
point in them as in the previous posi-
tions where Johnston had to fear eth
er piercing or flanking. With front OF
10 miles Sherman could not hope to
stretch out beyond Johnston's flank and
vet protect the railroad in his rear
Hhis made both sides equally resoldte
to bring about a conclusion. Sherman
and his army had started out to force
Johnston into a speedy trial of strength,
and fhe failure to do this so far only
The National tribune., 1909-03-11
INnAHNNI
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By JOHN McELR0Y.
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corpses within 20 PAGES of the Confed-
crate line.
when the United States troops
paused in their advance, within / 5 PAGES
of the Texan front rank, one of their
color-bearers planted his colors eight
or 10 feet in front of his regiment, and
was instantly shot dead; a soldier
sprang forward to his place, and fell
also as he grasped the color staff;
second and third followed successfully,
and each received death as speedily as
his predecessors; fourth, however
seized and bore back the object of SOL
dierly devotion.
About 10 o'clock at night Cranberry
ascertained that many of the Federal
troops were still in the hollow in1me-
diateIy before him, and charged and
drove them from it. taking 232 prison.
ers ~ of whom were severely wounded.
''The Federal dead lying near our
line were counted by many persons
officers and soldiers. According to those
counts, there were 700 of them. The
loss in Cleburne's Division was 50 killed
and 363 wounded. A similar proper
ton of dead and wounded in the Fourth
Corps would give $500 as its loss in
killed and wounded. We found about
1000 smaIl-arms on the field. 1 had
no report of Gen. Wheeler's loss nor
means of ascertaining that which he
inflicted"
Attacking in Column.
This battle of the Fourth Corps gave
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The 18th Pa. Cav. and 1st r. I. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short history Of these regiments
Joseph M. Peck, National Military
Home, Ohio.
The 10th Pa. Cav. also called the
161st Volunteers, was organized at Har-
risburg during September. October and
November, 1862, and mustered out Aug.
IL, 1865. 1t was commanded by Col.
j. Irwin Gregg, of the Regular Army, all
thru its service; belonged to Greggs
Division. Cavalry Corps, and lost los
killed and 1874 from disease. etc. It
took part in some II battles.
The 1st r. I. Cav. was organized at
Providence from December, 1851, to
March. 1862. and finally, as battalion
of four companies. mustered out Aug 3,
1865. Cos. Tx. L and NJ were perma-
nentIy detached from the regiment
Jan. 7. 1854. to serve as a battalion,
New Hampshire cavalry. 1t was COM
manded by Col. Robert B. Lawton, who
was discharged July s, 1852, succeeded
by Col. Alfred N. Duff1e. promoted to
Brigadier-General Of Volunteers, June
"a, 1863. Lieut.-Col. John L. Thomp-
son then took command. resigning the
same March "a, 1864, and at the time
of final muster-out. Maj. John Rogers
was in command. It belonged to Aver
ellis Division. Cavalry Corps, and lost II
killed and 79 from disease, etc.-Edi-
tor National Tribune.
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LINCOLN AND SLAVERY.
His OPPOSITION Grew With the Aggres-
siveness OF the Institution.

Editor National Tribune: I have
been reading with much interest your
Life of Abraham Lincoln" In Chap.
VI you dismiss very bluntiy the story
about Lincoln's resolve, 'fIf ever get
a chance to hit slavery, am going to
hit 1t hard" and you say it was as much
sense in it as for a young plowboy of
the West to threaten the National bank
system"
When Mr.. Lincoln was reported to
have delivered himself about slavery he
was about %, on his second trip to New
orleans. 1t seems to me nothing re-
markable that with his keen moral
sense and the evidence all thru his life
or his dislike of slavery that the scenes
of slave auction might well have ex-
cited his feelings and prompted some
such expression as that reported. Dur
Ing those early rough-and-tumble DAYS
about New Salem there was always
cropping out evidence of Lincoln's su-
perior character, and, as some one has
said, traits which shone thru his COM
monplace life like veins Of gold In a
lump of quartz" Is there not plenty
of evidence that the rough and even
vicious men of that community recoe-
nized In Lincoln in those early days
evidence of his higher moral ideas !?
What evidence is there that the many
biographers who have repeated the
slave story had no foundation for ir . In
letter written to Miss Speed in 1s4i he
described a scene he had witnessed on
the boat coming from his visit at the
Speed home in Kentucky, and describes
the chaining together OF dozen negros
to be taken further South by their mr.
chaser He refers to that scene In a let
ter to Miss Speed in 1855, and said.
That sight was continued torment to
onr tI.s.z
time 1 touch the Ohio or any other
slave border" II you cannot give bet
ter evidepce than simply your ipse dixit,
l. for one, will question your position
Rev. Duncan Miner, 1400 North Saw
yer avenue, Chicago, Ill.
Our correspondent makes a common
mistake. Up until the time that Lin
coin was we'll into manhood there were
far more pressing things to engage the
attention OF the common people than
apstract views as to slavery. Slavery
was then regarded as matter for each
State and community, with those ont
side of the State having nothing to do
with 1t. AT that time we were far from
peing the homogeneous people that we
now are. Communication between DIFF
ferent sections was infrequent, and the
people OF Illinois were busy with their
great plans for building up the new
country and were not botherinK much
about what was going on in KentucJ<v
tennessee, Mississippi and farther
South. They thought little about slav-
cry at any time. since it was not pres
ent with them and did not threaten to
be. Lincoln, like the rest of us who
were unfriendly slavery. never pro-
posed to disturb It in the localities
where 1t existed. and did not do SO un.
til the military situation forced this
upon him. He expected, as we all did.
that If 1t was confined to the south n
would die out of itself. At that time
only few Abolitionists, who were at
tratcins no attention. advocated the
radical abolition of slavery in the
National Tribune,
The National tribune., 1909-03-11
The f37th N. Y.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
me short history of the 137th N. Y. 1
want The National Tribune as long as 1
can see or hear.-Lyman Cook, Ne
braska, Pa
The 137th n. Y, one of the 800 fight
ing regiments, was organized at Bing-
hamton, in August, 1862. and wis con-
solidated with the 102d N. Y, June l,
1865, and the officers mustered out. 1t
was commanded by Col. David Ireland.
of the Regular Army. who died Sent
19, 1854, of wounds received at Atlanta
succeeded by Col Koert S. Van Voor-
hees, who was in command at the time
OF consolidation. The 137th won special
honors at Gettysburg. then in Greene's
Brigade, which alone held CuIp's Hill
against greatly superior force during a
critical part of the battle. The cas-
ualties or the regiment exceeded those
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WASHINGTON

afforded the Confederates, the losses
were surprisingly equal Sherman ofh-
cialIy reported that during the month
Of May the losses were:
Killed or Wound
Missing. ed. Total.
Army of the Cum
berland ........ 1924 $3.50 6,S66
Army of the Ten
nessee ......... 21s LOSS 1911
Army of the Ohio
and cavalry. 1853 819 1.172
- -
Grand total. 1868 7.4ss s.2ss
We have only imperfect reports Of
Johnston's losses, which make out that
he lost 721 killed during the month
and 1872 wounded, or a total of 1898.
These losses are known to be under
The National tribune., 1909-03-11
The 7th Mich. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: VIII YOU
please give short history Of the 7th
Mich. Cav. &c. w. Turner, Oberlin,
Ohio.
The 7th Mich. Cav was organized at
Grand Rapids from October, 1852, to
June, 1863, and mustered out Dec. Is,
1865, those whose terms would not
expire till after that time being trans
ferred during October and November.
1865, to the 1st Mich. Vet Cav. 1t was
commanded by Col William D. Mann,
who was discharged March 1, 1864,
succeeded by Col. George G. Briggs,
who was also discharged Nov Z, 1865.
At the time of muster-out Maj. Daniel
n. Darling was in command. 1t be-
longed to Kilpatrick's Division, Cavalry
Corps. and lost S5 killed and 25S from
disease, etc.-Editor National Tribune
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Of the railroad east of Allatoona Pass.
For this reason he tried to recall NC
PhersoE from his position beyond Dal-
las, on the extreme right, and close him
up to the main army Johnston, how
ever, had become fully informed as to
the detached position of the Army of
the Tennessee, and he countered with
an attack upon Mcpherson to crush
him or at least prevent his junction
with the main army.
May 25 the Army of the Tennessee
was on Pumpkin Vine Creek, camped in
line of battle, and while the heavy
fighting was going on at New Hope
Church and farther to the left the
Army of the Tennessee moved forward
cautiously thru Dallas and to the east
ward about two miles beyond the town
The National tribune., 1909-03-11
Statue of Lincoln in Edinburg.

The statue Of Lincoln IN the city Of
Edinburg, Scotland. will be the shrine
of many pilgrimages of Americans in
Europe on the centennial. The statue
is in the old Calton Hill burying ground,
in the very heart of the city. and is
surrounded by memorials Of humani-
ty's struggle for freedom. The erec-
ton OF the statue Is due to the untir-
ing zeal of Wallace Bruce during his
Consulship at Edinburg, and is the
contribution of many American citizens.
The work was executed by George E.
Bissell, weIl-known sculptor. At that
time a poem by Wallace Bruce, entitled
"Columbia's Garland" was read and
received unstinted applause.
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before becomins espased. Then a ter
rife fire swept them away as fast as
they appeared aboye the crest. The
men of the Fifteenth Corps were not
content with rspulsif9g the attack upon
them. but as they sRw the enemy reel
under their reitheyHjumped over their
works and pursued the retreating Con-
shelter of their Iinfsi Gen. Logan re-
ports that in this fight his corps lost 80
killed, 295 wbdndedr and 54 missing.
and that 81 brisoatirs were captured
from the enenys Tgse total Confederate
loss he estimated at 1000. and he bur-
led over 300 bodfesffn his front.
The Sixteenth Corps.
Gen. Grenvi4e NJ Dodge. command
ing the Sixteenth Corps, had placed the
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of any other regiment in the corps,
amounting to 40 killed, 81 wounded,
and ten missing. The 137th shared in
all the marches and battles of the At
lanta campaign. and marched with
Sherman to the sea- 1t belonged to
Geary's Division, Twelfth Corps, and
lost 127 killed and 167 from disease, etc.
1t took an active part in some IL bat.
ties. and was present at seven others.
Its total of killed and wounded waA
400, and seven Of its members died in
Confederate prisons.-Editor Nationa1
Tribune.
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WHceeeu iueh SoSeiHSSS Aoi ooiiSshiA'6
decisive.
The Attack by tie Fourth Corr
Johnston, in his "Narrative," pays
This tribute to the determined attack on
his right by the Fourth Corps:
Between and o'clock in the
afternoon Kelly's skirrnishers were
driven in by a body of Federal cavalry,
whose advance was supported by the
tarded by the resistance of Kelly's
troops fighting on foot behind uncon-
nected little heaps of loose stones. As
soon as the noise OF this contest re-
yealed to Maj.-Gen. Cieburne the manu-
yer to turn his right he brought the
right brigade of his second line, Gran
berry's. TO Kelly's support, by forming
Il on the right of his first line. when
the thin line of dismounted cavalry that
had been bravely resisting masses of
infantry gave place TO the Texan Bri-
gade.
THE Fourth Corps came on In deep
order, and assailed the Texans with
great vigor. receiving their close and
accurate fire with the fortitude always
exhibited by Gen. Sherman's troops in
the actions of this campaign. They
had also to endure the fire of Govan's
right. including two pieces of artillery
on their right flank At the same time
keiiAS ana part OF t1umeS'S troops,
directed by Gen. Wheeler, met the Fed
eral left, whiI1 was following the
movement of the main body, and drove
back the leading brigade, taking 80 or
40 prisoners. The united force con-
tinued to press forward, however, but
SO much delayed by the resistance of
Wheele-'s troops -eS TO give time for
the ARRIVAL on that part of the field of
the Sth and 9Th Ark. under Col. Ban
cum, detached by Gen. Goyan TO the
assistance of the cavalry. This little
body met the foremost of the Federal
troops as they were reaching the pro-
longation of Granberrys line, and,
charging gallantly, drove them back,
and preserved the Texans from an at
tack in flank which must have been
fatal. Before the Federal left could
gather to overwhelm Bancum and his
two regiments Lowry's Brigade, hur-
fied by Gen. Cleburre from its position
as left of his second line, came to Join
them, and the two. formed abreast of
Granberry's Brigade, stopped the ad-
vance of the enemys left, and success
fully resisted its subsequent attacks.
'The contest of the main body of the
Fourth Corps with Granberry's Brigade
was very fierce one. The Federal
troops approached within a few yards
OF the Confederates, but at last We're
forced to give way by their storm of
weii-directed bullets, and fell back to
the shelter of hollow near and be-
Hhd them. They left hundreds of
The National tribune., 1909-03-11
1909 LINCOLN 1909

The Centennial Anniversary of the
birth of Abraham Lincoln will occur
next year, and it is now time for Grand
Army Posts, WOman's Relief Corps and
all other patriotic organizations and So
cieties. which may have been formed
having similar ends in view, to begin
preparations for the purpose OF fitly ceie-
brating that important event. u 10
Osborn H. Oldroyd, whose residence is
now in the same house in which Lincoln
died at Washington. D. c.. has prepared
an appropriate service to commemorate
that occasion.
The program, containing some 20 num-
bers, consists of songs. recitations and
four articles covering the different
illustrated pamphlet. printed on good
paper and in attractive style. The price
OF this edition. or compilation. has been
placed at 10 cents per copy, 81 per dozen
OF So per 100. 1t seems impossible that
there can exist a single Post or Corps
that could not subscribe for and easily
dispose of at least loo copies of this pro-
duction. and thus make a profit of an
amount equeI to purchase price. besides
serving as an educator to the people
upon the true greatness Of the character
of Abrnham Einc0ln. Orders sent, pre-
paid on receipt Of price.
Communications should be addressed to
o. H. GLDROYD, 518 10th ST., N. w,
Washington. d. @.
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stated, since the dead found and buried
exceeded the number reported by john
ston. Possibly this was due to the fact
that his reports were made up by his
Surgeon General. who had no knowl-
edge of the large proportion Of deaths
which did not come under the notice
of the medical officers. Nor does 1t
take into account about 3,400 prison.
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ers whom we captured during the
month.
Church had resulted in a drawn battle,
with the losses on both sides nearly
equal, since Howard's heavy casualties
were fully offset by those suffered by
Hardee. The possession Of the great
stronghold of Allatoona was we'll worth
the price paid for 1t. however, and the
month ended with a decided enhance
ment Of the prestige of Sherman's
army.
(To be continued.)