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U.-AT LIBBEY PRISON.
Some Ingenious Escapes-FilIing a Pre-
scriDtion for Gen. Winder-PrisOners
Exhibited at Baltimore.


scriDtion for Gen. Winder-PrisOners
Exhibited at Baltimore.
Editor National Tribune: The hospi-
tai at Libbey Prison was carefully
guarded to prevent escapes. but this
fact did not deter some of the captiVes
from enjoying their freedom. Among
the patients who miracuiousiy recoV-
cred was a German of the 9th n. y.
Cav. Being tailor he made fine
suit of clothes for Maj. Hopkins, then
I'm command. The latter was well
pleased with the clothes, and showed
where the stripes should be placed.
After the tailor had finished the work
as instructed he donned the full suit,
walked thru the storeroom, calmly sa-
1uted the guards and was permitted to
walk out without question. Thus it
was that the German made good his eS-
cape to the Union lines and well deserved
his release. Maj. Hopkins. it may well
be imagined, was not in a pleasant
humor after that
Another escape which has become
historical required considerable nerre
TO carry out. The leader in the plot
was my assistant, but his name is also
forgotten. He feigned death, and his
part was carried out so well that the
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DoINGs AT SPENCER C. II.
Captured by Two of Meals "Snake''
Hunters, Comrade SnOwden Escapes
After Eight.

Editor National Tribune: At the re-
quest of comrades at PittSburg, Pa.
and Pittsburg, Kan, and others who
were at Spencer c. H., ! will relate a
happening at that point. When Meals
Snake Hunters were abroad the boys in
blue were the snakes. We were about
three miles from the three forks of
Reedy, when we stopped suddenly and
went ahead. l broke for the timber
at the sight of the Snake Hunters.
had not gone far when L captured an
old horse that was high of bone and
low of flesh. My spurs had effect on
him, and his bones had effect on me. !
was exempt from duty for about 10
days as a consequence of that ride.
Soon afterwards Col. -Ligntburn (the
boys all called him "Old Joe') sent for
me one morning, and ordered me to
pick % men of Co. z and prepare four
days cooked rations by sundown. 1
reported, and my orders were TO find
and whip Neal, but not to capture him.
He was supposed to be on 'POssum
Creek, Calhoun County-the County
that stands up on end.
We Travelled all night Early in the
morning we halted to eat and rest
saw light in log house where Union
| family named Covey lived. L had been
up in that section once before. | went
TO the house. revolver in hand, pulled
Ule latcnSlTInS ana walked IN. l had
no sooner entered when four big bony
hands clutched my throat One of my
revolvers was wrenched from me and
rammed up against my ear. / was or
dered to keep my mouth shut. and, be-
ing a good soldier. / obeyed. l was
soon on my way to an interview with
Capt Neal.
1t was generally believed that he
swung snakes" UP by the neck with a
grapevine, and let them swing there
L had serious objections to being made
a swinging target. and made up my
mind / would get away or die trying
Our path led us by a steep declivity OF
rocks. When we got there ! gave the
one in the lead, known as Bob Fitzger.
aid, lick on the jaw. He went down
head first then felt the other char
grab me. / grabbed n laurel bush, and
in short, desperate struggle / kicked
him loose and he went sprawling in the
road. / then recovered my revolver
and those two never killed any more
| snakes"
On my return the young girl at the
house where / was captured fell into
my arms and cried for Joy. / was re-
warded right there for all had gone
thru. 1 then delivered my company:
orders that all the Union people thai
moved into Spencer and Joined the
| Union army should have their familie:
supplied with rations and money
Sergt George Snowden. Co. e. 4th w
! Va, Birchlet, Athens County, o.
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The Volunteer Officers Retirement Bill.

Norman H. Wood. First Sergeant, 1st
N. Y. Dragons. TftusvilIe,, Pa. says
that he was one of committee of his
Post to examine the volunteer officers
retirement bill, and the, committee came
to an adverse decision, The bill gives
the officers from $500 to $500 a year,
irrespective of their physical, condition
or their term of service. The enlisted
man has. however, to be 20 years old,
and to be either physically or mentally
disabled to the extent of requiring an
attendant before he can get $50 a
month. 1t doesn't seem that this is fair.
and he cannot see why the enlisted men
should support such a bill.
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ceive us and extended d hearty well
come.
Baltimore was reached on April IS.
1854 and the men were taken to Jarvis
Hospital They were so much reduced
mentally and physically that they had
to be put under guard and the food
served to them sparingly. On April 20
several of the new arrivals were eXhib-
tied at the Sanitary Fair, then in prog
ress, to illustrate the ravages of Libbey
Prison confinement
On April 80 L was granted 20 days
leave of absence to recuperate, and on
May 81 reported for duty to Col Root
at Annapolis. Md From that date to
Oct I, 1864, / remained in camp in
charge of the medical supplies until
finally mustered out. A few days pre-
vious to my capture / had re-enlisted
for the balance of the war, but the
siege of prison life untitled me for ac-
tive service thereafter.-John Fulton.
Jr., Co. G. 4th Pa. Cav, New York
/ C'ity
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Celebrating Fall of Petersburg.

Editor National Tribune: In The Ma
tional Tribune of March "a there is an
account of an illumination of the city
of Washington on April 13. 1865. on
the evening of April l. with Lieut..
Sheridan, of my company, was in the
city on our way to the regiment, re-
turning from furlough. The, city was
ablaZe; everybody apparently was on
the streets 50 that twas almost i'm
The demonstration was. made, in honor
of and rejoicing for the smashing of the
rebel lines at Petersburg by-that great
and invincible legion, the grand old
Sixth Corps.-Charles Porter, Grinnell,
Iowa. -
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ging the whole thing. I would be like
Il. r. Randall. of the 50th Ill. found
kicking against the officers retiring
bill. Comrades don't kick. The small
number that are likely to be benefited
by the bin viii not dcplete the Treas
ury, and il Congress concludes To lay
the bill over to another session the
number will be beautifully less. Please
publish resolutions Of .. NJ Mitchell
Post. c. y. r. of Jacksonville. Fla. Il
good example for other Posts to follow.
From one who can boast of having three
discharges Vim. James. 10th Ill,
Jacksonville Fla.
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Sing a Song of "salt Horse"

Charles w. Libby, 5th Mass, Med
ford. Mass, says that in the service
they joke1 about the salt meats served
them and characterized them as salt
horse, mule meat, etc. He says the
boys made rhyme which he has for
gotten and which he would like to know
il any comrade remembers it. 1t starts
something like this:
"Old horse. old horse. what brought
you here;
You've carted stone for many year.
You are sailed down for soldiers use"
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r d Those suffering from weaknesses

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Probably never before In the history of medi-
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weaknesses, shattered nerves. insomnia night
sweats. failiLs manhood. failure of memo ~
and premature old age. Our mail Is filed with
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to give Juven Pills immediate trial
Sent by mail in plain package only on
receipt OF this adv. and 81. ISL
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The Lee Statue

At the February meeting of the Com
mandery of Indiana, Loyal Legion,
Capt. w. A. Ketchum introduced reso-
lutions which were unanimously adopt
ed. protesting against the sacrilege of
the Lee statue in Statuary Hall and ask
ing the Indiana Representatives. to do
what they can to secure its removal.
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1t will only be few more years that
our Government will have the oppOr-
tunity to assist them and make them
happy Al the soldiers wives ought
to have the best of everything They
married and stood by the veterans
faithfully in their declining years.
Elizabeth Dillingham;, Elkhart, Ind.
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KiIpatrick's Division.

S. r. Banta. Co. C, 10th Ohio, Lafay-
cite. Ind, says: "Comrade William
Boldly is correct about the 92d Ill The
Sth Ind. Cav, 10th Ohio. 92d Ill. and
Sd Mo. Cav. formed the Second Brigade
OKilpatrick's Division). Atkins, in COM
mand, was always with the division
never left out. When men have a Kill
patrick to lead you are sure to hear
from them. We did all that we Were
called on to do, for there was no better
Colonel than Sanderson Goth OhiO)
and Atkins (92d I'D. / always read
The National Tribune as soon as il
comes and always find something inter
esting. Comrades. let us hear from
you"
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ing OIIoftu triis way !
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Long-DiStance Hearing.

Editor National Tribune: Comrade f.
NJ. Brice, in Il recent issue. asked for
reports on long-distance hearing. He
claims to have heard the rumblng of
the guns at Gettysburg from a distance
of 23O miles. That was pretty good ;
shows that he had long ears in his
Younger days. 1 have no direct testi-
mony to offer, but feel entirely safe in
asserting that the same rumble" was
heard in every nook and corner of the
Confcderacy. There was one other af-
fair of which Emerson tells US in his
Concord Hymn:
Here once the embattIed farmers
stood,
And fired the shot heard round the
world!'
I don't claim to have heard this
rumble myself, but assure COmrade
Brice that Emerson is good authority,
at least in and around Boston, and that
his little 220-mlc rumble was a mere
fash in the pan.-WaTtZ. 18th Mich.
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Gen. JEFF Dayis's Division.

Milton r. Sexton. Co. d, 10th H..
Richards, Mo-, says that he can answer
the question which was recently asked
as to what regiments charged the rebel
forces at JOnesborO. He says that it
was his regiment, the 110th ILL.,. the 9Th
Ind. and the 92th Ohio and other regi-
ments that he has forgotten. all of
HaZen's Brigade, and that they made
a rush for the rebel batteries, and that
they made Il clean sweep of them.
Some of the cannon were dismounted
and he saw more rebels that had been
shot In the head than at any other
battle he was in.
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Editor National Tribune: I think
COmrade Starkey is mistaken in regard
TO the Douglas Brigade. | know moth
ing of Col. Rea, but / know of Col.
Stuart He WAS Colonel of the 55th.
In regard to Col. Webb going with us
TO st. Louis, he is mistaken. 1t was
Col. Roberts, Col. Webb came to us in
Missouri and took command. He was
not with us very long before he tool:
sick and died. ] was the ColoneIs Or
derly that day, and had to stay and
take care of the corpse. | was rather
young for suc4l service. but l stood at
my post and obeyed orders until re-
lieved next morning. l think it was
some time in December that the Colonel
died.. w Hand. Co. c. 42d Ill.
Orient, Iowa.
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The Douglas Brigade.

Editor National Tribune: Comrade c.
II. Starkey asks. concerning the organ
iZing of the Douglas Brigade. l never
heard of Col. Rae ! saw Col Webb in
June, 1861, in Chicago. Others told me
that ne was the organizer of the Doug
las Brigade. and was to be our Colonel.
He put Lieut. Col David Stuart in COM
mand Of the i2d Ill while he organized
the remainder. While organizing he
WAS taken sick and died. and Lieut.
Stuart was promoted to Colonel, and
was with us until the battle Of Stone
River. 1t was there the gallant David
Stuart was killed. Lieut.-Col. HOtten-
stein took his place. and Mai. Richards
was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel L
would like to hear from other com
rades Of the 42d, especially of Co. G. to
which l longcd.-Napoleon b. Col
lins, Alma, Mich
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Mrs. Sallie j. Rawlings. Silsbee. Tex,
wants to hear from some officer. private
or Surgeon who served in Co. l.. l1th
Ky. Cav. She would especially like to
hear from John a. Dame. This would
assist her in getting pension.
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Capture of Gen. GOvan.

J. N. Force, Co. X, 14th Mich, First
Brigade, Second Division, Fourteenth
Corps, Boone, Iowa. says that contrary
to statement by COmraGe Boon in The
National Tribune recently that his regi-
ment, the 125th ILL.,, took the Arkansas
battery and Govan's> Brigade at Jones'
boro. the 14th Mich. had that honor.
They took that battery of four pieces of
artillery. Gen. Govan, of Cleburne's Di-
vision, and his staff, the colors of the
1st Ark. and 800 men.
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have in my possession Prescription for
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manhood. failing memory and lame back etc
that has cured many worn and neryous
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additional help OF medicine-that 7 think
every man who wishes to regain his manly
power and viriity. quickly and quietly should
have a copy. so 1 have determined to send
a copy of the prescription free of charge in
a plain, ordinary sealed envelope to any man
who Will write me for IL.
This prescription comes from a physician
who has made a special study OF men. and I
am convinced II Is the surest acting combl-
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/ think owe II to my fellow man to send
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Thru the Lines at Fredericksburg.

John F'Iegle, RyOt, Pa, says: ION
the night of Dec. ~, Lieut.. John A.
Maus and six other boys of Co. 3, in
cluding myself, volunteered to go thru
the lines at Fredericksburg and get the
body of Capt. Charles Wells, of Co. B.
If there is one of the boys alive that
took part in that brave act, please tell
of it thru the good old National Trib-
p. r. V. c. in Bedford County, as far
as | know.
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Credit Not His.

Geo. A. Spofford. of Marlboro, Mass.
to whom we gave the credit recently
for arranging the John Brown Bell
Book. desires us to state that he had
nothing to do with that part of it. ex-
coping mailing the copy to us; that
Comrades l.. p. Parker and j. M. Glea-
son furnished all the data, while Com
rade w. A. Springer wrote the book.
All three of the comrades are members
Of q. A Z. Post a.
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seIes Eminenty Worth Telling of Experiences and Adventure
in tie Great National Struggle.

lnine in that solution ~
on March /, 1864, the people in
Richmond were greatly excited over the
raid of Fitzpatrick and Dahlgren. their
forces being only seven miles distant.
The Home Guards were brought out on
active duty, and gunbuats located in
the James River with all the guns
pointed at the prisoners, as a report
was in circulation that the inmates in
tended to revolt. They certainly eX-
pected to be liberated, and were disap-
pointed on hearing that Fitzpatrick had
retired Twelve of his injured men
We're brought to the hospital
A crowd of 600 infirm prisoners left
for the North wi+rout me, altho l was
promised to be exchanged. That caused
me to cOnCOct scheme to escape. l
was reduced in weight from 145 to 9S
pounds. and was gradually wasting
away from lack of proper food. hard
work and anxiety. My successor in the
hospital. James FurlOng, from Miclfi-
gan, assisted by having my name en-
tered on the list of those eligible for
dismissal. As only those incapacitated
for duty were released. l had to assume
a disguise and be examined for chronic
spine disease. which he passed satisfac-
tOrily.
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WANTED-Samuel Fall held recruit in
the civil from Wisconsin, Sept 26 1864
to Dec, 1865. Anyone knowing his where
abouts, if dead where buried. viii receive
A reward for the information. Mrs. Fall. Liv-
ingston. Mont.
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HELP WANTED.

WANTED Railway Mail Clerk, Clerks at
Washington. City Carriers. Examinations July
Is. Preparation free. Write for schedule
franklin Institute. Dept. U 81, Rochester N L
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BOli.TOne-

See Liberal trial offer in full-page an
lnOuncement on last page of this issue.
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vain nr-rD Union Soldiers who homestead
EsElN LIZ ed some land. but less than $50
~0HGEoc, acres before June q. 1874.
SoEOiEHo are entitled to additional
HOMESTEADS rights rights egss we, 'heasn Eslial
qusted or abandoned. If soldier is dead, widow or
heirs have his rights.
pay spot cash for these claims.
% Address (COmradel W. l. MOSES, i3i Jacobson
Bldg, Denver. Colo
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PAT EN- rs.

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ure our terms and methods, sent free on
request. To time, send description
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opinion. All correspondence confidential.
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Attorneys and Solicitors.
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$50 Monndnock Blk, Chicago, Ill.
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ANY MAN SUFFERING FROM ATROPHY,
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c. X. Bernardo, Co. K, MerriIl's Cav
airy, says that he was with Maj. Phil
sons supply train, which made trips to
Cumberland Gap, Knoxville and other
points south. They had just got back
from Camp Nelson a couple of days
before New Years. 1864. 1t was very
warm then, but rain, followed by sleet
and then by a blizzard. was expert
enced. They got their clothes wet and
hung them up in the wagons. where
they slept, to dry over night. In the
morning their clothes were frozen stiff
and they had no other clothes to put
on, and had to wait TIL they had thawed
out before they could dress. Their mules
suffered terribly; they had been stand
ing knee deep in mud, and were frozen
stiff as they stood there Several men
also froZe to death at Camp Nelson.
Comrade Bernardo says that he has
been in northern Canada and on the
western plains of the United States in
Winter, but that he believes that it
would be impossible to experience cold
er weather there than he experienced
down South that day.
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REAL ESTATE.

ST CLOUD, FLA, Real Estate Exchange A.
L. Drought. Lots bought and sold: deeds re-
corded taxes paid
NEW MEXICO FARM FOR SALE-One hun
dred and sixty acres. pa miles n. E of Ami
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under plow. Soil is a sandy loan mixed with
clay No better location in the State for dry
farming. Residence northeast corner of
property Healthful location and a bargain
For full particulars address Isaiah Smith. SIS
L. Grant St. Caro-, Mich.
LOCATE NEAR THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
can sell you within half hours ride of
Washington, d. c.. at Bowie. Md. one block
containing thirteen lots. and one of two lots.
Both are desirable pieces OF property and can
be purchased at a low figure. Lots 25x 125-
Property and town lots in this proximity to
cur Nations Capital have nearly doubled in
value in a few years. and the advance
BETTER BUY NOW at a bargain price II
Interested write BRADFORD & WEICLE.
Real. Estate Agents. 90S 14th st. N. W..
Washington, d. c.
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Classified Advertisements.
HOTELS.

COMRADES ASP fslSg washiaston, EG hIaS I'D D
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plain view TO right of Union station. Special rates
gwen john II Harris. Proprietor.
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Prisoners at City Point.

I went with the batch of exchange
prisoners to City Point, where we were
taken On board the steamer City of New
York. Gen. Butler was on hand to re-
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WANTED-Address of Frances II. Smith. Co.
ID, 45th o. V. V. l.; last heard from in Ne
braslsa- By DR.. l. N. Smith, Box ISL. Wes-
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