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Demolition of the Constitution.

Editor National Tribune: The hotbed
of Coppe-headism in Iowa during the
earlier days of the civil war was located
IN keokuk, County, and men who had
held positions of trust under the Gov
ernment We're mainly responsible for the
extent OF sympathy with the South in
that section. Prominent among such
leaders were Dennis A. Mahoney, Rev.
George c. Tully, Henry Clay Dean and
George w. Jones. So great was their
influence that the Government was
compelled to Jail these vipers.
So wild did men become under the
stinging words of Mahoney that on one
occasion a mob of 'Mahoneyites' set
out to demolish little town on English
River that had furnished too many re-
cruits to the Union army; but the in
| habitants of Little English had received
warning, were ready for the mob and
meeting them bravely. drove them two
miles back on the road by which they
| had come
The official organ of the "Mahoney-
ties" was the Constitution, published in
keokuk. Villifying statements were fs-
sued daily In its columns, but on the
morning of Feb. 10, 1862. the following
editorial from the pen of Henry CLAY
Dean appeared: THE war is one in
which the Government is guilty OF
usurpation. Lincoln tore up the Con.
dragged the country into anarchy. He
has burned no less than 1,290 churches
has mutilated graveyards, has dragged
ministers from their knees in the very
act of worship and tied them up by
their thumbs, and has had their daugh-
tiers stripped naked and lashed by ne
gros under the command of white off,
GERS"
This was the last grain of sand that
broke the patient camers back That
afternoon every conyalescing patient in
the local hospital, all of them Federal
soldiers home on furloughs,. started in
body for the office OF the Constitution,
armed with axes, crowbars etc. Their
number was materially increased on the
way, and within 5 minytes after they
reached the newspaper office it was
completely gutted. the presses and cases
of type crushed beyond repair The gem
eral feeling OF the populace may be dis
cerned in the fact that no official notice
was taken of the act by the public au-
thorities.--Mrs. Nellie Urner WalIing-
ton, New York City
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Correcting Gen. schoaeld.

Thomas NJ Shields, Second Lieuten-
ant, 9Th Ill. Cav, referring to Gen.
Schofieid's statement that on passing of
Spring Hill on the evening Of Nov. %,
1884, that he in person placed COM
pany of infantry on the only crossroad
around Whittaksr's right. striking the
Franklin pike. and that he instructed
the Captain to hold the same until re-
lieved. Comrade Shields remembers
that the General and some staff officers
came riding down the pike. and riding
faster than the column Of Gen. Hatch
er's cavalry. The General spoke to
some staff officer. AS our company
came to the crossroad the officer head
ed US off and gave us the Generals or
ders. We turned TO the right. and went
to the top of the hill on the crossroad.
The position was a strong one. and
could NOT be taken by assault as those
We stayed there until Gen. Schofleld's 8
rear guard from Columbia had all
passed. By this time all the firing had
died down. Comrade Shields and Serg't
Frazier held a consultation, ana took
account of the ammunition. They had
only two rounds left. and consequently
all decided to disobey orders and re-
tire. They knew the army was safe on
the road to Franklin, and that "he who
fights and runs away will live to tight
another day" 1t Franklin. They did
not lose a man on their retreat. They
had shot away 1913 rounds to the man.
We stopped at the Carter House to get
rations. and then got in line 70 the left
Of the high hedge at about 2:3o p. m.
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and taken before Gen. Hampton. Nc
Dermot was an old soldier, and knew
Hampton before the war. Hampton
told him how he was going to lick
Sheridan before night. In the confu-
sion McDermot escaped into Clusters
lines, and returned to his company.
AS we forced Hampton back thru the
woods we came upon our man that was
posted behind the tree. He was wound
ed and unable to walk. I would like to
hear from him. / can forgive him for
ma king me lie so close TO that tree.
One thing / always regretted was our
failure to capture about hundred OF
the enemy's horses. We drove them
back out of the woods. 1 caught one
fine horse by the bride. Just then
Gen. Torbert rode up and said: Ser
geant, let him go; T. have sent back
after regiment of mounted men. We
will gather them all up" The mounted
men did not arrive in time, and in a
few minutes all we could see of those
horses was a streak of dust rising up
above the trees towards Richmond
Eli H Lawyer, Co. d, I'd u. S. Cav,
Hopewell, y. T.
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What One Settlement Did.

Editor National Tribune: Sumner,
Me-, is a rural town of some 500 inhab-
itants During the war the town fur
nished directly 110 men, besides 40
more of Summers men, who at the time
of their enlistment did not reside in
town Capt. Hiram Heald sent six of
his eight boys into the service, two of
whom were killed in action. Allen Alb
bott had five sons, all Of whom served
in the war. While all of the last named
were in the service their fond, devoted
mother sickened and died and the faith
er was alone. OF this family two were
killed in action and another lost a leg
at the battle of Fort Wagner, Morris
Island We read much concerning the
awful dangers and privations of those
who left homes to take up arms In the
defense of our country, but the terrible
anguish and anxiety. the dread uncer-
tainty as to the fate of fathers, SONS
and lovers. experienced at home, is
largely unwritten history and must re-
main SO. The quivering heart throbs,
the fearful anxiety. the irrepressibie
feelings. can never be expressed in
words. and the keenest conceptions can
not realize its. Robinson. Co. C, z3d
Me-. E. Sumner. Me.
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Where sherman said It.

Editor National Tribuns; I was a
Corporal In Co. I, 48th Ohio. After the
capture Of Savannah, Ca, and the
army had moved in and around the
city. 7 was sent with an ambulance
containing wounded comrades to q
large brick house on Pulaski street
that had been taken for hospital AS
1 was unloading the comrades heard
dispute between an elderly man and
some officers about taking possession of
his property. ] heard Cen, Sherman
say: rMy man, war Is -" I do not
know whether this was the first time
this remark was made by him or not
1 did not notice Gen. Sherman in this
group of officers until heard this re-
mark. and was not much impressed by
it, as had served under the grand old
General from August. 1861. to jan
uary, 1865, and heard him say such
things before.-J. W. Clemson, Cor
poral, Co. I, 46th Ohio, Charlottesville,
Ohio
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A War Woman.

Mrs. Margaret Mount might almost
be said to have been bornsin the army.
as che SAYS, and she certainly deserves
a good pension. bsa.- .E. ..-
II was born H. the srmys at Fort Glib
son in 1888, when my father was fight
ing the Indians in that country. From
there he fought the Indians in the
Florida wars. He was in the 9TH Inf.
After my father's death my mother,
with her three sons and three daugh-
ters, were in the" Mexican War. My
brothers were enlisted In the Sd Inf.
while mother and two Of US girls were
in the hospital as matrons in the Sd
Inf, althofI was only 13 years old.
In the war Of the rebellion my hus-
band Francis w. 0'HaraI belonged to
Co. B. "a Cav, ana I lived in WASH
ington In the tinTs Of the war. After
the war my husband was in the army
till the time OF his death at Fort Leav-
enworth, Kan. After his death ] was
again rnatron in a hospital. and re-
mained in army life It'll Fort Ellis,
Mont, was abandoned now draw a
small pension, but hope to see the
day when the, old soldiers and their
widows may draw q larger one. L be-
lieve / must be the Oldest woman OF
the army living to-day"
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sHERIDAN's TREvILLIAN RAID.
Incidents on That Expedition as Told
by One of the I'd Cav. BOYS.

Editor National Tribune: In looking
over The National Tribune / was
pleased with such a good account of
Sheridan's cavalry raid toward Rich
mond, also to Trevillian Station, Va i
was in Gen. Wesley Merritt's Brigade,
Torbert's Division. On the night of
June 10, 1864, we encamped about
three miles from Trevillian Station. We
had started with three days rations.
Hearty, with good appetites. we soon
devoured our rations. Many of our
cavalry horses were hard riders, not in
good flesh, with long limbs and long
backs. Every movement of the hind
legs would raise one up in the saddle.
and it did not take long on a good trot
to settle our few hardtacks.
On that day our regiment had been
in the rear, and, you know. to be in
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Maj.-Gen. VIM. H.T. Walker, c. S. A.

Maj. Gen. Vim. II. T. Walker, G. S. A.
Maj Joseph B, Cumming, Augusta.
Ca. who was an bfiicer % Hoods staff
and is now a prominent lawyer, has
written an excellent address which was
delivered at the tifne Of the unvailing
of the monument to MaJlGen. VIM. H.
T. Walker. who was kille6n July %, 1864
in the fierce fighting in front of Atlanta
when Gen. Hood turned the blank Of
the Army of the Tennessee. Gen.
Walker was the SON. of former United
States Senator from Georgia, graduated
from West Point and was carried of
the field for dead at the Battle of Okee-
chobee Later he was In the Mexican
War and again was so seTerly wounded
as to be thought past recovery. He was
a brevet LieutenAnt-Colohel when the
rebellion broke out. resigned at once
and was assigned to the command Of
Louisiana Brigade. Later JEFF Davis
took this command away from him to
give 1t to his brother-in-law, Gen. Rich
ard Taylor. whereupon Gen. Walker re-
signed and was for year out Of service.
He was reappointed, to a Brigadier-
Generalship and promoted to Major
General commanding the Reserve Corps
of the Army Of the Tennessee, c. s. A.
His command was fiercely engaged at
Chickamauga and he was promoted to
the command Of the Division for the
Atlanta campaign.
Mai. Cumming was on Gen. Walkers
staff at the time Of his death. and had
the highest admiration for his COM
mander. He has told the story of his
life and death with loving enthusiasm
and much graphic force.
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"shorty" Steve. OF I'd ". Va. Cav.


Editor National Tribune: One never
knows what surprises are In store for
him each week in The National Trib-
une. Imagine the writer's surprise
when on opening your paper of Dec. 22.
glancing at the illustration in the arti-
Gle by Solomon Love, to almost recog-
niZe himself in the picture of the cav
airy boys with the cannon with its car
riage wheels astride the stone fence.
The writer was one of the boys who
lifted that gun out Of the dilemma into
which the battery boys had abandoned
it and who helped to drag 1t down the
pike. If Comrade Love remembers the
'bugler" in the party, I am he. Com
rade Loves story of the incident is true
to the letter. He was the boy who
saved the gun, for it was he who sug-
gested to our squad that we rescue 1t,
else it would have been captured by the
enemy, who were then in close pursuit.
In the issue of Feb Steve Shilling, of
Co. A of same regiment, claims to be
the youngest soldier" He is just two
months and six days my junior, so l
take off my cap to him.
Our regiment, the I'd w. Va. Cav,
was recruited on the Ohio side of the
river from Pomeroy to Portsmouth.
Steve started in the war at the first
drum beat to the three-months men,
and stayed until the bugle sounded taps
over the grave of the late Confederacy.
1 was also at Appomattox.
Steve might also lay claim to being
the Shortest" soldier. He was so short
of stature that when loaded with 40
rounds it sagged his saber belt SO much
that when he marched afoot his car
fridge box hit the high places In the
road. His long cavalry saber dragging
behind reminded one of a boy with a
bobsled. The butt Of many joke he
met every sally with a smile.-Nat. Sis
son, Co. K. I'd w. Va. Cav, Marysville,
Mo.
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soldier crawled up close to my side
and began firing over my shoulder.
became afraid he would shoot me, anG
kindly asked him to move farther
away.
Brown and 1 got more interested il
our man behind the tree, and forgot
the man behind us for few moments
! could Just touch him with my foot
AS / partly turned over and touched
his head with my foot I found that he
was dead. A ball from the man that
Brown and I was firing at had pene-
trated his brain.
Gen. Custer had started early that
morning out on a road to our left. He
had encountered difficulties that had
been unforeseen. When Sheridan moved
his other divisions forward we crowd
ed the enemy back onto Custer so hard
that for a time he was nearly sur
rounded, and had to abandon much of
his captures.
One of our boys in Co. F. named Nc
Dermot. was captured in the morning,
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A Patriotic Little Girl.

Editor National Tribune: My Grandpa
has taken The National Tribune for
many years. I love to read It. and lis
ten 20 him tell about the cruel war. He
was out in the war for three years. and
was s9nstruck. and he has suffered
with his head ever since. ... -
! am a girl OF 13 years. Am the
granddaughter of five grandfathers,
all whom were in the civil war. and the
niece Of 10 brave soldier uneIes. and
they are every. one dead. have Two
grandpas left. One has been siok all
Winter. and the other is very. feeble
Our President Is a big man and has
big heart, too big to veto the good
sulloway bill. and break and crush the
hearts Of 50 many soldiers standing on
the brink Of time.-Hayel D. Woods.
r. r. D. Q. Box s6. Gardiner. Me.
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Knew Where Booth Was Buried.

Lieut.. MGton Havens. one of our
prominent citizens Of Albany. N. Y, was
buried Feb 10. and It is believed that
he was one of hefast ts.frlen who knew
where Booth was burieGn After long
service in the war. Comrade Havens
was on duty at Washington and pa
.trolled the trains between Washington
and Baltimore to arrest anyone who
killing of Presideht LihSoln. He was
placed in command, of THE Old Capitol
prison and was present at the execution
of Capt Wirz. He. had .fost an eye in
front of Petersburg and received other
wounds, but he ltYed t9 be ~ years
old, when he was SEIZED with an attacl,
of acute indigestion. His funeral was
conducted by the Grand Army.
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Thanks to The Na,isnaI Tribune

At a recent maentiRgf of Dushane,
Post. Baltimore, MD, the following reso-
luton was unanimously passed:
Resolved, That for the faithful, earn
est and loyal advocacy of all pension
and other matters for and in the in
terest of our comrades personally and
through the columns of The National
Tribune. we extend to the editor our
highest appreciation and thanks; and
for his words of encouragement on the
prospects of the final passage of the
Sulloway pension bill, thus prolonging
the lives of thousands of our aged COM
rades, We feel under additional obli-
cations. Robt. c. Sunst-om, Adjutant;
James Campbell, PastDepartment Com
mapder"
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ing positively no mineral poison whatever. no
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Don't spend months and years OF your precious
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Rapid Increase in Deaths.
(Aurora QllD Daily Beacon. :,

w 11''y LR|Se'SVKh'I
Swinging like dying pendulums be-
tween a faint wavering hope and the
grimness of a dark despair probably
the disappointment to old soldiers re-
sulting from the failure of the Sulloway
bill will cause the death of not less than
fifty thousands of their numbers within
the next twelve months. VIII the dead
echoes of Beveridge's blather compen-
safe him for not bottling up his mind
long enough for one moments consid-
GRAFTON of that bill, or is he so obsessed
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NIa.sachusc.ts I'm Coneress.

tFrom the Aurora (Ill.) Daily Beacon
since Massachusetts. thru her Repre-
sentative Josiah Quincy. was the first
to stoutly maintain upon the floor of
Congress the doctrine of secession, 1t is
lot at all surprising that Senator Lodge
should have defeated the Sulloway bilL
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poison back INTO the system
and smother 10 for several
years. Then when you think
you are cured, pitiful mercury
symptoms often break out, and
you find that your bones have
been rotting all the while. Your
teeth may begin to loosen and
your tissues, glands, brain and
vital organs show the terrible
destructive power Of the mer.
curry and potash. LocomotoP
Ataxia, Paralysis, Imbecility
and Premature Death are then
almost Inevitable. Medical au-
horit5.o odrptt th,f khI. fo 20
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meet once year in some town in the
County. Last year they met at Buda,
and this year at Sheffield. They have
a tent which will seat 500, which they
decorate very nicely, and it is the CEN
ter Of attraction for thousands of yis-
iforu
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At the Second Bull Run.

Gilbert D. Cornelius. Captain. Co. e,
goth N. Y. 9. M, or 80th N. Y, Ellen
Vile, N. Y, wants to know If anyone
remembers an officer on the left of the
18th Ind. commanding a squad of SOL
diers whom he had rallied from differ
enr regiments. The commanding Off
Ger of the 18th Ind. came up to him,
anu inquired as to where he belonged
and his rank, and gave him orders.
Col. Theodore B. Gates, Of the Goth N.
Y. s. M. then made his appearance,
sword in hand. and fought with them
What Regiment Did He Belong To?
An inquiry comes from Oceanside,
Cal, as to what regiment the Chaplain
buried there belonged to. His name
was A. B. Spring. and he is known to
have been a good soldier, but there is
nothing on his papers to indicate what
his regiment was.
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What Regiment Did He BELONG
Death OF Col. Washington.

John e. Fromm. Sd Ohio, Hamilton,
O., says that Col. John A. Washington
was not killed by the 18th Ind, but by
one of the Sd Ohio. There were SO of
them on picket when Col. Washington
rode up. Lieut.. Wilson was an officer
OF the guard, and was there at the
time.
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A Cure for Eczema.

Albert G. Dudley. .Escatawpa. Miss.,
wants some comrade to give cure for
the itching in eczema, .ise
The National tribune., 1911-04-13
Blood Poison
30-Day Treatment
FREE e
Remarkable Results Produced By New
Vegetable Treatment Without Use
OF Mercury OF Potash.

The terrible results Of mercury and potash
on blood poison are well known. The
most these drugs can do is to drive the blood
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- The 10th Ill. at Franklin.

j. H Conrad, Flandreau, S. D., is
muoh interested in the Franklin and
Nashville campaign, as his regiment,
the 1OIth Ill, belonged to the Twenty
third Corps and took an active part in
the marching and fighting The Colo
mel was mortally wounded and left on
the field
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The 9th Ill.

Sebastian F. Shoup. Miner, Ill, says
that the sth Ill. was first organized ar
Camp Yates. and that he belonged to
GO: X. and was mustered out July a5,
1851. The cavalry company from Chi
csgo charged on the Sth Ill. for drill
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Lay on the Battlefteld of Gettysibur.

Col. H. G.. Tuthiil was Lieutenant of
Gen. PauPs Brigade, Robertson's Dfvi-
sion, First Corps. He was severely
wounded, and the bullet is still in his
body. He lay for four days on the bat
tlefield. not expecting to live. He is
now Treasurer Of the Soldiers and Sail
ors. monument Association at Corning,
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Both Sides Close Together.

i The firing was not heavy. but both
lines were near each other. Brown
and / had drawn the fire from rebel
behind a tree. He was good shot,
and made us lie close. Soon another
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DeatI, of Capt. Blunte.

Capt, w. o. White, 4th Tenn. Cav,
Knoxville, Tenn, writes that he in.
CURED for the address of Capt. A. e,
Blunte. 1st Tenn. Cav. He has learned
that he lived az Wellesley, Mass, and
died Feb II. 1911. He was 80 years
old at the time. -
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The Bureau County Association.
The 57th and s3d I'll. have an asso-
citation called the Bureau County Sol
dfers and Sailors Association. They
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Instruct the Delegates.
The Hampton Home.

The report OF Adj't L. M. Parker, of
the Home at Hampton, shows that
there were present March 16, 1911, AZ
officers and non-commissioned officer.
and 1.045 members, with 588 absent
with leave and 1873 vacant beds in bar
racks. During February SO veterans
were discharged at their own request
Maj. Brewster's last report shows that
the cost of the raw ration for all
branches Is 1874 cents. The Board
proposes to increase this to 20 cents
per member. This increase would in
crease the expense OF the Home $16,-
53456.
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A. J. Cole. I'd Pa Cav. Conneautville,
Pa. says that all of the members of
his Post are past 60 years of age, and
he sincerely believes that this Govern
ment is rich enough to give everyone
his Just due and live up to its promises.
He remembers that Lincoln, in 1864, in
addressing a squad of recruits, told
them that no one knew what would
befall them, but he could assure them
that their loved ones would be looked
after and the Government redeem it's
obligations to them.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-10-07
DENVER
PERSONAL
MENTION

Men and Religion Forward Movement.
The beginning of an effort to bring
about country wide religious revival
for men and boys was signalized week
ending Sept % by the committee Of
ninetyseven of the men and religion
forward movement, when more than
500 ministers and prominent laymen.
representing churches Of every Prot
estant denomination in New York
Newark. Jersey City. White Plains.
Poughkeepsie and other nearby towns
gathered at the Broadway tabernacle
in New York to discuss the various
features of the movement
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-10-07

sion get splendid opportunity in
general farming and in the use of i'm
proved farm implem ents and intensive
methods.
Three and four crops are grown
each year on our truck garden, in
which there are eighty acres to grow
vegetables for the school and town.
This division has realized from 5000
to $400 an acre on some of its garden
land. The truck garden operates two
vegetable wagons.
Peaches, Strawberries, grapes,
piums, pears and figs are grown in
the fruit growing division. Eighty
acres are devoted to this kind of
work.
The division of care and manage.
ment OF horses and mules, has l72
head of stock under its charge which
are used to do the work on the farm
and the hauling of the school.
The dairy husbandry division con.
tains a herd of PIP head of cattle,
which supply milk to the dairy, which
Is made into butter and cheese or
sold as wh~-- or skim milk to the
boarding department of the school,
and to the town.
Any young man with a purpose in
view can secure an agricultural edu
cation at Tuskegee Institute at little
expense to himself.
or information as to courses OF
study, expenses, ETC., letters should
be addressed to
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-10-07
AvERTs AWFUL TRAGEDY.

Timely advice given Mrs. C. Viii
oughby of Marengo, Wis. tR. No. -
prevented a dreadful tragedy and
saved two lives. Doctors had said her
frightful cough was a consumption
cough and could do little to help her.
After many remedies failed, her aunt
urged her to take DR.. Kings New Dis
covery. Il have been using 1t for
some time" she wrote, "and the aw-
full cough has almost gone. 1t also
saved my little boy when taken with
a severe bronchial trouble. This
matchless medicine has no equal for
throat and lung troubles. Price soc
and $1.0O. Trial bottle free. Guar
antted by all druggists.