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gfce WlkniK gailij UQte: f daaj gfemhi l&uj 30, 1890. 7 I OUR FALLEN HEROES. HE angel of the na tion's peace Has Tvreathed with flowers the bat tle drum; We se the fruiting fields increase, Where sound of war no more shall coma The swallow skima the Tennessee, Soft winds play o'er the Bapidan; There only echo notes of glee, Where gleamed n mighty army's van! lair Chattanooga's wooded slopo With summer airs is lightly stirred, And many a heart is warm with hope Where onee the deep mouthed gun m heard. The blue Potomac stainless rolls, And Mission Ridge is gemmed with fern; On many a height sleep gallant souls, And Bull the blooming yeara return. Thank God! unseen to outward eye, But felt in every freeman's breast, From graves where fallen comrades Ua Ascends at Nature's wise benest, With springing grass and blossoms new, A prayer to bless the nation's life. To freedom's flower giro brighter hue, And bide the awful tuuns of strife. O, Boys In Blue, we turn to you. The scarred and mangled who survive; Ko more we meet in grand review, But all the arts of freedom thrive. Still glows the jewel in its shrine. Won where the James now tranquil rolls; Its wealth for all, the glory thine, O, memory of heroic bouls ! George Bancroft Griffith. COMRADE NY'S STORY. BY CAPT. GEOEGE U EHJTEB. Oopyright, 1S30, by American Press Association. HE post was assem bled at tho first !jcamp fire of 1S00, and tho new com mander, Comrade Wallace Ny, was doing the honors of presiding officer with much more enibar rassmont than ho would have shown in leading a. charge. Tho boys had munched tho crackling "hard tack1 and sipped with gusto the hot and creamy beau soup, and had reached tho order of proceedings for speeches, Eongs and stories. Evry comrade muss re spond when called upon, and add to tho en joyment of the hour by speech, or song, or a talo of army life. There was an awkward gap in the pro gramme, for tho last piece had been rather tedious and no one volunteered to follow it themselves or to call out another. At last some very small, faint voice, probably that of a timid son of a, veteran hidden bade m the corner, lisped out the words "Commander y.n The whole camp fire promptly took up this idea and stamped and clapped and ex claimed "Ayo, aye." Tho commander blush ed still redder than before, but ho arose bravely, forced down a lump or two in tho throat and stammered out something that was half apology and hnjf promise. "I don't know what it wil bo, boys," ho &aid, "for I hava done a good deal of speech making since you promoted me to the office of commander. There is nothing new to talk about. I cannot sing any more than a frog can, and as you havo called me out I will seo what I can do with a story." Tho camp rolapaed into quiet under theso words. Cominandor Ny looked over the audience and gradually gained self control. His eje finally rested for an instant upon two of the guests of the evening, who sat in places of honor on his right. One was a veteran in G A. R. uniform and the other a lady under his escort, and who from appearance had no very distant interest ii the presiding officer of the evening. Af tr regarding these two for a moment tho commander seemed entirely composed, and than ho began this storyt "I TOX 6ES WHAT I CAK DO WITH A STORY." I am reminded to-nigbt of an epitode of the Peninsula campaign. When the Army of the Potomac was on tho march down tho Penln r.a. to take shipping aud coaio away from Richmond back to northern Virginia I was nt ahead of the troops on special service to Fort Monroe. There I was reiirvd of that s rvice, and, of course, had to rejoin my regi ment. As there were not euougk docks at Rrt Monroe to accommodate the entire armv some of the troops wut to Yorktown and h-ms to Nwvporfc News, a landhi- place or Hampton Roads, bvslow tue fort about out rnilee, air line. My regiment had - me there and I leHrned this about 4 o'clock in the after noon. I learned also that tne road between t-ese points wa twelvo miles long, as it curved inland to avoid the swampi thores, an J, moreover, was oreary and unsafe. Tlipre were no troops stationed there and It was exposed to marauding parties of the enemy However, there wab an inside route -a foot road that could bs followed at low J tiae. it ran near ona snere, across aumroua inlets that rose t -high.tidaci.7id overflowwl the path. I learned ttysfc my ipspiho -Sirtt bad been ordered to ecfcrpJhahjhrjht. and I wes anxious to job my.-rc?siiaeJit "batoreit sailed, or I might barat2x&3rto it for weeks. Beside I eded,f aad, orlssing absent from my proper Mcss.jWiSa.Riot.ger rations, and wasakeadf ifaiatisg'sSlih hunger, I sab ooS "from- r ManroaAtfth about throe hours of dayEght nd eight miles of unknown, road ahead Tie wagon-road from theforti3.usod&ir8or3s -distance hy travel ers en the footrout8,and tfhen tiro pad tarns left into tho fields andantaiEts a region of marsh, v4th occasional elevated lands under cultivation. The lowfeuS&arWhiakly wood ed. After waBrirrg brisjtly for soma timo I began to see the loneliness of tho trip and the risk involved; bnt I consoled myself 4t would bo an adventure worth talking about should anything unusual happen. Just now, on looking back,I noticed a soldier coming along the road after me afra rapid pacOj and think ing it might be a messenger sent for me I slackened my steps, although keeping a steady tramp towards my destination. TThen he came near enough ho called out: "Hello, going to Newport Kewsf" "I am going to my regiment," I said, some what gruffly. ""Well, if it is in the Sixth corps, it Is at the News, for they are all there, going aboard. I left there today looking for my regiment at the fort, but it is not at the fort, sol am go ing to tho News again." The stranger had been walking faster than I, but now he, too, slackened pace and seemed to want my company. Somehow,, I don't kuow why, I didn't want his. Perhaps I had been charmed with tho idoaof an adventurous trip alone, or else I thought he bad the advan tage iu having been over the route and would assume a superiority over me. Of course I was but a boy then, and had a boy'3 notions about dignity and all that. Bo I said sneer ingly, answering his romark: "What corps is yours"' "Fifth." "Yes," said I, "you fellows didn't stand at Gaines' Mill." Of courso they stood at Gaines' Mill, and fought all day like heroes, but that is the way we always talked down other commands then. Ho gave me a questioning look, but did not dilute what I said, and I continued: "What regiment?'' "Tho th Michigan," ho said, naming a very low number of ono figure. "Tho thl"I echoed. "Why, your state doesn't turn out at all for the war. My state has sent out over a hundred and fifty regi ments and is recruiting all tho time." This was all nonsense, you see. His stato filled its quota, and mine didn't do more than that. But that is the way we used to run down the men from other states then. Wo walked on in silence, both increasing our pace. When wo came to tho spot whero tho path leads away from the road toward the swamp ho pointed it out and said: "This will save an hour's walk and maybe save our necks, for I am told the guerrillas sometimes ride on the main road at night." Ho turned aside, climbed the fence and sat on tho top rail looking wondenngly at me, for I kept right on and made no answer, not even by a nod of the head. It was a sudden notion of mine that I wouldn't travel in com pany with this fellow. To justify my con duct I said to myself: "How do I know but he is a guerrilla in disguise, or a spy? He knows all about my corps at Newport News, and maybe ho has been to the fort on an er 1 and of spying out other movements of our troops." So I kept on in tho road and as boon ns ho was gone from view I took a faster paco for a quarter of a mile, then turned into tho marsh and set out for the coast, knowing that I must strike the path and get; ahead of my un elcome fellow traveler. BUT YOU TVERE EUOUGIIT HEBE To make a long story short I did not gain anything by my hasto, because I got confused in the marsh and had to more than double my steps in order to keep ou in the direction of Newport News and the pith at the same time. After a while I found myeelf on a sort of peninsula, a few acres of high land with tide water beds on each Bide, a marsh at one end rup:dly filling wish wter, and tua deep water of tho bay on tho other. After wan dering about a long time I discovered tho path, but the crossings of the inlets on each side were covered with water many foet deep. Now I concluded to retraco my steps, go back over tho head of th little peninsula, cross tho marsh and regain the mam road. This soemed the only way out of the diffi culty. But when I reached tho marsh it was changed to a lake, whooe bottom I knew to bo full of miry pits and wholly unsafe to cross. There was no escape. Tho tides had cut me off. I was on an island and began, hko Robinson Crusoe, to explore and seo what it produced. The land was under cultivation, for ihe-G vrs? - rich sti&bla, btrt I found noth Ingexcept a few-peaches to reward my search. It w as then dusk and I grow-chiBy. I sec out onco more to explore for somothlng to start a fire. I had no matches, but my pouch of caps and cartridges would furnish light if I could find dry materiaL This found, I decided to camp down and wait for daylight and tho turn of the tide. I found nothing better than tun drkd grass and the dead limbs of tives. An hour of ex periment with these conv-mced me that the task was hopeless. I gave that up and sank down exhausted on a cushion of dead potato vines. Now new troubles seized upon my helplessness thick and fast, I felt very ill. A cloud of mosquitoes came- down upon me, and, much as I longed to He quietly, impelled "by fatigue and the sickening beat that raged withm me, I w as forced to move around to avoid the new pes. I. sought refuge everywhere; in the open stubble, along tho water'sdge, even wading in a fow feet, then under a screen of thick grasses, and next in tho very top of a tree, whero I stood up oksar of the branches. No where was I safe. My hands were tired out with swinging wisps of grass, and as my fatigue aud my pain weakened my body, my mmd began to jield. I fll into startling fancies. It seamed that the wafers were ris ing around my little iind, and I would soon bo enguUVd, the prey of the reptiles that smiriu in its dark depths. The lost thing that I remember v us climbing liiUra tail tree to escepe the flood hich, my f evred func3' told me was fast welling up around me at rJl points. This ended all recolkctious of the island, tho Uiav-ar. and tho puth, and the journey towards Nevi port News. I awoke to consciousness lying oh tho sof t bed of a little farm cottage uwayoff on the hillside. It was a pleasant summer afternoon. The window was open, and after I had yawned, and stretched, and turned, and started up, and fallen back with languor and faintness, I be gan to reahzs something of myself. What I was doing there was a mystery for a time. I might as well have dropped from a planet to my present status for all that I knew beyond what I saw in ihat little room until my eyes rested away off in the distance upon shore lands, tnick swampy forests and , low ueiu&. .inure iq. a speii i gasea, tnen arousing by a hard effort I sat upright in bed and fcrthe first time spoke out loud, saying: "I came from there from there. " The exhaustion, came sn acoin aad I sank drowH, "BOtfhowBver, without neannjt'Wna? Bounded like a faint response to my worda. A soft, plssudns voice echoed, "Yes, from there.' I know that I lay for several' days I WHi COM3 BAGS AOADt" more In a semi-conscious state, tossing with fever pains, and then reason aad sense came back. This time a middle aged woman Eat between mo and the window. Seeing me arousing she left her seat and came toward me, at the same time calling to some ono through the doorway: "Alliel" she said, "you may come now." A young woman yes, a mere girl entered and instantly I thought of that sweet voice heard in my delirium. "I am so glad you are better," she said, shyly lingering behind the elder one. After a pause tho latter said: "Now, daughter, I think you may talk about bis affairs." My eyes were again fixed on the shore lands and I repeated word for word the old thought, "I came from there from there." Memory stopped at that. "Yes," said the young one, "from there; but you wore brought; you you couldn't walk yourself." This was 6ald with a nalvo expression of curiosity and pathetic interest. "Who brought me?" I said. "Another soldier. He had you bound on a board, and ono end dragged on the ground andho carried the other." I was lost in thought. This was now to me. "Where am I?" I said, looking around tho room. "Why, In our house, on Hampton pike." After watching tho effect of this explanation for a moment she added: "You lost your v,ay, I reckon." Slowly I recalled and recounted audibly my adventures of tho trip toward Newport News. "I lost my way the path was not there. Tho water ohl tho water the fever the darkness and the terrible swarms of buzzing, stinging beesl" "Yes, you had fallen from a tree. He picked you up and got you here as soon as light. You you might have died," she add ed, tenderly, looking down and blushing. The mother now came forward with some nourishment, and I lay and fed myself lan guidly, with tho eyes of this fair young Sa maritan watching me, and ready answers waiting for every question. Before I turned to sleep that night I knew that I was by chance in the core of a humble Virginia farmer's family, and that kind nurs ing had saved my life. In a few days I was able to go out on the little front porch, and there I passed tho long summer afternoons cheered not a little of the time by tho com pany of Allie, whom, on account of the same ness of our ages, her parents seemed to turn over to my companionship as a matter of courso. Allie explained it ono day after regarding me a long time with a pair of wistful eyes. "We never see anybody now, not since the war, and it is right good to have yon to talk to." Tho farmer and his wife were taking an afternoon breathing spell on tho little cottage lawn within hearing. "Daughter, did you tell the soldier how ho camo to bo hero with usf said the mothar. "About the way he was carried here? Yes, mother." "No; I mean why the other soldier left him to us. You see," she said, rising and walking toward the rxrch, "the other soldier wanted to know how we stood on the war, and I said: 'We are Virginians sure enough.' 'Then you go Secehr he said. 'Wasn't Virginia Union once?' I said. 'Ya-a-s,' ha auswered, right doubtfully. 'And won't she be Union again?' I continued. He thought over it a spell aud then looking at yore pore weak body he said: 'Well, I can trust you anyway.' Then ho left j'ou." Tho farmer rose up aud paced back and forth in tho yard, looking, with careless mo tions but with an anxious face, in all direc tions. "They are Unionists at heart," I said, "snd that m"rq social outlawry." Besides it placed tho wholo household nnder a sort of espionage, for tho house was on the border between Union mdltary ground and the broad, debatable soil of Virginia. Chang ing the subject, for I saw the farmer's uneasi ness, I asked: "Who was the soldier that left me here?" "Oh, I forgot all about that paper," Allia exclaimed; and, running into the house, soon returned with, a little slip, that read, A. Al lard, th Michigan. "He said I was to givo this to any of you-all that camo this way," tho maiden addtaL It was my turn to be mortified and re served. This was doubtless tho comrade whom I had repulsed aud almost insulted ou the journey that memorable day. For a long time I was-so deeply buried in a very unpleasant retrospect condemning my own stupid and brutal treatment of a fellow soldier that I did not notice the alarm anl uneasiness of my benef actors, who had left the lawn and were standing, guard like, at the open door watching a party approaching the house by the farm lane. Tho new comers wero Union cavalrymen, having under escort two foot travelers, not in uniform. Not a word was said until the horsemen reined up in the yard and the leader dis mounted aud stepped toward the porch "How-d've, captainf tho fanner i fnm1!- larly, and the other, who was really a second lieutenant, responded in the same tone. He looked over the party, the women nodding a recognition, and then looking straight at me, he said: "Whom have you here, Mr. V calling tha farmer by name. He eyed me keenly from head to foot, and the whole proceeding was so sudden that I wes off my guard. Tne searching glance of th officer made maquickly conscious of something I bad not given a thought heretofore, but which now was all important. I was dressed hi a butternut suit exactly like the foot people with tae cavalry, and who I now saw were prisoners. The farmer broke the painful silence and said calmly: "Captain, I reckon he is one of you-all." The lieutenant eawio nearer, pulled pn my jacket Lips, saw the cotton shirt beneath and the store shoes on my feet and shook hii head, moving away without a ward. "Explain this," he said to me, halting at a few paces and resting his sword on end as he stood. "I am sick," I said. "My regimnt is"5 I was about to say aZ Newport News, when I remembered. It wes far away in battle. "What regiment what carps J1 ba snapped out, tapping with his sword, with a maaaing look at his followers. " New York, Sixth corps," I answered promptly. "Wuere's year uniform and your equip ments!'' he demanded in the same skeptical tone. I reddened so that I felt hot through and turned helplessly to Allie, whosa anxious face was fixed upon mira in fileat appeal. Sh stammaredont somataiag to hsr father, who was stealthily regardisg the mysterious pris oners of the -party aad trying to looi uscoa r(midl J'j I did nofcjmow'iiow to answer for- tn my mindtho-sabjectwasa blank. My situation as a convafescent-xvaSivOO agreeable to leave room for care about the future, and. had I thought of my army; -belongings as all it would have beet to conclude that they wero stowed eafein some closet to bo ready oacalL The farmer spsjjpad into tnecottago door nodding to tho officer to follow, and, suppos ing that my conolosion was to bo proved cor rect, I started to follow thorn and change tho color of my clothes, for I kaesr that I was in tho hands of the patrol from the fort and my holiday from soldiering sas over. Allie kept her groat tender eyes riveted oa me, wonder and anxiety rovoaling something deeper, aad telling mo that I was all in all to bar. Clasp ing both her handB in mine I looked her frank ly in tho face-and said: trToH are a tone Vir ginian, and when Virginia is once more Union I will oomo again." With my eyes and a pressure of tha hands I promised 6till more, kissed her burning cheek aad hastened after the officer and his guide. Everything I owaed had been buried deep In tho ground; tie farmer had done it to avoid tho prying suspicion of unscrupulous Secesh neighbors When he dragged them out the lieutenant eyed each piece to see that they wero parts of ono whole, and when I stood up fully clod and quipped he said, dry ly, "All right 1 my boy; but this will havo to ba better explained some day." I went rapidly to my regiment, all tho way under provost escort. Tho two butternut prisoners were convicted of desertion from the Union army and tent to breaking stone for tha rest of their terms of service. Our colonel received mo with the welcome news that he had in his camp chest a commission for me as a reward for bravery in front of Richmond, but before I could qualify as an officer the charge of desertion made by tha provost marshal's office must ba cleared up. How account for tho time between my de parture from the fort and arrest by the pro vost? The patrol lieutenant kindly forward ed the farmer's statement with his indorse ment that the Virginian was a worthy man, but was politically on the fence and obliged to be friendly to all kinds, even to renegades and guerillas. My colonel sent to the th Michigan to se cure AUard's testimony about my losing tho path and the consequences of that mishap; but the answer came back that he had been "discharged .the service of the United States; present whereabouts unknown." I lingered in the guard house for weeks. My caso was published in the army and I was on tho point of yielding to tho regular courso of justice, which to me would mean eternal disgrace, when a stranger in civilian clothes was admitted to my quarters. In a few moments identity was established to an swer the points of law, and I walked out an honest man with a commission in my hand. Tho civilian witness had heard of my caso by accident way out in the northwest woods, bad traversed along wilderness routo on foot and incurred great expense to save my sol dier reputation and honor after so nobly sav ing my life in tho swamps. He was the trav eler whom I had avoided on Hampton pike. The tide had cnt him off in the little orchard peninsula that summer night, and in his wan derings ho had found me where I had fallen in a fever chill, and then alono had dragged mo to tho haven where I was finally nursed back to life. The commander paused, somewhat agitated and breathless, for the recital had been re ceived with an intense interest that reacted on the speaker and made him all but elo quent After a short breathing spell he turned to the strange couple on the right and eaid, "Comrades, my story is recalled to ma at this time by tho presence with us of Com rade Allard, of Michigan, and the true daugh ter of Virginia, who, I am certain, is again in the Union, for she is the mother of my two loyal sons of veterans, and for nearly twenty five years my wife." A Story of Sherman. Gen. Sherman 6eemed to understand that a "hungry soldier has no morale or morals," for when he caught a lad in blue in hi3 wagon one night abstracting therefrom a large sugar cured ham he asked him kindly and without show of anger: "Havo you no meat?" "None," Paid tho soldier; "the regiment is ono day behind on rations, and the commis sary doesn't want to make extra issues." "Take the ham, then," said Sherman, as he resumed his cigar, "and whenever yoa need any moro come to me and ask fcr them." Frnk Moore THE TOMB OF GEN. GRANT, The Promise to Build Him o Magnificent Monument In Xew York Is Unfulfilled. That there is more haste in the promise to erect n great man's monument than in the performance is a familiar fact, and the con duct of Amencans in thi3 respect is a peren nial fountain of jokes to the newspaper man. "The -Grant monument" is at once tha latest and most striking case. New York started out with a fervent promise that tho structure should be "unparalleled" "worthy of tho man in every respect." An association was formed and in due time tho announcement was made that the original scheme was modified a monument costing only $500,000 would be erected. And at the date of the latest report not quite half that amount had betnraiiedl if, GZX QTiliXPS TOMB. Meanwhile to mortal remaias of the great commander ne on tne western border of Riverside park, on the bluff overlooking the Hudson, and over tbera is a structure which the sarcastic describe as aa unstable com promise between an ice houa aad a hew vault. It isn't pretty the engraving shows that. No one protends that It is Impocrg, or tasteful, or in tho sligntest descre suggestive. It is simply a lo-r. broad arched Tult. far Inferior to anyone of many husdreds erectd hJwel&7 Derate !&& J0SP5v7 0f TEelr Oeattr Bus is is easnyTeacaaa, anenn all America tho site cooM. not ba excelled. Going through Central park to tha north west coroerthe visitor issues poa a lovely strip of high And tolerably Isval land, with jnst enough of the native timber to-make it attractive. Westward tho outlook i frea over tho broad Hudson to the heights beyond ; fca-placid surface of tha river fa ever dotted with craft of all kinds, and Li fair weather the numerous white winged yachts give a delightful variety to tho scene. Whether Washington or West Point, er ono of tha western cities which claimed a right to tho honor, would havo been mora appropriate has been sufficiently debated; bet It is cer tain that in no other place woafei the pro posadmonument be more conspicuons or ac cessible to a larger number. New York fa still the American metropolis ssad the Hud son remains the most thronged of water high ways. There is-perhapa a certain fitness id fha ex treme simplicity of the presaat tomb. Tho stones are cat in the plainest xoszer, tho arch is the simplest that mason can con struct, the little iron cross with central circle is phenomenally plain, and tho keystone- from which it rises is simplicity itself. But the Grant Monument association assure tha pub lic thai they are taking a&usdant time only because they want to ma&e sare of tho best design; that they hare made no special effort to raise money because they folt sure of get ting all they want as soon as the design and preliminaries are settled, and that in due time they will have a monument ef whicb-ail the country will be proud. As it took three quarters of a century to get tha Washington monument the public should perhaps not grow impatient over the apparent delay in this case. Post and Future- of th Veterans. They thought of the debt they owed to tho past, they appreciated tho claims that pos terity had upon them, and they resolved to meet the demands of the present. As citi zens of the republic, they had, coma into a royal inheritance. The proud memories and tha gathered trophies of centuries of struggle and triumph were their birthright. For them others had wrought suffered aad, died; for them Hampden, had faBeaon-the field, and Cromwell had fought at Marston Moor; for them William had filled the throne of tha Stuarts, and Burke had thundered in tho house of commons; for them Jefferson had written the Declaration and Washington, had achieved our Independence. Among all tho sons of men never did a people coma to so rich a heritage. Others had for a brief hour found springs in the desert; others in their pilgrimage had set up the tabernacle in tho wilderness, but only here m this land of prom ise had tha enduring Temple of Liberty been erected; here only had the sacred ark found a resting place. Comrades of tho Grand Army It pleased heaven to spare your lives through the war, and today you see your country crowned with these years of peace. Some of you carry sdent though eloquent testimonials of your devotion to duty. You brought them from your country's battle fields, and they Bhall be yours until you "dream of battle fields no more." While the past must always have a peculiar interest for you, tho duties of the present claim your first attention. It has been with you a labor of love to care for the orphan and widow of your deceased com rades. In this, as in all works of patriotism and charity, you havo grand re-enforcements in this corps of nohlo women who are with ua to lend grace and charm to this occasion. In tho darkest hours of war their ..faith, courage and constancy never faltered. They wero tho aids and auxiliaries that no gold could buy; they were over present as the faithful ministers of him who has assured us that he who keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Comrades, be of good cheer. Tho past is secure. The high duties of citizenship in this great republio demand your constant and un selfish service. The God who protected you in camp and field and gave you tho victory, still calls on you to go forward in your high vocation. He has sounded forth tho trumpet that EhaQ never call retreat; Ho is sifting out tho hearte ef men before his j udgmen c-Boat. 01 be swift, my souk to answer him, bo Jubilant, my feet. Our God fc marching on. From address of S. R. Hornbroofc, at Evansville, Ind. There Is a freemasonry among tho voter-i ans which is at once charming and practical. The eastern man is at homo in the west, and vice versa, in a sense that was not the case some thirty years ago. It Is not the free masonry of the lodge or chapter room; IS did not come of a ceremonial initiation. Its, tie is In the memory of dangers and labors endured in a common cause. Tho veteran: heart fecb the same throbs in all sections; the old soldier is at home whenever he meet' old soldiers. SOME STRIKING CONTRASTS. Many orators and writers havo set forth many points In which the war for tho Union differed from all others, and yot It is not too lata to point out wherein its consequences and the years following it havo difTvred from everything known in previous history. At the close of the war nearly all foreign critics predicted, and many Amencans feared, cer tain evil results, such as had followed all pre vious civil wars. It was predicted that the disbanding of a million men would leave a fearful element of vagrancy afloat; that tho vanquished would renow the conflict at tho first fair opportunity; that the government credit would sink; that liberty would be de stroyed by mditary methods, and dire evILs of many kinds follow in the line of local strife and guerilla war How little did these prophets of evil under stand th& American nature. To say that the exact opposite happened In each case is too mild a statement. Every evil that baa como differed from tho one predicted, and of all elements in the population the most conserva tive is that from which Innovation and per haps revolution was feared. Evils enough have come, but not from tho veterans north or south, not from the public debt, not from a revival of old issues and most certainly not from any curtailment of the citizen's per sonal liberty. On the contrary, the disbanded soldiers rushed into tho ranks of industry with a teal that Feemed almost like greed; and it is mat ter of laughter that, Instead of complaint for their laxity, there is occasional criticism far their push. The government credit ros rapidly to be the best in tn world, and tho surplus national vior overflowed la pobbc enterprises that stctubed tho world. Tho parold Confed-rat wtot to tbir planta tions, o3c and Ehops with a sort of fiery energy they had never snown before, and through all the southern sates the eye of the patriot is cheered atsigatof Federal and Con federate in business partnerships aad geaer casnvalry. Why this reversal of all previous experi ence? The answer Is in oe word Priacrpia. It -was a war for principle. North and couth, men went late It to Sgst for th4r hoaet faith; the point settled, they carried their prmcfpl'4 into eivU bfe agats. It was no mercenary army A fw arsaan, of eocrse. tacre were, bat most of them lmbioed j ssmethhsgcf the spirit of th mass. Honor j to the 6otaJers who fought tor pnactpta; ail honor to ta veteran who remia thetr hon ored pnneipls in puace. J. E. BrAom. The Ion of ?Jnril Day. On this eraonal day, with happy children bearing fiowera for the dead heroeft, with tha generation sacce-dlsjr tt war thready In ac tive manhood aad wnmahhoed, aad tho rar vivlng vefiraai alrtady a aii minority of tha ma of ths coantry, we ncpsa tfce cooV cf rfesinfcraace, asd betere te era of ta tgtd arise a 3ed pcpkd irtth form of proadroos taterssst. The aeo of liSSt. W azd 'Bhat vere tacrl U casssi be ica oftea I THE WICHITA EAGLE JLT. -3T. Murdoch Bro., Proprietors, PRIMS, BINDERS AND BUNK BOOK MM AH tinds of county, township and sc&ool district records and blaiits. Legal blan'ks of every des cription. Complete stock of Justice's dockets and blanks. Job printing of all kinds. We bind scw and medical journals and magazine periodicals of all kinds at prices as low as Chicago and New York and guarantee work just as good. Orders sent by mail wiU be carefully attended to. Address all business to E. P. MURDOCK, J. O. DAYIDSOX. iWldaai "Vf. T. BABCOCK. Ylco Presides:. TH03. a. rTTCH. 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"Most fondly do we hope, most fervently do wo pray," in the language of Lincoln, tlmt the bcourge of war may never come to thin rising generation ; but, if it does come, kt them think upon the firmness of their fathers and shrink: not from tho trial. Let the young men of the new day that Is to try men's souls loot upon these monuments and drink in anew the spirit of atriotism, of firm resolve for the right and unyielding devotion to duty. Sultilsr ITit. The colonel of an Alabama raiment was famous for having everything doof up in military style. Once, while field officer of the day, find going his tour of inspection, he camo on a sentinel of the Eleventh Mississippi regiment sitting flat down at his ptxt, with his gun taken entirely to pieces, when the fol lowing dialogue took place: Colonel Dont you know that a aentinel while on duty should always kep on his feet? Sentinel (without looking upl That's the way o used to do when tbe w or first began; but that's played out loug ago. Colonel (beginning to donbt if the roan was on dnty) Are you the sentinel here? Sentinel Well, Pm a sort of senUail. Colonel WH, I'm a sort of officer of the day. Sentinel Well, if you'll bold on till I wrt of git my gun together 111 gire yoa a sort of salute. Selected. VThat Our Artlut ITn to rut Up 171th anl Iloir lie r.rtHW-. She Oh, lie may be a gvnioa. But I con fess I don't care for tbe &cirt.j n! geaiwes! He How very persocal f yool It's a If I wero to co ale I didn't care for the toeiety of handaotae women ' Punch. He Knew tkn lTi.ce. Self Important Sirsager ito hotel dark) Do you, aw, knew -ivbo I ami 1 aa Lord Flubdub, air. Clerk Indeed: Well, 111 warn th cassSi, and don't yen try to Meal aaytfaiag. Lair rencc Ax&encac Jmt Tarn a Sr-ir LraC Johnny Papa, FU aave to have a ne reader at once. papa Iaa't tfaf old one good eaoagfct "Yes, but th tacar teivi 1 1! bv to terra over a new leaf toHrorr'-. ' r a avrhii." 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