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ARTICLES FORTHCOMING.
A GLOOMY OUTLOOK.
We are forced to the confession tbat as wo
go to press the prospect for legislation at this
sosaion to carry out the recommendations of
tlio National Ponsion Committee of the
G.AJUs not at all favorable. This is largely
due to the attitude of the President, and to
the conviction that he -will veto any
goneral ponsion hill that may be
prosontcd to him, always excepting the
Mexican Pension Bill. It was this feeling
that induced the Senate to pass the Mexican
Ponsion Bill without the amendments that
wore fonnorly insisted upon, and wbich in
cluded the recommendations of the National
Pension Committee. The latter has done a
splondid work before both Houses, and if it
bad beon possible to get any general bil
through it would have secured the passage of
the greater part of its recommendations. As
it is, the bostility of the President "will
force the denial of relief to disabled
veterans for at least another year. The
broken-down soldiers who are now eating
the bread of penury and sorrow in the poor-
bouses, will have to exist on alms many
weary months more until some influence
can be brought to bear to soften the heart
of this political Pharaoh, and of the soldier
hating Members of the House of Representatives.
Xumber of Certificates isstted during years ending
June 30, ISSS-'Si-'SS-'SG. 2HecUancous certificates
not included.
Original
j ncrcfljjc
Restoration .....................
Duplicate. ...... .......
Accrued-
Total.
11S3.
K3,lUi
9.070
2,254
1.107
M
1,515
1SS1. 1SS5
1SSC.
3U00 35,771' 10.R52
15,130' 25.315 23,57a
2.S02; -1,3921 4. 630
1.2G1 1,83S' 2,314
1.291 911 S12
2,032, 2,030 2,237
52,979 J5G.729 70.3S6 79,651
"SIMPLE BAN" A short story of the war.
By 3frs. C. Brown, Londonderry, 0.
TEE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG.
&. thrilling narrative of observation and
adventures. By William MoCarter, of
Meagher's Iriffli Brigade.
AW ARTILLERYMAN AT GETTYSBURG.
fid. 9tory will told hy a menibor of an Ohio
Battery.
A WAR REMINISCENCE. A spirited sketch
of early oanpaigniny in Missouri under
Gen. Lyon. By Capt. Josqpli Oracldin, 2d
Kan.
TEE LOUISIANA CAMPAIGN. A series
of three articles on Bankers Campaign and
the Battle of Blaasant mil. By " Carlcton."
TJic qponing of the Atlanta Campaign will
follouly flic same Author.
RECOLLECTIONS OF GEN. GRANT.
'By His Son Ool. P. D. Grant.
vfe take pleasure in announcing to our
reader tfhe early appearance of a series of
articles (from the pen of Col. Fred Grant,
who writes Ifis recoUeotions of the Ticks
burgiGnmpaign. He accompanied his father
on that mtmorablc campaign through all its
weary marches, desperate "battles and the
long siege wlrlob culminated July 4, 18G3.
It fa wonderfully interesting, full of the
adventures of boy who was thrown into
the midst of wonderful scenes filled with
untold dangers and novel horrors to the
miud of ja youth just from the quiet circle
of lihehome Jireslde.
Col. Gmnt tolls many things interesting
and'riigulfloantfor mature readers, while to
the 'boy s his narrative will prove thrilling
beyond description bore. "While the story
Sb a plain Wbtory of what he saw and heard
Qtihisuitbor,s hcadqaartora and on the batr
tldfield and bivouac, it reads like a romance,
more entertaining than anything from the
ipomof JPur U'arlejr or Capt. "Wayne Eoade.
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GEN. BLACK AS COM31ISSIOXER OF
TENSIONS.
The National Tcidune has but one
final test for evory public man. "Wc con
cede at tho outset that every man who as
qrires to serve the people must have ability,
integrity and patriotism ; but such a conces
sion is unnecessary, since that is a point upon
which every one agrees. Starting, then, with
these qualities as a groundwork of character,
the further test to whicb wc claim he must
bo subject is bis friendship for tho veterans,
and his earnestness in making that friend
ship bear real fruit So long have the sol
diers beon fed "windy suspirations of forced
breath " that the grateful, meaty flavor of
actual performance is now required to give
earnest to the profuse protestations of the
candidate for the favor of the public and of
The National Thibune, wbich is the or
gan and representative of so large a portion
of the public.
To any one who reads the paper this pref
ace is hardly necessary. "Whoever has
walohed the course of The National Tmb
UNE needs not to be told that party lines
count for nothing witb us, but service for
the soldier everything. The man who is a
faithful friend of the soldier is praised and
supported, no matter what are his partisan
affiliations; the enemy of the soldier is op
posed and denounced, regardless of his poli
tical sympathies or previous bistory. Be
the official Republican or Democrat, Green-
backer or Labor Reformer, Protestant or
Catholic, Jow or Gontile, bond or free, if he
is the friend of the veteran The National
Tiiibune is his friend, supporter and eulo
gist. On the other band, though he speak
with the tongue of men and of angels, though
he prophesy and know all wisdom and all
strange things, though he give bis goods to
the poor and his body to the burned, yet if
be love not hc soldier and be willing to
bolp him he is as sounding brass ana a
tinkling cymbaL
All our readers will testify that we have
not hesitated to attack the highest in the
land when they were unjust or unfriendly
to those who saved the Nation. Nor have
we hesitated to praise, when they brought
forth fruits meet for repentance, those whom
in other days we had most reason to hale.
"We make this premise preparatory to giv
ing Gen. Black the praise that is rightfully
deserved for the splendid work he has done
for the soldiers of the country in the 15
months that he has discharged the functions
of Commisrionor of Pensions. When he
entered the office he modestly told the G.AJt,
National Ponsion Committee and oth or prom
inent friends of the soldiers that he wanted
thom to wait a year and let his work
sneak for him. He could well afford to do
so. From the moment that be entered upon
his duties it was evident that a stronger
hand was on the helm than bad ever grasped
it boforc. A new impulse began straining
the old, hldo-bound technicalism that had
so long ruled thorc, and that impulse has
gone on gathering strength and impetus up
to this moment. The steady increase,
from week to week and from month
to month, of tho business transacted
has not bon irregular and fitful, which
would indicate tbat it has been offectod by
advontitious or outside influences, but has
been a regular, steady growth, such as could
ouly come from a systematic perfecting of
the details of the machinery, and an intelli
gent supervision of the whole system, with
a strengthening and improvement wherever
strengthening and improvement wercnecded.
Long-standing obstacles have beon patiently
investigated and carefully removed, abuses
handed down from ono Commissioner to
another have been done away with, simple
methods have been substituted for cumber
some ones, teohnicalism has been made to
give way to common sense and business ex
pedition, and so well and thoroughly has
this been done tbat with a clerical force
numbering 100 less than that of his prede
cessor, ho is able to show an astouisbing ex
pansion in tbo volume of work performed.
Comparison of the number of certificates
issued for the fiscal year ended June 30,
1880, with that of the three previous fiscal
years shows this most conclusively :
That is, 9,2G8 more original and increaso
certificates were issued last year than in
1635; 12,825 more than in 188-1 j and 1G,G75
more than in 1S33. And to these must be
added 93,000 widows' certificates hereafter
pointed out, a total in one year of over
172,000 certificates!
To put it in another shape :
Tho working efficiency of tho office is
shown to bo about 1-1 per cent, greater than
it was last year, about 19 per cent greater
than it was in 1834, and nearly 30 per cent
greater than in 1883.
Gen. Black entered upon the duties of his
office llarch 17, 1885, and during the period
from that dale to Juno 30, 18SG, tho end of
the fiscal year, 45 per cent of the pensions
which were allowed during the entire fiscal
year were allowed under Gen. Black's ad
ministration. Formerly, if at any timo after the pension
was granted, the pensioner came into posses
sion of properly, or was able to take care of
himself without the pension, it ceased'and
he could not be thereafter pensioned, even
though he should be in a condition of abso
lute want.
Another very liberal ruling of Gen.
Black was to the effect that dependent
mothers and fathers were entitled to their
pension whenever it again became neeessary
as a means of comfortable support, or deduct
ing only for the period when they were able
to maintain themselves without it Thus
the pension could cease, and in after years
could be resumed, providing, of course, they
were otherwise entitled.
This is a showing in which any official can
lake just pride.
As this enlarged efficiency meant granting
long-denied justice and relief to more than
79,000 deserving soldiers, their widows and
orphans, ministering to their sore need, and
lifting them in most cases from abject penury
to some degree of comfort; as it meant a
great hastening of that relief which, to be
of any value, must be given quickly; as it
meant a breaking down of that cruel policy
of delay wbich, to the helpless veteran's
heart, is sharper than a serpent's tooth, it is
something over whicb the whole body of the
veteran eoldiery of the country should re
joice and give thanks that at last there is
found a Commissioner of Pensions who has
the will and the power to redeem the oft
broken promise of the Nation to care in his
hour of need for him who has borne the
battle, and for his widow and his orphans.
Nor is it alone in the number of pensions'
granted that Gen. Black has done well.
Greater liberality is shown by the increased
average amount allowed. In the year before
be came into office the average value of each
pension was ?10G.7o. The first year after
he came in this was raised to S110.3G, and for
the year just closed wiU show a still more
notable increase.
Gen. Black's rulings have ever tended to
ward a relaxation of iron-bound technicalism
in favor of just liberality. Conspicuous
among these are his rulings in regard to
disabilities in rebel prisons. No records
exist of most of the rebel prisons, and con
sequently there is not a shred of document
ary evidence extant to show that nine-tenths
of the men who suffered imprisonment ever
received medical examination and treatment
such as is necessary to make up the record.
Another ruling no less creditable to the
Commissioner and just to those affected by
it, is that where a pensioner-husband dies
from the disability for which he was pen
sioned, ho has decided that his widow
shall not be called on to show that her
husband's pension was properly issued, or
lo fight over again his long struggle. She
is only required to prove marriage and
death from the disability for whicb pen
sioned or some other disability equally due
Nation's life. He, has 'advocated the exten
sion of the limitation1 to the arrears bill,
pointed out its great injustice, urged the
raising of the ratings for deafness, amputa
tion of the limbs and other disabilities, the
allowances for which 'are now grossly in
adequate, and admonished the people of the
country how illiberally they have treated
the veteran as compared with the bond
holder. Possibly ho has made' mistakes. It would
be amazing if, in the exercise of sucb varied
and wide-reaching powerasbeis clothed with,
he did not occasionally do tbat whicb de
serves criticism, but we insist, and rely upon
the splendid record he has made to sustain
us, that he has accomplished an extraordi
nary amount of good, and that be deserves
tho enthusiastic support of tho comrades
everywhere.
179 appointments made by Gen. Black
not recorded as soldiers, a majority are
either the widows, daughters, or sons of de
ceased soldiers.
: SOLDIERS ipf BK&
COM3LVNDEn-IX.cn IEF BUKDETT'S AD
MINISTRATION. The office whicb Gen. S. S. Burdett will
soon return at San Francisco to the comrades
who bestowed it upon him at Portland a
year ago has been filled by him with great
personal credit and to the highest good of
tho Order. His administration has been an
unqualified success, and ho has the proud
satisfaction of having carried forward witb
undiminished impetus the splendid develop
ment of the Order inaugurated and main
tained by his "predecessors.
Everywhere there has been a steady and
substantial increase in the membership and
a rising tide in fraternal interest and spirit
The Order has a stronger, deeper hold on
the hearts of tho whole people than it ever
had; it is more truly the representative of
the entire mas3 of veterans than it ever was
distrust and dislike on the part of the people
have well nigb disappeared; pride and affec
tion have taken their places; dissensions
in the body of the Order have been dimin
ished, and to-day the veterans are connected
together more firmly than they ever were.
Gen. Burdelt has contributed to the fur
therance of this desirable consummation by
a wise, tactful, conservative administration,
which fostered every desirable development
and yet firmly repressed every undesirable
growth.
A man of liigb character and prepossess
ing appearance, ho is aho one of the finest
orators the country possesses, and whenever
he appeared at a soldier or popular gather
ing he made friends for the Order, andhe
will retire from his'high office crowned with
the affection and esteem of all witb whom he
has come in contact
NATIVE WINKS.
The California Viticultural Society, which,
translated into the vernacular, means the
gentlemen engaged in growing grapes and
making wine on the Pacidc slope, have been
making an earnest effort to introduce their
wines into Washington. To that end they
have opened a depot, at whicb the best
quality of theso goods, and which are known
to bo strictly pure, can be obtained at les3
prices than are now paid for inferior and
adulterated European wines. They seem
about to make a success of it, and it is to be
hoped they will, for it is a constant reproach
to our boasted industrial enterprise that,
with the finest grape-growing country that
the sun shines upon, wo are still dependent
upon Europe for nine-tenths of the wino
that our people drink. This is economically
outrageous. At a time when we cannot find
a market for tho immense quantities of
wheat, corn and hogs that our people are
producing we are paying the same countries
that are shutting out theso products of ours
millions of dollars a year for wines whicb
should bo produced by tho men who are
now engaged in raising a surplus of grain
and meat.
Nothing in our industrial bistory is so
incomprehensible as our neglect of tho grape.
Ever since the beginning of time the vine
has gone hand in hand witb the wheat plant
and the sheep as one of the main sources of
a people's wealth. "We have done little when
we should have dono everything. Vineyards
ought to be plentier in the South, than
tobacco patches. One -thousandth of the
energy that those people have devoted to
politics and to stirring up rebellion would
have made the grape crop of the South
wortb more than the cotton crop is, and
everybody would have been the gainer.
The California gentlemen are doing a good
missionary work in this direction. By
demonstrating, a3 they do, that an American
wino is better as well as cheaper than the
imported they are pioneering a most excel
lent cause.
GEN. JACOB hi CAMPBELL.
Conspicuous among tho soldiers in Congress
is Gen. Jacob 3L Campboli. of Peninylvnnta.
Ho was born in Somorsot County, Pa., Nov. SO,
1321. After receiving a common-school educa
tion ho learned the art of printing iu the oBteo
of tho Somerset Whig. For some years there
after his life was a varied ono. From lStl to
1S17 ho was engaged in steamboating on tho
Lowor Mississippi Eivor and its tributaries.
When the gold fever broke out ho went to Cali
fornia 03 ono of the "Forty-niners," and de
voted himself to tho search for tho precious
metal. He fonnd some, but did not strike a
bonanza. Eotarning to Pennsylvania ho aded,
in 1353, in building the great Cambria Iron
Works at Johnstown. Ho continued in tho
employ of that company until tho breaking
oat of the war of the rebellion.
In April, 1861, ho responded to tho first
echoes of Sumter, and ontered tho army for
three months as First Lieutenant of Co. G, 3d
Pa. In the Fall of the sarao yoar his aptitudo
for military service was recognized by the
to the service. The insistence upon this
caused great hardship to hundreds of deserv
ing widows, before Gen. Black abolished it
He also ruled that where thebusband and wife
bad lived in reputable wedlock for a term of
years it should not be necessary to specifically
prove that they had been married at a given
date by a particular clergyman. The fact that
they bad maintained marital relations for a
considerable period without question by
THE ritESlUENTjAIi VETOES.
Congressmen would have to be something
more than ordinary flesh and blood not to
be irritated at tho, perky impudence of the
President's vetoes. To men of averago self
respect it must be insufferable. It is a tone
that no President has c'ver before dared to,
assume toward Congress. Other Presidents
have differed sharply with one or both Houses,
buttheheatofthecontroversybasnevermade
them forget for a moment that the gentlemen
in session at the Capitol were men of equal
intelligence, integrity and patriotism to them
selves and entitled to be so adde3sed and
treated. Mr. Cleveland, on the contrary
constantly talks as if he were possessed of
an acumen, an honesty and a patriotism
ineffably superior to those of any and all of
the members of the legislative branch of tbo
Government.
Before a pension bill reaches him it has to
pass the careful scrutiny of the nine Sena
tors constituting the Senate Pension Com
mittee, and of a majority of the 72 dignified
Senators; of the 15 Representatives who
compose the House Committee on Invalid
Pensions, and of a majority of the 325
Members of the House of Representatives.
There is nothing in Mr. Cleveland's career
before or since he became President to war
rant the extravagant assumption that ho is
so vastly superior to all of these gentlemen
as to be able to pierce off-band, and after a
casual investigation of a few minutes a cun
ning mass of sophistry and falsehood, wbich
hauled their most earnest investigation.
That he should pretend to do so is at once
insolent and ridiculous. "We believe that a
consciousness of this is now penetrating his
rather sluggish conceptions of the amenities
of life.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EX-PIUS-ONEKS
OF WAR.
The National Association of Ex-Prisoners
of War will hold its annual meeting at
Buffalo, N. Y., on the 18th of next month.
There ought to be a good and full represent
ation from all parts of the country, for if
there is a band of men who ought to cleave
closer to each other than brothers it is they
who endured the indescribable misery of
confinement in rebel military prisons. The
following are the officers of the Association,
who will cheerfully furnish any information
desired concerning it :
President, J. H. Longenecker, Bedford, Pa.
First "Vice-President, I. F. Mack, San
dusky, O.
Second Vice-President, Henry Znipp, 131
Scott street, Baltimore, Md.
Chaplain, Eev. Chas. Dickson, Hartford,
Conn.
Secretary, David T.Davies, 1330 Dickinson
street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Historian, Frank E. Moran, U. S. Mint
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dr. J. T. "Walton, 390 "West Ave., Buffalo,
N. Y,, will also be glad to give information
on any subject relating to the coming meet
ing.
Governor, and he was authorized to raise a
regiment. He recruited the 5-lth Pa. for three
years, and was cho3en its Cotonel. The early
service of the regiment was in guarding the
Baltimore & Ohio Bailroad, coveringfor several
months a distance of 56 miles of that impor
tant line.
After the battle of Antietam, in September,
1862, Col. Campbell was placed at the head of a
brigade in the Eighth Corps, with his head
quarters at Mechanicsburg Gap. Later this
command was sent to the Shenandoah Valley.
Col. Campbell and the 51th Pa. were promi
nently engaged in the various campaigns of
tbat Department He participated in Gen.
Hunter's raid to Lynchburg, hi3 brigade bear
ing the brunt of the hard fighting. At the
battles of Newmarket and Piedmont ho com
manded hi3 regiment with marked gallantry
and efficiency. At Newmarket the 51th lost
more than 200 men killed and wounded. At
Piedmont the prisoners captured by the regi
ment outnumbered the men in its own ranks.
Col. Campbell was reassigned to the brigade,
and attached to the command of Gen. Crook.
Under Sheridan ho led his men at Opeqnan,
Cellar Creek, Berryville and Winchester. In.
the latter encasement Gen. JInlligan wa3
killed, and Col. Campbell succeeded for a time
to the command of his division.
After the rebels had been swept from tho
Valley, Campbell's Brigade wa3 transferred to
the Army of the Potomac, arriving in front of
Petersburg just before tho final breakingof tho
Confederate lines. Col. Campbell who had
some time before this been brevetted Brigadier
General for gallant and meritorious services
wa3 actively engaged in the pursuit of Lee'3
fugitive army, and wa3 "in at the death." Two
days before the surrender it was' necessary for a
regiment to move with great speed to bold High
Bridgo for an important purpose. Gen. Sheridan
selected the 51th Pa. on account of its reputa
tion for rapidly getting over' the ground in
times of emergency. The 5-lth reached the
brideft in tlinf and held it atralnst overwhelm-
sought W03 fully
him injured humpine ho Hint ho becomo a oripplo
ftr 1Mb. A smart pension was given to CbhMfildlo
ton, but Hot boinf: .itimwant to support him In any
degree of eoniftirt, his ease waa mado tho object of
apeelal nUontlon by tho G.AJt. and a number of
friemN, who succeeded In Retting him appointed)
Weigher of Coal for the Interior Department, which)
paid a small salary. K performed this dttty.ns ho
ttkl all ethers in life, with honesty and ability, but
he was niailo the victim of pemoetttion, and Hitaliy
Seeretary Lamar whs influenced to dismiss him,,
ant the Mow undoubtedly hastened his death,,
whieh oeewrred shortly after. Tha wretehed phy
teal eomlttion of Ool. Mlddleton was brought to
Gen. Btnok's attontton somo weeks before his
death, and the Commissioner at eneo sent a Speoial
Ixuniimi)c Surgeon to investigate the ease, and1
upen hfc report Gen. BtaeSc ordered his pension to
be lnereael to the full rato for total disabitityt but
Cel. Mlddleton dtd not live very long to enjay this
unsolicited kindness of tho Commissioner oC Pen
sions. Col. A. H. Holt, formerly of tho tet Iih Oav, nndt
the 183th 111., ami for the lost IB years In the Inter
nal Revenue Bureau of tho Treasury Department,,
has been appointed by tho G.A.R. Benollaial Asso
ciation of Indtnnnpotts Clcneral Manager for tho
District of Columbia, Dolnwaro, Vlrglnta, West,
Vlrjrinfti, New York, Pennsylvania, Mhryiland1,,
New Jersey and tho New England Stntos. He wlllt
make his boadqunrtcrs in Washinuton.
Two of the most muscular men in Congress aro
Messrs. Laird, of Nebraska, and Cobb, of Indiana.
Mr. Laird is ST years old, heavily built, wKh great
breadth of ohest, and woighs COO pounds His
" sand " took him Into tho army when a mere boy
and kept him there till the war was over. Mr.
CobbisSS years old. six inches taller than Laird;
turning tho sonlo at 210. Ho Is a Demoorat andi
Laird is a Republican. Mr. Cobb in disposed some
times to bo overbearing and to trampto npon those
who get in his way. Ho tried this with Mr. Laird.
In a debate on public lands two or three weeks ago
he falsely accused Laird of defrauding tho Govern
ment In a land speculating scheme. Mr. Laird re
sented the affront In a speech of groat warmth;
Such strong language was used on both sides that
a personal collision was feared at the time. Iteama
ono day last week. They met on the floor of tho
House during session, nnd hot words were ex
changed. Laird called Cobb a liar, nnd Cobb told
him to go outside the Chamber and he would
"wipe tbo floor" with him. Laird said they
could not get oubddo any too soon to suit him.
They went out nnd started down stair for the base
ment, with the avowed purpose of" having itout,"
Both were In a state of great excitement. Mr. Pay
son, of Illinois, and Mr. Strait, of Minnesota, who
had heard the colloquy in tho House, rushed after
them, overtook them on the stairs, and prevailed
upon them to return. Just before entering the
Houso Mr. Cobb fired off a remark that ignited the
powder In Mr. Laird's magazino. Lancbing out
his left he struck Mr. Cobb a blow with his tlst,
causing tho blood to flow from his nose and a gash
in his lip. After their heat had cooled both gentle
men expressed regret at the occurrence, and a de
termination to let the matter drop. The universal
feeling is that although Mr. Laird was a little
warm, he had great provocation In Mr. Cobb's as
sault upon his honor.
' The headquarters of Gen. Logan and Gov. Alger
will be at the Baldwin.
Gen. Sherman Is tho Hon of tho hour In. San.
Francisco. Ho is glad to get back to that coast, he
says, though he can stay but six weeks. Before somo
comrades the other night he exclaimed warmly: "I
am here an old veteran; I guess tho oldest in this
room. I see in your eyes the fire of patriotism as
bright as when the buglo blast was heard on the
field of battle." So we see that It Is all right to say
"old veteran" in spite of the purists.
The Secretary of War has detailed MnJ1. John J.
T7pham,5th Cav., and Capt. Henry J. Nowlnnk 7th
Cav., to witness, under an invitation extended) by
tho French Government, the mannvers of tho
Twelfth and Thirteenth Corps of the French army,
which are to take place during the month of Sep
tember next. Tho officers named have been ordered
to report in person to the United Stntes Minister at
Paris on or after the 1st of September. Mbj. Tpham
served through tho war as Lieutenant and Captain
with distinguished gallantry. Capt. Nowtan entered
the service as a Lieutenant in the 1-ith N. Y. Car.
He was commissioned In the 7th (7. S. Car. in 1S&J.
Gen. Schuyler Hamilton, who faced rebel cannon
many times, was married in New York a few days
ago. The bride, Mrs. Louise Cavanaugh, wa3 tho
widow of the late Congressman Cavanaugh. " Tho
couplo appeared well together,' says a witness.
" The General'3 tall, erect and slender form was
clothed in a brand new dress suit. On his breast he
wore the badges of the 7th Regiment, the Armies of
the Cumberland and Tennessee, tho Loyal Legion,
and of the Astor Club. His ruddy, swarthy com
plexion contrasted favorably with tho handsome.
clear-cut features of tho brido. She wore a smoke-
GEN. SICIvLE3'S SPEECH.
The second part of Gen. Sickles's speech,
whieh Tf e print thi3 week, is even more in
teresting and convincing than the first part
was. The men who are trying to break the
force of the masterly argument by assailing
the distinguished orator are wasting their
strength. It is something which will have
to be met with superior facts and arguments,
not abuse. No man can read the speech
without feeling his heart swell with pride at
the grand fighting of that superb corps
which breasted the awful onslaught of the
overwhelming rebel force on the afternoon
of July 2, and unquestionably saved the
Round Tops from capture.
inf nritla nnrtl tha nhiopr
gained. The regiment was. however, tempo- v0 3ilk ; swn ?l foiat laf In her haodnAo
rarily sacrificed to ita gallantry, being captured
almost" entire. This was tho last body of Union
troops taken prisoners by the Confederates.
Two day3 later the end came, and the prisoners
were released.
Soon after his muster out of the service Gen.
Campbell was elected Surveyor-General of
Pennsylvania, which position he held for six
years. He was elected to the 45th, 47th and
43th Congresses, and re-elected to the present
Congress by 3,500 majority. His district com
prises the Connties of Bedford, Blair, Cambria
and Somerset. His vote and influence are
always cost in behalf of the soldiers.
OUIt MAPS Or GETTVSliUItG.
"We take pleasure in inviting attention to
the maps wo publish this week showing the
positions of the Third Corp3 during the sec
ond day's battle at Gettysburg. Theso we
can say, with entire confidence, arc much
,,..., , .. , ,, superior to any maps so far published, for
their friends and acquaintances should bo '
iuujr wuiu (ucpuicu vtiiu tuuKicuiesb care uy
regarded as sufficient proof of logal marriage.
This is eminently just. It would greatly
inconvonience at least half of our people to
absolutely prove their marriages 10 or 15
years after tho same had been solemnized,
and this was still more the case in the past,
when our people were more migratory, and
when law care was taken than now in pre
serving documentary evidence.
An illustration of his executive capacity
was shown at the time of the passage of the
bill raising the pension of widows and de
pendent relatives before adverted to. This
took place tho 10th of March lost. By tho 4th
of Juno every one of the 93,000 persons of this
class had received his or her certificate at tho
increased rate, and this without a particle of
friction any whcre,withoutlhe pensionerhav
ing to pay a cent of feea to any attorney or
agent, and withont there really being any ne
cessity for one of them to even write a postal
Gird to thePcnsion Bureau. This is something
unprecedented in the history of tho Bureau.
Gen. Black has been in strict harmony
with the National Pension Committee of tho
G.A.R. in his recommendations to Congress,
and has faithfully reflected the views of the
great body of his fellow-Boldiers on all
measures tending to do justice to those
whose valor and self-sacrifice saved the
TILE "WOJIAN'S BELIEF CORPS.
Wo anticipate with pleasure the gratifying
surprise that awaits those who hear Mrs.
Fuller's report, at San Francisco, of the year's
work of the Woman's Relief Corps. It
will be a splendid showing of work done, of
increase of membership, of greater efficiency
of organization, and of mounting enthusiasm.
Mrs. Fuller has been a worthy successor of
Mrs. Kate B. Sherwood, and her report will
show it
a distinguished engineer officer, who was an
activo participant in the engagement, where
he commanded a brigade. His sketches have
been verified by recent and careful study of
the ground in company with a number of
commanding and sjaff officers of the Third
Corps. They maybe relied upon as abso
lutely correct, and1 they are an admirable
complement to tftje magnificent addres3of
Maj.-Gen. Daniel E- Sickles, which they
illustrato and the truth of which they dem
onstrate. ,. i
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EX-SOLDIKKS INiffmSrl'ENSION OPTICE.
There are more e.jc-sojiliers now on the roll
of employes of the Pension Butenu than
under tho previous administration. In 1881
there were 5-19 and now there arc 592. A
few ex-soldiers have been dismissed solely
for causes other thnn political and other
former soldiers appointed in their places. To
Gen. Black's credit it may be said that in
making an appointment, in every in
stance, other things being equal, he has
given the preference lo the ex-soldier. The
total number of appointments made by Gen.
Black from March 17, 1885, to date, foots up
179, and of this number 90, or 55 per cent
of all the appointments mado by him,
are ex-soldiers. Further, of 89 of tho
In concluding a most eloquent address at
"Wankcgan, 111., on Memorial Day, Hon. H.
W. Blodgett, U. S. District Judge, said:
But in bestowing this tribute lo the dead soldiers
of our country, let us not forget the living ones.
We have among us yet nlivo those who gave tho
best of their years to their country In the hour of
its great need and peril, though spared front the
battlefield. In nearly every case their lives have
been shortened, their vitality exhausted by tho
hardships and dangers they met. Do not forget to
be kind to them. Be generous to the soldier. Be
charitable to his faults and weaknesses, look leni
ently upon his failings; for ho deserves all this.
And whenever you havo the power and oppor
tunity to do so, do not fail to urge upon our law
makers their obligations, your obligations to pro
vide liberally by pensions and Soldiers' Homes
npplausej for those who have dono so much for us
and who need helpasageand disability comes upon
them. AVo were profuse In our promises when we
needed their help. I fear we have been too back
ward in keeping thoso promises. For myself I
hope and trust that tho time will soon come when
every man who carried a musket during the war
and was honorably discharged will draw a ful
pension.
' ' I.
Hon. J. J. Laird's speech on the income
tax scheme, wbich we publish elsewhere,
will repay careful reading. It is an incis
ive argument, and lets daylight shine
through that scheme very effectually.
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JMtS. SHERWOOD'S POE3IS.
We havo on hand still a number of copies of
Mrs. Sherwood's oxqnlslto lyrics, which we will
sell, handsomely hound, for the small sum of
$1, or elegantly decorated in blue and gold for
S1.50
The State of Ohio contemplates the erec
tion of a Soldiers and Sailors' Home, and
there is a lively competition from various
parts of the State for the erection of the
same. Wolford Post, of Perrysburg, and
those in that immediate vicinity, are strongly
of the opinion that the best place for the
location is npon the site of old Fort Meigs,
which was the scene of one of the most hon
orable struggles in the war of 1312. It is
there that Gen. Harrison successfully en
countered the famous Proctor, who was at
the head of a much superior force of British
Regulars, Canadian militia, and Indians un
der the famous Tecnmseh. It is historical
ground all around there. Directly opposite
Fort Meigs is where occurred the famous
Dudley massacre, which cut off the flower of
the youth of Kentucky. Four miles above
Fort Meigs was the scene of the battle of
Fallen Timbers, where Mad Anthony "Wayne
broke the power of the confederated Indians
of the Northwest The fort overlooks the
beautiful Maumee River, and the country
around it is rich and healthful
The Veterans of the 7th N. Y. have come
to the conclusion that they will hold the fort
and have formally notified Col. Clark that
they will not vacate their quarters in the
armory. This brings the matter to a point
where somebody has to back down, and we
feel inclined to put up our money that it
wont be the veterans.
Hon. C. A. Boutelxe's speech on the
Presidential vetoes, and one of tho -very
ablest delivered during the discussion, waa
omitted from our report last week, but ap
pears thi3 week in full. It is very interest
ing reading.
PERSONAL.
Comrade K. W. Musser is publishing a rattling,
spirited paper, called the Southern Republican, at
Hardinsburg, Ky., in which ho stands up valiantly
for the rights of the Union soldiers of tho " dark
and bloody ground."
A very strong feeling exists In Washington In
regard to the death of Col. Middleton, whoso end
it is asserted was hurried by the persecutions of the
present Chief Clerk of the Interior Department. At
the beginning of the war Col. Middleton was doing
a good business in Washington, but he Immediately
relinquished it and set about organizing a company
ofinfantryforthedefensoof the National Capital.
He did good service with this in tho 3d Md., and
then was transferred to tho 50th N. Y. Engineers,
of which regiment he was eventually promoted to
the Colonelcy. During tho battle of the Wilderness
bis horso waa shot from, under him, and Hilling on
carried a bouquet of large white rosebuds, and
around her neck tho groom's gift, a necklace of 61
pearls, with a diamond pendant, whose scintilla
tions wcro dazzling."
Tho Comte do Paris is an honorary member of
the Association of Veterans of tho 5th N. Y. Vol
unteers (Duryea Zouaves). While on Gen. Mo
Clellan's staff during tho Peninsular campaign la
1862, he saw much of the regiment, whioh was at
tached to the brigade of Regular troops under Gen.
Sykes, In the midst of which the commanding Gen
eral always pitched his tent. The good conductor
the regiment in battle wvburnnally commended
by the Prince, nnd nfterQAkin an autograph
letter he expressed his ai9Vii of its behavior.
Last week the Veteran AssociiflCn met at its head
quarters, B. F. Finney, presiding, and appointed a
committee to prepare nnd forward to him resolu
tions expressing regret nt the action of the French
Government in expcllinghim from his native land.
During the late Encampment of the First Bri
gade, N. H. National Guard, at Concord, Col. J.N.
Patterson, commanding the 3d regiment, bestrode
the horse ho rode in the Army of the Fotomnc when
Colonel of the 2d N. H and Brevet Brigadier-General,
TJ. S. V. Old " Buckskin " is now 33 years of
age and shows it in the every day routino of life, but
when the General mounts, the sight of troops and
the sound of martial music restores his lire, tho
vigor of his early days flames afresh, and he would
not bo adjudged over 10. "Buck," as the men
used to call him, had seen a year's service before
coming into tho General's possession at York town
In April, 1S6-1. Since the General's muster-out in
18G5, be and his faithful old "war horse" have been
conspicuous objects in every parade that has oc
curred at Concord ; and so familiar has old " Buck "
become to everybody in that beautiful city, that a
parade without him would be void of half its in
terest. Those who knew Gen. Patterson and tho
gallant 2d N. H. during tho war, need not be told
his regiment of militia is tho best In tho Slate.
In a recent Issue of The National Tkiboxe was
published a letter from A.S. Bound, First Sergeant,
Co. G, 31th N. Y., Pratt, III., narrating tho circum
stances of his being desperately wounded at Antie
tam and assisted from tho field by an unknown
comrade. Robert Cozzens. of West Huntingdon,
Pa., is confident that he is the one who rescued
Serg't Round. Comrade Cozzens had gono un
scathed through the battle. In passing over tho
Hold ho discovered a Union soldier who had been
severoly wounded nnd was begging for water. Tho
rebel picket-lines wcro only about 20 rods distant,
and it was as much as his life was worth for Mr.
Cozzens to attempt to pass beforo those pickets to
give succor to tho suffering soldier. He bravely
mado the attempt, however, and by cautious ad
vances finally reached his fallen comrade, gave him.
water from his canteen, and- then bore him back
within tho lines.
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MUSTERED OUT,
(lavis Corporal Ed. Quinn, ono of tho oldest
soldiers iu the army, was buried on tlio 13th at St.
Mary's Cemetery, at Allegany, Pa., with military
honors. Ho was born in Baltimore in 1820, and
when 10 years old he enlisted as a Bugler in Co. D,
1st Dragroons. He took part in all the principal
battles of the Mexican wnr, did good work in a
number of campaigns against tho Indians, nnd was
ono of tho first men at tho front in the civil war.
When tho war closed he was assigned to barracks
duty. Five years ago bo was ordered to tho Alle
gany Arsenal. Ho was one of tho best buglers in
the army. Last December he was placed on the
retired list with three-quarters pay, but he re
mained at the arsenal, whero ho performed every
duty-with his old-time faithfulness until his death .
BEWlfBTT. Dr. William C. Bennett, a physician
and surgeon of Danbury, Conn., fell down hisoflico
stairs July 12, and died from concussion of tho
brain. Ho was First Assistant Surgeon of tho 5th
Conn.; was promoted to be Surgeon and Brigade
Surgeon, and was afterwards appointed itirgeon of
the Twentieth Corps. He was with Sherman on
the march from Atlanta to Savannah.
Wooden". Bear Admiral Kced Wordon died at
his residence on Ayrault street. Newport. July 12;
He had been in fecblo health for a longtime Ha
was appointed Fleet Captain of the East Gulf
Squadron in l&SI. In 1808 ho was commissioned
Captain, in 1871 Commodore, nnd in 173 Bear Ad
miral, when ho was placed in command of tha
South Pacific station. Ilia record throng the war
was an honorable ono. His long nnd u.oful publlo
service came to an end in 1877, when ho was ro
tirnrf from nctiva work. Sinco then- ho hits snenk
I most of his tiino In Newport'in comparative quiet.