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7 ■O%. ProfegnonalOairds. ii | mtl>raf»lT na4w thto tnad will b* charred Mttrt following rates: Fire line* «Ns*. I** T®** M °° nMffliTi* 1 ........... 1 OO MEDICAL VfiKT SMITH. M. D. Offios lrti door aast of Hawkins Boom M rokhrad Mr. John Wa«foaor. cor »er of Mala and JsEsrson Street*. aSiaSixl T c. #ilrins, m. d„ omoe frool room* ovsr D o **®®**!* Ototkte* Store. weal aide of ******** cm Bast Harrison atraat oppoaua 0. P Lkaroh WL MCALLISTER. M. D„ • Physician and Surgeon. SaryrtoaJ operatioaa of A* *l* 1 Omoe at Hew Sharon. lowa. !L M JOSEPH INB TENS KT, M. D., • Physician and Surgeon. OfSoe 00 wem aida of public square, over Mtaa Andaman « m»U«aery atore a~B cox. Specialist in Cancers, and Chronic Dm oases. Oakalooaa. lowa Office >1 r»*»hleoc«\ oa North street, one aad one-half £<££* eaat of Central Hallway. Mint «. MILLAR. Dentist. OAm oa aouth aide of -Square over J. M. Joaea A Uo’*_ aboe store Nitrous Orlde Oas used tor paiafttl oparerton*. T~vH. M. L. JACKBON. Surgeon Dentist. Offioo la Exrhaaire block. 00 High street. Oakalooaa. lowa, over J. W. Motgaa a dxv» atore. *•_ GUO. J. TURNER. M. D., Physician and Surgeon. Offioe oa Market street, over Borer A Barnes’ atore. Braideoca two blocks south aad two bioeka waat of poaioffie*. 1* DM. V. PABDCS. Magnetic Healer. Office at bis residence, three blocks directly aouth of postoffice. is prepared to treat illda rasas except deafness with general satisfac tion Terms. *lO for 90 treatment*. He will always be found at home. 1* DR J. C. BARRINGER. Physician and Surgeon. Oskalooaa. lowa. Office northeast comer 01 rquart, middle room* up suurs In new Masonic building Besidesoe oa High street. S blocks east of square. Teiepboae connection at office aad residence with all part* of the city. 1* r\B W. M. WELLS. U Catarrh. Throat A Lung Physician, A ud Specialist for Ckroßic Disease* generally. C Msultation personally or by letter. Office aMi Dtspeesyar over Wajra’ Drug Store. Wert High Street Office hours from 9toll a. M.. aad from Ito S r m CoosaltaOoo free. n!9 DA Hornui) N.D. E.C. Hoffmar. M. D. | vRj D A. A K. C. HOFFMAN. -■ " Physicians and Surgeons. CHS re two doors north of Simpson M. E. caureh. near 9. R corner of square. Oakalooaa, lowa Residence on Main street, three blocks east of tbe puNie square. lttf J. L ('otru. J- *• Honoa Coffin ft hoik.*. Homeopathic Physicians ft Surgeons. Will attend all call*. day or night. OMce ia the rranks! room* ia Union block. Dr. CoMn's residence. comer of Kile* ft". Jefferson. Dr Hodges. raaldoaoe oa Sortk Market Street 19 ATTORKXT3L M. PERDUE. • Attorney-at-I.aw, and Notary Psbtic, Rose Hill. lowa. 1911 W. 8. KimroKTHT. O. N. DOWN. IJ-KSWORTHY * DOWNS. Attorney*-at-Law, Wil tam* Block. Oskalonsa. lowa. »ylpd WOK ALL ft JONES, Attoroeys-at-l.aw. Oskalooaa. lowa. (NBaa over OoMsn Eagle tore °*‘ C. WILLIAMS. • Attorney-at-I-aw, and Notary Public. Front room up stair*. In Parkb urate new building Oskalooaa. la. I*l til. EASON ft HASKELL. * Attorneys-at-IJiw. Ofhce to Phoenix Mock. Oskalooea. lowa. Ruiiiwm promptly attended to. Itti TORN A HOFFMAN. • . Attomey-at-I^aw, and Nr-tary Public. '>®ce over Leei’a store, oakaloaaa. luwa. mf |*'HN O. MALCOLM, " Attomey-at-IJiw. Col lor Lions prompt!* attended to. Hire on nortk aide, over Franlers bank. 19 ThOLTOM ft MOCOi, " Attorneys-at-I,aw, Oatalooaa, lowa OMce over Knapp ft Spald ing'* hardware atore. 19 T C. BLANCHARD, J * Attornpy-at-I Jtw, Dakaiooaa. lowa. Will practice In all the oonru o*l ce ©ter the Oakalooaa National Bank. I*tf M. liftVENPORT. Oskalooaa, lowa. Business attended to la both State and Federal Courts. Offre, rooms l and t, orer A M Abraham'* store, north aide ft* GK. Lirrurr. Gao U Mow.am. 1 ATFEKTY ft MORGAN. Attorneys-nt-Law, HS<y over < **k•kv.m National Bank. Oakn looaa. lowa I* C. P. StiRLL L. A 800- 1 -. OKARLE k 90irTT, & Attorney»-at-I*aw. ae l Notaries Public. OMee Aral door wool of Hex-order's oMoe. National Bank building. Oskalooea. lowa. **tf Robert kissk k. Attomey-at-Law. and Notary Public. < Hkalooaa, lowa. Ottce to Centennial block, over Trank H a clothing a tor*, aartk aide aqaare. Practice m ail of tbe coast* of tbe Bute. I* JOHN P. LACKT. Attorney-at-I.aw, and gaveremeat claim agent OEce in Boyer k Birana block. Oakalooaa. lowa. Prompt at tention give" to ooUortiona Probate busioca* will receive careful attention. Business at tended to in the D. &. and State court*. lkf |)HILL!P3 ft GREER * Attorneys at-I,aw. and Cetteatlaa Agent* Atteod in any lewai twmoem In tbc State and Federal court* en truoted to tbom. CMEoe orcr N. Oppenbetmer ft Co ’■ boot and oboe More, aouth arte of Oohalmwa, lowa. l*tf J auks rtaaou. Piisn. Daria. P. P Evans. C| ARR< M L. DAVIS ft EVANS. / 1 Attorneys-ftt-Idiw. Oakalouna. lowa, will practice in all court*. ColiecOoae made a mesial leatura. ofloa orcr Frankel ft Oo'A. Bank. Br&ack oftce at New Sftaroa. » J. A L. Caowaaa. J.O. Caooiiai. CROOK HAM ft (EOOKHAM. AUorneys-fct-I jiw. Oakalooaa. lowa. OEMs over M ahaaka County Baak. aoatkweM euracr public square. Col loctloa* made and remitted promptly. ronvsy- MISCELLANEOUS. TjrOIRSE SHOEING. II Tolbert A Miller, Blacksmiths, at their «4d stand waat of PoatoSee, will do Stwatac aa low a* aay other abop in Uakatoo aa. it fVUUIOA ENCAMPMENT, NO. IA I. O. \J O. P. meet* oa SrM wad third Hoadar evening* of each month. at Odd Fallow* Ball. VMtlar Patriarch# cordially iaritod to attend. B. L. UaKTir, C. P B. 8. Haaaora. Serine. « Af A BASRA LODGE NO. M, I. O. O. E. iU moot* or cry Saturday evening at tbc Odd Fellow*’ Hall, aa* Mark aorth of tbe Potto Wee VMM to* brother* cordially inrited to attend. Cut Vaar. W. L How a, Secretary [HJ NO. IyILLES ft SLAIN. Auctioneers. Bmsdeace 1H mliee north of Oakalooaa. lowa. Charge* rary lenaonaMe. rmipd XjINOCH 7. GEE. * J Licensed City .Scavenger. AS work TrACYT Civil Engineer. Qdhae aad naMneaoo High street. • Mocks ' l r,"ra Irnn JBtMpVtt. 1 - 11 Sir ■ Y tfL r 'uMaa 4 Da^ Pmmaagnr.nse Mas. tdljLii naaaasar. aaa. .Mas. Mdlaa iSSasiksasM itNas hftr.s Mr s. Stiir.R a?y *** Lp&a I|SM _ mASa seem Pamaearsmd kpei M»A.e. Maft Pineaesr -.- tdr.s. Mia ». Nates Aiuiiai—iii tSTJ.T Mas’ MU fttfitit. f 1 -. As • BMi AOHBb VOL. 36, NUMBER 37. unto. J. a. L. cuonia, H. B. Howard, PiaHaat T.-Prae. John K BAitinta. Cashier. imsKicoDiTom, Or OSKALOOSA, IOWA. Organized Under the State Laws. PAID UP CAPITAL, SIOO,OOO. Stockholde » liable for double the amount of Capital Stock. DIRECTORS: J. A. L Crook ham. W. A. Beevera, John O Malcolm. MUton Crook ham. Jacob Vernon, W. C Hhinehart. B. Redman. W. C. England. John Voorheea, John Nash, aad 1» H. B. Howard. Wr H. Sikvkks, n. W. Doaipo. Proa. W. A. Liwdlt, V.-Prea. Cashier. —THE— Ostaloosa National Ml, OP OSKALOOSA, IOWA. 4 DIRECTORS: Wm r sttrtiu. J. W.MoMcllih. J. H. URBAN, D. W LORIRO, H. L. SrENCRR. M. L. Lrti, James MoCclloch. t'ORRBSPON DENTS: Pirat National Bank, New York. Oilman. Son A On.. New York Pirat National Bank, ‘'hicagn. Hide A Leather Nat'l Bank, Chicago. 1* Davenport Nat'l Bank, Davenport BANKING HOUSE -OF FRANKEL, BACH i CO. The Oldest Bank in Mahaska County. Will receive deposits ami transact a general basking, exchange and collection business, the same as an Incorporated bank Exchange on all the principal cities cf the United States and all cities of Europe bought and sold at sums to suit the purchasers. Passage tickets to and from all points la Europe for sale at the lowest rates. Collections will receive prompt attention. We do a strictly legitimate banking business, and give the wants of customer* special at tention . 1* Jno SIgBEL. JMO. H. WIRRBB. President. Cashier. 1., C. Blanch *m»» fice-Prestdent. The Farmers A Traders NATIONAL BANK, OF OSKALOOSA. IOWA. CAPITAL SIOO,OOO. DIRECTORS: Jao. Siebel. L. C. Blanchard, T. J. Black*tone. G. B. McPail, H. W McNeill Matthew Plcken. P. W. Phillip*. Peter Stump*. J. B Whitmore. CORRESPONDENTS: First National Rank. Chicago. Metro; xlltan National Bank, New York. 19tf Valley National Bank, 9L Lotus. Cowan 6c Hambleton’s Loan & Abstract Office. <200.000 to loan at <> per cent Interest on five year* time; borrower bavin* the op tion to pay part or all of prin cipal after flint year. We also have a complete set of Abstract Books of all Lands and Town Lota in Mahaska County. lowa. ABSRACTB OF TITLI MADE OH SHORT NOTICE. OAer in front room of new Masonic building, north-east corner of Public Square. a!9 OSKALOOSA. IOWA. MONEY. LAND. Ee. Israel M. Gibbs, Broker. Loans of all kinds negotiated. Mercantile paper bought and sold. Room t, over Farmers Traders' Ban k, Oakalooaa. lowa. lMf JOHNI. LICIT'S UNO Ml. I hire on my book* • Urge number of firm* and bou*«a In town; also many thousand acre* of wild land. If too hare real estate to soil or wish to buy. giro me a call. I nay taxes in any part of the Stale. Conveyancing done. OMce in Boyer ft Barnes' Mock, Oskalooaa, lowa. One hundred nice bnllding lot* ia Laoey's addi tion to (takaioosa. 19 ZftAXLd Agenoy. Farms and Town Property for Sale, Taxes Paid, and Conveyancing Done. OMeeorer Oekalooaa National Bank. i*tf lafffrtf A Komn. M. E. BENNETT, Heal Estate & Loan Agent. MONEY TO LOIN in large or Mnall amount*, on on* or abort time SKI •100.000 la *IOO.OOO Money to Loan! At Six Per Cent Annual Interest, on S year* time, ie loan* of two nod upwards; with pne liege o* paying ftioe and aoore la an nual payment*, if dr* 1 rod. mr JOHN P. HIATT. Residence and Garden Small Farm Plots For Sale. I am now prepared to sail in aautll or large lot* to null purchaser-*, and at reasonable Af urea, the whole of the farm known aa the * STEWARD HEIRS” FARM. I tins between tbe lowa City and Burlington reisde. Immediately contiguous to the city, and now occupied a* tenant* by L M. and J. C. J %bc*farm ie divided by tbe C- R I k P.. and lays oonreolent for divtsloe Into Plot* for RESIDENCE, GARDEN and PASTURE com bined. It la bettered to be Underlaid with Coal ! and has good drainage and water factlltica. A complete plan and servey of the property may heaeen at the aMee of Jao- O. Malcolm. Pert rf the porehaec money may be seemed on any plot bought, 11 duaiyad. Wf ell A ELBE HUTCHINSON COWAN A HAMBLETONS Rill Mill l M UllC! orriox North-east corner Public Square, front rooms an second Soor of the new Masonic bulldog. The following are a few of the may bargains that we have In Reel B*tatc, In Oakalooas and Mahaska county; M* reMftenee tom which we will eeß for from SIM to fl*w apteee; all ea time if pnrtiee build —Lot and bouse with Mur rooms. No, k»d house with her roams J|«. 1 001-Farm ofHOscros.fhrmhooai.se. Ss* tUt.—*™ o>Www,tw»kwwl other tmpfovamtnl*. Fries •SOM. - Pries Me. IW. I**, 1* •tory bowse, ftc. Price I«R-Let»wdlwo-Mory heww. Pries fy imk-m seres of good, wild land Aw He. ISA,—A farm of SM artes with goodte provemeets. Iwe vstas of workableeoj. Pries He. fOa-wft term of Mi acres; 4 mile* from rJffrowiT^^JdoryJfrmwejlwMl'ap.;^Mj^bnrw We have —ye*hsr Farm and Town P*e»- erties Aar sue. of wMeh we hwve nog room in this tpMi as tefl yeo about. Ba we tnvße yen te earns and aee aa. end we wfll take Mwmnre hex AjpMMQf. »8m I0BT«W8ALE! 17 LAST BAXUFTOMB, IMP AGNES and S of the IMP LADY i FAIRY WeiESlf 1 m Wm. T. Smith. , MIBCELLAJCEOTJB. mm «■ Ml more money than at aaythiog Wl ners succeed grandly. None fail. Terms free. Hal Lett Hooe Co, Portland, Maine. OSKALOOSA COLLEGE -ART ' DEPARTMENT josii D. DoNsaii-lf mnsL. Hubst Thorough instructioß (Iveo In all departments of Art work. Including Art Needle work. STUDIO AT OSKALOOSA COLLEGE. City and Farm Surveying and Drainage Hoads and Drains staked oat and Grades es tablished. Plata showing buddings, fences, lo catioa and grade of dramA Maes of ttJe to be used, ate. Landscaping and drafting. Conea pondenee solicited. rtTUDDAID, 1 OUXALOOSA. I»WA. SuMY KYOH, f Office west of a. W. Corner of Public Square. n»tf WHITAIER i Sin, Booksellers, Stationers, AND Wall Paper Dealers, 117 West High St, Oakalooaa, lowa. 19 M. DERMODY, eoirraACTOR n>R Steam Heating, Plumbing, AMD GAS FITTING. Agent for tbe Haxton Base Burning Boilers; dealer In Iron Pipe, Fitting* and Bras* Goods. Lead Pipe, Rubber Hose. Parking, iron and Wood Pumps, Sewer Pipe. Gas Fixtures. Ac. No. 214 Watt High Street, 19 OskaJoosa, lowa. C. LADYNSKI. THE OLD KRLIALB Boot & Shoe Manufacturer, Has reopened hie shop at bis old stand, second door west of tbe Burnett House, where 1 would be please*! to see ail my old customers and all others that may favor me with a call. Many year* of experience baa enabled me to please the most fastidious. FINE SEWED WORK A SPECIALTY. REPAIRING NEATLY DONE. 19tf C. LAUYNSKI. COAL. Try the COA*. from John Burdeas' New Shaft. It is of good quality and gives general satisfaction. All orders left at A. W. MART INST BIN’S STORE oa the southeast corner of tbe square, or at W A. SERVERS’ STORE, on the southwest corner of the square, or at DAVID CONFER S STORK on High street, will receive prompt attention. This mine ia on the Beacon reed one m>le from town. n»yl Before You Start West CALL AT —S. CONFER'S aad get j nr AMMUNITION, alao yourCLAY PIGEO. 8 at wholesale and retail prices. Family & Fancy Groceries of all kinds, and FLOUB and FEED. Old Givens Building. CORNER HIQH t MILL IBTREETB, lttf Os'aloota ... - lowa. Henry Walling. Dealer in Building Material of all Kinds, and contractor of BRICK AND RUBLE STONE WORK. Cisterns, Flues and Cellars Built on abort notice Alan have rood Brick for sale at lowest market price. n!9tf Oakalooaa lows. FAMILY GROCERIES. FOR Fresh Family and Fancy Groceries. Queensware and Classware, Provisions of All Kinds AND FRESH VEGETABLES, In their season, go to A. W. MARTIN STEIN, 1* Southeast Corner of Square. Canoers Cured! Dr. S. Goi, OsAaloosa, lows, baring had over twenty years' experience In tbc treatment of canoers, flatters himself that be understand* his busts sm. also that he can CURE all case* that arc CURABLE, with but IHUe pain, and no occasion for using the knife. OMce on North street, one and one-half block s east of Central Railway. Stm* Mrs. J. Larrie Morgan has removed her -HAIR STORE to west side of square, with Miss Anderson, where she will be pleased to meet all her old friend* and many new ones. A floe assortment HAIR AND TOILET COODB in all tbelateet styles Orders taken, and work from ComMngs neatly and promptly done. Also hair jewelry in all Its branches lam also prepared to do all kinds of stamping fbr BRAID INGand EMBROIDERING, having many hun dreds of Ihe latest drown*. Patterns mann thr fared and for sale at from Are cent* upward. lfltf ■4 Bmirth. r«t n«UMIa Ik* halMtof. CARPETS Mll'tt*rfMK.«MMMt>t<Wl(*lrtMb I'OM* £~J. S. RICHARDSON e^Jia. Prices of Fire Insurance often eeem high to property owners, bat It ebon M wot be forgotten that a property or bnataeae which will not warrant the ex pense of proper insurance had bet ter be dla posed of and the capi tal employed In R securely InTMtEd in Securities yielding a km eroftt. bat which aannot be de stroyed by fin. In abort, iwvu voon fßurmw ev ge out of bnaleeas. and when Mauriag ba sere you get the beet, which can always he ob " mined from CHARLES PHELPS’ ingaisaee Agency. North Bide of Square, over Frenkel’. Bank. H )/D OSKALOOSA ypr /?/? OSKALOOSA, IOWA\^/ EETAEUEMBD IN IEEE. ♦i Mml AwhrUt ICLAEEAFM BtFMVHKET, MTE tCVEfUU. MLSS m cm um. MHIMMH mt Tirt-WNTHI w«PtACTKM. IHOETHL •Mipartemoa ml Mb work dim* ftem theyan. aSStssiiTasr v, ft. EOWI, A A. WEftCO, S£E!s a’&sr v:,rt£ aanfty aarwpjj"every atwplag. T+MjSi arjaag zjvz mkkwjmws wtfl send eqf JWffTwrthd SSf&RS?*' The GRAIN. J. H. Sheak, DIALBR IN ♦ 0-K.A.IIsr, Will pay the highest market pride in Cash For all kinds ot Brail TOO WILE. FIND TUB ELEVATOR <»a tbs Central of lowa Ball way Track, Warn High Street, Oakalooaa, lowa. alt GROCERIES. H. Snyder & Sod, -DEALERS IN— GROCERIES Will sell as cheap as any other house in tbe city. If you want a sack of th BEST FLOURt la tbe city, call on us. Everything Fresh. h* H. Snyder Sl Son. MACHINERY. VSRITOtf’S MACHINE WORKS, Oskaloosa, lowa, W. E. VERNON, Prop., —MAitprAcmtsii or— STEAM ENGINES, Prom One to Twelve Horae Power. Machinists’ Supplies, Including Shafting*. Puiieys, Leather and Rub ber Bc-IMng, Steam Fittings, etc., etc., furnished on short notice and at very reasonable rates. JOB WORK of all kinds neatly and quickly done. Call on me before yon buy anything In my line. Shops One Block North of Ex change Block. nlHf W- E- VERNON. PRICE JJtST. Seevers & Neagle’s PRICE LIST. 13 lbs Granulated Sugar 91.00 14 lbs Standard A Sugar 1.00 15 lbs Extra C Sugar. 1.00 30 lbs Good Brown Sugar 1.00 8 lbs Good Green Coffee • 1.00 8 lb* Good Brown Coffee 1.00 1 lb Can Best Full Weight Baking Powder. 25 1 lb Desiccated Cocoanut 30 1 lb Good Young Hyson Tea 30 1 lb Fancy Mixed Tea 50 30 kinds of Canned Goods, per can 10 1 lb Salmon. 15 2 lbs Salmon. 25 Celebrated White Rose Flour, j*er sack. 1.35 30 Bars White Russian Soap 1.00 All Standard Brands Plug Tobac co, per lb 50 Earthenware, 3 gallons for 25 Southwest Corner Pub- lie Square. BLACRSMITHING. Steam Plow Shop. I hare on hand and for sale a large stock of Home Made, Spring, Platform and Lumber Wagons. Also s full line of Farm Tools* As good aa the market affords. Plow and Reaper Re pairing a Specialty. Goode warranted to give aatieiactlon in all case*. Come in and see us and give us a trial. L. COOK A SON. First door north of Burnett ITou In Red Front Building. si* MARBLE WORKS. Qstaloosa Marble forts. F. W. McCall, Dealer Is Mon a moat* Tomb*, Head Btoaes, Seoteh an imarlaiß Granite Monument*, As. 11 09 E A LOOS A, >OW A. DR. J. W. MORGAN, Eye and Ear Phyaiciftn. OBKALOOEft, IOWA. I vapobbatmT M it Ss |ifr 4 C=a Hi : M tI llai 1! 1 |l| i |i f iii Oskaloosa OSKALOOSA, MAHASKA COUNTY, IOWA, THURSDAY. MAY 7, 1885. MEDICAL A SUSP MINING CHANGE. With its broad streets and majestic avenue* adorned with stately buildings, Detroit ia ooe of the moat magnificent cities on this ContinsnL Its new system of electric lighting throws into obscurity all the old methods, and leaves ordinary street lamps where dingy tallow dips used to be. Tbe new-lights are on light lattice work towers, 125 to 150 feet high, shedding a radiance which is like intensified moon lighL The effect of this when the city is covered with its whit* robe of snow, is strangely beautiful. A gentleman recently spent a day or two in Detroit, pushing his researches to some extent in the .Erection of finding out as to the new method of curing rheumatism by means of Ati lophoros, the remedy which in the last year or two has attained such favor aa a victor over this old enemy of the human rac*. Calling on Mr. R. B. Watson, the well-known superintendent of the American District Telegraph Com pany, he founu that gentleman cheerfully ready to say all the pleasant things he could about Athlophoros. “My wife,” said Mr. Watson, “waa suf fering terribly from rheumatism ; her pains were both in joints and muscles. 8o ex cruciating were her agonies when she moved, that sometimes on assuming one position in the morning she would remain in that position all day rather than en dure the torment of being moved. 1 pro cured a bottle of Athlophoros, and the effect on my wife was as surprising as it was gratifying. We had no idea that any medicine could so speedily remove such an obstinate disease. She was soon cured, and the cure was complete. Since that she has had no return of the disorder. We speak freely among our friends of the good work of Athlophoros, and have no hesita tion in saying how highly we esteem it.” Visiting nearly all the leading drug t -ores in the city, it was found that all who had kept Athlophoros had received from their customers marked commendation of its efficacy. One lady had taken six bot tles of it with the result of a complete cure. At Fritelle’s, on Michigan Avenue, one of the clerks had taken it with excellent eflecL This young man, Mr. Cohen, had suffered greatly with rheumatism. Though surrounded by medicines of every description, they did not reach his case. Mr. Cohen tried Athlophoros, and found that it did for him what noth ing else had been able to do. From Detroit to Chicago is but a day’s ride, and in the latter city Athlophoros has also accomplished some wonderful results. In Chicago, at 905 West Twelfth street, lives, Mr. William W. Summers, of the well-known firm of Summers, Mor rison A Co., commission merchants, 174 South Water street. Mr. and Mrs. Hum mers gave substantially the following facts: “When Robbie was taken sick some weeks ago we thought at first that it was only an ordinary cold, but it proved to be something lurch more severe. The pains were those of rheumatism. We wrapped the l>oy in cotton and gave him a number of the remedies such as are generally given. His agony was dreadful. We had to hold him in the bed, hi* agony was so great. We had two physicians, who did not succeed in making him any better. The poor child’s torture was so intense that he asked fora pistol, so that he might nut himself out of the way and thus end liis sufferings When he was at his worst we thought of Katie Gill, who was well known *o ns, and the medicine that had cured her. We sent to Mr. Gill’s to know the name of the medicine and where to get it They happened to have some left in a bottle—Athlophoros the name is—and they kindly sent it to us. It is surely a very strange and powerful medicine, for it stopped the boy’s pain very soon and very effectually. He took but a little of it. for the was only enough for about three doses in the bottle Mr. Gill sent us. This was only a few weeks ago. The boy has had no return of rheu matism. You see him now as hearty and as happy as any other boy.” If you cannot get athlophoros or your drug gist. we will send it expmc; paid, on receipt of n-gular price—one doliu r per Dot tie. We prefer that jou buy It from your druggist, but If be hasn’t it, do not be persuaded to try something else, but order at once from us, as directed Athiopuoros Co., 11l Wall Street, New York. GRANDMOTHER Used herbs in doctoring the family .and her simple remedies P LD CVMB in most oaess. Without the use of herbs, medical science would be powerless; and yet the tendency of the times is to neglect the best of ail remedies for those powerful medicines that seriously in :re the system. MISHLER*S Bi ITERS* is a combination of valuable herbs, care fully compounded from the formula of a regular Physician, who used thia pre scription largely in his private practice with great success. It is tot a drink .but a medicine used by many physicians. O’ It is invaluable for />YSPKPBIA, kidnet and hirr.r. coMt-LAifm, NERrors EXHAVSTHW, WEAK NESS. ts IHUESTIOX. At.; and while cm uz will n«>* hurt the system. Hr. C. J. Rhodes, a well ta own iron man of Bale Harbor, Pa., write?: ■My son vra* emnpletelv i>rr»tr«<eu irj fever and agua Qu'.nine and hark. <lid bun u<> good, I Sen ami for Miahkr*. H. rh Bittmi and in attkovt time tbe buy wae quite well " “B. A. Schell eatragsr. Druggist. TIV •t. Clair Street, Cleveland. 0., writes; “Tour Bitten. I ran aay. and do my, are pre •ersbed by eucneof the oldeetand moat prominent phyttcianein our city " IBHLBR HERB BITTERS CO., 52S Commerce St., Philadelphia. Parker’s Pleasant Worm Syrnp Mevsr Fails iCARURS ■■ittu CURE Sick Headache aad relieve ell the troubles lad dent to a bUioos state of the system, sack aa Dis stnem, TTanin. Drowafateas, Dlatreas after eattaf. Pain hi the Side, Sc. While their moat remarE able auccass has been -hewn In earlug SICK Hcatete,r* veiuabie ta Conetipatfoa, curia* and preeectfn* this aaaortn* complaint, wkUtlher alao correct all disorder* of the atooae*, •ttmnlate the Hr* nod regatet* the Ik** el a, Ire* If they only oared HEAD aeasafettsagsag ACHE ‘"cwtwVutda L»wr pm* •Sw2S - l2Sf r^V^ss*«s?aE , s^*2s; ty<f|l<i wjrTtattrwrttytn CARTER KEDICTHX CO,*«w lark. S6O REWARD SSO or /WjijowmKNjJ"** tom tua *t— M. MARTINSTEIM, Otkalooea, lowa. 4- B CRUZIN OokatoM* lowa. M. BACON A CO. Osfcaioooa, lowa. 4. W OLLER. Ook afoot*. low* STEWART BROS. Otkaloooa, lowa. HOWARO S SON. Otfcaloota, low*. SHAW S LOSING, Otkalooaa, -iaw*. 4. R ROBERTS, Rom NHL low*. IL IKlftl S 3-, BttLRU C TBF COMMON SOLDIER. Nobody cared when be went to war But the woman who cried on his shoulder; Nobody decked him with Immortelles— He was only a common soldier. Nobody parVed in a dainty trunk Folded raiment and officer’s fare; A knapsack held all the new recruit Might own. or love, or wear. Nobody gave him a good-by fete. With sparkling Jest and flower-crowned wine Two or three friends on the sidewalk stood Watching for Jones, the fourth in line. Nobody cared how the battle went With the man who fought till tbe bullet sped Through tbe coat, undecked with leaf or star. On a common 9oldler left lor dead. The cool rain bathed the fevered wound. And the kind clouds wept the livelong night; A pitying lotion Nature gave. Till help might come with tne morning light— Such help as the knife of the surgeon gives. Cleaving tbe gallant arm from shoulder; And another name swells the pension list For the meager pay of a common soldier. What matter how he served the guns When plume and sash were over yonder! What matter though he bore the flag Through blinding smoke and battle thunder? What matter that :i wife and child Cry softly for that arm rent. And wonder why Hint random shot To him, their own beloved, was sent? O patriot hearts wt|ie out this stain! Give )ewelrd cup and sword no more; But let no common soldier blush To own the loyal blue he wore. Shout long and loud for victory won By chief and leader staunch and true; But dual forget the boys that fought— Shout for tne common soldier, too. THE BATTIEOFJENKIN S FERRY. t'rnm the Herald nf November is, isn. The following account of the Battle of “Jenkin’s Ferry,” or, “Saline River,” (where Gen. Samuel A. Rice was killed.) is found in Brick I‘omeroy’s Dtmotrrat of Oct 17,1874, and will be read with interest by every member of the 33d lowa. It forms part of a continued novel, the incidents of which are locat ed in that section during the war called “The White Horse Phautom," written by a Confederate Captain in Walker's Division, engaged in that battle, and is the only rebel description of the battle we ever saw. The truthfulness of it will be recognized by every participant In the tight. He is incorrect iu some particulars. He dt»es not give the negroes credit for capt uring the battery; and says the battery was re-captured by his “Phantom” and troop, which is not true, as we held it until abandoned and thrown aside, when we retreated: [Eds. Herald. * * * * * * On the morning of the 10th of April, the day succeeding the battle of l’leasant Hill, Gen. Walker’s division of Texas Infantry, Gen. Parson’s command of Missouri troops, and a division of Ar kansas troops were withdrawn from the pursuit of the retreating of the Federal army, and sent to reinforce Gen. Price, who had confronted Gen. Steele in Arkansas. Gen. Steele commanded a good force, and, as has been previously mentioned, would have formed a junction with Banks at or near Shreveport, La. But Banks having received a olow at Mans field and Pleasant Hill, a matter, of course Gen. Steele’s field of operation was changed also; and nothing remain ed for him but to get out of the coun try with as great expedition as possible. This be would have done without the interference of a Confederate soldier, and the fofee which was withdrawn from Gen. Taylor, if held and hurled upon Banks’ retreating columns, would have completely destroyed his army. [We mention the particulars of the fc movements of the two armies, because f they have much to do with the regular * chain of our narrative.] t The forces which we have already v mentioned as withdrawn from Gen. fc Taylor’s support after the battle of j Pleasant Hill, loitered a few days be- t tween Mansfield and Shreveport Then i thty resumed their line of march, via s Shreveport, for Arkansas. After pass- a ing through Shreveport about thirty s miles, they indulged in another rest of r two days, and moved forward again. e We soon learned that Gen. Steele had r taken possession of Camden, Ark., und c fortified; that we were to join Gen. y Price and attack the enemy; that he g was short of supplies; that we could r probably cut him off from all resourcs c and capture him without the fire of a v gun. So much for the camp programme, g and information brought through from c reliable sources. There was another \ side to the question, however, ami both t sides must be consulted before any a action could be taken. i Steele had determined that he would a not risk an engagement, voluntarily, a (as the sequel will show,) he would not y tight unless he was lorced, he would i leave the country if permitted to do so, l without Ur ing a gun; liecause it was v not his |toliey to light The campaign i had failed, and to run to Little Rock i uninterrupted was theobvious policy of i the Federal commander. Not that he t was too weak to risk an engagement if i necessary—for that was not the case i but that the incentive to action bad t ceased to exist. There remained noth- t ing to gain by a forward move, but all i to oe lost. i The Confederate army was now in t rapid motion in the direction of Cam- \ den. A few days of forced march, and j the stars and bars were thrown to the i breeze over the streets of that town, on | t lie banks of the Ouachita river. j The bird had flown, or the lion had | leaped from his lair, and eluded the i huntsman’s shaft. i There were no Federal troops in 1 Cauiden. The had left the preceding | night, though tlie place was strongly , fortified. There we formed a junction with Gen. Pr ; ci, and now sat out in i earnest to catch Steele. Our trains i were left. We bad three days’ rations to cook and carry in our knapsacks, and with one blanket we were upon a forced march in pursuit of the enemy. Our skirmishers and light artillery i hung upon the rear with indefatigable perseverance, hoping to bring them to an engagement in the open pine woods, i But Steele was too good a General to come to terms of that kind. He would grapple momentarily with the skirm isuers, and then the lion, shaking the dew from bis mane, would hurl them from him and move rapidly on. Our troops, who were engaged in that pur suit, had all been over the same ground before, and they could see the motives of the Federal commander. A private of common reasoning faculties could un derstand them as well as Gen. Smith, who was now present, and in command of the Confederate forces. About sixty miles southwest of Lit tie Rock, Ark, on the road by Which Gen. Steele was falling back, was sit uated Jenkin’s Ferry, on the Saline river. There was considerable bottom on both sidee of the river. The hill country through which the retreating army had to pass before reaching Saline river was open pine woods. Hence it was evident that Steele would not be forced to an engagement, if he could poesibly avoid it, before reaching the saline bottom. i The retreat and pursuit of the two 1 armies would have equaled the zeal of the fox and the well-trained pack—the one intent upon his escape, and the other sanguine of his prey. Through I the high, open eountry over which thin march was made, the rood and ground for one hundred yards on each side was 1 almost carpeted with higgage, clothing, - etc., of the Federal army. They light . sued op every few hundred yards. 1 They at; ipped tasmselvesfor the march. They left on every rod of their march t some evidence of their determination * to have no interview with Gen. B. Kirby Smith and Ms army until they reached some tenable position; or, tr possible, they would eeoape entirely. > Their pants, overcoats, blankets and knapsacks covered the ground over which they passed, taro in tatters, which spoke in laagusge as loud as the boom of oar cannon on the rear, ‘'Good bye! Wa are gone, but what we leave behind is not for your benefit We could hear the exclamation throughout the ranks, "Would to God we could bring them to bay in tte open eountry. If he reaches Saline bottom, we have nothing to hope for but a bloody battler which was true. Oar laurels, If we wow -nr from that field, were crimsoned with the blood of fifteen hundred of our bravest IjSfour recollection serves as aright, , : ' % - Herald. on the third day of the march, late in the evening, we passed through a beau tiful little village called Princeton—a county seat. We were now entirely out of provisions. There were none, every thing that would sustain life having been swept by the fleeiug army, as a mast of birds of migration, which some times darken the skies. We halted for a few minutes in this quiet, little town, and heard the citisens speaking of the condition of the retreating army. They were stripped of everything except their wearing apparel. They were destitute of provisions, having but parched corn in their haversacks. We heard an old man—a citizen of Prince ton—say that Gen. Steele told him that he was in a close place, but he intended to carry his armv out of that country. Some thought differently. They be lieved that be and his command would be captured. The plan was feasible, but never executed, or Gen. Smith’s army would have won the laurels, bright and bloodless, of which more hereafter. We lay upon the damp ground, one mile east of Princeton, which was twenty-one miles east of Saline river, the point which Gen. Steele seemed so anxious to reach. About two o’clock the following t morning the Confederate army was ] thrown in line, and, from a j»ile of c twenty bushels of coni, (all that was I left by Geu. Steele to a private citizen t of Princeton for the use of his family, f and which had kindly been relinquish- e ed to Gen. Smith’s soldiers,! was issued a by our commissary, an ear of com to I each soldier. We then resumed our march in pursuit of Steele. e It was very dark. Anyry clouds gave t promises of a stormy morning. Soon 1 the lightning-flash dazzled the eye, and c the heavy roll of thunder shook the g ground beneath the fe*-t of wearied l soldiers. Very soon the storm burst ij forth, and such rain, such thunder and e sheets of lightning we seldom seen iu fc life. It grew more terrifle every mo- t ment. The elements were terribly cou- c vulsed. They seemed to groan with a the heavy burden of storms, which had c been gathered from the hemispheres t to pour apon the heads of (bid’s erring children the vial of wrath as an admon- I ition to l*oth armies, to stay their d bloody hands. But we moved on through the flood. ■ About eleven o’clock on the 30th of April, we (Walker's division) reached ] the edge of Saline swamp. Gen. Price fc was in advance with the Missouri e troops,%uid had engaged Steele when 1 we came up. It bad rained all day and \ was still raining. The Saline river had 1 risen in a few hours to overflowing, fc The swamp was covered with wnter, •] and Steele's only alternative was to of- <] fei battle while preparing to cross the y river. It was generally siipjaised, as \ w-e have l»efore intimated, (thesuppoei- a tion was not at all unreasonable) that s Steele would be prevented from cross ing the river by crossing it with our cavalry, under command of Gen. Mariu aduke,’ with a battery or two of light i artillery, and holding the land on the opposite sida The result to the Fed eral army would have been starvation or surrender. This was not effected however. No opposition was offered to the Federals. They were provide*' « with pontoon bridges, and would have " crossed iu a few minutes bad they not L attacked us so vigorously iu the rear. <j Their position was strong—almost iu- g accessible to the Confederate troops c under a heavy fire. On the hill, just before descending to the swamp, the road forxed—the right leading iu the t direction of the river, below the ferry; i the left, or straight-forward road, lead- ( ing to the ferry, and directly to the Federal lines, which were then engag- c ed by Price. Gen. Walker was ordered [ to take the right hand road with two of his brigades—the other brigades of j bis division to move down the straight- . forward road in the direction of the 1 heavy Bring. The object of this move r was to reinforce Price in front, and at j the same time to flank the enemy’s left with Gen. Walker’s two brigades, which bad been sent down the river, and, if 1 possible, to fall in on the rear aud cut t them off from the ferry, if they had y not yet taken iiosscssion of it This strategic move would, in some degree, answer the same purpose as takiug iios session of the opposite bank of the i river at the ferry, so as to movent the enemy from crossing, which plan had . now failed from two causes; first, our cavalry had not been in time to take 1 possession of the ferry and cross before 1 Steele reached it; second, the river had risen so considerably that the cavalry , could not cross at the ford they had in | view above the ferry. Gen. Walker’s flank movement failed also. His road i gave out in the bottom, which had j overflowed, and was in some places . waist deep. His guide, who lived in the neighborhood, bec;une bewildered and lost, the day being very dark, and i in the heavy timber, and under clouds t as dark as Erebus. Walker made three attempts to accomplish his object. All j proved failures. He became entangled I in an impenetrable swamp, briars, 1 brambles aud water, without the least knowledge of the locality, which proved unsurmountablc barriers to his success. There was no time to lie lost. He heard the battle roar and he knew tliat < his presence was needed. The orders , which he received from Geu. Smith were impracticable. He directed his columns to move as rapidly as possible ! to the heavy flring, which be soon reached, and apparently under the guiding influence of Providence, as he threw bis two brigades immediately under his command into line and en gaged them with the enemy, the left j wing of t hese two brigades rested upon ( the right of the other wing of his divis ion, which moved directly to the front from the top of the hill. This remark able occurrence gave Gen. Walker im mediate command of his entire di vision, to which his presence was always of the greatest importance, and especially on the battle Held. * * * The battle was now raging with fury, and yielding, from afertile field of gore, its red harvest of blood! The rain was still falling in Ir regular gusts, and ”ie sky was dark with angry clouds, which darkness was increased by the heavy swamp timber, olvtcuring the faint light shed abroad from the stormy e' menta. Mud and water on the bat 1 le-fl 1 tood frotn shoe-mouth to wa’st *ie» T ’e heavy roar of artillery, unu rn ic of mus ketry, intermingled w. 1 penis of thunder, which shook thee.nUi oeneath our feet, told the citizens of Princeton, twenty one miles away, that the dirge of death was there. The Federal commander had antici pate an attack, believing that he could not much longer escape the sanguine and determined pursuit of the Confed erate army. Entertaining this belief, he chose the ground described on which to receive the attack evidently with great expedition, and formed his lines, taking a position which gave him every posable advantage he could have wish ed. The Federal lines occupied the bank of the bayou to which we have just alluded, upon which our left wing rested, and parallel with which the road ran, from ten to fifty steps leading to the ferry. The bayou was impassable; henoe we were confined to it and had to pass our left wing within a few paces of the Federal line, which was impracticable unless the enemy could be dislodged Further on, immediately in our /root, the also occupied s very strong posi tion, throwing their lines across the road extending down the river, enscons ed in s skirt of heavy timber and be hind large fallen timber, used as s temporary breastwork. They also had the advantage of an old field, through , which the Confederate lines had to - pass to reach them, near the edge of which the enemy had taken their post . tion, as already described, awaiting the t attack i The Confederate lines moved standi . ly forward, the skirmish line about one hundred paces to the front. Our ! skirmishers soon found the enemy's . position, which was indicated by an 1 uninterrupted blaze of fire along their r Unen, the rattle of musketry, then a . deneefog of blue smoke, which obscured s them from the sight or the advancing - columns. It will be remembered that » our lines had met the hostile welcome of a cross fire from the enemy, both » from the front and from the line to k our left, which occupied the beak of a the bayou. The Confederates ware or i, dared to charge, advancing, U the s meantime, a battery down the road, which did good eocaeatlon for a few a minutes; but as the charge order was s unsuccessful, mid the ground very soft, t, slowly and stubbornly across the open space in the old field. We saw eighteen [or our battery horses shot down in a group. Our brave and noble artiller ists were completely run over by the enemy. Our infantry was not fairly retreating; they had only wavered un der the destructive tire, none more de structive than which is recorded on the bloody pages of the history of our country. * The Phantom went down upon the enemy, sword in baud, like the eagle’s swosp to grapple wi*h his talons an easy prey. They were supported by the iman‘-y, and the Federal lißee were swept back to their original position in the edge of the timber, (which has already been de scribed.) The battery was rescued and the brave men who manned it. The Fedemls did not fall back stubbornly, and when they reached their base liue, the Confederates still bore them com pany. The struggle, hand to hand, was a ueroeness indescribable The Feder al reserve was brought up. The sever ity of the conflict increased, as terribly as the flood of burning lava belched from a red-mouthed crater, and sweep ing from the mouutam top, with the rapidity ol thought, all animal fife to a speedy dissolution. The severity of the conflict was too great for duration. Nothing but the charge that was made could have effected anything. The re lative position of the two armies gave the Federals an advantage which, in a few minutes, would have consummat ed the destruction of the Confederate army, had the charge failed of success. It succeeded, however, and we will venture the assertion that the Confed erate infantry accorded to the Phantom heartfelt thanks (mentally, if not oral lyj for the importance and grand suc cess of that charge. The combatants soon disengaged themselves, as it were, by mutual consent, and before Gen. Smith aud his gallant officers could comprehend the object of Gen. Steele, he had crossed the river and taken up the bridge. They had effected their es cape. Further pursuit was impractic able, as the Confederates could not cross the river, having no portable pon toon bridges. Thus ended the battle of Jeukin’s Ferry, on the Saline river, on the 30th day of April, A. D., IBt>4. We have never seen the official re port of our loss, but it was very heavy. So was that of the Federal army. Gen. Walker lost of his Texas division heavily. lie had three brigadier Gen erals on the field to whip-Generals ltandol, Scurry and Waud. Generals Wmd ami Scurry were killed. Gen. ltandol had two horses killed under him and received two severe wounds. Tims, of three brigadier Generals in one division, which were ail that were present, two were killed and one wounded, which will afford the reader a criterion by which to judge of the severity of the unfortunate battle. THE BATTLE As seen by Major John F. Lacey, tiikn on Gen. Rice’s Staff — A Graphic Description. Editor Herald —You ask me to give you my recollections of the battle of Jenkin’s Ferry. Recollections grow dim after twenty-one years, so you should make allowance for the frailty of human memory. On the 23d of March, 1864, Gen. F. Steele with an army of about 12,000 men left Little Rock to cooperate with Geu. Banks, in a campaign against the confederate army occupying the Shrev eport region. Banks was defeated on Red River before the two Union armies had ef fected a junction, and Steele after a number of engagements of minor im portance occupied Camden. Camden was surrounded with very strong fort ifications, but no attempt was made by the Confederates to hold it After their hard marching Steele’s army re mained about ten days at Camden, en joying a much needed rest, aud await ing advices from Banks. Gen. Drake was sent to Pine Bluffs for supplies, but was attacked by a large force ot cavalry, and after a gal lui.t struggle his brigade was CUT TO riECES AND CAPTURED. The cannonading was distinctly heard by Gen. Steele's army at Camden, and we all felt that the sound of this artil lery was the death knell of Drake’s brave brigade.* Night came, and with it the confirm ation of our worst fears, and at the same time a communication was re ceived from Banks announcing that his army had been defeated and was in full retreat. Nothing was left for Steele but to fall back ui*on Little Rock. On the night of the 26th of April all our regimental bands beat the tattoo as usual, but at the sound of “taps" the line of march was taken up noiseless ly, and our army crossed the Washita. Daylight revealed to the enemy in our front that we were gone. Kirby Smith, WITH HIS ENTIRE ARMY, bad abandoned the pursuit of Banks and sought to crush Steele's army by combining the entire rebel force against him, leaving only a small force of cavalry to follow up and harass Banks in his retreat But Steele did not know that he had anything to con tend with except the forces that had been harassing his movements from the beginning. Our forces were prac tically out of food, but fortunately had a good supply of coffee. The march was slow, owing to the starved condition of our teams. Gen. Smith built a bridge of boat gunnels, and started in hot pursuit, sanguine that he would capture Steele’s army. On the evening of the 29th of April our rear guard was attacked in force. At Princeton Steele changed his route and executed a tlank movement to Jenkin’s Ferry in order to put the Stt line between him and the enemy. This wisely concerted movement saved Ids army, for had a battle been fought in the open field the great disparity of numbers would have resulted in a com plete confederate victory. As it w.rs, night came on and found Col. Engle man’s Brigade holding the hills com manding the Saline bottom with the enemy close upon him. Had the wea ther remained our forces would all BAYS CROSSED IN TUB NIGHT, and the sanguinary battle of Jenkiu’s Ferry would have been avoided. But a storm came on, and the rain poured down in torrents all night. The | 33d lowa, of Rice’s Brigade, reenforced Engleman, and the oombatants stood on their arms awaiting the battle that was surely to be ushered in by the break of day. At two o’clock in the morning Gen. Strele sent for Gen. Rice to meet him at the log cabin of the widow Jenkins. Said Starts: “The enemy will attack as In force at daylight and I look to you, Gem Rica, to hold them in check until the remainder of the army can get across on the pontoon." This Rice frankly promised to da The rain still pound down, and drenched, hungry and weary we awaited the approach of day. Biee recalled the Sid lowa of his brigade and formed a Una behind a field full of deadened trees, and Engle-! man brought back bis brigade after a slight skirmish and formed it behind this line and kindled hie fires to make But at 5:48 a. m. the made an attack upon Rise's line. o«r position had been chosen with gnat sagacity. On the right was a mm rojunr, through which Thefts Creek ran swoll- ESTABLISHED 1850- en with the rain. On the left was a swamp that was impassable, and if there were but men enough to fill up this space our army could not be con quered except by being overwhelmed by a direct attack in front Steele commanded the army; Salo mon commanded the Third Division; but Kice was in immediate command of the line of battle. Regiment after regiment was sent to re-enforce him, and as these re-enforcements were placed in line as Rice deemed best, the result was that the immediate control of the Union forces was under his di rection, ami they could not have been under a cooler and a braver head. Gen. Fagan with his Arkansas troo|*s attacked us first, and for an hour and a half the battle raged with incessant fury. Once a small party of the enemy crossed i'exie (’reek to flank our right. The remains of McLean’s Brigade crossed and repulsed them, and no further attempt to turn our right flank was made. The euemy now fell back AND ONLY LIGHT FIKINO was heard all along the line. At half past seven the storm again broke upon the centre and left. This time Parsons with his fierce Missouri ans led the attack. The left flank was once partly turn ed, hut Col. Hays with the 12th Kansas appeared with his tine regiment just in the nick of time, llisapproach through the woods was not seen by our men. He saw’ the left flank melting away to the rear, and he encouraged his ;aen to cheer as they came up. The left flank promptly rallied at the encouraging cheer of the Kansas men. and came hack again into line. A company of the 141 h Kansas cavalry under Capt. Campbell also kept the left flank pro tected. As Col. Hays now came up into line a few of the enemy’s forces were cut off and captured, and from them we first learned that Kirby Smith’s whole army was upon ns. The second attack* lasted about an hour and a half, when the enemy was again repulsed with great slaughter. A battery of three guns was brought up on our right, ami for the first time the sound of cannon w’as added to the roar of musketry. Vaughn’s Hattery in our rear fired a fe w rounds over the heads of our line to encourage the infantry. The enemy cheered their artillery, but their joy was of short duration. Col. Benton with the 29th lowa, and Col. Crawford with the 2d Kansas colored infantry. PROMPTLY CHARGED THE BATTERY and brought it into the Union lines. We had not seen the colored troops under lire before, and their impetuous charge won for them the respect alike of both friends and foes. Again the enemy fell back, and a skirmish tire alone was kept up. With the cessation of firing Rice was ordered to withdraw his line nearer the river. lie said that to obey the order liter ally would prove ruinous, but that he would charge the enemy first and fall back afterward, and thus retire in his own way and with greater safety. We had but two lines reaching from Texie Creek to the swamp. Saloman's body guard and a small focre of cav alry constantly carried boxes of am munition up to the rear line, and the troops filled their boxes and pockets. The first line, when out of cartridges, would lie down and the rear line ad vance and take their places. Thus the two lines of regiments would relieve each other. As the lines had just relieved each other in this manner the last attack was made. This time fresh Texas troops under Gen. Walker led the as sault. The left and centre were again the object of attack. Obedience to the order to retire was impossible, and Gen. Rice did not communicate it to his command. This last charge was made on the centre and left. RICE WAS SHOT THROUGH THE FOOT early in this attack and was taken to the rear. Col. E. C. Soloman then took command and the line remained its firm as a rock. Knee deep in mud and water, hungry, tired, defiant, and des perate, our line stood, opposing the ad vance of the enemy with a line of steel and tire. The sound of musketry was heard at Pine Bluffs, twenty-five miles away. For an hour the roar was incessant, and the swamp was red with blood and covered with the slain. Our line could not be turned, and the enemy now gave up all hope of crushing it from the front and fell back in full retreat to the bluff. Our troops were now recalled and crossed the river unmolested. Parties of surgeons and nurses were left in the Held to take care of the wounded, and soon after the enemy sent in a Hag of truce to enquire after their wounded. They found that the Held was deserted and quietly advanced and occupied the line that had cost them so dearly. About four thousand Union troops had the honor of holding this line and saving Arkansas to the cause of the Union. The cavalry and most of the artillery had CROSSED IN TIIE NIOHT. Our position was now destroyed and the Saline became an impossible bar rier to further pursuit. Over seven hundred men were killed or wounded on our side. The enemy’s loss was probably three times as much. Their troops were massed in force for a mile deep, and the balls from our muskets which often overshot the front ranks played sad havoc with the troops in re serve, who could do nothing but He still and endure this fire. The great rapidity with which our men were supplied with fresh ammunition en abled them to fire as fast as they could load, and the deadly effect upon the unseen masses of the enemy in the woods was not understood until after the battle had been fought. Gen. Waul and Gen. Scurry were among the killed on the Confederate side. The Ist and 2d Kansas Colored Inft, a part of the Ist Arkansas, and a com pany of the 14tb Kansas Cavalry took part in the battle. The 29th lowa, 33d lowa, 40th lowa, 27th Wisconsin, 50th Indiana, 9th Wisconsin, and a small detachment of convalescents of Mc- Lean’s Brigade, consisting of 36th lowa, 43d Indiana, and 77th Ohio made up the force upon our aide. Never was an army in greater peril. Never was an army saved by more heroic endur ance and resolute bravery. The as- I Baulks were brave and impetuous, and I the reaistanoe was RESOLUTE AJKD STUBBORN. The pull of smoke mingled with drizxing min, the dark forest and the j gloomy swamps, the constant roar of musketry,the repeated assault of fresh tsoops, the position of our men, knee deep in mod with a rising torrent in their rear, all combined to flhkn them realise their jwgerst i situation; aid •very sun seemed to feel that our line could not be broken without ruin to all, and that not a gap must be made in it except by death. But that line held firm and the Army of Arkansas was saved. Gen. Kirby Smith was compelled to retire again to the southwest, and what to us was a struggle for life resulted in all the ad vantages of a victory. Without de tracting from the glory of the other commanders, wi may properly say that to Gen. S. A. Rice more than to any one else was due the result of this day. A victory was dearly won that cost the nation a life as noble as his. John F. Lacey. ♦An account of the affair, by Major Hamilton, of the 38th lowa, is pub lished in connection herewith. Twenty-oae Ymh Ago. (Jttumun Courier, A/rrU 2j W 6 received to-day a letter from Hen ry Slagle, of Drakevillc, lowa, who was OniJerly Sergeant, of Company E, 3t>tli lowa infantry, in which be called our attention to the fact that twenty one years this, the2sth inst M was fought the battle of Mark’s Mill, Ark , in which a large part of the 30th lowa was captured. Sergeant Slagle, in his letter, urges us to write some reminis cences that engagement. To do justice to that (>ortioti of the 30th low t’s 'ms tory would require more space than cau be given in such an article as we have time to write and have published to-day. We will, therefore, refer to it oulv historically. It was the one disaster that befell the 30th lowa during its three years’ serv ice, and was attributable to no possible fault of the regiment. General Bank’s ex{>edition up the Red river, in which he confronted Gen. Kirby Smith’s forces, and Gen. Steele’s move from Little koek on Camden, Ark., at the head of navigation on the Ouchita river, in which he confronted Gen. Price, were part of the same general plan. Gen. Steele reached and capt ured Camdea, the expedition having l»een entirely successful up to that time. Gen. Ranks, however, was disastrous ly beaten and driven back, and as there was, say three hundred miles of coun try between the operations of the ai mies, which was in |*ossessi<»n of the enemy and across which there was neither railroad nor telegraphic com munication. the disaster had fallen Banks fully a week before Steele knew of it. The route by which such news readied him was from the Mississippi, up White river. Ark., by steamer to Duvall’s Bluff, thence to Little Rock, by rail, and from thence across the country on horseback. The fact was that when Sfeele learned of Rank’s defeat ;i* large por tion of Kirby Smith’s forces were well under way to join Price and the com bined forces to fall upon and crush the army of,say 12,000 men, under Steele. This was the situation when Gen. Steele awakened to the dilemma in which he was placed. There hail a week before a supply train of some two hundred wagons reached us from our base of supplies and these empty wagons and others gathered up must l>e star let l on ahead of the army’s retreat, which was inevitable, made so by the failure of Banks. About three o’clock on the afternoon of the 22d of April the 38th lowa, the 43d Indiana, the 7?tli Ohio, a company of the Ist Indiana Cavalry and two sections of Missouri Light Artillery moved out of Camden, across the Ouchita river, and encami»ed upon the other side for the night. The train which they were to convoy comprised alKiut 240 wagons. We fully believe that Gen. Steele had in mind that he must probably sacrifice our command to escape. We could give the very best of reasons for this, but it would extend this article too much. On the morning of the ?3d the brig ade got under way very early and made eighteen miles by* a little before sun down. As the command was going in to camp that evening cannonading was distinctly heard in the direction of Camden. We remember of visiting at once the tent of Gen. F. M. Drake, who was in command of the brigade, and holding a conversation in which it was stated that the firing w s probably a feint on Camden to cover an attack upon us. So we surmised at that time and so we now fully believe was the fact. The forces of Kirby Smith had not yet reached Price in sufficient force to risk a general attack on Steele. The firing on Cainden only lasted a half hour or so. The next day, owing to the rain, the roads were heavier and the command progressed slowly and encamped at uight on the Moro river bottom. The road through this bot tom was corduroyed for along distance and the ground so swamapy that the road must be kept to prevent miring down. Hence when we moved out early on the morning of the 25th we had a slow, tedious time getting arcoss the bottom upon the high ground where the battle took place. At break of day a squad of cavalry was sent for ward several miles on a scout to recon noitre and find theenemy, if any. They returned reporting the road all clear. The fact was that Gen. Fagan, with from four to five thousand cavalry and mounted infantry were secreted in the woods and heavy underbrush through which the road ran and about two miles from the Moro river. The liebels let the scouting cavalry pass by and re turn without interruption or getting a sight of the secreted forces. This rebel force had crossed the Ouchita, about forty miles below Camden and ad vanced by another road, which made a junction with the road upon which we had marched, mar the battle ground, and from thence the two roads iti one. eight miles further on, crossed the Saline river at a common ferry. Into this ambush prepared by the enemy about« o'clock on the morning of the 25th, the 43d Indiana, the 36th lowa, one section of the battery, ami the cavalry, a force of from 7u) to BUi> men, marched and were attacked, and after a little over two hours very warm work completely hemmed in, such part of the Union force as had not escaped surrounded. Twenty minutes after the fight opened, develqped the fact that the force agaiust us was greatly in excess of ours, and our chances exceedingly slim for a victory. Gen. Drake was severely wounded very soon the battle opened, and each command thereafter from the necessity of the case fought upon its own hook, the ranking officer lieing Major Norris, of the 43d I ml. It was a brave and stul»- born contest on the part of the Union hoys and by far the bloodiest battle the 3*>th was ever engaged, in our regi ments’ casualties numbering about one tbird of all those engaged. While the battle was progressing our small force was outflanked in the woods so that we were completely surrounded at the close, by a force, at least, five to one of onrs. The 77tli Ohio and one section of the Imttery, which was in the rec.r of the long wagon, train did not reach the scene of action, hut ali of these commands who did not escape were captured in detail. As prisoners, we started about 5 p. M., of the 25th and were marched all night, all next day and until midnight of the 2«t:h. with only short stops for rest and without food, crossing the Ouchita at Morrow landing. That was a hurned and ter rible march and poor Thos. Hale, Capt. of Co. “D,” from exhaustion, died sud denly,'in the arms of a comrade. The interesting incidents of that battle and immediately following it, would make an article longer than this. Our mind reverts always with pain to this terrible ordeal of the 38th lowa and the gallant fellows who met their death there. There it was that John Harness, lately County liecorder, got that cruelly deformed of his. We h ive never been able to feel other wise than that we were cruelly and needlessly sacrificed, unless it was an absolute necessity to save the balance of Steele’s army. Following events connected with Steele’s retreat show pretty clearly that If Fagan’s force, comprising the greater portion of Price’s cavalry, haa not been engaged with us and so been able to get in front of Steele’s retreating army and partic ipated in the battle of Jenkens Ferry that Union victory might have been turned into a rout. Bm«kt Hon* In • Wiif**. Louisvuxe, Ky.—Mr. J. Helm us. Vice Presideut of the City Brewery, was brought home in a wagon, carried up stairs by two of his men and laid on the bed. He was suffering with a severe attack of rheumatism contracted in the loe vaults of the brewery. He refused to ha j a doctor, but dw patched a servant for a bottle of St J aeobe Oil. with the result that in one week he was entirely cured and able to return to his desk. Judge Labour, of Des Moines, has brought suit against Polk county to re cover SU; >3d.30 due city from the thecouniy on account of fines, fees, etc., collected by the latter and retained, that should have been tui no;! over to the city. Itch. Prauus Maw* akd SdnATcas of every kind cured in 10 minutes by Wool ford's v*nstory Ixitton. Use no other. This never fulls. Sold W. W