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M Pledged but to Truth,to Libert y and taw f Wo Favors Win ut arid tip Fear Shall Awe." VOL. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, JFEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1889. NO 2. i V- tSBUMID KVttT Wn»B«D4T >T ^..V-AW 8LYEE, ; ,r m fcOtTOH ASD PKOPRIttiM, |v Oftm in Bishop's Block, " Tk £ '"SfOWOM** JPIHWT TBRM4 or SUBVjmPTUm^ Tear (la Airvaane) • Paid within Three Monti •Subscriptions wwefvedi to* i ia the same proportion. V Bates of Advertising. We MMflMt liberal rates far advertising % the PuAfiruRALnK, and endeavor to stete / -|io m so plainly tbat thev will bo readily un. §r stood. Thejr are *a follows: k\ gaahone year » •% * BOO Sinches one ?«ar . JpV v, - f»OP Jty"- 11aehesone year - * * v» 'V % J»o» ^ -U Column one year « . , • 1000 jtf Column one year- - * • - - «noo *$?['• ' Column one year - - • - - WO 00 One inch moans the measurement of one •* -inch down the column,trtnsrtecolumn width. Tearly advertisers, at the above rates, have K V,|h« privilege of changing as often as they ,2 ? Choose, without extra charge. 1"* Regular advertisers (meaning those having , f landing cards) will be entitled to insertion '• +f tocal notices at the rate of 5 cents per line '. •4aeh week. All others will be charged 10 •\" ients per' ine the first week, and 5 cents per Sine for each subsequent week. ' Transient advertisements wHI be charged At the rate of 10 cents pc line, (nonpareil > ':»liype, same as this is set in) the first issue, and ".vSjl cents per line for subsequent issues. Th'is, inch advertisement will cost §1.00 for one, , , • - -week, $1.50 for two weeks, 12.00 for three ' • .greeks, and so on. & Tne PLA.moKAi.BR will be liberal in giving . idifcorial notices, but, as a business rule, It '"••'"'Iritl require a suitable fee from everybody feeklng the use of its columns for pecuniary -V'."1 *»«»• ll,,.,',,, , ' , S BUSINESS CARDS. a H. FEGERS, If. D- -YSIOIAN LKD StrnaSOH, McHsary, [lla. OSce at Residence. O. J. HOWARD, M. D. *»R"3KHA/K AND SCRGBOW, mCflenrf, 1 III. Ofllce at Residence, one door West j»f M. K. Church. $ frt? V wtf. OIBOR^S, it. n. rHYHIOlAK AWO auaaKO.I. oace at Residence, West McHenry, III. U&Us propp.ty attended to day an1 nlarhu BAR&IAM BROS. EGAR Manufacturers, McHenry, tit I^IGA \J de taKelt Souse. Or­ ders solicited. Shop, ID Old McHenry, iwe Kelter Block, third door west of Rivers! Livery Stable* , , 1. WIGHT*AK, Proprietor. First class rigs, with or without drivers Jurnished at reasonable rates. Teaming of •*U kiade <ioa« on short notice. NEAR THE DEPOT* ITE8T KoHENBY, ILL Reeve epen for the aeeommodatten of the' fubh™a rtrst-Class Silon and Restaurant, -Where he will at all times keep the Met >2 ' brands of Wines, Llauors and Cigars ' . j . ' t o be found in the market. %&'•> * ' Aleo Agent for ST? '.t" fRANZ PALH?I» MILWAUKSE LAGER BIER. Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al­ ways on hand, cheaper than any other, quali­ ty considered. % Orders by mail promptly attended to. 0OOD UTABUlfU tOR HOSSm. ® iroritwiiiM ut. , <? - Robert Sohiessle. I? West McHenry, IlL »• * W ' : M - i V: I IM: yX- SALOON M RISTADR4NT. |NoHENRYf ILLINOIS. Ke&tu&y Liquors, ; Preach Bitters, ItcHe&ry Lager Beer, --AND -- BUSINESS CARDS. PAiir, nnnwv A TTOttNRY AT A W. IT. S. Rxprete Oo.'e t\ Building, fl7an.i SI Washington St. • CHICAGO, II.L. M. F. Rlsf'SWORTH, i •TO4S1ST at T.aw, and Solicitor n L eery, Kunda, III. ASA W SMITH, TTQRKRY AT LAW and Soltoitor in lb Chancery.--Woodstock,III. •Wr ----•waiiffh^a J03LYW A C4SST. A TTOtlVKTS AT LAW, Woodstock III. XTL All business will rcceive prompt atten­ tion. CH Jbmet D. T HmU ty. BA.RSRH it SMtLRT, . ATlPOltHEYS, Piodcltor* and Counselors. Collections a specialty. WOODSTOCK, lLMVOTS. V. S. LUMLEY. ATTORNEY AT LAW, a«l s»itettor la Chanuerr, WOODSTOCK, ILL. OMce tn Park House, first floor. A. M. CHURCH, Watchmaker aud Jeweler NO. One HundredTwenty-Five State St Chi­cago, til. Special attention given to re­ pairing Fine watches and Chronometers. •STA Full Assortment of Goods in his line Unitel States War Claim Apcj OF WM. H- COWLIN, Woodstock, - - lllioios. Prosecutes all classss tm# Hinds of claims against the United States tor ex-Soldiers, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is made in prosecuting old and rejected claims. All communications promptly answered If Postage Stamps are enclosed for reDiv. WM, H. COWLIN Office at Uesldeneei Madison St., Woodetocjc* Illinois. Attention Horsemen! MOHKNRT, IIX., April 1st, 1838, I would resneotfully invito the Public to call and examine m 7 stock of Horses before makloirarrangements elsewhere. No bust. s8H4««9MS«adl|, COLBY KamtY tub E. R. AUSTIN, Livery, Boarding anA Sale Stalk At Parker House Bam* FIRST CLASS RIGS, with or without Drivers, Furnished at Reasonable Hate*, fin* and Har.ks run and fr in all Trains.-- Orders for Baggage Promptly intenued te» West McHenry, III. Quintette Orchestra, McHENRY ILL. Are prepared! to furnish First Clans Muric to the Dancing Public at Reasonable Rates. J, Smith, 1st Violin. Robt. Madden. Clarionet, C. Curtis, Comet. L, Oven, Trombone, K. Ingalls, Basso and Prompter, Address all communications to Jerry Smith, MoHenry. SI for 13 Weeks. The POLIOS GAZETTE will be mailed, securely wrapped, to any address In the United Staves for three months on receipt of ONE DOLLAR. Liberal disoount allowed to poetmasters agents and clubs. Sample copies mailed froe Address all orders to HICHABD X. FOX, FBANKLIM SQUAB*, NQW XjM* $J. Mlitz Ijlvaiiiee ittle Beer, la say quantity from a Saitz Glass to 1C0 barrels. AT WHOLESALE OE RETAIL , Beer in bottles, kegs or ran as f I cheap as the cheapest. / jV ' , We buy aoae bat the best and sell at Beasoaable Prices. £\* - Call and see me and I will use joawell. a c ANTONY ENQELN. ATTENTION! I Farmers and Dairyman. It will pay those looktDg for CHOICE COWS \ fresh milkers or springers, to call at *• premises before purchasing. I cap furnish such by the oar load or single cow. PORTER H. WOLFRUM, OHBXUHO. farm about flsar miles northwest of Harvard, JOHN P. SMITH, Watohmiiilcei* A Jeweler, McHENRY. ILLINOIS. A TINE stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew-elry always on hand. Special attention given to repairing fine watohes. Give me a call. * JOHN P. SMITH. ANDREWS* GENERAL 1 SPRING GROVE ILL. Sales ot Stock, Farming Tools and Goods of all kinds attended to on the most SEASONABLE TX8XS. C. C. Andrews, Spring Grove, 111 Spring Jrore, Sept Sth. 1885. 11-ll-lm M SDCOS STOFFK. . . fcr j PNonix of Brooklyn. *""" H National sfHartfML rira. I<if'itntnt anl T»rnaio Insurance plaeed earn r and with dMpatnh In either of above companies. Policies corrected, changes and transfers made. Call on or address Shnon g$i}|eL Weat IfnHeary, filings. WAVERLY HOUSE, WM. H. ROT.VOPU, Prop., WOODSTOCK, - - - ILL. «fJL Sl^iFFBU for- !i _ riar, - LIGHTNING, Aai Aeeidental7 Xnahr&nee. ' Also lowa.JMinnesota, Nebraska, Alabtma, and California Lands. Call on or address WM. ST0FF8|„ Mcrienry, lit. McHSNttY HOUSE, McIlenry,Illinoi«i. JOHN THELEN, Proprietor. -:o:~ Sample Room on First Flotr. NEW YOUK HOUSE. 239 tc 243 E. liandol^h St, Between Franklin and * :• Market Streets, \ CHICAGO. Bett Aceommodafion to Traveler* and Boarders. E. G. K0EPPE, Prop. fl.MPER DAY, GOOD SAMPLE ROOM. A firX-cla** Haute. 7he Boy Alt Slop There, THE Culver House. RICHMOND, ILL. Good Livery, ' Good Sample Room, FREE BUS'TO AND FROM ALL TRAINS FOR PATRONS OM THE HOUSE: I run a line of carriaffes to Twin from 1 ichmond, tliree-f.»urthsofamilenenrcr than any other TOVI, and more level and pleasant bv fur. If yon intend aroinpr »••> Twin Lake*, stop st Richmond and inquire for CULVERS BUS Iti»alwr.vs there, rain or' shine, uound trip prices as usunt. C. N . CULVER. Prop . T-^Mm FI®H> fMactioal Painter AND DECOKATEB, - v HEBRON, ILL. Iff ~ Oaer ating, Paper-Hanfling, CALGIMININQI DRAINING. OOM« short notice and satisfaction guartt- teed. Oall on or address, 11. visa. I Paap Bifiiiiog,: CEMENTING, „ ETC. The undersigned ia prepared to do all lefbs in the line of Digging Wells, Repairing Pumps, Cementing Wells, or - V-iU^ut tn - ITsw Pumps On short notice and warrant satisfaction. In short will do all work in this line. Can furnish you a new Pump, either wood or iron, warranted, as cheap as ( any other man. Oood references furnished if desired. If you want a Well Dug, a Pump Repaired era new Pump, give me a call. earOrders by mail promptly attended to. Pest tfliii, Jonnsburgh, III. L. BANTES. Johnsburgh, 111., May astfe, 1MB, -BBVEDBR4 OP- MORGAN HORSES. Short Horn, - , B«d Poll̂ Aagus, Aad Jersey Cattlfc Billside West MoHenry, III. Our Morgan Stock is al! pure bred, and originated from the best Morgan sto sk in the United States. Old aifford Morgan, who stands at the head >f our Stock, is one of the best bred Morgan Horses in the country, and can show more and 'letter all purpose colts than any other horse In the West. We invite the Inspection M our stock by horsemen and all lovers ot fine animals. A few fall blood Morgan Colts and young torses for sale. Also one matched team, fall ••loot! . in Cittle we hare the full blood Short Hon* *lnch we are crossing with the Red Polled Angus and therefore instead of sawing off the nerns «e are breeding them off and with teori success. A few Heifers and Bulla, both pure tired •ibort Horns and the oross above mentioned for sale. J. W Saylor A Sons. ril.. Keh, 27th, WW. ,f % i rtfWl and opitosiie the Sluamboac I>an tlnjr, has been newly renovated and painted. Inside and out. and is now pro pared to accommodate the traveling public, or- lioarders, by dav or week, on 1 he most reasonable terms, and gnu ran tee to give satisfaction. The pntiile |« («. tltwl to give me A call, ? ROOD SUBLIHS FOR HORSES LUA1N ,S3ut tomers. J. W. BANSTKAD, Bocdsa Blk, Elgin, 1U. V a A. R. Directory, ^ HUBintT PORT HO. 643l ^ Meets the Pint Saturday evening or CMk month. L. F.. B8NNRTT, Com. WOODSTOCK FORT, ITO 108. Mfeets A ret and third Monday erenlnga of reach month. W. H, MOKROR, CJom. 1TDNDA POST, VO 998, Meets the second and fourth iTneeday evenings of each month. M F. ETX8WORTH. Com. RA*TAS1> POST, WO 9BS. Meets the second ana tonrtn Monday eren ingeet each month. O. W. OMTHA.HK, Com. MAKBHOO POST, NO. 169, Meet* every Second aad fourth Friday evenings of each month. E. K Hoaais, Com. WA UCOKDA.FOST,*NO. 368. Post meets every second and fourth Satur­ day evening In Q. A. R. Hatt, Main St. ABTHtmOooKB, Com, ™« CHICAGO *•» RAILWAY. Poflotr&tes tho Cente*a 4>fq • Population In Dakota, pini'iS Tts train service is carefully arranged to meet rct[uir<-r,-,o.nts«ii !o«ai travel, as well as to furnish the mot"; attra-.tlvti routes for through travel between lmpojctant Trad© Its equipment of day and parlor cars, die. ingand place sleeping cars is without rival. Its road-bed is perfection, of stone ballast­ ed steel. The Northwestern is the flivorlte route for the commercial tiaveler, the tourist ami the seekers after new homes In the golden Northwest. Detailed information cheerfully furnished bT IERKARO BUSS. Agont* MoHenry, HI- /. AT. WHITMAN, CfM. Manager. ' •'% a,< C. WICKER, Traffic Mattagtr, 'm P W1LWN, Pwmoer AvemL S L. W. NICHOLS, JR., 0ain WAJC^M. 1 JEWELER AND EN&RAVIR, RICHMOND ILLINOIS. Ail work in mv line neatly and promptly done. Pise watch repairing a specialty. FOf\ ^onsump It has -permanently cured TITOTTSANDS of cases pronouncea by doctors hope­ less. If you have premonitory symp­ toms, such as Cough, Difficulty of Breathing, Ac., don't delay, but use PISO'S CURE FOB CONSUMPTION immediately. By Druggists. 25 cents. s W AJ> TKI) 1 To canvass for the sale of Nursery Stock Steady employment guaranteed. Salary and sea paid. Apply at once stating age. to this paper. SHELL * HOWL AND. Rochester, w. T. ex pen Refer s W A N T E D ! AL E S ME N to canvass for the s»le of Nursery stock full line of leading specialties, SALARY AND EXPENSES paid to successfu l men. No experience neoeteary. Write for terms stating age. {MeniUmtM*paper ) Q. L BwtWnf ."•SBEttlV SOL DUBS' B1PABTKHT. Edited by WM. H. COWLIN* ----WOODSTOCK, ILL. " 7b care for Mm tcho has borne Me battle, < for hi* icitiou! and orphan*."--LINCOLN, " Friendship,\Charity,ltM)/aUif-- Worthy mrvt of Patriotl FYtiher*." m Along the Skirmish Line. The first Post o| the G. A. R. WM Or­ ganized in Decatur, 111., 1866. Iowa's latest report Bhows 403 Posts land 18,981 members in good standing. There are nearly fifty encampments of the Union Veteran Legion located in different parts of the country. Harvard Post, No. 215, mustered five recruit*) July 8, and received seven appli­ cations for membership the same even­ ing- Camp No. 92, at a meeting held June 4, donated several boxes of bedding to the families of comrades at Johnstown, Pa. G. A. R. Posts are prompt in sending practical relief to the sufferers by the igreat disaster at Johnstown. A. B. Forest Camp No. 3, Confederate Veterans of Chattanooga, Tenn., were among the earlie«t to send $100 for the ^Johnstown relief funds. Mrs. Ogle, the heroine telegraph ojieratorat Johnstown, was a soldier's widow and with a daughter, who was her assistant, was lost. She remained at her post until the end. Her la test dispatch was: "This is my last message." Marcdlus Pope, Secretary Noble's new Private Secretary, is a son of Gen. John Pope, of St. Louis. He is a young attor­ ney who was, recently graduated from Harvard University, and is a personal fmed ®f Gen. Noble. . If the Milwaukee roads were wise in their self-interest they would adopt a one-cent rate without delay. The in­ creased travel will make it much more profitable to them than a higher rate. Emory Fisher Post, No. 30, is the local Post at Johnstown, Pa. Don't forget them, comrades. It is sad to read that one widow recognized the body of her lost husband by the honorable scars of war upon his body. The reception tendered Comrade Jamas Tanner, Commissioner of Pensions, at the Grand Pacific recently was attended by at least 500 opmrades, their wives and friends. Comrade Tanner was accompanied by his two daughters, Misses Ada and Nettie, the former being the "Corporal's private secretary. The reception was a very enjoyable affair. Benj F. Butler and Admiral Porter have been having another controversy as to who fought and who ran away. It is said that Butler never drinks malt liquors. Porter is too stong for him, anyway. There's a row down stairs in the kitchen; A sound of disturbing the peace; The butler and porter are fighting-- Will somebody call the police? Last week Mrs. Louis Canby, widow of the General, died at Indianapolis. She was a woman of singularly lovable nature. During the Mexican war, when her husband was a Lieutenant, she be­ came known as the "Yankee Angel," from her devotion to the sick. It was a common thing for her at that time to travel 50 miles in a day between two hospitals to minister to the wants of the dying soldiers. Report of certificates issued during week ending July 6, 1889; Original, 1,014; increase, 347; reissue, 339; res­ toration, 30; duplicate, 10; accrued, 50; arrears, 1; order April 3, 1884. 0; act of Aug. 4, 1886, 2; supplemental, 20; ar­ rears June 7,1888, 5; Mexican war, 33; total, 1,842. The Department of Kausas at the re­ cent annual encampment permanently located the Department headquarters at Topeka. The rooms to be used by the headquarters are furnished by the citi­ zens of Topeka free of charge. It is expected that the State house will be completed in about two years, when a suite of rooms will be offered to the De­ partment for its permanent headquarters by the Legislature. > The Majority of the G. A. R Will Go. Wednesday evening, July 11, the exe­ cutive committee held a meeting at Mil­ waukee, and decided that notwithstand­ ing adverse action of a few department commanders the encampment prepara­ tions would be pushed to eompletion and the encampment held as at first pro­ posed. A Milwaukee comrades and citizens have already expended about $20,000 in the preliminary work, and $40,000 of the total sum appropriated by the city re­ mains unused. This has been placed in the hands of the committee having the encampment in charge. The Grand Army Post at Fon du Lac, Wis., held a meeting on Saturday Bight and dropped Gen. Edward Bragg from its roll of membership. The meeting was a stormy one, but when a vote was reach­ ed it was found to be over 3 to 1 against the Geueral. The trouble arose over the General's course on the pension bill, and an attempt was made at that time to court-martial him, but was defeated. Since then Bragg went to Mexico as Minister, and he allowed his dues to accumulate until suspension became nec­ essary. He recently offered to pay his dues, which, however, were refused,, and the outcome of the trouble is the taking of his name from t|e I;Q11S Q| Jfehf NvtioaalTribw* . v/J T 1*:t . % EXTRACTS FRO* A mm 0F CAPTIVE THjtS lN BLtfE mr ^msssEmowm, OKBKLBT, COL. va$muMC, ax ma uxnroiwtmr. ' ' '* 1888: ' ; COPYRJOHTMB, w»rly every man not hdMtfufotx to hi* band, Captain Hanchett is an entire stranger. He has been an inmate of Cas­ tle Morgan but little more than two weeks and his face is unfamiliar. The brave lion heart that is beating in his breast, the soul that never knew fear, the calm daring, the most marked trait of the man, is less known than his face. For this reason his stirring words produce but little effect; few only were influenced by his words and offered to him them­ selves. Had the form and face been that of Wm. Rea, the wealthy, influential citi­ zen, who a few months before had been our prison magistrate, the man of ma­ ture years, of sound judgment, of the most intense loyalty, known and re­ spect by every Union soldier who had entered Castle Morgan previous to his exchange, the burning words would have been followed by an almost unanimous uprising; had the speaker been that loyal kentuckyian, Andrew J. Conn, the broad-chested, eagle-eyed young man who had been our former sheriff, he who had a few weeks before leaped from a fly­ ing train and escaped to freedom, a man known to nearly all the inmates, and known to have been one into whose com- poHitionjfear had never entered, and from whom courage and good sense never de­ parted, had lie been the speaker a differ­ ent result would have followed. But this man addressing the turbulent crowd, prepossessing though he be, is a stranger. Sergeant Owens is regarded by the masses as the leader, and this staunch man, as one of his enthusiastic followere. A knowledge, by those ac­ quainted with the plot that t'aeir piaus have been frustrated, the misunderstand­ ing b,v the crowd of the man, his c.harfu;-- ter and position---both these things robbed his words of all force. Had a hundred men such as Hanchett himself sprung to dp his bidding immediately after the failure to pass through the lit­ tle prison door, by mutual aid they might have waled- the high brick wall where the roof had been blown away; but now too much time had elapsed. The watchman without had recovered from his frigid, and we hear them being marshalled to repell their unarmed "ft**1* *1#jugy w# repeated, "Lie down; It wbtUfofcriMJf Owens' freaks." The efforts are annulled. He recognizes his helplessness, his inabil­ ity to influence the men he would lead from a worse than Egyptian bondage, and scalding tears of anguish course down the cheeks of the strong man in his agony! Meanwhile the Confederate officers have not been idle. Roused suddenly from their slumbers, they hastily dress and form their men in line. Cautiously ap­ proaching file prison, they observe no evidence that any of those with whose safe-keeping they had been charged have so far passed outside the place of confine­ ment. Gaining confidence they carefully ascend to the guard walk at the top of t he stockade. Here they learn that the large and small doors are still closed. This fact inspires them with confidence and increases the boldness of the men they command. They double shot with canister two pieces of artilery that have been used to "cover" the prison, and bring them into the prison yard. Plac­ ing these so they will sweep the wide door, if a rush through this is attempted by the insurgents, an officer carefully opens the little door and peers within. He hears the turbulence and noise, but sees no sign of formidable, organized re­ sistance. A facetious youth recognizes the grey coat and brass buttons of an officer, and in a jocular tone calls out, "Come in, Colonel, we won't hurt you." Instinctively the Major knows that a ma­ jority of the men before him are aware that the insurrection cannot succeed. This fact gives him increased assurance; by this time, too, the mouths of a dozen rifles are peeping through the door. Ad­ vancing a few feet out of the range of the guns of his men, he replies vehemently, "You won't hurt me, but by , I will hurt you." With a sharp point of his sword he thrusts at a group of prisoners close by and wounds several. An ac quaintance, now residing in Kansas, then a member of the fourteenth Iowa, still favors a leg wounded at that time. Many who have been standing near the door, fearing that in the excitement a volley might be discharged into the prison,. fall back from the main entrance. Turning to his command he ordered the large door thrown open, and the two cannon brought within. Ere the Confederates had entered the prison yard, all attempt to form a "forlorn hope," implored by Hanchett, had been abandoned. The entrance of the officer was the death knell to the possibility of further effort, and those who had been the most pronii nent in the insurrection, to couceal from this time on their identity as fully as possible, retired into the dense crowd. In a few moments, under thecomniaud of Colonel Jones, a force of armed men, fearfully excited, have formed a dense line across the end of the prison next the door. Their guns have been carefully loaded and every bayonet fixed. The two nine-pound Napoleon guns, double shotted with canister, pushed their muz­ zles through the ranks. From ground in front of this line which has been used as a bed until within an hour, by hundreds of men, every Union soldier is driven with horrid oaths and curses; sick and well, strong and weak, are literally jammed iuto the farther end of the prison, leav­ ing a wide space between captor and cap­ tive. The commander of the prison, with every sentence a blasphemous utterance, demanded to know the fate of the cap­ tured sentinels. Some cried out, "They are all right." The answer is unsatisfac- torp. "Give up those men," is the order shouted by the commander. But none of the captured guards appear. "They can't give them back," yelled a Confeder­ ate guard, "they have killed ^them. "Give back the men instantly,' is re­ peated. The men are still in the water- closet ; so much noise is made that the shout of the officer is not heard at the 1 of the wtxse the still hemmed in. The <»wi ate officer gives orders to into the eftnnon and takes he shouts. The man at tfte ] outside the cannon's the track of the cannon when ifc charged, its recoil will gtve flint injury--the lanyard is drawn TheConfederate captives are forward; there has, not been l them and force them back f densely packed crowd, even attempted to dp so; in. : the order to fire will be given. awful slaughter it will fausef double shotted at a distance of --our men jammed so closely that it is hardly possible for breath. The cowardly brute in < of the guards again shouts, "Give up those men in two minutes or I vriM blow yon from hell to breakfast with nine- pound Napoleons." He turns to tbe men at the lanyards; he will order "fire" before half the time he unconsciously named has passed. He is a coward. He was tried and convicted of the basest cowardice shown during the siege^ Vicbsburg. Cowards are nearly all cruel; and the same fate that sent to Andersonville, Barret to Florence, Fitzpatriclyito Meridian, sent this wan to Cahaba. But the reckless bravwy el another officer, a Lieutenant Onrfeefefer, of a Missouri Confederate regiment, saved him from committing theawfu! crime of murdering men by hundreds. Hardly had the sentence escaped fron CoL Jones* lips, and while he turns to the caanotiierg this brave Confederate officer leaps before the mouth of one of the pieces artillMX i and shouts, ^Don't fire, von win k01 miT you do." The craven CAshieii^"'Jg^ii^ burns toward the hero, and dares not give the order that will destroy him. And the other, never moving from the muzzle of the cannon, shouts to Jtbe prisoners to bring out the men if they b» alive. A Union man in the dense crowd tells him the guards are not hurt, that they are coming forward as faufcltt the throng will admit. The hero resQiitfBs at his post, and one by one the gu&rdftbom^ through the struggling mass c® J^ian- ity, and when all are restored, wttfcohths and vindictive curses, the rebel#pons oat of the prison, leaving no guartte ij$thin the inner walls. All this occurred '.TOUTS before daylight. The first hasy Holt of the new day had hardly bsea wbaed through tiio pnson & of CHLU^Cu liOuiiuoj tuc guards in strong force entered the prison with fixed bayonets. "Get ui>. you G---- d d™--4 Yankee s----s of b™--s, get up or I'll jam a bayonet right through you. Yoa white-livered blue-bellies, get out of this," was the salutation all over the prisoe. A man who had been sick near rue ti* pre­ vious day did not obey the I shouted to the guard who was near him that he was too sick to move. Oh I You d d nigger-loving abolitionist, I'll see whether you can get up," and with t fierce lunge he drove the through the thigh of the prostrate fc Site* to A meeting of departiimit manders and other department ofBcers was held at the Grand Pacific recently the business being the matter of railroad fares to and from the National Encamp­ ment to be held at Milwaukee in August next. The following statement contains matter of interest to every member of the Grand Army: We, the undersigned, representing tb» following departments of the Grand Army of the Republic, to-wit: Depart­ ment of Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Wis­ consin, Illinois, Kentucky, Nebraska, Minnesota and Missouri, representing 145,000 comrades having met in Chisago this second day of July, 1889, for the purpose of further representing to the general passenger agent** of the Central Traffic acTWiag Republic is afiic Association, now in session here, the claims of the Grand Army of the Republic for the same rates to our na­ tional encampment as heretofore made to us, and as only mrently made to other associations and societies, and having received the same evasive answer which has been made to the repeated requests of the Commander-in-chief, and the local committee at Milwaukee, for a 1 cent rate per mile traveled, and that the Grand Army of the entitled to at least as much considera­ tion on the part of the railroad compan- ies as such other societies and organiza­ tions, and that we should resent this unjust discrimination against the veter­ ans who saved the life of this Nation, hereby insist that the proper railroad officials throughout the United States fix and establish, on or before the LOthinst., a rate of 1 cent per mile to and from the National encampment, to be held at Mil­ waukee beginning Aug. 27, and in case of failure so to do within the time speci­ fied we hereby declare our determination to carry out by geueral orders in our respective departments the spirit of the resolution adopted at the twenty-second National encampment (page 220 of the journal), which reads as follows: Reserve*! iurther, That unless the rail­ road companies now furnish the required relief to comrades, then the various departments will discourage the attend- „ ance of all except members of the N*- C tiona! encampment. And further, that we shall call upOKi .t<: the Commander-in-chief to issue ageiM^!^ ^ order requesting only the duly autsNfefe/4*--*'! ixed representatives of the 6. A. IL, attend said encampment. V /^ Signed by the Commander of the De­ partments of Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, Minnesota aud Missouri. Iisf f The Rev. George M. Gue, Chaplain of inmnd ia the position of Chapluin-in-ehief of the Grand Army. Bedford Post, No. 243. Rock proposed a« a caudidate for the Comrade Gue served in One Hundxed and Eighty Illinois Volunteers from IMS to August, 1865. He was the youngest chaplain ever mustered into the United States service. Commissioner Tanuer held a court, and, after hearing the arguments of attorneys, decided that a Just and equi­ table construction of the law relating to pensioners justified the rating of pen­ sioners who had lost both an aria and a leg, one or both, near the body, at #72 per month. The present rating in such cases is from #36 to f 50 per mouth, cording to degree of disability. The slave mothers of colored who enlisted as slaves in the I nion forees aud were killed are now, by _ a recent order, admitted to the pension roll*. The old ruling was that the were not dependent on their support, as both were supported master. But, as the son the support of the ma master supported the motinr* ,v, Mi > si'h ."V ts» J 1 , . ; u \ ' ^