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Address THE NATIONAL TBIBUNE, 1729 New York avenue, Washington, D. C. AN ESSAY ON SOLDIER-HATERS. Some soldier-haters are born so; some arc made so; some have soldier-hating thrust upon them. Some men are horn soldier-haters, just as some are born color-blind, cross-eyed, splayfooted, or knocked-kneed.

They are born with that malformation in their brains, just as others are born with physical deformities. They are born narrow-souled, mean and caviling. Themselves destitute of any spark of generosity or unselfishness, they cauuot understand the existence of those traits in other men. They cannot comprehend how a man should make a voluntary sacrifice for a principle any more than a wolf can understand why a dog should guard sheep instead of destioying them. With them everything is for self, in the meanest, pettiest, most bloodless way.

In the moral world they are what the venomous snake is in the xtrysi-cal world, which hates the bright-plumaged song-bird for being so much brighter and more lovable, and, sneaking up on it, gulps it down for a dinner. It was this class that constituted the bulk of the Copperheads during the war. They had no especial affection for slavery or the Southern Confederacy they were too self-loving to care for anything outside of their own hides. They hated the war, because it brought sacrifices to all citizens, and threatened their own selfish ease and prosperity. When it began they wanted it stopt at once, anywhere and upon any terms.

They wanted the rebels to succeed, because that was the surest and quickest way of ending the war. Besides, it would briDg bitter disappointment to those who were putting them to shame by their unselfish devotion to the cause of tho Nation. Praise of the men who enlisted to fight for the country, and who fought and endured with marvelous courage and fortitude, wrought them to madness. Every word of praise was a condemnation of their own cowardice and selfishness. It is not strange that they were often worked up to the point of murdering a soldier, when they could do it with safety, and that they were constantly in plots to break down or at least injure those who were fighting for Union.

In the South soldier-haters were made. The unscrupulous politicians who deluded the rjeople of that unhappy section into making an utterly causeless war upon the Government, inspired them with a bitter hatred of those who maintained the authority of the Nation. The events of the warintensi-fied this feeling. The terrible losses which it became necessary to inflict upon those who were in armed rebellion naturally roused their bitter enmity to those who in the course of legitimate military operations had to kill and wound tens of thousands of them, destroy their railroads, storehouses, and factories, and do other acts necessary to destroy their fighting power. It is not natural to love those who chasten us, no matter how well-deserved the chastisement may be, nor how much it is for our benefit It was infinitely better for the people of the South that they should be defeated, but they can hardly be expected to love the instruments of their defeat, or to suppose that those who defeated them were actuated by the highest patriotism.

Tbe clas3 which has soldier-hating thrust upon them is large and powerful. Naturally, they do not care for the soldiers one way or another, for they are immersed in their own schemes. But they believe that the money paid the soldiers for pensions interferes in some way with their own amassing of riches. If they are importers, they think that pension-paying stands in the way of free trade. If they can secure free trade they will control the entire business of the country.

Every pound of agricultural produce raised in the country will have to come to them to be sold abroad, and every article bought for the farm or the household will have to be bought abroad through them. It is easy to understand why they hate pensions and pensioners. The clique of money-kiuge hate pensions, because this takes the money of the country out of their control and distributes it among tho people. If pensions could be abolished they would have about 150,000,000 more of the people's money in their grasp, and could make everything go their own way. The greatest obstacle to their complete control of the people's money is tbe fact that every three months about 535,000,000 are distributed throughout the entire country.

All these classes are in the fight to down the soldier, and the only way they can be defeated is by a solid array of veterans and veterans' friends against them. The soldiers must stand together now.for a final fight, and neglect nothing which will make that fight a victory for them. No. 1 21 1 -FOREIGN PENSIONERS. So much of a howl has been made abont the number of pensioners residing outside the country that the following figures relating to them will he interesting.

They are taken from tho report of the Commissioner of Pensions for tho year ended June 30, 1890: Foreign Countries. Argentine Republic. Australia Austria-Hungary Belgium Bermuda British 27 Bulgar in. Canada 1,759 a 17 1 67 5S3 Great Britain 618 Guatemala Hawaii Jinina i my. Japan Liberia Madeira Mauritius Mexico Netherlands Now Zealand- Nicarngun Norivay Portugal Roumauia Russia South African Republic, Sweden Switzerland West Indies Tjik St.

Louis Republic accuses theG.A.E. Post at Honolulu of having plotted and carried out the Hawaiian revolution, and started the annexation movement. This is the least harmful thing the Republic has ever said about the Grand Army of the Eepublic, and probably the nearest true. The Post had too high a sense of its duty to take part in the political movement as a Post, but we have no doubt that tbe individual members were active promoters of the scheme, and are among the most earnest advocates of annexation. It will be a great day for the comrades when Old Glory shall fce hoisted as the supreme banner of the Hawaiian Archipelago.

Central America. Chile Chitin Corca Cuba Denmark Fiji Islands France Germany. 1 17 1 29 6 1 2 3 41 14 4 2 22 1 1 1 1 33 Total 3,412 All will be astounded to see how few there are of these. The number is made up of native Americans who have been sent out of the country by private business firms, to represent their interests abroad; of foreign-born veterans, who have wandered back to their native places to spend their last years with relatives, and of widows of such, who for some reason or another have chosen to live abroad. The proposition to take away their pensions is mean and unjust to the last degree.

They earned their pensions just as fairly as any other class did, and there is absolutely no justification of the mean assault upon them. Ex-Representative S. S. Yoder has withdrawn from tho race for the Commia-sionerbhip of Pensions. He only entered it upon the urgent representations of his friends who knew of his peculiar fitness for the place, and the general desire among soldiers to have him occupy it.

Since then other considerations largely private have entered to induce him to change his determination. Now he has definitely decided not to be an applicant for the place. This Nation has never had a public scandal like those which are stirring the political depths of France, Germany, and Italy. We are in the habit of believing that our public men are not by any means what they should he, but when we come to stack 'em up" against the politicians of Europe in matters of personal integrity, they win every inning. Can it be that those wicked Cleveland men are protracting the agitation of the silver question just to keep Senator Hill on the rack? REPRESENTATIVE LITTLE'S PLAN.

Congressman J. J. Little, of New York, has a plan for "purifying the pension roll." He proposes to have printed and hung up in all the postofiices of the country the names of all pensioners in their respective localities, and then upon report to tho Commissioner of Pensions by two citizens that any soldier is not entitled to a pension the pension of said soldier shall be at once suspended, and some Justice of the Peace in the neighborhood shall proceed to try the case and report, eta, and if the pensioner fails to take an appeal within 30 days his name shall be 6tricken from the rolls. This is a very fine scheme for the pension-haters. First, it would give an immensely fat job to some partizan politician in preparing and printing tbe lists.

It has been estimated that it would co3t or as much as would pay the pensions of 100,000 pensioners at 100 a year, to do this. It would be a delightful thing to take the pensions away from 100,000 old veterans and their wives, and distribute them among a gang of hungry spoilsmen. Next, every pension is to be at the mercy of any two of the pensioner's neighbors. Any time a veteran's chickens happen to scratch up his neighbor's garden, or he expresses too freely his opinion of somebody's cussedness, ready revenge is to be obtained by rushing off to the nearest Justice of the Peace and making "information" about his pension. Then the Justice of the Peace is to try the whole case over again, and require the unfortunate pensioner to make good his right to an allowance from the Government.

How many Justices know enough about pension laws to give the case a proper hearing? How is the pensioner going to get his witnesses from the ends of the country every time a sneaking, mean-souled neighbor attacks him? Who is going to pay all the costs of this examination Justices of the Peace and Constables do not work for nothing. They keep a very sharp lookout for fees, and these will have to be paid either by the informant, the pensioner, or the Government? If the latter pays them, the expenses of running the pension system would be doubled or trebled inside of a few months, because Justices would not neglect Buch an excellent opportunity to add to their incomes, and they would take care to have pension cases enough before them to occupy their entire time. Mr. Little's bill should be entitled A bill to encourage malignant epitefulness and tale-bearing among neighbors, and enrich Justices of the Peace at the expense of pensioners and the United States Treasury." naut alleges, and it dare not attempt to make its statements good. Itshould keep in mind the utter failure of tha Cooper and Euloe investigations, which started in with wilder charges even than these, and after three years of desperate effort made with the burning hope of getting political capital for campaign use has simply found out nothing.

We are astonished that a paper usually so careful of what it says as tho Argonaut, should allow itself to reproduce and indorse the exploded falsehoods of the peusion-haters. AGAIN WB ASK FOR SPECIFICATIONS. The San Francisco Argonaut says: It is the great mass of frauds ind impostors, who tire drawing extravagant monthly payments, that should be stricken from tho rolls. Many millions of dollars will be annually saved by this process. Numerous rr.cai receive the bounty of the Government.

They never saw service la the field, received no wounds, suffered neither sickness nor privation in the cause of their country. Thousands of them are robust and in the enjoyment of good health, sound of body and limb; other thousands served only as clerks and subordinates in non-hazardous employments, and a large number were drafted, but escaped service in the ranks. All these, however, have managed to get their names upon the pension rolls, and regularly draw the allotted amount. The assistance of pension attorneys and tbe connivance of officials iu tbe Pension Bureau have enabled these frauds and impostors to obtain the enrollment which secures them pensions. The gross wrong has grown to such magnitude, and involves such enormous expenditure, that investigation is required and correction of the abuse is demanded.

Itshould be thorough and exemplary. The fraud robs the Nation, and does injustice to worthy veterans. Tha matter has no political significance; it Is not a parly question. Again we challenge a scintilla of proof to sustain these monstrout assertions. There 1 is not the slightest basis for what the Argo- ANOTHER SPECIMEN.

Some weeks ago we gave a sketch of the 57th as an answer to the New York Sun's ridiculous figures about the proportion of pensioners to men actually present in the field at given times. The 31st Me. is another excellent illustration. It was the next to the last regiment that Maine raised for the war, and it did not leave the State until April 18, 1864. It went immediately to the front on the Rappahannock, and before it was a month from home was iu the midst of the awful hell of tho Wilderness, where, out of the 939 men enrolled, it lost 12 killed and 03 wounded.

A few days later, at Spottsylvania, it lost 11 killed, 94 woundedandonemis-iing. AtNorth Anna it lost one three, atBothesda Church 15 killed aud 39 wounded, at Cold Harbor six killed. It was among the first regiments in the assaults on Petersburg, where it suffered terribly. By October the 939 men with which it had left the State had been reduced to but 60 fit for duty, but those GO were as ready for service as had been their dead and wounded comrades whom they left in a long trail over the bloody path upon which Grant's and Lee's armies had fought from the Eappahannock to the Appomattox. According to the Sun's figures, tho 60 men who were present for duty in October would represent all of the original 939 who were real soldiers.

The imputation of the Sun, and those who bark in chorus with it, Is that all the rest of the regiment was skulking in the rear, or looking out for bigger bounties in another part of the army. But when wo look over the returns we find there were 18 officers and 165 men killed on the field, 34 had died in rebel prisons and 142 in hospitals, and 445 had received non-mortal wounds. That is, within a few months after leaving the State the 939 men had sustained a total loss of 804 men, or almost exactly eight out of every nine. Think for a moment what that meant. The men of the 31st probably received large bounties as bounties were considered in those days, but we challenge any carper against pensions to say candidly whether as many greenbacks as could be hauled on a hay-rack would be any temptation for him to go through the experience the 31sfc Me.

had from the time it left the State, April 18, 1864, until the fall of Petersburg, a year later. OUR ANNEXATION POLICY. We shall annex the Hawaiian Islands and provide them a Government, either that of a District, like those of Alaska or the Dis-trict of Columbia, orthat of a Territory, The former seems'morejlikely, as the white people there strenuously oppose the admission of the Chinese coolies and serai-barbarous natives to anjj. political privileges. With this we shall enter upon a definite policy of acquisition of foreign territory.

The example of thopepple of Hawaii will be followed by numbers of other little countries which are wpary'of the corruption and insecurity of their form of misgovernment, and are anxious to secure peace and prosperity under our flag, and their proper share of the commercial advantages of being an integral part of this country. We may expect a general movement in this direction in the West India Islands and the countries of Central and South America. In most of them there is already a more or less strong element favoring annexation. In 1871 the people of Santo Domingo, by a nearly-unanimous vote, asked to be annexed to the United States, but Senator Sumner, who was filled with personal hatred of President Grant, succeeded in defeating the acceptance of their offer. The Dutch and Danish islands of the West Indies would be glad to come in, as would also the British, but it will be a long day before the latter will be allowed to follow the bent of their wishes.

It is only a question of a few years when San Salvador, Costa Eica, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Honduras will be knocking at our doors. There is no reason why all of these should not be taken in as fast as they offer themselves, if we adopt the proper policy. We cannot admit them to fall-fledged Statehood, with all the rights and privileges of American citizens for their inhabitants, without a probation which shall determine their fitness. What we can do, however, will be to give them such a Government as England has been giving to her colonies, and such as is proposed for Honolulu. That is, they can be governed as the District of Columbia is, by Governors and other officers appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, and who will execute laws made by Congress.

This will insure them a much better Government than they have at present and all the benefits of unrestricted commercial intercourse with our people advantages sufficient to impel them to seek admission at the'flrst opportunity. has been formed to carry on this work. It consists of Col. A. T.

Bliss (formerly a member of Congress) nnd Comrade Giles T. Brown, on the part of the Grand Army of the Republic; and Mcddames Sara L. Browu, Abbie E. Flagg, aud Sarah A. C.

Plummer, on the part of the W.ltC. The committee is soliciting subscriptions from Poits, Corps, and individuals, and should meet with hearty responses. England has recognized the force of the situation and announces that she will enter no protest against the annexation of Hawaii, hut Germany has the assurance to hint that if she consents to it we must make compensation by withdrawing from Somoa. Of course we shall do nothing of the kind. Germany has no rights whatever in Hawaii.

The fact that there are some German citizens in business there is of no more consequence than that there are somo German citizens in business in the United States. They will be benefited by the annexation, along with all other residents of the islands. Our rights in Samoa have no connection with Hawaiian affairs. We are there at the request of the Samoan people, to protect them from the aggressions of tho Germans, who wore taking their lands away, and oppressing them in various ways. We will not go away until the Samoan people want us to, which insures a pretty loug stay.

If there were no Samoan people at all we should still maintain a foothold on the islands, for that is ueceswry to the protection of our increasing trade with Australia and New Zealand. It is sheer impudence for the Germans to talk about oar leaving the islands, under any consideration. PERSONAL. TnK comrades o'fj Michigan, and their faithful auxiliaries, the Woman's Eelief Corps, have started upon a most commendable enterprise fo establish a Home where a disabled soldier can go and take his wife with him where dependent mothers or soldiers can be cared for in their last days, and where a soldiers can find shelter, food, and clothing. A splendid committee TnE Hawaiian? say that they are willing to accept any kind of a Government we choose to provide for them.

All they want is to be made American citizens, and are willing to trust the rest to us. WHAT BROUGHT ON THE QUABBEL. Mr3. Grout 1 say that thero ought to be a law passed prohibiting tho marriago of idiots and lunatics. Mr.

Grout Hah The result would bo like heaven. What do you mean "Why, then thoro would bo no more marrying nor giving in marriage." THE KEABON. Miss Lakebreeze I wonder why us Chicago girls are usually shorter than yoa Eastern girls? Miss Gotham Probably It is because you are turned over a good deal more at the feet. HOBSK AND HOBSB. Barber (pausing in the midst of risque tale) -Shampoo, sir? Your head Is very dirty.

Victim So is your mouth; shampoo that. A HAKQEB. Foreman of the Jury (wrathfully) Look hero, Sharploy, what's the use in your standing out against all the rest of us? The whole eleven of us ere solid for acquittal, and you may as well come over to as first as last. What havo you against the prisoner, anyhow? Sharploy (the insurance agent) Gontlomen, I havo nothing in the world against the prisoner. Business is business, however, and I propo3o to hang this jury till I have every one of you insured in my company, oven if the dead-look lasts from now till the Fourth of July.

OMINOUS. New Comer (to Oklahoma grocer) Look here, Mr. Sands, every egg of the dozen you sold me this morning was rotten. I paid you 16 cents for them, and I think Grocer Good Lord I I made a mistake. Good eggs are 15 cants a dozen and bad ones 25.

I'll let tbe difference go this time, because the mistake was mine. the name of wonder does It come that bad eggs sell for a highor prico than good ones?" "Why, don't you know there is to he an Uncle Tom's Cabin Company at the Opera House Saturday night AN INTEBESTINO OPEBATION. Old Grimes So you are a corn-doctor, eh? Had much experience? Count De Foote (proudly) Salr, haf removed ze corns from half of zo crowned heads of ze Old World! -Mis- A SOLOMON. Mr. Simpson (rising on his hind feot)- ter Speaker I Speaker of the House Tho gentleman from Kansas.

Simpson Mister Speaker, the gentleman who has jest set down has said that this yera bill of mine hain't accordin' to the Constitution. Then, if that is true, Mister Speaker, I propose to prove right yera and now that the Constitution is unconstitutional. Tim flag which Gen. Untler raised over the Cns-tum-Hoiide nt New Orlcnns, tlic thrent to wiiicii wits ono of theCHiisca which led him to 13 uo a cert ill 11 historic order, been for a number of yeara the property of tho Connecticut Historical Society. Sinca tho deuth of Oeti.

Dutior visitors rarely fail to nsk to bu shown this ll.iff. Tho Comtnunwfiiltti Club of Gloucester, Mus-i has jti-a dedicntcd it club-house, which was built at the clone- of lliu Revolutionary wur, ami whs tho flrt difico erected in thnt nncieiit town. It In rich in ghott stories, tulcn of the sen, and truditioiH of ihe colonial period. One of Il9 enrly owners wn dipt. S-nmuel Odder, who was cttpturcd hy th I e' of Ateier in 1793 and held for fouryenra.

until ransom was paid by thw United Stutes Governmei Thnt is very Side susrgeotlon inndo by Col. Brush, of the Ohio -ional Guard, that the Governor select Ids nff from tho comtnl-sioncd officers of the. Nationi 1 Guard. If every Governor woiiid do thnt theo would be more encouragement fr men to sen tho militia, and the otll-ciul st of our chief maRiVtrates would contain more still wurt men of ddicrly b-arins nnd military oxperleuco aud fewer men lccaii3o of their Kood looks or the.r -ociely nnd political pull. A Dubuqo (Iown) spec al lates that James Pam-ucte.

brother of GiJc Puim of that city, waa for 23 years considered dead, lie hns been found in tiij Soldiers' Home in Grant County. Jml. He was member of the fumotis fllihusterlne; expedition njrainsi Cub in l.sTo, and received rt wound in Ids head which dethroned his reason. He was reported the dead, htitfl'irdiy recovered, lwiv-injj escaped the mn.acre of tho crew of the which followed its capture. For over 20 yenrj he has wandered about in a.

dazed condition, and it was only by an Occident that hi- whereabouts were discovered. Ho will bo brought to Dubuque and eared for by friends. A comrade, writing from Nebraska, wants some of tho Iowji comrades to tell something about Samuels, as ho was a member of Co. 1. 21st Iown, the company to which the comrade belonged, and ho is interested in bis case.

Hrro Is a story of a Bouthern battlefield on which the Confederates were badly routed. Bays Xaxt's Weekly: Flying in wild disorder along the road foveril Alabama, JHsdssippi and Georgia regiments became badly ndxed up. Tho stampede wna general, and the retreat developed into a rivalry as to who should get away fastest. An Alabama ofllcer, mounted on a particularly swift charter, was well on toward the head of the fugitive hot, but every now nnd then ho would rein up his horse, wheel around in the road, wave his sword aloft, and cry out: "Men of Georgia! Men of Alabama I flail, I say I Will no one stand by me?" Ho repeated this every few minutes, but always made the fastest kind of time between the halts. Aud at length, when he was making one of those frantic appeals.

"Will no ono stand by me?" a voice from the flying men on foot shouted hack to him: "Ye, you, we'll try and stand by you If you don't strike such an all-fired gait I'' K. J. Bailey, Co. D. 11th South Glens Fall.

N. says that Patrick O'Conner, of Co. A. 0th N. Y.

H. had a third shock of paralysis on tho 17lh of October. 1892, since which time up to the day lie writes (Jan. 13, 1393.) ho has been entirely helpless and speechless, and all the nourishment he has taken since the day ho received the last shock is a little milk once or twice a day. Comrade O'Conner Is 76 years of age, nnd he served with tho 9th N.

Y. H. A. from July 25, 18G2, until July 6, 1805. He is a charter member of E.

M. Wing I'oAt, G.A.K., and was the Post Color-Bearer as long as ho waa nbio to perform service. Now come the stories of Gen. Butler. The Boston Ohbe tells a good one: When Butler was a young practitioner.

Chief Justice Shaw, of the Supremo Court of Massachusetts, frequently felt obliged to call him to order. Gradually a little feeling grew up between the two men. One morning Gen. Butler was seen on tho train between Lowell and Boston, accompanied by a ferocious-looking bull-dog. Somebody n-ked him where he was taking tho animal.

"To Boston," he said, laconically. What are you going to do with him thore?" he flaid cirelessly, "I'll give him to Judgo Shaw to haven companion when he growls.1' In a speech nt Lowell, Jan. 29, 1S90, Gen. Butler said: "When your bear mo to that litllo inclosuro on the other side of tha river, which I hope for as my last resting-place, I pray you to put over me for my epitaph: Here lies the General who saved the lives of his soldiers at Big Bethel and Fort Fisher, and who never commanded the Army of tho Potomac. I ask," ho said, "for nothing else." Capt.

W. Burt, Co. 76th Ohio, delivered a stirring address on the 5th of January, the occasion being his taking the chair aa Commander of Bryner Post, G.A.R.. Peoria, 111. The addreis was replete with good points, and was enjoyed by the large number of veterans who were privileged to be present.

The Reform Press Club of Denver, recently got on the economlo warpath, and thought thnt S10.GD0 was nn extravagant outlay of thepeople'a money to pay for the inauguration of their new Governor, which is the sum they calculated it had cost for tho military parade. So a committee was appointed to wail upon tbe Adjutant-General of the State, Gen. Kennedy, who is also Department Commander of the G.A.B. of Colorado, for the purpose of finding out how muoh tha parade did cost. After enumerating tbe number of military companies from various parts of the State that had taken part in the ceremonial, Gen.

Kennedy was asked what it all cost, to which be replied he did not know. He could not even tell what it cost to board the visiting military while in Donver, in faot was a perfect kiiownotbing regarding everything pertaining to the cost of the parade, which amazed the Press Club's committee. When asked why be eould not answer these simple questions. Gen. Kennedy replied that it was simply because it was none of his business.

"What's that I Noneof your business; and you the Adjutant-General of this grent Slate "Well, my position as does not require me to Inquire Into thepersonal affairs of the people, whether soldiers orciviiians." Personal affairs "Yea. sir. These men donated their services, and it Is none of my business what they paid to ride on the oars or to live In the hotels." "Ohl and there were a few breaths caught before they escaped with the water gas, nnd the Interview was resumed. "Then the military display cost tbe State nothing? "Oh, yes. It cost the State abont $160 for horses to draw the cannon and powder to fire the National salute.

And permit me to idd that, whether the committee had or bad not requested the salute fired, I should have sought the order from Gov. Routt and fired it, if it had been the last shot of my career as Adjutant-General. But the parade coat not one oent." One a the most remarkable, and probably tbe most successful business man in New Lisbon, is to be found in tho person of Wra. I. Brown, and it affords us pleasure to make a record of one who has secured and maintained so iiigb and honorable a position in the business circles of eastern Ohio.

Mr. Brown is a native of Columbiana County, having been born In Wayne Township In 13tt, and his early yenrs were spent on the home farm. While at work on the farm he enlisted as a high private in the 143d Ohio, commanded by Col. Vodrey. During his service he distinguished him-olf for his soldierly bearing under all oircumstauoes, whether in camp, on tbe mnroh.or under flro.

His genial spirit made him a universal favorite among the troops, and all bis comrades will bear testimony to his many ex-oellent qualities as a soldier boy. Tho privations and hardships he encountered in the army brought on the disease whiah tormiuated in the loss of the use of his lower limbs, and he has ever since been obliged to perambulate on wueols. In 1372 he went to New Lisbon and embarked in business. Tbe different branches of business in which Mr. Brown has been connected have proved successful, and that success was duo to the watchful care which he exercised over the financial affairs.

Ha is a prosperous man, and is respected by all for his strict business integrity. William Walden, who la a Grand Army man and who served In the 3d Mass. had a narrow csoapo near Biloxi. during the forepart of January. Last Summer he started from Minnesota in a boat down the Mississippi, intending to go to Florida, his only companion being a shepherd dog.

The boat was well provisioned and fitted for the journey, and the trip down the Mississippi River and past tha Quarantine Station was made without neoident or mishap worthy of mention. Four weeks ago last Saturday, in a heavy northwest squall, his boat was driven nahore on Mitchell Island, about 20 miles south of Cat Island. Mitchell Island is a low, marshy piece of land, with no timber or vegetation except marsh grass, uninhabited, and about as desolate a spot as one could find. About this timo Walden's provisions became exhausted, and for five days lie was without food, during which timo he suffered intensely, and added to this was tha unusually cold weather whlob prevailed. On Christmas Eve the blanket In which he had rolled himself was frozen hard and stiff, and with his clothing saturated with the rains of the day before, his condition was critical.

HI only means of providing a fire was with char coal, of which he had a small snpply. He bralli his fire In a small frying-pan. Without (bis he would have frozen to death. Fortunately ho had; an ample supply of water. At the expiration of fivo days tho pangs of hunger had become so intense that he resolved to kill his dog.

For three weeks and ono day ho remained on his boat, his only food being that supplied by his dog, of which lie only ate sutfleient to keep bitn alive, not knowing how long it would be before assistance would arrive. During these three weeks two or three vcsoIs passed within. speaking distance of him, and promised to send him assistance in tho morning, but when morning came they wera out of lh. Ho was finally rescued and taken ttiBilox), where ho was cared for, and started on bis journey by rail. MUSTERED OUT.

If those who send obituary notices would fol low the form used below it would Insure Immediate appearance in The Natiosai. Tkibcsk. Kelley. At Boonville. N.

Jan. 16. Patrick H. Kelley. of Co.

D. 9th N.Y. Tho comrade writing miys: On Mondav, Jan. 16. 1393.

in the cemetery as Frt Plain. NY. upon lot owned by himself when living, in wiiicii were buried his father and brother, was found the lifeless body of Patrick EL When found he was frozen stiff, and no marks of violence were discovered. lit his packets were found n. couple of lead pencils, a cigar, newspaper clippings, bewides a loaded revolver, with none of the chambers empty, 563 in money, and the following letter: "When 1 die.

whether from accident or otherwise, I desire to be put in the plainest container it is possible to construct; the more knot-holes in It the better. and no bricks around it. Indeed, apiece of canvas would serve the purpose as well as anything. Sincerely hoping this will be kindly carried out. I am.

tii all due respect, You rs. p. H. Kellet. P- S.

The war of 1361. '65. Is now an ancient history, and no matter how my existence terminate-. I want no soldier ceremonies over my remains. P.

U.K." The following are the last lines of alatter to Jacob C. Ncllis. of Fort Plain, N. dated Syracuse, Jan. 7.

I59-J: I send my watch and chain through the American Express to sister. In your care. You can take your own time in letting her know about it. My rtitciel and other little odds and ends of mine are at 25 Steuben street. Albany.

I leave here tomorrow for well. I don't know myself just now. You may see me again, but I doubt it. So good-by- to all. and God ble-s yoa and all yours, whatever becomes of me, is the wish of "Yours in all kindness, P.

H. Kuxlry." A Coroner's jury rendered a verdict "that Patrick H. Kelley met his death from exposure to trcmo cold." Thus ended tho earthly career of one who in life was an intelligent man, an expert druggist, a Roldier with an excellent record, anil a kind-hearted, noble-minded little gentleman. Ho leaves ono sole surviving relative, a sister, who kcenl5 feels his loss. Siieelkt.

At Newburg. N. Jan. 16. of neuralgia of the heart, Tobias C.

Sheeley, Corporal, Co. C. 113d N. aged W. He served three years with his regiment, going through the campaign of 1862 in Virginia, and participating In the Atlanta campaign with Sherman to the sea; Ihence.by way of Savannah, to Washington, where they were mustered out July 20, 1865.

During these cam the regiment took part in 12 general en gagements. Nawemond, Culpeper Farm, Manbatchie, Lookout Mountain, Chnttanooza, Knoxvllle, Resaca, Dallas. Kene9aw Mountain, Peach-tree Kid kg, Atlanta, and Savannah. Com rade Sheeley had been a member of S. W.

Fuller-' ton Poit, 589, since 1388. and the Post attended hla funeral. He had been a respected resident of New burg several years and a favorite among his com rndes of the G.A.R. AiXEy. At Hoosfck Falls.

N.Y., Jan. 12, Geo. G. Allen, Co. 16th N.

Y. H. ageT57. The comrade writing sayst "Comrade Allen was a member of W. A.

Wood Post. 251. Comrade Alien was In my office In the morning, and in the evening of Jan. 5 gave me bis affidavit in the claim of Mary Clark, a soldier's widow. Just a week after he lays cold in death.

He leaves a widow and sli children to mourn his loss. So the old boys are parsing away; In a few years there will be none trouble the soldier-haters." Kessedv. At Columbus, recently, of Bright's disease and heart failure, Wm. Ken nedy. He wm a retired soldier, with 31 years service In the Regular Army, the last 15 of which were passed In the Columbus Barracks Band.

Roebuck. At Clinton, Jan. 21, of heart disease, Peter C. Roebuck, Co. 107th aged 6i.

Ho enlisted Aug. 1.1S62. and was mustered out la June, 1265. He was a faithfnl soldier, a good citl zm, and an honorable member of Frank Lowry Post. A weeks before be died he joined the AT.

E. Church. He was buried under the G.A.B Ritual by his old comrades. Comrade Roebuck dropped dead with heart disease, for which ha, like many others, bad a claim for increase of pea sion. Lcdwicic.

Near Clinton, Dec 11, Henry Lud wiek, a veteran of tho Mexican and late war. The comrade writing says: "Comrade Lud wick 09 the 30th of October attended the funeral of Com rade Curl, and while absent his house took fire and everything was burned up. His comrades ani friends raised him a nice little sum of money to re build. He had been examined for a pension unde the last act of Congress, but, like others, he died without receiving it. Comrade Lndwick served in Co.

D. 4Iat was a member of Frank Lowry Post, 157, and was at the time of death 72 years and some months old. His loss was a sad one t4 the Post, as be was a faithful, worthy member. He was buried by his comrades. Hartso.t.

At Greenwood, Dec. Ebulius G. Hartson. Co. E.

-list aged 73. He was a member of John A. Eaton Post, 213, and the Post passed appropriate resolutions on his death, a copy of which was sent us for publication. The crnel shaft of sorrow baa penetrated our ranks and oat Post has lost an honored and worthy comrade. He leave- a family.

Dake. Near Twinvllle. Jan. 20. 1893, of heart disease and rheumatism, resulting in dropsy, Samuel J.

Dake, Corporal, Co. 5th agad 52. Comrade Dake was a member of Daniel Meadows Post. Fincastle. and a member of tbe Methodist Episcopal Church.

He was wounded in the battle at Resaca, Ga. A brave soldier, aft earnest Ciiristfan, remarkable for his affectionate disposition toward bis family, kind treatmentof all with whom he came in contact. His death is re gretted by all who know him. He leaves a widow and six children, and a host of friends and relatives. Rick.

At Yerona, Jan. 18, from neuralgia of the heart, Samuel G. Rice, aged 53. He enlisted in Co. E.

23d Wis. Comrade Rice was a oharter memberof Sylvester WheelerPost.75. His diseftsa was contracted while' in the service. He was aa earnest Christian, a memberof the Baptist Church. Leaves a widow and two children.

Was beloved by all who knew him, and burled with P03 honors. Welch. At Cabool, Jan. 15, of la grippe, B. F.

Welch, aged 52. He waa a member of Albert Anderson Post, 400. He enlisted as private. Co. 3d Ohio in was discharged July 23, 1S63, by reason of disability; re-enlisted Feb.

22, 1S54; served as First Sergeant, Co. B. 23th Ohio, and wa discharged June 18. 1866. by reason of muster-oat of organization.

Deceased was born in Norwallr, O. Dusir. At Warner, Jan. 4, of heart disease contracted In service, Joseph Dunn. Co.

77t Ohio, aged 73 years. Comrade Dunn was an earnest advocate of the principles on which tha G.A.R. is based.and was a memberof T.J.Stanley Post, 295. He was buried by his Post Jan. 12.

Jones. At Hamilton, recently, of disease contracted while In the service, Wra. H. Jones, Co. C.

143th aged 64. He enlisted In 1863, and was discharged in 1865. The funeral ceremonies were in charge of S. H. Hurlbut Post.

32, of which the deceased was a valued comrade. He leaves a widow and two children. RicnAKDS- At Monroe Township, Jan. 18; R. M.

Richards, Co. A. 188th N. aged 76. He leaves three daughters.

He was a member of Swartz Post, 72, and was its Commander for two terms. He was buried by Kellogg Post and the O. O. of whioh he was a member for about 48 years. Underwood.

At tha Marion (Ind.) Home for Disabled Veterans, of heart failure. Jesse T. Underwood, Lieutenant, Co. 75th aged 69, He was a member of E. T.

Wood Post, 350, of Ridgeville. Comrnda Underwood was a faithful member of the Order, never absent unless awoy from home or sick. His remains were interred at the Home with military honors. Raymosd. At Washington, D.O., Jan.

14, Rev. W. G. Raymond. He was prominent In Grand Army circles, and the interment was at Arlington National Cemetery.

Hoslar. At Ripley, W.Va., Dec. 10, Ferdmaa R. Hoslar, Colonel, 13th N. Y.

He had for many years run a woolen factory, and was Sheriff of tha County. He was a true Republican and G.A.H. man, and was buried in his army suit and Colonel's traps by Carl Shataw Post. O'Brien. At Commerce, Jan.

8. of disease contracted while in the service, Patrick O'Brien, Co. 10th Ohio, need 60. He was with his regiment in all its hard-fought battles. Hs was laid ta rest by a few comrades and followed to his grava by a large number of people.

He had applied for a pension, aud though very much In need nevez procured it. Gates. At Lebanon, Jan. H. James Gafes, Comrade Gates served in 127th Pa.

for nine months, and afterward in Co. F. 4lh Pa. Cav. He has beea a constable for 15 years, and was Assistant Set geant-at-Arms of the Pennsylvania Senate, sessioa of 1S83.

Griswold. At Deckertown, N. Dec 7, of heart disease, Joseph Griswold. Co. 11th aged 70.

He was a memberofjFoster Brook P03S, 539, Derrick City, Pa. He was a great sufferer for several years, and his wife went with him to New Jersey in hope of better health. He continued to grow weaker, and after being confined ta bed two weeks, ho died as he lived, a Christian. Jackson. At Washington C.

Jan. 1. Z. T. Jackson.

Co. 54th Ohio. He was buried in tha honors of war by John M. Bell Post, assisted by Co. E.

Millikan Light Guard. RlCS. At South Attleburo. Nov. 10.

of old age, Ephraim Rice. Co. 12th R. aged about 73. He was drawing a pension of 820 per month.

He was formerly a member of Ballou Post, 3, Department of Rhode Wand. ERM33. At Rochester. N. recently.

Jamas) Erniss. Co. 8th N. Y. aged 75.

He served three years iu a New York regiment, and was dia cimr ed for disability. He ro-enlisted In tbe 6ta U. S. Cav. DaC03Ibe.

At Wilton, N. Dec. 19. of pneumonia. James R.

Dascombe, Corporal. Co. 0, 16tk N. aged 62. He was a member of Post 71.

Clvde. At San Francisco. John E. Clyde, aged 58. He was a native of New York State, aud xv n- beloved by all who knew him.

Landers. At Wilton. N. Jan. 11.

James Co. C. 16th N. aged 76. He never joined the Grand Army on earth, but he joined tha larger army uoove..