The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 22, 1887, Page 2

wt ties oe pawee ILS cee cna “ane 3A § : Soe, GENERAL TUTTLE. A Chapter from the War Record of the Towa Crank. The Kansas City Times of Thurs day contained the following very In- teresting matter concerning the val- gant “Gen.”? Tuttle, who, with the Globe-Democrat, the Chicago Trib- anc avd the lowa Republicn papers, is engagd in proving that “‘rebel’ Missouri is an unfit state and Pres adent Cleveland an unfit guest for the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. Junction City, Kas., June 14.— The tollowing letter, written by a well known and responsible resident of Junction City, was published in the St. Louis Times in 1576, The facts are just as true now as they were then, and the public ought to know who it is that makes a disturb ence over the visit of the presicent to St. Louis. [ To the Editor ot the Times. )—I notice in your last issue of August af, extracts froma letter written by William Barnett of Ohio, comment ing upon the “war record’’ of Gen. {. M. Tuttle of Iowa, in which mention is made of his cotton opper ations on the “Big Black’’, im the sear of Vicksburg, in the spring ot I take leave to call attention to another page in his ‘‘military his tory’? which it may be well for the | people to know, In February of the year i604 while Sherman was absent on the Meridian expedition in Mississippi, | General Tattle, no doub eng the satety of the rear to the more glorious danger of the front, was left in command of district bead quarters ou the Big Black with uy | regiment, the First Kausas mounted Infantry, oa Outpost duty, its tine extending trom Mis. Messinge: “ford above to Hall's terry below, a distance of about twenty miles ot river frout Atter Sherman had commenced his march tron J to the East, Gen. Turtle sent ior to come to his headquarters. I ported. He began his interview by saying he had an arrangement with the treasury of the government, by which he was to rece of the yalue of all confederate cot ive One fourth ton he could seize and bring within oor lines, and that the present occas ton was a good time to make the capture. Ele further said that he wanted me to take 100 men from my regiment, and he would detail roo more, with 100 wagons, to report to me, and with this command I sh go into Hinds county, Mississippi, and take possession of all ¢ federate cotton I could find, or which should be shown to me by the secret service men whom he had in tus employ. I suggested to him that my order for this Cuty should come to me through my superior officer, the colonel! or lieutenant-col- onel of my regiment, botho 10m were present with ¢ command The “general” replied that he dic m’t “care a for them,’’ that) he >| hide i e ' roe on permits given by the general, and with the assistance Of i ic hi military service. This was successtuliy con fucted before Sherman got within the latters return. however, I was told that Gen. McPherson made “Gen. Tuttle diszorge stolen booty. I know men in the opperation range. Upon avails ot h at the time the amount seemed to be enormous. I never got ay “tpresents,”” thougt I think the ‘veneral’’ tor a long time remembered iis promise, as in 186S,at the national Democratic con vention in New York, se seat tor me to come to lis room, I t the New York hotel, and this great eftain told me with evi- and pure chi dent emotion that -govern- ment is still after me about that cot- ton.”’ I intimated to him that it ao +! . sphan was a serious muddle, that perhaps wobe right in the government ii their action, but that | had no spe- cial interest in it. He said; ‘It they push me, I want you as a wit- ness. You know than any one else.”” I told hin If thought I could hnd out for him, it he desired, the exact number of bales I bad turned over to 1 That ended the conversation. I had never been called upon to and I don’t know whether the eral’? has ever been pusbed | -government or not. | however, I have come to kn¢ the governmen gainst individuals. | myself trying ta cs the ‘geueral’’ sh } firm ¢ and MeDor nap, Hesing and MeKee pure men to lead, corruy Maj Late § i 4 P | Junction City, Kas. Aug. | thought ‘ae hridl in vlades. [It is now the} consuimptives, Who ti ninl warmth and tra The consumptive necessarily go so vered uit flowers hone friends to get relie } the last ‘ Dr. R. V. Pie ree s covery” will ve For all chronic thr lung djseases it is By dru A Good "M A Boston women wrote to the Inavor ot new y him: for ing the state of soci s she contemplated the benetit of the he dren. On receivit concluded to remain in a while longer. Th: vAs for the soweie This is a mity But eve Ss wanted me to go, and that he would } “All order me direct, and | must go. and No EK s s o Rill a . ae — > i yielded, as was my duty allowed in Room Only iwc thad never, however, known a soldier of his rank whose courage had to be supplemented by an influ- ence or opportunity so mercenary; not until then was I aware that prize money ot this sort was paid by our government, and [ think the **gener- al’’ discovered my thoughts, tor he left me in no doubt that his tavor able “‘opportunity’’ was Sherman's fortunate absence, and as I was ready to leave he was kind enough €0 say and promise that if my ‘tex. Pedition’’ had ‘good luck’ there would be enough in his ‘tone fourth” to give me ‘ta handsome present.’ went out and when I concluded operations, I had delivered to this eminent soldier and republican d since Mor morrow will be Wenes men kil and to Cheatin’ at gambling is pr y lynehin’, and evry effort put the town on made to pn morrel | baysis. Ladies is unive rsally re- spected and I sell them beer at half | price when they buy at my place. 1 There is a grand sacred concert and | free dance here evry Sunday night | | and preachin’ every Sunday that the | pastor don't have ter stay ter home | on account of the big rush at his | Bowlingally. Don't hezzytate about | comin’ here on ackount of soweiety. This is a morrel town.—Tid Bits. — { Drunkenness or the Liquor Habit | Positively Curea by administering | st: | body toa need not | [ shall not give. he a 1) the most broken-hearted man Td ever if not iny | Pills, entirely vegetable | edged to be Sad and Touching, ! a few weeks ul trnveler to rte Is one of the saddest er been my misfortune to witness A rancher rode into town on horse a dead baby—a sweet little thing with flaxen back holding in artis hair. which curled all over its head, | and soft blue eyes which had not } E : | been closed even in death. Seventy-} tive miles across the country t rancher had earried the dead baby | in his arms. I talked to him and| heard his story. It was like this: | A year or more ago he had be was an exchange of photographs, and finally a marriage. The girl went to live with him on his ranch, but lonely life there did not suit the | city girl, and a few weeks after the birth of her babe she ran away to husband Chicago. child. LT have no doubt that he was tender and attentive—in fact, he said he neglected his stock and did noth ing else but care for the child—but robbed of its mother’s care the little } one sickened and died >seemed t address in Chicago whieh 1 to ime ppea money. but ran away thi utes later we saw him on his horse. the box in his arms. galloping back to his ranch.” Avoid the use of calomel for bil ious complaints. Ayer’s Cathartie have _been ¥ years. and es dity of the k of an Electric Tex., June lt struck a ieee on the Chatones rauch, killing two people and stun jming four others. Manuel Portales and his wife were killed outright stunned, and when brought to were each blind of the right eye. Two boys, sons of Rincones. were stunned | The entire — lay sensless for stout a nut tien me atin vee | AN the City and Lowest Prices | recovered ak running like one wild, gave the alarm. Rincones and fam- jily had traveled all nicht through a terrifie thunderstorm in order to be OFFICE with their friends, and arrived about daylight, Portales and his wife jcame in from the goat pen witha couple of cans of milk, which they statesman several hundred bales of | Dr. Haines’ Golden Specific. j Proceeded to place on the table. As cotton branded “C. S.A.” one man alone. Col. Danby hav- ing taken 425 bales. But to the sequel. The govern. ment never got one pound of that cotton. The ‘general’? had in his “employ’’ two Northern men, w ho, with a tacility and skill which to me was surprising, cut out the C. S.A. 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