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be constituency to which as the atfhurhf he Colonel hu no other end now would bo A foodMeoeick, of Jtt. Clair, Uub enouuragenieDi in hi* the Speaker* hip aid hire poeied bnvo no doatil i. Tble to u it ib«»uld he. th district, by in nugmfl-be I net campaigo.bul won ilaim tbio honor at ib* memboro of the Generalor Republican hao the fol-ahrowdoot men in Decatur.Beck's frwo undo apoeob iila broTM di-po-od of the see with thla atnfla nhwr-nan never gets rich in thi* Country on what he buy* be aella that aaakea him And that la me whole leation in a very email not-tis indites *uch ab-nrd ooatrndictionioan he aeomnted for in bat cne way: He believes ia ihe old -aw;“Men's a fool aed a'l things ahow It;1 thought ao oaoa, aad aow 1 aaow IiWAS REMINISCENCES-No. ICapt. Wm. E. Wright’i Priion Ex-pariesc*.i of the two 8onth Caro-which a (Jolted States sor-f couldn’t find bare been the river knd harbor bill, Jongreae, but all the mi of and hayons and moraaaea tie list. The river and bar-perennial and maitodoaic 1 appropriaiiona art limited artenea of oommerce aad eaporta there will be do itiio* in thia appropriation.I in tha United Statea sur* lioago Inter Ocean in all a of a great newa paper. It ■ent -pecimen ol journalism, ined a success commcnmr* neritt. It ia aound on ihe iroteciion to American in-iruih the ability it d.aplay-if thia great question i*Uepublicane who want athat will entertain and in-and keep them posted, as great events of the world, the Inter Ocean.loatetlBg Wees.of ton dispatch says that ole waa announced in Con* nurday.jon the considers* revenue bill, Mormon ex Protection boodle did it.” t has evidently not yet rent the late campaign in this e is, doubtless, ready to ii Toung:er.trare are solitary woei, a train, tread on each.other'sPosial Delivery, e bill passed by the Senate, ending the system of free letters to all oltiei baringq of not lees than 10,000,) the last general ceosoj, or i under that size where the reduees a groas revenue *ofn $10,000 a year, n an im* unre. It will give the ad-the free delivery system to iber of the smaller cities of not now onjoying these d will furnish employment rrny of men as letter car-n had a population of 8,975 ral census of 1880, bnt baa X)0 at this time.us' Inconsistencies.ini role of champion cml former and the anointed r all of Grover Cleveland’s □consistencies George Wm.Much interest having been shown by readers of the TiLncaAfH in the accounts previously published in these .Columns, of Capt. H. B. Starr’s, Mr. J. T. King’s and Capt. Week's prison records it is the intention to-from time to time -publish an account of the records of other veterans. Arrangements having been made with them to make public their several services at an early day.Cap!. Wm. R. Wright,of Upper Alton, first entered the service of his country in Mjy, 184b, when he enlisted as a private in Co. E and Illinois Infantry. Private Wright served fourteen months and took part in the battle of Buena Vista, In which engagement six men were killed and eight men wounded belonging to Co. E. Private Wright’s only mishap in the battle was his being hit in ihe body by a spent rifle ball from the weapon of a Mexican sharpshooter.On the 22nd day of May, 1861, Capt. Wright entered the Federal service as a First Lieutenant of Co. B, 80th Illinois Infantry, Col. A. F. Rodgers commanding. One year later Lieut. Wright was promoted to the command of his company. Capt. Wright participated in the battles of Perry\ille, Ky., and Milton, Tenn., both engagements terminating in victory for the Union arms. During the spring of 1863, the 80th Illinois was put into General Streight's brigade of mounted infantry. On the 30th day of April,1863 at Day’s Gap, the brigade engaged the enemy under the celebrated Gen. N. B. Forrest. Two actions were fought during the day, both resulting favorably to the Federal arms. Pri vale Frank McIntosh, of Alton Junction, was shot in the head by a rebel bullet and his skull badly fractured. He is stil; living. On May 2nd, following, at Blunt Farm, the brigade had another brush with the enemy and repulsed them, but on the next day while skirmishing with Gen. Forrest’s command Streight's entire brigade, 1,400 strong, was surrounded and captured by three confederate brigades. The fighting was desultory, the weather wet, and, unfortunately,all the Federal ammunition had become wet and unserviceable through the fact of the men having had to cross several swollen creeks. On the other hand the rebels had managed to keep their powder dry and then had the Union men at their mercy. For three days the unfortunate captives were held at Rome, Ga., whence they left for Libby Prison at Richmond, Va., reaching that notorious prison on the 16th of June, following. At the Libby Capt. Wright was confined for twelve months, only seeing daylight through the prison bars for that period except on one memorable occasion when, in company with sixty-two other Federal captains,he was marched out to take his chance in a lottery drawing, where the two officers drawing the black bean were sentenced to be hung. Capt. Wright was one of the sixty who drew blanks and it is gratifying to know that the death sentence was not carried into effect upon the officers who drew the two black beans. In company with one hundred and thirty-five others Capt. Wright was imprisoned in a room forty-five feet square. Prisoners were not allowed blankets, and slept in their clothes. The daily ration per man per diem was one-quarter pound of beef, one-half pound ofers were taken to Camp Sor Columbia, S. C., where they Christmas, 1864. Here the 1 fifty bloodhounds which they successfully in tracking esc»[ ers as no one ever succeeded the hounds. Many were wow dogs and two died fiom the the bites of the savage brute! ter used here was no better age. In February, 1865, t were removed to Charlotte,! to Raleigh and subsequently boro. At Wilmington the leased from their long ciptiv and sent to Annapolis, Md.,t shortly departed for their se* the war being over. Out t months service, Capt. Wt twenty-two months in prislt; nobly earned the pension he with other comrades no* which should, by rights, I* amount, as the least that country could do in recogn brave defenders.Th* Board of Supervisors onunty, have standing re* kinds of misdemeanors i 11 beginning wllh murderers, I is offered, nod so on dowi.KARLI CLOSING OP THA Reminiscence fre« CiptTampa, Fla.,Kdilor TiUffrapk:In Weekly TauoaArn. D#«. an Item oa the early closing of lr« at Alton. Capt. Bruner', rvc b« correct as to that pa-1 of M»s ears sglt;, las beat 1 bad charg lor N-w Orleans. Nov. Mb, wilh ol ler, having on boarj owthi ol flour from the mill ol 8. A m«t the Alton packets la* wt Louia, In ih» bend, a aboil dials wreck ot tbs Altona. lbs tea plenty and moving very .lowly St. Louts. Walatd up tor iben dtlet, wbsre ws loaned tbs riv which cau.ed tbs water lot Widow Waters.' The next moi a audden Iall bad ocurrvd, ai took the cars on the Iron Moi Invesllaate the altuatlon be'oa two boats last In ths Ice at tbe a Inch was the Moeea tireenwolt; had, h w«jver, cut a channel 0 the Illinois aide, about ninety was ru'btag through it Ilka s J we paused down thiouthUsa rbaklBK and recking as In a at Cairo packet, Bodolpb, Juat alter making several attempt rapids, k d to wait UU ne through. Tbe river eooa ope mained till the following Man gallon was again aaapeuded lc In my recollection theee we and latest dates of obetnctioi by loe. TomK.Peel Pmlectlen ler Gre II now ippenre not uni the English people will »' day follow the example of 1 and French neighbors in import dntj on breaditul from India and the oolonii from thia ooantry. A 10c formed for ihe express bringing the matter befor and keeping it there till a in its favor can be secntt effort teems to be rewarde quisition of converts at a rate. The mam argument English farmer cannot aff wheat at lose than fortyquarter, which is nearlythan tba average pnw past, tbat it is absolut to tbe independence of1 adopt measures which * crease the domestic prodt as ia case of war the cou more in danger of having pliea cut off than ever bet the people as a whole woo better off in paying the which such a change wot it would make money me keeping at home tast su out annually to other bread. It i» remarkabl
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Alton Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Thu, Dec 23, 1886
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