BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA JANUARY 29, 1902 TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA MRS. CARRIE PAYNTER sued the Indiana Power Company for $10,000 for the death of her eleven year old son. In preparing powder for the market it is placed in wooden tubs, some of which were placed in an enclosed lot near a public pathway along which came young PAYNTER with a shotgun. He fired at a bird, a spark cused an explosion in a tub, and he was so badly burned he died in a few hours. FORT RITNER ELISHA LEE was at Tunnelton on business Monday. DR. L. G. BOYD was here Monday. JOHN ABLE, of Bedford was here Monday night. MOSES B. LEE was at the Stone City Tuesday. JOHN BELL, Superintendent of the Hoosier Telephone Co., completed the line to Tunnelton, Tuesday and was doing some repairing here Wednesday. JOHN R. BREWER, of Washington Co., was here Wednesday. THOMAS HOOPINGARNER, of Tunnelton, was a cller at ELISHA LEE'S Wednesday. SIMPSON LOWE, of Bedford, was here Wednesday, making his claims on the voters as a candidate for Judge. JACOB W. SPEER was here from Ditney, Thursday. THOMAS HOOPINGARNER, of Tunnelton was here Thursday. There was a man here Thursday night who claimed to be a minister of the Christian Church, and a coverted Jew. There was a MR. BARRETT, of Salem, here Thursday night. The Deputy Sheriff was here Friday announcing parties to appear in Court in February. JOHN P. FLINN, was at ELISHA LEE'S Friday getting somme pension work done, having got an increase of his pension from $17 to $24 per month. HIRAM FLINT moved from here to Tunnelton, where he was engage iin blacksmithing with ELISHA SIMPSON. A lawsuit here one day this week in which EHP EDWARDS of Bono, was charged with stealing $150. He was placed under $500 bond to appear in Court. MRS. HENRY HUDDLESON, of Washington County is moving to Mrs. SUSE WILLOCK'S farm here. ELDER D. L. BROWN, passed through here Saturday en route to Pinhook, to preach for them. He returned Sunday. DR. I. G. BOYD, of Tunnelton was here Sunday to see Mrs. C JONES, who is very sick. DR. H. C. DIXON was here Sunday from Tunnelton. We do not know his business. MRS. HENRY ROOT, of near here has been very sick, but is now on the mend. The whooping cough patients in this vicinity are getting better.

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA JANUARY 29, 1902 TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA MRS. CARRIE PAYNTER sued the Indiana Power Company for $10,000 for the death of her eleven year old son. In preparing powder for the market it is placed in wooden tubs, some of which were placed in an enclosed lot near a public pathway along which came young PAYNTER with a shotgun. He fired at a bird, a spark cused an explosion in a tub, and he was so badly burned he died in a few hours. FORT RITNER ELISHA LEE was at Tunnelton on business Monday. DR. L. G. BOYD was here Monday. JOHN ABLE, of Bedford was here Monday night. MOSES B. LEE was at the Stone City Tuesday. JOHN BELL, Superintendent of the Hoosier Telephone Co., completed the line to Tunnelton, Tuesday and was doing some repairing here Wednesday. JOHN R. BREWER, of Washington Co., was here Wednesday. THOMAS HOOPINGARNER, of Tunnelton, was a cller at ELISHA LEE'S Wednesday. SIMPSON LOWE, of Bedford, was here Wednesday, making his claims on the voters as a candidate for Judge. JACOB W. SPEER was here from Ditney, Thursday. THOMAS HOOPINGARNER, of Tunnelton was here Thursday. There was a man here Thursday night who claimed to be a minister of the Christian Church, and a coverted Jew. There was a MR. BARRETT, of Salem, here Thursday night. The Deputy Sheriff was here Friday announcing parties to appear in Court in February. JOHN P. FLINN, was at ELISHA LEE'S Friday getting somme pension work done, having got an increase of his pension from $17 to $24 per month. HIRAM FLINT moved from here to Tunnelton, where he was engage iin blacksmithing with ELISHA SIMPSON. A lawsuit here one day this week in which EHP EDWARDS of Bono, was charged with stealing $150. He was placed under $500 bond to appear in Court. MRS. HENRY HUDDLESON, of Washington County is moving to Mrs. SUSE WILLOCK'S farm here. ELDER D. L. BROWN, passed through here Saturday en route to Pinhook, to preach for them. He returned Sunday. DR. I. G. BOYD, of Tunnelton was here Sunday to see Mrs. C JONES, who is very sick. DR. H. C. DIXON was here Sunday from Tunnelton. We do not know his business. MRS. HENRY ROOT, of near here has been very sick, but is now on the mend. The whooping cough patients in this vicinity are getting better.

BEDFORD WEEKLY NEWS BEDFORD, INDIANA JANUARY 31, 1902 At Bloomington in the morning an informal meeting of citizens was held, and POSTMAST BUSKIRK, for the citizens and JOHN W. CRAVENS, of Indiana University were appointed to meet the Admiral at Greencastle and tender him the compliments of the city and the university and ask him to say a few words on his arrival. The admiral accepted the greetings and on arrival of the train an immense crowd welcomed him. The Indiana University yell was an innovation and amused the distinguised visitor. He said he had often heard of Indiana University and considered it quite an honor to be remembered by the institution. The admiral refused to speak, until, as the train pulled out he said, "I only respond that the Brooklyn wrote her autograph on the ships of the enemy." Three rousing cheers were giiven by the crowd. About 1000 people had assembled at the Bedford Depot where the Admiral shook hands, with a few persons, his arm being too sore for much handshaking; there were loud cheers for the sailor. At Mitchell only a short stop was made but several hundred people cheered loudly and some shook hands. A committee from Louisville met the train at Salem. ADMIRAL SCHLEY came out on the platform and shook hands with a few, then excused himself from further handshaking but thanked the people for the welcome and said he was glad to see them. The Newsboys' band, which was instructed to play on the depot platofrm was still obeying its manager when the train bearing the Admiral and the committee pulled out. Orders were received for an engine and caboose to take the band into New Albany and after forty-five minutes wait the band was sent on its way, too late, however, to escort the guest and committee through Louisville, where a great reception was given him. The character of ADMIRAL SCHLEY'S present tour over the country, and the men who are promoting it, seem to indicate that he is being groomed as a Presidental possibility by a portion of the Democratic party. They seem to have forgotten the sad political fate.

BEDFORD WEEKLY NEWS BEDFORD, INDIANA JANUARY 31, 1902 At Bloomington in the morning an informal meeting of citizens was held, and POSTMAST BUSKIRK, for the citizens and JOHN W. CRAVENS, of Indiana University were appointed to meet the Admiral at Greencastle and tender him the compliments of the city and the university and ask him to say a few words on his arrival. The admiral accepted the greetings and on arrival of the train an immense crowd welcomed him. The Indiana University yell was an innovation and amused the distinguised visitor. He said he had often heard of Indiana University and considered it quite an honor to be remembered by the institution. The admiral refused to speak, until, as the train pulled out he said, "I only respond that the Brooklyn wrote her autograph on the ships of the enemy." Three rousing cheers were giiven by the crowd. About 1000 people had assembled at the Bedford Depot where the Admiral shook hands, with a few persons, his arm being too sore for much handshaking; there were loud cheers for the sailor. At Mitchell only a short stop was made but several hundred people cheered loudly and some shook hands. A committee from Louisville met the train at Salem. ADMIRAL SCHLEY came out on the platform and shook hands with a few, then excused himself from further handshaking but thanked the people for the welcome and said he was glad to see them. The Newsboys' band, which was instructed to play on the depot platofrm was still obeying its manager when the train bearing the Admiral and the committee pulled out. Orders were received for an engine and caboose to take the band into New Albany and after forty-five minutes wait the band was sent on its way, too late, however, to escort the guest and committee through Louisville, where a great reception was given him. The character of ADMIRAL SCHLEY'S present tour over the country, and the men who are promoting it, seem to indicate that he is being groomed as a Presidental possibility by a portion of the Democratic party. They seem to have forgotten the sad political fate.

END OF HOSTILITIES. When the Mexican battery was silenced, hostilities ceased. The Third Indiana advanced some distance and took a position in the head of a short ravine, some three hundred yards north of the ravine from which the Mexicans came upon the Second Indiana in the morning. The only firing done after we took this position resulted from the efforts of the Mexicans to get possession of a horse attached to a caisson. The horse was about the same distance from where we were that he was from the ravine where the Mexicans were, being about one hundred and fifty yards from each. They sent out several squads toward the horse, and when they would get within a short distance of it our boys would fire on them, when they would return the fire and run back into the ravine. This was kept up until almost dark, when the Mexicans abandoned the task. The Third remained in that position during the night and waked up in the morning to find the Mexicans gone, very contrary to our expectations and I must confess, greatly to our satisfaction, for we had expected an attack by an overwhelming force in the morning. So that, when our sentinels came in and said they had gone we all felt decidedly relieved. My reason for asserting so positively that DAVIS' Mississippi regiment was not nearer the repulse of the Lanciers than I have stated above is that I had the assurance from a number of his men with whom I had become acquainted, one of his lieutenants with whom I often talked being an old acquaintance was a neighbor boy before he went to Mississippi. I also had that assurance from men of the Second Indiana who were at the hacienda among the troops organized out of DAVIS' men – a portion of the Second Indiana and the four Indiana companies under Major GORMAN. It was necessary to retain troops at the hacienda to protect the army stores, for it was threatened more or less during the greater part of the day by Mexican cavalry, bodies of which were between there and the city of Saltillo during most of the time. The facts I have stated above were well known and admitted on all sides by the soldiers, who had no motive to lie, and no vaulting ambition to gratify. Without intending to criticize the generalship that placed the Second Indiana Regiment from a hundred to a hundred and fifty yards from the ravine, instead of immediately on the brow of it, so that they might have attacked the Mexicans while they were yet in the ravine, and the first ones appeared there, I could not and can not but think that if the latter had been done, a very different result would have followed so far as the Second Indiana was concerned. That the Second Indiana Regiment was composed of as brave men as ever stood before an enemy their bloody line, as it appeared six weeks after the battle sufficiently testified. The statement of Jefferson DAVIS that he found some of them at the hacienda in an utterly disorganized condition is true. That he found his own men there it the same condition is equally true. That he had the skill to reorganize them and put them in fighting trim, thanks are due to West Pint, which educated him at the expense of the Government." THE FRUSTRATED DUEL BETWEEN GEN. JOE LANE AND COL. JIM LANE. The author of the foregoing account of the battle of Buena Vista (Edward T. DICKEY) also furnishes the facts concerning the encounter between Gen. Joe LANE and Col. Jim LANE, which occurred at Agua Neuva a day or two before the army fell back and took position at the pass of Angostura, near the hacienda of Buena Vista. Mr. DICKEY was an eyewitness of this affair, and the facts may be relied on as accurate. This incident was well-known and often discussed among all the Indiana regiments; but as far as the writer hereof has observed is not referred to in any authentic history of the Mexican War. Had it not been for the prompt interference of friends on that occasion a different result of the battle of Buena Vista might have been recorded in history, as these two men were among the most courageous and efficient officers of Gen. TAYLOR's little army and the death of Gen. LANE would have left him with only one other General officer (Gen. John E. WOOL, of the Regulars) to manage and assist him in the battle. All agree that, had the two LANES fought as they had agreed to fight both would have been killed. I will here mention that Gen. LANE and Col. Jim were not related. "Why the General did not call on the Colonel for a report of the action of his regiment was well understood by the Indiana soldiers. They had come to blows on the Saturday before the battle, followed by a challenge from General LANE which had been accepted by Colonel LANE and was then pending. There had been ill-feeling and jealousy between them from the time the Third Indiana left Matamoras ahead of the Second Indiana, which was in December, 1846. The Second was General LANE's regiment before he was promoted to Brigadier, and was therefore his favorite regiment. The relations between these two officers grew more strained by other moves of a similar character at Camargo and again at Monterey. On Saturday preceding the battle of Buena Vista, after regimental drill, Colonel LANE formed his regiment into a hollow square, and he and the other field officers of his regiment were discussing some troubles that had arisen among them, growing out of an effort of Colonel LANE, Adjutant DALLY and Capt. T. Ware GIBSON to continue the Third Indiana in the service, leaving out Lieutenant-Colonel McCARTY and Major GORMAN. After the regimental officers had made their statements, Gen. LANE, who had been standing just outside the square listening to the talk, stepped inside and proceeded to make a statement of his understanding of the matter. In doing so he said something that Colonel LANE said he did not believe. To this General LANE replied he 'did not care whether Colonel LANE believed what he said or not.' The Colonel retorted by saying that 'a man who did not care what he did say was not likely to care whether what he said was believed.' The General asked 'if the Colonel meant to say that he (the General) was a man who disregarded his word.' The Colonel's reply was 'I do, by ----, sir.' At this the General struck at him. The Colonel dodged the blow and struck the General in the face. They were then separated by the officers near them. The General started away, saying as he went: 'Colonel LANE, prepare yourself.' The Colonel brought his regiment into line facing toward the camp, and while he was saying to his men that the trouble was his own, and that he wished the men to take no part in it, the General was seen coming through the camp with his rifle on his shoulder. Colonel LANE's back was to the camp, within perhaps 30 yards. At about that distance the General stopped, and calling to the Colonel, asked: 'Are you ready, Colonel LANE?' The Colonel looked around, and seeing the General, ordered a man in the ranks to load his musket, and replied: 'I --- soon can be.' That man and many others loaded their muskets without delay. Just as the Colonel reached to take the musket the guard surrounded the General and led him away, probably saving the lives of both officers, for had they exchanged shots I have no doubt the General would have killed the Colonel, and as little doubt that 50 musket charges would have found lodgment in the General's body, knowing as I do the temper of the men of the Third Indiana at that time. The challenge immediately followed. This all occurred at Agua Nueva. On the next day the army fell back to Buena Vista, followed promptly, as everybody knows, by the Mexicans, who pitched their tents that night just where ours had stood the night before."

On the 22nd Gen. TAYLOR disposed of his forces in the following manner: Col. McKEE's Kentucky regiment and Col. HARDIN's Illinois regiment were placed on the right wing supporting Washington's battery. Col. YELL's Arkansas cavalry, supporting SHERMAN's battery, was placed next the Kentuckians. Jack HAY's Texas Rangers occupied the center and somewhat to the rear, BRAGG's battery held the left of the center; while the Mississippi Rifles under Col. Jefferson DAVIS and the 3rd Indiana under Col. James H. LANE, with the 2nd Indiana was placed on the extreme left of the line supporting O'BRIEN's battery of only three guns. Two rifle companies of the 2nd Ind. and two of the 3rd Ind. under Major GORMAN, were placed on the mountains on the left of the 2nd Ind. The riflemen under GORMAN did gallant service by holding in check a very large force of Mexicans which climbed the mountains, to the left of the pass. A remarkable fact is stated by survivors of that battle that the 2nd Ind. was without any supporting force, either in their rear or on their right, nearer than 1,500 yard. Skirmishing took place on the evening of the 22nd. Early in the day of the 23rd SANTA ANNA's army came pouring through the pass and over the mountains and spread themselves over the plateau. The 2nd Ind. received the first onslaught of the attack, by a large force of infantry, about 8000 in number, and about 2000 cavalry (lanciers), two Mexican batteries, one on the left and one on the right, enfilading the second regiment. Notwithstanding this overwhelming disparity the regiment delivered 21 rounds before retreating, 35 men of the regiment having been killed. At this juncture Gen. Joe LANE, who was in immediate command of the regiment, undertook to move O'BRIEN's battery further to the right and front with the intention as he claimed of moving the regiment up to a point where it would be less exposed to the guns of the Mexican batteries. On LANE's departure, in charge of O'BRIEN's battery, and seeing that the men were being slaughtered, Col. BOWLES, who had been deprived by Gen. LANE of the command, but who chose to shoulder a musket and was actually fighting in the ranks, assumed command of his own accord and passed the word down the line to "cease firing and retreat." In the retreat and while passing near the 3rd Indiana and the Mississippi regiment quite a number rallied and joined those regiments. The others continued the retreat to the rear and rallied at the hacienda where they did excellent service in repelling an assault by the Mexican lanciers. O'BRIEN's battery, after the retreat, was captured by the Mexicans, his horses having been all killed. The most effective arm of the U. S. army in that battle was the three batteries of flying artillery of BRAGG, SHERMAN and WASHINGTON. Those batteries could be moved from point to point with great rapidity by horses attached. The Mexican batteries were hauled up to their positions with oxen. After being once planted in a chosen position they were not moved during the day. The battle raged nearly all day of the 23rd and during the night, SANTAT ANNA gathered his forces and material of war and retraced his steps toward San Luis Potosi, 200 miles from the battleground. I have been furnished with many interesting facts connected with the arduous and difficult service of the Indianians in the battle of Buena Vista by the survivors referred to, but want of space precludes any further comment. In conclusion I append hereto a single statement from Mr. Edward F. DICKEY, who was a member of the 3rd Indiana regiment. "As soon as the Mexicans gave way, the Third crossed the ravine and were joined by three or four pieces of artillery under Captain BRAGG, and perhaps WEBB or SHERMAN. I am not certain who had charge of the other guns, or whether there were three or four. The guns that were there engaged were the battery of 18-pounders at the foot of the mountain the Third Indiana being drawn up in line to protect our guns. This battery duel was kept up until the Mexican battery was silenced, and this was the end of the fight. It was then late in the afternoon. The general officers present during the cannonading were General WOOL and Gen. LANE, and then was the first time the Third Indiana Regiment saw General LANE that day. It is proper to say here that the weather was perfectly clear during the entire day, except for about half an hour when a cloud seemed to gather immediately over the field, and a gentle shower fell sufficient to dampen our clothing. This as I remember, occurred about the time of the truce. There was no growth of any kind on the table land to obstruct the view, and all parts of the field could be distinctly seen from any point of the general surface of the table land.

The following is a complete roster of the field and staff officers of the five volunteer regiments from Indiana: FIELD AND STAFF 1ST IND. VOLS. James P. DRAKE, Colonel. Henry S. LANE, First Lieutenant- Colonel. C. C. NAVE, Second Lieutenant-Colonel. William DONALDSON, Major. William PEARSON, Adjutant. C. V. JONES, Surgeon. William FOSDICK, Assistant Surgeon. Delana R. ECKELS, Commissary. James WILSON, Quartermaster. William L. BROWN, Quartermaster. FIELD AND STAFF 2ND IND. VOLS. Joseph LANE, Fist Colonel. William A. BOWLES, Second Colonel. William R. HADDON, Lieutenant-Colonel. James A. CRAVESN, Major. David C. SHANKS, First Adjutant. L. Q. HOGATT, Second Adjutant. Daniel S. LANE, Surgeon. John F. WALKER, Assistant Surgeon. Robert MITCHELL, Quartermaster. FIELD AND STAFF 3RD IND. VOLS. James H. LANE, Colonel. William M. McCARTY, Lieutenant-Colonel. Willis A. GORMAN, Major. N. HAYDEN, commissary. Herman H. BARBOUR, Adjutant. Harrison DALLY, Adjutant. James S. ATHON, Surgeon. John G. DUNN, Assistant Surgeon. FIELD AND STAFF 4TH IND. VOLS. Willis A. GORMAN, Colonel. Ebenezer DUMONT, Lieutenant-Colonel. William W. McCOY, Major. Martin M. VanDUSEN, Adjutant. Noble HAMILTON, Quartermaster. FIELD AND STAFF 5TH REGT. VOLS. James H. LANE, Colonel. Allen MAY, Lieut.-Colonel. John M. MYERS, Major. James BAKER, Quartermaster. James S. ATHON, Surgeon. P. G. JONES, Asst. Surgeon. John M. LORD, Adjutant. THE BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA. At the request of some of the descendants of the men who took part in the Mexican War from Lawrence County, which was occurred over half a century ago, the writer of this article has undertaken to lay before the readers of the MAIL, the facts of their service; and especially to compile from the most reliable authority and through personal interviews with men now living who participated in the battle of Buena Vista, the true facts concerning that battle. The reader will bear in mind that ever since that war much unfavorable comment has been indulged in relative to the conduct of the Second Indiana regiment. The persons interviewed are among the most intelligent, truthful and trustworthy survivors of that battle. In the first place, Gen. Zachary TAYLOR's report to the War Department relative to the said regiment, as well as Jefferson DAVIS' report, criticized their action in the severest terms. The officers and privates of both the 2d and 3d regiments, after failing to induce TAYLOR to revise and modify his official report, demanded a Court of Inquiry immediately after the battle. The said Court of Inquiry composed of officers of the various regiments which took part in the battle, concluded their verdict with the following finding, in substance: They acquitted the men and officers of the charge of cowardice, but severely criticized Col. Wm. A. BOWLES, the official Colonel of the regiment but who was not on duty that day, for want of knowledge of military maneuvers, which resulted in the rout and precipitate retreat of the regiment. Gen. TAYLOR refused to sign the report of the Court of Inquiry, justifying his action on the report of Jefferson DAVIS, the Colonel of the Mississippi Rifles. DAVIS' official report to Gen. TAYLOR was in the following words relative to the 2d Indiana: "At a critical moment in the action in the afternoon of the 23d, the 2d Indiana regiment ingloriously fled and took no further part in the action, excepting a handful, who under the gallant Colonel BOWLES, joined my regiment and fought gallantly during the remainder of the day." This report went into history as the true facts of the conduct of this regiment. The historians of the war, sticking to Gen. TAYLOR's and Col. Jefferson DAVIS' reports, and totally ignoring the action of the Court of Inquiry, have placed a stigma upon Indiana which half a century of time has scarcely effaced. As an elucidation of the unfavorable character of the historians' comments, the writer hereof will be pardoned for the statement of a fact which all well informed people know to be correct, namely, that the writers of nearly all our school histories were residents of New England, a section which has always entertained a strong prejudice against the West, and Indiana in particular. Besides, another fact is well known, that New England has never been over loyal to the constituted authorities in any war which the United States has been engaged in, save one. I have recently interviewed four survivors of the battle of Buena Vista for the purpose of obtaining correct information concerning the part taken by the 2d Indiana regiment, namely, Capt. Isaac CAROTHERS, (then first sergeant of Capt. DAVIS' Co.), Judge A. B. CARLTON of the same company, now living in Terre Haute, Major James R. MULKY, then a private in Capt. SANDERSON's company of the 2d Indiana, and Gen. Lew WALLACE, who also belonged to the second regiment. These gentlemen all agree to the following facts: A few days before the battle Gen. TAYLOR's army numbering about 4500 men, nearly all volunteers, moved forward from Saltillo in the direction of San Luis Potosi. The army reached a small village about 25 miles from Saltillo, called Agua Nueva. Gen. TAYLOR having previously sent forward a small reconnoitering cavalry force under Majors GAINES and BOLAND. This force comprised about 60 men, Kentuckians and Arkansans. This force was surrounded at Encarnacion, by a vastly superior force, the advance guard of SANTA ANNA's army of 23,000 men; were captured and taken to the city of Mexico. One man (Capt. HENRIE) escaped from the Mexicans and brought the word to Gen. TAYLOR that the reconnoitering party had been captured. Capt. Ben. McCOLLOUGH, of the Texas Rangers, was dispatched to get definite information of the approach of SANTA ANNA. His company returned, and Gen. TAYLOR fell back and took position on the plateau of the village of Buena Vista, to the north of the pass of Angostura on the afternoon of the 21st of February.

The following named men are shown to have been enlisted in Lawrence County, Indiana, by Major NORVELL, 16th U. S. Infantry, for the Mexican War: Charles M. BUCKLEY, Springville, Ind. Semer COBB, Springville, Ind. Jeremiah DEAN, Bedford, Ind. Elijah FULLER, Springville, Ind. James F. GEORGE, Springville, Ind. Nelson LEMONDS, Springville, Ind. Benjamin MURPHY, Springville, Ind. Westley H. NICHOLESS, Springville, Ind. Felps REED, Springville, Ind. John RUPERT, Springville, Ind. William H. TUMY, Springville, Ind. John PIERCE, Springville, Ind. Absalom VEACH, Springville, Ind. Co. K to which the foregoing men belonged was commanded by Capt. James HUGHES, who was at the time Editor of the Bedford Sun and was practicing law in Bedford. During the Civil War HUGHES was Judge of the Court of Claims at Washington. The few old men, contemporaries of Dr. NORVELL, now living, will recognize the following short description of the Doctor and his characteristics as I remember them: He was over six feet high, rather slim but very active and muscular. He was of nervous temperament and quick spoken; always wore side-whiskers, of more recent years called "Burnsides." He was very popular and had a host of friends. His fighting qualities were well-known throughout Lawrence county. He was first commissioned by President Polk as Major of the 16th U. S. Infantry, and soon after the regiment reached the Rio Grande he was promoted to be Lieut.-Colonel of the 10th Infantry; and "there by hangs a tale." At the risk of violating an injunction laid upon me by one yet living and who is a near and dear friend of Dr. NORVELL, I present the facts as they came to me from that and other sources of an affair which occurred on the Rio Grande and which came very nearly proving disastrous. After the regiment was fully organized and had reached Mexico at the mouth of the Rio Grande considerable friction sprang up between the Colonel TIBBETTS and Major NORVELL, growing out of reflections on the part of the Colonel concerning the conduct of the Second Indiana at Buena Vista – the Colonel embracing all Indianians in his insinuations and innuendoes. Major NORVELL sent Colonel TIBBETTS a challenge in the following language: "To strip off uniforms and fight as "Indianian" and Kentuckian,": pugnibus et calcibus, or with rifles." The Colonel, instead of accepting the unique challenge, preferred charges against Major NORVELL, which were never acted on by the War Dept. But President Polk, to prevent a possible tragedy, promoted Dr. NORVELL to the Lieut.-Colonelcy of the 10th Infantry, and thus placed the belligerents in different regiments.

The 5th Ind. was commanded by Col. James H. LANE and served under Gen. Winfield SCOTT on the Vera Cruz and City of Mexico line. In addition to the five volunteer regiments, a cavalry company, under the command of a man named FORD, was recruited in Floyd and Clark counties. A portion of the 16th U. S. Infantry was recruited in this county by Dr. Ralph G. NORVELL in the spring of 1847, in and about Springville. These men were in Co. K of that regiment. The remainder of that regiment were raised in Kentucky. The Colonel commanding this regiment was TIBBETTS, of Kentucky, with Dr. R. G. NORVELL, Major. I have had considerable difficulty in obtaining a correct list of the men who served in this regiment form Lawrence county. The subjoined letter from the office of the Adjutant General I give in full as it explains the facts concerning these enlisted men. War Department Adjutant General's Office Washington, May 28, 1900 HON. R. W. MIERS. Washington: Dear Sir: Replying to your letter of the 21st instant, accompanying which is one from Mr. James C. CARLTON, of Bedford, Indiana, requesting certain information of enlistments in the regular Army from Lawrence County for the Mexican War. I have the honor to inform you that the records of this office show that Major NORVELL of the 16th Infantry made forty-one (41) enlistments for his Regiment in April and May, 1847, in the towns of Natchy, Harrisonville, Springville, Bedford, Salem, Jeffersonville, and Orleans, Indiana. These men weer assigned to the various companies of the regiment and it can be stated that in only a few cases were they born or enlisted in Lawrence County and of this number three only were born in Indiana. If it is Mr. CARLTON's wish, the names of the fourteen men who were enlisted in Lawrence County will be supplied. Awaiting your further pleasure in the promise, I am, Very respectfully, H. C. CORBIN, Adjutant General.

Wash BRADLEY, of Capt. ALEXANDER's Company, whose home was at Orleans, was an eccentric character and a man of rare attainments and intelligence. While the American army lay in camp at En Cerro, near the city of Jalapa, on the homeward march, we received the intelligence from Vera Cruz of the downfall of the French Monarchy and the establishment of the Republican with Louis Napoleon as President. A grand ratification and jollification meeting was immediately called in which the whole army joined, and amid booming of cannon and much speechifying the American and French eagles were sent soaring skyward. The writer hereof enjoyed the remarks and bright scintillations of wit and humor indulged in on that occasion by Wash BRADLEY, one of the speakers. BRADLEY was a brother of Lawrence BRADLEY and Augustus BRADLEY, prominent men in business circles at New Albany for half a century. Co. F. of the 5th Indiana Regiment, which was raised in Marion and Boone counties and comjmanded by Capt. Jno. McDOUGALL contained the following Lawrence county men: James C. CARLTON. Oscar FOOTE. William PURCELL. James PURCELL. Ebenezer S. THOMPSON. The above are all dead save James C. CARLTON, of Bedford.

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, SEPT. 21, 1900 RAILROAD RACKET. It is said that John R. WALSH is planning for a coal road to cross the S. I. at Coalmont. B. W. RAMSEY is the new Engineer in charge of Engine No. 21, pulling the local on the S. I. Ry. Brakeman Sam HUNCILMAN, of the S. I., is moving his family from Greensburg to Terre Haute. J. C. CARLETON, of this city, paid the first fare from Terre Haute to Bedford over the Southern Indiana Ry. The first excursion out of Terre Haute over the Southern Indiana Ry. will be run next Sunday to Indian Springs. Scott HENRY will be Conductor on the S. I. freight train, formerly in charge of Conductor HUFFMAN. Brakemen employed on the B. & O. branch deny the report that any of their number have recently figured in an elopement episode. The Southern Indiana will make a special rate on its line to accommodate the crowds that will attend Terre Haute's trotting meeting Sept. 24 to 28. Conductor James TORPHY will have charge of the new S. I. freight run which will make the round trip each day from Westport to this city and return. Conductor James HUFFMAN will have charge of the new S. I. passenger train into Terre Haute, and Lawrence JOHNSON, of Seymour, will be extra Conductor for the same train. Conductor James TORPHY will have charge of the S. I. yard crew at Terre Haute, and Engineer Mike TORPHY will pull the throttle on the engine. It is said that Linton is one of the best towns along the S. I., so far as patronage to that road is concerned. In proportion to population, the S. I. takes more passengers to and from Linton than any other point on the line except Bedford. The roof of the new S. I. Paint Shop will be like the other building recently put up. There will be large plate glass sky lights which will let in only diffused rays of northern light, and will be arranged so that no direct sunlight can enter the building at all. The contest for the silver lanterns that has been in progress in Louisville has closed and Conductor Mike HACKETT, who represented the Monon, was third in the list. The prize for the most popular Conductor running into Louisville was won by Mr. NELSON of the Louisville and Nashville. It will keep the hotel runners hustling to keep up with the different trains after the new S. I. train service is inaugurated. The first passenger train on the west at 8:01 a.m.; East at 8:27; another train east at 10:24 a.m. Another passenger train goes west at 1:15 p.m., and also one at 6:46 p.m. A passenger train from Terre Haute is due here at 7:31 in the evening. Evansville, Ind., Sept. 13. – David J. MACKEY filed a petition in bankruptcy in the United States Court today. His liabilities are estimated at $577,765. He has no assets. Mr. MACKEY was formerly a Western railroad king, and was owner of the following roads: Evansville and Terre Haute, Evansville, Indianapolis, Peoria, Decatur and Evansville; Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis, known as the "Air Line," and the Evansville and Richmond. Five years ago Mr. MACKEY failed and his roads passed into different hands. In his petition forty-three creditors are named, all of whom live in Chicago and New York. It is said that work will begin on the Indianapolis Southern railroad in thirty days. The subsidies amount to about $500,000 and the towns of Paoli, Ferdinand, Salem, Brownstown, Grandview, Rockport, Nashville and Owensboro have guaranteed to build, free of cost to the railroad, handsome passenger and freight stations. The managers were in the East ten days ago getting the cash part settled. – Huntingburgh Independent. The officials of the Southern Indiana Railroad give it out that they will build a fine new stone hotel at Indian Springs, and that it will be completed by May 1st, 1901. It will be the finest building of the kind in Indiana, which will make strong competition for the famous resorts at West Baden and French Lick. A large force of men are now at work cleaning off the refuse timber and brush, and the main line of the railroad will be extended to the grounds, and passengers will be unloaded right at the hotel. An empty freight car was smashed to pieces and another damaged in a singular accident on the B. & O. S. W. at Vincennes Monday. When the front engine of the east-bound freight reached North Sixth street it stopped. The crew of the second engine pushing behind did not know that the front engine was stopped and kept on pushing. The force of one engine pushing against the set air brakes of the other telescoped a freight car, completely destroying it. The car that was demolished contained four tramps. They all scrambled out however in time to escape injury. In a special write up of the S. I. Ry., Editor J. D. WHITE, of the Greensburg Daily News says: "Arriving at Bedford, a beautiful city – like Rome – built upon her seven or more hills, she is destined, not to rule the world, but to furnish to the world the finest building stone in existence. The S. I. depot at this place will ever be a monument to the thrift and enterprise of its originators and a standing advertisement of the natural product that has rendered the name of Bedford famous wherever civilization has extended. The depot is a grand and imposing structure built entirely - even to the roof – of handsome Bedford stone, richly carved and artistically arranged. The interior is so commodiously divided into various offices and waiting rooms that it not only attracts the admiration but the wonder of the passing guest. As an evidence of the thrift and prosperity of the city we noticed two representatives of that irrepressible class of individuals usually called reporters on the platform with their ever-ready note-books and pencils to inform the one half of the world what the other half is doing. After a brief but pleasant 'bird's eye view' of the city we were soon following the many intricate bends of White river, enjoying the beautiful scenery, noting the pleasing landscape and cheerful farm scenes as we swiftly glided over the velvety roadbed on bands of steel. The scenery and the attractions that charm the tourist increase instead of diminish as he passes between Bedford and Indian Springs." Since the placing in service of the big battleship engines by the Monon the engineers and firemen who crew these engines have thought they were entitled to more pay than when they run the small engines. They assert that the engines now operated weigh from 120 to 135 tons and that the labor demanded to run them is nearly double that of the type of several years back. There has been an undercurrent of talk among the engine men as to asking for an increase of between 3 and 5 per cent, over the present wages. The men in no way intimated that they intended to give the company any trouble, but decided to send a committee of engineers and firemen to Chicago to place the matter before President McDOEL, and Saturday the following enginemen appeared before the president of the road: Engineers Thomas HARDING, William STANG and Samuel BENNETT; Firemen John MUTTER, Fred KISER and Noah ALVIS. The conference with the president lasted a long time, and after the men presented their arguments the president informed the committee that the wages paid by the Monon were as large as those paid by any other road running in southern territory, and for that reason he could see no ground to grant an increase. The committee went away apparently satisfied. In speaking of the conference President McDOEL said: "There will be no increase in wages, as the Monon is now paying as much as any other road. The committee when it learned this fact was apparently satisfied that the claim was not a just one. I do not fear any trouble." For some years roads all over the continent have been using steel ties with good results, and accordingly manufacturers in this country are using for foreign roads as argument to induce American roads to try the steel ties. Some engineers believe, too, that steel does not make as good a tie as wood. With steel ties and rock ballast, they say, passengers would think that they were riding on a bed of solid cement on account of the absence of resilient properties. They also believe that difficulty would be experienced in packing the dirt about the steel ties securely enough to prevent the tracks getting out of alignment. For about six months the Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad in Pennsylvania has been experimenting with the use of steel ties. The tie in use there resembles the "bowl" and "plate" tie largely in use in India and South America, and the company has been subjecting it to exceptionally heavy traffic. The ties were laid on October 12th, 1899. There are forty-four of them and the normal spacing is 24 inches from center to center, but the actual spacing varies from 16 to 30 inches, the ties having been put in where the wooden ties were removed. Each trough or rail bearer weights about 25 pounds, and the tie bearer 60 pounds. The rails are 70 pounders, and are laid with suspended joints spliced with four-bolt angle bars, and the track is ballasted with slag. Since the ties were laid about 1,500,000 tons of freight has passed over them, principally coal cars of 60,000 and 80,000 pounds capacity, hauled by 100-ton engines. The officials claim that the steel ties make a more durable track than wooden ties, and reduce the labor of track maintenance by 40 per cent. They also permit an increase of 33 per cent, in the length of the sections. If these deductions are correct it is difficult to see why railroads in general do not adopt the steel tie.

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL DECEMBER 26, 1902 Ed Sherrill of near Red Cross was in the city Monday. Charles R. Gowen is here from Bowling Green , KY. See the new pictures in Hodge & Ferguson's window. F.T. Sherwood and J.A. Reath spend Friday on a hunting expedition. A case of diptheria is reported in the Norman Family in South Bedford. Andrew Dodds of buddha, was in the city Saturday and called on the MAIL. Miss Myra Durham came up from Borden Tuesday a.m. to visit friends in Bedford. Mrs. homer Fisher came up from Orleans Monday forenoon, to visit Bedford relatives. Mrs. I.G. Ades and sons, Saul and Leon, went to Louisville Sunday evening to spend the holidays. George C. Parks of Port Huron, Mich. is here to spend the holidays with his mother, Mrs. Sue Parks. Mr. and Mrs. Lon Lindsey have moved from West 17 St. into the property at the corner of 18th and O streets. Father Othmar, O.F.M. who conducted services at St. Vincent de Paul's sunday, returned to Indianapolis Monday forenoon.

PRIVATES. Levi BAILEY. Dillard BELL. Robert BROWN. James H. BOYD. Henry N. BROWN. Alexander COLDWELL. John R. CANNON. Mathias CLAMPITT. William CLAMPITT. John C. CRAWFORD. Lewis CRAWFORD. Jabez COX. Howson CLIFTON. William DAY. James L. DACKERT. William DOUGHERTY. Joseph DAYTON. Lucian G. FELL. John FOOTE. James FRANKEM, Caleb FRY. John FISHER. Calahan FISHER. Thomas GOENS. Joseph GOFF. William HAWKINS. Davis HART. John HELTON. David P. HOUSTON. Alexander HAWKINS. Stephen HUMPHRIES. Phillip HUPP. *Ulysses IRWIN Daniel JACKSON James KILGORE. Elijah C. LITTON. Geo. MARINER. Charles MYERS. *Harvey MATHIS. Elhanan W. MOBERLY. Benjamin McFARLAND. John McCOY. William McPIKE. James OWENS. Daniel W. PECK. Chalfant PURCELL. William H. PENDER. John W. POOL. Reuben PITCHER. Finley REYNOLDS. Charles ROSS. Abraham K. SMITH. Austin G. SPEER. James THOMAS. Isaac P. TODD. +Isaac N. TEMPLETON. Joseph TALBOTT. Isaac WILLIAMS. Johnston WOODS. *Harrison WILSON. Phillip WINEGAR. Jesse WINEGAR. John WOODY ------------------------ * Killed at Buena Vista. +Shipwrecked on Gulf of Mexico. From the best information I have all the members of Capt. DAVIS' Company are dead except the following: John BISHOP, living in North-West. Lewis CRAWFORD, living in Iowa. John C. CRAWFORD, living in Kansas. Ambrose B. CARLTON, living in Terre Haute. Isaac CAROTHERS, living in Martin Co. Alex HAWKINS, living in Bloomington. Chas. ROSS, living in Monroe Co. A. K. SMITH, living in Arkansas. Wm. H. PENDER, living in Kansas. The following Lawrence county men served in Capt. Jesse I ALEXANDER's Company of the 4th Indiana regiment: Benjamin F. BRINEGAR. Wm. H. BIVINS. Thomas BUTLER. Robert FOOTE. John HUMPSTON. James PRATHER. George REUTER. All the above are dead.

In the first year of the war (1846) three regiments of volunteers were raised in Indiana to serve for twelve months. These regiments rendezvoused at New Albany in the summer of 1846 and Joseph LANE (then Colonel of the Second regiment) was chosen to command the brigade, and Wm. A. BOWLES was promoted to the colonelcy of the Second regiment. The Indiana brigade proceeded down the river to New Orleans, thence across the Gulf of Mexico to Brazos Santiago at the mouth of the Rio Grande. The Second and Third regiments were ordered to join Gen. TAYLOR's forces, then at Monterey. The 1st regiment with other troops remained on the lower Rio Grande to keep open communication with the mouth of the river. I present below a full roster of Capt. Henry DAVIS' company: CO. F. SECOND INDIANA Henry DAVIS, Captain. Lucian Q. HOGGATT, 1st Lieut. Josiah C. FOSTER, 2nd Lieut. Edmund W. RICE, 3rd Lieut. Davis HARRISON, 1st Sergeant. Isaac CAROTHERS, 1st Sergeant. Calvin R. FOX, 2d Sergeant. Wm. T. DOBBS, 3d Sergeant. Virgil VESTAL, 4th Sergeant. John BISHOP, 1st Corporal. Ambrose H. CARLTON, 2d Corporal. Eli H. ALEXANDER, 3d Corporal. N. B. STEVENS, 4th Corporal. James I. BROWN, Musician. James DUNCAN, Musician.

Bedford Weekly Mail December 26, 1902 John Girdley of Blankenship will assist Mrs. N.E. Ennis and the gallery business on J street will be conducted by them as a partnership. John Ikerd and wife of Leatherwood, will give a turkey dinner Christmas Day to their children and grandchildren. Two turkeys were served. John Tanebill, aged 83 died Wednesday night at the residence of his son at Linton. Remains were taken to Heltonville for burial Friday afternoon. Mr. Tannebill ran a carding machine at Heltonville, and was well known by many in this vicinity. The rains that lasted for three or four days have flooded the country in and around West Baden and French Lick and caused an exodus of the guests from the Springs. Those places now seem deserted but they will return with the cessation of the waters. The butchers of Bedford have a combination. It is not to Raise prices however, but they have reduced the price and appeal to the people to not patronize the "wagon and winter" butchers.

It has been a task of much research and some expense, but as I am the sole survivor of that war now residing in Lawrence county, it is not likely that any one else will ever take the pains to collect the facts herein presented, and thus rescue them from oblivion. It is now over 54 years since Capt. Henry DAVIS' Company (F) was raised in this county for the Mexican War; and it is 52 years since the war closed. This company served in the 2nd regiment. Without intending to disparage the efforts or patriotism of the men who have served their country in other wars in which the United States has engaged at various times, I may be permitted to say that no one of them was so successfully and economically prosecuted and was so pregnant with grand and beneficial results to the winning side. Had the policy advocated by the Whigs in the presidential campaign of 1844 proven successful the Untied States would in all probability still be confined for its eastern boundary to the Sabine river, and the eastern rim of the Great American Desert; and the one port of Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia river, and possibly Seattle would be our only outlet to Asia and the Islands of the Pacific. I ask pardon of your readers for this digression from the original object of this paper into the political phase of the subject. It is a big and fruitful subject but I must forgo in this place the inclination to discuss it – I fear I might be treading on anti-expansion corns.

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, AUG. 24, 1900 INDIANA IN THE MEXICAN WAR. COMPILED BY REQUEST BY JAMES C. CARLTON. To the Editor of the MAIL: - Dear Sir Many inquires having been made of me within the past few years concerning the Mexican War, and especially about the part taken therein by Lawrence county men, I have, by your indulgence, concluded to present in the columns of the Mail, for the edification of the descendants and friends of that little band of soldiers who volunteered over a half a century ago and went forth to uphold the flag of their country, and to conquer a peace with the Mexican – who had invade American soil in the State of Texas – a full roster of the one company and parts of other companies furnished by Lawrence county, together with a full list of the field officers, of all the regiments of Indiana. These facts I have obtained from the Adjutant General's office at Indianapolis as to the Volunteers and from the War Department at Washington as to the Regulars – a portion of the 16th U. S. Infantry having been recruited in this county by Dr. Ralph G. NORVELL, then living at Springville.

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL DECEMBER 26, 1902 TUNNELTON William J. Dixon and Henry Harris of Fort Ritner were here Monday.....Elisha Lee done some milling at Fort Ritner Tuesday....John S. Reynolds went to Fort Ritner Wednesday a.m. after George Myers and took him to Stonington Wednesday....Robert Brooking and son, Omer, of Shilo was here Wednesday... William Mitchell of Rivervale was here Wednesday....Miss Jane Kimble and sister of near Buddha, was here Wednesday....Daniel A. Lee was at Erie Wednesday looking after business....John S. Reynolds made a business trip to Leesville Friday....Harvey S. Dixon of Fort Ritner was here Friday....Andrew Lee, of Oklahoma was here Friday....Jack Dixon of Shiloh was here Friday... Albert Williams of Fort Ritner was here Friday....A very quiet wedding here Thursday about 6 o'clock p.m. the contracting parties being Miss Jessie Reynolds, the accomplished daughter of John S. Reynolds and Mr. James Stanfred, son of Mr. John Stanfred of Bono. They left after the wedding to make their home near Bono.... Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Allen, of Pinhook was here Friday milling and trading....A man and wife came here Friday giving the name on Montgomery and hailing from Louisville and claiming to be an evangelist, saw the M.E. preacher who is the gentleman that was doing his own work here, that the house was not open, he refused to tell what church he belonged to so he left Saturday a.m. ....Mr. John Stanfred, of near Bono was here Saturday supplying the town with beef...Elmer E. Farris was here Saturday taking the telephone box out of the hotel and putting it in for J9hn S,. Reynolds....Henry Lee, who was born and raised in this and Washington county, the younger son of Jimeson Lee, but has been in Kansas City for some 20 years was here Friday night to see some of his relatives and went to Washington county Saturday to see others.. John Flinn and William Mitchell of Rivervale, were here Saturday....Ed Simpson and Samuel Reynolds of Lawrenceport was here Saturday....Cal Boyles of Fort Ritner was here Saturday contracting meat for next week.....Martin Neideffer, an old soldier of Bono, was here Friday. Barb Lee

Bedford Weekly Mail December 26, 1902 BRYANTSVILLE Mr. and Mrs. Archie Tow, are visiting Mrs. Tow's father, W.A. Pitman and family....W.H. Tirey, Walter and Jno. Darnell, W.T. Embree, C.G. Colglazier, D.W. and Noble Sherwood and Mrs. W.T. Embree were in attendance at the Farmer Institute. Our vicinity has the honor of being the best represented of any in the county.....C.G. Colgalizer and wife, who are attending the University of Purdue, are spending their vacation visiting friends and relatives here...Verge Route is the guest of home folks. He has been in Oklahoma since it was opened and is doing well there.... ..Mrs. Kate McFarland has returned to her home at Loogootee. Her brother, E.H. Coleman is convalescing....Noah Cassady and family were guests of W.A. Bare and family Sunday....Evangelist Murr preached at the M.E. church Sunday night... Gertrude Colglazier and Ruth Chapman were guests of cyntia Blevins, Sunday.. Grover Marley has had a severe case of poisoning. He has been compelled to miss his school and has been at his father's, Mr. Jno. Marley's. Heirs better and able for duty....Our teacher, H. Noble Sherwood, is gaining us a week's vacation. Our school is progressing nicely under his management.. Claude Colglazier and wife spend Sunday at Wat. Pearson's....Rebecca Beasley is erecting a wire fence on her farm near the roadside..Tis a needed improvement and speaks well for her.

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, SEPT. 21, 1900 MITCHELL NEWS. Friday evening Governor Taylor, of Kentucky, will speak at Orleans and unless the weather interferes there will be a large crowd go from Mitchell. Wm. BROWN, the Democratic candidate for County Treasurer was among the brethren Wednesday. The general impression down this way is that Homer WEST will have BROWN going south about November 7th.