WAR STORIES. BY B. 8KEKMAN. FORAGING. . . Although we drew more rations than we could possibly cat to a good advantage, and it was strictly prohibited to forage, yet the temptations were so strong and the natural depravity in the l»oys. or the venture.»me spirit, led them to violate the orders, so that the stricter the orders for­ bidding it, the greater risks they ran. When we wereon the forced march from Springfield, Mo., southwest-ward crossing the Ozark range of mountains during the month of February, as it snowed and melt- ed day times, froze nights ami in the mornings, it was terribly rough and dur­ ing the day the mud was soft and deep as it is in Brittian's lane nowadays. The •> consequence, was our supply train could not keep up. Finally an order was issued from head quarters that a detail of six men from each company should be made as foragers. The order removed the curse or penalty, but 1 did not notice any per­ ceptible difference in the amount foraged, because mess No. 5 always had 4 times as much fresh meat as we could makevseof. 1 can’t help but think the boys of our regiment acted a little selfish sometimes. One day we learned of a rebel planta­ tion ahead, so the foraging crew Lurried on ahead of our regiment and reached the place about lunch time. Some of the of­ ficers with their staffs were ordering meals cooked and some eating what they could find that was eatible without orders. '¡'here were several women and lots of white and black children around, but only one man, and he wasold and nearly blind. So while he was busy carrying water from the spring and getting wood to cook with, our foragers were busy spying a- round for something to “cramp,” as they called it. Hearing a racket back of the house, I went around to see the cause. The Isiys had found an out-h< use tilled with bacon etc, and among other things a barrel of molasses. They had l>cen help­ ing themselves to the bacon ami got away with the whole of it ami were drawingout the molasses into their canteens when the obi man caught them at it. The most of them ran off, hut I. with half a dozen others went back to see, and the scanq s never closed the faucet, but had let it run all over the floor and the barrel was nearly empty, and while the old man was scold­ ing a tout his losses in the smoke-house, th • officers had left without paving fo| th dr dinner. One orderly hae continued. ---------- ---------------- BRIGGS ON TOP. The New York Presbytery, after a nine­ teen day trial, finds that Dr. Chas. A. Briggs is not a heretic. His teachings are all O. K., but too advanced for the old-time faith. Six charges were brought against him, all of which were decided in his favor. The trial ended with tremen- dousjipplause from the Briggs adherents. The charges were: For teaching that reason is a fountain of divine authority • and that men can lie and are saved by it. even such men as reject Christ and the Scriptures; that men can be saved through the Church, apart from the Scriptures; that the original text of the bible may have contained errors; that Moses was not the author of half the books that bears his name; ami that sanctification is not complete at death. In May the general assembly meets. That laxly may sustain the New’ York Presbytery. Then what? Why heresy will be the most popular thing in Ameri­ ca. And then?------- \ «.------- *. .------- FIRST CLASS JOB PRINTING PRICES TO SUITTHE HARDTIMES. GIVE US A CALL.