The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-24
A Scan dal Refuted.

some newspaper men seem 10 take
special delight in destroying the hard
earned regulations of good men, and
especially at the time when their de-
Tense must be made by friends. The
Yankton OAK, Herald, is one of this
class. Shortly after the death of Gen.
Sully it published very silly, but
foul SANDER npon the dead General,
something it would not dare to do
during his lifetime, which was extern
tensively copied by eastern papers;
but we are happy to say not Il paper
on this coast would give countenance
to it by circulating the story in any
manner. 1t. F. H. E. Ebstein had
published in the Aamy and Macy
Journal the following letter:
BROOKLYN, N. Y, June %, 1879
To the Editor Of the Army and Macy
Journal:
SIR: The article copied into your
last issue from the Yankton Herald,
relative to the late Gen. Sully, sets
forth one of those slanderous tictions
that we are accustomed to hear of
nearly every old officer of the Army
who has ever served on the frontier.
These publications are invariably
made after the officers death, when
notice of them by the party most in
terested is impossible. In the pres
ent instance the story is SO full of
misstatements that it is but just to
the memory of so good and noble a
man as Gen. Sully was to contradict
the story, which is manufactured from
whole cloth, aud contains no truth,
in fact from beginning to end. Gen.
Sully did not leave "a very valuable
estate in Philadelphia" nor had he
any estate in that city, or elsewhere
worth several hundred thousand dol
lars. His estate consisted of simply
of his savings from his pay during
many years Of service, sum barely
sufficient to maintain his family and
educate his children. Respectfully
yours. FRED. H. E. EBsTE1N,
lst Lieut.. 2lst Inf.
! The St. Paul Pioneer Press refuting
the same story goes on to say:
Gen. Alfred Sully was first married
while a captain of Infantry, to a
Spanish lady, at Santa Barbara, Cal
ifornia, prior to the war Of the rebel
lion. A child was the result of this
marriage, and both wife and child
died about a year after the marriage.
He remained q widower until about
II years since, when he married an
English lady whose acquaintance he
formed at Dubuque, Iowa, and we
believe it was at that city his second
marriage was made. This lady, the
widow of Gen. Sully, with their two
children, one aged eleven years and
the other two, now resides with a
maiden sister of General Sully's in
Philadelphia. Mrs. Sully has been
with her husband at the front for six
| yCdIS, duO uCISCIt dIO CHiilIcu WCIC
with him at Fort Vancouver at the
time of his death. She accompanied
his remains to Philadelphia, where
they we're inferred. The widow is in
very moderate circumstances as Gen.
eral Sally left no property Of conse-
quence, and her sole dependence for
the care of herself and children is a
beggarly pension of about 500 per
annum, which she receives from the
government. General Sully's father,
Thomas Sully. left but very little
property, all of which went to mar
ried daughter, and the General him
self expended his income in assisting
relatives who were near and dear to
him. These are the facts in the case,
and should suffice to protect the men,
DRY of the grand old soldier, who was
ever the idol of his command, and
whose gallant record is q monument
more enduring than chiseled marble.
Let him sleep in peace.
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