The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-03-14
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ilfol llat Secretary Lincoln retained 10
~ ibu Wif Department. thinking 10
proper iIni ihr new SECRETARY should bo
Rltrn an opportunity 70 countefsIgn 10
after Ii' signature by ihe President but
The President sunl iof d ln order that
there might he uo delay lu making the
appointment Secretary Lincoln TOOK
the commission IN the Executive Man.
slon In poison and handed II to The prrsI.
dent fcmafklng that he had not yot acted
upon Il because he Thought that Judge
Lndlcott would be pleased TO attend 70 II
a. one Of bis hfst onirhl duties
"lhat was very thoughtful Of YOU Mr..
Llucoln,n observed the President. ~
nave no doubt 1t would be pleasure to
Judge Eudicotti still, will sign II my.
self That there may be no delay, aud then
Judge lndcott can counler.lgn IT,"
President Cleveland thcrcupon affixed
bis signature, The commission, after
Official record was made, was returned to
the War Department Yesterday morning II
was on the desk OF the new Secretary of
War and the first official act Of Secretary
Endicott was 10 oountcrsign H.
The cNacrchargo against General llazcn
which has resulted in the ordering of a
cuurt-marlll, IL "conduct 10 the prcu.
dice OF good order and military discipline
m the violation OF the sixty.sccond nr.
tlclc oi war; The first specification rc.
cites an extract from llalcn's last annual
report, In which the official action Of the
Secretary OF War * impugned, llazcn de.
claring that ION the return of the escort
ship bringing the Greedy relief party TO
st. Johns, September 18th, 1883,
there was stu time to send cl.
fcctlvo relief The second spcclnca.
tion declares that the Secretary
OF War, having decided In September that
such relief expedition TO the Arctic rc.
gions was not practicable, General llazcn
sent TO the Secretary Of War com.
munication declaring that "the tragic
termination OF the international Polar ex.
peditiOn was due 10 the decision not To
dispatch steam scalcr 10 effect It's
rescue on the 10th Of September, 1884,
which he (lIalen) says he did all In his
power TO hayc done. The other spcclnca.
tlons are In substance celebrations OF the
two indicated
The following Is the war record Of the
Commissioner OF + nslons, General John
c. Black, of Danylle, llll lie entered
the United States service AS Colonel OF
the Thlrty-seycnth Volunteer Infantry
This regiment was organized at Chicago,
ILL.,, September 18th, 1861, TO serve three
years. On the expiration Of its term OF
service the original members Except vet
erans) were mustered out, aud the organil
zatlon, composed Of veterans and recruits,
retained In service until May 10th,
1865, when II wag mustered out
in accordance with orders from the WaI
Department. The official list Of battles
In which this regiment bore an honorable
part Is as follows; "Pca Ridge" "Sicg,
OF Nlcksburg,n "pralrlc Grove" "Blake
lcyn and "Chalk Bluff" Mr. Black wa,
promoted TO BrcYct Brlgadlcr-Gcncr
March 18th, 1865. lie resigned August
10Th, 1865 was wounded In both arms
aud now draws pension (by special ac
OF Congrcss) Of slOO per month.
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 9Th,
records Of the Baltimore & Potomac Rail
road show that during the Inauguration
week the rodd moved into washIngtor
i0l trains, averaging fourteen car, TO the
train and forty.one persons TO the car
from points North, East aud West. Dur
ids the same period there arrived Isl
trains from the South, averaging sever
cars 20 the train and 1ity-two passengers
10 the car. -Four hundred aud twenty
two Pullman cars were handled at Wash,
ington by this road during Inauguration
week. Superintendent Barker says thi.
was thirteen more ears than the wholi
number Of roads centcrlng At Chicago
run into the city during the Democratic
and Republican Conventions.