The National tribune., 1885-04-23
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
The Weekly Collection About the Ma
tiOnal Capital.
A HALF-BREEp's WEDDING.

haunts of men has been that of a man called
Col. Boudinot. He is a Cherokee halt-breed,
with bold Indian features, long coarse hair
flowing down over his shoulders, and club
foot. OF late years his face, rejecting his habits,
has grown coarser while his name of hair has
become grisly gray. What his occupation was
is hard TO say with much defniteness. He says
that his business here is TO look out for the in
terests of his tribe in the Indian Territory, adj
vocate the division of the lands held by it IN
common into individual holdings, and to secure
claim Tor 100000, or such a matter. he has
against the Government for the destruction of
his tobacco factory in the Indian Territory
Really he belongs TO the great corps of hangers
on about the city, made up of adventures OF all
kinds, docayed politicians and superannuated
lobbyists He is a man of some education, a
fluent speaker, and a good deal of a demagog
of tho type that peryades the politics of the
Indian Territory. He belongs TO the faction
that sided with the rebels at the outbreak of
the war, and went to the field with that famous
brigade which Albert Pike raised in the Indian
Territory for the Southern Confederacy. 1t
will be remembered that the people of the
South expected great results from the prowess
of this corps of more or less civilized aborigines
These hopes were rudely dspelled by the first
battle they engaged in, which was that of Pea
Ridge. The Indians behaved tolerably well
through the preliminary skirmishing, but
a battery suddenly opened on them, they gave
q yell of disgust at such manner of fighting, aud
disappeared with tumuitaous haste from the
field, never 10 reappear anywhere again in line
Of battle. After the war the Government, try
ing to encourage the Indians in civilized pur
suits exempted their products from the opera
tions of internal-revenue taxation. A company,
of which Col. Boudinot was the ostensible head,
took advantage of this to put up tobacco fac
tory just across the Indian line, and as the tax
on manufactured tobacco was then quite heavy,
they had better thing than gold mine or a
saloon fashionable street, until the inter-
nal-revenue officials decided that it was mere
evasion of the law, and broke it up with as lit
tie ceremony as those gentlemen usually dis
play in suppressing what they decide to be
Illicit establishments. The Colonel has ever
since been persistent claimant for heavy dam
ages from the Government for this. Though he
must be now in the neighborhood of 60, and is
far from an attractive-looking man, be was last
week married to a pretty young woman of 20,
whose father is said to have some means.
COMMANDERS OF THE ARMY.
Lieut.-Gen. Sheridan has begun to ornament
the War Department with large busts of the
Commanders-in-Chief of the Army. Those Of
Gems. Grant aud Sherman have already been
ordered. The men who have been at the head
of the Army since the formation of the Gov
eminent arc as follows:
Msj.-Gen. George Washington, June Is, IT'S,
to Dec. %, 1888.
Msj.-Gen. Henry Knox. Dec %, 1883, to June
90, 1854
Lieut.-Col Josiah Harmer, General-in- Chief
by brevet, September, 1888, to March, 1871.
Maj.-Gen. Arthur st. Clair, March 4, 1871, to
March. 1892.
Maj.-Gen. Anthony Wayne, APRIL IL, 1892,
to Dec. IL. 1876.
Maj.-Gen. James Wilkinson, Dec. Is, 1856, to
July, I796.
Lieut.-Gen. George Washington, July 3, 1888,
70 his death Dec IL, 1893
Maj James Wilkinson, June, 1900, to
January, 1872.
Mai .-GeD. Henry Dearborn, Jan. q, 1912, to
June, 1915.
Maj.-Gen. Jacob Brown, June, 1915, to Feb
81, 1928.
Maj.-Gen. Alexander Macomb, May "a, 1928,
to June, 1911.
Maj.-Gen Winfield Scott (brevet Lieutenant
Generall, June, 1871, to Nov. 1, 1861.
Maj.-Gen. George B. Mcclellan, Nov. ], 1861.
to March IL, 1862.
Mai .-Cen Henry ". Halleck, July IL 1862
to March IL, 1894.
Lieut.-Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, March 12 1864
TO July Is, 1866, and as General to March 4,
1869.
Gen. William T. Sherman, March 4, 1869, to
Nov. !, 1883
Lieut.-Gen. Philip II. Sheridan, since Nov.
], 1888.
NOTABLE NAN.
Signor Cesar Mareno is the name of q stall
wart, clear-eyed, strong-faced Italian gentle
man, who is now staying in the city, charged
with mission from the Italian Government
TO suppress Padroneism or the traffic in Italian
boys and girls by the organ grinders Signor
Marcno has quite q history. In 1862 he was
with Ward, the noted American adventurer,
who made such a reputation in China. 1t will
be remembered that Mr. Ward who was man
on the type of Chinese Gordon, but greater in
many respects, offered his services to the Chinese
Government when it was trembling from the
assaults of the Tai Pang rebels, organized the
imperial troops after the European fashion and
led them against the rebels with such courage
and skill that he restored the imperial prestige
and crushed the instruction. Signor Mareno
was Colonel under him in command of the
Manila regiment, made up of Spanish Chinese
He is sure that the English killed Ward
through jealousy and fear that an American
would acquire an influence with the Chinese
that would be embarrassing to them. Signor
Mareno was very near Ward when he was shot
and he is positive that the bullet came from a
party Of British marines, who were concealed
short distance away, and has written a book
to show the Vaccinations which led to the
murder.
OF INTEREST TO PosT-oFFICE OFFICIALS
Postmaster General Villas has issued an order
prescribing the procedure to be used in the
case of applicants for appointment as Post Office
iucpSCVoIe. Inc Iules are explicit IL REGARD 10
the enforcement OF Civil Service rules In such
appointments, and say that when an applicant
has been admitted 10 an examination no fur
ther recommendations to favor will be regarded
to the applicants advantage; but the effort to
secure for aILapplicant any special considera-
ton through any other means than such as his
examination affords will be deemed circum-
stance unfayorabe to bis selection Tho order
also declares that in the faithful, considerable
and unfalteIing discharge of his duty, the in
speetor may rely upon the Postmaster General
against ahy unjust influences whatever inter-
fering with it or with him"
NO HORDE OF IDLERs, AFTER ALL.
During the campaign and about the time of
the Inauguration we had q great deal of loud
chin-chin about the army of ioaing clerks who
filled all the Departments, who hardly made a
pretense of having anything to do. We were
promised such reductions in the numbers of
these as would make the earth TO quake" 1t
is very significant commentary upon the
blating of this campaign thunder that the new
chiefs have been compelled TO order the clerks
to work an additional hour day in order TO
bring the work up abreast of the time. So
yanisheth another illusion of the opposition.
The country begins 70 realize that the Republi-
cans ran the offices very faithfully and eff
GENTLY.
PRECEDENT CLEyELAND's COACH RoRsES
President Cleveland recently commissioned
ex-State Committeeman Ii. J. Mowry. of SYRIA
cuse, n. Y, TO buy him a pair of coach horses
Mr.. Mowry executed his commission by the
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