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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-03-25
Mrs, Grant,s 5000. 600 Cbecl.

Herewith is presented reproduction in
fac-simile, though reduced in size consider
ably, of check that is likely to become his
torical. The amount of this check is said to
be twice as large as any sum ever paid to an
author before. Macaulay having received
100000 in one payment for his history Of
England
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-03-25

English essay. He is like Douglass, natural
orator, and is regarded as one Of the coming
leaders Of his race. The office to which he is
appointed is said to be wVth from 5000 to
10000 a year. PERRY BARTON.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-03-25

400 Doses One Dollar" is true only
of Hoods Sarsaparilla, and 1t is an un-
answerable argument as to strength
and economy.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-03-25

oorder OF deeds for
tia District Of Co
,tmbia calls atten-
ton once more to
this lion Of the col
ored people, who,
though In his 10th
year, appears as
strong and healthy
as ever. He can
well retire from la
Dor, as he possesses
q fortune Of about
$500, 900, and h e
has a beautiful
home surrounded
by large grounds
ON the othaf. eide 81
The National tribune., 1886-04-08
He Doesn't Forget.
[Col. Hapgood's Lecture at Concord.


had fellow in my regiment named Cor
nelius 81. Stowe, 16 years old. He was rather
short in stature and was afraid that he was not
tall enough to pass muster, so he put two large
potatoes in his boots to bring him up to the re-
quired hight. l am telling you this story be-
cause l am tired of the way in which people
are passing over the events of the war They
say that we ought to forg i've and forget l
don't, great applause and few Kisses, and
am going to tell you this story and ask you if
you do. This man Stowe was as good man
as any of those sitting here. He was always
ready for duty. He was never sick. If he was
nobody knew it. At White Plains he was
taken sick and fell out of the column. He was
captured by Mosbys cavalry and taken to Rich J.
mond, sent over to Belle Isle, and there he had
the scarlet fever. He had no medical attend
ance, no shelter, no food, no care, except that
which he received from his comrades. They
sent him back to me the following Winter, a
bag of bones. He weighed II pounds, and was
the worst-looking fellow / ever saw. had no
more hope of saving him than have OF flying
at this moment. But he got well and went to
the front with me in 1864. At Cold Harbor he
received five wounds. When we picked him
up his leg was broken in two places, and one of
his arms was broken. He was reported miss
ing. The first thing he said to NE was, "Col-
onel, am not missing" He was not missing,
because we had found him then. That leg was
amputated on the field, again in Washington,
and again after he arrived in Boston. And now
you take that boy, will you, and ask me to for
get? l don't forget. Loud and prolonged ap-
Dlansel
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The Rebel AdmiraPs Surrender.


The Tennessee now showed signs of distress.
She had not fired shot for some time, and
seemed trying to work her way toward the fort.
Everything that shot could affect had been
swept away, and her fiat hull and battered
classmates were the only targets for our feet.
The Admiral had never shown such anxiety in
any of his previous battles. He wanted to be
continually with the ram, and only left her to
secure better position or when crowded by
the other vessels. Lieut.. Watson, the signal
officer. was kept busy signaling the other YES
sells how to conduct the fight. The Hartford
was again bearing down on her on one side and
the Ossipee on the other, when white flag was
waved from the hatch on her casemate. The
Ossipee was so close that she with difficulty
avoided collision. She rounded to and low
cred a boat, which received the surrender of
the Tennessee, after desperate fight of an
hour. The swords of the officers and men were
brought on board the Hartford, and the officers
and men were sent to New Orleans prisoners
of war, with the exception of Admiral Bu-
chanan, who was sent to the hospital at Pensa-
cola. Admiral Farragut would not see him.
Capt. Johnson, who surrendered the Tennessee,
explained that her steering apparatus was de-
fective and disabled Her smokestack was
shot off close to the deck and the smoke and
heat between decks almost suffocated the men.
Her port shutters, which worked on pivots,
were nearly all damned by our shot, so that
the guns were useless during the latter part OF
the fight. She was very much denied and
some of the plating was loosencd, but none of
the shot went through her sides. The white
flag caused an immediate cessation of firing,
and it was received with loud cheers from
every vessel. The feet anchored where we
fought, the Tennessee among US with prize
crew and flying new Union flag.
The National tribune., 1886-04-08
HENRY A. PHILLIPS.

of the Memorial and Executive Committee,
which position he has since held, and the du-
ties of which he has discharged in very salts
factory manner. He has made hosts of friends
since he took up his residence in this city and
was at the recent election the Republican can
didate for Supervisor from the Twenty-frst
Ward. He is member of James II. Perry
Post, No. 50, and one Of its Past Commanders.
GEORGE S. LITTLE, NJ. D.,
Medical Examiner of the bureau, was born in
Middletown, Orange Co., N. Y. He is now
nearly so years of age. He is graduate of the
New York City University Medical College.
For several years previous to the breaking. out
of the rebellion he had been pracUicing his
profession in Orange County. and was Surgeon
of the 10th N. Y. S. NJ, of Newburg. He had
just removed to this city in the Spring of 1861
when the militia of this State was called to
the field. After serving three months as Sur
geon of the 10Th S. NJ, he accepted a commis-
sion as Assistant Surgeon of the 9th N, ~, and
served with that regiment as Assistant Surgeon
and Surgeon until it was mustered out in July,
1865.
In the Summer of 1862 DR.. Little had charge
of a convalescent hospital at Fort McHenry,
Baltimore. For year before the close of the war
he was the executive medical officer of the Third
Division, Fifth Corps, in the Army of the Poto
The National tribune., 1886-04-08
They Changed Cork Legs.

lCNacUyo IHteT OceuII
These Grand Army meetings bring together
a lot of good fellows, and very often they have
some queer adventures. Two or three years
ago, at the meeting at Danville, Major Burst
and Jack Stephens were put in the same room.
Each one of these men lost a leg in the service,
and each one had at the time a very good cork
substitute. When they retired, of course they
dislocated their cork legs They were sleeping
soundly when commotion in the hotel called
them out hurriedly. Always prompt in an
swering call, they adjusted their cork legs,
dressed in haste in the dark, and announced
themselves ready to move at moments notice.
But when they got into the hall their cork legs
didn't seem to move just right Stephenss
was shorter than he had ever known it to be,
and Bursts struck the floor little sooner than
he expected it to every time. They went hob
bling along like old cripples until they realized
suddenly that in the excitement incident to
the occasion they had changed legs. This was
the truth of the matter, and the Major and his
room mate were returned to quarters for re-
pairs and in few minutes they reported to
the crowd in the office, each with his own leg.
The National tribune., 1886-04-08

and Maj. Walker, are largely due the satisfac-
tory results that have rewarded the labors of
the committee Gen. McLeer is still member
of the Relief Committee, also of the Pension
Committee, both being ub-organizationsf of
the Memorial Committee that meet every Tues
day. He is also member of the War. Monu-
ment Committee. and has been First Vice
Chairman of the Memorial Committee during
the past two years.
There is no man connected with the GAR.
in this city who is better known or who has
made more friends than the jjoviai and ener-
getic
HENRY A. PHILLIPS,
Treasurer of the Memorial and Executive Com
mittee. He was born June 49, 1914, in the
city of Newburg Orange Co., N. Y, afterwards
removing to StanfOrdville, Duchess Co., whore
he enlisted in Co. d, 47th Regiment. HGteoA
part with his regiment in the capture of Hill
ton Head, Port Royal Ferry, James Island,
Morris Island, and Forts Wagner and Gregg,
S. c., and Ossibaw Island, Ga. In February,
1864, Mr.. Phillips received severe wound at
Olustee, Fla, and did not rejoin his regiment
until June g. 1864, when it was before Peters
burg. The wound proved a very serious one,
neceSsitating the removal of several pieces of
his skull. He finally received his discharge as
Sergeant. He again enlisted in 1867, in the Reg
ular Army, and was discharged July, 1869, when
Gen. Isaac S. Catlin was Captain of the COM
pany. In 1870 he received an appointment as
letter carrier in the New York Post Office,
which position he resigned in 1875 to engage
in business for himself in the firm of Bender &
Phillips, manufacturers of sheet wax and ar
tistic materials. In 1884 Mr.. Phillips was ten
dered the position of Almoner and Treasurer
The National tribune., 1886-04-08
c. +. Smiths Opinion of Other Officers.
Isl. Louis Globe Dennocras.l

st. Louis Globe DemocrGt.I
Gen. c. F. Smiths Adjutant- General, Major
Newsham, of Evansville, ILL.,, in recent inter-
view said: At the time of McClellan's pro-
motion as Commander-in-Ch Chief of the Armies
lie said: clio,
I" 1t is an experiment. But we must hope
for the best. l have never known an engineer
officer of high grade who was success as a
commander of troops in the field. They are
too fond of digging and maintaining base of
supplies" -
One day in December 1861, Capt. PhiIlH.
Sheridan, who was then in the commissary,
came to see Gen. Smith Still seated at the
dinner table Gen. Smith said:
"Phil, would you like to know my opinion
of you?" ~
Sheridan blushed and replied: of you
please, General"
"Wel, Phil" said he, "the Government has
spoiled splendid cavalry officer to make a
id poor COmmissary of Subsistence"
His estimate of Gen. Don Carlos Buell. was
that he was "a good soldier and truly loyal,
but too cautious for the times, which, since
war had come in earnest, needed dash and per-
sistent fighting to the bitter end"
Speaking of Gen. Sherman, whose military
prowess he admired, said Gen. Smith to me ::
AS soon as Sherman gets some of the crazy
blood let out of him, he will make a splendid
officer and successful General. If anything
happens me, seek an appointment on his staff,
and you will see all the fighting you want"
In speaking of Gen. Grant, he made the pre-
diction that: " If the jealousy and envy of
others do not crush him in the near future, he
will make his mark high up as a soldier" His
opinion was that Gen. Halleck was jealous of
Gen. Grant, and sought to humiliate him in
every way possible, and that his arrest and de-
tention at Fort Henry were due to this. This
opinion was concurred in by his associates and
the army generally.
The National tribune., 1886-04-08
Farragut in Mobile Bay.


The smoke became so thick that little could
be seen from our decks. The Admiral who
had remained about the poop deck and lower
mizzen rigging, now came forward, with about
four fathoms of small rope coiled in his left
hand. Springing from gun to the hammock;
netting, he started slowly up the main rigging
apparently more absorbed in watching the bat
tie with his glasses than in his own movements
He fingered for while half way up, but as the
smoke thickened, he continued the ascent un-
til he was directly under the top. Here he
passed an end ofthe rope over one of the puttock
shrouds, and getting between both parts, which
formed long loop coming under his arms, he
held the ends at his breast with his left hand
while he used his glasses with his right. He
remained in this position through most of the
battle, but just as we entered the bay he went
into the top with the pilot The above is all
there was to the historic and interesting story
about his being dashed to The mast
The National tribune., 1886-04-08
She Tried to BE Grammatical.

Little Jane had been repeatedly reproved for
saying 81 be-" instead of 81 am" Finally
Aunt Kate made rule not to answer an incor-
rect question: but to wait until it was corrected.
"Aunt Kate" said Jennie, one day, please tell
me what that is going to be?" But Aunt Kate
was busy counting in her knitting, and did not
answer Fatal word be! 1t was her old enemy,
and to it alone could the child ascribe the
silence that followed. Aunt Kate" she per-
sisted, with an honest attempt to correct her
mistake, "please tell me what that is going to
amp" Still Auntie sat silently counting,
though herlip curled with amusement. Jane
sighed but made another patient effort "Will
you please tell me what that is going to are?"
Aunt Kate counted on, perhaps by this time
actuated by wicked desire to know what
would come next. The little girl gathered her
energies for one last and great effort. aunt
Kate, what am that going to are?'
The National tribune., 1886-04-08


"R-r-r-r!" went the telephone in the Gratiot
Avenue Station the other day, and when
the Captain called Hello?" voice inquired
Are you the police?"
yes who arc your"
"a boy. There's big row up here"
"Where?"
"On st. Aubin. I'll tell you if it's necessary
to send the wagon"
Things were quiet for moment and then the
telephone rang again.
"Well how is it?" asked the Captain.
"Purty serious; but FL telephone you
again"
There was an interval of three minutes be-
fore the Captain was rung up again.
"Well?"
"You needn't send the wagon. There we're
three of 'em. They had lost a goose. They
said we had it. Nam called 'em liars They
sailed in. They got mann in between the wood
shed and the goosepen and made the hair fly,
but mann got club and rallied, and you orter
see them women climb! Nam holds the fort and
the goose. Good by !"
The National tribune., 1886-04-08
Gen. John A. Logan.

u. S. Senator from Illinois, writes: "Some
years ago was troubled more or less with rheu-
matsn, and have, within the last year or So
suffered intensely with the same disease. be-
gan to take 'Durangs Rheumatic Remedy,
and am thoroughly satisfied that 1 have been
cured by its use. l do not hesitate to recon-
mend it,"
This great remedy has been before the public
ten years 1t is taken internally, and never
fails to cure the worst case. Sold by all drug
gists.
One dollar bottle, six bottles five dollars
Write for free 40-page pamphlet to r. K
Helphenstine Druggist, Washington, DC.
The National tribune., 1886-04-08

make the veteran and penniless hero of the war
independent of public charities, and from that
feeling and a similar noble sentiment On the
part of several of his comrades sprung the
great movement that has rescued SO many de-
serving old soldiers from the confinement of
the County Almshouse, snatched the bodies Of
deceased honorable but beggared comrades
from paupers' graves, and which has taken sun
shine into many desolate fireside. Gen. Nc
Leer was On the first Relief Committee of the
Memorial organization ever appointed, and to
his efforts, as well as to those of Capt. Phillips
The National tribune., 1886-04-08
81 Feel Sn WeiI.o

AZ want to thank you for telling me of DIR.
Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" writes lady
to her friend For a long time l was unfit to
attend to the work of my household l kept
about, but felt thoroughly miserable. had
terrible backaches and bearing down sensa-
tions across me and was quite weak and dis
couraged. / sent and got some of the medi-
cine, after receiving your letter, and it has
cured me. hardly know myself. feel SO
we'll - re- rrisa-
The National tribune., 1886-04-08

A case of mistaken identity amused a Chi
cago court the other day. colored prisoner
about Is years old appeared before the Judge
ON the charge of stealing pie. "Take off your
cap" said the Judge. "What for 2" asked the
prisoner, who made no effort to remove the
red wooden cap from the kinky hair. "What
for? You are in court. Take off your hat"
" l don't have ter" said the prisoner, and the
exasperated Judge turned to the supposed
father of the culprit lis that your son ?"
"No," said the man with an appreciative grin.
I" guess she amt nobody's SON."
The National tribune., 1886-04-08
Wa. G. Low,
JOSEPH T. KNAPP,
l.. l.. MoLINEUx,
ALFRED Il. WHITE,
l.. S. BURSHAM.

This document was duly printed, as was also
subscription blank, and copies were mailed
TO the citizens Of Brooklyn and those persons
outside of the city who were known to feel
kindly disposed toward the GAR. In response
to this cry for help the bureau has received
sufficient subscriptions through the mails from
private individuals to carry on their work to a
degree of success beyond their most sanguine
expectations.
When Christmas time was rapidly rolling
around, 1t was decided that an appeal
should be made to the children of the public
schools TO make slight donation, through the
Board OF Education, aud the novel idea was hit
upon that each pupil should donate an onion,
turnip, or some other small trile The plan
was carried out, with very satisfactory results
Sufficient cash contributions were received to
purchase 1000 pounds of chicken, and the vari-
GUS other donations enabled the bureau to give
good Christmas dinner to those dependent
upon them.
The Committee on Legislation of which Mr..
VIM. a. Powers is Chairman, is q very impor-
tant branch OF the Memorial and Executive
Committee, inasmuch as upon this committee
devolves the duty of pushing forward the
claims OF the honorably discharged soldiers and
sailors for positions within the gift of the
municipal State and National Governments.
TO this committee belongs the honor of having
procured the incorporation of the Memorial
and Executive Committee, thereby placing
The National tribune., 1886-04-08

the battles on the Peninsula under Mcclellan,
was present at the taking Of Norfolk, and also
at the last battle Of Bull Run, and during this
engagement was one of the color-guard. While
attempting to escape he was taken prisoner,
after having been shot twice, his left arm hav
ing been rendered useless by an euemy's bullet.
For seven weary months he lowered between
life and death in the Confederate hospital, at
the end of that time being paroled and sent to
Washington. He received his discharge and
was granted a pension, after which he returned
to civil life. Mr.. Dudley has been a member of
the GAR. since its organization, and there is
no man who has done more in his peculiar
sphere for the benefit of his comrades than
Edward A. Dudley. He is member of Win
chester Post, No. 1877, which Post was named
after Capt. Salmon Winchester, in whose COM
pany in the 10th n. Y. Mr.. Dudley served.
GEN. JAMES MLEER
has been a member Of the Memorial Committee
since it was first placed on permanent foot
ing, about five years ago. He had for years
represented his Post (Mallory) at the annual
conventions which usually preceded Memorial
Day, and which had the making Of the arrange
ments for that beautiful and reverential &C.
casion, so that the work called for by the pres
ent Memorial body was easy to him. 1t has
always been one Of his cherished projects to
The National tribune., 1886-04-08
PA 7 EN- S!
CAN | OBTAIN A PATENT .

You can ascertain if your invention is patentabe by
sending 10 & GORGE l.. LEMON. of Washington,
d. c., description and rough sketch (if you cam
model of your invention, and upon receipt of the
he will make examination and inform you to
whether, in his opinion your invention is and pat
entabe and II IL is advisable 10 proceed with the
For this information and examination charge maze.
you desire full report and copies of previous patents
f there are any which appear 10 be similar to in
vention, you should have made Special Examina-
tion the charge for said examination being -. An in
ven0r should always take advantage of this special
animation before going the expense of having model
made and filing formal application papers in the U.
The National tribune., 1886-04-08

mac. DR.. Little since the war has been praeticing
medicine in this city. He is a member of Ran
kin Post, No 10. GA, r.. and has served for sew
eral years as Surgeon of that Post. In 1881 he
was elected Medical Director of the Department
of New York, GAR.
The National tribune., 1886-04-08

them in a position to become the devisees Of
those whom the Lord has blessed abundantly."
and whose legacies will make glad the heart of
the widow and the fatheress.
The delegates from the various Posts to the
Memorial and Executive Committee are as
follows:
COL. r. F. GoTT,
Chairman of the Memorial Committee, was
born in New York, and some 25 years ago came
to this city. where he has resided ever since.
At the first call for troops when the war broke
out in 1861, he was offered and accepted Cap
taincy in the 57th n. Y, Army of the Potomac.
He was afterward made Licutenant-Colonel,
and later on, Colonel of the 174th n. Y, Nine
The National tribune., 1886-04-08

2s, 1863, his resignation was accepted and he
retired to private life, taking up his residence
in this city. He has earned for himself the
reputation of being one of Brooklyn's most
public-spirited citizens, always ready and will
ing to sacrifice his individual interests for the
benefit of those by whom he is surrounded.
He recently received an appointment as Gus
tom-house Inspector, which position he now
holds, and the duties of which he has thus far
discharged with credit to himself and his
friends.
The National tribune., 1886-04-08
EDWARD 4. DUREY.

Chairman of the Bureau of Employment and
Emergency Fund of the GAR, was born in
Albany, n. Y, in 1870, his parents removing to
this city when he was but two years of age.
They took up their residence in the Eleventh
Ward. where for the next % years they con-
tinued to reside. At the present time he is q
resident of the Seventh Ward. At the breaking
out of the war he was ON a visit to Rochester,
where word was sent TO him that his father had
shouldered a musket and gone to the front.
Young Dudley lost 10 time in returning TO this
city, and Immediately enlisted in the 10th n.
Y, Co. F, National Zouaves then stationed at
Fortress Monroe. He was an eyewitness of
the memorable naval engagement between the
Monitor and the Merrimac, participated in all
The National tribune., 1886-04-08

teenth Corps, Department of the Gulf Shortly
after his promotion he became physically dis
abled and was honorably discharged from the
service in 1864. When the Grand Army of the
Republic was organized he became member of
Rankin Post, No. 10, and for three consecutive
years he has represented that body as dele
gate to the Memorial and Executive Com
mittee.
OF those who have labored in the interests of
the veteran soldier there are none deserving of
more hearty commentator, or who merit a
warmer spot in the hearts of his fellow citizens
than
MAI. THOMAS BELL,
Secretary of the Memorial and Executive Com
mittee, and an active member Of the Bureau of
Employment and Emergency Fund. During
the late rebellion he entered the Sth N Y. Cav.
as First Lieutenant Oct. 12 1861, doing good
service in the field, and in August, 1862, he
was promoted for gallantry in action to Cap
taincy, with the rank of Brevet- Major. Shortly
after this his health began to fail, and on April