New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-09

as n private soldier on the nlst cah ior 'oi"'
Kennedy after long and gallant services frequently
rewarded by promotion found himself serving In FEB
r- ,ae5 unon the staff of General Crook, at
Cumberland Md with the rank of Colonel and Brevet
prcodier General General b. T. Kelley was also
with the Same command. Tho Headquarters were
sr,atcd as / am told in hotel or house owned By
Mr. Woodson whose daughter General Crook married.
On the e1st OF February 1862 two Confederate
officers McNel and woodson, the latter being Gen.
oral Crooks own brothern-law, with party OF men
under cover of the darkness stole through the Union
n,ckc-lnes silently surrounded the house and sue
ceeded in surprising and capturing General Kelley ana
General Crook The raiders also Intended to carry
off General Kennedy, but upon debating the matter
th.y decided that 1t would DO safer to forego hat
Measure as his wife would be TO make great
outcry and alarm the neghborhood, which would
certainly result in the discovery Of their small party
and their prompt capture. Tho Incident shows tho
! fatultv of the provcrb that "Speech IS silver but
silence is golden.' All three Of the Union Generals
concerned in this interesting affair married southern
women General Crook and Representative Kennedy
have since been lifelong friends the latter naming
daughter after the General
| Referring to transaction by Secretary Endlcotts
Department in blankets for ono Of the bureaus, last
year feature of which was the awarding Of tho con-
tract TO British manufacturer in preference TO an
| American because the Engshman'5 bid was lower so
that the Government saved" few hundred dollars.
minus the duty, affords legitimate reason for calling
attention to a strong contrast between the present
Democratic Administration and that OF President Mon
ro, some seventy years ago. In June, 1917, Mr. Mon
roe was In New-York and received an Address from
tho society for the Encouragement Of Domestic Manu-
| facturesp This Ncw-York socicty by the way,
was believe one OF the first OF its kind founded
in the United States. incorporated in the Address,
was the report OF the Executive Committee. from
| which make this short extract:
at IS with pleasure and gratitude yor Committee
have learned that tho War Department has given an
entlre preference TO domestic manufactures, and as
much IS confidently hoped from the Department of
| tho Navy"
President Monroe became an active member of the
Society. and showed warm interest in its work
The decision Of Chairman Springer IN tho House tho
| other day in tho matter of the French Spoation
| Claims was thoroughly characteristic. Tho House, in
December after full discussion, by formal vote Or
dered tho Appropriations Committee to insert these
items The order was obeyed, but since that time,
cordng TO Mr. Springer the House has made rule or
changed a rule so that the body Of rules
stituted by Implication repeals' the December order
That decision shows how honest creditors Of the
| Government are treated. believe that It was in a
speech I'm support Of these claims that Charles Sum-
nor speaking generally about private claims and the
dratory manner in which they are treated, declared
that the United States Is the most dishonest Gov
|
Bragg Of Wisconsin, in the House he had great
deal to do with claims, and he once said to me;
Speaking in pecun.ary sense, can conceive OF
only one condition worse than abiect and hopeless
poverty
"What is that7' asked
at is TO be the holder of honest debt against the
Government of the United States unsecured by bond
issued by authority Of an act Of Congress-"
A case has been recently called to my notice which
illustrates General Braggs meaning. The creditor
claimants she IS called-s the widow Of man who
had largo dealings with the Government carly In, and
fin fact believe, during the entire war. He was Of
largo means and earnest patriotism. While nearly
every transaction under contract there were some
irregart es arising of disputes adequacy Of
authority In respect certain business in the year
| 1851 When final settlement was made, or at
tempted twenty-five years ago, there were items
IN controversy amounting altogether to about SooOOo
! and the creditor came to Washington, expecting TO
| stay two or three months and 60 home with his cash.
WE'LL he is not hero now; his body was laid IN a
Northern graveyard good many years ago, but he
enoyed the satisfaction before his death OF having the
Justice and validity Of his debt formally acknowledged b
thrco or four great departments and three times as
many bureaus But his widow has not
received tho money. Wig Well, In
somo cases Congress has neglected TO
appropriate ~ in other has failed or refused
IN authorize the creditor to bring suit against the
United states in the OF Claims, and this Govern
ment IS big be sued for the recovery OF honest
| debts without It's own consent
6 6 Cox >, the author OF the bill under which the
next census will be taken, as he was also of that
which called into existence that stupendous compla-
ton known as tho Tenth Census Of the United
| stateso 1t IS amusing TO hear him relate in COM
pany Of congenia spirits Of the experiences I'M
dcrgono by takers and gathcrer of statistics,
which have either personally come under his notice or
which he has heard of through others. Ono Of the
censustakers in New-York, he said, was introduced,
after nouring for the master of certain house, to
Gentleman unon whose councnance tho map Of Ireland
was very clearly imprinted, when the following da-
logue ensued:
aWiu YOU be kind enough to tell me your national
ity, sir!'
me nationality What's that?'
.Whcre were you bornl What countryman are
| your
"Ah, now, 20 bees wan az thin chaps as goes
round wild book for the names of the byes as voes'
Not exactly, but collecting information and
would Ike to know your nationality
Collecting informationl Begorra, thin, perhaps
we'd be cllln me what countryman am yerself for l
| can't make It out at all at all Nc father was
naturazcd Irishman Me mother was an Engllshman.
was born in a Dutch ship under the French flag in
Turkish waters, and until last year, whln Il came to
| New York, lived in Scotland"
Mr. Cox doesn't say how that mans name was re-
corded
II turns out that Chairman Barnum's business IN
Washington several days ago was to confer Win heads
of departments and bureaus as to tho safest and best
methods Of collecting voluntary" campaign assess
,oonts for the Democratic Committee from onicehold-
crs 1t was decided to be unsafe to send an assess
ment circular TO such persons, but an office VIII soon
he opened at some convenient place and means Will
he found to let all Of them know that voluntary"
contributions arc needed and must be forthcoming.
at reminds mc' said Representative Allen, OF
,r,ssIsslppi Of custom that prevails In Jackson,
MICS on the morning OF each election day the
,gbito Democrats fire gun of That IS to notify the
negroes that there is going to DO fair election that
dav And II the gun in tho morning Is not
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