The National tribune., 1889-07-18

N. j., on Thursday last The marriage Is the re-
suit OF an acquaintance begun more than . year
ago. after McMulligan had been wounded In bait
McMulligan was member Of New Jersey rrst.
ment aud was wounded in engagement In Ten
nessee. lie was taken to tho house of Mrs. An-c-
lus, whose husband was Union sympathizsr, and
nursed back to health The friendship then begal
has continued. For the past few years 8Ic1ful.i-
gan has been inmate Of the Soldiers Home ia
Newark. After the death of Mr.. Angeius lis
widow wrote McMalligun, and recently lie proposed
marriage. frankly stating that his pension was his
only income, She replied that sine had sOme
property, and accepted him.
Some feeling exists among the veterans Of VIII
sey Kan, at the removal from the postOEice Of a
veteran, and the appointment Of young business
man in his place Il was expected that il the vet
Gran were removed another would be appointed.
which was not done, though there was a competent
one, entirely acceptable to the people, candidate.
The blame is laid upon State Senator Richter and
Representative Harrison Kelly.
Gen. Thomas J. Morgan, Commissioner Of Indian
Affairs having been assailed by the newspapers Of
New York and Boston, they limiting that Ghe Presf-
dent had unearthed something in relation 10 his mil
itary record which would prevent the General from
longer continuing in Office has written letter to the
Boston Herald. in which he says he was tried by a
court martial charges: First Of violating the
an officer and gentleman; third. conduct prejudi-
| cial to order and good discipline. The finding Of
the court was set aside account Of infOrInalty
by Gen. Steedman, and Gen. Morgan was re-
stored TO duty. He was afterward breveted Briga-
| der General by the President The cause Of the
court martial was that he had allowed officers
| to sign muster-roils Of companies in which the
dates Of muster were wrong. In this he was act
! ing under the advice OF gentleman who had had
n al of
| was thoroughly vindicated Of any wrong doing
Col Dom Piatt has Withdrawn from the editor
ship Of Belfords Magazine with characteristic let
ter. He wanted TO be independent: the managers
| insisted that the magazine should be intensely
/ Democratic. Looking" he says, upon the
/ Democratic party as the organized ignorance Of
the country, and the Republican as the organ
| lied greed, could not belong to one Orthe other,
| either as individual or as editor Again,
BefoTd had its origin in syndicate Of Democrats
able TO back their convictions with an unlimited
supply Of money. / could not be loyal to these
gentlemen and not advocate to the best Of my abil
| ity their convictions. . One may drag the
marital relations Of candidates IN the most brutal
and cruel manner before the public. but to expose
ring, attack a trust or show the highway robbery
Of legal extortion in plain language Is not to Do
tolerated"
Eli Starr. a veteran of good record edits Ihs
| 4tmes, a HVety Republican paper, published at
Livingston Manor, n. Y. He a candidate fOr
| Postmaster at that place, and naturally supposed
that his services to his country, supplemented by
! those to the Republican party, would secure him
the place Bot the managing politicians there had
| other views, and gave the appointment to a young
man named Hull, who in his cradle when
| Comrade Starr was carrying a musket- The lat
| ter was naturally indignant. and said some very
bitter things about the ingratiude Of politicians.
Another paper in the County took up the cudges
in defense of the politicians, and the dispute has
/ waxed warm that Comrade Starr has had the
opposition editor arrested on a charge Of criminal
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