The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-01-30

people of the country for the presentation oil
the sword of so brave and gallant soldier as
Gen. Fitzpatrick. II shall have an honora-
BILE place and faithful care in this Department;
and every soldier who looks upon it will be re-
minded Of the courage and brilliant career of
the man who bore it, and be inspired for like
| deeds of vaOr in behalf of his country"
| SIC ETARY RUsK's EXPERIMENTAL GARDEN.
Rumor had il that Secretary Rusk, of the
| Agricultural Department, was going to request
the Secretary of War to allow him the use of
| 400 acres of land belonging TO the Arlington cs-
| tate for an experimental garden for his Depart
menL Secretary Rusk denies this IN his uSu-
ally emphatic way, and says that he and Secre-
| tary of the Interior Noble one day drove over
| 10 Arlington which doubtless started the Tumor.
! He also said that while on this trip he selected
| a patch Of ground containing sOme 300 acres on
| the south side of the road which was about all
! the good farming land he saw there, and he
| then asked Congress to appropriate S25Voo TO
! prepare this Ian for his purpose. There mas
! been no formal assignment Of land as yet. but
there will be rs soon as the Secretary is ready
for IT, Gen. Rusk said that his plat of ground
! did not touch the village of Arlington, nor any
of the ground which is tenanted, which fact he
| had mentioned to several Virginia people who
had come 10 see him. in hopes that he would
remove the cOlored people who reside there,
| from their homes. The Secretary told these
| on watermelons. the nearness of Jackson CITY,
which is entirely composed of negroes. had no
terrors for him, and he should not disturb
them in the least.
FIRST VICTIM OF THE WAR.
bill was introduced in the Senate last week
by Senator Wilson. of Maryland, for the relief
OF John Swearer, who is. according TO the bill,
the first victim az the late gigantic struggle be-
tween the North and South. Swearer, in his
I i. l-..ts Hur~s and
WAS employed in that capacity on Fort Sumter
in the Spring of 1861. When the lombard
ment began he helped serve one of the guns in
the fort, As though one of the garrison, al
though not a soldier, in reply TO the rebel fire.
SwcarcT claims 20 have been hit by piece Of
bursting shell in the second days bombardment,
that il has injured him permanently. and he
claims pension therefor and thinks he ought
TO get il as the first man wounded in the war.
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS.
Co ID, 18th Inf. Brevet Mai Jacob II.
Smith. has been ordered from Fort Davis, Tex.
TO New Orleans. to take station at Jackson
Barracks there. Co. +. 18th Inf, Capt. Philip
II. Remington, is ordered from Fort Davis
20 the garrison at Mount Vernon Barracks,
Ala, where the Apache prisoners arc now
confined. These changes transfer the COM
panies from MAJ. Gen. Crooks command To the
Military Division Of the Atlantic, Maj Gen.
Howard commanding.
Lieut.. Amos b. Shattuck, 9th Inf. has been
granted two months leave from Fort Lewis
Colo. with permission to apply for one month
extension
Gen. David s Stanley, commanding the De-
partment Of Texas, has ust issued a General
Order that poiutedly. and very CURLY, directs
that hereafter all requests of any kind from
officers for favors from Department Head
quarters must be forwarded through the proper
military channels, and not be made in person or
by private communication. IL looks a. though
some Of the officers had been trying 20 outhank
their post or regimental commanders.
NEW STAR FOR THE FLAG.
The Senate Committee on Territories. at its
meeting on Friday last, authorized n favorable
report on the bill for the admission of Wyoming
Territory into the sisterhOod Of States. There
was no minority report made in the case,
although it is understood that tho committee
were not entirely unanimous in their conclu.
si0ns The committee also authorized favor
able report on the bill giving a tenn pOrary form
OF Government for Oklahoma
AFTER NAVAL OFFICERS
Undertaken John Mccarthy, Of Syracuse,
n. Y. called on Secretary Tracy OF Friday, in
company with Representatives Belden and
Sawyer, and made formal complaint against
certain officers Of the United States steamer
Adams for improper conduct and disobedieuce
bi Ofacth- hCAAELQF went 10 samoa 70
procure the remains Of Chief Engineer Hall,
one Of the victims Of the hurricane Of last
Spring, and he bore letter from Acting Secrc-
taTy Walker requesting Naval officers to assist
in his undertaking He now charges that in
stead Of assisting him. certain of the officers
insulted him aud really hampered him in his
work. The Secretary promised 10 consider tho
matter, bat said that nothing definite could be
done until the accused officers had been heard
from.
RIVER AND HARBOE APPROPRIATIONS
The Senate Committee on Commerce has con-
cluded 90 report several bills making appropri-
atiOns for the carrying on Of large river and
harbor improvements, without waiting to in
corporate them in the regular river and harb0r
bill. On Friday last they recommended an
appropriation Of 100000 for the st. Mary's
and Hay Lake Channel project. known as the
500" Canal. The Improvement of the Co
lnmbia River in Oregon. was also considered,
and sJO0,OO0 was appropriated. Arguments
were also heard ia favor Of a deep-water barb0r
at Galveston, Tex. which measure will likely
receive large appropriation " the committee
should recommend that locality, as is now
thought highly probable.
CURIOUS RELIC.
EI-Secretary Of War. Gen. Belknap, has q
certificate OF the " Order Of Cincinnati" written
by Gen George Washington, the irst President
John Knox the first Secretary of War, as Act
ing Secretary General. This certificate reads
as follows: This certifes that Capt. Claude
Antoine Villet dc Marcellin, of the Pennsyl-
vania line, being in virtue Of his services in
the American Army, entitled 90 become a MEM
Der OF the Cincinnati, and having signed the
Institution and complied with the regulations
therein specified, is accordingly admitted a
member, and IL entitled TO all the rights and
privileges Of the said Society of the Cincin-
natl Given under my hand and seal at Mount
Vernon. this 10Th day OF March, I764. q.
Washington"
This -, perhaps one Of the first certificates
ever issued 10 a member Of the Order Of Gin
cinnati," and is highly priced by its owner,
who Is collector Of rarieties. The certificate
Is IN the handwriting OF Gen. Washington
bears the mark Of age and is unquestionaby
the genuine article There lis "A big patch of
red seaiing-wax on the left upper-hand corner,
which Is stamped with the Official seal Of the
Order Of Cincinnati" but which is so obscure
that unless the party looking at IL, aud know
ing what 1t purports 10 be- from the body of the
document, could not dccipher. 1t is one of the
best relics Of tho Revolutionary period that has
ever come before the Gossiper.
COMMODORE HULL DEAD.
Commodore Joseph Bartine Hull, u. s. Navy,
(retiredD died IN Philadelphia, Pa, Thursday.
Jan. II, in the 9Th year of his age.
Commodore Hull was born at Westminster.
n. Y, May g. 1902 and entered the service
Nov. 8, 1919, as a Midshipman, Just after the
celebrated victory won by his distinguished
uncle, Commodore Isaac Hull In the frigate
Constltution over the British frigate Guerrero
off Roston Raw