The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-07-17

rank Of Captain in The 18Th Inf, to which be had
been transferred.
The story recently published in n View York pa
per 10 the effect that Mrs. Susan p. c. Garrison
mother Of Lieut. VIM. p. Cushing, who blew M
the rebel ram AlbenarIe, was in needy eircuu-
stances mt Castine, Me-, is emphalicalIy de-
MED The Boston Herald says that the relatives Of
Mrs. William II. Cushing in Salem and Chelsea
including her sister, Mrs. Batchelder prOnouncs
the story Of the woman claiming 10 be Mrs. Cush-
ing base fabrication and the woman an unmiti-
gated fraud. Mrs. W. p. Cushing. mother Of Lieut.
Cushing is living in st. Joseph Mo- at the age OF
s. and has not been East for years. She is no con-
heetion Of the late Caleb Cushing and Is not in
need Of Masonic any other pecuniary aid being
wen of in this worlds goods, but now in poor
health.
Frederick c. Seharff, 18th y Y IT. A., is the only
member Of Stanley Post, New Britain Conn. who
ever gave an order to Gen. Grant that the latter
bad 60 obey or take the consequences. Mr.. ScbarY
was on guard at the wharf al City Point. wbere
ammunition was being unloaded. He had strict
orders to allow no man to smoke. Gen Grant
came along with cigar in his mouth scharff
snluied in proper shape, and then waited reasona-
bic time for the General to throw away his eignr.
and the General continuing TO smoke while watch
ing the approach Of dispatch boat, was told by
sehafE that his orders were 10 allow no man to
smoke Whereabouts Oh, IL that So replied the
General, and he at pitched his cigar into the
wafer Comrade SehaTff is the shipping clerk at the
1atna Cutlery, and resides on Hartford avenue.
New Britain Is IS not every Post that can boast
Of member who gave orders 70 Cen Grant.
Maj. Edward T. Rowerl was recently nominated
to second term as n member Of the Board Of Gas
and Electric Light Commissioners Of Boston. Mass
He is graduate Of Dartmouth College Class Of
1861. lie enlisted a nriuafo in fha 81, N
few weeks after his graduation, and was suisse
quently commissioned a Second Lieutenant in The
"a u ;. SharpshO0ters. He was wounded by a
piece Of she'll in the leg Gettysburg and nearly
n year later very severely wounded AZ Peters
burg. the ball passing through his LEFT side inst
above tine hip. He remained in the army until
May 1868, having been in the service three and 4
half years. He was first appointed on tie Com
mission by Gov Robinson for one Of The short
terms and was appointed for first full term three
years ago by Gov.Ames.
Capt. Theodore Feldsteiu. Of KoItes Post No -
/ GAR, Department Of New York, is one Of the
best known men in the Grand Army He ia The
only cOmrade Of that Post who has been delegate
TO every Department Eneampmeut that has been
held since the foundation Of the Order and he has
also attended every National Eucampmeut either
as delegate or interested spectator Koltes Post
propose to keep this remarkable record 10 and
i "a I
he lives. Capt. Feidstein is a native Of Germany.
but became Yankee in 1856. He enlisted in April
1861, IN Co. B, lst Conn. for three months When
mustered out, he went to New York and enlisted
IN Co g, 6sth y. T., in August, 1861 and was pro-
noted Orderly -Sergeant. His commissions "a
Second and First Lieutenant and Captain came in
due season. and in the latter capacity be was mus
tered out at Pulaski. Ga, Noy 10 1855. as senior
Captain OF his regiment. having record Of four
years and seven months service
Robert T. Lincoln United States Minister to Eng
lHnd, expects to return to this country early In
November. The easket containing the body OF
/ young Abraham Lincoln will be shipped on the
same steamer with his father, for conveyance to
/ America to be buried in the family vault Mrs.
/ Lincoln and her two daughters have engaged pas
sage on the City Of New York that sails on Aug g.
At the Eneampment Of Naval Post. No SIG. View
| York City, last Monday night. B. 5. Osborn who
served with Admiral FaFragut as Private Secretary
and also as Fleet Signal Officer at New Orleans
and Mobile Bay on the old Hartford was mustered
/ in He was wounded several times. and Is an
/ honored member Of the Farragut Association OF
Naval Veterans He Is regular old tar bucket
/ Col Daniels. who has been appointed Uaited
states Consul at Hull, England. left for Europe
| about the 18th Of July. He was accompanied by
his daughter, Miss Jessie Daniels Mrs Daniels
/ with her son and youngest daughter, viii Join
\ them III October. when Ms Daniels VIII place the
three children at school in France for two years
/ Cen sherman has removed his desk from the
/ Office he formerly occupied in Arsnory Building
/ on Whitehall street. New York City % his home
on seventy-firss street. and now rarely goes down
| to that place. He has fitted up an Office or den,F
a ne calls IT, in his house. where he attends 10 his
/ still voluminOus correspondence. with the aid q
/ a clerk allowed BY the Government His annual
I salary as General Of the Army which Office viii
die with him, IS $4,000. He has no duties TO per-
/ form and a clerk to help him to perform them,
which makes If quite pleasant for the old hero in
his declining Old soldiers by the score apply
/ TO him daily for help, and If they prove worthy
/ rarely go away uuaided-