The National tribune., 1891-10-22

about twenty seven and half million bushels,
equal to over three-quarters of q million tons Of
freight
The receipts Of cotton at Southern ports
from Jan. to Sept. 80. 1890, were 2,I0j,s29
bales, and for the same period this year $751;
500 bales
Col. Robert II. ohley, Of the Army, who died
at Fort Stanton, n. NJ, Oct 9, was a native Of
the State of New York, and was appointed
from that State First Lieutenant Of the lst
Inf, May Ii, 1857 /; promoted First Lieutenant
May IL, and Captain, Nov. %, 1861. He was
promoted Major, 10Th Inf, May G, 1873; Lieu
enant-Colonel, 18th Inf, Jan. 2, 1883, and
Colonel, 10th Inf, March 9, 1891. By his
death Lieut. Edward r. Pearson Of the oath,
is promoted Colonel Of the 10th regiment;
Maj. David ID. Vanvalzah, of the Goth. Lieu
tenant Colonel of the oath; Capt. Lloyd Whea-
ton, Of the Goth, Major, and First Lieut.. Fred
erick Dent Sharp, nephew Of Gen. Grant,
Captain Of that regiment; and Second Lieut..
Raymond r. Stevens, of the 23d, First Lieu
tenant Of the Goth.
Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt says
that the protection given clerks who refuse to
pay campaign assessments shall be real and un-
mistakahle. mo employe," says he " has any
reason 10 fear that he shall be made to suffer
in any way for refusing 10 make contributions
TO the campaign fund. Everyone is perfectly
safe in refusing 10 pay up, and i think they
have generally come to appreciate that fact"
Mr.. Roosevelt wants Congress to amend the
law SO as TO prohibit anyone from soliciting
campaign contributions from Government en-
ployes.
Some Of the New York soldier-hating papers
make point Of speaking Of Assistant Score
tary Bussey as Gen" Cyrus Bussey, inelosing
the title in quotation marks. as if he had no
Legitimate right TO il. This is because the
General has incurred their displeasure by his
just rulings on pension questions. This is
childish. Any one acquainted with the his
tory Of the war knows that there was no man
in IL better entitled to the title Of General than
Gen, Bussey. lie went out early i'm 1861 in
command Of the 30 Iowa Cav, which he had
raised aud equipt Within a short time after
he entered the field he was given a Brigadier-
Generals command, aud distinguished himself
in that capacity at the battle Of Pea Ridge. and
on the noted march through Arkansas. From
that time until after the close Of the war he
constantly had a Brigsdier- Generals command,
and for long period a Msior-Goneral's. and
won credit in all his operations. During the
siege Of Vicksburg he was in command Of all
the cavalry Of Grants army, and he also had a
Major Generals command Of the Western Dis
trict OF Arkansas for the last year Of the war.
lie was promoted to a full Brigadier- General
in 1852, but owing TO the jealousy Of the Nc
Clellan clique Of the officers in the West, the
Senate was prevented from acting on his nom
ination and that Of a number of other merito-
rious officers from the West. Tho Eastern OIL
GERS did not want 20 be ranked by those in tho
West, especially by those west Of the Mississippi.
He finally received his commission as a full
Brigadier-General 10 date from Jan. 3, 1864,
and was brevetted a Major General March -
1865. for gallant and meritorious service
during the war"