The National tribune., 1891-06-25

were given TO Gen. Lee at Apponattox on Aprii
inst, purely and simply. w, T. SHEHsAt
Mr.. EIdy SAYS That this dispatch handed him
by Cen sherman in tieB. Grants presence, with
orders To send &c by wiFe 10 Gen. Kipaircs &c the
front. with a request that he forward by Gaz 70
truce to Gen. Johnston. After it sent hs ASKED
and obtained from Gen. Sherman the privilege -
retaining the original. Now since his old COM
mander is dead, he desires 20 have it framed and
hung under the portrait Of Gen. sherman ia The
Union League Clubs gallery.
The clerk at the Grand Pacific Hotel at Chicago.
referring to Gen. Shermans we'll known dislike to
being Interviewed, tells how am euicrpriztue re-
porter called on the General az p very Late hour.
and sent up his card by a hetl- boy. "Tau him
have gone 20 bod aud cau't see him. was tine word
sent by the General " Won go back Co Gen sher-
man. said the eutcrpr siug reporter and tell him
that have been detailed To interview him by the
business manager Of our paper and propose todo
Il Hi have 70 climb over the trnnsom" When he
received this message old Tecumseh zat up in bed,
scowied moment, and chen rccozu ziuls the fulfil
iy Of his Discrimination TO be Interviewed grow led:
Ieil him 70 come on and do his level best
Inscribed on the Confederate monuments which
was unvalled at Pensacola Fla. last week was
this sentiment. jefferson Davis President OF The
Confederate States Of America: Soldier States
man, Patriot, Christian" Many Of our readers
VIII take exceptions 10 this statement Of the arch-
| rebel : many sO-caled virtues
4 Capt W. :. Burke, 18th Iowa. emizratcd to Abs.
/ querqne, v W., In 1881, when that country was
brand new so far as American settlements wers
concerned, made homestead entry about three
miles from that town, and has made q due farm
\ out OF it, which is now quite valuable. The Cap
tain does HIS farming by proxy. putting in his time
\ DONG newspaper work in Albuquerque aud CORE
spending with papers throughout The country tell
\ ing the people what a desirable living. place New
I Mexico ~. Capt Burke was editor and proprietor
OF the Council Bluffs (foval NoHparsa, and the
LeavenwoTth lKan.) Bulletin.
Comrade a. J. Buck es l9lh Ind a regiment Of
the famous Iron Brigade" Fifth Corps Army Of
the Potomac, Past Department Commander Of
California GAR, now living nj willows Cab. has
had an eventful career. He served four years. and
was wounded every year Of bis service He was
wounded first in the thigh, nc the second battle %
/ Bull Run, and again AZ Gettysburg; and he carries
rebel lead issued to the Iron Brigade on the first
day Of that battle he having picked up The color4
OF his regiment when the Color bearer was shot
down, being one of the Color Guard He was
. again hit at the Wilderness. mimic ball passing
entirely through his body. For his galIantrv i'm
this action, he was promoted Second Lieutenant
/ While leading his company in front Of Petersburg,
March ., 1865. he received wound that necessi-
tated the amputation Of his right leg Il is no
| wonder that Comrade Buckles when speaking Of
the old soldiers and The war, grows enthusiastlo
and heart and eye both overflow with earnest zeal
The scenes which he has passed through are such
as not one in a thousand could have lived through.
Nothing but his iron constitution and iudomitabla
will preserved his life Even now the pains and
aches from his many wounds torture him con-
santy. and il not for the perfect control
which he has over his feelings and actions. no
would hate with an undying hatred the authors q
his misiortunes His gray hairs are rather due 70
these causes than to age, as be is yet under IS.
Mrs. Peary, wife Of the Arctic explorer, accom-
panied her husband on his voyage 10 the North
Pole. They will camp at Whale Bay and for This
purpose has been provided as portion of the cargo
Of the vessel the house to be occupied by the ven
turesome woman and her husband The iimbers
for this house dovelailed and arranged 80 that
they can be put in position at once on landing
This done the structure will be surrounded on all
sides with chunks Of ice five feet thick. over which
water will then be poured, that "a IL freezes \
perfectly ar-tight, compact abode will be formed.
The only opening besides the door will be a chin
ney. Simply the structure has been planned il
will nevertheless be the palace of the group Of huts
which will be dgniaed by the name Of Pearys-
vile, Greenland.
The writer, in going over old papers, found an
crder signed ~ LieuL-COl. George POmutz 18th
Iowa, which was eOuntersigned by Gen. A. Hiok-
enlOOper, commanding Crocker's Iowa Brigade
and Gen. b. F. Potts, commander Of the Fourth
Division, Seventeenth Corps, at Louisville, KY. in
June. 1865 What follows Is Gen. Hickenloopers
reply: II am in receipt Of your favor with in
closed Oid-time order, bearing my signature as
commander of the old brigade. II was very kind
and thoughtful in you TO remember me in this
way, and I greatly appreciate the favor. one
that In the hurry and burly Of this life brings
freshly to clouded memories the days when to-
gether we marched to the music of the Union.
What a history it would make if an the literature
Of that time could be collected together; but
Many act OF valOr,
| And many deed sublime,
Has faded from the mind Of the soldier,
O'ergrOwn by the grass Of time"