The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-06-11

9ioeum Ia the command Of the 9th ". Y, and who
was Deputy Commissioner Of Pensions while Con.
Back was Commissioner The Doctor breaches TO
such men as Attorney General Miller, Secretary
Proctor, Senators Frye, German. and Mcmillan
Representatives Burrows. Cutcheon Bynum, Far
quhar and other distinguished persons every sun
day. He Is one Of the best pulpit orators of tho
country.
The Memoirs Of Gen. Thomas J. Jackson Stone
wal). which his widow. Mrs Julia jackson, will
publish shortly, will contain many letters written
by the distinguished Confederate General few Of
which have ever appeared in print, that will tell
In bis own language many acts occurring while hs
was In command Of n portion Of Lees army Of
Northern Virginia, aud while in command in the
valley Of the Shenandoah. Mrs. Jackson Is said
to DO woman Of talent, and her work viii be-
looked forward to with unusual interest by sur
Vivors OF both tho Union and Confederate armies.
Gen. Franz sgePs son Robert, who was sem
fenced to six years imprisonment for forgery In
pension cases. while the gallant old General was
Pension Agent at New York City and Robert was
clerk, had his sentence mitigated by Presidents
Harrison last week TO two years and nine months
at the expiration Of which time he Is 10 be par
doned.
Edward Dukin the body-servant Of Gen Stone
wall Jackson during the war, who Is described by
the New York papers az big brutish-looking ne
gro, was convicted Of assaulting a pretty young
white woman In that city last week. He struck
her on the head with stove-fter, and also sashed
her In tho head and back with butcher-knifs.
After Jackson killed at ChanceIIorsville Dukin
escaped to the Union lines and has been employed
a. longshoEeman In New York ever since. He
has been several times Ia the pententiary to hah
he was sentenced for this late OHenss.
Gen. John Cochraue last week resigned the Chair
manship Of the Tammany Hall Democratic General
Committee. Gen. COehrane has been q member
OF as many political parties Gen. Ben. Butler
He IL IS years Old but Is still erect In figure and
looks rugged health but begins to feel the weight
OF years. He was Surveyor Of the Port OF New
York under Presidents Pierce; was several years
in Congress, representing district In New York
City in the great antislavery struggle which Inn
mediately preceded the war. Although elected az
Democrat, he voted with the antisIavery men
and Republicans against the measures calculated
TO force slavery into the Territories Of the Union
When the war broke out he devOtedly espoused
the eanse Of the Union and gave his earnest sup
port to the Administration Of President Lincoln.
lie served in the army during the war and was ap-
pointed q Brigadier General by the President In
1864 he was classed Radical Republican and
was nominated for Yice-Presdent at the National
Convention held IN Cleveland in that year on the
ticket which headed by John @. Fremont
Before the election both Fremont and Coohrane
Withdrew from the field and supported Lincoln
When Horace Greeley ran for President Gen. Cooh-
rane allied himself again with the Democratic
party. and soon after this Joined Tammany Hall
He was appointed Police Justice by Mayor Grant
in 1860. and served until May L.
Among the prominent men mentioned for the
nomination by the Republicans Of Pennsylvania
for State Treasurer is Hon. John W. Morrison, Of
Allegheny County. Comrade Morrison enlisted as
private in Co. f, lOlth Pa. in 1861. serving until
| promoted Sergeant Major Of the regiment He
only held the latter position short time being
| promoted Second Lieutenant of his old company
As soldier he full Of grit, and when promoted
was courteous and gentlemanly to his comrades
He has served two terms in the State Legislatures
besides being Chief Clerk Of the House and Journal
Clerk. BeinGsthe only candidate for the position
with q military record, The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
/ wishes him success
Gen. Jacob d. Cox says In his book, i" The March
10 the Sea and the Battles Of Franklin and Nash
viIe,'' that the rebel soldiers were almost a. good
| foragers from of their own people as were The
| hated blue-coated Yankees He quotes from sew
eraI papers at that time published in the South in
| support Of this fact. and If old-time rebels will
only look up copies Of the Charleston C5. CT Her.
elsry and the Courier of the same town. the dates
being Jan. 10 and II, 1865. they will find this to be
a fact. Gen. Cox quotes from the lercury as fol-
| lows, regarding the Expectations committed by
/ rebel troops: There must be reform II IL folly
| 20 talk Of red tape now We want the thing we
must have it. Reform hooting-cashiering-
1 Observation-Disclosures soldiers NOT runaways.
/ ragumufins ruffians." Several other papers which
had advocated the Lost Cause " speak "a strongly
about the thieving propensties Of old friends,
the rebel soldiers What could Union troops sx-
| pect Of them?
4 rrla o.,oli,io,, To- ~. Nro-st xsor. bt,l r a..
Robert E. Peary, Civil Engineer U. 8 Navy, COM
/ mands, started on Sunday Juns = for Greenland
| on the whaling ship Kite, from New York city.
/ The party consists Of Lieut. and Mrs. Peary two
| Americans and several Norweglans. Mrs Peary
will remain at Whale Island during her husbands
inland explorations Of Greenland
Gen. ". P. Banks has spent goodly portion OF
his rs years of life In the service Of his country
| having been In some public Office since no was a
| very young man, either In County, State or
| National office. Old age has come upon him with
| no provision but the pension Of 81 200 which was
granted him by the last Congress. To relieve the
General from any peouniary anxieties. and make
him comfortable In his declining years a fund Of
$4,000 has been proposed and subscribed. Many
Of the conribntionsar from old soldiers comrades
Of the General in the army. The letters which
have accom- panied these contributions are in soma
cases very pathetic. IL Is not intended to make an
outright gift Of the money but the General and his
wife are to have the interest from as long as they
live and then the principal il to be returned 10 the
contributors. He will probably never again hold
public office.
/ T. A. sorrsll, OF Hopewen, Lowndes County
Ala. has had sad experience during the past 81
years SOrreH Joined the rebel Army OF the Ten
nessee under Johnston and Hood while seven Of
his brothers were soldiers in Lees Army of North
ern Virginia. Sorrel was the only one OF the
eight brothers who returned to tell the tale Of the
| sufferings and hardshtps endured, and hs wa
| several times severely wounded and Is now Z
| cripple. His brothers were all killed In battle.
Col W. f. Bundy was given q banquet by the
Knights Of Pythias at Norwood, o., last week, on
the OCCASION OF the CoIoners admission to all the
honors Of KnighthoOd.
Mrs. Gen. John A. Logan Is now Ia London Eng
land but will shortly leave that city with John A
Logan jr and his wife and Miss Pullman, daughter
of the inventor Of the sleeping-car, for coaching
trip through "the tight little island" which viii
occupy their time until Autumn, when they viii
return to Washington
Mrs. Elizabeth t. Harrison widow Of Lieut. Col
Archibald l. Harrison. 9th Ind, brother Of the
President, was allowed pension q few weeks ago
the amount being considerable, the application
has been ON I'll for OF years IN WAS