The National tribune., 1892-09-01
PERSONAL.

First Lieut.. Godfrey n. Macdonald, of the Is,
q. g. Cav, an Aid.de-Camp on the staff of Gen. o.
o. Howard, proved himself hero last week. The
Lieutenant was on the boat Atlantic which phys
between New York City and Governors Island.
It very dark, being nearly IL o'clock. when a
man fell overheard from passing ferrybo The
people on the Atlantic hesrd the cry OF Man
overheard" which WAS Immediately raised, and
the tug was slowed and search made for the man.
It being SO dark IL took nearly Is minutes before
the man was discovered In the water. Lieut..
Macdonald had stripped OF his outer clothing, and
as soon as ne saw the man struggling In the water
he leaped overheard aud swami to his assistance.
Getting alongside the man, who WAS doing bis
best to keep above water, but who was almost ex-
hausted, Macdonald began TO encourage him, but
as he was fast losing strength he got him TO place
his hands on his shoulders and struck out for the
Atlantic. Al this moment the ferryboat began
moving away, and the swell nearly drowned both
men, The man lost his head and clutchsd Mao
donald tightly around the throat. and they both
sank. The Lieutenant shook of his burden. but
was grabbed again by the drowning man, and
again they both sank. A line was thrown Anally
from the Atlantic. which Macdonald caught, and
both men were taken from the water completely
exhausted II was q gallant rescue. for without
Maedonald's assistance the man would undoubt-
eddy have drowned. The Lieutenant 10 entitled to
O medal for bravery.
The sword Of Gen. b. NJ. Prentiss, which was
recently redeemed from pawnshopa at Quincy, ILL.,,
by D. NJ Spooner and returned to the Generals
son at Bethany, Mo-. was made by Tiffany In 1862,
at cost Of $500. Mr.. Spooner deserves and will no
doubt receive the thanks of the veterans who
made, under the lead Of Prentiss, such o gallant
defense of the Union left at Shiloh.
Gen. Addison Fl. Sanders, Colonel OF the 10th
-sA1 kI~A nnxa
port Qowa) Gaseas. Gen. Sanders, as one of the
Vice Presidents of ths cslebrntsd Crocker's Iowa
Reunion ut Des Moines, in which ne announced
the death Of the President OF the Society. paying
grand tribute to the memory of Gen. Belknap.
Gen. Sanders was captured with almost his entire
regiment ON the I'D Of July. 1854. in 'front.' Of
Atlantis, afler having made . mos. gallant resist
ancs, but the whole brigade was surrounded and
pushed back from the field, after losing one half
their numbers. Gen. Sanders Il one Of the best
writers in Iowa.
A San Francisco paper says that Mrs. Joseph w.
Do Lano, Of that city. u the proud possozsor Of
valuable psos Of MORE silk. The section Of fabric
measures only about three by six inches and u
usually kept by her In gilt frame. Is value does
not depend upon its size, or the fact that 1t II
lowered white MORE, but upon three or four
dark stains which il BEARS Miss Laura Keene
once wore dress out Of which this piece Of silk
was cut Sine was playing at Ford's Theater the
part of Flora Trenchord in "Our American Cousin"
or Lord Dundreary," on the night Of April IA.
1855. The groat scene between Asa 7ksnch0rd,
played by Harry Hawkes.. and RlOrehes was JUST
over. when . sAss rang through the houss, and