The National tribune., 1892-06-30

blamed Yankees have shot the sound out Of H.
Either get gun or go homo now. and that's
the long aud short of it. will not fool away any
more time resisting this here infamous invasion
with leaky drum. and you can report that ut
Headquarters" Young Wilson was given a gun
which did not leak. and at the surrender had risen
| to the rank of Captain in the Confederate army.
He has served several years IN Congress from the
Second District of West Virginia, of which he Is
now a Representative. and Is held to be the most
eloquent OF the younger generation OF politicians
Col. L. G. Dawes. Commander of the Loyal
Legion of Ohio in "reminiscences Of the late Judge
X. II. Brewster. who served rs an Orderly-Ser-
geant and Commissary- Sergeant in Col. Dawes's
regiment, the SD Ohio, who died May %, tells
| story of how the Judge went TO Gen. Shermans
Headquarters 10 get requision for provisions
signed by the Division Commander, which was
one Of the duties of the CommissarySergeant.
Sherman commanded division at this time. Gen.
Sherman was standing in front of his ten. convers-
Ing with group OF officers. Among them was bis
AdJutant General. a man of very unhappy temper.
Scrg't Brewster, noticing that the General was
busy. seated himself on a campstooi which hap
pened to be ia front of the Adjutant- Gener tent
That officer. who regarded enlisted men as an IN
ferior race looked at him with amazement. and
i'll his most sarcastic manner, said: Perhaps
you would like to 20 into tent, sit in my chair.
put your feet my desk aud read my news
paper!" Certainly" replied Brewster; " Moth
ing could please me better" and he walked into
the tent seated himself in the chair put his feet on
the desk and took up the newspaper. The Adju-
General was Mortified. and called guard TO
eject him. when Gen. Sherman nterfered Stop,
Captain" he said; the Sergeant is right; you are
wrong; let him alone" Gen. Sherman did not
| forget him. and Serg't Brewster never had occs-
sion thereafter to complain of treatment at Head
/ quarters.
| Col, Bob Ingersoll recently told the following
good story regarding the display Of = wonderful
memory: gentema entered street car and
took his seat opposite fine portiy, erisocratic
looking parsonage Whom he at once Thought he
recognized. He locked hard at the nan for time,
until be saw he was asdsG hin considerable
discontinue. He then changed his scat for enc
beside the hapdsos choking man, and. ~ he did
SO, turned TO the latter will, tho remark beg
yonr pardon, sir, for my question. bat am so
strongly seized with the impression that we have
met before" The gentleman good-naturedly re-
marked that he, too. thought he had seen the
others face. but WAS at loss to tell where Both
rode on in silence for some blocks, alternately
changing side glances. but saying never a word.
Finally the man who had broached the subject
broke out with, Hold on have 1t, sir. Weren't
you blown up at the battle Of Viclssurg?" Yes"
replied the other. inquiringly. "Then that ex-
plains it. So was /. When you were going up
was coming down. and thought, as locked at
you then. that that fellow would give good deal
to be as near the ground As am, knew had seen
your face some place. comrade." Now. that is
what cal, a wonderful memory" said Col. Inger-
SOIL with hearty laugh.
IL is related that President Harrison, then only
Colonel, could not promptly secure Surgeons to
care for his wounded after The battle Of New Hope
Church. He therefore took off his coat, rolled up
his sleeves, and did what he could himself to
stanch the flow of blood aud to dress wounds lie
directed that tents be torn up into bandages and
he spent hours in work over his disabled soldiers
before the Surgeons arrived.
Laura Il. Sickles daughter of Gen. Daniel r.
Sickles. of New York, died miserable death last
week in Brooklyn. Laura the child of the
Inflated first wife of the General who caused him
to kill Philip Barton Key. the son of the author Of
the Star Spangled Banner, here in Washington in
1859. while Gen. Sclles member of Congress
from New York. The daughter Laura was born
at the old Sickles homestead in Bloomngdaie
When Gen. Sickfes was appointed Minister to
Spain by Gen. Grant Laura went with him, and
much admired while in Madrid. She became
Infatuated with young Spanish nobesnnn. but
the General opposed the young and broke Off
the match. About the same time he married
Spanish wife. Laurn's mother having died several
years before. The quarrel which took place at the
American Legation in Madrid between the Gen.
erai and his daughter never WAS made up and they
never saw each other again. though living in the
same city most of the tine Laura living
with her grandmother when the General returned
from Spain, but she soon left her homo and began
a wild career. Her name was coupled with many
social scandals and she went the downward road
with more than the accustomed rapidly. From
champagne and costly wines she down to
whisky and beer. and what splendid
Juno figure totally obliterated In gross obesity
Gen. Sickles often heard Of his hayward daughter
and through Intermediates tried to reclaim her.
but all his efforts failed. The body was buried in
Greenwood Cemetery by the side of her mother.
Gen. Siclses sent flowers, but did not attend the
funeral OF his hayward daughter, and only n few
persons were present when she laid away.