The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-07-21
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United States Consul AIcCreary left Valparaiso on
July Ii for New York via Panama in charge of the
body. The body Of TurnbuI the other American
sailor killed at the time is left buried at VAL
paraso. because no application has been made for
its transfer TO tie United States.
D. A. Armstrong. ex-senator from Missouri, Is
very DESTROYS Of having Congress grant an appro-
priation large enough to erect large bronze statue
Of Thomas Jefferson, overlooking the Mississippi
from some point near st. Louis He says: But
for Jefferson's genius, hardy Americanisrn. and
masterstroke OF craftsmanship, all the vast and
mag n6cent territory Of the great river might
yet be in the possession Of France and Spain, and
the seat Of unceasing turmoil and strife. Nothing
has ever been done to honor the memory Of JEFF
ferson for extending the domain of the United
States from ocean to ocean, and it Is now time that
some fitting recognition should be accorded him.
What better would embody this idea Of grateful
sentiment than for the Nation to erect statue Of
the great and far-seeing statesman on the west
bank Of the Mississippi"
Congressman Houk, of Ohio, is one of the hardest
worked men at the Capital, because of his tremen
dous pension correspondence. His district includes
the National Soldiers Home. where 5. OO0 veterans
are housed, aud besides he has the lions share Of
work to do for Ohies IS 600 pensioners, the largest
number Of any State In the Union.
A story of the late Admiral GoldsborougfI Is 60
ing the rounds Of the press. It Is introduced by
remark to the effect that the officer In question
made no pretensions TO piety. During o cruise in
the Mediterranean some years ago he authorized
a young Chaplain on board 70 have the sailors ali
piped up deck Sundays for divine service. The
first time that advantage was taken of this permits
sion every officer except the Admiral was present,
we'll as the men. After waiting few moments
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lain opened the services in regulation manner:
"The Lord is in His holy temple, let all the earth
keep silence before Him." As the voice rang out
In the opening words. the Admiral walked on
deck, and though his face betokened o storm he
took his seat In silence and remained until the
congregation had been dismissed. Then he rose,
and striding over to the Chaplain, said: Young
man. want you to understand in future that the
Lord 10 not In this holy temple until !, Admiral
Goldsborough, am on deck"
Col. n N. Price Is the candidate of the Peoples
Party for Lieutenant Governor Of: South Dakota.
The Colonel was in the late war and saw some
hard service. He was Lieutenant-ColoneI Of the
18th lows. and was forced 70 resign account
wounds received at the battle Of Shiloh. He is 9
son of ex- Congressman Hiram Price, of Iowa. now
residing in Washington.
Ex-Represen.ative George r. Barnes, of Georgia,
WHO ooEVSu HI tuo IcUoi utLHtr huu WHO WINS Ouco
known as the fat man of the House. wss In WASH
ington recently. He only spent two days here,
and the greater part Of one OF them was taken up
by visit to old colored couple. who used TO be
slaves in Georgia In giving his reason for visiting
them he tells this pathetic story: These old folks
were slaves aud ignorant. They hsd boy whom
they laid great store by. When he got big enough
to do jobs of work they hired him to q lawyer to
cean up the law offices. Later he began to go
messages and to carry the lawyers brief bag, and
after while the old e1-slaves thought they
wanted him TO be lawyer. Their ambition for
him grew upon them aud they worked and saved
money They knew they could not expect to
make q lawyer Of him down in his old home. but
they had their plans. One day they packed up
and came to Washington, and soon the boy was at
a law school. He graduated with promise Of sue
in lfe but died very soon afterwards, and the
old folks have never gone back to Dixie They
are doing very well, but there is not much In 1t
now that their boys gone"
Gen Longstrect has at length completed bis
book. and 1t will be published before the end Of
the year. II was the authors original intention to
simply give his experiences during the war, but this
idea has been changed. and the work Is designed to
be q more ambitious literary undertaking. In
stead of q series of "reminiscences Of the events
which the author saw and of which he was n great
beiiion from, a military point Of view. At present
the manuscript is in the hands Of Mr.. P. J. Moran,
of Atlanta the gentleman who wrote the memoir
able interview with the General upon the occasion
Of the death of Gen. Grant, and he will revise IL
before it is sent to the printer.
A cottage at the Confederate Soldiers Home.
HigsinsviIle, Ne, which was erected out Of funds
subscribed by the citizens of Randolph County, 10
named In honor Of Gen. John B. Clark, sr., the
father of 81. Cong gresham John B. Clark, of thai
State, now q resident Of Washington.
J. E. Kelley. Of New York, has designed . bronze
statue of Gen. Sheridan, which IL now on exhi-
bition in Chicago. The model represents Little
Phil riding at full gallop and leaping low rail
fence. This Is supposed to represent the General
as he was riding down the line at Cedar Creek to
change the course Of battle. The horse has all four
feet In the air. aud the rider Is swinging his his: in
spfringIy. If the model be approved q statue OF
heroic sizs will be modelled from IL and placed In
West Park, Chicago.
The difficulty with which Gen. Fuller walks Is
attributed to the effects Of old age by This
is not So The General has weakness In his
ankles, Many of the old comrades will remember
that lie was troubled with this same difficulty when
In the service-in fact, 80 weak were his ankles
that he was obliged to have an Orderly always on
hand to assist him to mount his horse During the
creased weigh on his ankles makes him walk with
an unsteady and uncertain gait
Gen. George r. Snowden, of the Pennsylvania
National Guard, has received great praise for the
success no attained at Homestead by bringing over
90 per cent of his Division into tho field at a few
hours' notice The General saw hard service In
the war of the rebellion. He enlisted private In
Co. l. 142d Pa, Aug 80 1850. and was made First
Sergeant In q few weeks. He was promoted to the
rank of First Lieutenant Sept 1, 1852 and Nov is,
1863, he was commissioned q Captain. He was dis
charged from the service By . special order ON
April 2. 1864
Col. Powell, OF tho United States Army, who has
seen considerable service on the plains fighting
Indians, says tina. among the Cheyenne Indians
warrior IL never permitted to speak to his mother
in.Iaw except through the intermediation OF third
person.
Gen. Henry W. Slocum was considerably bruised
the other day while out riding in Brooklyn. N. Y.
His horses became frightened and ran away. The
General was thrown out, and though severely, was
not dangerously hurt.
The candidate of the Peoples Party, Con.