The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-02-18
Personal.

Since the close OF the he has resided at juno
ton City. mn bon0red highly-respected citizen, |
and an earnest. live comrnde Of the Grand Army. I
He has been active ia the State organization Of
exPrisoners and President Of that association. He
Is NJ present the Postmaster at Junction City.
Col Theodore F. Lang. 81 w Va and 9th W
Wa. Cav who has been living ia Baltimore since
the war was last week appointed Chief Of Divis-
ion la the Fourth Auditors Office Of the Treasury
Department. Col. Lang's numerous friends will
be gratfed 10 learn Of his deserved recognition by
the Government. The renders Of THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE will remember Col. Lang one Of our
contributors his very interesting articles, ent-
lied Loyal MouHtai1eers." were much praised
by our subscribers.
Gen. Henry r. Bingham, representative in Con-
gress from the First District Of PennsyI vauia has
gained the reputation Of being the best dressed
man in Congress. A friend in depicting him says:
" He lOOsss the gentleman every inch aud would
be perfectly at home could he step out Of Uncle
Sans gnb factory into one Of the drawing-rooms
of Versailles, II the company there assembled we're
the elite Of Louis the Grand's epoch" Gen. Bing-
ham was grand soldier. entering the army q
Lieutenant Of the IlOth Pa. He was wounded at
Gettysburg, Sp0ttsyIvauhI and Farnville, leaving
the service Breyet Brigadier- General in July,
1866, having that position by display Of cour-
age on many hotIy-contested battIefeds.
An interesting discussion is going on In the Vir-
gina newspapers regarding the question Of who
should have the honor Of being the first person to
raise rebel flag in the Old Dominion. The dis
putants are numerous. bat w. y. Gardner says
he is surely the honored man." forlhe few the
tag from the Richmond Custom House the mo-
ment after the Ordnance Of Secession passed the
Convention IL may have been an honor to first
hauut ilaZ which almost ruined Virginia and all
the other Southern States and made the grand old
State a burying-ground for a million brave men,
bat the most Of our readers will look upon the act
a. having mighty little honor attaching TO Il. The
man who first few the rebel rag should rather hide
his head than To be exploiting his dastardy act.
More than half Of the people Of Virginia were at
that time loyal to the old flag.
Mrs. Nay PerIieus Spear Patterson widow Of Dr.
David Patterson, died recently at her home in New
York city, ia her sGth year. Mrs. Patterson was
niece o. John Hancock. one Of the first Governors
Of Massachusetts and Signer Of the Declaration Of
Independence. and the aunt Of Dir. H. L. Howell,
Chaplain Of David y. seight Post 23l, GAR, of
Poughkeepsie, ~ Y.
Mrs. Julia NJ. Trent died at her home in Rondout,
~ Y. jan 10 aged 75 years. Mrs. Trent sent three
sons to the war Daniel L.. Amos C.. and VIM. b.
Trent who were all members Of Go. ID. Goth " Y.
:. " sOth " y. She leaves three surviving chill
dren to mourn her loss. Mrs Trent was a pen
sioner
Capt W. s. schley the redoubtable commander
Of the cruiser Baltimore is a man Of about As years.
There are strealcs Of gray in his cose y-cropped
/ imperial" beard. but bis hair is brown and he
wears it combed down low over broad forehead
/ HIS shoulders are broad and he has the command
ing presence Of typical naval officer.
| Gen. Chambers McKibbeu, of Pittsburg, and Col
/ Frank Magee, Of York County. Inspector Of Sol
ders' Orphans schools, are mentioned rs success
Gu
/ vania.
/ Capt Porter Of the Government secret service
stationed at Chicago, Is at work on the Newly mys-
/ terry in the interest Of the War Department. At an
/ early date there will be taken at Mills Shoals,
/ White County, H., the testimony Of a number Of
| witnesses in which the strange story Of William
Newly will be told in full, the official record Of
the testimony be placed in the archives Wash
| ington VIM. Newly, after being counted as dead
and buried the battlefield Of Shiloh for nearly
90 years, suddenly reappeared at his old home.
and WAS identified by his wife, children and
brothers 80 the dead come to life" The cause OF
l the investigation IS that old William Newly has
applied for his honorable discharge from the
United States army, and that there is likely to
arise one Of the most novel questions of identity,
! and may be Of back pay, ever known in the mill
tary history Of airy country.
Ex-Gov Andrew Curtin, Pennsy lvania's. great
| Executive in the days. says that he proposes
to pass the remainder Of his life in writing his
| tory Of the events in which / took some small
part" The Governor is modest. He should say,
'the events in which took great part"
An unmarked grave in TaIladega, Ala, near
| which an iron furnace has recently been erected,
contains the remains Of the Is soldiers who were
killed in the battle Of TaIladega, in which Ges.
Andrew Jackson fought against the Creeks.
4,
the United States military service in the war of
1872 is thought TO be Benjamin Poor of Raymond,
n. H. He is in his 97th year.
A story Of Mr. Lincoln is picked out Of an old
file OF a Southern newspaper, published at date
! when the suggestion had more point than can now
be readily understood-when, indeed, II looked as il
Richmond was not going to be brought inside OF
." Old Abe's" lines. 10 is related that gentleman
from n Northern city entered Mr.. LucoIn's private
office in the Spring of 1862 and eagnestlyheqUested
. a pa-s to Richmond. ~ pass TO Richmond" ex-
claimed the President why my dear sir if ]
should give you one it would do you good
You may think il very strange, but there's lot Of
| fellows between here and Richmond who either
can't read or are preiudced against every man who
! totes a pass from me. have given Mcclellan and
more than 100000 others passes to Richmond, and
not one Of them has yet gotten thereI"
Capt. John Wilson, Of the 10th n. j. Cramel
: Hill y. j. is now lying at the point Of death from
the effects Of bullet wound received in his side al
The battle OF Cold Harbor, June l. 1864. The bal
WAS never extracted. Capt. Wilson was commits
, stoned a Brcvst Major by President Lincoln
The late John J. Hawkins, formerly connected
with the office Of the First Auditor Of the Treasury
who died recently in Washington was noted fol
hi. wonderful memory and for the hst that he was
one Of the three custodans appointed by Secretary
sherman in 1878 to deliver SI0O,OOO0OO in United
Stotss bonds 10 the ROthschilds Ia London. As M
, instance OF the exactness and accuracy Of hi
memory he once, in dispute whether a certain
man had been Lieutenant-CiOyernor Of Indiana
rave Off hand list Of all the Leuteuant- Governor
from the formation Of the State. together with the
dates OF service. ComFade Hawkins WAS a soIdie
of the late war, serving as enlisted man In AT
Indiana regiment.
The Hon. William f. Cody c. Buffalo Bill y re
l turned to this country from Europe last wees
The only noticeable change in the Coloneis az.
pearauce in tho past five years IS a tendency O.
a ! grayness about his long flowing locks he say
that his long stay in France has had tendency G
make his accent decidedly Frenchy. He has com,
over merely for brief visit, the chief Uuec o
which Is TO make arrangements for bis Wild IVES
2 show at the Worlds Fair The Colonel propose
!, to make this show The supreme effort Of his life