The National tribune., 1892-04-28
PERSONAL.


quality rather poor for that part of the country
He thinks this Is about the last rebel blood split in
defense Of the honorable name of marIyred
President, and If any conrade has tapped any
rebel caret since, he would like TO hear from him
through columns for he Is constant reader OF
our paper He thinks his skirmsh with the Cop
perhead will be a warning TO others 10 know who
they arc talking to before they throw out reGec-
tons on Honest Old Abe. There are lots of the
old boys la that section and they have got the
sand.
A. Fl. Pratt. Co. I. 2d VT. Bellows Falls, VT.
writes: 81 suppose have bullet or portion OF
ono in my head. which got at Marye's flights,
May 8. 1853 1t struck mo in the inside of the
right eye, taking on. the eye. destroying my sense
of smelling also. and have suffered severely ever
since from epeptic fits 1 was left the field for
dead, while The boys advanced, and was picked up
after an hour or two they tell me- and the Surgeon
has told me since that had no pulse beat, and
the only sign OF life was slight twitcbing Of some
of the muscles of the neck. did not recover con-
seriousness till some two weeks later when found
myself in Campbell Hospital Washington, and
my brother, from Vermont. with me; though /
have faint memory OF riding in wagon.
fumbling along. 1t seemed, forever. and causing
1t was very dim. Several good Surgeons have
located the bullet as mbedded in the skull where 1t
presses the BRAIN causing those epilepto spells.
John IT. Clark, of Jenny Lind, Ark, old
soldier and pensioner. lost what little he possessed
on the 9th of February. by the burning OF his
daughters house. Among the things destroyed
were all the army papers of Comrade Clark. and
also his pension certificate. He has applied TO the
Commissioner Of Pensions for a new certificate,
and will apply also for certificate in lieu of lost
discharge, to the Acknowledgement of the Army.
Capt IT. II. Patterson. of the Sandy Hook Life
Saving Station. No. I, and Miss Efie l.. 3. Everett.
of Brooklyn. n. Y, niece of Commodore William
ID. Whiting. u. 8. Navy. retired, were married on
Monday evening April Is.
The Endorsements file with the Secretary Of the
Interior Of Cornrade Charles A. Orr. of Buffalo. N
Y, for Pension Agent at that place are, In many
respects, the strongest and most remarkable we
have ever seen. Conrade Orr was formerly Clerk
of Erie County. and his Endorsements include per-
sonal letters to the President from nearly nll the
Judges in western New York, many clergymen,
members of the bar Of Erie County, and hundreds
of business houses of Buffalo; nearly the unani-
nous Endorsement OF the General Republican Com
mittee of his County, large majority of the Post
Commanders OF the GAR. of his State. nearly
200 Past Post Commanders and over 500 other
officers and comrades OF the Department Of New
York, G. AR. The letters and papers ali nicely
bEIdHStu DOphS, anu Cat DC reaully rtlcEIcu
TO from a typewriter index, which briefly tells
who the ndorser is, with the page where his letter
can be found. The index alone makes 40 pages.
Capt. James b. Mix. Of scott's 900 9th n. Y.
Cav.). has become insane. A long time ago his
Captains reckless manner of living. Away back
in the sixties Capt. Mix was q protege of Horace
Greeley, who made him the leading reporter on
the New York Tribune. He was a space writer
that paper when Amos J. Cummings. now a men,
Der Of Congress, the city editor. He made
great deal of money, but spent il rec<IessIy. Capt
Mix was very handsome man. with pleasing
manners. At the outbreak of the he ap-
pointed a Captain in the Presidents Troop, which
afterward became part OF Scotts 500, or 11th n.
Y. Cav. His designations caused him to lose his
command, and he came to New York, where he at
trncted attention by his extravaganza of dress and
wild life. Mime. Sanchez fell in love with him. and
he married her, which divorced him from such
friends as he had hitherto held Nine. Sanchez
died shortly after the marriage, leaving Mix heir
to about 5000 900. He has squandered the income,
but has KEEP. the principal intact. He is to-day
guarded by servants. He has no loved ones. No
one knows his ancestry. He is rich in money but
poor in friends. Those who knew him best in the
old days don't know to-day where he makes bis
home.
Mrs B. A. BrinkIey. wife of Henry BrinkIey,
Sergeant of Co. f. Nth Ill. Cav. died at her home
In Polk County, Ore. on March %. Mrs. Brink
ley was a native of Oregon, and was SO years of
age. husband and six children are left to mourn
the loss of loving wifs and faithful mother.
While she has been in delicate health during the
past two years yet her sickness comparatively
short and death came unexpected, but she
prepared to CO. and almost her last words were,
"Af is Well" Her quiet, faithful seIf-sacrifcfng
life is deeply written in the hearts and memory of
her Borrowing family and friends. Thursday after
noon, March "a. a large company of friends and
acquaintance gathered at the Mountain View
Cemetery at Airiie. whero short service was
Quoted by Dr. Thompson, and she laid to rest
amid the sunshine and the flowers.
Morris II. Duey lost both his arms by cannon
shot at Fort Fisher in January 1865, and he draws
a pension of Sl0O month for his injuries. His
pension was recently stopped and there are now
two lawsuits and much trouble the matter.
Comrado Duey lives with his wife In New York
City. He was married 10 years ago and has q
daughter. Fannie. aged IS. The Dueys lived well
in comfortable apartments. and rs the mother and
daughter both worked. they saved some money
In February, when Mrs. Duey went to draw her
husbands pension usual, they would not pay it
over to her, the clerk saying that complaint has
been that MIR. Duey is in the hands of improper
persons who are profiting by the money, and the
pension has been stopped until the matter Is in
vestigated." Mrs. Duey moved into less ex-
pensive house and cut down her expenses wonder
ing. who could lave stopped the pension. Last
week Miss Lonise Duey, maiden aunt of Mr.. Duey,
who lives with the soldiers grandmother. 81 years
old, In Philadelphia. came to New York. She
went to firm OF lawyers and told them that Mrs.
Duey was notthe wife of her nephew, but only his
deceased wife's sister, and that sho pretending
to be his wife as to get his pension money. The
aunt wanted the lawyers to that Mr.. Duey was
taken from this woman's care. She referred them
to the Rev. Elias s. Osborn, of Newburg q Method
ist clergyman, who had performed the marriage
ceremony. This clergyman came to New York
saw the wedding certificate, but didn't recognize
Mrs. Duey. Mrs. Duey said that she didn't recog-
nize him until he told who he was. She said
- Louise Duey wants the pension herself. The
only sister ever had died when she was IS years
old am Mr.. Duey's wife. don't care what that
woman says about me rs long as she doesn't say
things about my Fannie But her Fannie spoke
up: II don't want her to say things about you
either, mama. You're rs good as 1 am" They
are all going to law about the matter.
Something over a year ago some newspaper
stare ed hue and cry by stating that there was but
one OF two persons living whose fathers fought in
the Revolutionary war. Since that time there have |
been published ut least 100 names of well authenti-
Gated persons whose sire5 fought for American in
Here few of the latest going |
the rounds of TIE papers: Mrs. Sally E. Kings !
bury, of Francestown. n. f.. age 80, daughter of
n, Fsf1,l.