The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-07-07

the West, thinking that the best place to get star
in business. I went TO Chicago, aud, having en-
gagged rooms in a lodging house, started out
prospecting tour. The firss man TO recognize me
In that town WAS that irrepressible book agent
He oheerfully informed noe that he had saved al
OF the parts of the illustrated work for me. and
he would bring them to my lodgings the next day
But lie did not, for gave him q bogus address and
left for New York that same night.
Con. A. j. Sampson, United States Consul al
Juarex, Mexico. delivered an extremely interest
ing Memorial Day address at San Antonio, Ter.
Col. James =. Martin. Assistant Adjuant- G. snersl
United States Army, was the Marshal of the pro-
cession, which was posed of Grand Army Posts,
Ladies' Aid Societies. Confederate Veterans, and
civic societies. Gen. d. s. Stanley at that time com
mandiDg the Department OF Texas, but who since
has been retired from active service. was q prom
inent figure on the grand stand during the deIiv-
cry Of Gen. SIMPSONS address. The decoration
services of an unusually interesting character
Red Clouds son. Big Cloud. a young man of 81
years, recently passed through 81. Louis on his
way home 10 die. He became n hopeless consump-
tive during his stay mt Hampton, and rs the rules
Of that institution forbid any moribund student to
remain there the sick brave dispatched with
out ceremony to Dakota. Curiously enough his
companions and attendants on the trip were q
young bridal couple Little Bear and Yellow Min
ME. who were made one by the Chaplain of the
school few weeks ago The party were all in
dire financial straits, and sympathetic passengers
on tho train raised purse to lengthen the honey
moon joys OF the lovers md to provide n few last
luxuries for the dying man.
In 1863. after Lafayette. en-. fell into the hands
Of the Union forces" says the Messenger of that
city, =" tho Condolences visited IL but seldom
Occasionally ono would come in when they knew
the coast was clear. One night, when everything
was favorable, two troopers who wore the gray
rode in. They had the dignity that . fixed pur-
pose gives man. Hiching their horses they
made their way cautiously to the shed-room of the
drugstore, and raising up some of the loose floor
Ing they made vain search for some treasure
that had been left there hid in the remains of a
hollow stump. Not finding II. they concluded
some enterprising Yankee had gotten il. Re-
tracing their steps. they rode Off TO rejoin their
command. The sequel came last Friday; Abe
Coulter, while excavating some OF tile surface dir.
within the walls of tile building, came across
tho buried treasure-sn old black bottle still
tightly corked. When turned over to DIR. Fariss
an investigating committee was called in. Some
OF The most solid men Of The place were sent for
and aher they had sampled 1t they said it was
brandy of good quality and mellow with age.
The most interesting person present at the meet
H..
was Mrs. William Lewhorn, OF Lena, III. She was
in the fort at Apple River q, the time of Black
HAWKS murderous attack. and dealt out powder
aud shot 10 the defending soldiers.
Mr.. John G. Applebe, OF st. Louis Mo-, after
having read An account Of how President Lincoln
ssas ordered Off the breastworss during this Early
raid on Washington, in July, 1864. by persons who
did not know the President, says that rs there
have been different stories told about Mr. Lincoln
being at the front mt that time, that he saw him
while hs was on his way 10 the front. 81 was a
member OF Co. |. l02d Pa, of the Sixth Corps Our
corps WAS detailed from Grants army to assist In
the defense Of the Capital. My regiment was sta
TONED at Fort Stephens, out the Seventh street
road, doing picket and skirmish duty. In the
afternoon before Eariy's retreat the Confsderates
were doing some pretty brisk firing on Fort Ste-
piens. 1 was standing by the fort when the Presi-
dent, Mrs. Lincoln ard gentleman drove up
The President got out of the carriage, leaving Mrs.
Lincoln md the gentleman in tho carriage. /
the President ut once, having been
one of the private soldiers stationed around Wash
ington in 1861. We frequently visited the White
House. where lie shook hands with tho soldiers
making no exception to rank. The President
wended his way, fearless Of danger, into the fort
climbed on top of the front ramparts, where the
bullets were whizzing I'm all directions. Standing
III close proximity to the President was DIR. Craw-
ford. Surgeon Of my regiment, who was hit and
badly wounded / thought that the President
might be shot also. hurriedly left the fort and
went to the Presidents carriage and informed Mrs.
Lincoln OF the wounding of DIR. Crawford so near
tho President She became very much alarmed
about the Presidents safety. She Immediately
dispatched the gentleman seated with her In the
rarringe post haste to the ramparts TO bring The
President to her. As came back to the carriage
Sf.z d.. II t.: -
driven off to safsr quarters. think
here is where there is probable mistake in the
veterans story. do not think tho President was
ordered of the fort by the commander but left at
he request Of bis wife. do not remember his
wearing a linen duster at the time. 1t seems to
ne be wore a long black coat"
"Uncle Dick - Thompson, the "War-horse of the
Wabash" and ex-Secretary OF the Navy whom
Chauncey Depew referred to at the Minneapolis
Convention our American Grand Old Man in
point Of vigorous senecttude lives in house in
rerre Haute which is noted as the former home OF
he most reckless spendthrift that ever dszzled
Indiana. It was the residence of young Balti-
norean named Mcdonald. who fell heir to more
han 1900 600 and began at once to live life that
vas the Raks's Progress over again. The gait |
titled him before his money was all gone and Mr. |
Thompson purchased tho house. which Is now as |
was Nien, ono of the finest in the State.
Surgeon W. G. Todd, of the 5th Pa. Cav, recently
wrote interesting account of the Wilson raid of
une, 1854, in q Manayunk pal paper. in which |
10 quotes quite freely from an article written for
HE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. by Capt +. S. Dickinson, |
# the 9Th N. Y. Cav. regarding the raid. Dr.
Todd, like Capt. Dickinson, thin Is that Gen. Jas !
J. Wilson. who was in command of the expedition, |
vas responsible for the disaster which overlook |
he cavalry under him on that occasion, saying |
hat Gen. Wilson was the subject of considerable
rticism, even with hts own men, for running
In exhausted troops into a stronger force of the
nemy, we'll posted in his own chosen position
With all the certainty of defeat instead of making
detour in the same way he had to do after suffer-
ng Q repulse with so much loss'
The first Memorial sermon ever delivered in San
Antonio, Tex was delivered by Rev c. C. Mclean
year ago. and the reverend gentleman continued
no good work and delivered the second Memorial
srmon on Sunday. May %, at the Trinity Meth
dist Episcopal Church in that city. The center
( the church filled with members of the
irand Army Of the Republic and Confederate vet
rams. Dr. Mclean preached from the text, THE
Worth and the South, Thou hast created Them
iany Of the old soldiers expressed themselves as
eing delighted with the discourse. and said that
they had not been in the house of God they
vould have appsHded DR.. McLesn's utteranees
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