The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-01-21

knew what he was about when ne saw that Con.
McCauIy was put whore he Is. lie can talk TO an
applicant for place, tell all about why The place
can't be had. give him reasons Tint cannot bs
futed and follow this up with funny story over
which the disappointed o6ico-hunter must laugh.
and finally, accompanying him 20 the door, sends
him down the corridor in a thoroughly good humor.
By the time the applicant gets % ths street hs
realizes he didn't get what he went for but can't
give himself any good reason Tor being indignant
ovor il.
There are almost enough American Generals
settled IN Mexico 20 make colony by themselves.
One OF Tie most distinguished % them Is Gen a.
NJ Greenwood. Of Louisiana who commanded a
Confederate cavalry division. fTs Wa one Of tha
numerous Confederate soldiers Uho after tts peace
Of Appomatlox. crossed the Rio Girands with Cen.
joe shelby and sought service under MaximiIiian.
HIS lines have been cast ga pleasant places since
for he is rich In coffee and cotton lands.
Capt. Harmon Biasier. who was a famous scout
for Gen. Taylor during the Mexican war, and aRsr-
ward fought bravey for the Unioa Ga The war o.
the rebellion, was sentenced 70 10 years al hard
labor In the Union County Court at Elizabeth.
y. j., on Wednesday Jan. b. Tho crime for which
the Captain convicted was committed last
May, in bar-room a. EIzlbcthport A IiHie
daughter 81 the Captain (,yho is 20 years old was
knocked OF her sloop aud beaten BY a Of the
keeper Of the bar.roOm. The Captain obtained
revolver. burst into tho bar-room, as The door was
bolted, and shot whom no supposed was
the proprietor, but who proved 10 be IN nofensivs
bystauder. piercing his heart aud killing hiul IN
stantiy. The Captain at the trial pleaded guilty To
granddaughter. and was sentenced 20 10 years AZ
hard labor. Il - thought Capt. Blasisr viii Do
pardOned, as it WAS said that the Court would nos
be averse 70 signing petition 10 the Court 81
Pardons.
Prof Shaler, Of Harvard will have an artiois IN
the February Atlantic giving ths reasons which
led him TO join the Union army in the war Of tho
rebellion. The Professor Is a astive KentuokiaR.
Afer long and useful life. there died at o'oock
a m, sunday Dec. %. 1901. at her residences near
Hampton. Va, Mrs. e. c. Banbridgs. widow %
Mai VIM. p. Bainbridge. 4th G. s. Art. aged 81
years. 10 months and u days. Mrs. B~lnbridgo
was the mother Of Col. f. G. BainbrdEs. U. 3.
Army; Capt. VIM. P. Bninbrdgc e. Vols. Mrs
Gen. J. j. Reynolds, add Mrs Capt C. X. Morse.
W. o. Mitchell. the present Speaker o. tho lows
House Of Representatives. IL said 70 be Inc Arss
native Iowan ever elected TO that position. He
was gallant soldier la the war Of the rebellion,
enlisting when but a lad Of rs wears. lie Is q
shrewd politician, and an excellent stump speaker
Capt Charles G. Ayres. 10Th Cav, was recently
promoted from First Leuienaut OF the same reEi-
mcnt and placed in command Of Troop +. stationed
at Camp Grant, ATiz. He IS perhaps the youngest
Captain in the Regular Array, as he appointed
/ in 1874 At the risk of his own life he disarncd
and controlled desperate at Fort Davis Tex.
and saved the life Of brother officer He is tho
son Of che late Gen. Romeya p. Ayres, and there
is a color Of romance to his marriage to Miss Eliza
/ beth Fairfax, of Virginia. which occurred some
/ years ago, as it was Gen. Ayres's Division, Fifth
/ Corps. which repulsed charge led by Col John
\ w. Fairfax (the father of Mrs. Ayres, known as
\ LOngstreets Fighting Aid" at the battle Of Get
4 tysburg. This union, therefore. combines several
4 elements Of the Blue and the Gray" and more OF
/ them will do ever so much more to bridge the
\ bloody chasm than will thousand Reunions Of
I the men who fought against each other during the
/ late war.
Il Gen. Datus r. Coon, Commander Of HeintzelmRn
i Post GAR, Of San Diego. Cal and Senior Vioo
4 Commander National Union Veteran Legion, tele-
/ graphed President Harrison Thursday, Jan. "a
/ on behalf Of the Grand Army and Union Veteran
Legion Of that city, asking permission to raise a
brigade OF volunteer troops for service against
Chile. Gen. Coon says the barbarOus treatment Of
American sailors in Valparaiso has aroused the ire
of the old soldiers Of southern California and that
IL permission to enlist is given. The old veterans
| will pour into San Diego BY the hundred Gen.
Coon was lighting man" during the war Of the
/ rebellion. He took company into service in tho
I'd Iowa Cav. soon promoted Major Of that
/ regiment, and was mustered out Colonel Of tho
regiment, being breystted BrigRdier- General for
gallantry.