The National tribune., 1893-09-28

there rein,erred. The services st Polk Place ard
Capitol Hill very impressive and the oecs-
sion was observed with due honor and respect by
the State, the city. the Church. and the public
President Pok's tomb has been n subject Of ofaciaY
proceedings in Tennessee. The courts decided
that MF. Polk's will. leaving his estate ito ths
worthiest OF his name forever void. as con-
situting perpeiuiiy. and the Legislature provided
the money for the removal % the tomb as the land
on which IL stood became liable to DIVISION"
In number OF stories relating 10 the brilliant
Gen. Phil KeArny. written by his daughter. Mrs.
:. W. Selfridge. is the following: The troops at
Williamsburg witnessed exploit characteristics
of my father. He had 10 take his men 10 Hooker's
aid across the marshes on n narrow neck OF land
which he knew TO be lined with rebel troops conceat
ed in forests-some 700 Of them. To disclose tho
position ofthe enemy he decided to ride ia front.
Surrounded by his Aids and officers he dashed forth
rs II on parade, eisurely gsoping along Five ihOu-
sand guns were pointed at him. the balls fell around
him like hall, two OF his Aids dropped dead at his
side, and before he reached the end he was almost
alone. Securing by this hazardous exploit the un-
covering of the enemy's position, which he wished
to discover, he rode back among his men, shouting=
You see. my boys, where to firel' and thus his
forces held their until Hancock. by a flank
movement, compelled the enemy TO retreat within
their works. Ny father died on the field of Chan
tilly.r
Another happy and Joyful Reunion has occurred.
which in some manner gives pleasure to those who
read il. Vincent and John Halle are two brothers.
and in 1874 they each Iefs home in search OF their
fortune Vincent went South and John chose the
West. They fought in the opposite sides,
and each supposed the other dead. The other day
they met by accident in Kentucky For years
they have been living. without knowing the fact,
within a few miles of each other.
The sole survivor Of Gen. FremonPs famous ex-
pioring battalion Is Gen. W. F. Swasey, who was
a boy clerk at Suffers Fort in 1875, and was the
youngest officer on Gen. Fremonrs staff. He be-
came Lieutenant and ReGimental Quartermaster OF
the I'd Cal. on Sept 2 1861. and Nov. 25 1862 he
was appointed Captain and Assistant Quarter
ster-General Of Volunteers. He was honorabiy
mustered Oct. 10 1865
J. Grant Cramer, of Orange. ". J., recently sp-
pointed Instructor In German and French az
Lehigh University. is a nephew Of Gen. U. s.
Grant and the OF former United States Min
ister to Switzerland. Mr.. Cramer was graduated
from New York University in 1889. studied law
two years In Columbia. and has since taught Ian
guages in Flushing Institute, on Long Island.
The following inscription has been placed upon
the sarcophagus which rests over the remains Of
simon Cameron In the c-meteTy at Harrisburg,
Pa: Simon Cameron, Printer, Editor Adjusans-
General of Pennsylvania. elected for four terms:
Senator of the United States, Secretary Of War,
Minister to Russia Born in Donegal. Lancaster
County, Penn, March g. i79s. Died in Donegal.
Lancaster County, Penn. June 2S. 1889"
Henry Holt. the coiOred driver OF the dead
wagon at AndersOnville, lives ia indianapolis and
IS employed by Bruner Bros. general contractors.
The wagon he drove q clumsy homemade
affair, to which htched four gray mules.
There were two other wagons besides the one he
drove and he thinks that he hauled over / 900 dead
bodies. He was not employed Mt this all during
the war, but left sometime before its close.
Fred TriebeI, the Sculptor, has announced that
he will present his marble bust Of Gen. John A.
Logan. which has received so much praise during
its exhibition at the Worlds Fair to Bryner Post
GAR, of Peoria Ill. Triebel is native Of Peoria
and his family lives there. but he spends most of
his time ia Europe.