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lie was in my special kooppc, and whom
dinner was cooked ordered that the man
be given all he could eat. including q tin cup
Of cennip, c,fY,, which he opp,arcd to
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''07" very mN'o'
After he had eaton | went over to the
ir, vhor, h, sat near the river. and found
hin, ~, ,,,,,,r,i,.t,,, ,.r,rl y,s
detailed To watch hIm specially nut II S''mou
impossible that ne could sc, away, for the
,y,st b.pL ,f fhe Ei.. Blark y-,s uliy, with
.,..s.,.,...
our a'Sr' P'"''S'
Yes, ~ he said, in response to my question,
D." there il no MS, To deny il | am a ConC,d.
b..I+,u,,,, ann, .,,.,,,,."
'"' IT." you "'" II" SPl'
81 think, SAID, you Will nave trouble IN
maLiuca court bclicyc that"
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d" | certainly do
And Won think they'U be ant To convict ~
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Wv ''''' ''''' '' ''' 'i
pear To be decent young fellow / Said.
And il they convict, what chen
..rbor v,r,lI die"
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10y ha'sluS
eyes,
And no choice ON my part9"
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Well he said meditatiyely, "..-.-
damned hard
1t is the fortune Of war If | can be of
any service to you while am here let me
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-10
4 CHAT With G. A. GROW.
Return to Congress Of One of the Great
Men Of the Past.
His Early Life and How He Became the Sue.
cossor of David Wilmot Interesting Rec
elections OF the Leading Statesmen
and Orators Of the Ante -Bollum
Period Passage of tho
Homestead Laws.

dIENwooD, PA, March 9, 1S9!.-An in,qg-
view with the most aniable of American
statesmen, Gaiusha A, Grow, who ut the end
OF an election for Congressman-at-largo in
Pennsylvania, returns to tho U. S. House OF
Representatives, Is matter of pleasure
rs well as interest. with II courtesy
equal to Chesterfield, II dignity and ease that
made him memorable as Speaker Of the
House, during the stormy timos of lSGl62
ho is at the SANK timo as truly democratic
as when ho was n young and unknown at
tomoy. la Pauwell's great allegorical picture
exhibited in the Holland section ut the
Centennial prominent among the great
Americans, stands the figure of Gaiusha A.
Grow, who as the originator of the Home
stead Bill has been hailed abroad II,
one OF the benciuctors Of mankind. Elected
again, to that House THAT he did so much Il
honor, by the unprecedented majority Of 1856,
OOO he still retains that cognomon of Grcat
Majority Grow that WAS bestowed upor
him on his unanimous election to Congress
On the opening day of tho thirty-seconC
Congress in December 1851, tail, smootl
faced young man Of twenty seven, walkcC
TO the clerks desk and took the oath O
Office. Curious eyes closely scanned tn,
new momher's make up for he came to tn,
House as the comparatively unknown sue
cGssor of man of national reputc, DayiC
Wilmot whose proviso had occupied tn,
attention Of previous congresses to tn,
almost total exclusion of other matters
Thoyoung mans name was Galusha A. Grow
and he soon demonstrated that those VIII,
had selected him to succeed so notable
man had made no mistake in their choice
He early became the leader of the couragooul
and brainy mon who, during the exciting
days preceding the war, waged unyieldinl
! battle against the demGndstfthe slave powc
on the floor Of the House, and the leadership
which he gained at the outset Of his con
gressonal career, his great abilities and un
swerynS devotion to duty and the right
easily enabled him to retain during tn
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my life. The trip from Tunkhannock to
Marietta occupied about five days and We
ate and slept in n cabin built on the raft. |
acted as cook for the party and took hand
at the oar when my assistance was needed.
1t was just after the panic of 1887 and all
branches of business were paralyzed. Lum-
Der was an absolute drug on the market.
AT Deposit we found Horace G.. Phelps of
New York, with a large stock of lumber, for
which they had for weeks been vHinly en-
deavoring to find purchaser. At last they
decided TO load it on vessels and send it
down Chesapeake bay in search Of n market.
was given charge Of ono of the vessels as
supercargo, my instructions from Colonel
Eailey being TO go until | had sold it, 10 Nor
folk or Richmond If necessary. A few days
later, at Annapolis, found the purchaser for
which | was searching, and, sold the cargo
of which had charge for much more than
the Colonel had expected to receive for it,
Returning to Baltimore, met Colonel Bailey
and my brother. The former was SO pleased
with my success that he gave me a handsome
sum for my services. This was the first
money had over earned.
81 accordingly visited Washington and
Mount Vernon. l walked from Alexandria 10
Mount Vernon and back the same day. In
Washington | saw all that country boy
could see, visiting among other places, the
"a | al aI In M gt, tukf,
! mother had established hero in Glenwood,
! and later made other trips down the river
with my brother In 1898 my sister and
entered the Franklin academy at Hartford. /
entered Amherst college in 1910, aud graduat-
ed there from in 1874. Tho following year /
commenced the study Of law with Hon. +. y.
| Strecter, Of Montrose and in April 1S47, was
admitted TO practice in the courts Of Susquc-
hanna county Soon after my admission to
| the bar I was invited by David Wilmot to be-
come his partner at Towanda. accepted his
offer and remained in Towanda a year, when
my health, which had become completely
! broken by study and confinement, compelled
| me TO take to the open air. / came home and
spent the most of the noXt two years out Of
doors surveying and numbering" .n
Tell me something Of Wilmot"
| I During the time we were associated to-
| gether 1, Of course came to know him well
A large portly, phlegmatic man Of strong
personality, resembling in some respects the
late Oliver p. Morton, Of Indiana. Mentally
he was what you would call a great man, and
he possessed sterling common sense; was d
sound lawyer and good judge-but one OF
two Of his decisions during the time he was
on the bench were ever ovcrruled. Moreover
he could see clearly into the future great
! gift for public An in the forties and to hi,
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lasting credit it is to be said that the position
which he took on the slave questionable only
just and righteous one-he steadily main
tained during his public career. | remember
talk wc had after his return from the last
session of the thirty-first congress, which
passed the fugitive slave law and the famous
compromise measures, which both the Whig
and Democratic parties united in loudly pro-
claiming as final and conclusive legislation
regarding slavery"
"How did you come to succeed Wilmot in
congress?'
can interesting chapter of history attaches
to il. In lSiS Wilmot had supported Van
BTen, the Free Soil candidate for president,
and this coupled with his own position as
author of the proviso, made him unpopular
with a large element Of his party. When he
came up for reelection in 1850 there was
! trouble. The district was composed Of Tioga,
Bradford and SusQuehannG counties. Wilmot
! secured the regular nomination in Bradford
county and was also named by the Free Soil
wing of the party in Tioga county. With two
| Democratic candidates, it was evident that a
WhiS would bo elected. Wilmot agreed to
| retire, If his opponent would, and was ac.
cepted as a compromise. Il was close to the
! time Of election, and tho committee who waited
on me found mo at work on the farm re.
pairing bridges One week after my nomi
nation, was elected TO congress by 200
majority. Two years later, my majority was
1917, and in 1854 as result of my stand or
the Kansas Nebraska hill, there was no can
didatc against me and | was unanimously
| elected
Mr., Grow entered public life at n critica
period The previous congress, which con
tanned but ninc ayowcd anti-slayery mon
had passed. Clay's omnibus bill and tho fugi
tive slave law, and all parties save the small
contingent of Abotionists hoped ant
ayowed that the slavery question was setlloC
for onco and all, But carly in the admins
tration of President Pierce, the succeastu
attempt of Senator Douglas to repeal thu
Missouri compromise started anew differ
onccs only war could settle. It is one of tn
ironies Of the "lrreprassb'o conflict" tina
tho successor Of David Wilmot, who had beel
defeated largely on account Of his anti
slavery views, took and from the outse
maintained an even more radical and ad
yanccd position than his predecessor.
ready and effective speaker, on Mr. Grow
shoulders fell the brunt Of the bitter la
fruitless battle in the House against the re
peal, and when it finally was passed by con
gross and received the executive sanction i
publicly and permanently broke with his Oh
party associates and became $40 conSfes
sional leader Of the slowly. swelling .orces G
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twelve years he remained in Congress
There was no important measure intro
duccd during his period Of service that did
not feel the influence of his voice aud vote,
while to his determination, persistence and
farsightedness was duo the final passage
Of the homestead act, with perhaps O
single exception the most important legis-
lation of Congress, and which has done
more than all else to mako the West 50
great and prosperous
Pennsylvania has no more honored citizen
than Galusha A. Grow, none with more
! stainless record free from all faint of
personal profit or time serving. mono who
has rendered to his country in its hour
of need moro efficient and patriotic service
| In the comfortable home Of his lattcr years
| found him this afternoon md asked him
to tell mo something Of his life and the men
with whom he was associated during his
public career.
81 was born" said he, " in Ashford, Con-
ncclicut in 1924 My father died when
was still child and was sent to live with
my mothers father, Captain Samuel Robbins.
When was ten years old my mother anxious
to gather in home Of her own, her chill
i dren, who had been scattered since my
fathers death, bought this farm and came
here with my Oldest brother, youngest
sister and myself, being tho youngest OF
four boys. My mother, one of the nobost
and best OF women died in 1864, just after
retired from Congress. A yoke Of oxen and
n COW, at the outset, constituted the entire
stock on our farm, The first year we were
able to plant and SOW u few acres of corn and
wheat, Edward, my brother, doing the plow'
ing and | driving tho oxen. Tho pigeons
were very numerous that year playing sac
havoc with tho nowiy-planted crops, and as
| was not yet largo enough to handle gun
safely, | was assigned the task of keeping
the pigeons away.
Each winter, until fourteen, attended
the district school-one of the old fashioned
kind, with it's spelling bees and othei
features of educational work in those times
which have since fallen into disusc. Tn,
winter that was fourteen we had debatin,
society in our district, in whose discussions
I took an active part, the experience ii
} public speaking which | thus obtained
proving of the greatest service to me Il
later years. When | was boy here il
, Susluchanna county, lumboriug was stil
one Of the leading industries and tho fond
est ambition of every boy in the countr,
was to 80 down tho susquehanna river oil
r raft to Marietta and Columbia, % stil
. farther down to Port Deposit. made tn
trip the spring was fifteen. II was tn
Smost interesting and novel experience Q
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In the current issue Of "11e Pennsylvania
Ndgazine' n very un1attering description of
Benjamin Franklins wife is given II is
taken from the diary of Daniel Fisher, who
was Franslin's secretary for n short time
"She sat on the floor at u noighbors. She
assumed the airs of extraordinary freedom
and great humility, lamented heavily the
mislortunos Of those who are mhappily in
fccted with too tender or benevolent dis
position, said she believed all the world
claimed q privilege of troubling her Pappy
$50 she usually calls Mr., Franklin) with their
calamities and distress, giving MS q general
pertinent applications lie mentions the
turbulence and jealousy and pride Of her
disposition and the violence OF her invectlves.
Pointing to Franklins son, one day, She OK
claimed: There goes tho greatest villain
upon earth i"
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shoulders, showed the direction of his sympa-
thies and the reason for his visit to these
parts.
The young man after some hesitation,
said his namo was Singleton, but beyond
that he would not talk.
The circumstances of his capture and the
fact that he had a good many thousand per-
cussion caps in his possession, warranted us
in holding him as spy trying to make his
way through to the encmy's lines.
As we wero some eight miles from the
headquarters of the Proyost-Marshal OF
the army, and we wor6 to be relieved the
next morning it was decided 10 mold the
prisoner under guard and send or take him
on in the mOruinr
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TOLD BY 1T. COLONEL G. R. MoCABE.

TOLD BY 1t. COLONEL G. R, NcCABE.
II was during tho vicksburg campaign,
and not long before the termination Of that
memorable siege.
b, / was then q captain attached to o heavy
detail that was sent down the Big Black,
to watch the only point 10 tho east, whereby
spies or scouts might enJer the city with
dispatches for the enemy.
For weeks we had been expecting n sur
render, for descrtcr5 had come through
to our lines from the city, and ono and all
told us that Pcmbortons garrison were
short of percussion caps and that if they did
not get in asuppB, they could not hold out ;
so that our real purpose was to prevent this
kind of supply getting through to the
enemy.
One evening, it was in mid-Juno and abom
Rmonth after the siege began, some Of my
men who had been to tho other sido Of the
riverin batteau, came back ina hurry, bring
ing with them prisoner.
This prisoner was bright and athletic
young fellow Of not more than five and
twenty. The only sign Of military dress
about him was a blue blouse, but it needed
no close examination to prove that he was Q
southern man by BIRTH and the contents Of
the knapsacl; carried 50 lightly on bia Pystai
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TOLD BY CAPTAIN T. W. BROOKE.

Ia. 4 e.
"'7 d ''.' S''''" 'n '"' i'u''' cu"NS',"''''
cavalry ANA was with my regiment near AloN-
andra tholastWeak In February 1864. when an
,,l,,. ,,,,. fan, ,,s T., lain Oc,nr,l Eunotri,l
WHO WIN '"'"u'' i'I'' D''''Ero'' "'""7 lc-
ported was about 10 makoa raid on Richmond
for the purposc of freeing the thousands Of
r,io,, nriso,o,s l.,.,,,, r., Il, hol1 t,,r, o,,a
''''' ~ ,'''' W wv '''' ~ ''''''' '"''
"ltaiWards, win the.r heIp, TO hold the city II
possible
,rbis was Il holl undertaking ora ono
.....,...t,.,.'.l .,t,.,... -. -,
"'''Ny On' p'H' 'h'f' o' 'he o'S' so'''er' pu'
| recall that while every trooper in tho Army
OF the Potomac conceded Kilpatrick's c1ur-
,., th,r, ,,,s , ,.,,... .,..,.rl i,,,,,.,ss,.,.,
"''' '". w.!
among 'Ae t"nh anu we 'IlA' ne IacNeu tln
weigh. essential to grlU. undertaking, and
thaI ,yhil, h, miybt H., y,ry vou IA no,l-
49,.
""l' VI" ulH'- '"' eye Oh " superior ''''''
he was not the man for this particular work ;
and the result sustained the popular iudr-
,t
"'u,"'
The weather was cold and raw, with n
driving slcet much of tine time. and the roads
v,,r, il, rrichtfrl st,t, In,, thor thny ,r,rn
-, - wv, '', ,.
Ju7' a7 "'" l'' '''o c.''l''S "' N''S "''' ior
us, u thought lhat had in tia sort OF even
comfort.
.,,.. ..,.,,,,,,..,..... .,.. .....,,, ,.,t,,
'' "'' ''' '"''' ''''.7' '''' 1T
ing SO trying TO men ana anlnlaiS rs lhal rasll
and bootlcss raid on Richmond. though it
,os ,,no,, tb, nossibiIities r., ,,,,l.o +. ono or
y, -. -.
'Ae most or'''laNV 'NP'o's "' 'n' ""r'
Like every other raid, this one was full of
incident and ra2lcte with individual acts of
r,olness and lgrin, one OF which | am clad
L, add as Il contribution to the record of
D.. Vars Bravest Deeds
Along with our cypaditiop was man
ned Hogan of whom | had often heard ms
cont and whose cyploits will be remem-
-. .,I by many old troopers of the Army of
%, Potomac
HOGAN was at this time about thirty vcare
Of ace slender active n GOOD horscmap
and rs will be seen as cool ms n man well can
he who is NOT frozen stiff. lie wore the uni.
form of an enlisted man. but | know he was
attached to no regiment but rode about.
seemingly his own master.
Hogan il was Said. knew virginia rs we'll
AS if he had built its hills and dug ont all its
rivers and crooks. and it was this topograpb-
ical knowledge that made him am Invaluable
man on the raid
We had lust crossed the South Anna at
! Tayloryille, in a cold drepehinr rain when
was ordered to report with five men. detailed
| for the purposa TO General Kilpatrick then
at a tumble-down tavern in the village.
| [ knew it was special work. for which
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An AZ -..-A- "a a Ia b NAaAN4aAlss
pocket q package Of her letters. which he on
several occasions solsmnly eaioiucd mo TO
secure and destroy in the event of his eyer
being killed in action. Weeds lighting quail
tiles speedily made him an object of admir-
ing regard throughout the famous Sykes
Division of Regulars. in the Fifth Corps.
with which his battery served In 1853, he
was commissioned Jriegdiar general q pro-
motion for which the CAPTAINS Of the regular
artillery regiments seemed particularly eligi-
bla-all but one of the captains Of the Fifth
artillery, besides the uautauants and all the
field officers of that organization being at one
period either bricadier or major generals Of
volunteers. General Weed wore his stars
for the first and only time in battle. at Gcttys-
burg, where he commanded the Third Brig
ade Of Ayra's Division. consisting of two
New York and two Pennsylvania regiments
Of infantry. On July ID, the second day of
the fight his brigade was in reserve in rear
Of the famous Little Round Top, near the
crest Of which eminelcs Grifin's battery
under Lieutenant Charles Z. Hazlett, was
vigorously pounding away at the enemy
while in the vicinity Weeds own former COM
mand. belonging to the same regiment, was
doing effective service under Lieutenant u.
E. Watson. Weeds artillery instinct over
came his professional discretion, and TO
while away the interval Of inactivity he as
aended the hill to watch the firing Of the
batteries. 4 Confederate sharpshooter shell
tered behind a rock was indusuiously pick
ing of Federal officers, several Of whom had
already fallen before his destructive weapon.
while all efforts to dislodga him wcr. una
vailing. General Weed was speedily added
TO the list of the unerring sharpshOoters
victims, and he fell to the ground with a
ghastiy wound in his side. Placing him ten
derry on his back, Hazlett kuet down over
his PROSTATE friend to receive his farewell
instructions, respecting the precious packac,
Of letters 1 have mentioned, and wishing to
cheer him said :-" Weed, 1 hope you win
carry those messages yOurscIiW Tho pros
trats man replied: Why do you say that?
Don't you see / am as dead as julius Cmsarn'
As ne uttered these words bullet from the
same death-doaiiUg rife crushed through
Hazlett's skull, and he fell forward from his
knees, corpse, across the form Of the dying
General. Weed, turning his eyes downward
TO aehim said sadly: Poor Hazlettl Ho
has gone before mop and not long alterWnrd
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Bertha Lammc, OF Springfield, Ohio, is said
to be the first woman TO receive the degree of
electrical engineer She is n graduate Of tho
Ohio state University, whero she was ct tho
head Of her class sac now holds q RESPONSE
bic position with the Westinghouse Electric
Company of Pittsburs.
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your own side of the hail. I replied that Tie
hall was free one and every man had n rigI.
20 go where he pleased. Keitt then Gr0s,
from his seat and came around TO the aisle IN
which was standing. As he came up to ne,
he said: al want to know what You mean !y
such an answer as that?' told him meal,
just what had said-that it was q free hall
anG man had right to be where he pleased
Sii said Keitt, l will lot you know tha.
yor IRE black Republican puppy Never
nil i, said 1, Il shall occupy such place -
tn hall as please, and no negro-driver snail
crck his whip over me- This angercd Keitt
ard he made grab for my throat and struci,
him. This proved tho signal for a rough and
tumble fight. The southerners who were sit
ting near rushed 70 Kett's assistance, and
Potter, the Washburns, and others came 20
my aid. Barksdale Of Mississippi, who os-
sayed the role Of q peace-maker, caught hold
ofme. Potter, thinking that Barksdale meant
mo harm, hit him. Barksdale did not know
who II was had hit him, but suppOsing j. Ua5
Elihu Washburn, pitched at the latter Cda-
IT,, o,,,-.- , '7'''u'", ''giiB ''o '''I,' ''' .'
off his wig. Barksdale picked it up and pat
! it on wrong end foremost This made hin
| appear 50 ridiculous that all burst out laugh
ing, and in this way the affair ended. There
wereanumbero Of laughable incidents conuCc.-
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You also hal some 'rouOle Win Co--
gresham branch' oi Norm Carohiaf
res DuI Il never went any luIINef uI@A
talk. replied wIth some spirit 70 o speech
ne haa maze, ana rs f"5uis ne cuAAsA@t-
me 70 duel ! sent MN d reply 'n". /
was opposed 10 duelling. and that Il
was prohibited and declared a crime ly
the laws enacted by the body Of which we
were members However. NY person..
right and the freedom Of debate assured by
the constitution. j should defend whenever
and wherever they were assailed. There
the matter ended
joshua r. Giddinre was already wei
known wheu I took my seat. Persistent and
unfeltsring in his devotion t. duty. he was
thoCato Of the INSTRUMENTATION. Geriitt
Smith was also in the House in the early
afties. A man Of noble figure. striklngly
handsome and splendid speaker he did
good service. Naturally open-handed. Mr.
Smiths great wealth enabled him to be o.
incalcuabie benefit TO the early anti-slaya.,
apostles. He was for Years their chief fn..-
cial supporter. owen Loyeiov. the bra5ta-
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TOLD BY CAPTAIN W. DRAKE, A. D. c.

I was on duty in New Orleans as aide de
camp at the headquarters os General Butler
in 1862, when the heroic death Of tine veteran
General Williams was the theme OF universal