The National tribune., 1894-10-11
PERSONAL.

President Garfelds youngest son. who grad
| uated from Williams College in 1888, is now
coaching Williams football IL.
! Thomas o. Boggs who acted as guide to Cen
Fremont, The Pathfinder" and who also
served as a scout for Gen. Scott in the Mexican
| war, has just died.
| 1t is said of Gen. Daniel IT. Hastings, Penn
| sylvania's Republican candidate for Governor,
that he possesses amemOry for faces and names
that IS nothing less than marvellous. As Adju-
| tant-General of the State, in his many campaign
tours, and in his business relations he has been
brought into contact with great numbers of
persons and to q friend he recently remarked
that he believed that he could call GO, 600 people
by name To most people 600 names would be
burden on the memory, but the General
carries his go, 900 with an ease that astonishing
his friends.
In recent tribute to John Jay, Bishop
Potter said in convention address: "Mr. Jay
was the champion of subject and enslaved
race when to speak strive for the rights of
the negro as a man. and in Jesus Christ a
brother earned for him who did So from the
great majority of the educated and cultivated
people in this land, equal resentment and con-
tempt How splendidly, because how gently,
and with what perfect self-eommand, John
Jay endured them both There have been
scenes in the convention of this diocese which
as a stripping !, myself, was permitted to wit
ness, which have now passed into almost utter
Oblivion. / may not here recount his services
to his country, his State his city. They were
all of one pattern, and they have left US a
portrait which may well take highest rank
among the laymen who have served our Ameri-
can Church."
The sword worn by Gen. Wolf at the capture
of Quebec, in 1859, has been purchased by J.
c. Patterson, Canadian Minister of Militia from
its owner, ]. C. Dunn, of London. who wore it
in the battle of Balaklaya.
Comrade Elisha Johns, Co. B, 18th H., now
living at Elkhart Ind, has been awarded
medal of honor for distinguished service in the
army, conspicuous gsllantry in action at Vcks-
burg, Miss, May % 1863. The medal is bronze
metal, similar TO the Grand Army badge, and
made from old cannon. 1t certainly will be
appreciated by Comrade Johns so long as he
lives, and By the family after him so long as it
is preserved and its history known.
1t is regarded as certain that Gen. Thos II.
Ruger will succeed Gen. o. o. Howard upon
the latter's retirement next month.
Gen. George Spalding, Republican candidate
for Congress in the Second Michigan District,
was st Nashville in 1861. He led cavalry
charge against Forrest on Dec. Is, when Gen.
Thomas reorganized and battle was waged with
such violence. Gen. Spalding captured Gen.
Rucker with battlefags 26 officers, and 100
mon, putting the enemy to flight, but himself
receiving a severe wound in the left knee
For his gallant and meritorious service he was
brevetted Brigadier- General and assigned by
order of the President to full rank and pay
He was comp limented for his bravery by
general order, which WAS read at the head of
each regiment in his division, and also re-
ceived honorable mention in the report of Gen.
Hatch for his bravery and energy.
Among the visitors at the recent Rock River
Methodist Conference, Galena Ill. were many
old soldiers of the war as we'll as of the cross |
The pew in which Gen. Grant used to sit was
draped with the flag for which he fought. |
Many visited his old home and stood with I'M
covered heads before his statue in the little |
park, or fingered about grateful to be allowed |
to sit in his chair. caress some of his belongings
or gather twig from the garden of the home |
stead.
Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont has been elected |
President of a new Chapter of the Daughters of |
the American Revolution which has been /
formed in Los Angeles, Cal. The IA charter
members of the Chapter represent many famous
Colonial patriots. At the opening session tea
was brewed in camp. kettles that are heirooms
in the Darsey family, and were used by Wash
ington and Lafayette in the Revolutionary
war.
Mrs. Mary Sheehan, who died recently at the
Almshouse. Pottsville Pa, was 102 years of
age, and retained all of her faculties except
hearing. Mrs. Sheehan saw the brilliant pa
,eant attendant upon the second marriage Of
Napoleon. She also saw Wellington after the
battle of Waterloo
With the exception of Gen. Scho6eld and
ieu. Howard, Brig Gen. Alexander Mcdowell
McCook is the only officer in the Regular Army
Who commanded corps during the war. The
after is the last of the fighting McCooks,"
md won his stars on the battlefield.
John Jackson, who died last week at Annap-
lis, Md, in wretched circumstances, performed
ne of the most heroic actions of the war. he