The National tribune., 1894-02-15
PERSONAL.

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cisco. The salary Of the office is So $40 per year.
| The position is one OF great responsibility and
requires man Of the strctest integrity and high
est capacity. which qualities possessed by Conn
| rade Fuller.
! Comrades of HYDE Clark and Lookout Posts,
/ OF Dubuque. Iowa have erected "A beautiful monu-
/ menl to their dead comrades la LinwoOd Gene
terry, the lot where 80 Of their Der buried.
The entire shaft il a feet high and a foun-
! dauon SIX feet square and SIX feet deep. Above
| this is graduate ed double base supporting the
! main shaft, that consists OF lesser and larger
ornamental die. main column. and surmounting
| figure Of a soldier resting on his musket. The ma
terial IS best quality of granite from the quarries
Of Bera, VT, free from all defects and highly poll
| ished. On the sides of the main die inscribed
| the names OF battles follows: Mobile Bay, APP
! pomatiox, Vicksbnrg, Atlanta Shiloh. Wilson's
| Creek, Autietam, and Gettysburg. The lines
written by Theodore o Hara, Kentuckys poet:
On flames eternal camping ground
Their silent tents spread.
appear the south side of the upper base. Two
crossed lannon's. two crossed muskets and two
crossed sbers with other features add to the
! menta.ion. The figure of the soldier is made Of
Indiana stone. The orators of the dedication were
Comrades r. W. Rue,e, G. NJ Staples, E. A. Gull
bert and Judge Fred o'Donnell.
Gen Lew Wallace has the reputation of being
expert mark sman with pistol and it Is said
he learned the art while Governor of New Mexico.
There were Interesting services held at Grand
Army Mission, New York, on Sunday of last week.
! the day preceding the payment of the quarterly
pensions. BY 0 o'clock about 900 had gathered
together. Capt. Van Rensselaer, presided. There
were buGle calls, army songs, short. bright adj
dresses; then the veterans were asked TO relate
their own experiences. which they did in way
which only veterans Thanks to Col. Vim. L.
Strong, all checks were cashed without any fee or
discount whatever. which represents a considera-
bic saving for the soldiers, when past methods
taken into consideration. With reference to the
old way, one eomrade is quoted as saying: was
lucky If / got home with half my pension-money.
This is all changed now, and, although the liquor
deaIers spread the same old bait of a free lunch
they do not do much additional business"
Beside the 22d, there two other notable birth
days in February. William T. Sherman's and
Abraham Liucons the eighth and 18th
respectively.
story is told of Col. Thomas Moonlight who
recently appointed Minister to Bolivia. At
the beginning Of the he commissioned
Colonel of Kansas regiment One night he
some of his men in bar-room behaving in
which he considered unmiIitary He
reprimanded them in rather forcible language
and one of the dared to reply that the Colonel
could not make use of such words IL he did not
wear shoulder straps: whereupon the latter threw
off his coat and engaged in a fight with the refrac-
tory private who gave him much the worst of it.
The officer lost nothing by the incident and &C
knowledged that he had had valuable lesson in
the ethics of discipline.
The souvenirs of the New York Republican Clubs
dinner i'm honor of Lncolns birthday. Monday.
tastefuly arranged, aud very interesting.
rhey ed of Dhalo
from the life of Lincoln; also his fayorite
poem, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud?"
is given in full, and his famous letter T. j. Pick
EFT. written al Springfield, April Is, 1859. In this he
says: AS TO the other matter which you kindly
mention, must in candor say do not think my
self ct for the Presidency certainly fiattered
and gralified that partial friends think of me
in that connection but really think best for
cause tina. concerted effort, such you suggest
should be made. Let this be considered conHden-
tal. Yours, very truly. A. Lincoln" There are
reproductions OF two other letters written to Sec
Rotary of State Seward in 1862 and 49, In the latter
the great hearted President gives his views the
subject of preferment of veterans and their widows
and children in the distribution of Federal patron
age other claims and qualifications being equal
letter written by the young patriot martyr.
Nathan Hale, to his uncle, Maj. Samuel Hale in
September, ITS. recently brought ST. 100 at the sale
of autographs aud manuscr pts of the Moore colee-
ton in New York The next highest price was $780,
which paid for the original document proving
the treaehery of the Revolutionary Maj. Gen.
Charles Lee, which bore the Endorsement Cen
eral Lees Plan, 2slh March, I777." by Henry
Strachey, Secretary to Lord Howes commission
John Russell Young, who with Gen. Grant
his tour around the world, Is quoted saying
in an article on Admiral Benham: 81 recall Gen.
Grants saying that ho thought Benham an ideal
bat Il baI;.
clearer head and at the same time a kinder heart
in the service. Gen. Grant spoke with unusual OPP
portuuites of knowledge. Benham was Captain
in command of the Richmond which conveyed
Gen. Grant over the China seas. They lived for
months upon terms of daily intercourse and in the
closest intimacy and it is within my personal
know ledge that one was more esteemed by the
ex-Presdent than the gallant gentleman who has
added new gories to the American flag in Rio
Jauerio. Benham has talent for silence: rather
reticent than otherwise; modest. with flashes of
pleasantly; never iii a hurry nor at loss "a to
what should be done; firm, determined and, like
most of the really brave men have known ruling
without osten alton or exhibition of temper
One of the most beautiful tributes to Mr.. George
w. Childs written by his wife during his
last Illness. In "a letter n personal friend she
wrote: II wish that he mr. Chidsl was we'll
enough to know how many good devoted friends
ne mas VINO nave SHOWN 50 much anxiety IN regard |
to him. l. his wife. cannot find words strong
enough to show him to the world he Is in his |
own home. He is In character more than human, |
and a beautiful example to all those who have the
privilege of being near him."
Abraham Lincoln's old homestead in Iarue Co.. |
KY, has lately been purchased by syndicate of |
Kentuckisns. who intend to improve and beaulify |
the place aud present it to the Government for a |
National park. |
religious meeting lately held In the Grand |
Army Mission Hall, New York City. |
Quoted by a committee composed of Col. K. Van |
Rensselaer, President and Treasurer Gen. Alex |
ander s. Webb and James Talcott, Vice-Presidents;
Col. II. II. Hadley Superintendent and Secretary;
Maj. Gen. o. o. Howard, United States Army; |
Gen. Wager Swayne. Gen. Ira NJ. Hedges. Col.
Frank c. Loveland VIM. T. Wardwell, John s.
Huylsr, and s. H. Hadley. II interesting
event, and many outsiders called to the gath
ering of old soldiers from all parts of the country
Some of them remained at the mission all night
waiting for the pension payments TO begin in the
While there they were shown every at
tention and RECALLED with plenty of sandwiches and
hot coffee
Gen Harrison has been greatly annoved nv tIa |