The National tribune., 1894-08-09
PERSONAL

Commodore " VIM. Henry Harrison, of Gin.
cinnati, O., has at last gotten his pension,
and nice sum it foots up-with the arrears
nearly $4,000. He served through the war as
a pilot OH the asgshps of the Mississippi Squad
ron and made gallant record. His appliea-
ton was Endorsed by Admiral Farrsgut, Com
modore Foote, and other officers He is now
sc years OF age, and is suffering from paraly-
SIS He is a distant relative of ex-President
Harrison. and looks so much like him that
he was frequently mistaken for the ex-Presi-
dent during the GAR. National Encampment
at indianapolis, and enthusiastically cheered.
He deserved the cheers on his own account.
Mrs. U. s. Grant and Mrs. Jefferson Davis
are often seen together at Narragansett Pier.
The engagement Of Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris
to Maj. II. Kyd Douglas formerly of Stonewall
Jackson's staff, is denied.
Gen. E. Burd Grubb was last week elected
Captain of the First Troop of Philadelphia Cav
airy to succeed Capt. Edmund Fl. Mccullough,
who recently resigned. The ection was held by
Maj. ]. Wilkes ONeill, and every vote was cast
for Gen. Grubb. The new commanding officer
was at once sworn in by Maj. O'Neill, and in a
brief address thanked the troopers for the high
compliment they had just conferred upon him.
Gen. Grub was once before commander of the
Troop, having resigned some years ago in favor
OF Capt J. Lapsley Wilson, who was succeeded
recently by Capt Mccullough. Such is dis
tinguished compliment from that historic
organization, and one to which the many per-
sona sacrifces made by the General in his pub
lie career at home and abroad Justly entities
him.
There is movement on foot to erect monu-
ment to the late Henry C. Work, who wrote
Marching Through Georgia"
The following officers of the newly organized
National Guard Veterans Association, of Mo-
line H., were elected: Pres, Gen. William
Clendenin; V. P, Capt. Richard Payton; Sec,
Lieut.. w. P. zimmerman; Treas, Serg't Albert
Ritter. The new association starts out with
20 charter members.
Mrs. John A. Logan will GO to Europe in Oc-
tober to confer with the sculptor, Franklin
Simmons. who has been awarded by Congress
the making of the bronze statue and pedestal
of the late Gen. Logan which is to be placed in
Washington. Mrs. Logan will occupy much of
her time while abroad in writing, as she has
undertaken to accomplish considerable literary
work during the next year.
Austin Quimby, of Salem, President of the
Kearsarge Veterans, received a letter from
Secretary of the Navy Herbert Mr.. Quimby
wrote on some time ago, asking for one of the
cutasses from the Inflated Kearsarge Mr.
Herbert replied that it was impossible to do so
without vote of Congress. He, however sent
on to Mr. Quimby cane that was made from
a fragment of the topside of the Kearsarge.
The two battleaags of the 22d Mich were
last week delivered to Senator Mcmillan by
Asst Adj't-Gen. Corbin, and in turn will be
given to the State. The flags are two in num-
her, One is blue silk, with an eagle and 81
stars. 1t is spattered with blood, and great
hole through the middle of it tells of deeds of
valor performed by those who bore it. The
other is handsome silk United States flag
bordered and fringed with gold, and still in
good condition, although it is perforated by
eight or ten bullet-heles, and two of its white
stripes are Redeemed with blood. These are
the flags that this famous regiment carried
during its heroic career in the war. Among
the fields upon which these flags were carried
were Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge The
AhSS HCiC uSplhyOd W OCEaIOL n1ChiLlau III
the cloak-room Of the Senate and attracted
great deal-of attention and admiration The
battle-scarred emblems have been sent to Gov.
Rich.
A statue of the late Frederick T. Freling-
huysen Secretary of State under President
Arthur, has been erected in Newark, his native
city. The statue was placed on its pedestal on
Saturday, and will be formally unvaled on
Thursday. Aug. 8. The statue stands in the
upper end of the park opposite the Essex Club
and within sight of the Frelinghuysen mansion,
which is at the north end of the park. The |
pedestal is of pink-eolored granite from Maine.
The bronze statue is of heroic size being nine |
feet high.
Eleazor Smith, of Alexander, N. H, who |
celebrated his Goth birthday the other day, |
expects to attend the Reunion of the Army of |
the Potomac in Concord next Fall as a member /
of the General Society of the War of 1872"
Thomas Bird, of West Baden, Ind, while |
harvesting picked up silver medal about !
three inches in diameter which shows by the
inscription that it was given by the United /
States Government to Gen. William Henry
Harrison for his bravery and gallantry in the
Indian wars. What is known as the North
western Indian War began Sept. II, ISL, and