The National tribune., 1894-10-18

frst-class missions vacant. Whose mission shall
l give him?" said Mr.. Lincoln relating the
story of the young man who. when his father
advised him to take a wife, inquired, Whose
wife shall take2" The result was that no
was offered a iirst-elass mission, but at that
time he was renOminated for Governor
Mrs Pauline Fryer. better known as Pauline
Cushman, the Union spy. is said to be living in
poverty in San Francisco. She receives small
pension for her first husbands services, but her
own work goes unrewarded.
Col. Michael r. Morgan, who has been ap
pointed as Commissary General Of Subsistence.
served in the Sd Art. and IIth Inf. until tho
civil war began, when he was transferred to the
Commissary Department, in which Department
he has served continuously since that time
with the exception of about six months in 1864
when he was Chief of STAFF of the Tenth Corps
In 1859 he was conspicuous in the Harper's
Ferry expedition to suppress John Browns
raid. During the civil war be was in various
engagements. the most conspicuous Of which
was that Of 1864, SO. when he was Chief Com
missary ofSuhsisteDce on the staff Of Gen. Grant,
which terminated in the pursuit Of the insar-
gent army, under Gen. Robert T. Lee and its
surrender. For gallant and meritorious sery-
ices in this campaign he was brevetted Colo
mel. He was born in Nova Scotia Jan. Is 1888,
and hence will reach the age of retirement on
Jan. 18 1897.
Gen. Horace Porter, in a letter to a New
York paper recently, explained the delay in
the construction of the Grant monument. He
states that "abOut two years ago the sum Of
$4,000 was raised; enough, with the $150OOC
raised years before, to complete the structure
As soon as the new association could complets
its working organization. search was begun
to find for the structure granite very light
in color, without flaws or blemish, which, after
long and careful search, was finally found in
the interior Of the State of Maine. To get out
the large blocks required, new beds had to b,
opened at great depths. The work of dressing
and carving hard granite is naturally a tedi-
Gus and slow process. In Winter but little
work could be done at the quarries, and no
setting of the stone could be permitted on
account of freezing weather. The only IN
looked for delay upon the whole work so far
was the general strike of the granite-cutters,
lasting about six months. The real work has
until lately been going at the quarries.
The contract calls for completion of the struc-
ture on the first of December next year, and
from the progress at the qusrries there is 70
good reason to doubt that the terms Of the
contract will be fulfilled as to time. In the
meantime the money is drawing three per
cent. interest, and this addition to the fund
will enable the structure to be made more
ornamental than at first contemplated"
Gen. Michael Griffin, who has been nomi.
mated for Congress from the Seventh Wisconsin
District to succeed Representative George B.
Shaw, Republican, is q resident of Eau Claire.
In 1861 he enlisted in Co. E, 18th Wis. and
with the rest of the company m ustered into the
United States service Nov. >, 1861, and was ap-
pointed Sergeant on the same day He served
continuously with the company till he was
mustered out, July IS. 1865. At the battle Of
Bald Hill, Ga, July 81, 1854 he was wounded
in a charge on the rebel works. He was COM
mssoned Second Lieutenant Feb. II, 1865, and
First Lieutenant July 5, 1865. Gen. Griffin is
a member of the Wisconsin Commandery OF
the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. After
being mustered out of service he returned TO
Newport and began to read law in the Office Of
admitted to the bar of the Circuit Court at Port
age May 49, 1863 after which he practiced his
profession at Kilbourn till the Spring Of 1876.
During this time he held local offices, and in
1915 was elected to the Assembly from the First
District of Columbia County. At the close Of
the session of 1876 he removed to Eau Claire.
where he has since resided and has been act
lively engaged in the practice of law. In 1873
he was elected State Senator from the Thirtieth
District Republican, of which political faith
he has always been a constant adherent Gen.
Griffin is leading member of the GAR, hav-
ing served several terms as Post Commander.
In February, 1887. he was elected Department
Commander, in which capacity he served one
year. In 1889 be was appointed by Gov. Hoard
as Quartermaster-G General of the State with
rank as Brigadier-General under the law, serV-
ing two years in that position.