The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-04-11
PERSONAL.
The dread call for men brave and true

Last week Gen. Oliver P. Gooding was de-
clared insane, in the court at Washington and
sent to the asylum. Gen. Gooding was born in
Indiana, and graduated from West Point in
1853. He was First Lieutenant in the 10th
U. s. at the outbreak of the war, and appointed
Colonel of the 31st Mass in 1862. He did good
service in the Department of the Gulf, COM
manded brigade, and was brevstted Briga-
der and Major General for gallant conduct.
He was subsequently Police Commissioner of
st. Louis and Assistant Marshal of the District
of Columbia. OF late years he has been living
in Washington and engaged in writing a re-
inarkable book-"The Peoples Holy Bible.
Ounded on the Declaration of Independence
and the Astronomic Account of the Creation,
or Evolution" In this he claimed to "success-
fully defend the Peoples Holy Religion against
Monarchic Religion and Infdelity." 1t is
farrago of history, economies, religion. war ex-
periences, and visionary theories. At one time
Gen. Gooding was one of the most popular
speakers on the stump.
Col. William Moore, OF Walpole, Mass, who
died last week. was born in England in 1885.
At an early age he came to this country. When
the preservation of the Union. He joined the
62d N. 7. the day Fort Sumter was fired upon,
and served during the entire Peninsular cam
psign under Mcclellan. He was in every
battle of Importance, and in all of those in
which the Army of the Potomac was engaged.
from Williamsburg to the Wilderness, includ-
ing Seven Pines. Fair Oaks. Second Bull Run,
Antietam. Mine Run, Fredericksburg, Gettys-
burg, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg. From q
private he was promoted to be Lieutenant
acting as Captain. That the company in which
he enlisted had no child's play may be judged
by the fact that at the end of three years
service only three members survived. He was
so severely wounded that be had to return
home. AS soon as he had partly recovered,
however, he offered his services again. As
his disabilities debarred him from re-entering
the army he joined the navy, in which he
served until the close of the war.
Truxton vanartsdalen, veteran of Doyles-
town, Pa, died suddenly in his blacksmith
shop last week, of heart disease. He had re-
ceiyed a letter from the Pension Bureau, noti-
flying him that he would be dropped from the
roll of pensioners unless he could prove actual
disability. He WAS much surprised to receive
this notice, and while talking about the mat
ter fell down and almost Immediately expired.
Mr.. Vanartsdalen was a member of the 174th
Pa. He was farmer in Warwick Township,
and highly esteemed. A dispatch from that
County states that the Pension Bureau is send
ing similar notices to other veterans of the
war, the recipients being, as far as known,
men of the highest integrity, and deserving
of the pittance received from the Govern
ment.
Work on the Grant Monument has been very
slow since the corner stone was first laid.
Ground was broken in the Spring of 1891, but
it was not until three years later that the first
stone was set in place. The architect now
thinks that the granite will all be set by the
beginning of next Winter, aud that the body
will be removed to its new resting place on the
anniversary of Gen. Grants birthday i'm April,
1896. There will be 90 additional columns,
each % feet in hight, and supporting the dome
of the structure. These are being cut at the
quarries. The great crypt below ground. in
which will rest the sarcophagus of the hero of
the rebellion. is finished and the wells in the
four corner piers completed. The crypt is cir
cular in form and 90 feet in diameter. in it's
center standing the stone PEDESTAL for the Gen.
erals body. In two of the corner wells will be
stairways leading to tho main floor, while in
the others in the of the vault will be
inches for tho display of Grant relics. The
corner piers in which are these wells, are %
feet square. The crypt and other parts of the
tomb and monument will be lined with marble.
The ground floor of the structure is lOOx1s5
feet. From the level of the drive to the top
of the monument will be 100 feet in hight,
and it's dome will 10 $50 feet above the Hudson
River.
Comrade III. s. Hawthorn. HOosick Falls. ".
Y, has lately boen awarded n medal OF honor
for the capture of Custer Lee at the battle Of
Little Saylor's Creek. Va, April g. Is65.
1t ID stated that Gen. 3. f. Ba,ler gave the
Fl st flag OF American make TO be raised over
the Capitol, In February. 1865. All the prsvi-
Gus Gags had been made Of English bunting.