The National tribune., 1895-03-07

for Lieutenant Governor, bus was asfssssd 40
che polls. In 1885 the Legislature Of Now
York made him n member sf ths Gettysbuss
Monument CommissiSs. Gss. Carr led the
celebrated Jersey Brigade in shs PsnInsula
campaign As Rristoe skaffou-oae Of the
hardest fought battles Of lhs wAr-As gall
Iantry was conspicuous and he earned FOR him
self the soSriaass Of "ths hero Of Bsstos-"
Ho was engaged "a Bsn Ran and Chaatilly,
and nj fredericksburg aud ChaaesllorsviIls
his gallsntry was 90 marked that seeeisl mem
tion Of him was mads in the reports At the
battles Of Brandy Station and Kslly's Ford. he
commanded division. adding to ais lsureis
In magazine article Of his own The late
Fred Douglass has told how he came by bis
nams "Onee initiated into my new life Of
freedom" said be. land assured by Nr John
son thas I need not fear reeapturs in that city.
q comparatively unimportaRt question arose
as 10 the name by which I should be known
thereafter In my new relation as free man.
The name given mo by my dear mother sss
no less pretentions AID long than Frederick
Augustus Washington Bailey Ihsd. however,
while living in Maryland, dispensed with the
Augustus Washington. and retained omIy
Frederick Bailey. Between Baltimore and
New Bedford, the better TO conceal myseH
nom the daye hunters. I had parted with
Bailey and called myself Johnson: but in New
Bedford found that the Johnson family Wa
already SO numerous as to eaHse some con fssoa
In distinguishing them; hsace change in this
name seemed desirable. Nathan johnson,
mine host, placed great emphasis upon this
poa 80 auH
select name for me. I consented, and no
called me by my present name-ths one by
which l have been known for three and forty
years-Frederiek Douglass Mr.. Johnson had
Just been reading The Lady Of the Lake" aad
so pleased was he with its great character that be
wished me ia bear his name. Since read ny thas
charming poem myself. have often Thought
that. considering the noble hospitality and
manly character Of Nathan Johnson black man,
though he wasl he. far more than 7. illustrated
the virtues Of the Douglass of Scotland Sure
am that il any slaye-cateher had entered bis
dOmicile with view to my recapture Johnson
would have shown himself like him of tina
8 stal wart hand"
Alice Barber Mcconnell. author Of "smith's
Back Pay" in this weeks NATIONAL TRIBUNE
is relative Of Harpsr's Ferry John Brown, and
proud of the fact.
In the pension ease Of the dependent mother
OF Abraham Woods. ed N. j., who died in the
service. the rejection of the Commissioner Of
Pensions has been overruled By the Secretary
Of the Interior The Department. held thas
the claim Of the mother is juss. becauss both
parents of the soldier were dependent and
without property, snd unable to support thsls
family.
Capt. Charles Gale, now resident of sombrs
Ont, was born in old Fort Dearborn. Chicago,s
historic fort, in 1917, and spent several years
of his boyhoOd there. There was only one
log store as che settlement in those days" ne
saya Sugar was 20 cents a pound. nails 80
cents, rzisins 90 cents, and calico was so esnsss
yard"
The Rev. DR.. J. d. Davis. who is now Pro-
lessor in Doshishs University. Kioto. Japan,
served four years as a Union soldier in shs
sivil war. and during the last year of the wxs
a regimeuk He has been . nf.
'ionsry Of the American Board for % yssra
md a professor in Doshisha for 10 years.
Gen. Lloyd E. Baldwin, of wnlimanssa
Conn, now So years of age, ia said to be- the
,nly surviving Brisadier- General Of the ola
Connecsieus militia, which was disbsndsa
nearly so years ago