The National tribune., 1897-10-07

promoted TO Bsigadisr. Gems ral. and for awhile
commanded the defenses Of New Orleans. Hs
was wounded in one of the assaults on Port
Hudson, aud while lying in farmhouse was
captured and kept in prison nine months, when
he was exchanged for Gen. Fitz-Hugh Lee
lie resigned his commission afterward. and
resumed his Temperance work He was Pro-
hibition candidate for President in 1880. In
early life ne married Miss Maria Maynard. of
Boston, By whom he had 10 children. OF whom
four are living. His wife died in 1875.
COmrads VIM. u. DIN, Past Adiutaut-Gea-
eral, GAR. has been renomiDated by the Re-
pubicaus of Massachusetts, for a third term az
Secretary of State.
The three new torpedo boats will bs named
"Stringham, Goldsborough.' and Bailey"
after three distinguished Commanders during
the late war. Commodore Stringham COM
manded the squadron which captured Forts
Hatteras and Clark Commodore Goldsborough
commanded the squadron at the capture Of
Roanoke Island and Elizabeth City. Rear
Admiral Theodorus Bailey was Captain and
second in command at the passage Of the New
Orleans forts, and it was ne that went ashore to
demand the surrender Of the city. lie after
ward commanded the East Gulf BIockading
Squadron.
Hosea Townsend, who has been appointed
Judge OF the United States Court for the South
ern District of the Indian Territory. 10 succeed
c. b. Killgore, deceased, was born in Ohio,
and enlisted in the % Ohio Cav. at the out
break OF the war; lie was promoted 10 Lieu
tenant and discharged in 1863 on account OF
disability. He went to Colorado in 1879, and
began the practice Of law at Silver Cliff. He
was elected to the 51st Congress as a Repub-
licsn. and reelected to the SD. lie was a
Frss-Silver man during the last campaign, bus
supported Mckinley.
Hon. Patrieius III. Casey, of Pittsfeld, Mass,
who is Judge of the District Court, is a Jealous
Son of a Veteran.
| Gen. Thos L. Clingman, Of North Carolina,
! is ending picturesquely varied career in ths
calm retreat of an insane asylum, WHITTIER be
has been sent, not because he 10 actually in
sane, but because he is old, deerepit, mentally
and physically, and entirely without means.
and the asylum ia the place where he will be
best cared for. He was born 81 years ago in
North Carolina, and, as he grew to manhood,
his talents attracted attention. He entered
politics, became Wing leader, and was almost
continually in office, until the war found him
a Senator from North Carolina. He was elo-
quent and aggressive and one of his speeches
led to duel with the noted VIM. L. Yancey.
He became Secessionist, tried bis best to take
his State out. and left with the other Southern
members at the beginning of the war He be-
came Colonel of the 25th n. C.. and was soon
promoted to Brigadier-General. He was al
first in the defensss of Charleston. and when
Gen. Butler advanced or Petersburg, Cling
mans Brigade offered the strongest opposition
to him. He scored some successes around
severely in front of Petersburg, and surrendered
with Johnston to Sherman. After the war he
abandoned politics, and devoted himself to sur
veying the mountains of his State and TO scien-
tifc research. He became a crank on the sub
ject of tobacco being cure for all diseases.
Gen. Chas 81. T. Coils, formerly of the 114th
Pa, now Commissioner of Public Works of
New York City. is now completing a great
work, the prosecution OF which has brought
down upon him unmeasured criticism, and not
little direct personal abuse, but in which ne
necessary to lay in Fifth Avenue great water
main which would deliver 100000 gallons a
day below Fourteenth street. The sub-surfacs
of Fifth Avenue has in the course of years
been filed with all manner Of piping, sewerage,
vaults, conduits, ETC., the location Of which no
one knew. The public offices had no plans OF
records of them and they had TO be dealt with
as found in the prosecution Of the work. In
some places Is feet of solid rock had to be gone
through. In spite of all obstacles Gen. Coli.
has pushed the work through with remarkable
rapidity has provided the street with an eff.
cient sewerage, and is now completing it with
aspbalting the surface and restoring the avenue
to its old-time place as one of the finest STREETS
: ing him highly.
I Gen. Ellis Spear, formerly of the Goth Me-.
has been appointed one of the School Trustee:
of Washington, d. c.
Maj. Lewis Gnter. of Richmond, Va, th,
man of all others most responsible for th'
cigaret mania in the United States. has jus
passed away. leaving fortune of 100000
amassed from the kids of America. He wa
6 born in New York in 1924. of Dutch ancestry
: proprietor of small toy store. He was yer,
4 successful and when the war broke out wa
9 worth 100000 He went into the rebel arm,
o as Quartermaster, and served clear through
surrenderng ut AppomattOx. He then wen
g to New York and became broker. He mad
a good deal OF money, but lost il all in th
BLACK Friday" crash. He returned to Rieh
n mond. and went into the tobacco business, en-
II tering into partnership with John +. Alien
l. small cigar manufacturer. His first strik
20 was by putting up fine smoking tobacco il
elegant -ornamented boxes. Tho firm bega
manufacturing cigarets in 1874. Maj. GiDte
st advertised extensively, so extensively that b
n frightened his partner out, who sold him hi
p interest for $4,000. A few years later. whe
So Ginter sold out to tho truss company-"Th
70 American Tobacco Co."-he received 81, 000,0O
u for his business.
Miss Alice L. Ingram, Past National Pres
dent Daughters of Veterans, was married
AIr. John ?. Hansen, Past Captain of Cam
1885, Sons of Veterans, on Sept. p, in Chicag'
A medal of honor has been presented to job
:. 6. Kenyon, Clerk of the New York Senst
10 Albany. n. Y, formerly Sergeant, Co. ID. Sd \
= V Coy for most DISTINGUISHED gallantry nes