Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-05-19

years, had made the mistake of calling
Dumbarton hospital Bombarden hos
pital. Upon a mere guess, the record of
Dumbarton hospital was searched, and
really love one another, we will see that
time of poetic prophecy:
When the war drum throbs no longer
And the battle flags are furled
In the parliament OF man
The federation of the world.
When Ninian Beall, the rich Scotch
man, sailed up the Potomac to its head
waters, and arrived at the eminence
which constituted the central portion
of the domain which had been granted
to him by his sovereign, he saw re-
7markable likeness to the Rock of Dunn
berton, which William Wallace cap
tured, with his trusty Lanarkmen, at
the beginning of his campaign of re-
venge for the death of Lady Marion
and for the freedom of Scotland. There
fore Ninian Beall, the Scotchman, called
the place Dumbarton.
Upon that eminence grew the town of
Georgetown, which was named after
the first son of Ninian Beall; and it
was quite a shipping port long before
the city of Washington was dreamed of,
or before the colonies rebelled and
fought for independence. The princi-
pal street Of that ancient town (Which
is now a part of the national capital)
was called Dumbarton avenue. Many
people still called the colonial village by
its original name of Dumbarton, but
old Ninian Beall, the Scotchman, who
still wore kits, called it Georgetown,
after his beloved son, and he preserved
the original name of the place by giving
it to the principal street, where all of
the business was transacted with the
original farmers, and with the ships
coming into the port.
This is DEPRESSION, but you will be
interested in the story. The writer, al
most 20 years ago, was a clerk in the Of
flee of the surgeon general of the army;
and his duty was to search the records
of soldiers applying for pensions. The
books would show whether or not pen
sion applicant was wounded or sick, as
alleged in his application for pension.
One old soldier claimed that he had
been wounded at Bull Run, and had
been treated in the "Bombarden hos
pital, in Washington"
There was a great deal of lombard
ing during the civil war, but there was
no Bombarding or Bombarden hospital
in this city. All of the clerks in the Of
tice tried to find some record in the
case, but all gave it up. The clerk then
gave the case to the clerk who is now
newspaper writer. He kept the case
on his desk for several days, and one
morning, by chance, it occurred to him
that maybe the old soldier, after many
there was recorded the name Of the old
soldier, with a diagnosis of the wound
for which ne claimed to have been treat.
ed in Bombarden hospital. He got his
pension, and the clerk who helped him
10 it has ever since been proud of the
inspiration which led to that search.
In 1919 a church was erected by Meth.
Odists upon DumbartoG avenue, and
during the civil war il was used as q
hospital, and that church was called
Dumbarton hospital. There is where
the soldier was taken after the battle
nursing, he recovered.
And now, growing in numbers as wei
as in grace during all these years. after
nearly half century, magnificent
edifce has been erected on the origina
site, by the Dumbartou Avenue Metho
dist Episcopal church. 1t is probably
the most commodious church building
in Georgetown, which, by the way, {
now officially known as West Washing
ton, for it is part Of the corporation o
the capital city. 1t is worthy Of men
ton aud description.
On q recent Sunday the new churcl
WIS dedicated, and all day long Their,
were jubilee meetings. There was
Sunday school rally al nine o'clock il
tie morning, and at II o'clock Their,