The National tribune., 1899-03-16
FERsONHh.

James \. Wolf, the well known colurod
criminal lawyeS of Boston, has received
the appointment of Judge Advocate OF the
Department. OF r. Massachusetts, G.. A. Il.
lie served in the navy during the war,
and afterward he completed his education.
Against great opposition he was admitted
to the Federal district and Circuit Courts
ut Baltimore. being the first colored man
I admitted tG theSe courts.
The appointment of Col. J. G. Everest
rs one of the members of the Vicksburg
/ Military Park Commission gives much
satisfaction in Wisconsin, where he is
very well known, and he is regarded as a
good representative of the Wisconsin sol
diers in the siege of Nicksburg. The
State had II regiments of infantry, two of
! cavalry, and three batteries of artillery i'll
| the operations against Vicksburg. 1t is
! understood that an appointment was ten
dered to Past Commander in Chief Wels
! sert but declined
| Comrade T.. c. Babb died at his home
in Minneapolis, March 8. He served
in the 9th r.. III. rising to the rank OF
! Captain. He was Commander of the De
partment of Minnesota at the time the
! National Encampment was held at Mime
| apolis, was at one time Mayor OF the city
and was a prominent Mason.
The sympathies of the comrades will!
go out to Gen. Il. L. Molineux in the
| trouble that has come upon him through
the arrest of his son in the Adams
Cornish poisoning case. Gen Molineux
was as good soldier as there was in the
Army Of the Gulf. He went out first III
| 1861, as private in the 9TH N. Y. Re
| turning home, he raised the 139th n. Y,
| and took it to the field as its Colonel. He
did fine service in the Department OF the
| Gulf, and was shot in the mouth at Irish
Bend. He was promoted Brigadier Cen
erai for conspicuous gallantry at Opequan,
! Fishers Hill and Middletown, and bre-
vetted a Maior-General. He was Com
mander of the Northern District of Georgia
! during recon struction, and received the
! thanks of the Council of Atlanta for his
courageous and prudent administrations
/ Upon being mustered out he re-enteTed
the New York Militia, and was one OF the
( leading spirits in the development of the
] National Guard. He wrote much and
well, and was particularly effective in
/ developing sharpshootfng practice. He
was strongly urged for the Republican
( candidate for Mayor of Brooklyn, and has
/ had unusual spcceSS as a business man
/ His son has hitherto been the pride OF bis
! life-a bright, accomplished young man,
an enthusiastic athlete, and very popular
/ in society. Young Moineux'S attorney
! is another son of a veteran--Barstow ).
/ Weeks, son Of Col Henry 4. Weeks, f2th
/ n. Y, ard past Commander in Chief,
/ Sons OF Veterans.
/ Ex Gov. Wm. r. Merriam, Superintend
ent of the 12th Census, is a son-in-law OF
veteran. His wife is a daughter OF Capt.
! Hancock, and niece to the late Gen. Han
cock.
4 AS long as Gen. Cassius NJ. Clay lives
he will make sensation. His latest is a
long telegram to Senator Lindsey, claim
ing that ne and his former child-wife are
the victims of a Vendetta in which
( lawless persons, are committing against
them all the crimes possible, violating
all our State end National laws and
rights" and closing the mails and tcle-
graphs against1 them. He claims that
they have Put out his eyes, and shaken
Dora $ reasetr end he begs that Con
gressional Com ittee may be sent at
once to their relief.
The President last week made one
appointment that will be particularly
pleasing to the comrades OF Northwestern
| Ohio. 1t was that of Comrade G.. a. Cess
ner to be Postmaster of Fremont, o. Com
rade Gessner is not only a man OF high
4 character, and was the choice of sub
stantially all the people OF Fremont, but
he is one of the best and most inde-
fatigable Of comrades. He served through
the war in the I'D Ohio, was taken pris-
oner in the iIl-fatcd GuntOwn expedition
and was several months in Andersonville
and other prisons. Since the war he has
been a most faithful and hard worker in
the ranks Of the GAR. and the Repub
lican party. Senator Hanna and Col.
Dick preferred a young lawyer for the
Postmastership, but the sentiments ol
the people Of Fremont were so unmistak-
able that Comrade Gessner received the
appointment.
An appointment that will be very agree
able to comrades everywhere is that ol
Cant. T. II. Monfort as Postmaster oi
Cincinnati C0mrade Monfort will be re
memEered by those who attended the Ma
tional Fncampment at Cincinnati as the
Chairman OF the Executive Committee oi
the National Council of Administration
I and one to whose efforts the success oI
that gathering was in no small measure
due. He enlisted in 1861 as private il
the 9th Ohio, was promoted to Second
Lieutenant in the 18th Ohio, and served
through the rest of the war in that reei
ment, coming home a Captain. He was
severely wounded at Gettysburg. Afte,
the war he was editor of the Herald and
Presbxter, and Clerk of the County OF