The National tribune., 1902-08-28

? TeiatloH aHO were sincere unO uouoIapis
in their intentions, In these cases l d.
. rected the Acting Assistant Adjutant
, General to issue an order authorizing the
marriage, and designating Regimcntal
Chaplain to perform the ceremony. The
Rev. George W, Pepper, Chaplain of the
SOth Ohio, was usually appointed for this
service. In every case where one of our
soldiers took to himself wife in Georgia,
when the time came for his command 10
march away to other fields Of strife, he at
once sent his wife to his home in the
North. In the case Of Capt. White, Of
the 10th No., and Lieutenant OF
an artillery command at Resaca, they be-
came engaged to two young women near
Resaca, and after the war was over re-
turned to Georgia and consummated their
engagements.
Another important legal matter that was
disposed of ut Resaca is worthy of note.
a wellto-do citizen of the neishborhood had
been sent TO an insane asylum and a con-
servator had been appointed for his prop
erty. The insane man had been released
from the hospital and returned home, and
now claimed that he was fully restored
to mental soundnrss. He demanded OF
his conseryator the surrender Of his
property. This request the conservation
refused to comply with upon the ground
that it would require the action OF q
court to release him from his liability on
his bond. Application was made to our
headquarters for relief. The matter was
duly considered. The party was directed
to prepare statement of the facts, give
notice to the CONSERVATION, and on n GER
tain day bring in his witnesses and have
the case heard and disposed Of In the
meantime an order was issued appointing
Il Board Of Surgeons to inquire into THE
sanity of the petitioner.
On the day fixed for the trial the par
ties appeared. The witnesses testified.
the man was examined by the Surgeons,
and they made Il favorable report on the
question of sanity. whereupOn an order
| was issued directing the conservatOr 20
make i; settlement with his ward and
| turn over to him the property III his pos
session, taking a receipt for the same
| This settled the case and the parties left
| satisfied.
\ still more interesting incident should
| be recorded in connection with the Occu-
pan9y of Resaca as a military post by the
United States forces. n company of 30
men came in from Pickens County;
amongst the number was n Mr.. Darnell
and his two SONS, one of whom was the
spokesman of the company. These men
were loyal to the National flag, and
wished to be mustered into the United
States service as soldiers Their request
was complied with. They We're armed,
equipped and assigned to the 9th Tenn.
with which regiment they served to the
end of the war.
When discharged from the service the
young man who had represented the COM
pany at Resaca completed his education,
studied law, was, admitted to the bar, and
| i'll the course, of a. time was appointed
| L. s. Assistant District Attorney ut At
tent officer, AID Had the respect of the
officers to WHOM, he reported in Wash
| ington. ~
In the course Of time it happened that
I was appointed Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue, which Office l continued to hold
for nearly seysn years. 1t came to my
notice that III. s. A. Darncli, the AS
one of the mel, who enlisted into the com
pany ut Resacn from Piclens County. This
fact certainly did pot lower him in my es-
tmation. | met MIR. Darnell and came
to respect HIM highly as a man and as Il
public officer. During President Hayes's
Administration a new District Attorney
was appointed for the Atlanta District,
District Attorney Mr.. Darncll was
dropped and a new Assistant appointed in
his place by the Hon. Attorney General
AS soon as Mr.. Darnell received the no
tice of his dismissal he teicGraphed to me
the fact, and requested that | should see
the Attorney General in bis behalf. This
l did, calling upon the Hon. Mr.. Brews
ter, who then filed the Office.
| | pointed out to the Acknowledgement
the fact that Mr.. Darncll was highly
capable and efficient officer, with great
| experience in the enforcement of the In
ternal Revenue laws, which We're at that
time the principal matters of the Govern
nIent taken before the United States
Court at Atlanta. l insisted that it would
be serious impairment of the public
service to put in Il new man without ex-
perience and l respectfully urged upon
the Attorney General with all the argu-
ments l could bring to bear to restore
Mr.. Darnell; but Mr.. Brewster could not
be moved. He insisted that the new Dis
trict Attorney should be permitted to
name his Assistant; that he had done so;
that the change had been made after due
deliberation, and that the action could
not be revoked. The case seemed closed
| l paused for n short time, and then re-
marked to the Attorney General that he
no doubt knew that l had served in the
army. | stated to him that during the
year 1864 | served in the Atlanta cam
paign, and that was for Il time stationed
at Rrsaca. l recOunted to the Attorney
General the facts of the enlistment of the
Pickens County company; of the father
and his two sons being in that company !;
for the company; Of the company having
been mustered into the service, and of
having served until the close of the war;
of the young mans return home; of his
finishing his education; of his studying
law and being admitted to the bar. and
his becoming a prominent lawyer in the
State.
The Attorney General listened with
great interest to the story, and l con-
cluded the narrative by saying, "Mr. At
orney-General, this is the man you have
just turned out as Assistant District At
torney." This statement indeed closed the
case made no request whatever, but
left the matter entirely in the hands of
Mr. Brewster. The Attorney General re-
manned quiet for some minutes; finally
looking up he said: You may write to
Mr.. Darnel that he shall be appointed
United States District Attorney for the
Savannah District" The appointment
was duly made. l felt that this was a
proper recognition of loyalty.
Go be cOntinued)
Cruise of the Shenandoah.
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