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wyck, and was an active supporter %
the movement to nominate Judge

wyck. and was an active supporter %
the movement to nominate Judge
Parker.
Mary Mcdonald. a coiored woman
who claimed to be 135 years old. died
at the Home for Aged and Infirm Col
ored Persons I'm Philadelphia. Jan. Z.
she claimed To have been familiar with
Washington's soldiers At Valley Forge
iii the Winter OF 1177-'7S. She was
very vigorous physically. and smoked
constantly up until nearly the day OF
her death.
One of the sensational episodes I'm
Mayor Viewers campaign in Philadel-
phta was the arrest last June Of John
". Hill. Chief of tho Filtration Bureau.
Hill has now been placed upon trial
for forgery and falsifica ton OF his bu-
reau's records. and the indictment con-
tains nearly 200 counts. Very able
counsel is employed on both sides
Brighten. Francis Fessenden one of
Names most distinguished soldiers and
member of a very distinguished fam
lily. died AT Portland. Jan. ,, at the age
OF 6S. He was the third son of Hon.
William Pitt Fessenden. National
character. Representative and Sena-
tor in Congress for MANY years. and one
of President Lincoln's Secretaries Of the
Treasury. Francis Fessenden GRADUATE
ed from Bowdoin College I'm 1858. and
was studying law when the war broke
out, but received a commission as Cap
tain in the 18th L. s. and recruited a
great many men for the regiment. He
commanded his company at Shiloh.
where he was severely wounded in the
arm. Upon his recovery he was APP
pointed Colonel Of the 25th Me. and
commanded ii during its nine months OF
service, when he received n commission
as Colonel Of the 30th Me, which was
assigned 10 the Third Brigade. First Di-
vision. Nineteenth Corps. At Pleasant
Hill he assumed the command of the
brigade upon the death of its COM
mander. Col Benedict. He retained
this until he was severely wounded
on Cane River while leading the bri-
| gade that his right leg had TO be am
putated. He made a splendid charge,
| which insured the safety of Banks's
army, and was promoted 10 the rank OF
| Brigadier-General OF Volunteers. While
| recovering from his wound he was on
| court-martial duty. and later appointed
| to the command OF division I'm West
Virginia and then to that of the post OF
Cumberland, Md. He was next assigned
| to the command Of the First Brigade.
| First Division. Hancock's Veteran Corps
and upon the disbanding of those troops
was on duty upon the board for the
| troops. He was on the Military Com
mission which tried Capt Wirz. He was
| brevetted Major In the Regular Army
| for Shiloh, Lieutenant-Colonel for Mon
ett's Bluff. and Colonel for the war. and
promoted to Major-General OF volun-
teers. Nov g. 1866. He was retired
with the rank of Acknowledgement.
Nov 1. 1866. He served as Mayor Of
Portland at one time.
Rev. John HI. Macomber Chaplain
L. s. A., retired, has been recently ap-
pointed Patriotic Instructor for the
Department of California and Nevada,
GAR. He was born I'm Essex County.
y. Y, Feb. IL, 1886, and when the war
broke out was preparing for the min
/ iStry in Vermont. He was over-per-
| suaded not to enlist at the first call,
| but at the second call he enlisted in
Co. c, 18th VT. Subsequently this reg
iment became the 1st VT. III. A.. and
Comrade Macomber. who had by that
| time become Corporal, was sent back
home with q recruiting party to get adj
ditional men to fill up the regiment
On HIS return he was promoted to First
Lieutenant, and the regiment was or
dered to join Grants army for the Will
| derness campaign. At Cold Harbor
his company suffered fearfully, losing
81 killed and wounded i'm Is minutes,
and Lieut.. Macomber was struck on
the head with a mimic bullet With a
number OF his men he was taken pris-
oner on the Weldon Railroad, June %,
| 1854, and was for three months I'm
prison. Upon exchange he returned to
his regiment, and was severely wound
ed IN the assault upon petersburg, April
2, 1865. Though bullet passed through
his body near the groin, he was able to
return i'm 80 days to his regiment to
the surprise of his Colonel. who thought
him dead. At the end OF his service
he was promoted to Captain and put in
command of a battalion of the recruits
and others of his regiment, and sta
| toned at Fort Foote. on the Potomac.
below Washington, being finally dis
charged i'm September, 1865. Then he
| entered the ministry I'm the Methodist
Episcopal Church, joining the Mime
| sofa Conference. and for Is years Ia
bored I'm that field. when he received a
commission as Chaplain I'm the Regular
Army, where he served 90 years and
was retired for age In 1900. He now
makes his home at San jose Cal, and
has been member of the Grand Army
Of the Republic ever since its organiza-
| ton in 1855. He was Commander Rus
sells first choice for the rlewly-estab-
lished office OF Department Patriotic
| Instructor, and has issued stirring
circular to the Post Patriotic Instruc..
tors Of the Department.