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THE DAHONAL TRIBUNE WiSHINQXK CC THURSDAY, JULY ., 1896. The National Tribune, (Established 1877.) PUBLISHED WEEKLY. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. fix months, 75 cents. No subscription for a less period raoslvod. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. SfOXKY eont us, othcrwi? than hy rs?is- tereu Jourr, postal money oru r. m unwv vu New York, will be at the risk of the sender. AGI5NTS.- U,- employ no npents. Trm National TmitrKi: hats many volunteer am- ...,,..... r,i,. ...-. "'":....""" -r- ' Tasters, and they are roiuraHv honest una Tllftafr, JUKI 1 1 J rc- j--i-iiviiu u"'i iii faithful; lw joiwiiis who conilde their sub- of tiK-ir lTsponsibiifty. The paper will bo scut on'v on rcoeipt of the subs riptiou price. AimincssKS, j:km;tvals, ijtc. Ad- niunc will lif lOumo-od s nftnn ns dusiivd. but ojih ubscHVT should in every ease irivo the old s:s vi 11 as now address. 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This is going to be an ideal campaign, because bolh parties are lined up on clearly-defined National issues, upon -which the people are deeply interested, and the character of the candidates is in a measure lost sight of. Both parties have adopted platforms squarely enun ciating their respective positions, and have put in nomination men represent ing to the fullest those principles. There . . :n,rt P',An 15 110 shuttling or CVaSlOll Oil either S1QC, i , . . , fl;ch Tf , aild it HlUSt be a fiffllt to a lllllSll. It IS . ! a cleaner-cut tight than Ikis ever oeiore been presented to the American people i 1 ' The campaign of 1SG0 was much more more confused. Then even the Republicans ( A were far from behlS homogeneous, ex- cept upon the principle that the further p.,tpi,K:nn nf clnVprr qlinnld he rosited. e.viension or smery snouiu ue ru-i.tcu. rP! ,. ovf n ,,. pn,Uli..int! Ihe gieater part Ot the HepuUJlcans , . were content to have slaverv remain un- - , -, -,-. molested where it had existed lor ycari. A small fraction of radical Abolition ists were in favor of aggression against slavery wherever found. The Douglas Democrats were in favor of having the further extension of slavery settled by " Popular Sovereignty," that is, by the actual settlers in the Territory where it was intended to introduce the institution. The Pro-Slavery Democrats, under the lead of Breckinridge and Lane, wanted to "make slavery National," that is, give the slave-owner the same rights and privileges all over the United States that the owner of horses or cattle had. The "Constitutional "Union" men, under the lead of Bell and Everett, wanted to drop the whole question of slavery, which was excellent sentiment ally, but utterly impracticable. These divisions shaded down into all sorts and conditions of mind in the 4,062,170 voters who cast their ballots in 1860. These votes were divided as follows : Lincoln ......... . . . l,a57,G10 . a,3G"J,97i . &17,953 590,031 Douglas Breckinridge Bell Total 4,GG2,170 In 1864, the Abolition element was dissatisfied with .Lincoln because his Administration had not been radical enough, and a great many of the !Doug las Democrats who had supported him were dissatisfied at his having been too radical. The Radical Abolitionists bolt ed, and. at a convention at Cleveland nominated John C. Fremont and John Cochrane, but by September found so little popular support that the' with drew their candidates from the field. The popular vote resulted : Lincoln 2,223,035 McClellan 3 ,81 1,75-1 Total 4,035,359 In 186S, many Democrats who had supported the Administration through the war and many Republicans strongly dissented from the part7 on account of the Reconstruction measures, the Con stitutional Amendments, and other mat ters growing out of the settlement of the war. Many thought the Republi can party, having fought the war through to victory and abolished slavery, had fulfilled its mission, and should be dissolved into its original elements. Nevertheless, but two tickets were put into the field U. S. Grant, by the Re publicans, Horatio Seymour by the Democrats. The popular vote resulted : Gmnt 3,(15,071 Seymour 2.709,013 Total 5,721,031 In 1872, the Reconstruction question and Constitutional Amendments still disturbed the harmony of the Republi can party; the financial question was also beginning to be very troublesome, aud there was much antagonism to Presi dent Grant, and very much more to persons immediate!' around him, and who represented his wing of the party in the various States. The "Liberal Republicans" led by such men as Senator Sumner, Carl Schurz, J. D. Cox, Lyman Trumbull, David Davis, B. Gratz Brown, A. G. Curtin, S. P. Chase, Wm. Cullen Bryant, and the editors of the New York Tribune, Chicago Tribune, Cincinnati Com mercial, and the Springfield Republican, bolted, and united with the Democrats to nominate Horace Greeley. The " Straight-out" Democrats, in their turn, bolted their nomination and nominated Chas. O'Connor, of New York, who was dear to. the South as an original advocate of Secession. The popular vote resulted : Grant 3,597,070 Greeley 2,631,079 O'Connor 29,-108 Black (Temp) ......... 5,008 Total G,4GG,2G5 In 1876 the Reconstruction jiolicy was more troublesome to the Republican party than ever. Since many Republi cans were weary of the effort to secure I the freedmen their political rights, there was much scandal about " Carpet bag rule," and there was a growing feeling in favor of turning the Government of the States over to the people who lived there, without anv interference from outside. The " The Greenback " move ment had also become a formidable issue, and, too, personal pieferences as to can didates divided the Republicans. Jas. G. Blaine was a rising power, and sharply antagonized by the Grant faction, led .by Roscoe Conkling. Rutherford B. Hayes was nominated as a compromise candidate, and the Democrats nominated Samuel J. Tilden, on a platform accepting the Constitu tional Amendments, calling for resump tion of specie payments, denouncing the Administration, the "Tarifl and Carpet Bag rule. The Greenbackers held a convention at Indianapolis, at which they demanded the immediate and unconditional repeal of the Specie Re sumption Act, denounced the purchase of silver for fractional currency, as " taxation of the people to enrich owners of silver mines," demanded that the Government issue all paper money, and nominated Peter Cooper for Presi dent. The Prohibitionists nominated Gen. Green Clay Smith. The popular vote resulted : Hayes 4,003,950 Tilden 1,261.685 81,740 9,522 2,030 Cooper . Smith . Scattering Total .' 8,2-12,733 In 18S0 the Republican party was mainlv disturbed over the rivalries of great leaders. Grant had a powerful faction, led by Roscoe Conkling, con testing for a third term. These had 306 of the 756 votes, and held together for 36 ballots. Blaine had 284 votes, John Sherman 93 ; and Edmunds, "Washburn and "Windom each a few. On the 36th ballot all of Blaine's votes but 42 went to Jas. A. Garfield, and with them all of Sherman's but three. He received 399 votes, aud was nominated. The Democrats nominated Gen. "W. S. Han cock ; the Greenbackers, Gen. J. B. "Weaver, and the Prohibitionists, Gen. Neal Dow. The popular vote resulted : Garfield 4,451,410 Hancock 4, 444, 952 Weaver Dow and scattering ..... 308, 57S 12,578 Total 9,220,524 In 1884 there was again a sharp strug gle among the Republican leaders. Blaine, Arthur, Logan, Sherman, Ed munds, Uawlcy and Robert Lincoln were candidates. Blaine won the nomina tion, with Logan accepting the second place on the ticket. The Mugwamps bolted, and joined the Democrats, who nominated Grover Oleveland. The Greenbackers put in nomination Gen. B. F. Butler, and the Prohibitionists put in nomination John P. St. John. The popular vote resulted : Blaine 4,851,931 Cleveland 4,874,950 Butler 175,370 St. John 150,309 Total . . . . 10,052,700 In 1888, Harrison, Sherman and Gresham were candidates, with the nomi nation going to Bcnj. F. Harrison. The Democrats renominated Cleveland, the Prohibitionists Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, and the "Union Labor" men A. T. Streator. The popular vote resulted : Harrison Cleveland Streator . Fish . . , . . . 5,440,703 , . . . 5,530,242 . . . 140,830 . . 240,870 Total 11,370,002 In 1892, the Republicans renominated Harrison; the Democrats Cleveland, the Prohibitionists nominated John Bid well, and ,f The National People's Convention" Gen. Jas. B. "Weaver. The popular vote resulted: Harrison 5,175,202 Cleveland 5,551,220 "Weaver 3,012,031 Bidwell 202,799 Total . 12,031,858 ,.--.. - A most interesting letter relative to Arizona politics appears in another column. The writer is entirely reliable, and the statements can be accepted as completely true. They show an amaz ing condition of things in the Territory, with the old, bitter, proscriptive, rulc-or-ruin spirit of the Secessionists as vigorous as ever. All that is wanted ia opportunity, and it will manifest itself. It is very unfortunate for Senator Hill that no one will trust him politic ally. The Gold men were confident that he would try to sell them out in some deal with the Free Silver men, and the Free Silver men were equally sure that he had some trap laid for them to get them into the claws of the Gold Bugs. Thus character counts for a good deal even in politics. t DON'T FOIICET. All The National Tmnuxi: Li braries, 1 to 12, etc, for 50 cents. SOUTHERN HISTORY." .no of tho important parts of the rebel Ghost Dance I at v Richmond was the report of the " United Confederate Veterans' Historical. Committee," which occupies nearly eight columii3 in the Richmond papers. , : It is quite clear ' that the matter of writing and teaching the history of " the "War between the States," as they insist it shall be called, has assumed great im portance to the Southern mind, and ex traordinary efforts arc being made to prevent the truth and present to pos terity a picture of the Southern people as having long endured with astonishing patience the greatest wrongs and insults, and then, appealing to the God of Justice, they drew the sword, and for four years fought with unprecedented gallantry "and fortitude against over whelming numbers. All this is set forth in the report in ornate, flamboyant rhetoric of the 'Sunny Southland." The practical portions of the report urffc the establishment in every college and university in the South of a " Chair of History," liberally endowed, and the professor of which shall be given ample leisure, means and opportunity to col lect all materials relating to the war, and present them in the best form for the instruction of the rising generation. This means a number of soft berths for a lot of unreconstructed rebels, who will put in their time writing florid eulomes of the men in their States avIio instigated, aided and carried on the rebellion. It is further urged that instruction in the " true history of tlie struggle " be made a regular and considerable part of the course of all public and private schools. The question of text-books takes up a large part of the report A li3t of school histories, alliwrittcn by Southern men and women, and substantially all the books written dn the war by rebel politicans, Generals, and others, from Jeff David's "Rise and Fall of the Southern Confederacy, "r to John Esten Cooke's cheap imitatipns of Walter Scott's romances -are' cordially in dorsed ; but, in spite ofall pretenses of fairness and impartiality, not a book written by one w;1iq -sided with the Union is recommended? or even men tioncd. All the bboksindorsed give a flagrantly distorted view of the rebel side, and arc grossly unfair to the Unionists. One of the funny things in the report is the denunciation of the 'Encyclo pedia Britannica," which h having a considerable sale in the South. J there is any sympathy in the minds of the writers in the " Encyclopedia Britannica " it is with the rebels, but they aim to tell the exact facts in a cold, historical way, just as they treat of events and persons in any country. This is pre cisely what the rebels do not want. They would quarrel with the multipli cation table because it does not eulogize rebel heroes. The whole thing is very alarming. It shows a widely-organized, most deter mined effort to pervort history, to shut out knowledge from the youth of one third of the country, and to poison their minds with the most dangerous teach ings as to the glory of plotting rebellion against the Government of tho United States, and of fighting desperately to make that rebellion a success. It cannot be too strongly condemned. The court records show that in Grcencville County, S. C, there have been 32 murders in the past three years, or nearly one a month, and the Charles ton News and Courier says that " Grcenc ville is not much worse than other Counties in the Slate." Common, plain people will be apt to think that the best place for Senator 'fiflnian to begin his "reforms" would be by making human life a little more secure tin his own State. . Lord Masiiam recently challenged the famous Cobden Club of England to produce proof that Free Trade is superior to Protection, and backed his challenge with an offer of $5,000 for such proof. The club sneaked otjl; Ij'y a pretense of lofty assumption that' the superiority is so complete aud self:evyleiit as to need no proof. . Send for No. 11, of tho National Tr.inuNE Library, which contains an authoritative life of Maj. "Wm. McKinley, of Ohio, who has just been nominated for tho Presidency by the Republican party. Price 5 cents a copy ; six for 25 cents; 30 for $1; $3 per 100. It will readily sell in every community in the country.- , -" i TnE REBEL GHOST DANCE AT RICH MOND. Some years ago the people were much disturbed by tho prevalence of "ghost dances " among the Indians. At these affairs the Indians would gather in large numbers from great distances, and spend days in " exercises " where the wrongs done their people by the wliitC3 would be recounted by eloquent speakers, the stories of the valorous deeds done by gallant warriora against the wicked pale-faces would be told in burning words for the youths to drink in, the scalps of slain whites and other trophies of battle would be proudly exhibited, the survivors of the doughty warriors would be accorded the highest honors, there would be " cheers for the living, tears for the dead," and all present woidd be worked up into a frenzy. These performances became so demoral izing and so threatening of danger that the Government finally prohibited them and put them down by force. It was in suppressing a ghost-dance at 'Wound ed Knee that a bloody fight took place, when Sitting Bull, the Jeff Davis of the Indian Confederacy, was killed. Since their suppression peace has reigned along the whole of the formerly turbu lent border. The performance at Richmond differed from these only in degree and details. The spirit and character were the same. Men and women, professing to be loyal to the Government and flag of the United States, met in the Capital of the late so-called Southern Confederacy for a three-davs Ghost Dance over the "Lost Cause." Professing to be glad that slavery was dead, aud the Union restored and strongly cemented, they met to lay, with the most impressive ceremonies, the corner-stone of a monu ment to eternally glorify the man who will forever live in history simply as the wicked instigator of a rebellion to destroy the United States and erect on their ruin3 another Nation, the corner stone of which should be human slavery. They lauded to the skie3 everyone who had done much or lit tle to aid in carrying out thi3 nefa rious scheme. They brought out all the old emblems of that terrible strug gle, and bent in tearful reverence before them as Catholics do before the remains of a saint oi1 portions of a True Cross. Not a thin was left undone to impress the minds of every boy and girl in the whole South that incomparably the most glorious thing in life was to have done something tp bring about the causeless war which desolated the land for four years, aud to have fought obstinately and persistently to win a victory which would have secured the disruption of the United States and the establishment of an em pire where one portion of the people would have been bound hopelessly to unrequited toil for the other. There was not an expression of regret that the war had been begun, only that it had failed. All this i3 exceedingly alarming to every peace-loving, patriotic man, just as the Indian ghost dances alarmed the frontier settler. It looks like the prepa ration of a mine, which may explode at any time, and spread distress and ruin all around. If the lessons which were taught by the Ghost Dance at Richmond mean anything, if they found lodgment in the hearts of the young people of a section comprising nearly one-third of our country, the future of the Nation may well fill every loyal heart with solicitude, if not actual dread. What may happen when the time conies for this seed to blossom and bear fruit? Those having Tins National Trib une Library, sets 1 to G, certainly want the next, 6-7 to 12. Sent 25 cents for the set. Talk about titles in the, G.A.R. One ought to read the reports in the Richmond papers of the Jeff Davis Ghost Dance. Every Commander of a Camp of the United Confederate Vet erans is a full Colonel, every Com mander of the Camps of a Stale is a Major-General, and there aro Brigadier Generals, Lieutenant-Generals, and full Generals everywhere and on all possible occasions. TnE London Times says that "in Cuba everywhere outside the Province of Havana the rebels appear to be mas ters of the situation." This is certainly the case, and will continue to he the caso until the patriots get strong enough to expel the Spaniards from Havanaj which is only a question of time. If- you want a perfect knowledge of the situation in Cuba, send for No. 9, National Tribune Library. ARIZONA. Confederates In tho Territorial Saddle Editor National TnimjSE: The depos ing of Gov. L. C. IfngheiTby President Cleve land and the appointment of B. J. Franklin as his successor as Governor of Ariznnn, is a culmination of a struggle which has been in progress in Arizona for nearly 20 years. Hughes wa a veteran Union soldier, Frank lin a Confederate soldier. Ilujjlirs went to Arizona in 1870 on account of hroken health, partly the result of hard service, and entered the practice of law. In 3S77 he commenced the publication of the Star, the first Demo cratic paper published in Arizoun. Ho was a leading spirit in organization of tho Demo cratic p;irty in the Territory; and the party at once controlled the politics of the Terri tory. But no sooner organized and its strength discovered than the Confederate Democrats determined to control the party, aud nomi nated all of the principal candidates from that element. Hughes rebelled, and openly declared that the Northern Democrats should have equal representation as long 'as ihey represented half the party. This caused the starting of an opposition paper to Hnuhes. But, to hold the party togetler, the Northern Democrats were recognized. Tho fight was then directed agiiust Ilughfs with tlie determination to drive him out of the party. No less than six daily and seven weekly papers were started by the Con federate element, all of which had to sus pend, until now Hughes has a clear field. Every time Hughes has been a candidate for the National Conventions, the Confeder ates have fought him bitterly, simply be cause he has been a lcidmg G.A.K. Demo crat. They openly declare that he ha-i no right to be in the Democratic party. He has twire defeated them. He was the Chairman of the Arizona Delegation at Chicago four jears ajjo and cast ihe Arizona vote for Cleveland. This gave him the Gov ernorship of the Territory But ii3 soon a he In-camea candidate thirj element was vio lently opposed to him, with three excep tions being those who wanted his assist ance to Recti ro places; but as soon aa they were appointed they opened war upon their benefactor, and when asked the reaiona why, they stated they did not propose to all tv a Yankee to be Governor of the Territory, and, uniting with the saloon and gambling elements, tney carried on a moat malignant war against Hughes, which they declared they would continue uutiLa South ern gentleman wus appointed to succeed him. Then they demanded that all of the im portant appointments be made Irom that element of that party. Hughes answered, he would make an equal distribution; this wa- not acceded to. aud tue war was more ,. . -, , ,, ,!! niueny wageu. ivn kiuu 01 cnarges ere !i.i ;..,.. tr... .!.,. t. tt..:.,i ,,, lliru tlillJJOU A k ii,iOj LIIU UHAlli 04lVX Marshal and the Secretary of the Territory being Virginians and bitterly hostile for the light. Grand juries were parked, and the majorities were Southerns, or enemies of Hughes. Trumped-up charges were pre sented, hut without avail. Then they ap pealed to the Southern Senators; theState lioc.d was Hearing lor Arizona, aud if Hughes was allowed to remain Governor, that cither two Yankee Democrats or two Republicans would be elected Senators. This appeal brought them strength. Secretaiy Smith was appealed toon same line, and when Hughes demanded an inves t igat ion of the charges against him, he asked the President, to send a Northern man, or at least not a Southern or a Confederate Colo nel. The investigation was made, but by two Cou'ederatcs, who were in the hands of the Southern element during all the time of their visit; but notwithstanding all this, Himhes met and demolished overcharge. It is worthy oi notice that during Himhcs's ndministratidii there has been a reduction of the cst of maintaining the Government of the Territory in every branch of trout 15 to 25 per tent. As an illustration, the Terri torial Prison was reduced from i3 cepts per capita per day to 53 cents per capita, and every institution improved and the service greatly enhanced. This is admitted even by Hughes's enemies. DuV the war was kept up. and a nearly all of tho Federal ap pointees in the Territory vere Southerners, their sympathy was with the open enemies of Hughes, as they wished for a Confederate as Governor. Aud without a word of notice Gov. Hnghe3 was summarily removed ou March 30, and D. J. Franklin appointed, and until this day Gov. Hughes has not been given as much as an intimation of the cattj-e oi the President's action. Hut the light of 20 years has been won by the Confederates. They have tem porari'y defeated Hughes, the Yankee sol dier as they aiieeriugly call him. They have placed in his stead a Confederate soldier who has only been living in the Territory three years, never paid a cent of taxes to the Territory nor did one thiug in the interest of Arizona. Now there nre but three Northern Demo crats holding otlice under President Cleve land in Arizona. All the remainder are Confederates the entire Supreme Bench and the Judges of the District Courts, the United States Marshal, the Ilevenue Col lector, the Customs Collector, the Secretary of the Territory, aud Indian Agents; a swarm of hungry inspectors and special agents 'mostly Irom Georgia and Missouri, and now they have topped out the whole business with their Governor. It is said that the last Democratic victory for many years to come will have been in the past, for the soldiers and other Y'ankee Democrats won't be dominated by that ele ment of the party who were disloyal to the flag of their country ; and while they are willing that they shall participate in the benefits of the party, they cannot control it entire with them in tho ranks; hence the future will be watched with interest. Douglas Democrat, Tucson, Ariz. Garrett A. Ilolmrt. Editor National Tribune: I have just returned irom the National Convention at St. Lonis, where I had been ptttliug in some very bard work for Garrett A. Hobart, for Vice-President. Hobart is a very old and valued friend. When I was in business in New York 1867-70 I lived at Paterson, and got to know him very well. I am a Jerseyiwan, born at Ogdensbnrg, Sussex County. I can say to -all the old Jersey bys and G.A.K. comrades that in Hobart we have a true, steadfast friend. Never was there a better ticket offered tr the voters of this country. Capt. "W. A. Oarux, Ness City,Knn. TRIBUNETS. Indianapolis Journal: "One of tho remarka ble paradoxes of politics," said the Cornfed Phi losopher, ' is nrosented in the performance of a man buying largo aud numerous quantities of liquids to inuko himself solid." Lawrenco Hutton, in Harper's Weekly: Wlintnre the wild wavct saying, As over the siiikU they sili? "Why do tliey groan nml grumble? Id It 'citliae thoy're tied so higlj? My child, the wild waves murmur, And nnsrrj- piisxinns show. Because omc ctrcIcs- wader Has stepped on their under-toe. The gun-makors aro now complaining about the bicycle crnze. Young men put into wheels nionoy that they formerly put into guii3, cheap aud high-priced; and not moro thau one-fifth as many guu3 nro sold as formerly. Life: Jones Brookes is dead. Brown Well, I'm not surprised to hear it. Ilis doctor told mo ho thougut ho couM straighten him out. They accii3o Mark Hanua of being a coa- firmed gnm-chewor. That's to his credit. IS is an encouragement of homo mnnafaetnrers. Cleveland is a groat coitter of chewing-gum manufacture. Tmtk: Dydr What fe yonr bnsiwass, may I ask? Boorish Strnngtr Fm a goiithmne, sir. That's my bus4n9. Dyr-Ali,tyj'va foiled, I soo. s j'tmstmtmt Words: Mis Scme$;3 Waal w3 ont alon net, an n tiark night, I Saw a man, and Q ray zo&nts. hew I ran. Lit U Willie-And did you ttk Mm, Mk3 Scrocga ? , Cincinnati Snqttirtrr Watts Been Tending anything about these Cuba a atrocUiii? Potts X ; bnt Tva got a box ef 'ea at hmo that my vi(b twagkt frm an aMcsed smug gler. Out in CM.irnKi tlioy aro Innjthinjr at tho men who pnid $.15.00 to seo a ifi mfciHta hog ging match IteUvMu CrWtt ami Starkty, two alleged pugilists. Tho porsoaa! hsbiis of "SHvr Dick Bland have become of interest. At hew Mn Mix zoora" he navtir wsara a collar cxM?bn Sun days. Ha wtars high bts mt ot tho Mme, and a staueh bat, and ofctws a (gnitftter of a pound of tobacco per day. -, The next thing we aro to Hava ht that, as a means of identIcatin,aman will h7temako a print of his thnmh in ink. in addition to his signature. A man's siznatitre may bo counter feited, but tho print of his thumb never. Tho whorls on no two men's thnmbs are exactly or even nearly arik. Gen. W. E. Hobson is to run in tho Third Kentucky District as an im7ciindnieuM'!idata for Congress, against Dr. W. Go4(Ty Hiuiitor, Republican, tho present Representative, and John S. Rea. the Democratic candidate. Gen. Hobson is an out-and-oufc Gold mnn, and de nounces the other two as Freo Silver men. Ha 13 at present Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief of tho Grand Army of the Republic PERSONAL. GcnGnstavns W. Smith, who dietl recently at his Iioiiie in New York City, wa3a m.'tn from whom tho rebels expected much, bnt were badly disappointed. It was always claimed by hira ami Hia frinria Hifif Kid f.il...n .... r.A . Ta I . ...,. ...i. Ma.uv ...o ...iiu, u rrtT uuo fcu iou nnwt. . . , , .. ,., " J ". " uuwou. u ivm wrn id JCcntucky, and graduated in 13-12, from We3t Point, the eighth in a class of which John Newton, Rosecrans, John Pope, E. V. Johnson, Seth Williams, Abner Doubleday. GeorgoSykea; N. J. T. Dana, D. H. Hill, .MeLaws. Van Dora and Long3trcet were member?. He resigned from tho Army in 1S5G, and became ona of Fernando Wood's henchmen, and was appointed Street Commissioner of New York City. Ha resigned this in 13C1, to go into tho rebel army, and Jeff Davi3 appointed him a Major-Genoral. He did not give satisfaction during the Penin sular Campaign, was relieved and in retirement during tho rest of tho war, until Sherman be gan tho March to tho Sea, when bo was put ia coramaud of tho Georgia Militia. Ho wroto a book to explain that his failures were not due to Iii3 incapacity, but to Jeff Davis's jcalonsy. A. R. Lawton, who was educated at West Point, and left tho Army to join the rebels, became Quartermaster-General with tho rank of Brigadier-General, and after whom tho prison-pen at 3IiIIen wa3 named, died last week at Clifton Spring, N. Y. He had to have his disabilities removed when President Cleve land, during his firsfterm, appointed him 3Iia ister to Austria. Miss Gtrolino TJpham, only daughter of tho comrade who ia Governor of Wisconsin, 13 en gaged to be married to Phil H. Sawyer, grand son of tho ex Senator from Wisconsin. Miss Upham is a lovely girl, with a fine mind, well cultivated, and devoted to good works for those around her. Hot afiianced, who will inherit moat of the ex-Senator's wealth, is a fino young fellow, a graduate of tho Wisconsin University, an all-around athlete, aud very popular. Secretary Lamont has directed that tho forti fication and army post at David's Island, N. Y., Le named Fort Slocum, after tho latcMaj.-Gen William H. Slocum. Maj. E. W. Halford, who was President Har rison's Private Secretary, aud is now Paymaster of the United Statc3 Army, stationed at Den ver, lyis sustained a compound fracture of his right leg by falling from a bicycle. Maj. Hal ford served during the war as a Paymaster's clerk. R. D. Ward, who wa3 a Captain in tho robol army, and during most of tho war commandanb of Cast'.e Thunder, at Richmond, died at tha& city July 2. Ho was a lawyer by profession, and had been for years Tipstaff of tho Stats Supreme Court of Appeals. Tho London Chronicle says McKinloy is the most striking personality who has arisen on tho Republican side since Mr. Blaine. It i3 said that nearly every person in West Fryeburg (JIo.) is tho descendant of a soldier of tho Revolution or war of 1512. Col. Robert M. Douglas is tho son of the dis tinguished Stephen A. Douglas, and was Private Secretary to President Grunt, who appointed him United States Marshal of North Carolina. Ho hold tho oilico soveral years, and has since made tho Stato his home. His son, Robert Dick Douglas, recently graduated with high honors from Georgetown University, winning two gold medals. MUSTERED OUT. Veterans of the Country's Grandest Army "Who Have Answered the Last Cull. Fribnd. At Middlebnrg, N. Y., June 26, o; paralysis, Peter Friend, Co. D, 13-lth N. Y., aged 73. On account of wounds received at) Gettysburg, Comrade Friend was transferred to Co. il, 2d batt-ilion, Veteran Reserve Corp3, in which organization ho served to the close of the war. Ilowasauiomberand faithful attend ant of Moso Tompkins Po3t. -185. Mookiian. At Chicago. 111.. Jnuo21, Martin Moorman, aged 53. Comrade Moorman enlisted at Charlestown Navy-yard, May 31, 1S62, as ordinary seaman, aud washouorablydisclmrgod at Philadelphia Navy-yard, June 10, 13B-1. He was wounded at Itaton Rougcaud Port Hudson. The funeral services wero under tho auspices of W. S. Hancock Post, 5U0, at Rose Kill Cem etery. Chicago, III. Sauava.su. At Goblfiold, Colo., Juno 6. of pneumonia, Anton M.SarwuBb, Co. B,03th Ohio, aged 09. Davis. At South Chicago, 111., June 22, of disease contracted in theservico.S. Paris Dvis, Co. H, loth III., aged 51. Comrade- Davis en listed Sept. 19. 1861, and sorvod four years. Ha was a member of A. E. Burnsido Post, 109, De partment of Illiuois. Ho Avas given a military burial under tho auspices of tho Post, and laid to rest at Oak wood Crmetery. The Post Avas accompanied by its Relief Corps and tho Ladies of the G.A.R. Snyder. At Canton, 111., Juno 10. of disease contracted in the service, Anderson M. Snyder, Co. E, 113th 111. Joe Hooker Post. G9, of which hoAvasan honored member, conducted tho funeral services. Hiti-sizec At Canton. III., Juno 21. David llulsizer, Co. E. HUt N. J. Deceased was a member of Post 171. Bushiieil. 111. Thofuneral Ava3 under the auspices of Joe Hooker Post, 69, of Canton. Wkiout. At Lawrence, Neb., May 7, T. J. Wright, Co. F, 37th III., nged 51. Comrada Wright was elected Jnnior Yico Commander of C. A. Arthur Po3t. 242, in December lust, but was tukou ill aud wus never installed. Ha leaves a widow and two.d&uhttrs. "- - - - '. i . i.-