Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1892, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDA SEPTEMBER 23, 1892. \ BRIL I | VT \FF AIR |Triabie, Mra Matthew ‘Trimble, Mra. M. P. | nj Mr._@. E, Whitman, Oxford. Nob.; Mra, ‘WOMEN IN SESSION. NAVAL REMINISCENCES. am, HAP To TIONT THEIR war OUT. 2 ] S=_—=—"'"'= y , Arrowemith, J. T. Haller, Mrs. G. M. Thomas, Ful Nebraska; iam E. row, past — pd a oe 4 UILLEANT AFPALR Dr. 3D, Carnan, Philip’ §. Biglan, L lmace, commander Department of Connecticut: BF au Era of Good Pooling Marke the Morning | Jock Tare Limon to 2 hover, Mistortent cunts — serps te reas of all in P as us. x - } Ww hner, Chas. B: , Lewis A. Havens, executive commissioner Session. were surrounded rebs. inal Highest Leavening ower.——L G R rt tow? | to such predicaments our men thought the rag cert, oT Jane; | SECOND DAY'S SEASION OF THR WOMEN'S RE- WHEN THE SPEECHES WERE DONE THERE was A! proper caper for an army surrounded by an e LIEF CORPS CONVENTION—THE PRESIDENT, | RECEPTION—DANCING ON THE DECK oF THE| enemy was to surrender. But Grant rode and Mre. BG ; Leavenworth, Kans. | aims, ANDERS, PRESENTED WITH GOUVENIR| KEARSAROR—A HLEAGANT HOCIAL FEATURE— sence anon aad sald thy bad tage thete way Mise Emilio Baltimore; Col. and! Spooxe, OLD SEAMEN PLEASED. Under the inspiration of this, to them, new ides rn a enpe ace they were ready to follow their leader any- . ). A. |. Bost ar’ AEE | | The first business of the morning session of | It may be a superfluous announcement to | {hey wert ready to fol Seeger a Mr. George €. . books be ordered. In the matter of the court and board her in regular man-of-war style, 'F# in the fact that it was the first pitched bat- the ni nal convention of the W.R.C. today make that there was a storm blowing off Grand force in between our men and the transports. | tle i of © Missis ver 01 4 > M. Sinith, inquiry tn the case of Mrs. Clark of Ohioit was The North Atlantic tars bad their reunion in | 4¢,'2 th¢ valley of the Mississippi river oroper THE CLOSING SESSION, E (Continued from First Pave.) fe, Capt. E.P. Mine C. * ; Margaret Wickins, senior vice president, took | that section of the city, and they need no in-|8"d shrapnel drove them back in confasion. Macartne : ded it formation of the sort, In nautical phraseology, Before they had time to reform our men suc- b Raub, John the gavel during the discussion and wiel ion . 7 pl BY: ceeded in reaching the transports and re-em- } Nel oF ot aang mde A Pan ‘with firmness and decision. | the gule of the lust two days made the sea too barking. Gen. Graut being the last one to } Miss He Philadel P. H. ‘Talbot, 3 The committee approved the president's | rough for old sailors of the Mississippi equad-| cross the gangplank. The gunboats covered ie Ws . Philadelp recommendation that more ritual and red roa to take their wives alongside the Kearsarge the retreat. The importance of this fight cen- was the report of the committee on the presi- | Army Place yesterday afternoon, because there At this crisis the Tyler and Lexington got the dent's report and recommendations. Mrs. | were a great’ many disappointed veterans in | Tange of the rebels and with five-second «hells dewpobal 5 ine ereava ror 2 Teceanten IB the frst battle in which Grant commanded, aud | ze u: Sirs W. Oram, | decided that the Ohio department mast pay tho the morning and mannged to scull arhore from the first battle In which the flotilia took pert. |The Emeampment Finisheo Up Yee B. Howes, Utica, N. Y.; Col expense of that courtof inquiry. ‘The national the port side before the gale reached ita height. ik should not be forgotten that the unboa oa | za gare) prey aca paneee noe psi rea Fare Mice Mamie 7 Smith, iss Mary Urell. A. F. Spere, department has defrayed those expenses and But their shipmates, who expected to have a this occasion not only rendered a service to the : feades, Edward Clarkson, Mise 1 | Washington; Mra. Willifin"H. Mitchell, Sous ‘ink (he woke: eae the na- jollification mepaty Ware octapaticd to sig- | T™y And to the country in an ordinary sense, | The delegates to the national encampment | The two hundred members of the Nineteenth Weber, Signor Muriai Washington: Col. and’ Mes. Weber, Mri r : in view of Gen. Grant's subsequent career, having determined to finish the business of the | Obio Infantry Associntion who attend : ie tional department. | nal the Kearsarge that they must wait for a / ort, Vermont; F. Kenfleld | ? and more particular sense. In this body took a short recess yesterd: d partook campment have be ving in clove a pot ecr deg Nears It was decided that Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer | smoother swell and rising tide. The man-of- first fight the fotilis by ite wrest aervine ene eo nie aiecints cans - : eat bone oxen fa lunch in the basement of Albaugh’s, which past week. They are stopping at the residence Me Le 3 be emplosed at a stated salary to be fixed by war commander on Grand Army Place is noth- balmed its memory in glory aud took ite place © P i a ort, Me y D. the patlannl convention, toremain permanently ing Tut accommodating, and the mate was | in undying history.” if had been prepared by the ladies of the Poto- of their old comman’ w Senator Charles ton: "Mrs. annie, |in Washington to help work for the army instructed to answer the «gral, with an invita-| In describing the capture of Fort Henry by | mac Relief Corps. Punctually at 3 o'clock Com- | Smith, Richmond, Va.; E. 7. nurses’ pension claim. An official roster of all tion to the sailors to board about 7 o'clock last | the flotilla Col. Micbael said: “The flotilla was mander Palmer resumed the gavel and steered | pafomas Mu. Elliott, department | Past, national officers was ordered. It was night, ‘The signal officer would have said ix | in position below the fort at the time agreed the business through many a etormay tone of Via and Wyoming: Mrs. J. 8. oficiully decided that the National W. R. C. bells, but he was afraid some of the tara had | upon, but the army was detained by heavs rains Gehate Soin bibles’ SGbGhichin aust 44 a> Metter, Salt Lake City; Mr, and Mrs. RC, | should be fitly represented at the wArld’s fair, | forgotten thetr sea dinlect since 1865. jand mud. After waiting in vain for three da: ty ee ee eee ee page, Charlotte | Gotta, C + Scott, collector internal, and that $50 be collected from each devart-| There were some adventurous spirits ashore, | for the army to come Foote determined to at- @Yening. Comrade Gray, on behalf of the com- 2 and wife, Gen. Ira revenue fifth district of Kentucky; Mr. and nt to defray the expenses and that each W. however, aud quite a number of veterans man: tack the fort alone. The armored vessels mittee on seniority of Posts, reported in fay W. Weeks, (©: Wislior, Maia: hh Shafe ae far us possible assist in decorating the HAD A ROYAL TIME. ingt ween 4 the en- _—- aged to reach the black bulk and Inspect the | formed the drst line and fhe wooden the second: of a new committee, no member of which id wife, 4 3 y Richmond, quarters, old ship before sundown. In a few hours the Firing begun at 1,700 vards and continued till should r terested “Mise Allen, 0. | ¥ Me 3 : At this point several ladies who wished to fol- | you caster bad lessened its fury a triffe and the | the vemele were within 600 yards of the works, — peice — mye = 3 || Moore ‘and Bessie Pal low the proceedings from the printed reports Jong boat brought hundreds to the taffrail over | The fighting was terrific. In one hour and pag apps edgerstolan ded | W. HL Avery, : Hall, Col. asked for them, and it wae discovered that all the choppy waves, for uot only was the Missis- forty minutes the rebe! flag was hauled down of the G. A. R Comrade Woods of Illi vis, the | noand Mrs. Jo. | 3 ) Vermont; | the report« had c Where they have sippi squadron going to have a reunion, but and Gen. Tilghman surrendered the fort and tt adjutant general in the order, was allowed Hart, Mie May . Fred. A. Arnold Vermont; | gone is « the national officers of the Naval Veterans’Asso- garrison to the navy. Upon the arrival of the te read the old records of that department in J, Me.;| The t'* action in continuing the col- cation were abourd, ready to hold « levee for army « fe this connection, also exhibiting the original pa- Miss Wilse A.W dQ wil Dr. §. J. Patterson Relic ©. He dark Binck lace and scarlet bite stik and chiff lodgers, J. W. Redaers, ored corps in the south aw provisional depart- their shipmates. They came lke Sir Joseph i Pere. The encampment adopted the suggestion homas G. Sample fe, Mee. A. L Miles, 5 . Z. | ments was approved ‘ Porter, FC. By, of operatic memory. but with of the committee and the foliowing counnittes K. Spencer, Mins Spen. 7 Pon Vi; Gan. J The recommendation concerning the now | the British admiral’s numerous relatives in- proved themselves capable of enduring ‘head ™% Ppo ated: Robert B. Beath, Penusylvania; of California, and famous Potomac Corps wus rend, and the inter- a: T. J. Ms est that hud heretofore been lacking at once Rkofstadt, Cal made itself fel | | creased. wrere old tars’ wives, daug- on" the severest battling the enemy was able at ©. H a Ohio, and Charles H. Freeman, | ters, cousins and old tars’ aunts, peri As | that time to give them. Some of them were 5 a ‘ " rora to the sweethearts, the log ie makes no struck fairly over thirty times, sustaining only | A Committee of ladies from the Woman's Re- WHERE =B aT. Mire Fiteh, ©. G ga : Mie Morris, Capt. 3 . | Indiana hardly waited for the conclusion of | record, But the crew wasn't daunted, and slight indentations, But fora serious disaster lief Corps and another from the Army Nurses’ F. Manderson, at the ‘ ed silk: Mra. b | e re Haute; Mre Capt. Myer the chairman's report to move the adoption of even if it isn't quite sailor-like to bave brilliant | to the Essex the fort would have been captured | Association were then announced, and business streets. A tent lins bee ted a vacant “Mrs. Harriet 2 1 a md J has A. Clark, j the report, Mrs. Kute B. Sherwood offered a/ electric lights swinging between the mizzen, | without serious loss to our side. A shot pene- "ae suspended to permit their introduction to Jot on Senator Manderron’s and the e@jeining . ey St ne fe, y. “ jeneveive MeDe substitute for the resolution. main and foremasts instead of at port and star- | trated the port bow of that vessel, killing sev- the encampment. Property, and the boys have been band» Husk Cr: i ¢ ; S ) enn Seiby Neb.;| Mrs. Florence E. Baker objected to further | hourd, thedazzling reflectors made the scene one eral people and cut the middle boiler’ The _ Mra Annie Wittenmeyer, on behalf of the Thea k I a ai ‘eb EK, Val- | proceedings until the roll hud been called and thut delighted theold tare particnlarly, to nay | ied with steam and hot water and all first, said she represented 1 women who entertained. Senate, | the convention beeamo « legally constituted nothing of the “‘cousiny and ants.” Ae there | who could do so jumped into the water to es- | ¥eF interested in aiding the work of t . At the reunion of the regiment held yestor Tanks Wiatnnaster . . Mr ound body, which it had not been yet according to was to bea naval bali during the evening one | cape being sealded. The flotilla lost. two in BR. Commander Palmer responded in his day Gen. Chas, F, Manderson was elect Haymond and wife, Mrs. G. D. Teme 2 era, rules and regulations of the body, which ensign forgot his official reserve and suggested killed and nine wounded beside twenty-eight baPpy manner, and then Mrs Tolman, re dent; Capt. Reefy, vice president; « G. W. Wilson, Mre. James 1 dea, ad tmuke obligatory toa legal voting body the call that the “scuttle butts” might be «lightly tinged | budly scalded, several of whom died. There *enting the army nurses, stepped forward. ‘The , or the bureau of foreign correspe ad jet; Miss A. Col. GW. Wilson, J of the roli of the properly authorized delegates. with punch and ices, and no! would find | were nineteen soldiers on board, nine of whom boss Were on their feet to greet her. snet allies Aceaxtiaanh eure aint emai, Ragan, faw velvet: Mre. W. won and wife, Miss avell, M : or mernbers. fault. The suggestion was acted upon later, were scalded, four fatally. The fate of the Mrs. Tolmen’s address was short. She «poke | P 4 . : It was bombshell and exploded with force. | after Commodore Michnel had done himself Essex made ‘apparent acinss of accidents to | cl, compiler of the Con- | Before action could be taken Mrs. Sarah E. Ptl-! a. w proud in tendering the freedom of | which the gunboats were liable.” | -hington: | ler,past national president,wsked forinformation | the Kearsirge to the visitors of the evening, iss Nellie concerning the badge of the order. The rules ofthe work the nurse had done in the past, pledged her service to the old soldier as long at j her life lasted. and then presented to the en- THE CARONDELET'S ¥AMOUS RUN. ” campment an album cont he jtographs ‘ pe | ef ther Wor ker Gritakeris cinerea ee JUDGE CoWLEY’'s REM GIES. After describing the part taken by the flotilla | of all the uueses ¢ nat had guthered in Weshing- aihdy aumeniel Mrs, aor c a fsabingtor 7 ‘ bronze badge of the order be worn sn conven: | From the recesses of the leck @ band | at Donelson and Pittsburg Landing be described | ton at thi at reunion. Many of the eyes in «nth Ohio was a regiment which —— 3 ‘ nt of Oregon; | tion of that body or refrain from voting or Suddenly burst forth with: 7 hie sey agen mere ~~ carepdelet run- the gathering were seutery as abe spoke, and hard service during the war, It was riped silk a . _ A 1 jcLecr, at action of any kind Many of the ladies and directly the rendition wa: fad | nly onetet Bas acteurs i lbeory me 18 Sa Jer-in-chief was also much affected raleod in northeastern Obio for the three tan silk an Mis 7 da Tanner, : sof Ne- | present wore badges and | ywain Goodenough piped all baud to the quar- | and sole when Gone roe telegraphed Foote | Comes, at methane 3 eee . Ee oni ee : 2 ‘00 de 1 ° e death of of Mc a ay of Went Vir i e Mil ; t! rented Judge Charles Cowley to the veterans | cous of our operations hung upon your decision raged incor pty pel gonad enpre| frbegy mien 4 r Washington 3 and the former judge advocate of the North | and that with two gunboats below all would be | eyreg appointed. to “yy _— ane & Vt; Mise nate sa and South Athuntic xquadrons entertained them Paid tn lather oles ceapactes teas ae in the journal of the = Servi y n bronze bi rae with « short but clever address, in which he All except Capt Welker of the fares, *Bcampment. The same was also ordered for n. Manders« tid co; an i P alluded to the Kearsarge featureof thiseneamp- Neier hein ag kee cee eae Eero the late Comrade McClelland of Pennsylvania, | c: the right 3. SH ‘ ‘i n copper ne rules and that presentation badge be ofi- | the heart of the ex-railor of the civil #trife long muzzles almost touching the vensel’s sides, must | aZistration. firing on Sumter. Maj. Powers, Dr. and 3 deri ci recognized, which i oA e« Ic uieant at last, said Judge Cowley. result in disaster to the vessel wactchaen’ A CUP PRESENTED TO GEN. ALOR. The regiment re-enlisted for three years and J. Safford, Mise Safford, G. Binffs; A. L. 6 ‘ ona; patno ee seperate that thé claims of Jack were to be recognized | Walke was ready to make the venture. At 10| Past Commander R. A. Alger of Michigan was | waa ig Bon = ag tm | jughter, G. W. Trow, ex-Sena- 1 vt : admit Rev. Dr. Stakely of the by the e« i i - ‘de — a isaiees teint ard, Si er. oro, Orchar 1 dang = f ox : : ‘Ghurols who caine (eco res fin cogte by the e PecLAor astm cour med ta o'clock p. m.. when the little vessel «wnng loose | then made the recipient of a handsomely chased Misa % Hope Church, Kene- eters = peerecrany and headed down stream on her Perilous trip. @ | silver “loving cup" asa token frota his friends - ; ; thunder storm arose. In the mid: in the G. A. R., the spokesman being Comrade | Jonesboro Thix was the sort of sentiment to strike a) the peale of thunder, the lurid flashes of li, Cramer of Maxplaes. oe oon and an responsive chord among the hundreds of mem- | ning playing about her, she plunged through | The commitire on resolutions reported i: : eee eo corteg Misissippl squadron and it did | the narrow and foaming channel, exposed alike | largo muse of businese rope an eared on the | It fought unde Tree Creek, Atlanta, 5 s. Dora T. Voorhis, | LC. He mcceed MeMurrar, ligh Mrs. “Mary L. Todd, P rs, Boston, Miss | very “ vention of his Biers s back - 5 Ps y d lis Michael, Virginia, | loyalty, ks was extended him 1 their approve to the enemy's fire and the f a ly, bi a 2° iho fallowing ¢ urane nemy’s fire and the danger of ground- | main adversely, but favorably on the followin, Gale, mauve oO. , . Jol wning, J. iL. Mandles, | * ; Ta full assurance ‘of demonstration. ing; now wrapped in impenetrable dark propositions, ‘and which the encampasnt satin, Mrs. Maria Sterling, blac! | again when “Commodore” Michuel ow in the full blaze of the lightuing's glare, | [hobo dine: Mrs. Hendley x | TO THE BATTLEFIELDS, A GIFT TO MES. SANDERS. |delivered the address of the reunion on the | hardly knowing whither she was hesling, vet | Ut t full statistics of the several confederate Millis, gray and pin! lwe tive Post, O. L. Mahe J | Just as the president was about to proceed | $ettions of the eqnadron proper. held firmly in course by her brave Siren y n lace with lavender ribbons: Mra Elizabeth Smith, | Fran : Adolph von Hawke aud | oye porty 7 wiiike Sacer oE Oo ec ee | SO aus ae mags Oe nk Teen to mdiian Gas “isan black moire; Mise Hertha Lincoln, p e | wife, H. Dickson be B. Sherwood interrupted the proceedings to! He said that the flotilla should not be con- | glory. Palmer and forbidding posts of the Grand Army go eye; Me. 6. 5. Dine Rieck Ins; Mire meee, Jen. 0 - Le | : ee ee ee founded’ with the Missints aacan ait was the first feat of the kind in the war, | to machi in line with the confederate flag ae Harrison Dingman, white faille and point lace, |. Whitcomb, Mre. Hattie Excursions to a win or-| make a presentation of some dozen or more - PPE sq u preceding that of Farragut running by Forts! Recommending that the marine hospital at : silk; Mrs. Frank T. Samuels, Miss Carrie F. | der. The old soldiers are ail leaving for the | souvenir spoons, the gift of Mrs. D, I ke though the latter when organized absorbed & Phillips and .Jackson three weeks, which New Orleans, now vacant and not used, be se- A \4 lace: Miss Mary Howe, n J. French, 'B. K. Heister where so many of their number died and | of \< various “depart what was left of the flotilla. The flotitia proper | fact adds additional luster to the glory ‘of the | cured es soldieee bane fee te on Fi pearl colored cre - | Miss L 1 bied for their countr urg is most | {© their tutional president, Mrs, Sunder © Tomler, gunboats, the | precedent set by the Carondelet. The Pitts- |” Requesting Congrem to. order the display of org’ ee a ae an oe one Sy, Mra” Allie "Hopkins, | Popular, and, a this is not | testimonial of this the pxington au oxo, the ‘rst barg followed the example of the Carondelet | the natioual Bag from all publisbuildings evens 17 Missioner Ross, yellow dotted crepe 07 ok mma = Murray, Mra. Hopkins, | POF Sri ® Mississippi the following night, and within three’ days the day in 1e Year, \WF7 the seme color; Annie J. i nd} Lemuel C. Brady, Frank K. Leach, Dr. James | remarkable. P veterans | Mrs. Sherwoud eloguent in the and its. tribu ironclad: rebel army of 7,000 men and three general offi Asking Congress to erect a monument to the F B, Edwards, vite and dau were pres than at any | extieme. and a round of applau rested. ber ies on th cers the Cincinnati, Lout-- | cers surrendered to Gen. Pope and the island | private soldiers of the Union era Bar. eepvid.AS hia lg oe other er 8 good | evented che velvet case covered with | ville, Catro, Mow ¥. St. Louis, and batteries to Foote.” |" Referring the acceptance of the site of Ander- | y commanders, SOME OF THOSE PRESENT. pale peer story is told on the train ; and blue. | Pittsburg, and two heavier ironciads, After detailing the operations that followed | gonville prison from the Department of Georgia | Ain "kum ice Gon. N. Grensel, Mrs. Mary Kelly, Miss Ger-| . C. Hull Grant, $ placed upon the | named for Commodore Porter's ginia, Kentucky, Leuness: immediately after the surrender of Island 10 Bell Harvey, Mr. Geo. thither. e surrender of Islan: to the incoming council of administration. of some di me of the old nav y d the river fight between the flotilla and the | Teque. be diate publication of th - trade Kelly, Gen. Sickles, Gen. Brisbane, Gen. | Mrs. John Coll But not a few are thinki e afler the other lor Thomas H. Benton, or. ve ty aidaege questing ‘he immediate publication of the ali : . John Col one a e for Thomas H. on, 01 : Fist Piiow ths anes ~~ ae 4 Green B. Ream, John Beth of Wisconsin, Chas. 4 How th vod ride on gaining a hearing presented a souvenir strictly speaking, for Jesse Les Riad ronarsatbaseeyal asta rie aces Re aaa eee wis . N. ¥.; Johp Mackenzie of | Mre IT. Harvey, J. H. who bad the mm their partie art of the | in recognition of the fact that Gen. Fremont | } i Seiccacrit Whe | war waa ve Alabama, Mra Harriett L. Reed of Massachu-| Morgan, F. H. Waldron, Mis» Alice | aetna: nak. > work is, of © ard at beadquat- wa one of the first to recognize the necossity : iso sabel vans eaves ont lass la ee Eocrstaryof War to provides fag tives 213men were cither killed or “wounded John L. Parker of Lynn, Mass.; Com-| drou, Dr. E. Janney and wife, Miss E, : ters, (le that we will of gunboats on the we inland waters to | the atream and formed in double line of baitle pessoa er dre ape ont of Sie saan wise want tute tan Sgt, x C. A. Cureton of Albany, N. ¥.: Mra.| ney, Mr. Frank T. Howe, jr., J. B. 3 " i to rei 1 t for myself £ | co-operate with the lund forces and to prevent y to meet the advance of the flotilla. The x ISTRATION. | aca tanderson come Wyman, Mrs. Nichols, with Secre- and wife, W. Hall, Mrs. HO RP. to * 2 - | feel coutitent that we will rest ova big victory.” | destruction by armed vessels whick the enemy | rebels had not long to wait, for our vessela| The roll of departments was then called and | @fter Shiloh until in th a-Gov. end Mra. Fletcher of Mis-| Stafford, Col, and Mra. C. P. Lincoin, | The present «i eines a the mo — -o- = Gonstruct at the vutset of the re-| were already moving down upon them. The after the following named members of the reer rere pins Seqeteny Hobie, wite and Mise Halstead, | Ske Bertha Lincoln. Wie. Mayeo and Sought Get. Lav Gees ta WOMAN'S VETERAN RELIEF on, | bellion. pe of the flotilla extended | heights were crowded with men, women of administration had been announced regen Rosecrans, ex-Seuator Pitt Kellogg of | Mrs. an js Wa z i u over @ pe vear, one month and fifteen cted | days, and jerformed a very important part they doubtless believed the in reopening the Mississipp! river us far down | as Vicksbarg, wh ninth Kentucky ar Louisiana, Private Secretary Halford. present | John B. Mayre and wife, Dr. A. B. see the There yet surv from Misouri-—-Department Commander Chas. | and Miss Clements, C .. Stuart narad W. Whitebead, Mra. Whitehead, Past Depart-' H. RB. to witness, as a by the several delegations the en- | y would see, the campment ratified the elections: | ‘Linkum gunboate’ cleaned out. Theconfeder-| Alabama —J. C. Miller, Green Pond. | They FI Their Work —The New! 1 President, Mrs, terest E an ates fired the first gun, Our vesscls held their Arize ies Phas ee ent Commander . McClay, Mrs. Mary Kirkwood, J. others bore (Union adjourned last evening nfederate force be- | hardly on when the federal rams Queen of the | California —N. D'Osly, San Jowe. pra e e M. Hebner and wife. Mrs. Minuie L can o days’ seasion held in Lutheran Mem The gunboats | West and Monarch, under command of the im-| Colorado and Wyoming —G. W. Barker, Mani- muthncen teat ke Gene Albert Bidiop, W. E. Morgan, W. OS vate cal ing th Feat 1 pungey kept it open for navigation to government | petuons Fliet, sped down through our flotilla, tou Springs. . anderson, they having been preseuted to hima D. Hendrickacn, Thomas. M w ell oe acd, aati report of the re- | (rapsparta and auch busines as was aot con- | contrary to the plan agreed upon, and dashed | Conwocticat—T. I. Gill, Hartford. James K_ Milner, member council of adminis- % Andrews, Gen. M. M. Bane, Mrs. terest them. About 13,000 ring presi Belle into the midst of the enemy, exposing them-, Delaware—M. B. Fowler, Wilmit selves to our fire as well as that of thecnemy.! Florida—G. T. Foote, Belwood. The Queen made straight for the Lovell | Georgia—H. B. Mason. the aim of the national government was attained tion, Mrs. E. D. Baker. Mr. and Mrs. D. W ~K. Ellis and wife, &. F. Haven port, Pa e organization is having | at sarly ps in the war, the simultaneous tras p y Graves, Mr. and Mra. J P. Birdseye, Mr. J. F. Havens, Miss Jessie Havens, J. K. - i v ; i u rapid wth throughout the | movement of urmed vewels from the sea and | striking her amid-bips, sent her to the bottom: | Idabo—G. I. Shoup, Salmon City. a Kivite en Pf. J. H. nwick. Mre. K. — = = = aun fa Soetvad | United States, There are departments in Ohio, ey alin fens be cathy Food whe was roundis 622 for B chance at the | Ilinois—IL Dettrich, Chicago. ‘@.S. Grant, Ohio: . Hawe: : Chas. Randall, ©. Lair pis senor pail é . : , | Connection with land forces to ‘take possession Gen. Brice the Beauregar omed the | Inditna--W. H. Armstrong, Indianapoli 1 ell: le. neylvania, Michigan, [ihnois, Massachusetts | ‘ eit ratame 1 a a polis. shire, P. J. Albright, Col. John ¢ - Reo Belleville, Il; Gen. J. J f Pen of the strong p ms tha: gave command of | Queen in the ster ai bles ‘ : saa i c Drv. Hansen, Mrs. Dodge, AS. Eddy, Miss : ser Tova CoM. and the District of Columbia, with a member- | navigation, and the latter working down stream | tei 7, fe, tera and disabled her; the} Indian Terri as ane j. O. C. Wright, "Miss Badger, N. M. ; |. asi general of Low: c ; , in rebel rams Beauregard and Price made for the | Iowa —L. B. Raymond, I “we jen a ee 0. o a iy | ship of 1 though it is only three years | with a like object. If successful, as they for-| Monarch from eon sideus Sut were aut Kansas—E. B. anaes it — . : % ; id. ‘The organization is auxiliary to the Union | tunately were, the states in rebellion lying on quick enough, the Monarch slipping out, let-| Kentucky—Jonathan McKelvey, Louisville, Smith, O. D. Kinsman, wife and daughter: A. | meu ; s. A. Foster, chiet - : ‘ VacecaweOiientand ws | the east and west sides of the river would be | ting her en’ ies come together with m crash | Louidatnana Mississippi—H.' C. Warmoth, A Sivimonds, W.H. Doolittie and wife. G. W. | Wilmington, Del: Ge S ceili Gow secured and ae a consequence the confederate | that cut the Price to the water's edge. ‘The | New Orieana ee ee ee oe Oo i eeracen comeanter Deut | : : Sram one old fellow | Grand Army organization, The latte oe ae. ecially “Ay the | Monarch turned and rammed the Bexiregs rd. | Maino—E. C. Milliken, Portland. Pee meee aot on coe Capt. Frank G. Bowen’ and Thaven't time to visit those old fields, | zation requires of a candidate for membership | Witter of food supplies from the rich trans. | At the sume time the Benton gave her araking | Marylayd J. E. Hough, Baltimore, - a a d | Mississippi region. ‘The distance thus traversed | shot, which. crippled ffectually. is | in, Box No, [haven e, but I'm going all the sam shall have ~— - feast = — in | by the vessels, not including he tribatariegand | time ne ote 7 Prevage Ph bir] mickiose 0. . eae —— a [Peon sa-gh grmnarie ead Se Se daughter of | Ntested from rebel control wav 1,097 miles,from | save the General Van Doren, which lit out deen | anes Edwards, St. Paul | Sraie so many cid anociations were revived | such « baittefcld roidier i eligible to miemiere | Caite to the BuME, After the passage of Forts | the river with « ar vessels in hot purwait. ‘The | Misourl L. is Castor st Seen Miss Ruth Thompson, . aadod and Jackson, below New Orleans, i - i i = Y DeShieide, Col. W. Um- | that 1 can't keev amas. Whoever wrote thove | , ba thar Wormanss SVoraran, { i ne by the lower fleet, while | peicrideooen aero mysep immed vated Marnan= oie meee” emry 4 venrere. stories knew 0 Sue Writing about. good wor mplicl 5 Blow ebras : 0 n Ha Have ft Adrian, cite | ee See ler sccen is one i form a| ae ee) —~ re" | the rebel defense fleet, from which the conted- fast before he was obliged to retire in May, ‘ Yes. Field: TH | ands | a | bright chapter in the history a Saat eer avacon ie ton ‘easels | eracy expected so much, was literally wiped out i 1565, on account of wound» recei mings, Mrs. Field + Kne H A Suggestion for the Grand Army. lpaetoce tack at . h almostat every advance. The flotilla rose to of existence in its first pitched battle with the 3 r, 8 The-e flags are almost entirely ¢ Clara Me | to the Edit e Evening Star reeliecs. (uate | the dignity of a squadron after Commander | gotilla. | David stein, Ni their exposure daring the war. The stall on | Das Information has D. Porter, with the local p Grimes of -boro, ren given of a purpose on) Thy wal offi elected were Pres: = 7 z WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. North Pakota—E. 8. Miller, Jamestown, one of them was splin 1 and entirely de- Ske Cot Bae ae "| the of many worthy members of the Grand | Mrs. Emma J. Michael of Washington, aos a poalthaoog | Noveniba pani hough | _ “This victory opgned the Mississippi to the | Ohio—R. H. Cochrane, Toledo. stroxed at the battle of Shiloh, Wat its place f lowa; Chauncey C. Wil- | Army of the Republic to devise some benefi- | chapisin, Mrs, Emax Beck of Washingt Aart + st oulle had been wholly transferred from | Mouth of the Yazoo and transferred the most | Ohlahom: coy emerges relggrel 4 Acland ve! binned at Cor mportan itary operations from the out-| Oregon—D. This staff has War to the Navy Department some time ate : nthe out- | 2 Whitney, assistant adjutant Wisconsin; Col. Chas. A conductress, Mrs. Maj gh Chambers of Wihing- tblie use for the smail individual con- : skirts to the very heart of the confederacy. | Pennsyi Burchiicld, Pittsfield. | made at Stone somata; Gok Chew A tributions which, thought, could very | joe") : | Mine Gaerie Dubro of TP wan the Siat te Cenash Ganntt | Hiad our Setllis hen besten tp somay could eT A Misesosee, MMi a Ca) wie ee ones. Dees ears. ene . operly at the an eunions of | Washington, D. | aah i all of ies Missis- | lumbia. of eg guards were either killed pa el ed ean Cpa eegetae Gel onde Barer national president was and tinder hir supervision the firat Vestal | Sa gat Ons steve Gare cere ee | “[thode Ieland—H. C. Lather, Providence, | or wounded. The flags was eniely corsied War 4 wife, E. 3 iia and Reaghuens Cae sae pets nis coeienicatden Io to sould | en ts Sindemvoomnde, Sermeak. Pekenacy eg ee pan ep ger gor irr 4 river force to dispute his victorious fleet. ak Dees 5 ae, nee = Sore be La Bee, on etine 26 = ers and wife, ; .wite and daughter, Gen. Nich- ject of this communication is topo! : eae eae S Bele river force t his victorious fleet, | 8 8. H . een om é Meleher and wife, Col. of Iowa, a survivor of the Mexican out that the t jewst g not yet 152, and is the ae = ae 5. | war ended embraced over 100 vessels and eon- | inane Cnet ae victory, than — ——— MS eg gaa City. ce Ta qpienity. whe was peamentat M. Skinner, Mise Booth, L. : CT. Wood, ‘Congressman Pickler an mentioned, conc Se Te eee cad in tae et eHtots stituted w force of over 18,000 men and oiivers | hittors does not farn ew geae pal | eee eno eee Eke sishihink ciaishih cin ahuana ub ant a a SS ee On + ina. 6 he ok nk sears theron fully ec seiainary of that city, where she spent her en. | ComMmgnder Rogers was sccee ., 4: | the 17th of June engaged two well-built carte | Vermont. W. Cummings, St. Albans. fourth corps at Grant tent ina body. It was F me ee monic | toa, thedipine or WROe Oo be exiccny [tre Geiaok Gee eagnt satiool he savaral | Sar oveany hoe erates ene me Oo st Works at St. Charles, on the, White river, and || Virginia and North Carolina —D, A Wilson, | Sssigued (0 this corje during the latter part of r » I Ohio; fitting, a» well as im itself both worthy und ad- Towa, = she vas. nomi ated for!» paiuful and lingering wound receiv byesery = peso this ise the aad all hie -3.4/. c eoee, baad eae! mander Depart mir H Superintendens of schools before she battle of Fort Donelson, but not until he had | Mound City had her steam drum exploded by a ingt . mith of lows ’ hig fe; Col. Ge , 0 . ca only, but the was seventeen yea ». She has assisted F ot fro . ich fol- | Spokane. PXCU B. Homstreet, Gen. J.B. Hachel- a Tae. ivilized lands. have heard of the her husband, Maj. W. H. Michael, in editorial (7830! id clean iran bemorame pane sal | rresees ecient Fagg tye Niort Virginia —c W. Hart. Buckhannon. ee ay gh pg geet : idee ger s i - ibieia of one'y aue~ | Work on several newspapers and enjoy, | tory. He was succeeded by Capt. Charles H, | Yel filled with steam, and her crew, tocs-| Wiscomsin—R. B. Smith, Mation. The Members ofthe Encampment Treated te es eet, ae Wetghs. i be WW fi 2 ~ . tiou of being a fine art critic, 5 Davis, who in turn, after an honorable enrear | MPe Being cooked. alive, Jumped overboard, THE CLOSING BUSINESS. ‘8 Trip Down the River. J. Stewart and " wife " a c rial a wufferin ick lis Saletan as the commandant of the flotilla, was suc- | Prit to be shot while straggling in the Fagen re Dromat the business of the encamp-| The closing event in tho olticial program of Past Commander Geo. Be J Louisville an nth It represents ¢! dg aarte e ceeded brave, gallant and ever-reudy |p) S2\TPehooters in t loseph Fry. @ | ment to a close. entertainment for the encampment took 5 of Christain nations | friends predict for li erina Admiral David D. Porter | former oftcer of the United States navy, com-| "rn.us wore tendered to the nee pcan] place “ 0 | Glan Weichnel tala the sacs cae ais gunboats ™Anded the fort, and for his barborons treat- were to the guard for this afternoon. The steamor Louise left hor » honor. love and tion of the responsible duties of the office to , Bonk! ‘ ‘ < " " bless it for its which «he hax been electe Le next year. a Be ment of our men while struggling in the water | ¢x¢ellent service and their names were ordered | wharf fora trip down the river having om dersiuice and family, Phila 7 2 jet ba Path Ge | ABA dojuict! Ome teaee fenders | ‘The noxt. nn campment of the union | Om Belmont to St. Charles, covering the | Vattreated, after his capture, ‘with the ery | inscribed in the Journal. 4 | period as above, in a vivid and’ at times clo- hag aa board the members of the encampmont, They wer e er XN “ w that the American b stitu- | will be held in Boston. i] A tempt his cowardly, heartless conduct deserved. | Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief Dufield a ; —. ene ah, Tom Smmantee % 5. c ae: a ae — know thnt the img sat agen ng the encampment unanj-| ett manner that made his theme intensely in- | "2 -inicllits vera? yeaeaniae i | then offered e lution thanking the people | Wer the guests of the citivens’ committee and i y ; | ee of the District of Columbia, the citize: - |Slarge number of the members were in the : ¥. Je ‘aylor. € : jeCaull Mra. he nat Do they mou-ly adopted a resolution of thanks to the cit- . hammer was struck in the construction of a ns’ com et< pats rie w = “iE lama Kichard MeCaully, E. Hf. Kiera oth pies D its bead stands ! ivens’, decorntion, flower and souvenir commit- HOW THE NAVY HAS BEEN NEGLECTED. nboat for service on western inland water, a of Washington generally ter, peopl Party. The opportunity to meet personally the woman who in midst of the tees for their generousand courteous treatmentof | Speaking of the work done by the navy tor | fotlla had been created, which saved Grant feltr and treatment of the uggle they inade f fe of the | the ladies of the encampment. Especial emphasis | the suppression of the rebellion against the ker own life in her bn ‘hat she | was placed upon that part of the resolution re-| Union he said: “In listening to the oft-re- uccor the wounded and comfort the | ferring to Mise Curry, the eflicient secretary, | curring addrestes ‘on ‘oocations ‘af Gant | | Who rendered so much help to the delegates. “| Army guiherings and other mectings in which —_— toasts to the “army and navy” are responded | mmisioner ad wife. ¢ Rice and wife, Miss May McDouald and Miss dying? B. Hanford, W. H. Combe wud wife. Size 3 . Toledo; Gen, John S. Koontz € they not niko seen throughout the ‘ Glee eer eine Reoak Towa, Leet | bay. Coser ent vile Patera On Ooal| Seas pete eae ae er ae | ‘ofr agetars ent eariealeyisoeeaivesocmmetponsemiee D. Wine and ladies, Mike Mary 2 ¥, M. Weaver and wife, P. H. Jock- whether by floc , pestilence or famine, has | ‘ nace as navy. ‘The army overshadows the navy on al- Mie Kae Lay Mre. . that vaine benigunit helper RN SR COSMAIER Te Tree [abe Glljitoml ake Inna Thaave Maslona as, : addresses trom the lips of eloquent ¢ P38 A special from Sibley, Iowa, says that a dis- | delivered at reunions of ex-Unica peasy nd astrous wreck occurred on the Burlington road | sailore in which scarcely an allusion was made between that place and Ocheyedan at 11 o'clock | te the part performed by the navy in the war. : Wednesda ynight. Freight No. 6, east bound, Bag ae not intentions. sigeatebe expected, fommusioner of patente: Jos. Eceon. A ¢ tty : it om the government | Was going at ahigh rate of apecd,then the track | (iy ne TPennstion rere wetty ne not sailors, Worthington, Ed Hay, Cap’. John N. diitchell, | nd Mrs. Tho: 3 OF so Be 31 of endowment that out of | slipped from under it and_préctpitated the en- | achievements of the army, “Neverthelase the i Miss Mary Luttr . her own odest wavings she wastains the gine and sixteen cars down a ten-foot embank- | navy was an indispensable factor in the prove- Miss Lula oflice of president end has made it an institue ment. Three emigrants were killed. cution of the war. eAnd so far as the gunboats tion worthy of ali houor. | — are concerned, a tribute paid them by Gen. E i suggestion or intimation like that I now | Postage on The Star. Grant in a conversation with the speaker in . accompanied by a: . Cox, Washington, i rl Pipes aud venture te make was ever made by Mine Barton. | i 1880 if worth rej - ‘That captain Sape ond tre Thomas, Yr «(Bra 2.7 °W.Tipes, Washington; Mr. and | So willing with servive and sacriiiea, she is of | 4, tes Douameon s sixteen or twenty-pago Sram | At, Maron teen ats be the taaiippt Dr. Crandall, surgeon sixch Vermont 4. J. Beawell, Washington; Col. Reb - too lofty @ spirit to readily assume the role of | ioe vill not be forwarded be the t Oftice | 2nd its tributaries any attempt of the army 3 Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Kuiite 7 petitioner, and may even prefer that nothing Department. ‘i wrest from the confederac: Mississippi val- Bell, Dept. Lacey Sites, M.A. W. Lewis, ). Couben, Clarksburg, West Virgi suid in this bebalf. Novertheless, I submit to ele ES Mre. Sehafhirt and deughter. Mr. y rt. and Mes. Lee Haymond, Mrs. L. A. Booth, the 400.000 honored members of the Grand | fron. Mies May Curter, lise Pative 2 Mis. 3ire and Mise O. D. Kine: Army whe:her, it cage they really hare anght | apg Me ta leek Clayton, | dean bat for te servic ofthe pan wife Laura Dodge, Clark, Conway, to spare for any good work, they could p boiler in Carson's cunnery 5 “aon . a ge mn LiMo TF Diy find a more worthy ‘or more fitting ubject Del., exploded yesterday, injuring three ing te ears taken by the. Tyler i Hy fi iL 5 pand ‘at Belmont he uaid: which greails Billings, wife and daughter. Capt. | Peausyls McKenzie, Washing: for the concentration of small sums, frou: year blowing off the roof of the! ber, 1861, the ‘Tyler made at the Mise Clay, Mre. Jas. L. Drive ton: Mee. J. 3 ; Week Virgizin; Capt al to year, than the exdowment of thissametied building and. ssading the. boller seventy- | 8,060 troops, Mie urtis, Will Curtis, I. F. Thorn, Mrs. B.C. Richmond, V; 4 Cross of America in such manner as would five feet in the air. ‘The who wife, Col. Bob Collii f Bi y duly represent the honor and affection they f ste RF. Thorn of feel for ite living head, and secure to the insti- W. R Manning and wife, | ton, 3 Bell Smith, tution itself # suitable independence, with larger AL Ross, Mrs. James 5. | H. Spaulding, Dr. Crole; means of future usefulness. Mra J. H. Puck, Mise May | Spencer. Mra. HL D.’ White of worthy and beneficent a movement’ as Sadie Kountz, John'B. Billing, | Mi-« Mamie Leay of Washington, this needs but a begianing to assure ite success. - King, Capt. M. (. | Bailey of Washi H. LB. Snyder, delegate And what better time for a beginning than this Nichols and | Depa-tmont of ludiaus: Henry Taylor, Union- present? lverrtia. FE. Barnes, | apolis; Eber Lice, commander Champlain Post, —_——-—_. ody, Mat- | Grand typil-, Mich.; H.C. Spaulding. Dundee, | Go to Gett-sburg Via B. and 0. RB! ius, | tomurrew, cry “Hate, & 8 irs. Geo. Faciua, | Mich; Mrs, Havers and Miss Jewte Havers of At 8 a1 Kate Ablacs, Miss Mariou | Terre Haute, ud; C. M. Lacey Sites, Wasling- ,