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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 13 May 1891, p. 1

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••n '• -i.» ' j Tjs , nr ri. • . ' ijiirfln.V ir,fcinjijn. * '".v' 11 P lodged but to truth, to Liberty and LaiNr; No Favors Win us and no roar Shall Awe." y- : ---- -- .. •• 'i , ... ' i : , v •< " " " ' - ;'-T- -• /, j- * -r " s VOL. 16. v M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1891. NO. 41 foBtiiHgo Briar WEUSBSDAT BT '#*• -J . V AN gLYK l£jj* EDITOK AND PROPRIETOR •*M • y\':- BUSINESS CARDS. KNIGHT & BROWN, ATTORNKYS AT LAW. U. H. EXPRE*A;O6.'A Building, 87 an<l 89 Washington St. CHICAGO, ILL. 5'® Office In Bishop's Bloclc, f • --OPPOBITB PlUT M OWIK'I T8RV* O* 9QTB30RIPTIOH. Tear(tn AtraJBo) .9L80 Ct Sot Paid within Three Montha *.00 SnbdoriptionK received for throe or six months la the same proportion. ' * Bates of Advertising. * We announce liberal rates for ad rertislng n the PL\IHI>«AXKR, and endeavor to state ham so plainly that thev will be readily un- er«o > I. They are <M folio#*: 1 Inch one year 2 Inches one year • S Inches one year ^ V Column one yenr. * H Column one year<jft .Column one year One inch means the 500 1000 15 00 30 00 80 00 100 00 #f one inch down the column, single column width. Yearly advertisers, at the above rates, have the privilege of changing as often as they choose, without extra charge. Regular advertisers (meaning those having standing en? a) will be entitled to insertion of local notK ftt the rate of » cents per line each week. others will be charged 10 cents per 'ine «... Hrst week, and 5 cents per line for each subsequent week. Transient advertisements will be charged at the rate of 10 cents pe line, (.nonpareil type, same as this is set in) the ilrst issue, and H cents per line for subsequent issues. Thus, an inch advertisement will cost $1.00 for one week, $1.50 for two weeks, 18.00 for three weeks, and so on. Ihe PijAiNDRalbb will be liberal in giving editorial notices, but, as a business rule, it will require a suitable fee from everybody seeking the use of its columns for pecuniary ?s,n- BUSINESS CARDS. O. J. HOWARD, M!. D. PIIY-IOlVN AND SURG BON, McHenry. III. Office at residence, one block east of Public School Building. O. H. FEGER3, M, D- PHrslCiAN AND SURGEON, McHenry, Ilia office at Residence. W11, OSBORNE, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND 8URGEOX. Ofloe at Residence, West Mctlenry, III. Calls promptly attended to day and night. Liverv Stable. HE. WIGKTMAN, Proprietor. Ftrat • class rigs with or without drivers furnished at reasonable rates. Teaming of all kinds done on short notice. JO^LTS;* OtSKY.i A TTORTCET5 AT LAW, WooditOck III. il All business will receive prompt atten­ tion. C. P. BARNES ATTORNEY, Roiicitnr, andi Oonneelor. Collections a specialty. , «,? ;V . WOODSTOCK, llAIWOTa, : V. S. LUMLEY. ATTORN RY AT LAW, and itilftitiir in Chanoerr, WOODSTOCK, ILL.. Offlee in Park House, first floor. A. M. CHURCH, Watohmaker and Jeweler NO. One Hundred Twenty-Five State St Chi­cago. III. Special attention given to re pairing Fine watches and Chronometers. •TA Full Assortment of Goods in his line Unitefl States War Claim Apcy --,0^-- WM. H. COWLIN, Woodstock - • Illinois. Prosecutes all classss and kinds of claims against the United States tor ex-Soldl«rs, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is made in prosecuting old and rejected claims. All communications promptly answered If Postage Stamps are enclosed for reply. WM, H. COW UK Office at Residence, Madison St., WoodstocK, Illinois. Attention Horsemen! Mo HENRY, III., April 1st, 1898, I would respectfully invite the Public tQ call and examine m 7 stock of Horses before making arrangements elsewhere. No busi- nets done on Sunday. N. & COLBY M'Hisntr ILL A tird-clas* Hou*e. Ih&Boy* All Stop There. THE Culver House. RICHMOND, ILL. Good Livery, Good Sample Boom, FREE BUS TO AND FROM ALL TRAINS FOR PA TROA& OF THE HOUSE. '• I ,nua a line of carriages to Twin Lake* From hlehmond, threo-fourths ofamlle nearer than any other road, and more level and uleas&nt by far. If yon intend going to Twin Lakes, stop at Richmond and 'inquire for CULVER'S BUS. It U always there, rain or shine, Bound trip nricesas usuai. C. N. CULVER, iVop. R. NEAR THE DEPOT, IfEST MoHENBY, ILL, Keeps open for the accommodation of the Public a Flrst-Class Saloon and Restaurant, (There he will at all times keep the best brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars (to be found in the market. Also Agent For FRANZ( FALK'8 Ifilwankn Lagw Bwr. Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al­ ways on hand,<oheaper than any other, quail- ty considered. Orders by mail promptly attended toj iOOOD STABLING FOR HORSBS. WCall aadjiee us. Robert ftohlessle. West McHenry, I1L mOON AND RKIADR4NT. McHENRY* ILLINOIS. m \y^OHN P. SMITH, Watchmaker & Jeweler, MoHENRY. ILLINOIS. ARINE stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew­elry always on hand. Special attention given to repairing fine watohes. Give mo * Cml1" JOHN1P- SMITH. Fine.Kentucky Liquors, French Bitters, McHenry Lager Beer, -AND- J. Id any ^quantity from a Snitz G-las* to 1C0 barrels. AT W HOLES ALB OR RETAIL Beer in bottles, kegs or case as Jbeap as the cheapest? We buy none but the bestjand *>U at Reasonable Prices. Call and me and I will use ton ~ell. ANTONY ENGUCJT Ifctfppfy. HI.. )888, MEN WANTED. To represent our well-known nursery in this county, for town and country trade. Good pay weekly. A steady position with a nur­ sery of over thirty years" standing, and a knowii respocsiOility. We want good, lively workers, and will pay well. Gix>d references required. Apply quick, stating <tge. QHASJfi BttOl'tltiU:* COMPANY, 87-m2 Chicago 1)1. The Police Cazette, Is the "nly illustrated paper in the world containing all the latest sensntional and sporting news. No Salo-n Keeper, Barber, or Club Room can afford to be without 1L It always makes friends wherever it goes. Mailed to any address in the United States securely wrapped, 13 weeks for tl. Send Five Cents for sample copy. BICHAED X. FOX, CBAHKLW SQUARE, New York ATTENTION! Farmers and Dairymen. It will pay those looking*for CHOICE COWS Fresh premises •nob" * 1 milkers or springers, to call at n»y Ises before purchasing. I can furnish by the oar- load or single cow. POBTES H. WOLFRUM, CHBKUMQ. Farm abont four miles northwest of Harvard. Illinois. AGENCYjbr A pamphlet of information and struct of the laws, sbowinu How Obtain Patents. Caveat a. Trade Marks. Copyrights, sent .free. MUNN & CO. 3ul Broadway. New Turk. V.J.BsrMttn. X J. Barhlaa BARBIAN BROS. Wholesale and Retail DULiss nr FINE CIGARS, MoHENRY ILLINOIS, Baving leased the brick bnilding one door South of the post office, we have opened a retail store, where, at all times can be found line cigars of our own manufacture, together with smoking and ehewing tobaeoo of the best brands. .Pipes a Specialty. Wo have a very large assortmentjand iisome very handsome patterns. CALL, AND SEE US. KeQomry. Kovmlwtisth. WANTED! A good n»i«» 11! Yon nr«d no capital to represi-nt a r«l)ai>l» Arm that warrants Nursery Sto.-k flvst rlass and true to name. Work, all the y«ar and good |>a ' weekly to energetic men. Ap­ ply quick, stating age. L. L. MAY A CO. St. Paul. Minn. Nur*srym*n, florists and Seedsmen. (Tins Tionse is responsible) Quintette Orchestra, McHENRT ILL. An*preparedito fnrnish first Class liw»ie to the Dancing Public at Reasonable Bates. J, Smith, 1st Violin.^ Robt. Madden. Clarionet, C, Curtis, Comet. L, Oven, Trombone, R. Ingalls, Basso and Prompter, Address all communications to Jeery Smith, McHenry. OALESMElf f 0 WANTED. 11 Traveling and local, to sell our choice Nur­ sery Stock. Fast-selling specialties in h*rdy trulls, etc. ipiendid Outfit Free. Steady employment guaranteed. Tour pay weekly Write for terms. Cermanla Nursery Co. Boehester.'N. T. O. H, ALBRECHT. DENTIST. ALI INBWANDA P PROV ED Dental Oper-atlons performed at Reasonable Prices. Crown and Bridge Work, And the preservation of tlii natural teeth a specialty. Gas and ether given for painless extraction. All work warranted Office over Kvanson & Oo.'s store. West McHenry , 111., Dec, 17,1890. Bay Colt; 15 3-4 hands high Foaled May 11,1888. WEIGHT, 1150 POUNDS. SIRE, ALROY 5715, V The sire^of A1 -.aid 2:4«3i. Atlas [8 years 2.28X; Allspice, 2:29X; Alz1p|ia. 2:40; Alsioa, 2:4IM. and other good onea, 1st dam, ANTHEM, the d tm of Choral, one of Waters' finest brood mares. Anthem, by Ouyler 100, sire of Elviaa .2:18^, Chanter, 2:20^, Edwin C, 2:21^, Dav Dream, 2:2>V» also sire of dams ot Patron, 2:14^ and others. 2nd dam, AUGUSTA, dam of Chan'.er 2 20^ Shall cross, trial, 2 23 [half in 1:10]; Augusta, An hem and others. Augusta by Rvsdyke's BeilfoBnder, sire of the dam of Kingsley, 2:26^, son of Hambleton'sn 10 [sire cf Dexter 2:175, Nettie 2:18, Orange Slirl 2:20, and 88 others in the 2:90 list, aud grandsire of 825 performers]. ACCIDENTAL. will mak* the season at my stables in the village of Ittohmond, at (35 to insure. Season begins Feb. Isu Call and see him before breeding your mares. » C. II. HECK. BBKBDKB8 OF MORGAN HORSES! Embracing the celebrated Gen­ eral Gilford. Green Mountain and Morrill bloud. STOCK FOR 8ALE. Stallions and Fillies. Send for pedigrees. Essex and Registered Poland China Choice MERINO SHEEP MAMMOTH Bronze Turkeys, HIGH GRADE JERSEY CATTLE. For eale. Come and inspect stock, or address J. R- Saylor A Bona. W»*i MsRAnrv, 111. HOTEL WOODSTOCK. 8ITUATED OPPOSITE The Mineral Spring. W, H. R0TN0UR, - Prop. THE BEST OF SAMPLE ROOMS IN CONNECTION. WOODSTOCK,, ILL. SHORT HORN BULLS For Sale at Living Prices by the under- Call on or address 9 FRANK COLE, SPRING WOVE. IIX, Sprtnf Qrore, IIL, KOT. IBM. SIMON fTOFFEL, -- AGfciit KOK Phsnix, cf Btookljs, t. Y. Cftpilnl. 5,008,316. Rocltford, ofHockford, III Capital, 802,448* National, of Bartloii Cow. _1 o Capital* 89.620 213. Ensnranee carefully *nd Rifely placed on all claseec of property tipimi Are, i>gkln<n|, and tornailo, either lorea^h or on long Mine, without interest Fire policies on liv« stock cover same in ItuiHwx or on farm tgainst loss or ilamane hv Are or lightnmp an<i against MftlitmnK »ny where Hay, straw, stalks and fodder are covered bv one" policy, in Ruilitintr or Btacke on farm. Grain, senls and mill feed sre covered under o e sum n buiMlng or on farm Insurance iransferreil to other looali. ties free of rarge. Gasoline oroi> stove and «tesm threshei permits ftranted in nolic.lea free of charfe. Household goods, of every itescrlption. incluilicg coil, woo<l and provf. sion* ail coveted under one item. Complete records kept of all policies, conditions, as>tgn. menta and transfers lpade. Call for list of ovfeyoliay holders Us above companies. ^lttion Stoffel. West MeHeory, IlltM#. SHORTHAND :SSS Employment Guaranteed As soon as you thoroughly complete the stady. Do not delay tM m tter. but jfrUe at once It will pay you. For full |iartlen> lare, address. STKMOttltAl'II (O IMS TlTcTB, 36w7 AN» AHBOK. MICH. HOWARD STEVENS, DRALKU IN Electric Bells, Makes a specialty of Door Bells, Window and Do r Connections anda'l kindsof Burglar Alarm*. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Call on or *d«lr«ca HOWARD ST J] VERS. West McHenry, IMInott.' WM. STOFFBL. --Afffint por-- FIRE, - LIGHTNING, And Accidental Insurance. Also Iowa. Minnesota, Nebraska, Alabama* tad California Lauds. Call on or address y WM. STOrrdlj, McBenry, tH: > • • i( . 1 PENSIONS ! Tha Disability Bill la a law Soldiers Disabled Since the War are Entitled* Dependent widows and parents n w de­ pendent whole sons died from the efiests o< • rmy services are rcUided If you wish ycur c'alin speedily and successfully,, prose­ cuted, sddre s JAMES TANNER. * ASHING TON D. C. I<a'e ' omm'.rsiorer of Pensions. 42 Gf. S. CtFETIS & SOS, Crainer. Paper Hangers, Kalsominers, Decorators. McHENRY; ILLINOIS All work promptly done and sat'sfart'Ob guaranteed. Country work a spocialt/. Call on or address G. 8. Curtis A Son- McHENRY. ILLINOIS " CEDAR LiVN STOCK FARM, HEBRON, ILL. Phillips & Richardson, BREEDERS Oft High (hade Jersey Cattle, ^REGISTERED POLAND CHIKA MOBS. AND PURE BRED POULTRY. Oliver T.aeed Wyandottes, Light B'amns, Ply| mouth Rocke, 9. C. White and A, C. Brown leghorns, Patridge Cochins, snd other Varieties. Uammoth Bronze snd White Holland T' rkevs. Pekia Ducks and White Guineas. We have a lew h'jrh Grade Jersey Cattle for sale from choice .elected stock. Our Poland China Hoes are of the best ana choicest strains We have some very choice spring Pigs for sale at very reasonable prices. An inspection of them is invited, or write us your wants snd we will quote you prices. All pigs eligible to any register. Poultry for s tie at -easonable prices. Efrgs during sesson. We h^ve some very choice Poultry of all kinds at F^ll prices. All orders for Pigs, Birds or Eggs receive prompt attention. Our stock has been carefully selected and Is strictly pure, and we Guarantee it -s such. Our customers msy reat issured that we shall ship only 6iich stock as will reflect credit upon ourselves an 1 them also. Correspond­ ence cheerfully and promptly attended to and respectfully solicited. Visitors welcome any day but Sunday, and we extend an invi­ tation to all tn call an>1 see our stock. Hoping to receive » share of your patronage, and assuring our friends that we will labor to pleate you, we await your favor*. Yours Resnectfally. PHILLIPS A RICHARDSON. September, 1390. Snug little fortune*hare h#«n madeti work for us, by Anna Pace, Austin, kTexas, anJ Jno. Bonn, Toledo, Ohio. out. Others are doingat well. Wftjr you? Some earn over f&OO.OO a iinoiitli. You ran do tlr« work end live Jior.ie, wherever y«/u ate. E*cu b«- r / ^EF urc ensily earning from (6 to . dfly. AII ages. We show you bow snd itnrt you. Can work in spare time or all thf time. Rig- money for work­ er®. Failure unknown among'them. NBW and wonderful. Particulars free. K.IIuIlettcSc H KO For timid, Alala« Save S35.50 California. J. C. JCKSON & CO.'S personally conducted JJali- foriiia Excursions in broud s-'auee I'tiiiman Tourist Sleeping Curs, via Denver A Kio Gr.tnde K. R.., (the scenic line of the worldi leave Chicago via Chtca«ro A Alton R. K. 15!:0;! r.ooii Saturday of every week, each excursion in churce of an efficient find uentle- manly excursion manHirpr. Pullman tourist sleeping cars tb.-outfivfroni Boston and Chicago to San Fran­ cisco und Los Anueies. For isues. jygervatiea oi berths, etc^ eall on or address. I. O. JCS60NA0C. 18E Clar> Street. Chicago. SOLSUBS' DIFABTKIBT. Kdltetf by WM. H. COWLIN( WOODSTOCK, CO.-- L"7b core for htm who ha* borne the battle, and for hi* Wt(lo*c and Orphan*." --Lnrooui. J&iendthip, |Charity. Lou. /- Worthy sons of Patriot ally-- Worthy Ftother* " G. A. II. Difeotory- •RRANTY FOIT WO. IML Meets the first Thursday evening of eaek month. L K BEinraTT. Oon. woooarooK roer, no W*. Meets first and third Monday evenings of eaoh ssoath. A. 8. WIISHT, Com. wirDA roar, no m* Meets the seooad and fourth Tuesday ••enlags «f eaeh month F. B. Cox, Com. BAST1U rOST, TO M, Meets the second and ronrtn Monday eaen lags of eaoh month. B. N. AUSTIN, Oonu Muano POST, Ma lflB, Moots every Bwmil and Ponrth Friday evenings of eaoh month. I R. Moras, Oom. WAUCONDA FOST. NO. 368. Post meets every seeond and fourth Satur­ day evening In O. A, R. Hall, Main St. A. L. Psioa. Oom. Almtff tks Bktnniih Line- n. Sherman once declined an offer of $10,000 a year to contribute regularly to a Grand Array paper. Daring the past year the Department of Indiana made no gain in posts, the gain in membership being only eight. The present membership is 15,173.,, Captain Charles H. Manley, who served in Co. A, 1st Michigan, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, who lost an arm at Gettys­ burg, has been appointed Commandant of the Michigan Soldiers' Home. Capt. Warner E. Walker, Co. D, 4th Mich., also of Ann Arbor, has been appointed adjutant of the Home. It is a remarkable fact that the three greatest generals of the rebellion, Grant, Sherman and Sheridan were bora within a radius of 100 miles in the southern part of Ohio. March 13,1862, army corps were or­ ganised in the army of the Potomac and Gens. McDowell, Sumner, Hdmtzdman Keyes and Banks assigned aa com manders, A project is on foot in New York among the intimate friends of the late Gen Sherman to raise a fund of f100,000 to provide for the younger members of the General's family, who have been left by his death in somewhat straitened circum­ stances. It is understood that the fund is to go exclusively to the two unmarried daughters, as this is the only condition upon which the members of the General's family will accept the gift. It is thought that the amount will shortly be raised, as a number of wealthy friends of Gen. Sherman, outside of New York, have expressed a desire to contribute to the fund. •arriving Army Generals The death of Gen. Sherman renews interest in the diminishing list of those still living who held high rank in the war for the Union. Of army commanders there are Gen. Rosecrans, and Gen. Buell, Army of the Cumbrrland; Gen. Scofleld, Army of the Ohio; Gen. Butler, Army of the James; Gen. Pope, Army of Virginia; Gen. John G. Parke, Army of the Poto­ mac; Gen. Banks, the Army of the Gulf and in the Shenandoah; Gen. Howard, the Army of the Tennessee, and Gen. Slocum, the Army of Georgia. Of these Gen. Scofield is in command of the army, Gen. Rosecrans is Register of the treas­ ury, Gen. Buell resides in Kentucky, Gen. Pope is on the retired list and lives in St. Louis, Gen. Parke is on the retired list hale and hearty. He commanded the Army of the Potomac temporarily and the Ninth Corps, both at the East and the West. Cren. Banks is a representative in Congress, Gen. Howard is stationed in New York,Jkgd Gen. Slocum resides in -M4a Brooklyn.^ inati Gazette. Work of the Ptntion offioe During the Aveek ending May 2, 1891, 5766 claims were received, of which 195 were original invalid; 404 widows; 0 war of 1812; 5 bounty land; Onavy; 40 old war; 0 on account of Mexican service, 125 accrued pension and 2,115 applications for increase. Number of re­ jected claims reopened 413; act of March 4, 1890, --. Act of June 27, 1890, 2,481 original, 451 widows. The names and postoffice addresses of 2,591 officers and comrades were furnished for the use of claimants. Total claims received under act June 27,1890, 623,000. Claims disposed of to date under said act, 113,582. There were 182,120 pieces of mail mat­ ter received; 86,518 letters and blanks sent out. The number of cases detailed to special examiners was 277; 345 reports and cases from special examiners; cases on hand for special examination, 3,373. Report of certificates issued during week ending May 2, 1891: Original, 5,051; of which -- were under act of June 27, 1890; increase, 1640; accrued, 107; reissue, 0; restoration, 0; dupli­ cate 0; act of March 4, 1890, 0; total, 6,798. Total number of claims pending, 1,148,818. Soldiers' pome Managers. The Board of Managers of theNational Homes for disabled Volunteer Soldiers met at the war department in Washing- too on Fiiday, April 24. There were pres nt G^n. Franklin, President; Gen. McM«hon. Secretary; Gen. Black, Col. Mitchel, Maj. Morril, Gen. Pearson, Gen Barnett, and Maj. Bonebrake. The first business was the election of officers for the year, and the following were chosen: Pres., Gen. W. B. Franklin; First V. P., Gen. W. J. Sewell; Second V. P., Gen. John C. Black; Secretary, Gen. W. T. McMahon. Gen. Black and Majs. Morrill and Bonebrake were appointed a com­ mittee to audit accounts. Several anecdotes have been told since the death of Gen. Joe Johnston regard­ ing his indifference to danger in battle, but he had his weaknesses like all other persons. He said this of himself: "I am the most timid man in the world, and dreadfully afraid of a kerosene lamp. The other day a servant put one in my room. I was but half dressed, and I hurried out as fast as I could run. I knew it was going to burst. Then think of it! The very" next night some kind of a patent kerosene lamp was sent me as a present, and the donor lit it, explaining to me the method of working it. Such was my nervousness that I never knew he was talking to me. Later, after some­ body had extinguished the lamp, I tried to reason out to myself what a poltroon I was. We get hardened in time, but I assure you nothing could ever induce me to light or extinguish a kerosene lamp. * * * * An enemy armed with kero­ sene lamps would drive me off the field. I should be panic personified." "Regular Picniea." The Nashville .American says editori­ ally : I renitmber that in our regiment it was commonly said, "Give us an open field and we have a fighting chance, if the Federals outnumber us three to one; we have a fair chance if they are two to one, and it we are man to man we have a reg­ ular picnic." We should really like to know where the editor of the American found these "regular picnics." It could not have been near Nashville. At Shiloh the rebels had 45,000 to Grant's 33,000, and if there was anything like picnic on the banks of the Tennessee for those two days we shall beg to be exewed fram at­ tending any more picnics. At Stone River the two armies were as nearly equal in numbers as armies ever get to be on the battlefield, and the only picnic there for four days was for the Grim Reaper with the scythe and the hour-glass. At Chickamauga the rebels had about 80,000 men to 65,000 in the Army of the Cumberland, and God spare this land from any mpre such picnics. The official reports of the rebel regimental, brigade, division and corps commanders show that from 25 to 60 per cent of the men whom they took into battle were killed or wounded in those two days of awful fighting.--Nat. Tribune. The Grant Monument Ground was broken on Monday, April 27th, at Riverside Park, New York city, for the Grant monument. Troops were present from the forts around New York; and the U. S. steamer Yantic fired an appropriate salute from the river in front of the tomb. Department Commander of the G. A. R. of New York, Charles H Freeman, and his staff had charge of the entire ceremony. The Grand Army Posts of New York city, Brooklyn and several from points outside the city were present. The following was the order of exercises: Overture by the United States band; prayer by the Rev. Clark Wright; "The Star Spangled Banner," sung by achorus under the direction of S. G. Pratt (W. H. Lawton/the tenor, sung the solo); intro- ductory# remarks, by Department com­ mander Freeman; oration by Gen. Horace Porter; Song, "America" by the chorus, during which the ground was broken by the Department Commander, G. A. R., salutes fired by the Yantic and by the battery of United States artillery. Doxology by the chorus and audience. In the evening the annual banquet of the Grant Birthday-Dinner Association was held at Delmonico's. Joseph H. Choate presided, and Hon. William M. Evarts responded to the toast, "Gen. Grant." Informal speeches were made by Senator Hiseock and a number of veterans of the late war, both Union and Confederate. Gen. Howard; Admiral Braine, and Gen. Floyd Clarkson, Past Department Commander of the Grand Army of New York; were present. The New York Hernia, and other sol­ dier-hating papers which follow its lead are loud in their wails of distress because the Government has withdrawn from the favored National banks some $60,000,- 000 which Cleveland's Administration piled up there, and have distributed it to the people to whom it belonged, in the shape of pensions, refunded direct taxes, etc. No act of Mr. Cleveland's Adminis­ tration was more culpable than this, He took money which belonged to the peo­ ple, and to the people alone, and gave it free of interest, to National bank pets, to lend out to the people and get interest Upon it. Tf the banks got an average of 6 per cent upon this vast sum, and those who are familiar with National bank practices feel assured that they did not make less, they squeezed out of the people Of the United States the enormous sum 1.1,600,000 a year for interest on their own* 'money. This would have been enough to pay the pensions of over 37,- 000 men at f8 a month! The Herald absurdly claims that the withdrawl of this money has a tendency to bring about stringency and precipitate a panici. Nothing could be more preposterous*,; The panic threatened last fall was diW tinctly averted by the fact that the . $ money was taken out of the clutches of ft i few, and was distributed among the \ many. It was taken from where it did not belong, and put where it did belong, C| and the direct result was the easing up , , of the financial situation, the restoration fj of confidence, and the general resumption of prosperity. The wails the Herald , < are the groan? of money-leeches who were frustrated in their schemes to fattea ' i 2 on the troubles of the people.--National • "j Tribune. Depew's Eulogy of Ihemaa. At a meeting of the Union League Club in New York, the Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, its President, spoke thus of Gen* eral Sherman: He was the one man of the distinguished; statesmen and soldiers produced by ou!'t civil war who had genius--the genius of . of originality. It nearly destroyed hia career at one time, while it made it at another. He was pronounced a vision, ary enthusiast, when he said it would ! fake 200,000 men to hold the border State*, and some went so far as officially to pronounce him a lunatic. When be ^ grasped the real weakness of the Confed- '4, eracy and marched from Atlanta to the , --A sea, he became a hero. Nearly all grea& Z men hedge themselves abont with stage k( dignity, and are always posing for effect, ^ but Sherman was the one eminent mat .*- who could be simply Sherman, and no* ' " detract anything from his reputation or dignity. One story which General Sheiv / " man told me, gives the inside history of 45 the famous march to the sea. Shermaa " had been importuning General Grant* s President Lincoln and the War Depart. Jj| ment every day for permission to cut loose from his base of supplies and march through the country from Atlanta to t ha. 1 • coast. Stanton thought he was foolish. / ; Lincoln was afraid he'd lose his army^ and while General Grant in the maia V agreed with the plan there were staff in- fluences around him that were hostile to its execution. One day Sherman received ' "t a telegram from Lincoln saying that ht • ' might use his discretion. He instantly "V; ordered one of his staff to take a detach- ment and tear down the wires for fifty ' i miles between Atlanta and Washington. * ^ ̂ This circumstance he never told publicly, I but he said, that when General Grant's book was published he was interested in a statement it contained to the effect . '4 that General Rawlins went to Washing*. .- ton to countermand the order permitting 4 | Sherman to march to the sea, but ba . <' found that "the rebels had cut the wires." i , V v£i , - "£{1 't-'i •••ni Sherman's Kelatioas 'With His Xea» A gentleman of this city who, during the war. commanded a brigade under Generals Grant, Sherman and Thoma% and knew them all personally, mentioni " a striking point of difference in their re* lations to the armies they commanded "I have seen Grant," says this gentlemaaT ' "ride from rear no front of a moving column, or from right to left of the army ^ receiving salutes all the time, but making; none in retyni. He was never cheered and never a word passed between hita and the lines. He always passed ab- ' sorbed in thought, and with a cigar held , firmly between his teeth he looked . : ; straight ahead, as if at some objective point that nobody else could see. Hi was too absorbed to return the salute^ and the men never tried to break in oa ' V 'J» his reserve. General Thomas was a good deal the same way, only sterner' . J looking than Grant. When he rode past . ^ a column it was always with soma definite object itt view, and he seemed too full of that to notice anything else. Tha men had the greatest confidence in him and for him, but there was never any familiarity or demonstration of affection. With Sherman it was entirely different^ I have seen him ride from front to rear -4 of a column, and it would be a continue < ^ ous cheer the whole way. Not only thia but a continuous exchange of salutationa and remarks. Between their cheers tha * men would shout good-natured remark# » ^ at 'Uncle Billy' and he would talk to *. -*• them in return, passing remarks about' • J his plans, what we were going to do next^ . ̂ etc. It seemed to me sometimes as if h^' would speak to almost every man in thflf column while he was passing. No xnattef ^ what he had on his mind he never seeme<| • ' j abstracted, and was always ready to chaff the boys. On horseback he was the * least soldierly-looking of the three, an<| * he had a slouchy way ol riding that used to tickle the boys. But what pleased "35 them most was his free and easy manner , % and his way of talking to everybody aa be rode along the lines. He got mora: cheering than military salutes." " % This difference of manner and of treat- ~%1 ment by the men indicates to some extent •; J a difference of temperament and charaetei- istics in the three generals. Sherman had A more of what is called personal magnet- ^j| ism than either of the others. His own -S i feelings were more impulsive, and he ' <$[ possessed in a higher degree the faculty '|| of stirring the feelings and exciting the enthusiasm of others. He was nearer to ^1 his men than either of the other generals, ,v,| and more in sympathy with volunteer soldiei s. The men had no more eoafi- * dence in him than they had in tiraat or £>' Tl o na^, but they loved him more. He could unbeud more gracefully than the others, and enjoyed doing it. The result was a peculiar feeling of comradeship " between Sherman and his soldiers which „ seemed to strengthen as the years passed bj.--lBdiiutapoim Joamtl, f •! * s 1

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