THJii fcttJliAiS i Oi iKiJiUiNtt-SAiUiilJA MOixiNiNor, MARCH 10, liW4.
BRiYEST DEEDS OF WAR.
Recollections of Episodes of Heroism
by Land and Sea.
ttirring Contributions From Major T. P. Mol
rath, Lieutenant Ccleuel C. R. KcCaho,
sad Captains W. Dre.ho aid T. W.
Brooke Ninth Nvtinber of a
Notable Series.
It is proposed iu (As series of vapcrs, of
which the ,bOowinj brow the ninth Number
to giee to the ; llMie for the flit time and M
authentic form , by a larje number of disnn-'
guished contribut Vf, the if oriel of (Ac wns'
M'nai dNdp IndMdMl heroism end v.,
sairi.-v oivmvi.i' tn.ii e e iui nteari'
atom IsAtfs iu t&s SW0SW, SiMST '') ( 1 c f or M .1.
dwinj tht idir 0 IStU. 7 Vie coflssKoo, wAen
roMniririt, f r ; 7. arm 11 splendid mommMiU b
Me prvnfjts, patriotism unit cftjoalrous map
nanimity of the Anuriexin sohtier. Thus those
hrroes trho, by their iiu'.iridiuU deeils of ttariitit,
lutded EsSO" 11111 cntiiusi.isiu to the eonitiei -some
in distiinjuished and Others in Inonble
rule will tint! 'eiV .'ire place in (As tot iny and
ndwtiriiy Iteartl 0 a untied iMttod.
TCLD EY MAJOr. IEOXMI P. KeSLKATH.
It The aaptaln ol the battery ol the Fifth
V. S. Artillery in whiob 1 served as lieuten
ant in KcClellan's Peninsula, campaigns,
sras Stephen B. Weed. He was tho soa ot a
stuUm Island blacksmith who had boon sont
to West Point in 1850 from the Pros Academy
in New Xork, through a competitive sonitno
tion of public school graduates Initii : -.1 that
year by Congressman Daniel E. Sickles.
The eiivumst.me is worth mentioning hero
us showing the Indomitable ohanetorotthe
man who from eaob lowly start luul in the
aoooBrt year ol the war corned e. brigadier
general's stars, Weed waa nfllanoed to
daughter of Hon. Simon Cameron, ot Penn
svlvania. and In carried in an losld 1 . .
shoulders, showed the direction of his sympa
thies and the Mason tor his visit to these
parts. '
Tlio young man after some hesitation,
said his namu was Siugleton, but beyond
that he would not talk.
Til ' olrcuinsjanoos ol Jits capture and the
fad that he bad) a good mauy thousand par
mission caps in his possession, warranted us
in holding him as a, spy trying to amle his
way through tn the enemy's lines.
As wo wore Some eight miles from the
headquarters of the Provost-storshal of
the army, mid we were to be relieved the
next morning, it was deoidod to hold the
prisoner under guard and send or take him
on in the morning.
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I AM AS DEAD A3 JL-LUS CIAIIAS.
poekata package . '. h-r tatters, which he n
several occasions solemnly enjoined me to
so?ureand .i istr py in the event ol his ever
being tilled in a Hon. Weed's Bghti&g qual
ities spewlily made him an object of admir
ing ivsarii throughout the famous "8yket'
Division'' ol Regulars, In rrt" Filth Corps,
with whkh l.if ry served, hi 1S3. he
was oommissi in id brigadier general -a pro
motion for which the captains ol the regular
artillery regiments senn j particularly eligi
ble all but one ol tho captains 'f the Filth
artillury. besides the lieutenants and iill the
held otlioers of that organisation being at
period either brigadi r 'ir major generals of
vohintei'rs. General Weed wore his surs
for the tirstand only time in battle. atOttys
biirc. wiieri- ho eommandtfil the Third Brig
ade of Ayr-5's Divisior.. consisting ol two
New York arid two Penr.sylvnnia niriinnts
of infantry. On July 2d, til" second day of
the fight his brigade was in reserve in rear
of the famous "little Bound Top." near tii"
erest of which "minenco tlriffin's battery
undar Lieutenant Charles K. Hazlott, was
vigorously pounding away at th'i enemy,
while in the vicinity Weed's own former com
mand. bf:!onging to the. same regiment, was
doi:ig effsctlve service under Lieutenant M. j
P. Watson, w.vsi s an.llery instinct over
atne his pfofssslonal discretion, and to
whiia away the interval of inactivity heas
Bended the hill to wat;u th firing of the
batteries. A Configurate sharpshrnfer shel
tered behind a rock was industriously pick
jngoff Federal v'.- r. ..vral of wtio 1. Lid
already fallen before his destructive weapon,
while, all efforts to dislodge him wer-. una
vailing. General Weisl was Ipasdfjy added
to tho list of the ttnerring i harps hooter's
victims, and ho fell to the ground with a
ghastly Wound in his side, Placing him ten
derly i'ii hu back, Haalett knelt down over
his prostrato friend to nweivo bis farcvll
instructions, respecting tho precious pnokag
of letters I have mentioned, and wishing t.
cheer him -aid: ''Weed, I hop- you will
carry tic,-'- inc.- ages yourself " The pr.s
trat man replied : Why do you say that?
Don't you I am a- d. .id a .f::vi 1. r ' '
As hu littered tin words a bullet from the
'samo death-dealing rifle crushed through
'Hazlott's skull, and he fell forward from his
knees, a QorpSe, across the form of tho dying
fioneral. Weed, turning bis eyes downward
to seerhim, said sadly: " l'o.,r HoJtlettl Ife
has gone before n.1 1 ' and not long afterward
ho too had breathed his last. General Weeds
body WSS brought to New York, audit lay
In state in the governor's room in the City
ibdl during tho Draft. Blot which eonvulssd
hat city about ten days after ho was killed.
Thn commotion that prevailed throughout.
ho city prevented the rwniains receiving the
tokens ol respect whieirtfouid tAherwisehave
Uion bestowed upon them, and on duly loth
they wero conveyed try a few fri' inls to
Men Island where ofti t a funeral servloe In
tho Dutch Befonnwl church iii Tompkins
ville they were deposited In their final resting
place, near tho homo of his ohlldbood. It.
was in recognition oj his Valor that th" nnmn
of tho" Little BoundfTop" wascltanged by or
der of U10 War Derssjtment to " Weed's lliil.''
"TOLD EY LT. C0LON2L G.E. JleCABE.
.r It. was during the Vloksbnrg oampuign,
and not long betore'tho tormlnatlon of that.
memorable siege.
, I was then a captain ' Attabhsd ton he ivy
detail that was scut down the lib; ' Cluck,
U watch tho only poin to the east, whereby
Spies or hcoiiIm might enter the city witli
despatches for the enemy.
fot wooks wo had be,n oxpecting anur-
reiidor, fur ileseitcis bad come through,
to our lines from the city, and one and all
told us that Pcmborton's garrison wero
short of percussion 0 tps and that, if they did
not get in a supply, they could not. bold out ;
so that our real purpose Was to prevent. Ibis
kind of supply getting through to the
enemy.
One evenihg, it was in mid-June and about
month after the siege began, some of my
men who had been to Iho other sido of the
river in ubattoau, cnniobitck in a hurry, bring
ing with them a prisoner.
This prisoner was a bright and alhlotic
young fellow of not moro than live mid
twenty. The only sign of military dress
about him was a blue blous ', but it needed
no ulouo ojruniination to prove that he. wan u
southern man by birth, and the contonto rf
the kaiipsacj: eamed so liglitly on WH'
' V IN VOl LI. I'll'."
lie was in my special keeping, and when
dinner was oooktxl I orderad that the man
be given all be could eat. including a tin cup
ot genuluo cofmc, which he appeared to
ii-ii very much.
After h i had eaton, 1 went over to the
firs where he est, near the river, and found
him more communicative, A guard was
detail d to watch him specially, but it seemed
Impossibla that ho OOUld get away, for the
wesl bank ol the Big Black was allvo with a
our alart pickets.
See," he said, in response to my question,
" th ue i no use to deny it. I am at'oufed,
1 but 1 tell you I am 110 spy.''
I - 1 think." I Said, " yea will have trouble in
makings court believe that."
I "What'' he asked in surprise, "do you
think they 11 try me for 11 spy V
- 1 certainly do."
" And you think they'll be apt to convict '"
"1 do and lam sorry for it, for you ap
pear t" be a decent young fellow." 1 said.
And if thov convict, whal ;ii in
" Then you'll die."
" By banging ! "
" KB."
"Ami no choice on my part?"
Hnlortunately, no,"
Weil," iu siid meditatively,
damned hard."
"It is ,tii" fortune of war. If I can be of
a: v service to you while I am here, let uie
know." 1 s.iid. a 1 turned to leave.
lie thanked me, curled himself up at the
root of a live-oak, and With bis soft grey
hat pull d over bisiirowried face, appeared
to i) S' " 'ii asleep.
As officer Ol the guard, I passe. I the lire
several times, before twelve o'clock, when I
was to be relieved, and th" prisoner appeared
to be still asleep.
Down the river I could hea:- the challenges
coming nearer, telling DM the pickets wero
being relieved.
1 was Hearing the fire again when I heard
crash, then a shot, and between me and
the flames, saw the prisoner leaping like a
panther on til" guard, and dashing him to
th" earth. The le-xt instant there followed
a yell and a plunge. The prisoner bad taken
b) the river.
As I ran forward the pickets began to fire
in the direction of the ripples, l ut we itould
not see the man.
In my h art I hoped the daring fellow
WOtdd not ho bit. for a man who could
br ivo such risks d'wrvn! suceess.
A sties ' meflve minutes, then from
the safety el the flense woods beyond tho
river, we beard a yell of triumph and th"
words :
'Got d bye Yanks and I-' d nl to you I" and
we laughed despite . ur mortification.
TOLD EY CAPTAIN W. DKAXE, A. D. C.
I was on duty in New Orleans as aide do
camp at the headujaarters ol General Duller
in W2. when tho heroic death of the veteran
General Williams was tin- theme of universal
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mlmsration. At the bsolnning of Augusl,
IMS, the town ! Bhtoh Bouge, was threat
ensd iy a OontBdersti force eager for Its
n lapl ore. The Pedersl garrison holding the
place was commanded by Brigadier General
Thomas Williams of tlcbigan who bud
graduated at West Point in 1887, and had
Served with distinction iii the ariill'Ty
through the Mexican and Bsmlnole wars
GsneraJ Williams was a aallanl officer of
the obi school. Desiring to save ti Irises
ol Baton Bourn from th". risk of life and de
struction ol poperty' thai would attend a1
nssantt upon the place be determined i"
relinquish the nil vantage ol protection Whiob
the houses would nflord and accordingly db
August 5th, marched his Iroops out into lite
open country td most the enemy. The Fed
orals gave way at flrsl before a rehemcnl
ohsrge of their opponents, but a ktlchlgsn
reghnont, rallying ipiickly. rcsiored good
order and oomposure slong the whole Uns.
Gsnoral Williams who was conspicuous In
his General's uniform and his massive grey
beard persisted in remaining mounted. Bee
big the Splendid rally of I tie western men,
be rode before the rsclmentas ii (seed the
nuemy and dellberstwy dbfllng his hat in
knightly style said : -I see my atlohlgan
mon, know thali duty. Gentlemen I salute
ynn t " As ho pronounced those greoioui
wot us n mlnnie bullet Draught him to tho
STOUad. a eornse. Mis body was blaoed on a
steamer which was despatched that night.
bi Now Orleans with a largo numlior of
wounded lietonging to both armies, During
the night the boiler exploded add few 011
hoard Mca'd. The corpso of General
Williams was found the next day Boating on
a plonk in Hi" Mississippi river, and was
convoyed to .New Orleans where General
Butler ordered It tsVoe buried with military
honors. The rector of a prominent churcb
on Canal street gSVS bis consent to have
the funeral services performed there, but the
nmlnitM portion ot his congregation deter
mined uol In permit the ohseoiileH tn tike
pi ;n that eilifiee. When the military
BSCOrl accompanying the' body arrived at
the church Hie latter was (OUnd to be
crowded totho stSBS of the portico by an
excited multitude, composed principally of
Santos . OapUin Knstl nf Urn. Dntler's
stajf requested politely that space might
lie iniulo for the funeral party to enter, but
was refused. Ho was informed that all
those, present were regular worshippers In
thai church ami as they rented the pews
tbev lisil a perfect right to remain there
perplexing. Involving points that Captain
nOnSIll had never been called upon to solve
before, and for the solution of which neither
tho nrmy regulations nor the arthstss or wc.r
furnished any clue, lie was accordingly
forced to return to Gen. Butler's heedquart-,
SI ' and report the obstncle that bad pre
Ventod bis carrying out Ids orders for
the funeral. General Butler peremptorily
ordered him to have the sseort charge.
with fixed bayonets, upon the booupants
of the church mid fore en entry. BetUrH-
lug to the church. Captain Bensm Informed
tic inmates of the InshrUOUonshensd just re
ceived, and while he expressed his uxtremo
relilctanee to res rt to swh harsh nieu lures,
he declared that he hod no alternative but
must obey his ordors. Drawing oul bis
watch be nam"d an Interval within which
the church must be emptied if tho satastrpphe
were to be averted, Ths rosnll wasanasty
rstroal on the part of thefemioine Invaders,
ondtho religioiu) services baringlbocn per
formed without farther interfere. ice, Gonoral
Williams' body was at length allowed a
peaceful resting place.
TOLD BY CAPTAIN T. W. BROOKE.
1 wn i n sergeonl In tho Ponrtb Pennsylvania
Cavalry luid was with my regiment near h-:-on
drill thole a we 'k In Pebruary,1864, when on
order came for u , to oln Gouoral Kilpalr'n-k.
who with Colonel Petrlc Dohlgren, ltwas re
port od w as about to mnkon raid on Riohmond
for the purpose ol freeing tho thousands ol
Union prisoners known to be belli there, and
all wards, with their help, to hold the city if
possible
This was a bold und irtaklng and one
worthy the best effort of the best soldier, but
I recall thai While every trooper In the Army
of tho Potomac conceded Kllpatriuk's cour
age, there was a very general Impression
among the rank and file-that be lacked the
weigh! ossontlal too great undertaking, and
thai while ho might do very woU as boat
vt.i. did undej tho eye ola superior thai
he was not the man for this particular work ;
and tho result sustained the popular Judg
ment, The weather we.s oold and raw. With a
driving sleet much of the time, and the roads
Were in a frightful state, but then they were
hist as bod for the enemy as they were tor
us, a thought that had in it a sort eleven
comfort.
in all my campaigning, l can recall noth
ing 0 trying to men and antttBlSOS tiiat rash
and bootless raid on Richmond, J&ough it
was .inn .ng Ihi' possibilities to make it one of
the most brilliant exploits of the war,
Like every other raid, this one WSS full ot
in, ilent, and replete with Individual acts of
HjineSS and daring, one of which 1 am glad
; add as a contribution to the record of
War's Bravest Deeds, '
Vlong with our expedition was a man
'i Hogan, ot whom i bad often heard as
'lit. and whose exploits will bo reinciu
I by many old troopers of the Army of
tic Potomac.
Hogan was at cms time snout thirty years
age, all niter, active, a good norseman,
und as will be seen, OS OOOl as a man well can
be who is notfroxen stiff, lie wore tho uni
form of an enlisted man, but 1 know be was
dtached to no regimenl but rode about,
emingly bis on a master.
Hogan, it Was tsiid, " knew Virginia as well
as if he bad Imill its hips and dug out all its
rivers and creeks," and it was this topograph
leal knowledge that made him an invaluable
man on the rani.
We had just crossed the South Anna at
Taylorville, In a cold drenching rein, when i
was ordered to report with five men. detailed
for the purpos , to uenerai niipatfick, then
at a tumble-down tavern in the village.
I knew it was special work, (or which 1
was fur from being eager, and my Suspicions
w. re found to In' correct when I was ordered
to report to Hogiin. who was in another room
ivered with a long water'prooi coat ami
earing on his bead a havclock of the same
material.
I found that live men of Major Cook's Imt-
talion of the S.'eonil New York Cavalry were
I itaited for the same purpose, and, judg
ing tneir IOOES, tney were not at ail
1 -lighted at the prosis-t. I subsequently
found that they regarded Hogan as uspy and
that if he was euptured b" would be hanged.
witli tin- chances that those who wore in Ids
lOmpeay would share the .-.nil.- fat".
We carried with us two days cooked rations
md were to rely on tin untry for forage for
..,'- animals, wnioh'al this time were in very
rood condition for cavalry bones. Wo did
n t. start out till it was dark, a fact that In il-
If was not inspiriting, And when- we wi re
going or HOW we COU1Q go anywm re mi such
m inky, hiaok i. ig.it. I count not tor the lire
of me imagine. Aiterwards I came to believe
that that man Hogan oould have made this
way to any mrt. of Virginia, as well blind
foldi d, as With his eyes Sfide "pen under the
hissing light "tine mtaao sun.
lb- rode -by my side, and Instead of talk
ing about tin- mid, or .air present nn.-si m. be
told me he bad boon a Methodist and was
now a hard shell Baptist, and went on to i
prove to his own satisfaction, that immersion
was essential toettrnal salvation.
The le-xt morning we turned a bridge over
a fork of the North Anna, rested and fed our
horses at a"socosh'1 farm house, and then
headed for Richmond. Hogan discussing
sprinkling and Immersion again, with nil the
vigor of a camp meeting preacher,
During the day, be seal, four mon back
with despatches, BO thai th -re were only six
of us and himself b-ft. The morning of the
third day out, wo wer- within sight of she
Biohm nd outworks, ami In turning a bend,
w - saw, but a few hundred yards away, a
Confederate camp. Quicker than it osn be
told. Hogan had u white handkerchief on the
end "f his saber, and whispering to us to fol
low him, he waved the llsst, and dashed
down on tin- astounded Confederates, who
turned . ut to ii" Richmond Hbmegusrds.
Before tin- officer in command could catch
bis breath. Hogan shouted :
"I nin Captain Redmond of Goponkl Kll-
Patrick's Staff, and I am here todomaadyour
surrender I"
This was sublime check. Thooffiosrs whis
poTcd apart, then one of them said: lWs
want an hour to consider. '
"Very wed," replied Hogan, "I Shall re
turn in an hour."
A CHAT WITH G. A. GROW.
Return to Congress of One of the Great
Men of the Past
His Sarly Life and How Ho Became tho Sue
uot'.or of David Wibxot Interesting Rcc
vlleetions ot tho Leading Statesmen
and Orators of the Ante-Bollum
Period Passage of tho
Homestead Laws.
GtnrWOOD, Pi., March 9, 1891. -An Intcr
view wiiii the mosi alllaMa of Aoorioan
statesmen, Galushs a. Grow, who at the end
of an election for Qfmjrrcssman-at-torgw in
Pennsylvania, returns to the v.H. House of
Representatives, is a matter of pleasure
as well as Interest, With a courtesy
equal to Chesterfield, a dignity and ease that,
made it i in memorable as Speaker of the
House, during the stormy times of 1861-03,
ho is at tho soots time as truly democrotio
so when bo was a young ami unknown at
torney, in PauweU'i great allegorical picture,
OShlbltOd in the Holland Section at the
Centennial, prominent among tin- pruat
Americans, stands the figure ol GaluSboAa
ti low, who as (lie originator of the HomO
stead Hill, has been balled abroad, as
onoot ths benefactors of mankind. Bloated
again, to thai House (that he did so muob to
honor), b) tin- unprecedented majority of ik.",
000, he still retains thai cognomen of "Great
Majority (irovv," that was bestowed upon
him oo his unanimous olectionto Congress.
Hu the opening day oftho thirly-s .ad
Congress, in December, 1891, atoll, smooth
faced young man of twenty seven, walked
lo tho clerk's desk and took the oath of
office, Curious eyes closely scanned the
now member's make up, for he canto to th"
House as the comparatively unknown suc
cessor 1. 1 n man of national repute, David
Wllmot, whoso proviso had occupied the
attention of previous congresses to the
almost total exclusion of other mutters.
Tho young man's name was QsJusha A. Grow,
and he soon demonstrated that those who
had selected him to BUCGOQd so notable a
man b ut made no mistake in their Choice.
He early become the leader of tin-courageous
and brainy mon who, during the exciting
days preceding 1 1 - war, waged unyielding
battle against the dcmatids'if the slave power
on the Boor ot the House, and the leadership
which be gained at tho outset of his con
gressional career, his great abilities and un
swerving devotion to duty and the right,
easily enabled him to retain during the
my life. Tho .trip from Tunkhannock to
Marietta occupied about live days and wo
ate and slept in a cabin built on the raft. I
acted as cook for tlw imrty and took a liand
at the oar when my assistance was uoeded.
It was just uftor the panic of 1837, and all
branches of business were pSisljSbd. Lum
Ikt was au absolubi drug on the market.
" At Ileposit we found Horacetl. Phelps, of
New York, with a largo stock of lumber, for
which they bad for weeks boon vainly en
deavoring to linda purchaser. At last they
decided to load it on vessels und send it
UOWn OhSSSpeakfl ly in search of a market.
I was given charge of ..no of tho vessels as
supercargo, my Instructions from Colonel
Bailey being to go until I had sold it, b Nor
folk or Richmond if necessary. A few dajs
later, ut Annapolis, I found the purchaser for
which I was searching, and, sold the cargo
of which I bad ohOrge f,,r much more than
the Colonel luul oxpsotsd to receive for It.
Returning to llalt.imore, 1 met Colonel Ballsy
and my brother. The former was so pleased
with my success that he gave me a handsome
sum for my services. This was tho QrSl
mono 1 bad over earned.
"1 accordingly visited Washington and
Mount Vernon, I walked from Alexandria I"
Mount. Vernon and Imck the same day. In
Washington I saw all that a country boy
could see, visiting among otb"f places, the
While House. I clerked in the utore which my
mother bad established hen in (ilenwood,
and later made other trips down the river
wilh my brother. In 1KIH my sister and I
entered the i'raiikliu aeadeiuy at Hartford. I
entered Amherst CollOgC in 1840, and graduat
ed there from in 1HI1. The following year I
Commenced the study of law with Hon. p. Ii.
Btreeter, of Montrose,' and in April, 1M7, 1 was
admitted to practice in tie- courts of Husipii -
bonna county, Boon after my admission to
the bar I was invio d by David Wilmol to bo
snme his partner at Towunda. I accepted his
otter and remained in Towanda a year, when
my health, which had heroine completely
broken by study ami oonflnement, compelled
me to lake to the open air. I came home and
spent the most of the next two yours out of
doors, surveying and lumbering."
"Tell me something of Wlintot"
, "During the time wo were associated to
gether I, of course, came to know him well,
A large, portly, pblegmotia man of strong
p. rSOnailty, resembling in some respects the
late Oliver P. Morton, of Indiana. Mentally
h" was what yon would call a great muti, and
bo possessed sterling common sense; was a
sound lawyer and a good judge nuto.-icor
two of his decisions during the time ho whs
on the bench were ever overruled. Moreover,
he could sec cl -nrly into the future, a gn at
gift for a public m in the forties, and to bis
the newly formed Republican party, once its
caucus candidate for speaker and finally the
presiding officer of tho first war oongreSS.
"Tho great triumvirate of Webster, Clay
and Calhoun liad nlroady been broken " said
he, "by tho death of Calhoun before I took
my scat in the House. Webster and Clay
died 'tlm following summer. Thomas H.
Benton, their old time rival, however, sur
vived them u number of years.
" After Benton retired from oongress, and
while ho was engaged on bis condensation of
congressional debates, In-sunt for me one day
and asked that, as I bad to pass his bouse on
my way from my lodgings to the- capitol, I
would drop in daily and 1 tell him what was
going on in congress. 1 did so for u long
lime, and us a ooiisooucneo enjoyed many
long and pleasant obata with him which are
among the most delightful recollections of
that period of my life. On one occiiaion I
remsmbcr, while the repeal of tho Missouri
com promise was under discussion, I asked
him how he thought General Osss, then a
Senator from Michigan, would vote on the
measure."
" 1 General Cass, sir,' sold be in answer to
my question, 'don't know how bo will vote
on the repeal. He is a man that is very BSsUy
seduced. It is very fortunate for General
Cass, sir,' this after a moment's thought,
'that, ho wasn't born a womun. If be had
been ho would have been without a character
before he was sixteen, yosrs old, sir.' After
wards we were talking of Senator Douglas
position on slavery; he said: 'They SSy
Douglas is leading the Democracy off. No.
sir; the Democracy is leading Douglas off,
sir. Il would go to bell, sir ii the majority
were going there,'
"William H. 8oward came loth:.' senate
from Now York, in IHi'J, wie re lie soon be
came lie- leader in .lohute. r.-,i ol tie- anti
slavery Whigs and afterward of the Repub
licans, No man could have done better than
bo tho work be was then culled on to do, but
in tho management ol m"iihe was not -v
OSSStuL It wasa most fortunate thing that In
failed to receive tin- ltepubhoan nomination
for president in I860, and '.hat the wise and
patient Lincoln was nominated in his stand.
John 1'. Hale had been in the senate lour
years when 1 took my Stat in the House. He
was a very indolent man and for that reason
never rose to the position lor which hit
abilities fitted him.
Some years before the repeal of tie- Mis
souri compromise Senator tlid"H inin -duoed
a bill appropriating some 180,000,000
for the purchase of Cuba, th" object "i
your own side of the hall.' 1 replied ths' i
hull was a free one and every man had a rig .
to go whnro ho pleased. Kcitt then arot
from his seat and came around to the aislt
which I was standing. As be came opto l.
be said : "1 want to know what yon fnssn
sue i mi answer us that?' I told him ( an:,,. .
jii"' what. I bad said - that it was a free haM
nni- .nan bad a right to lie where be pl' .ised
'Si. said Koitt, 'I will let you know th".
yoi. are a black Bspublioaa puppy.' 1 Ni v
lull 1,' said 1 I shall occupy SUCb plu I
th- bull as I plossn. snd no negro-driver shall
cr ,ek his whip over me.1 This angered Keilt
and he made a grab for my throat and 1 stars
Inai. This proved tho signal for a rough ami
tumble light. The Southerners Who were sit
ting near rushed to Koltt's assistance, mid
l'otter, tho Washhuriis, and others ca:..e t
lny aid. ISarksdale, of Mississippi, who i -sayed
the role of a poqoTl msknr rStlnjht in Id
of me. Potter, tiiinkingtiint Borksdasl TO a
mo barm, bit him, UarkJdalo did not knot
Who it. was had hit him, but supposing i'. iVOS
Eiihu Washburn, pitched at the latter. Cad
Wallader Washburn, seeing the assault on hi .
brother, Struck out for Uurksdalo and knooil
olf his wig. liarksdale picked it up and pet
it on wrong end foremost. This made hi":
appear so ridiculous that all burst out laugh
ing, und In this way the ufTnir end. d. " i
were s number ol laughable inoldenta com ;
si with the Hffray. Afb-r It was over and
order luul been restored, (John Oovode was
seen carrying back to his seat r, the rear id
of th" hail an immense spittoon. Some 000
usk"d him what he purposed to do With ; .,
and he said that whan the t rouble bommi i.
he picked it up Intending to spot on) tsllo .
with it. who drew a 'weapon.' Tic: II- .
continued In session until 6 o'clock on Satu,
day morning, whan it was adjourned until
Monday. Monday afternoon, Keitt BKM -i. -.i
apologised."
'You also had some trouble with Con
gressman Branch, of North Carolina':''
"Yes, bat it never went any further liic-n
talk. I replied with some spirit to I Ipoi
In-bad made, and i-.b a resup be challenges
mo V u duel. 1 sent him a reply that !
was opposed to duelling, and that it
was prohibited and declared a crime by
tie- law- enacted by the body of which ws
were members. Howover, n.y person-i
right und the freedom ol debate assured py
tho OO<itation, i should defend whenever
and wherever they were assailed. The.-',
the matter ended. '
"Joshua I!. Gid dings was already well
course being to strengthen the sluvu power. I knr'Wh When I took my s-at. persistant and
(GALUSHi A. GROW, PB01I Ills LATBBT PHOTOGRAPH.)
twelve
There
. ..-I rcawii th.-y ;i nl- Th.' aiunlloD .-.'-! "I-.-" - ii-l' 1
"I AM 0APT. ntDKONO OTfltX. DLPAVllOS i
staJT."
"11, Is needless to sfcy thai we did not
return, but used the time bs getting back to
Kllpstrlak, whom we Joined Hue night, and
from that tune on, Hogan has been fo mi- the
coolest and braves! man I . rot mut.
In the current issue of " Iht Vni.-.fi.oii'i
MayuintP s very unflattering desoription ol
Benjamin 1 rankiin's -Ue is given. It is
liken from the diary or Danlol fisher, who
wns Franklin's secretary for a short time.
"Shs-saton the floor sit a neighbor's, she
'SSSUmed the airs of extraordinary freedom
nnd great humility, lamented heavily th"
misfortunes of those who am unhappily In
feeied with a too tender or benevolent dls
positloti, s-iid silo liolieved all (lie world
claimed a, prlvelego of troubling In"- I'nppy
(so she usually calls Mr. Prsnkltn) Wltl) tfisir
calamities ami distress, giving us a general
history Ot mantr SUOh wretches and their Im
pertinent, applications.' IJe mentions 'the
turbulence and jealousy ami pride of hor
disposition' and the violence of Iu-r Invv -tlves.
Pointing to Franklin's con, one day, ihesX
claimed : ' There go"S tho groat '.- t villain
years be remained in I '..ingress.
was no important measure intro
duced hiring his period of service that ''id
not feel Iho influen if his voice and vote,
while to his determination, persistence and
farsightedness was duo the final passage
of tlm homestead net, with perhaps n
single exception the most important legis
lation of Congress, and which has done
more than all else to make the West so
groal and prosperous,
Pennsylvania has no more honored citizen
than tiaiUSns A. (.row, Done with a more
stainless record, free from all taint of
personal profit or time serving, none who
has rendered lo his country In its hour
of need moro efficient and patriotic service.
in the comfortable home pi his latter year;
I found him Uils afternoon hod asked him
to tejl me something ol his life and the man
Willi whom ho was associated during his
public career.
" I was born," Sold he, " in Ashford. Cob
Dectlout, in 1824. My father died when I
was still a child and I was sent lo live with
my mothorl lather, Captain Samuel Bobbins.
When I was bin years ok) my mother anzlovs
t-i gather in u home of her own, her chil
dren, who had boon SOattared since my
father's death, bought, this form and came
Icre with my oldest lu-other, youngest
slsler mid myself, I being Hi" youngest of
four boys. My mOthOr, olio of the noblest
nnd heal of women, died in 1864, Just Otter
retiri'd from Congress. yoke of OXOO BJld
a cow, at the outset Instituted the satire
slock on our farm. The first year wo w'ere
able to plan! and sow a few acres of com and
wheat, Idwaid, my brother, doing thS plow
ing and 1 driving the axon. The pigeons
wars very numerous that year playing sad
havoc wllh th" liowly-platited crops, end as
I was not ySl large enough to handle a gun
safely, I was nssijjnsd the task of keeping
th" pigeons away,
" Each winter, until .fourioon, I attended
tin- dislrlel school -one of the old fashioned
kind, wilh its spelling bens and 0th Sf
features of educational work in tin -e times,
which have since fallen Into dlSUSS, The
v inter that I Wns fourte -n we had a debatiir.;
society in our district, in whose dlMUSSlOB I
1 took mi aetlvo part, the experience In
public speaking which t thus obtained
proving of the gnsstCSt service tn mo In
Inter years. When WSS a boy here In
Susquehanna county, lumboring wa-j :::ll
olio of the leading industries and Iho fond
est munition of ovcy boy tn tlm country
was to go ?own the Susiptehann dvsr on
a raft to MarletUi nnd Colum'oia, ot stiil
farlber down to Port Deposit. I made the
trip the sprig 1 was fiftcju. It was tin-
lasting credit it is to be said that the position
which in- took on the slave question- the only
just and righteous one-he steadily main
tnineil during bis public career. 1 remember
a talk we bad after bis reliirn from the last
session of the thirty-first congress, which
passed the fugitive slave law and the famous
oompromlse measures, which both the Whig
and Democratic parties united in loudly pro
otsimingas final and conclusive legislation
regarding slavery.''
"How did you come to succeed Wilmot in
congress?"
" An Interesting chapter of history attaches
toit. in 1848 Wilmot had supported Van
Huron, the I re.- Soil candidate lor president,
and this coupled with his own position as
author of Hie proviso, made liiin uitiiopulur
with a large clenien! of his party. When he
cams Up for re-election in 1800 there was
trouble. Tlieilist irct Was composed of Tioga,
Bradford and BusQuebonna counties. Wilmol
secured Hie regular nomination in Bradford
county and was also named by the Tree Soil
Wing "f the parly InTtOgS county. With two
DsmOOrotiO candidates, it was evident that a
Wb .would Pa elected. Wilmot iignvd to
retire, If his opponont would, and i was ne
ospbtd as a compromise, li was dose to the
time of election, nnd the committee who waited
on me found meat work on the farm re
pairing bridges. One week after my nomi
nation, 1 wns elected lo congress by 1,211
majority, laro years later, my majority was
7,577, and in 1n."4, as a result of my stand on
UlS Kansas-Nebraska bill, there was no can
didate against me nmi I was unanimously
elected.'
Mr. Crow entered public life at a critical
period. The previous congress, which con
tained bin nine avowed anti-Slavery men,
bad pe.s icd Clay's omnibus bill and t'no fugi
tive slave law, and all parlies save the small
contingent of AboUtionlsts hoped and
avowed Dial Hie slavery question wa I - i ll!, d
for on,' and all. Hut early tilths adminis
tration of President Pisroo, the suoo sful
attempt of Senator Douglas lo repeal the
Missouri compromise stinted an n differ
ences only wn;-could sclile. It is one of the
Ironies of the " irrepivsslMo conflict " that
tin- SUI OSSSor of David Wilmot, who had ii-.a-n
defeited largely on account of Ids ant!
slavery VlsWS, took ami from the outset
maintained an even mom radical and ad
vanced position than bis predecessor. A
ready and effective speaker, on Kr Grorv's
Shoulders fell the Prnnt of the blttST but
fruitless battle in the i louse ngaln-l the re
peal, und when ii finally was passed fcy con-
grass anil ror.eivo.l the cxec.iiive i -ion ,.
General Cass made an slaborate speech sup
pelting the bBl, on the grounds that it was
dangerous to our government to have a
dependency of a foreign power so near our
shores as Cuba. Halo followed, 'Consis
tency,' said he, - has always lx-?u a crowning
jewel ill the diadem of the senator from
Michigan. He favors the annexation "f
Cuba because its proximity is a constant
menace to our welfare when every nigh of
his life when be is ut home.' General Cass
lived in Detroit, 'from the window of the
room in which be sleeps you can throw a
s'.ono into the possessions "f her Brlttonie
i majesty."
I " Hen Wade entered congress as a senator
on thosame day that I cat- red the House.
During the following twelve years we were
thrown much together, and I came to know
bini very intimately. He was one of tin
most manly of men, thoroughly honest and
terribly in earnest,
" I recall one occasion when George E.
Pugh, his colleague during the flrsl purt of
his senatorial career, and on- of the most
plastic of doughfaces', had finished u pro
slavery speech which aroused Wade's anger :
ho said : 'While listening to the words ot
my colleague 1 havo wondcr.il why Cod
Almighty did not make some men spaniels in
stead of men.' Toombs, ot Georgia, one of the
southern leaders in the senate, wasa good
deal of a blusterer. While tho bill for the
purchase of Cuba was up Toombs one- night
made a speech in support of it. He de
nounced the I Republican senators as dema
gogues, who were afraid of the 1 lsoklond
ore' of the North. When he bad finished
Wade, who sat next to him. sprang to his
feet and turning upon Toombs, his eyes
Hashing lire, burst out . -Afraid are we!
Afraid are we ! There is no man or thing on
God's footstool that 1 am afraid of.' and be
brought his list down on Toouib's desk with
a vigor that made the hitter wince. "1
GXOOpt the senator from Ohio from my re
marks,' said Toombs. 'All right, if you
want to back out you can,' retorted Wad".
We gladly accept the issue whiob the senator
from Georgia presents aud will go to the
people On it. land for the landless against
niggers for the niggerlOSS.'
"Salmon P. Chase was m the senate from
18S3-1861, and his pto-amlfient talimt ren
dered his services of the greatest value.
Chase's vanity was bis besetting weakness.
Whsn he became a member of Lincoln's
cabinet it surroundod him with mtschlevout
advisers, who gre.it ly impaired his use
fulness. Other strong men on the re
publican side? whoso friendship 1 enjoyed
during those years were Charles Sunnier.
Henry Wilson, Hannibal Hamlin. Jacob
Cottamer
l.vman Trumbull ami William Pit!
I -e.sev.den. all pure and able men. Toombs.
.lityfersou
Davis. John Slid'-M and .liidah 1'.
Benjamin! wers the leaders ol tin- southern
contingent. Davis was the most supercilious
and condescending and Benjamin the wiliest
and brainiest of the lot. in tho art ot making
a weak case.oppear strong, Bonjomin's gifts
amounted almost to genius.!1
" There were also strong men in the House
during your petmd of sen lost "
" There were indeed. Thaddeus Stevens
was a member of the House during the latter
partol my congressional life, and whenever
he was there, of course, he was always a
prominent Ugure. Ho wns i-.pinl to any
emergency, and a remorseless antagonist.
His grim humor often nmdo even thOSS to
ward whom il was directed laugh. Once
when Wbaley, a member from West Vir
ginia, begged for the floor ui Order to make
a statement while Mr. Stevens 'was speak
ing on an Important QUSStiOS, Stevens finally
yielded, saying. 'Mr. Speaker, 1 yield to the
gentleman from West Virginia for a few
feeble remarks,"
"How did your lamous encounter with
Keitt, of South Caroling, come about "
" Th it wa i during the delate us towllethcr
Buchanan's nuatsage on, hs Leooniptoo con
stitution ot Kansas, should be retorted to the
OOmmttteS on tonltOZlM, which was Demo
cratic, or to a select oommlttoe of fifteen, i
had previously been Ottalrman of the eommil
teo on territories while Banks wns sneaker
and WSJ then a mombOX of Hie committee,
and, e.eeind'ngiy, had oUTgool tiie Republi
can forces. The House .sat until long after
midnight. About 1 aid I I tOSSCd over to the
Dene cmUe side to consult with John Hick
ma. l as to Hie i"s, meoas-of protracting the
until ..: 'r.iin.T. While i v.v. talking
with Hlckmos, General Quitman arose to
SCOOm Wo did .; it vv.ttit them td tall:, but lo
unlaitsring in bis devotion t-idutv. he vvv-
thoOato of tb- snti-slovery agitation. Geriirt
Smith wus also in the House iii tin- early
flttss. A man of noble figure, strikingly
handsome and a splendid speaker, he did
good service. Naturally open-handed. Mr.
Smith's groat wealth enabled him to bo o."
incalculable benefit to the early atdi-iav. ...
SpostlSS. He was f'-r y--ars their chief finan
cial supporter. Owen Lnvejoy, the t.-.-: .
of F.iijab was s member ol tbHou' boa
Illinois. He was a bom agitator and I
serxiees wen- of the gr. stest value. J .
! Hickman was on- .-i my colleagues :. :.
I Pennsylvania, a brainy, courageous a.
worthy man. Thoma- CVrwiu. who ha .
(previously boeu in th-- senate, became i
' memb'-r -d the lower l!"us.- iu lsa-!. TI.
year following u numb.-r --f th- R. pubi.
members desired mo to be a candidate for
speaker 1 had been the Republican cud -date
when Orr. of South Carolina, re
elected, but the majority of ths party sup
pirted John Sherma: . Th Sp sdtetshlp
contest lasted eight we its and finally end-- i
in the election of Pennington.
'General i lank f. from t:.--.. bUSStt B, v a
the first Republican speaker, He was sleet
in 1855, after what was probably the mi
exciting contost in our history, it brio;
drawn out for many weeks. The Horn
finally declared by n solution that sltei
thre-mon- haunts without .-ho:- . tu ...
didate who received th" highest numba) -ballots
in the next vote should bo dscis
elected, regardless of the sbsenoe of a m
jority of the whole vote. On the next ti..
taliots Ranks received i02 votes : Aiken, I .
Democratic candidate. '.13. and the i Dm
candidate? 20. Ou the next Imllo. Rank
received 108 votes: Aiken, 10t. and the
others U. Ranks was sccordlngly declared
elected."
Mr. Grow was elected speaker of the Hous
duly 4. 1881, ami so ably and acceptably did
he discharge, the dUtiCSOl the office that at
tho close of his term a unanimous vote Ol
thonkl was given him the first unanimous
veto given to a speaker In many years.
Previous to his election to the speakership
ho had been chairman of the committees on
India:: affairs an j on territories, being at the
head ot tho latter committee during all the
Kansas ir. ubles,
"1 early come," sold he, "to believe that
the government should not make the public
lands a source of revenue, but that it should
bestow them iu small homesteads upon tUOS -without
land for actual settlement and culti
vation. My first speech in ixmgrsss was
made in support ot a bill embodying this
doctrine. The leaders of the slavoeracy dl i
not care to see the territories settled up by .i
class ot small farmers who, coming from I .
free states, would bo naturally of utUs)sverj
proclivities, nnd their opposition defeated t! -
passage ot the homestead law until artel i.
breaking out ot the war. 1 Introduced ftv -lulls
at live different sessions of Congress i -fore
one was finally passed and lav.:::: a law .
as it. did while I was sj eokef."
In lsr-2 tlio Pennsylvania I -glslature reap
portioned the congressional districts of the
State, and Susquehanna county was uiunv
to Luserne, tJnis making Mr. Grow s district
strongly Democratic and preventing bis re
election. Since he retired from congress on
March 4. lSCtt, he has In-ld no office, but his
lifohas been a btU) and useful one. In 1888
be was chairman of the State eentv.il Republi
can committee, and did much to secure the
election of General (Iran!.
In 1ST!) President Hayes in the most flatter
ing manner tendered Mr. Crow the mission t-
Russia, but adhering to bis resolution never
to accept BO office which did not OOmS by th -vote-
of the people, he declined the honor.
Two rears later he was i candidate for i niton
Battel senator. Since then he has lvn en
gaged in immense operations, in oil. Iniubi'r.
and coal, his income from the latter invest
ment being large. Handsome, alert, with mi
Inherited nnd unimpaired vigor, that shows
bun equal to any duty, he is a man of marl;
wherever be goes, und when B0 re-enters
Congress, tho state ot Pslmtrylnia will have
honored hers df, rather than the man siie bus
e'.iosen. R'.-vrs B, Wilson.
publicly and perniiuiemly brute -j with nil Old Iti I (,'i Voting, Sd : obJocteU. Keitt, who
party associates and became Uo ooJtgros ' fflw tittlnj nsarwheroi atos tMdiag, broke
most Interosting and novel einoriocco o.' sional leudev of the slow iy. swell n- fore.'i t." . out I
if '-cv arcjtoits to oh,"
J
bo book to
B irtba Lamnie.of Springfield. Ohio, is said
t - ho thS llrsi Woman to receive tho ilegree of
electrical etUJUWsr. She Is a graduate ot the
Ohio Slate Cnivi rsity. whsta she was Ot tho
head or her . lass. S'.ie now holds a resoonsi.
bio position with th -Wastlnghouso Blcotrld
Oompsny of Pittsburg,
!t lines no; nCCOSSOrity toUOW that ''.V.'.uS?
tho hotel Btsak is pounded so mcoit that it i t
bid. May be, hcTCVor. It la toil :u.