Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1876 — REUNION OF THE NINTH REGIMENT. [ARTICLE]

REUNION OF THE NINTH REGIMENT.

Gen. Suman. Capt. Cole, Capt Madden and oilier members of th* Ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, have decided to call a reunion of the surviving member* us that famous organisation, to be held at a convenient place of mooting, some tune next fall. Several gentlemen who belonged to the regiment were at tho convention at Michigan City last week, and all concurred in the opinion that, everything considered, the mooting should be appointed si La Porte, that city haring been the place of rendeaVo us of the three years* organisation and also on account of its centra! location with relation 1 to the ltattes of the majority of those who are likely to be present. It has boon nearly ten years since the regiment was disbanded and her members were mastered out of service. Many and great change* have taken place in the nation and to the members at that band siner theti. They are now scattered in every direction of the compose; some reside in the busy cities of eastern states, some dwell amid the scenes of former warlike operations in the now peaeeful south, some arc pioneers on those vast luxuricut plains which lie beyond the mighty Father of Wctert, some are fanned by the winds which blow perpetually eastward from the Pacific ocean> some have crossed the waste of waters and dwell in foreign lauds, some, alas! are seea no more by mortal eyes. Among those who survived the perils of field* and camp some follow the avocations of humble private life, others have been honored with the confidence of then* neighbors

and occupy responsible poeitionsof public trust, while a few —O sadness!—‘it were far better had they never returned to greet friends and loving hearts.- ftj all this period of constant change there has been no meeting of these men* who were sharers of the vicissitudes'of l active military duty for four perilous years. Armies, corps, divisions, brigades and other regiments have met year after year, to greet one another with the smiles and compliments and hand-clasping* of brotherhood, to talk over remiaiaoenaea of the past, aud keep warm the friendships born of duty and danger; but this regiment has done nothing of the kind. Mon who steed shoulder to shoulder on many a hard fought field of battle, who marched aide by aide many a weary mile, who watched together on picket duty for rnauy a lonely hour of silent night, who drank from the same ooffee pot and canteen, who occupied the same tent and wrapped the same blanket about them as they laid down to uncertain deep, have been as strangers whom they did not care to remember, or foes whom they desired to forget. Let there now be a change of programme. Let this meeting be called. Let these veterans assemble and revive long-slumbering friendships, exchange recollection of the stormy past, and become friends in peace as they were brothers in war.

As we go to press it is not possible to make anything like a probable gueas about what will be done in the democratic national convention now in session at StLouis, either as to the nominations or platform. Gov. Tilden, of New York, leads for the presidential nomination with 400 delegates, a clear majority, but with the time-bsaored two-thirds rule in fbree the frieodb of other aspirants are certain he cannot be nominated; second in the race is Gov. Hendricks, of Indiana; then follow in the order named, Gen. Hancock, of Pennsylvania, Senator Bayard, of Delaware, Judge Davis, of Illinois, Senator Thurman, of Ohio, and a long list of contingents. Mr. Watterson, of the Louisville Courier-Jour-nal, a Tilden supporter, was elected temporary chairman of the convention. On the committee on- resolutions are Gen. Ewing, of Ohio, and Hon. D, W. Yoorhees, of this state, two ardent greenback advocates. Persons having occasion to visit Michigan City wjU find good hotel accommodations at the Jewell House. Mr. Harris is an excellent landlord, genial, courteous and attentive; the table is plentifully supplied with substantiate and all seasonable delicacies, aiqong which most excellent fish; fresh from the cool waters of Lake Michigan, are for foots being an ■■significant factor; rooms uily, neatly furnished and well kept; beds dean and comfortable. In short the Jewell House is a hotel jewel of the first water. i - Mr. M. A, Halstead, of Lowell, lad., advertises to trade town lots in Crdwn Point for “acceptances against the Chicago A South Atlantic railroad company."

Mrs. Linooia widow of the preaidewt baa been pronounced cured of her insanity and adjudged capable of managing her estate. Hon. Chaa. 11. Teat it one of the candidates for judge of the Indianspolis superior court, on the independent-green-back ticket