BEARS MADISON'S SIGNATURE.
Former Governor Crittenden Finds
Father's Old Commission.
In going over a box of documents yesterday, former Governor Thomas T. Crittenden, father of the mayor of this city, found a commission signed by President James Madison, creating Henry Crittenden, father of Governor Crittenden, a first lieutenant in the Seventeenth infantry, to serve in the war with Great Britain of 1812. The document is exceedingly tough, showing the printing and most of the writing quite plainly. The signature of President Madison is faded to a light brown, though it is, too, quite plain to read.
