, 1861-05-31

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He'o'Y 'gtns to etotgn n, Il 7aeas., e,' !. s.,
Especial Correspondents of the Chicago Tribune
|. " WAsHIsGToa, May p, 1861.
!! Well haye seen The great man. How many u
tlmesI haXe feared should die, o. be would,
before tho General, Of d! generals The great
good comes from going egala5}y 70 church ;
II yon don't be1ieve it, feader,:try It. .Ycster.
day Invent tc. Rcy,- Dr. Pyue's, becausc / liked
Lis remarks oyer The dead body of, EllsYorth.
It Efs charming day, and It would have been
wicked to stay ii doors, to Q man Of taste, Who
sG !oyes i@9shing sMee t1ees Ia LETT
stacka Of roses on their hats-not inside, mind
you, 1ady readers, but piled up on top. !. Moth
ing occurred to mar my quiet, as walked in
the shade Of the grand old trees IN front of the
:Presideent's e ii the midst of which the horse
ct general jackson seema intent on throwing
him :0f;; but. the old Andrew IL enough fJr
his taptrums, as he was for John C. Calhoun's,
One t4ce came to made ME feel sad, both for
the sake Of the tree, which has ,been peeled.
and lheeause there fell Key: by the hand Of
sieEes. Just as I was there, the swii.est ne
gre boy have seen yet came riding . horse,
aH II the enemy, weIe attacking our troops and
| le were riding to the President,s to tai tho
tsle; and 1t was nll the more exciting, because
T. fhree cannon reports were heard Nttlo be-
FORE But I am getting to church slowl7-and
It 1s pleasant looking church, IT, it is old, and
might soy because 1t is old. It. has tho Ivy.
green about it; and rs sou enter, 1t hes the air
in a English chapel Of Long Ago. =, =. -;
There was shown into. The pew with me a
man Mh0Ee face had tho. .repoae OF; q fool one
minute, aud the next the motion Of st., Vitus
6nnce. He Kept anugging up to me too much
IoI ny deVotlons to be lateral Ut all, and then
! "A q 5@o- a. -
| my pnIse, which would have. .proyed him;
iGoI .surn :, i had finally TO. say" VIII YOU
please to 6it aloDg . Little, sir e., as,,We two
!'.Were al In the. pew, and ! WAS In the corner;
out hs grSfly sag, Il guess yon will mot DO
ff5owdfdn fsa ed * ;bgagtng a1oqt h.ld {, faet.
Ecampe could have ma1e 1e-a-heaye offering
Ct him over the top Of the.peEu-that is, #
ne had not have bean etonter than was, Is
l suspect he Was., Thought of vacatlng,
and taking the pew which tooked invitingly
[ at me right OPPOSITE. Just then IBaw n illiam
ceme into ., aide: :doory and deyontly drop
their heads. This cooled me- down d 1ittls !:
and while turned to 8cetwho 80 many aIse.
/ II ere turn3ngi to see, 10, and behold there
Vas GEnERAL SCOTT ]. Ihad! never seeu him.
No one told me 1t was he. Bat knew hin,
: OF an appearingato my: vision in church,
r. There said l, {" that's Henry Clay, I know"
ardso eaid this time to myself, for I would
not speak;tto my uuconsctonable neighbor,
:" "that3s Winfield ecott": .Oh, oh, ,What d
!: / n!an! Did sou ever sec such airame, such q
" port, such lions head on man, such an eye.
OF an old lion in It, .faating; undimmed ), such
greatness, CONSCIOUS Of IL but to himself.
; He came 10 The very next. pew but one, in
'front.' OF me, and -kneeled' forward in prayer.
There he lid his fnce for several. moments ia
~ Ra1n elaeE aa rising np put his hat
lad fixed evidently for himself. The. pew Is
ont IS largo as lwo Of those next to it, and
; Jet WAS rome too commodiOus for such an i'm
mense man. Ills dress WIS a plain blue-black
ifock, which le kept :buttoned with one but.
TN his pa1as. Here of the same cloth his
sand nE Nhfch #as held: tight to his half
, shorn, full cleeks by military stock. He.
found bis place readily, and read audlbly..'
making alF the responses, and rising at every
singing and doxology. There were: two
Or three times when De fsl1 back it the first
10 need none; even, when he must hoye read
eyet{ word, es for instance In the P5a1ter
But could Sec TINT his handsome hand trena-
bled q little, showing that Soltmon's beautiful
imngery is tine Of al the aSSed, where he says,
the Keepers Of the house DO uemb1e." Isat
leaTes to eTery letson, I gaid to myself, What
a history has that hand how It his erasped'
the relns OF the war horse; how It has brand-
khed the sword; how It has pointed to action
aud to victory on Lnndy's Lane and Mexico:
how It has now, for weeks and months, been.
mapping ont the plan Of the campaign, which
Is every day and night becoming victorious
history Let none blame my thoughts forI
do 1ot ;think.1 worshippcd any The: less de-
voutly, but all the more 10r having him before !
me-. lie quite relieved nc from NY Thoughts
q 9tu umy booslsh seatmStc, md y That was good
Tne se1mon wnaa byF the chaplain If the It'll :.
Regiment, and Was not very complimentary.
TO one Judas, whose t1caehety be depleted:
rana IS he 1onRdsd 10 In the peroration, bic said
there pas treaclery Of ouS. days which was
olmoat equally surprising and base; It was
Republic, had lived Under it, pfofecuon and
Lag had shared Its 1onots, and IS Lite "a pos: :,
Bible, had drawn. their Ealaries, but who hd1
noW, regardless Of Ill this, and their oath, ta:
sken up arms against the best government that ):
ever Taa knoTn:, In this strain ne continued
df1 II thas e. they as 1a@a toa 9ho9 B.
be lung, i they would not like Jndas 70 and
hang fhemse1yee, the old. General noldcd h1s
gray cufls, and magnificent. .head, Rdyingas-
sent to esery passage, and almost Using d to
ca1Sh atn me truthful and :paEotle. Fords. -
as to Who the preacher. was; and tie General |
himself fingered to; speaE-- h1s praisa wifh ali
wh6 gathered dround him: -was much I'M
1ae, pressed M Tith rs sEtasat interest every ono
'eqeA epeat Z htf1SSs, fhS ,GS5s1 h9!9E knex
was particularly touching; It WIS when two
little boys ran ahead, and We'd with esch other
as to which should hold OPEN the GeueraIs:
carriage door. Both kept hold Of it, and bo.h
got = ehake Of tho hand,.a chuckls under;
thetr cheeks, with bow and thank you
from the mah ;of Il, battling IN his 1aat greet
fight for the principles Of. 10. :, -.
A1gust and happy nun Who dost answer
suRlime1y the o1d: Greek idea; that 1nsn q
born not Tor bis father OF his inother;; hut 1or.
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