Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-07-24
Gen. Burnside.


Agate, the Washington correspondent
ofthe Cincinnsti Gazette, relates this pleas
ant anecdote OF Gen. Burnside:
We had been talking--a lady from Cinci,-
natl and I-of probable changes id the COM
mani Of the army before Richmond, and Of
the current stories that Burnside was to
succeed Mcclellan ''lt cannot be possi-
bic, said 'he has not been prominent
enough be can't gain such an elevation at
a single lcap." But tell you it is" said
she, 'because--, and she stopped ,,illf
began to suspect that with the natural per-
versity OF woman, because" was her only
reason" because he deserves itr' And
then she told ME this little story Y. ,5I1
She had been coming over from Pl,ils-
delphia to Washington alone, expecting to-
find relatives ut the hotel here "a her ar
rival They had an accident on the train,
were delayed several hours, and at last ar-
rived late at night. From Baltimore over,
Gen. Burnside and suite just up from For
tress Monroe, had been on the train, and Of
course their arrival produced sensation. -
Walters sprang to attend them, the hotel
clerks became unusually complainant, every
attention was shown, and in few moments
word came to the reception parlor that their
rooms had been assigned and were ready
u The party all rose to retire but-the unknown
Cincinnati lady was left behind Her rca-
tves had failed to meet her either at the
depot or hotel, aSd though she had sent
down her name to be registered, the CLERK
was busy with the distinguished party and.
had neglected her. f.e it
There [ was sitting" said she, .''ex-'
hausted with the ride and vexed at the ne
glect, travelstained, dusty, and looking Ger.
tainly very unlnteresting. when General
Burnside, just as,he was leaving the paror,,
happened to notice me. He at once turned,-
addressed me with as much politeness AZ il I
, had been duchess, aud inquired if | had
; received proper attentions. Learning that
had no room yet, and that had been dis
appointed in meeting my friends, L will see
> to that myself, he said, and he Instantly
: LETT his own party, went down stairs to the
office, made them assign me room ut once,
$ aud returned TO SEQ that ] was promptly
: shown to 1t. Not content with that, he
: called. next morning, and finding that
!, wanted to learn something about relative
J in Pope s army, and had received no reply
Q to my note of inquiry, he went straight to
n General Pope, got tie information for me,
e and told me that if wanted anything more
: should send word to General Pope that
+ General Burnside said must have 1T and
.. altogether he was 80 kind and yet so digni-
] fled and soldierly in his courtesy that-that
= that | shall mover forget him"
Q And now, Mr.-tAgate,'' let MS say }
I she exclaimed, with the characteristic i'm.
i petuosity women bear into such matters
! now, sir, if General Burnside Is ever can
It didate for the Presidency, want you te
. promise me that you'll write for him, and
J, do all you can for him. kno,o he 5 brave,
IS kao,o he's good--how could man act &C
9 who wasn't /? aud | tell you that distin
= guished nan who would, under such cir
3 cumstances, be SO kind to dusty ookin,
d woman in a travelling dress, whom he hat
e never seen before and never expected to Sc,
/ again, is good enough and brave enough 70
!. anything the people can give him. Promis
e me now you'll write for him when he I,
n candidate for President |"
q What could do but promise? -li