Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-15
ULYSSES -. Grant,

Though but fort, wears of aye, Gen Grant has
been offener under fire than any other man living
on this continent, excepting TINT great chieftain
now repo.ing on bis laurel. Lieut. Gen Scott
He was in every battle in Mexico that il WIS pos
sible for any man TO he in He followed The
victorious standard of Gen TAYLOR on the Rio
Grande. aud was in the bt'les Of PHO Alto,
Resaca de Ia p lima and Monterey He was with
Gen Scott ut Vera Cruz. and plrticp red in
every battle from the ,;ulf tn the city of Mexico
He WAS breveted 1t Lieuieulnt September 8,
ls4I. tor gallant and meriiorou> conduct ri the
battle Of MOlino del Rev. and the 18th of the
same month I've was bteveted Captain for gallant
and meritOriouS cOndnct at the birtle of Chepul
tcpec. He has received the baptism % fire. No
Young officer came out of the Mexican war with
more distinction than Grant. and the records at
the War Department bear official testimony of
his gallant ami noble deeds He resigned the
service un the 3lst of July 1854 he'ng then full
Captain in the 4'h infantry, and in le6] he set
tlel at G ,lena. Illinois
The career of General Grant during the pre-.
ent Is familiar To all Who read; it will be
written hereafter upon the brightest pages Of our
counfrv's history. The most remark bic char
acieristic of the man-rfubborn determ nation
is well set forth in the following from an eastern
journal:
There has been no such indomitable resolu-
ton. since this war. ms that exercised by Grant in
his long work of reducing the Rebel Sebastopol
Nothing like a. There is 10. man IN Il million
who would not have been disheartenel by the
long Succession of failures Every conceivable
expe iient had been thoroughly exhausted except
the last one. which was so desperate on its face
that even the stouteSt hearted might well have
been appalled, by A. We look in vain through
all history for another instance Of such passage
OF vessels in the face of miles OF the heaviest
batteries. IA that bs which Gen Grants trans
ports were taken below Vicksurg
And wehar,lly remember another such instance
OF an army launching itself with bur two or three
u W. rstions, into an euemy's country, with too
small numbers Ia make even the AT enpt to keen
It's communications in The rear open wit hout an,
definite knowledge OF the topography of the
country of the loc rinn of it, advers ries or of
the fort fed works il might find in its path Ger
taInlv only that the region somewhere cont sined
hostile forces far Outilu mbering its own Such
an inland euIirprse would hereto ore been deemed
quite rs rash the other one ~ the water AMI
yet the result of all Tins terrible daring has been
success which nvertops every other that the
war has pr ,Seniei. or. nieei. can present. for it
L. decisive of the fate of the war. Grint for the
last wear. at least, his completely ignored the
word impossible "a N lpplp0n bn ,sted that he did
through his Whole career Ii he should Law
down his sword to morrow he would ALREADY have
earned an imperishable name IN American hiSto
~. But no sword can be reckoned upon with
more confidence than his 10 the end of the war:
and. unless We grandlt mistake it will make
maiiy notable mark ,et''
CABINET RUMoR Il he Cincinnati CONNER
cill thinks that the sending Of Gen Franklin to
Gen Banks department indicates that General
Banks il to be Withdrawn from, the army and
M de Secretary of War Franklin il one of
the most able officers in the army and il is fair
10 presume ihtt he would not he sent to the De
p,rtmeu' of the Cuff unless he WAS to be its com
mrnier
The penple. havever. have vet IN be convinced
that Tie Almiui>tr tim has arrived AZ the point
OF W. luin which would diSnIace Capt Stanton