Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-03-03
The Captain and the Genera.

AO CeAPtSAAn ana the General.
A correspondent, who says that be saw
the following incident, desires that il sho'd
be published for the benefit of bIuster;n.
gentlemen who wear shoulder straps:
"a few weeks since was a passen0er
on a :raln OF cars between Baltimore and
Washington, upon which occasion A scene
occurred that attracted my attention and
which emplified the fact that retribution Is
sometimes more speedy than it is expect-
ed.
We had proceeded on our journey for
balf an hour, when loud talking and pro.
family excited the attention of the passeu.
gers to part of the car where sat com.
posedly, an elderly man wrapped in a lib
eral oVercoat.
A large sized, red faced, and yery vol
uble OF less years was standing in the isle
near him, using VIOLENT language and
gesticulations, attended with the charge
OFT repeated that the old gentleman sd
taken his seat during his tenn porary absence
therefrom, and demanding, with language
more pungent that polite, that il should he
relinquished to him. ~
In response to this demand, the old Gen.
tleman, in a very quiet and dipnified man.
ner, assured the applicant for the seat that
be was mistaken-tbat be- had occunied
that seat from the start, and be became
very abusive and boisterous.
AT this Juncture, two persons occupyin0
the next seat interposed, assuring the fero.
clous man that he was mistaken. that tbev
had entered the car at the last stonuino
place, and found the seat they occunieS
then vacant, and took it, presumino That
1t was not occupied, and thew were Peadv
to relinquish it, and inmedistely rose and
did SO. -NU
The ferocious man then seized the seat
and thew the back over that he might face
the old gentleman to whom he Maid hia
respects in the first instance, with the
purpose, no doubt, Of cultivatine his ao
quaintancs more intimately.
In performing this maneuvre, he threw
MS overcoat open, 80 as to disclose the
shoulder straps of q captain. This attracted
the attention of the other party, when the
following colloquy, as near as / can recol.
lect it, ensued:
Otd GenaensGn-'By what right do Won
wear that insignia ? pointing at the same
time to the revealed shoulder strains.
Fsrocious Adn-"By the authority of the
United States Government. am an ofice.
Of the army, and have fought and shed nv
blood for my country, while euch rich old
dodgers as you are, are Iazine about at
your ease, and taking up other peoples
seats in railroad cars, while patriots. sir,
like me, do the fighting
Then came change in the scene. The
old gentleman threw back bis oyercoat.
revealing the stars of major general of the
United States Army, end saying to the
captain in firm and diguiied tone:
L am General Couch, sir, and order
you under arrest for ungentlemanly and
unofheer-like conduct. You will proceed 70
Washington under my escort
The ferOcisus man was tanned in moment
and attempted to offer an apology, but be
was cut short by the General, and seemed
to enjoy the comfort of his own meditations
for the remainder Of the journey towards
the capital. heard day Or two after that
the ferocious man was q resident of Buffalo
and had returned home minus a commits
sion and the insignia which betrayed him.
Evidently be caught Tartar.