The New York herald., 1864-08-25

peesat,cp in order 10 prevent the officers and men 2,
Grants army who chanced 70 % ws athsrs - "a sp-
propriate uuifor m In which the next morning = s''
General Hsleck should be paid no..rson
CANT 'sAovEs ON rHs RSxArs "os~
Next morning-sunday morning-proved ~ ose sst,~ss
ons Tong before the total abstinence rept hsnas
had commenced with dizzy heads and uemo,ns n1 hs1
TO ring for Congress- water and cocktails Nea'
reached the busy headquarte.- u. the eer .nand.
Ing. Fort Doneson uad fallen before - unmatched
prowess and fesstless enefpy c. General Grant de
had "rneyed upon the euemy's works. ns ana .ney
-. ~. "a fifteen ihous-sd prisoners, n,srs
the whole armament OF tho s,gj,,vai THIS victory
nscesstats1 the evacuation by the e.cnv o. soah.s
Green and Columbus II threw open the M.ssspps h -
fears OF the secessonsts within lines which had
first prompted them to start the lie that Grans wAs
common drunK ard, and should be at once removed"
TIE suIIsrIN on VICTORY, AND CONSEQUENCES
was not until about in the morning that General
h. pressing cares Of that critical moment to think Of
ana up on the bulletin board Of the Planters House
Of our vasoIy Inc y, W. Ssasa snsa
before thu tbe John seesshes Of g. Louis in ,u
By this H. ScA ana Soain corridorof the hotel They
ccs In the Sor thew had heard whispers Of bad news
wefs snIous they were also anxious as 70 the state
Illinois," In truth, re and cocktails baths and brandy
asnss. much Sarbsr spesr.ncs respsctaSity RI.
could be revived into anyA assduous; and by the
time The orderly ssrsssns so the msmbsr. Of
and staff appeared In the corA ghtened themselves up
So Of
topper lwho has pew In church and recovering rom
i aS sms s,st oS g vS INV ws sy '
In his stomach to make breakfast pssee JOKE OF HS
0sS. HALLEoKs SPEECH AND JoKl--IW. eAN
On the posting up Q, the bulletin s.. rSsss vas on
bub and curious the varying sensatisns o. spSr tho
temperance delegation" looked II no Eole ,wl out
small for the fattest man among them to ~ 1t the
through tho loyaliss, In and out OF uniform, r and
With cheers HalIeck pued his segar with vgof hin
General Cnllam, just back from Cairo, rubbed hls>
"Palmer," Called out General Halleck to the c'erA
send up two dozen baskets Of champagne, and opsn
Ihe Temperance delegation looking sheepsh) ''And
Palmer" continued the General. 81 want you to give
100s :, that shall the Loyalty male
walk or speak within the next half hour.',
THs '1o1a. arsIsssoE', MEN GIT Az sRisH1 ,h IDEA
uncture cannot say; but history gives full record OF
what they did bright idea seized Judge Davis that By
cheering and yelling the oudest for General Grant the
elled and cheered SWEET point at once,
self that the happy thought had not occurred to
him before occurring Judge Davis and as the upshot
most yocierousn the corridor in their mad huzzahs for
the "Great River Horse Of the Mississippi" The cham
too cold for their infamed and furious stomachs.
They secured, through shaaer's ad,a large empty hall
Planters House, and there, throughout that day. with
many paiul OF red eye" and many BUCKET Of spiced
brandy they held high revel dancing like enthusiastic
around the and huzzabng for General
Grant the top OF their voces-"Wilse shafer mean
while having turned the key the whole party that
none but s'friends" should see their folly
Thus ended the first "John Secesh temperance deega-
lon against General Grant Are have another
under the auspices Of George Sanders and company
have great hopes that as corolary Of the new John
Secesh Temperance movement" against the greatest OF
our soldiers shall hear Of General Grant quietly
smoking his segar heretofore occupied by
Mr. Jefferson Davis It is only whens the rebels Ut
ery hopeless and helpless that they resort to this
miserable trick Of personal assault and slander.