The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-04-07

tVS, hnU Stfious NhrlStan ChardCtOr,
blended with easy manners. She Is q
type Of tho mothers who produced the
heroes OF tho Revelation. In 1918 she
removed with her father, Juhn Simpson.
; from Montgomery county, prnnsy lvania,
where she was born, to Clrmont county,
Ohio, and was welded in June, 1921,
with her present hu, hand. ULYSSES is
TIE first child bora of that marragr, aud
the as" ia his name stands Tor Simpson,
the name of his mothers family. II is
significant, however, that the initials ~ .
s." stands Tor United States and "Uutnn.
ditional Surrender" by which sobripuet
he is 50 vii, aud popularly known in the
army.
ULYSSES AT TWELVE.
In his boyhoud he always Cxhib ted a
business turn, aud was never without
some particular purpose in hand rcduir.
ing responsibility, perseverance, and zeal
-scri,us enough Tor one mature in ytprs.
An incident IN point will Illustrate this.
AT the ngc OF twelve he aSpircd the
management OF his fathers draughi team,
aud was entrusted with il for thu purpose
Of hauling some heavy hrwcd logs, which
were to be loaded with the aid of l,vgrs
aud usual appliances by several stout
men A boy with more imaginative zen.
lus, anj of equal but differently directed
cpnirivance might have laid down to list.
On or dream, or build houses OF chips
Not 50 with this boy, who unlike others,
acted upon the idea that where there is
viii there was way, aud hcsitatcd not
at the undertaking. Observing fallen
tree, having gradual upward slope. he
lunhilchcd his horses, attached them to Il
iug, drew il horizontally to the tree, aud
then drew nnc end of IL up the inclined
frank, higher h~n the wagon track, aud
50 us To project few Crct over. und thus
continued tn operate until hcuhad brought
several to this position. Next he backed
tho wagon under the projecting ends, und
finally, one by Que, hitUhcd 10 mud drew
the logs ltnpthwisc across the iallun
trunk On to his wagon, hitchcd up again
aud returned with his load to his aston
ishCd lather.
MS MILITARY CAREER PRIOR TO TUE REBEL
LION
On the LIST of July, 1870, Grant entered
the A cadcmy in class ofnbout ono hun
drcd, Vuid while ut West Point did not
seem particularly attached by Specializing
philosophy, but was remarkably fond of
the more solid aud concrete forms of DEM
onstraiivc MATHEMATICS and Of all expert.
mental exercises. He was the only ono
that had not stldicd the course at least
one year, aud many Of them had received
collegiate education. Only thirty.nne
of the members graduated, he graduating
in the middle of the number, June, 80,
lSi3, aud was soon after at,nchcd to the
Fourth regiment of United States infant.
; ry, as brevct second lieutenant. The reg
imcnt was then stationed ut Jcfltrsons
burricks, near st. Louis. In the same
class we find the names of flccn others
who are generals in the Union aud rebel
armies.
In the summer of ISii the Fourth
Regiment was rem, we'd to Natchitochcs,
Louisiana, and IN lS4j to Corpus Christi,
where Lieut.. Gen. Grant wns promoted
TO first lieutenant on the 30th Of Sep.
tcmbcr. He served under Gen. TAYLOR,
aud participated in the battles of Palo
Alto, Resaca de la Palma, and Monterey,
and with Gen. Scott from Vera Cruzc to
Mexico. He was twice brcvctcd for
gallant service, receiving the rank of brc-
vet cnptnin for mcritorious conduct on the
18th of September, lS47, at the storminr
Of Cahputcpcc. He was in all Of Tay.
los and SCOTS battles that il was possi-
bic for one man to be in, and was culo.
giscd by his c,mmnndng officers, ns may
be seen by rcler, nee to their reports, and
that of the Secretary of War.
Gen. Worth highly complimcntcd
Lieut.. Grant in his report. Major Fran
els Lee, commanding the 4th infantry, In
his report says: "Second Lieut.. Grant
behaved with distinguished gnllantry on
the 18th and l4th.' Brcvet Col. John
Gurlaad, commanding the first brigade nt
CT arutep C, snys: "l must not omit TO
call attention To Lieut.. Grant. .4th infant.
ry, who acquitted himself most nobly up.
on several occasions under my own OBJ
scrvasion." In the same memorable en-
gagement Grant assisted Capt. Horace
Brooks, I'd infantry, to carry u strong
field work, and turn the cntmy's rlsLt.
For these mcritoriOns services Congress
awarded him brevrt captinncy in the
regular army, which was confirmed in
January, 1855.
Aher the conclusion of the war the
Fourth Infantry then rctu rncd to tho |
Atlantic States, with headquarters at De.
lroit and Sacketts Hurbor. Grant was
retained as Qunrtermaster Of that reg,-
mPnt.
Soon after his return from Mexico, |
Lieut.. Grant married a miss Dent OF 81 |
Louis, Mo-. Lady of IUiinemcnt and ele-
giant manners.
In 1859 the Fourth Infantry was or
dcred to Orgon, where Grant was pro-
NOTED to full Captain in the regular ar.
my, and assigned to a company stationed
four hundred miles in the interior of Cal
ifornia. After two years separation
from his fnmily he resigned mud came
home, settling in St. Louis county, No.,
but in 1855 removed to Gulena, H., and
entered his fathers leather and sOddlery
store,
NOT A GREAT BUSINESS MAN.
In 1888 we find Grant private citizen
on a small piece of ground near st. Lou
is, from which he was often seen To haul
wood, dressed in n farmers garb, TO sell
at Carondelct, a village adjoining that
city. Many citizens there recUllcct the |
doliyery by him, at their woodhouses, of
the honest load. In summer he had re- |
course TO collecting for business houses,
and does not seem TO have shown any
great skill in the art of dunning. The
father tanner, the son rarely comes
nearer TO joke than when he expresses
some pride in his knowledge of hides,
leather aud the art of tanning, " hile the
nation praises him for what he knows in