Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-05-05

ed up the day. The beds were simply
camp cots, some WITH aud others without
mattresses; and all the toilet 7appafStus
anyWhera visible were ~ few tin wash
basins. moderate supply of towels, BIT
of looking glass, and q horn comb. Al
the table neither distilled liquor nor vine
.is permitted, The General will not have
either about him, for his own or Others
use.e sJiist1.. ~, sr5di -
The inventory ofthe Generals baggage
when he made bis brilliant campaign in
the reariof Vicksburg To-, take 1t, well
remembered7-ab briar.Wood telescope and
q tooth brush. Ia,what relates to pers6nEl
Eadornment and, outside of the necessity OF
eating and drinking, personal comfort, he
has not greatly enlarged his possessions.
His thrse stats indicate his exalted rank,
hut to say nothing gof,the charm which, In
soldiers eyes. these gIitteFiug marks Of
nk'possess, Il doubt II there 10 = commIs-
saFiat otieeF 10 his.army who is as plain.
y clad aa he. a His clothes are worn
threadbare, and despite the steady, brush
ing Ofhts, seFyantltthey will have an nm.
tidy look, due, no doubt, to the GeneraRs
habit OF going everywhere and seeing eV.
erything for himself. The General under
stands the relAtion--betWeen cleanliness
and godlinessS but In his opinion, ,practi-
cally eviaced, there is as much of either
In o flannel shirt as 10 one of linen OF
drawing room immacalateness.
You are not to suppose that lam de.
scribing a'careIess or indolent man, or one
who does not kaow the dilffAnce between
the garb of q gentleman and that Of .
sloVeu. The facts are pointed out only as
proof that this mans mind b SO intent
upon the great problem before him, that
he has neither the time nor The Inclination
to consider miserable friVolities. He holds
great nation's fate in the pslm of his
hand; aud tits an encouragement to know
that every faculty Of his mind 10 calmly
but profoundly exercised fori thp nation al,
welfare. All his thought of carriages ecu.
tres in the carriages which bear his held
pieces his discussion Of the question Of
eating extends no further than 20 the ra.,
ttons Of his men; aud he would hate him.
self It be could spend minute over the
fit or fashion Of his coat. 20 r.
General Grant never sWears. Noman in
his camp has ever heard him give atterance
to profanity in any OF its many forms. He
rarely laughs, either; but he has sort Of
grim humor which is not without its ef.
feet. 1t is related as' q part Of the gossip
of "the 'front.'" that an officer attached 10
the Quartermaster's department of his
army, wanted one wet day to consult With
the ral.in.chief. He is believer in
the old regime, aud practised what under
Mcclellan he was taught. he had BALI a
dozen miles 70 go, more or less, so he or
dered out his close carriage, aud Ne Il was
likely that night would come before he
could return, the lamps were trimmed and
+ tuug out, on each side of the drivers seat.
Then, with an escort of twelve dragons.
he started, happy, no doubt, 10 the belief
that be was proof against the deSoeudtng
rain. Approaching Culpepper, he met 40
looking man on horseback, at
tended only by an orderly. As be passed,
he recognized the Lieutenant General, who,
Ia spite Of the rain. was making his usual
round In his susnal modest way To de-.
3ceud from his caFtfRge aud salute his chief
vas but the work OF y moment; but Grant,
rritated by the style and pretensiOn Of his
officer, was in uO hurry to see him gain the
shelter of his carriage roof again. walk
Lioug with me-a littte," said the General,
.Iiwant to talk with you - Ii With polished
boots and unexeeptionable kids, Mr. Quar-.
termaster did. as DE was, hidden; aad with
= touch Of that grimness to which have
the General led him through the
nuddiest parts Of the road, aud did not
release him until he was wet to the skin
as wet as the General himself. He was
then dismissed With an admonition that
wiIltbe remembered, thonghlt was inter-
larded with no oaths. ,I 10
do not know that these trivial details,
which touch only the personal habits OF
General Grant, will interest the readers of
The EpeniAg Post, but they are interesting
to me. They mark and individualise the
man, upon whom rests much of the power
10 affect for veal OF woe the future of this