Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-03-18

The President in presenting Gen. Grant
with his commission as Lieutenant General,
which took place on the 9th inst. in the pres.
cncc Of the Cabinet, Gen. Halleck, and a few
others, addressed him az follows:
GES. GRAST-In consequence OF the Ma.
TONS appreciation Of what you have done,
and its reliance upon you for what remains
TO be done in tho existing great strugglr. you
nre now presented with this commission, con.
s,ituting you Lieutenant General in the army
Of the United States. With this high honor
ievolves upon you, also, corresponding re,
sponsibility; as the country herein trusts
you, 50, under God. il win sustain you. |
scarcely need to add, that with wha, here
speak for the nation, goes ray own hearty
personal concurrence. N
TO which Gen. Grant replied as follows:
Ms. PRESIDENT IL accept this commission
with gratitude for the high honor conferred
upon mc. With the aid Of the noble armies
that have fought upon so many fields for our
common country, it will be my earnest en-
beavers, not to dsappoint your expectations.
feel the full weight Of the responsibilities
now dcvolving upon me, and know that il
they are met, it will be due to those armies.
snd above all, to the favor OF that Provi.
dencc which leads both nations and men.
GEN. SHERMAN's REcsNT ExPEDITroN-
Gen Sherman has returned to Vicksburg
with his expedition and rounded splendid
achievement with safe return. He left
force in light marching order. He has lived
81 LII "a 4
destruction. He has swept like a consum
ing firc across tracts before nnvisited by the
war, and tho rebels will long lament his com
ing and recall his successful departure with
chagrin. And with what pomp did that vet
cram army wind their way into Vicksburg.--
What were the triumphal professions Of old
10 this. A train ten miles long laden with
the spells of The rebels. Since the early and
violent abolition;st Moses led out the chill
tlren Of Israel from their bondage, nothing
has been seen to equal the march Of Sher
man the dcliverer, with ten thousand rescued
black bondmen following his banners. That
is the way to ill up our black regiments
These be the scouting parties TO rench the
true Union men of the South, four regiments
Of whom Gen. Sherman has thus made up in
a month. Il is of little worth to discuss
contingencies based on uncertain conditions
whether Sherman might have not done more
had the other expeditions joined his, or SO
nearly as to CO operate with him. 1t is wise
to catch the hint from the rebels, and gather
the real morale OF his exploit from what they
say, and evidently feel Of its results. CHI
eaGo Tribune.
. There is a part Of cnr original nature in
which there is 8 tendency to venerate--to
reverence. This feeling is given for the most
important ends. 1t ,nparts great power and
richness, great breadth and depth. to the
moral character. 1t inspires a ser sc Of one $
own proper rferiority; and so be, ONES an
important clement of true humility. It pro
duces docility, obedience and respect an oas
men as toward each other. II NAL es the
gradations Of society less burdensome, and
establishes natural and salutary relation
ship between superiors and interiors. 1t is
scarcely possible to develop tho character OF
the young into loneliness without an Infusion
Of reverence into their experience. The
ycuHg that are unreverentialare never agree
able and never cstimsbls.
JupoE CLAGGErr's LAST The last joke
perpetrated by Judge Claggett was in this
wise: He was in conversation with a stran-
ger in Keokuk, to whom he spoke as follows:
In my earlier days in Maryland, | had a
brother who kept large lot Of valuable hor.
ses. My brother was an adventurous 'cuss,"
who would frequently get on one Of the hor
SECS and run him at break neck speed for
halfa dozen miles. One day he put Ole Of
the horses to its utmost speed. lie rode
along with such irHpetuosi:y that the horse,
unable to stop ian against the turnpike gate
and broke his neck !! He was a very valua.
hle horse perhaps the most valuable horse
in all Maryland.
Well" inquired the stranger with look
Of curiosity, /" what became Of your broth
or?'
ooh, I forgot to tell you," replied the
Judge, he ,cas killed as dead as.h-U."
There may he counsels too weighty for
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