The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-06-03
Campaign Miscellany.
ONE OF THE "BULLY BOYS. D."

ONE OF THE "BULLY BOYS"
Coming out from church in the mora
ing we found line of abulances going
down the street. A driver told me that
they had just left hundred "bully boys -
at Judiciary Square hospital. Do you
think the adjective coarse and vulgar
one? Go anywhere from Pleasant Hill
what sting and satire there is in the name
go any where on the banks Of Red Riv-
er-for evermore coursing bloodily through
our memories go any where from
| Spottsylvania to Alexandria, and see how
it is refined and sanctifed by the men
who battle for us, and you'll be ready to
do as I did-follow the leading. went
to the hospital. In one of the wards
found man, or rather he found me-fOr
I marked him as reserved man, as
passed out, who would'choose to be left to
his own thought. But no called to me,
:" say, you're Yankee" It seems that
my dozen years. of knocking about the
the world have not worn off al the marks
of my nativity yet; though Thad fatter-
ed myself that was gone a cosmopolite.
So I told this soldier. "Iklew you be-
cause I'm a Yankee, too," WIS his answer
which pass over to students of mental
organism. Efound him man from Maine
He had a bad flesh wound in one arn, and
one leg was off just above the knee"
"Don't mind the leg, but tell me about
Sheridan's raid" Tread Secretary Stan
tons telegram relative to it. go, L tell
you, We'll fetch 'em yeti Old Lee will
find what it is to come to Judgment, be-
fore he gets through with it, guess, in a
way he did'nS look for, Go down by that
room, and read that to that man GA the
right" ThaS was my dismissal, aad I
went.
| ANOTHER BULLY BCE.
"The man on the right" Tfound TO he
Boston notion, red of hair, frecklsd of
face, blue Of eye, square of chin, broad of
nostril-in word not man with whom
Araminta would fall in love ab, first sight,
nor man whom Susan Jane would idol
| ize as the hero of romance. "Mora;n,"
was his answer to my alu5ation-terse
and pointed as possible. What could I.
say to one who cut NE off in this way2
| While | stood an instant he made an in
ventory of mel felt he was passing ;udg-
ment as only man can whose wits have
been sharpened by long experience at
picket duty Suddenly he opened his
large eyes to their widest, and said
"What's the news ?" saw chat ono arm
was gone above the elbow, and judged
there was body wound somewhere, and
/ knew by the working Of bis forehead
that he was in pain. I own this question
astonished me. l briefly summed Up the
morning papers for him. Then as I'saw
he was in extreme pain, l made remark
| about his arm, and asked if Iicould do any
| thing for him. For answer GOT" O.
| damn the arm what's the difference five
| only lick the rebels?'' We had a further
| talk and I found him hero from head to
foot-every quarter inch of his five feet
nine. His parting word was" Sons
where you'll find a youngster with hole
! in his leg-he's kind Of q pug-nosed boy,
with white hair and he's got grit know
him and he came up ia the ambulance
with me; please get hira an orange or two
if you find him, and cheer him up !; he is
little down in the gills this morning, but
he'll be all right in day or two" Yes,
he will be all right in day or two, for he
will be where pain and death never come.
GRANTS GOODNESS ON TIRg FIELA
Grants miraculous GOODNESS has not on
~ made itself felt Ia the array, but 1t has
given steadiness of nerve and courage to
the entire country. A friend who was
with Gen. Grant six days of the present
campaign, or was near enough to him to
observe his condact, gives me picture of
the Lieutenant General while the most
trying, the most alarming of bis battles
we're transpiring, which 1 should like to
reproduce, but it is impossible. When Lee
delivered his most ferocious blow, while
our troops were not in position, but the
greater portion were on the march, it was
moment to try the stoutest heart. There
is probably not general in the service
except Grant who would not have been
profoundly agitated by the suddenness
and ferocity of the attack. But General
Grant sat quietly under tree, map in
one hand and cigar in the other, as calm
as ever in his life.
One who has seen him under varying
circumstances, says he has but two
moods-one of absolute calmness, almost
stole indifference, in which he contem-
! plates his position and lays his plans; the
other is of immense activity and enthusi-
asm, in which he personally superintends
everything that transpires around him,
and, on occasions of alarming danger,
goes to the very front of battle and seizes
upon victory with his own hands. He is
never startled from his purpose by a tenn
porary reverse; and if he does not possess
Napoleonic' genius for military affairs,
4 he has all Of Wellingtons tenacity Of
| purpose. and all of his calm courage. fb