The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-04-06


Ia the same memorable engagement Grant as
sisted Captain Horace Brooks. Second luiantrv.
TO CARRY strong field work. and turn the eue
nv right For these meriiofous services Con-
siess awarded him 4 bsevet captarcy IN the
regular army, which WAS confirmed In January,
1850
After the conclusion cf the war the Fourth
Ilfantrv returned 10 the Atlantic States. with
headquarters al Detroit and Sacketi's uar5or
Grant VAS retained az Quarteruasier Of tie reg
inent
Soon after hs return from Mexico. Lieuteuant
Grant married Miss Dent OF It. LOUIS, lac,
OF refinement aud e.egant manners
In 1852 the Fourth Inisutrv was ordered Co
Oregon, where Grant was promoted 70 a iul
captain IN the regular army, and assigned % a
company stationed four hundred mikes in the iu-
tefior OF California Alter two years separation
+ from bis family, be resigned aud came ho e.
settling in St Louis county Mo- but in 1889
removed TO Gaena. Illinois and entered his iath.
err leather aud saddlery store
! When the hrat ue~s of the siormiug Of sum
ter WAS received, sounding Ike an alarm bell
over tie kepeb &c. be remarked 20 he tamil,
sh-t thv Government had educated him for the
army, and is claims upon him we're paramount
10 any Others lie directed the raising organ
izug and drilling 4 company, and went with il
10 Springfield, where he mustered il into serv-
/ ice soon after he was appointed Aojutant Gen
eral and mastering officer for State troops
About the middle OF June Capr. Grant visited
lis fathers family CoVngton, Ky aud whlle
there Governor Yates appointed him Colonel OF
the T~enty ty-frst Regiment Illinois Volunteer
Infantry. This Regiment vas three months
/ men. They said that with Grant tor comman-
/ der they would re enlist tor three years, which
nearly thousand Of them did. Col G1ant took
d
he was ordered TO move to TIE field lie marched
his men one hundred miles ia SIX da,s, then
/ put them on train ior the remainder of the
way 10 northern Missouri Several regiments
~ere IN that part Of the State at the time. but
10 Generals, and although Grant was the Young
est Colonel, he was requested 10 assume com
mand On the 9th OF August hs was ccmmis~
iOned BrigAdier General and ordered 10 lrout0n
/ IN south Missouri, where AL attack was threat
cued by the forces under jeff. THOMPSON lie
anon pat tiis place III state OF defence and was
then ordered TO jefferson city, which was also
threatened with an attack. Remaining there
about ten DAYS be was again ordered 10 the
south part Of the STATE and put IN command Of
a district composed OF southwest Missouri and
-ostacin Illinois, with headquarters at Cairo
On arriving at that place he found THAI the reb
els Had possession OF Columbus, eighteen miles
below, aud we're coming Ia large force 10 occu
/ py Paducah, Kentucky He immedatel, loaded
several steamers ~iih troops and arrived there
/ in time bh,re tie rebels could ct possession
aud thus saved The place, which he put IN COM
maad o. Cen Smith and turned hi- attention
| u Columbus. Before, however. being ready 10
usove on tile works at that point the Govern
/ nent called Tor hvs rsgimeLte OF his troops
"hich left him without sufficient force To- success
fully sssail them. About the 6rst of November
] 20, a.
ssration on Belmont The object was To pre-
vent the rebels from reinforcing Price or JEFF.
Thompsos. Grant, however, was not resDonsi-
ble for the attack except to the time aud
manner Of il. In making it he only obe,ed his
superior officer.
To turn back a few pages in the life of this ex
| traordinary nlau aud recsul(Oiare f~w ~ o."
..,''ivu,r Connected therewith.
In 1855 we find Graut a private citizen on
small piece of ground near st. Louis, from which
he was often seen TO haul wood, dressed in
farmers garb to sell at Carondalet. village al
joining that city. Many citizens there recollect
the delivery by HIM, at their wood house. of the
honest load. In the summer be had recourse 10
collecting Tor business houses aud does not
seem 10 hove shown any great skill ia the art Of
dunning The father a tanner, the son rarely
comes nearer to Joke than when he expr.ss.s
-Ome prde IN lis knowledge of hides. leather.
and the art Of tanning, while the nation praises
MIN for what he knows in The art o. war Roger
Sherman va never ashamed 10 Own his trade
Of shOemakiug; and his knowledge Of leather.
on one occasion, served All important public pur-
pose. 50 with Grant. In hrs hour of rre,fr,..-
he does not disiain to acknowledge his earl r
associations, which men Of far less merit and
more pfetensious would do This imp.rt- IN,
intr est, simplicity, symmetry, and beauty To
lis character which calls forth the approval oi
every uuly sensl le man aud captvaie- bis ad-
nirauon lie - humble, plain, and practical.
While great, aud pernits 80 fame, dressed ir
dazzling and UewilGering allufemeuts. I'D obscure
or desrtoy his simplicity aud usefulness a man
or agent.
Th- public have often heard the charge that
en- Grant - dsspsted man, aud nos de-ir-
Gus the President was TO give other Generals
some OF the same kind OF ~bisk-y that he D.
An iuveterate smoker, dresses ike a laborer. &c
The first Of these sccu-ation- j. happily entirely
unt.ue AS to the ,est, the public very nat4i-
ally, IA the absence of authentic particulars. ifn-
igned the frequent counterparts. which would
make up altogether to the notion OF a j1val gooa
fellow of the sporting sort, with that peculiar
wager of good natured demagOgu ~ whici
makes 20 much spurious enineuce la this cOun
ny. and which covers itself from damaging scru
inv by some contagious Jlke or lily bunoouery
Nothing could be more mistaken. GIANT. hk,
his mother before him. never jokes aud rarei,
aughs lie never uses prOiaue or indecer
word. abhors dispute, and has never had Il per
s0nal controversy In bis lite, with boy OF man
. never made speech, led faction, or engage,
IN idle sport; never sad he u never gay A; al
~ays cordial aud cheerful, yet al~ays reserved
II he cannot be perfectly sincere he j. perfect,
. silent. Tolerant vet enthusiastic. he II al~as
moderate, always earnest. He seems destituu
. Of ostentation aud totally unQual fed To Gspla
himself even TO crafty reasonable curiosity, ye
is not ashamed OF himself and appears 0 conteu
plate his early and his late career with equal az
: with simps satisfaction. I'm word, there ar
pears nothing Of him that is not sterling Tathe
70 than shiring-the solid Pantheon without q.
j false gods who lodged in IT,
With tie same embarrassments, If not create
o' ones. which 50 picked Butler and Bank, bot
y men Of civil experience and administratve tao
DE- Grant contrived all bis measures against host
'e inhabitants, plunderers, and eItortioners, 50 a
si unlike them, 10 be lu-t without oppressive, al
a. mercifu without ndulgeut. His men underg
er ing iniolerable labor, tedious seges and expo
~ ures and At one time with a vide-s spread %
- ltical dissatisfaction, must have had uncommC
'n temptations to desert, vet they have adhered
" bis fortunes Sith undying tenacity, and al b
}" word alsays stand ready to enter the dead
breach Each one seems 20 be moved upon
NJ the inspiration aud patriotism Of his Own chara
IN acter, and such is the confidence rep0sed 10
a. powers as a commander that all feel assured
ct victory ~here he leads.
10 HIS economy is universally conceded, and e
ca cited the astoashmenG OF QuarterDastsr Gener