The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-06-04

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have been his own, and HE great battles ef
the present campaign complete the record
Of his glsry. 4 ellis
GRANT AND THE SOLDIERS. -,
Corrcspon denoe n. Y. Evening Post.
The confidence of the army III General
Grant exceeds anything ever before wit
messed In this field. EveFylsold arrellgious-
ly and solemnly believes thst sthe 5Iieuten-
ant. General means, as, they phrase it. to
"mash the bebellion,'' and that he aOiH do
IL; and they tell, with the utmost gasto,
of the novel methods he adopts to bring
every man squarely up toathe spirit of his
own high purpose. The night before the
last grand conflict the General went out to
the line Of skirmishers, and passing slowly
along, ENCOURAGED the men with generous
praise "Yon have neVerbad fair chance,
boys" he said, sat these Johnny rebs;
mean that you shall have it now. You can
whip them [ am sure you can )" and at
that the men cheered ; aud the story, flying
from camp to camp, sent every soldier into
the fight Of Thursday with faith in their
leader and a confidence in themselves,
which made them perfectly irresistible,
Such charges as these brave men made were
as they inflicted on the enemy, crouching
in their ride-pits, even the veterans Of this
royal souled army of the Potomacuever saw.
or dreamed Of The soldiers have entered
fully into the spirit and purpose of their
commander. In one of the first conflicts
last week, one Of our divisions broke and
fell back in disorder. Gen. Grant, riding
up, said to the men: ''Boys, you may break
if you choose, but you must fight in the
end. have taken up the bridges in the
rear; there is no communication with
Washington we must fight the thing out
right here'' This story has been told me
by several soldiers, all of whom exhibited
the most unqualified acqujescence in the
Generals tactics. Another ching the men
like in General Grant is his unostentation.
''He is like one Of ourselves" they say !;
che avoids fuss and show even his staff is
limited, and-composed of men like himself" "
4 have more than once" said an orderly
to me, while in the glow of conversation
about the General, ''seen his aids get down
from their horses to let the wounded men
ride to the hospitals.'' In a word, the
spirit of the army is magnificent; it is an
mated by a sublime determination to sue
coed, whatever sacrifices success may in
volve.
HOW GENERAL GRANT FIRST ENTERED THE
SERVICE FOR THE PRESENT WAR.
Never was the quotation '.Man proposes
but God disposes," more strikingly eexem-
plifed than in the following anecdote OF
/ General Grant:
In the commencement of the rebellion an
/ Illinois Representative called upon Gov.
Yates to recommend to him Gen. Grant as
/ a fit man for some military position. The
Governor had received applications from
some men over six feet in height and Of
muscular frames, and, therefore, curiously
eyed the small man, attired in homespun,
that stood before him as an applicant. He
then asked his grounds for making Ghe ap-
. plication. 81 was educated at West Point, .
said Grant, cat the couRtry's expense.
served in Mexico, and when l went out &c
/ Oregon, / thought I had returned to the
country an equivalent Tor my education, sc
| resigned. The country isnow in trouble
and [ wish to serve her in her need" Gov
teTnor Yates had no appointment for him
? and be, therefore, left. Some time after
this occurrence. the Governor was very
much distressed ia regard to the raising Of
the quota of the State. He had plenty o
offers for the officers positions but he per
sonallv did not know the mihutie of regi
mental rganizations-how many private:
composed company or how many subor
dinate officers there Should be in a regiment
In his distress he asked the Representative,
of that plain little man, to whom he haC
been introduced, if he knew anything o
t. these matters. The representative replied
), by bringing Grant into the Governors pres
ence. "Do you understand the orgsniza
; ton of troops ?'''inquired the Governor
The reply was in tie affirmative. evil
you occupy desk in my Office for that.pur
fpose ?" Anything to serve my country,
was Grants reply. And to work at one
: he went. And but for this Grant nigh
i still be unknown to the world By his en-
ergy Illinois became noted for the spec,
with which she filed her quota,
When the 21st Illinois regiment was or
ganizad. fine looking man was chosen =.
the company officers as the Colonel, Blu
having no military capacity, the regimen
fell into disorder and became the terror o
the neighborhood where it was. -eneamped
The Governor refused to commission III
, nominee of the regiment, and asked Gran
if he thought be could bring the turbulan
mass to order if he were appointed the Col
onel Grant thought be could. Half a
? hour afterwards an application was made
, Gov. Yates TO send regiment to Qulnc
one hundred and twenty miles distant
but the trouble with the Governor was nc
the want of men, but the lack of Transport
alton. "Send nv regiment" said Gran
! "and I will find the transportation" LII
. command was Oiyen and before NIGHT lE
s regiment was under orders to march o
J foot the regiment was transported to Quiz
cy, and when the men were there eneamPe