The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-05-25
Gen. Grants Anticipated Early Capture
Of RiehmAua ~ ii
Office Provost Marshal, Sd Dist ILL.,, I
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Omce Provost Marshal, sd Dist. Ill, I
Dixon. Nay Is, 1864 ) !
To the Editor of the Chicago Evening
Journal 49,
saw a statement 10 your paper of last
evening to the effect that Lieut.. General
Grant had invited two gentlemen of Galens
| to dine with him in Richmond As ]
am an adnirer Of the General, and -
believe | know the facts in relation to the
origin OF the statement, which is not ex
actly correct, | take the liberty of writing
them 10 you. @
A brother Of General Grant, while in
this vicinity, on Monday last, received 4
telegram from the General, which was
forwarded from Galena. Mr.. Gss nt stat.
ed that his brother had promised him, in
case there was a good prospect Sf his en-
erng Richmond, that be would notify
him. so that be might be present. The
dispatch, written in fulfillment of this
promise, told him to come, and accord
iugly he, in company with another gentle
man from GaleDa, was about to visit the
scenes of the great battles.
think correct statement Of this mat
ter in your paper wonld be gratifying,
both as an indication Of General Grants
opinion of the situation, and as relieving
him from the sem blance of frivolity.
am your obedient servant.
JOHN " EusTAcE,
Provost Marshal Sd Dist. Illinois.
A Man Who Works Without Pay.
Washington Correspondence n the Cincinnati Com
mercial,l
A few weeks SINCE l wrote Of q man
who didn't wan, an Office. Now | have
still more startling fact to announce
. man who holds an Office under hagoy-
eminent, works hard, and won't take any
pay for it. The rare arts is Mr.. Viii
ting. Solicitor of the War Department;
ssd the case, as related to me by an init
mats friend of his. is as follows: About
two years ago Secretary Stanton wrote t.
Mr.. Whiting, whom he had known we'll
and favorably as a lawyer for MANY years,
at his home in Massachusetts,, informing
him that he was about to create the Office
Of Solicitor for the War Department, and
rendering him the position, at salary Of
S5,O 600 year, / believe. Mr.. Whiting
replied that he would be glad to serve the
Government in the capacity named, and
would accept the Office upon one condi.
t'on, that be receive no pay or emoluments
of any kind, and have the privilege Of
bearing bis own expenses at the capital.
This was finally, though reluctantly, &C.
coded to BY Mr.. Stanton, and Mr.. WIFI
ting left his palatial home in New Eng
land, and took up his abode in Washing
ton City. Not content with refusing to
receive compensation himself, be drew up
an instrument in writing, and fled it in the
War Department, STIMULATING that in case
of his death, while here, his family should
not be entitled to one dollar for the ser.
vice be may have rendered. Mr.. Whiting
is rich man aud can afford to do an Ne
has magnanimously agreed to, but Of. 9th
ers equally rich and who could equally
we'll afford il, who would hesitate for =
long time before accepting such . non
remunerative berth.
GE From Memphis We learn that Gen.
Polk has detached 10000 Of his Is. 600
men from Mobile, to operate against
Banks We mag expect soon 10 heat If
hard lighting and considefable trouble On
the Lower Missasippi. rsk cAS
A nag OF truce was brought into Little
Rock, by Joha Adams, who states that
II the late battle Of Gen. Steele's, at Sa-
!ine Ford, the rebel Generals Lowry and
Randall were killed, and Gen. Wall. Of
Texas, was badly wounded. Adams adj
mits that in that section they lost two