The New York herald., 1864-08-25
INTERESTING FROM MISSOURI.
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-ssiOn Movement
New sece> al Grant.
Against GeneA-
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Amusing History o "e l'lin'i'
Temperance DeIes> >'i'n
Grants Glorious Victory "
Fort Donelsol.
General Halleck's Protest and
HalleCk's Joke.
srhe Drunkenest "Total Abstinence
Party" Ever Hno I'm.
The Men who Came to Sco6 Re. |
mained to Pray"
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General Halleck,s Protest and
HalleCk's Joke.
Ehe Drunkenest "Total abstinence
Party" Ever 1no I'm.
y The Men who Came ia. ScoR Re-
manned to Pray"
our Sc. Louis Csrrsspsnde . nee.

, Ihave to announce q great moral revolutions John
pecesh these parts has turned temperance doctrn
ere.o He s e total abstinence" He is for cashierlng
any every officer who proved have imbibed
more than thmbeius OF lager In any
6ecutivs daysl All the ladies who wear cherry and
white ribbons In their bonnets enthusiastic In the
ioause OF ant-alcoholc mbibations. They full
0f sincerest for the unhappy tendency
of General Grant. They eager that he may be
~ relieved from command and sent TO recuperate
IN some cold water asylum. at s the only way he
Ne saved" they say; and "the only way In which the
falling fortunes the rebellion can saved" is ct tho
Bottom Of their thoughts.
In q word the-John Seceshes OF st. Louis have been
Musy the month In mysteriously but actively cr
fuating to the effect that the Lieutenant General,
pn whose genius the fortunes Of tho Union saked
has not been sober for month, but that he continually
Nwelleth In the headquarters OF "Beast Butler, ,who
xeedeh said Lieutenant General upon ortyrod whskey
Rnd aquaforis brandy the "Beas aforesaid hoping to
inherit the three stars whenever Grant shall have
fpegged out" "cashed In his checks under the fe
compelling soeptre Of King Alcohol -
hBoRGR N. CHANDLER A. TRxpgRANcE
! DELEGATES. y.
so great Is the agitation Of John and Jeannette Seoesh
hpon this point that they preparing repeat the
pertinent Of temperance delegation" to wait upon the
President with protest against his retention Of s'a
kommon drunkard In command OF the chief army Of the
Onion 1t is said that Mr.. George Noodle Sanders, at
present OF Canada has been offered tho ohamanshp Of
Shs new temperance vemen and that Senator Chand
Aer Of Michigan, will represent, secretary the
4reme abolition total sentiment OF the entire
the ssgaon 50 that decent t"vesrs sU
from 81. Louis 10 the East may not be worried
{ops'; Of the members OF the COMMITTEES; and in
1h4lnstructons Of the "rotal Abstinence Convention
no member Of the secesn temperance delegation to the
President for the removal OF General Grant, shall carry
d s rs
private use.n
lsroRr OF TEE first "rsxrxgAss pElHeATl0s" AGAINST
.~ls-, .T-sa GENERAL GRANT. -
The fuss that is now being made here by the rebel sym
pathzers over the alleged backslding Of Lienten-
ant General Grant recalls to my mind very forciby
scene Of which was witness, just previous 10
Abe capture OF Fort oneson The actors in the matter
ere different; but the anecdote falls in capital lus
traton of the present hubbub The thing also
4be in itself embracing the only public Joke Of which
Major General Henry Wager Haleck has ever been
While Grant was celebrating his preparations to pass
Fsa Ss S'' agsanSss hs sses .sns Sstas f s
john sscossss tho Sose D's early f0'; days be-
Dame alarmed his deliberate and unceasing energy
Nnspsakable old old lies 10 reference
ssin alleged indscreons q his early habss The lies
bnd before fortnight from thcr coinage the rebel mint
had grave and doorous editorial from the temper
Ssoune. pointing out "frigadier General Grant,
& a meaucholly example Of the debasing runous
philosophers, in fict made him very much ike "the
drunken heot" exhibited by Spartan fathers to
sher children a. the best argument in favor Of Neal
oovEnyoR DICK yArs AND HIS ALLIES
Well, the mster A length went so far that Gov. Dick
Yates OF Illinois-hmsef notorious temperance advo
Sate-g sanction to the getting up OF Temperance
Washington, where they should lay President
On energetic protest against his allowing "tortytwo
shousand Illinois, then In the Army OF the Misss-
havo liyes ieODardv under
mand OF q common drunkardn Ibis delegation was
nsd among It's members such political friends Of the
Celebrated politicians OF the sssucker State"
PRESIDENT LINCOLN RAMPAGE.
Mr.. Lincoln did not know what TO do with the matter
he had read the New York Sus article and was n0T
20 "Geuera Grants habits" He telegraphed In cypher
General hasc who was anen orS 10 ass ~;
6vns said what tho "total abstinence committee said,
sad what he president Lineolnl thought should
Iess than that General Haleck should issue an order
summary and Disgrace ully dismissina Grant rom .ne
GENERAL nAIIEcx cs~r sEn n, AND onowEm INDIGNANT.
HaIleck at once telegraphed back indignant reply
Nths charge true had shadow OF truth IN IT,
esla ssck h @ IN chief
partmsnt could expose ns greatest army 70 defeat under
ss very S
once remove him General Haleck from the position ne
sSo Major General commaDdina the Mss,ssippi depart.
ment would respectfully submit TO his Excelency that
urSUs editorial Of the
bune and other synagosucs OF the saints wherein @ sno
were made peroot-bus that FAR the Army Of the
Mississippi went he wished to have nothing TO say 70
snsp 10 oa the carcasss Of the whole besscd
urxNsR DISGUST wAsHSGroN-ruS TEMPERANCE psLkoA
rn..u.. disgust SS iol,o%sd o1 the receipt washington
this telegram. The "tsmperancs delegation from M
nos" took {" tall drinks all round" many times ane
then accedcd to Presidents proposition (Mr Lincolt
being anxious TO get rid Of thc as they were
the proposition this They were 70 proceed in 6ody
70 ST. Louis Dick Yates footing thcr travelling
sach Of them as were able 70 walk should walk and suc
OF them could not walk should be carried In carriage
where they should lay before said General their proofs
and afdavits (mainy sigpcd by members OF the Chris
seous.s and cotton spccuiacrs as 70 General Grant
"deporable excesses In the tippling line"
BRroRR GENERAL HArIEcK
Well to make long story .n down noy o Sams
waters ssSS and all sVsisSls black hsip up the 'soop
the Planters House, and thence 70 their Iespscslv
wl,os s4, s1ssos ss Hunter: 4.
OSS Be-, SsyocS Doubt have ssn The
sent Tor lodgings 70 the cslabooss Palmer the ccri
man In The crowd who could ice; than dozen per
1insls quill quill and % pointed % the solitary ledger:
OF course for that pieht bsrs could BE- formal Wis
soo@passS 81 dsss,sl cumn, ~ HE ohiss q GsaI @
Eeton, hb Assistant ldjuians General; Osl fhom, b
Cnisf q rORoNspkcsl 1nsnesrs shs amsnssd horDs
came I happsa q frssk csplaia shadsr, sowsvs
Els sod friends froA Incs' 70 iOrm right estimate
their general busiusss Great shs fun a Hallsck
Shen thsxbstlsr oxme " b SmDwhA poised kbroad
xss foyad nscs:sssy y p'sSs; &A soldiers =.