The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1865-06-17

himself under the Generals orders.
Auditor Dubois went home and told Gov.
error Yates that Grant would take Vicks.
burg, that he had no doubt Of it, that Gen.
eral Grant told him to tell him 20, and that
he must tell IL to the people % coming
from General Grant. It win be remena-
bered that the promise OF General Grant
was published IN the papers ut the time.
and that Governor Yates repeated It tom
the stump.
General Grants next move was to send
for General John A. McClernand, and or.
dered him to march his ccrps from Mill.
ken's Bend to Grand Gulf. General No.
Clernand proposed some changes in the do.
tails of the plan; but General Grant cut hin
short by saying that he had d:gessed and
arranged the entire details for the move.
ment. and only required him General No.
Clernand) to execute his orders. General
McClernaud then said he would do that "a
the best OF his ability, and departed on his
ex oedi.ion.
And here it, na.y be wei. to add, that st
this time strenuous efforts were being made
at Washington fo- the removal OK General
Grant. Not only West Po,at was assayed
against him, but Republican members Of
Congress. sor.le o. theIa from tais State.
went to Mr.. Lincoln and urged his reinoy.
al, taking back tkeir former endorsements
OF nlm. Leading publican papers in
ciamored for his supercedure. At this Tina
. leading Republican and retired oGico
holder from this State, who had been down
the river buying cotton, wrote letter to Mr.
Lincoln, denouRcing General Grant, pre-,
dieting his failure. and urging the appoint
nlent of General Pope to his command.
He brought the letter to Hon. o. n. Hatch,
then Secretary of State, and one Of Mr..
Lincoin's most intimate friends, and ask.
ed him to direct it, but did not show him
its contents. He represented to Mr.. Hatch
that Mr.. Nicolay, who had been Mr.,
Hatch's deputy clerk, seeing the hand writ
ing would hand 1t to Mr.. Lincoln. Hear.
ing Of the occurrence, and suspecting q
trick, Mr. Dubois made Mr.. Hatch write
letter to the President, which both signed,
aud which urged him to do nothing agaiAk
General Grant; that they had been down
the river, and, 20 far as they had anything
to say in the matter. they were perfectly
satisfied with him.
Subsequently TO the capture Of Vlcks.
burg. Mr.. Dubois was in Washington, to
obtain 3 sick furlough for his son, who had
been at the siege and was then IN Mem.
phis hospital. Mr.. Lincoln himself went
to the War Office with Mr.. Dubois to OBJ
tain the furlough. Returning from thu
Office. aud while Mr.. Lincoln, Mr.. Dubois
and Mr.. D. L. Phillips were standing at
the railing which separates the War 0f6co
grounds from those of the White House,
the following conversation took place:
Mr.. Dubois: s'Mr. President, I do not
like Gen. Grants parol;ng those prisoners
at Vicksburg. We had better feed than
fight them" -.
Mr.. Lincolu, strengthening himself up %
his tull height, aud his countenance BEAM
ing with that peculiar smile which indi-
Gated that he was highly pleased: "DuboiA
Gen. Grant has done so well, and we aso
"a 90 nlaa sSa0 af tho fnn- ~ hupn
let Us no. aurrrel with him about that mat.
ter. He also added: "Du bois," placing his
foot upon the base of the railing, and taking
less erect posture, ''do you know that, <
one time, stood. solitary aud alone here,
in favor Of General Grant Even -
lmeaning member Of Congress
from Northern Illi1ois), came and told me
that he (Grant) was not worth a--. and
that would have to remove him. But, 4
remem bered that you and Hatch and 9TH
ers had been down there about the 6rstof
April, and had not said word to NEON
the subject" tss ~,
This also is .'a scrap OF history and I
give it as an a6dendum to that republishsd
in the Republican, from the New York
GEN. Grant AT CooPER INsTIrUrE.-At
this moment stir was made near.the side
entrance, and 'inssinotively the vast Assem-.
blags knew that their man had come. Sure
enough, as the band struck up Hail to
Mr.. Oliver, and followed BY the members
Of his staff, appeared. Walking along .
the platform be was made the recipient Of
an walton, saOh rs no man ever bad BE-
fore. As one man the people rose; the
neu swung their hats, clapped their hands
aud shouted themselves red in the face;
the Ladies' waved their handkerchief,
tch n nrnilaR
aud fairly 9larei at the toe hero Of the oc.
casion. The assemblase was Graut to the
core. Such cheers are never heard outside
of this city, such enthusiasm even Cooper
Institute knew nothing Of before. EN-
harrassss, the General advanced to the
very front of the platform. where, hat IN
hand. he bowed and bowed, acknowledg.
ing his appreciation Of the compliment
paid him, IN he only could. Sitting at
teux.h in q chair. he attempted to converse
with Mr.. Grinneli, a lady threw boquet
ss him with fata! precisiOn-;. broke into
ito component parts ON the nose of the
Lieutenant General. Another lady threw
. second boquet-it struck M. Grtnnell
who picked It up and handed 1t to the Gen.
eral. "Let Us see you!" shouted . hoot
of voices. Obedfsnt to the call OF the peo..
pie. be rose and walked to the further end
Of the platform, while every step was eie.
nal for an outburst Of appiause-a pesfece
triumph OF enthusiastic h0f1an1pG. 0ot
they we're not TO be put of 30. A speech
they wsnted, speech they were deter.
mined to have. The persuasions Of Cen:
Wetmore were added to the entreatiee Of
Mr.. Grinnell, aud these enforced and IN
dorssd by the husky rosIinss Of the shoGt' ,.
ing ncpulace, secured the deeired resuH.
Rising with hat In hand, the General s0e
vanced to the edge Of the platform, an0
spoke . few brief words Of thanks Tor tn,s
reception. ....-..s.
OF wisdom, had 10 annouaced hh ooenrS.
Cd intention Of giving % sech pesso1. . e ~
audionce Q large farm with modee1 G.Rs
meats, had he told thsm that s1eet So
Wefo forgiven con the spot" - 1eoRse
could not have been moE0 oelenteos -
could they hays been no.s sxSssa. s.a ~ - -
occasion; words would thtl g coov9
|iast concspaon g ths ,csns ws1sa ;o's: e g.:
nit Of the turning Of snmmers se9les ll ~ eSs
Pfrom head to foot, from limb e limb sns
eutranced and bswildesed mu!tatooSs 49, -.
bled With extraordinary delight. aeo 49, -
ifea,ad. In MI known aud approves MNN MN