Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-27
A BOHEMIAN WALL.


"'or ABoHEMIAN. WALL. J. -
The Rosiha ,7a5ie, ~ sifteraty jbntnal of no
mean. pretontions, published in Ssrr York,
attacks, vary sOlcunly / and, hsScely, Lieut..
Goa. GREST fos having visited, in company,
with dEOEGE WILKES editor and publisher
of WTlEls,r Spirit p,cf the Times, a riding
park for the purppse Of seeing the horses
ownOd by Mr.. BnhSER.. Com, .yAsRBBBfLE
and Others, the, collection comprising the
fastest and best ttrottins hGrscs.in therworld,
The Rou,,d 1a5is says distinctly it kndSs
nothing agains. the. personal character pi
Mr.. WInEEs, but lit objects. to-. his driving
Gen. GhASr TO the riding park on the ground.
that he hal been identified with the sports of.
tho ring. etc, apd asks, fs .. clfnehsr IF
Gen. sCoEr wopldsyer have been .gpilty Of
doing such thing !,,!.--... ! ,--I. ---.,.
Wethink II very likely that GeneralSCopT-
would not He differs from Gsnttai CRAM
in many RESPECTS. General GhkSrR has done
several things in the cpuHss Of his life AMI!
during the war of the rebellion which Gen,
oral scoTT would not have done. And VIC
are quite sure. General scoIT would never
have taken tho trpuble..t ride to- DUB9
Half-mile Course. to soc the beet. ihorset
the country, for he dUn'tibeiievc I'M horses
He Discouraged the equine clSachti III our
armies at the beginning Of the late war, and
by reasOn.of his .ad vice our cavalry was .'lset
back, and kept back fcr.a leag time lie
was GlBo aVsrse to 'nrtilIety, his he believed
especially in foot soIdieryEihf % So ,'
! ~.
General .GRAST. helisyes IN. cavalry, and
artillery asr well as infantry, aud ,rwith his
recollections Of the achievements of eur cav
airy after II was mas5ed md drginitcd by
HoOKER, i is not, surprising that he should
feel interested in the subject of horse -ilesh
and the bleeding and trimming of fast horses
Of various types. And il Is not surprising
that he, should pc escorted 70 a park where
the best homss,of the. day were. .nangreeAied
by n gehtlemah who pablishes Of a. papor
which is acknowledged Huthotityih the mat
ter ,of horse. .BrsediPg and trii6itg' ~ ''' ''
Whetheh Genoral GRAETrNeat to the exi
hibition" gotten up Tor. his. satertaiamen Mt
merely to crafty his curiosity or not, the
striettres,ot the 'Rot'td Table upon his con.
duct are quite inEo Hsequential The Subject
ofhQrses Is .3ns that might! Weifl Interest any
oiicen of sur ARMY; AT the beginning Of the
war tho rebels continually y gsiIistl- advsn'
tdges by the use of their. superior 'eatalty
Almost every man was iii6untod on abiooded
ANNUAL. Much Of. the Southern cavalry wa
made up of Southern gsntls4sn, who rod
their. .nHn. ,thorouehbreds, favnrite charger
that could run; and leap, and endure lon,
marches much better than our "Gbvernneh
horses. '''' Weipeglscted foF 4 l9pg time, I'm
der General SCoTT's advice, to train mel
and horFeS in adequate nqphsrs for, cRysIr.
purposes, and in scouting and raiding th
rebels outdid US III q WY thSat was quite
mostifyingJ n"an' u"'UT IAH"L'Ar At
At length our GaFalEy was augmented anC
concentrated, and it began to be a formida
Bile arm Of the service. The rebels lost then
original stock Of horscsG and having no means
OF supplying. the waste, their cavalry hsasms
weaker while ours was made stronger .Thii
had avery beneficial effect upon our cause, ant
in any future war the General who would nc
gleet the cavalry arm'wUuid act like fool
The breeding 0fgoad hPrish throughout th,
North has been stimulated blythe exhibition
of such horses NJ General GRiSf weHt out tc
sec in New York, and If we should ever have
Another w&r'ths country will, 'tirrough thg
same oause, ind itself mrpished With Inusl
better supply, Of horse ffesh' for cavalry and
other army parp poses than va have had bGG,
fore, Lri''f 'a''"h" '' '"'I
fhO SSai ,7S4s, whia6 see ssenss- a.,i qai.e u
likely to die Of pretnature Old ago, unlessliti
writer's are siRgitsd 10 the great festivals II
New York, where nourisfringo food Is sci
forth, was very severe upon Sir M0RfoS
PEro's banquet at DELMoneo's.
T'' psiV 5GT Vto'sF& n. bsHedla.A,s 4sGt s0;
"They hRyee getsfh : BnSauot and CIT Si4 i4GE6falr,
Is II uncharitable to infer that ,fha RaaId
Table writer's Woald have BJSf either rli,snt
or complimentary HRqpt thS TldS of G,psraI
GRANT to the horse EhnE If they had been
inyiFsd 70 thY ,SHF2ASr NAY Festival pc the PiEh
AVeniis HOtaL l-."I %, ..s,, '"'
We are sure tlrFt fheirstigtIhtf upoh' M
Wilkes c0neS Grom,tbe stomach, and moi
from 'ths brdin.n He rs the lri.nd and adj
visor n MStary pSFtailiug. to horses " M
BONsERs O6Ihin0dorg FASDRFBH.r, 4, artdI SC GtreJ
Of hcR gsRtlsRsDi H. Nav YSfk,,,,, Who 'h!iiis haiise
contributed laVishly of their means in sup.
port Of the war, and who were glad tO lavet