Weekly Trinity journal., 1865-06-10
Gen. Grants Early Experience in the War.


ings since, several Illinois officers related their
experiences of General Grant in early life. Here
Is, as nearly as can recolIect it. what General
John E. Smith said on the subject:
/ don't believe any man in Illinois knew Grant
better than did, and think had quite as much
to DO as any other man in bringing him into the
I var l lived at Galena at the time Grant 5
place of business was near mine. He kent a
hardware and saddlery store. used to drop in
to see him very often, on my way home. and he
and would generally smoke our pipes together
/ IN his Office adjoining his store. He was very
poor business man, and never liked to wait upon
/ customers. Ii a customer called in the absence
! OF tAe CLERKS, he would tell him to wait few
minutes till one of the clerks returned, and if he
couldn I wait, the General would 90 behind the
counter, very reluctantly and drag down. " hat
ever was wanted but he hardly ever knew the
price of it, and, in nine cases out Of ten he
charged either too much or too little lie would
rather talk aboat the Mexican war than waitupon
the best customer in the world
I When the war broke out, l told him, one day
that was going down TO Springfield to sec Gov
ernor Yates, who had sent for me. Grant mere
/ ly remarked in quiet way, You can say to the
Governor that if l can be of any use to him in
the organization of the regiments, will be glad
to do what can. went to Springfield and
made arrangements Immediately for Grant to be
sent for He came right down. and went to work
to organize ten regiments called out sort of
home guard, for thirty days at first, but after
wards enlisted for three years When he had
done this, and WITS ready to go home, Governor
Yates offered him the Cel0neicy of the 2lst reg-
ment, one Of tie ten. lie accepted it. and i'm
mediate!y went into camp. | went with him.
! and shall never forget the scene that occurred
when his men first saw him. 1t was very laugh
able. Grant was dressed very clumsly, in citz
Zcns clothes an old coat. worn out at the elbows
! and a ba1I1- 1inoaJ nil hot liz
ragged and bare-ooted themselves, had formed
a high estimate of what Colonel ought to BE-
and when Grant walked in among them they
began making fun of him. They cried out in
derision: Look at our Colonel What a
/ Colonel 7 '- such a Colonel 7 and made all
sorts of fun Of him. \ few of them to q show
OFF to the others got behind him and com
menced sparring at him; and while was
doing this, another gave him such push that
made him such a push that made him hit Grant
a terrible blow between the shoulders. The Cen
eral soon showed them that they must not Judge
the officers by the uniform, and, before he got
through, the unruly fellows felt very much NOR
/ tilted. One Of them generously confessed that it
was all in fun, aud hoped the Colonel would
not get mad about it. But he did.
/ Grant went to work Immediately, and in a very
short tine, had his men clothed and fixed up in
good style
At this Stage of the conversation Gen. Logan
Joined in as follows
And I can tell you that Grant came very near
going out of the service at the end of the thirty
days for which his regiment was first called out.
| met him on the streets OF Springfield one day,
looking very badly. He told me he felt discour-
aged, because his regiment didn't want to re-
enlist for three years His men were getting
tired Of soldering, and wanted to 90 home.
told them all about the glorics in store for them.
and how grand it would be for them to be coming
home to their wives and sweethearts at the end
Of three years. Whether my speech was good
or bad it had the desired effect for the men all
enlisted for three years. and few days after
wards they started for Cairo, under Col. Grant.
General Logan then related how Grant came
to be promoted to a Brigadier General
II was not for meritorious service, fer he
hatin t had chance to show himself mcritorions.
was in Congress ~ The time. 1t WAS just before
resigned. Lincoln sent ina request to the Hi
n0iS delegation to nominate nine men for Erga-
dier Generals We met in caucus to do this,
and Grant received one more vote than any other
Of the nine. Among the nine were McCIernand.
Prcntiss, Iuribut, Palmer, and others | have
forgotten. pitk Richardson was among them
but he declined. Grant was in Cairo al the time.
and he knew nothing about his promotion until
it had been decided on. We all went for Lill. "
The LEAF WnAnens or IsDtA.-At re-
cent meeting Of the ARCHAEOLOGICAL Society in
London, communication was read from Dr.
Shortt Iillah surgeon st ChiHglcput. giving an
account Of certain wild tribes Of India the most
remarkable Of which were a tribe inhabiting
some parts Of 0rissa, called - Leaf Wearer =
Their chief physical peculiarly consists in the
conformation @! the lower jaw, which Ike hat
Of a bulldog, underhangs DR.. Short said he
had not observed or read OF. similar malforma-
ton in any other race. The men are consider
ably under the size Of Earopcans-the tallcst Of
20 that he measured not being more than feet
y inches and oac Of them was only feet So
In other respects they are well formed, and they
wear clothing 10 4 certain extent but the women
wear no clothcS-a few lcafy tWics collected from
the iungles being employed instead The leaycs
are tied in concal bundles, and placed one before
and one behind, and fastened by string of clay
beads, which goes round the waist several times
This tribe is looked upon the outcaSt race Of
the province, they nhabit the most distant and
wild parts, and cultivate the soil on the decliyitv
of the hills. They have the Mongolian type of
countenance. well-f0rmed globular head with
an expanded forehead, and rather high chee.
bones. The bodies of the dead universally {
subjected to cremation. ceremonies being per-
formed beyond that Of bathing and fasting, and
the ashes are thrown into some stream They
have language Of their own, which seems to
belong to the 0oryah dialect, and most of them
can talk Ooryah they have no priests their
children untaught aud they have no written
handed down from generation to generation.-
They have only one cooked neal which consists
OF boiled rice seasoned VITA herbs and is eaten
at night In the morning the men, women and
children start for the jungle in search of wild
fruits roots, etc, which they use for food
Several varieties of the wild yam are abundant
IN those parts. and are eaten roasted. The
sometimes cultivate q few Of the common we're
tables as also tobacco Of which they are nartirn-
larry fond. 1t is powdered and placed between
the lower lip and incisor teeth, when. from the /
pressure and irritation caused perhaps nv the
tobacco the gums appear to get absorbed. and
the lower incisors fall out at very early are
One of the stories current amongst them is tba.
Jugernauth. or the supreme ruler of the universe
formed male and female at the creation of tho
world and placed them of these hills in
course of time the disobeved her hus
band command, for which the goddess Par
vettec cursed the woman and enjoined to wear
leaves all her life instead of clothes. The religion
of this tribe scarcely be said to belong to
any system they entertain some ndistnct ideas
which they carry out in trifing superstitious
ceremonies they have no idols, nor have they
any particular mode or place of worship they