The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-08-29
CHAR wIrH sHEEIDax.
The Gsasrars Opinion on HatrfInO-
ny, ths white House, and OthsT

subjects
F5sa n 5sas>-,ss. y, Aassoase
when the General, or phil" - h.
hzfEs- -.III persists q csllirS him, was
last on gisi. 70 hEs hone Al Somerset
10 I5ST. IL arrived IN The night By con-
Eeyaocs from SsEErk- he had been
-,s-rdfng several weeks At Washington.
and had b7sn rs1s:Esd With the highest
marks Of Tszp5c- ~ Congress- and
tozssEj and tsssted by outsiders there
aud On his way back 70 Ss7T ORLEANS
by Esy OF h. home here. which he al!
Eays manage 70 lake in his route 90
Ing or coming. DGE!nZ active hcs.ili-
ties be TIzits1 nome b1t once, and then
.t4yzd but Few days; bot dsTOiion 70
have an inclination amounting almost
- passion, has NOS OblnsTated his
love Of home sDd the fac=s which
greeted him in youth. On the O'crasiOn
Of bIs !sst visit be Sas COMMANDER Of
MS department. Inc TiOts Had taken
pIscs, had been fully discussed and
grown stale In the public prints, bot
the Genera! painted them freshly with
the magic Of his descriptive PO1srs,
until you ASa!n bsh-ld the conflict
passing before your suazsd vision, and
felt the horrors Of that cruelty prActiced
upon defeLesIsss innocence, a. ind Zna-
ton itssu flashed from the eye aud
shOns through ths broad thrDbblDg
temples OftEs narrator.
Il was reported that some fair daugh-
ter OF Louisiana had done what all the
rebel armies failed TO dO-captuTsd
him. Now was the time 20 place the
General on his honor under the roof OF
his ancestors, the glance Of his parents,
and the scrutinizIDg eye OF his only
sister. Mrs. Wilson. The subject was
accordingly broAchei by some one, and
while the General pulled his ''mesr-
shaun" you could not discover u sin
gle dit Of thought through MS co1ntsn-
aucs which betrayed the least unTel-
come GIspOEitlon TO explain Yes"
said he. "Inat report was sent abroad
from New Orleans by q newspaper cor
respondent, Who seeks every OpnOTtu-
nifty IN injuEe ius, without apparently
bstrayinZ any disposition to DO 20. be
Is shFswd enough TO carry apparent
friendship on the point Of his pen, only
that his real msiiguity may seek more
=stisE=c+ory qualification"
This satisfied uz all on this point, but
the General having consented 20 occupy
the oufZZiDg stool and be qpizzsd good
narurediy, come ore remarked, we
clear you Of that count IN the iDdIct-
meut, but how about HIas Wright, Of
Virginia." A glance 1T the !ntsTrOSa-
tor told the General that more than
mere Joke was intended by this ing uiEy,
Id that mystery was loo plainly de-
kTggLEfl IN EguIEEn1ug5E u All AAEEEn-
srs 20 allow the question 70 pass slight
ly. He added few more puffs 70
those which had already clouded the
atmosphere, and began: Miss Wright,
Of Winchester, VirginiE? lis her fault
she got into the Dewsps PERI, not mine.
When / WIS preparing 10 drive Early
out Of that place, needed Information
OF iLs Qualifications, strength. and the
numbers / should have TO encounter.
Disaster had 10 frequently overcome
our forces in the Valley that 1 tell ex-
tgemsly anxious 10 share the honor Of
reversing our fortunes in that region.
General Grant had contidtd this great
work TO my charge. President Lincoln
regarded my SUCCESS as extremely es-
BDd the whole country seemed
to hold It's breath as II listening FOR the
news rom my army.
General Grant visited me 1 suppose
for the purpose Of ascs raining whether
fairly comprehended the situation,
and becoming satisfied with my pre-
cautions, he made use of the homely
but very significant phrase, go i'm
Bat before did this / learned some
thing or Miss Wright, who Is a Quaker
lady, and resides with her parents in
Winchester, who, like myself, were I'M
impeaehHbly loyal. / had never seen
her, only knew OF her through spies and
scouts, but determined to obtain some
Information from her, believing could
rely on II a. genuine. A colored man
in ths nstghborhoOd of my headquaT-
ters held a pass to go and come from
Winchester with marketing. had him
brought secretly to my headquarters,
and having convinced my sel me would
do to tie TO-" placed n small piece OF
paper 10 small piece OF tin foil, and
wrapped II mp so closely that he could
take u In his mouth while the foil pro-
Iected 1t from injury, directing hun TO
deliver his next marketing to Miss
Wright, not to go into the house, but
leave the moment he had delivered the
foil, and go about rs II on other busi-
ness until her answer was ready and
wrapped up in like manner.
II thus Obtained much valuable in
and when / made an attack
on EaFly's forces knew there would be
n bloody and desperate coufiict, but my
reliance on what Miss Wright had told
me, and on what I knew from other
sources, never failed me through the
severest trials OF that memorable day.
On my recent visit TO Washington,
made 1t convenient to go by wincbes-
ter, aud TO present to this unaffected,
modest lady some token of my graft /
tude. accordingly rendered her a tins I
gold watch, which cost me several hun 7
dred dollars, and would have given her Z
other valuable presents had my excheq- /
uer warranted them, but while I made !
my Visit and my token of gratitude a
profound secret. she would not restrain
her disposition to make them both
known, ana instantly became the vic
tim OF another rumoF duplicating me
in making love to another Southern
lady As for the colored man, it would |
be unsafe, even now, 20 reward him