The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-03-19
"REMINISCENCES OF GRANT.

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"REMINISCENCES OF GRANT.
More Anecdotes by His Father.
The New York Ledger for March
21st,l contains two more letters from
General Grants father about his
distinguished son. We make the
fsllo wing extracts. S..9.5 e%i ioe9 :
% When the rebellion broke out,
Grant offered his services to Gov
ernor Yates. The latter asked
him: tll@ 'l b.t''''! 77'' . ''i''s.i '.'.'i' .
s'Do you understand how many
men it takes to make company ?
And how many to make aregilnent ?
And what officers eacli must have?
aOl, yes" replied Grant, II un-
derstand all about such matters I
was educated at West Point, and
served eleven years in the regular
army ''.'' -
"W ell, them" said the Governor,
II want you to take a chai1, here in
my Office, as Adjutant General Of
the State -1. ~,.z.-...s-
Grant remained in this capacity
for several weeks, when he made a
short visit to US at Covington. While
he was absent from Springfield, Mr.
Burk, a young man employed in our
house at Galena, called on Gov.
Yates, and in the course Of the in
terview, the Governor said to him:
"W hat kind of a man is this Grant
He has been educated at West Point
and says he wants to go into the
army; several regiments have of
fered to elect him colonel, but he
says 'No;' and declines to be a can
didate. What does he want ??'' 20
cay ou' see, Governor" says Burk,
"Grant has only served in the reg
ular army, where they have no e1ec
tions. but officers are promoted ac-
cordfng to seniority. Whatever
place you want him for, just ap-
point him without consulting him
at all beforehand, and you will, find
hewill accept whatever he is'appoint
ed for.'' *4l L1+ S'Ni5' .'25
9a Acting on this suggestion, the
Governor telegraphed to. me that
he had appointed Ulysses Colonel
of the 21st Illinois Infantry. SSH
His family were with usfor about
six months. They came up from
Cairo just after the battle of Fort
Donelson. There is an incident
connected with their arrival at Gov
ington which may be worth men
tioning; for in a few years it will
probably hardly seem possible that
such an event could have occurred
in the United States 1+ -A.
a. They reached Cincinnati, Just
across the Ohio river, opposite Gov
ington, on Sunday morning Mrs.
Grant hired a hackman to take her
and her family over the river to our
house. The haekman happened to
be mullatto-a thrifty fellow, who
owned good pair of horses and a
carriage himself. He took his pas
sengers to our house, reached the
bank of the river on his way back,
in fact, he was actually on the float
leading to the boat, and was driving
on the ferry. boat to cross over
just then our enterprising city mar
shall happened to espy him, and
under the act prohibiting colored
persons from entering the State
without q pass, he arrested him.
His horses and carriage were left
standing in the street to take care
of themselves, and the man was hur-
ried off to prison. A stable keeper,
seeing the horses and carriage,
kindly took care of them. = 81
The colored man sent for me,
and / called on Mr. Nixon, lawyer |:
but it was Sunday, and nothing
could be done about getting him out
until Monday. On Monday we
had to give bail in the sum of one
hundred dollars for his appearance
before the grand jury, to answer
any Indictment which they might
find against him. The grand jury
indicted him for coming into the
State without q permit. Under the
advice of his counsel he forfeited
his bail as that was a much less
punishment than he would undoubt-
edly have had to suffer if he had
appeared. Governor Bfan1lette, on
being applied to-, released a portion
of the penalty, and the remainder
had to be paid. 1t seems strange
that when a5tGeneral was absent,
fighting for his country, a man
should undergo this punishment,
simply for taking that Generals
family in a carriage to their place OF
destination. DIS; ~ 9a5 Iet sslitiaU,G'
TEAcHER-s'I want you to explain
the points of the compass. Bobby,
what is the highest. latitude known.
"The highest latitude known is
that which Bill Jones allows his
faalipos whom wa1tzinpv with ION,