The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-06-17

One half OF heaven, one hall oil earIni
They seem to die, but tkeeyy :-::eg
The sacrament of their sweet birth;
But fruitful plants and deeds of men
Are GARTH and turn TO earth again.
In thirsty fields of barren air
The dew is born to fall in vain
Our thoughts 90 mp TO heaven, and there
They change to nlists of golden rain,
Whereof the four-fOld fOuntain-head
In Paradise is always fed.
Our thoughts, that seem to come and go
Abide indeed in God on high;
For he ordains to water so N
The only tree that does not die:
And angels in its shadow sit;
But who is he shall eat of it?
r.~4- Good Nesos.
From tho Book entitled "The Blue Coats" by
Capt Truesdale.
RecOllectiOns of Grant.
Rev. ]. L. Crane, the chaplain of the
regiment of which Lieutenant General Grant
was colonel, gives the following interesting
"reminiscences of his private and military
character =
"Grant" he says, us about five feet ten
inches in height, and will weigh one hun
bred and forty or forty-fve pounds. He has
a countenance indicative of reserve. and an
indomitable will, and persistent purpose.
ain dress he is indifferent and careless,
making no pretensions to style or fashiona-
BILE military display. Had he continued
colonel till now, think his uniform would
have lasted till this day; for he never used
it except on dress parade, and then seemed
to regard it a good deal as David did Saul's
armOr.
His body is a vial of intense existence;
and vet when a stranger would see him in
crowd he would never think of asking his
name. He is no dissembler He is sincere,
thinking, real man.
He is always cheerful. No toll, cold,
heat, hunger, fatigue, or want of money,
depresses him. He does his work at the
time, and he requires all under his command
to lie equally prompt. was walking over
the camp with him one morning after break
fast. 1t was usual tor each company to call
the roll at given hour. 1t was now proba
bly, half hour after the time for that duty.
The colonel was quietly smoking his old
meerschaum, and talking and walking
along, when he noticed company drawn
up in line and the roll being called. He in
stantIy drew his pipe from his mouth and
exclaimed, Captain, this is no time for
calling the roll. Order your men to their
quarters immediately The command was
instantly obeyed, and the colonel resumed
his smoking and walked on, conversing as
quietly as if nothing had happened. For
this violation of discipline those men went
without rations that day, except what they
gathered up privately from among their
friends of other companies. Such a breach
of order was never witnessed in the regiment
afterward while he was its colonel. This
promptness is one of Grants characteristics,
and it is one of the secrets of his success.
ION one of our marches, when passing
through one of these small towns where the
grocery is the principal establishment, some
of the lovers of intoxication had broken away
from our lines and filled their canteens with
whisky, and were soon reeling and ungovern-
able under its influence. While apparently
stopping the regiment for rest, Grant passed
quietly along and took each canteen, and
wherever he detected the fatal odor, emptied
the liquor on the ground with as much
nonchalance as he would empty his pipe,
and had the offenders tied behind the bag
gage wagons till they had sobered into
soldierly propriety. On this point his orders
were imperative: no whisky nor intoxicat-
ing beverages were allowed in his camp.
"In the Afternoon of very hot day in
July, 1851, while the regiment was stationed
in the town of Mexico, Missouri, had gone
to the cars as they were passing, and procur-
ed the daily paper, and seated myself in the
shadow of my tent to read the news. In
the Geographic column l soon came to the
announcement that Grant, with several Others,
was made brigadier- general. In few
minutes he came walking that way, and 1
called to him:
"'Colonel, have some news here that
will interest YOU
az What have you, chaplain p
VI see that you are made brigadier-gen-
eral.' .l...
"He seated himself by my side and re.
marked:
".Well, sir. I had no suspicion of it. 1t
never came from any request of mine. That's
some OF Washburne's work. knew Wash
burne in Galena. He was strong Repub-
lican, and was Democrat, and thought
from that he never liked me very WE'LL
Hence we never had more than business or
street acquaintance But when the war
broke out found he had induced Governor
Yates to appoint me mastering officer of the
Illinois volunteers, and after that had some
thing to do in having me commissioned
colonel OF the twenty-first regiment; and
suppose this is some of his work.
"And he very leisurely rose up and pulled
his black felt hat q little nearer his eyes, and
made a few extra passes at his whiskers, and
walked away with as much apparent uncon-
Germ as if some one had merely told him that
his new suit OF clothes was finished.
Grant belongs to NO church, vet he en-
tertains and expresses the highest esteem for
all the enterprises that tend to promote
religion. When at home he generally at
tended the Methodist Episcopal church,
While he was colonel of the twenty-first
regiment, he gave every encouragement and
facility for securing prompt and uniform
observance OF religious services. and was
found IN the audience listening to preaching.
"Shortly after came into the regiment
our. mess were one day taking their usual
seats around the dinner table. when he re-.
marked:
"'Chaplain, when I was at home, and
ministers were stopping at my house, 1 al
ways invited them to ask a blessing at the
table. ] supp n blessing is as much need
ed here as at b0Qie; and if it is agreeabl,
witliyour views, should lie glad to hay,
you ask blessing every time we sit dow,
to eat"
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