The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-24
0ranps Habits, Tastes, ana Mental
characteristics.

GranPs Habits, Tastes, ana Mental
GharActeristIcB.
Grants personal habits and tastes
are exceedingly simple. He despises
the pomp and show OF empty parade
and, in his severe simplicity and man
" pride, he scorns all adventitious aids
to popularity. He lives plainly him
self. and cannot tolerate ostentation or
extravaganza in those about him. His
mess was never luxurIously, though
always bountltully, furnished with
army rations, and such supplies as
could be transported readily and easily
In the limited number of wagons that
he permitted TO follow his headquarters
His appeLites are all under perfect CON-
troll. He is very abstemious, and dur
ing his entire Western campaign the
onicers of his staff were forbidden to
bring wines or liquors into camp.
He has been represented as one OF the
most tacIturn, and in one respct he Is
such. He never divulges his thoughts
TIL they are matured, and never aspires
to speech making; and even in private
conversation he falls into silence II he
suspects that he is likely to be reported.
He is the most modest of men, and
nothing annoys him more than loud
parade ofpersonal opinion or personal
vanity; but with his, intimate friends,
either at home or around the camp fire,
he talks upon all subjects, not only
copiously, but in the most charm
ing and good-natured manner. His
life has been too busy to read history
or technical works, but he has always
been close and careful reader of
newspapers. He has retentive MEM
IL t.
matters which concern the interests of
humanity, and particularly his own
country. Upon all such subjects, in
fact, upon all the vital questions of the
day, he thinks carefully and profound.
IL and expresses himself with great ease
and good sense. His understanding Is of
that incisive character that soon probes
a question to the bottom, no matter
how much the politicians and newspa-
pers may labor TO confuse IL; while his
Judgment Is SO deliberate, honest and
truthful IN Its operations, that it may
be implicitly relied upon to arrive at a
fair and unbiased conclusion. His
memory is stored with personal Incl
dents illustrative of men and manners
in all parts of the country, showing
that he has evidently been profound
student OF human nature throughout
life: his appreciation of men and char
acter has never been supposed. This
was well SHOWN IN Lne feOTgaulZdLlOu
oil the army after he became Lieutenant
General of the army. It Is well known
that he did not fail in single
instance where change was made
in putting the right man In the
right place. This was due nell
ther TO chance nor snap Judgment
but to his habit OF careful observation.
he warns toward bold, outspoken,
and loyal nature; full OF ardor and zeal
himself, he naturally admires these
qualities In others. He has no patience
with a weak, complaining, and selfish
disposition, and cannot endure double
dealing or iudirectnsss of any sort.
Straight forward and frank In all
things himself, he respects these quali-
ties wherever they are found. Indeed,
the most striking popularity of his ma.
tuTe. both as a man and General, is a
profound and undertaking truthfulness
| in ell things. Those who have known
him best will bear willing testimony
to the statement that he never told a
falsehood, or made a voluntary misrep-
resentatton of fact; and will believe US
that 1t would be almost as impossible
for him to do so as for the needle to
forget its fidelity to the pole.-DGnd's
Life Of Grant.