The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-04-08
Selected Poetry,
Street Fight Between Grant and Senator
Chandler in 1861,

WAS stationed with his regiment in De.
gtroi,, the home Of Hon Zach. Chandler,
Senator from Michigan, TIE man who
in 1861 thought the country needed q
little blood letting. At that time Grant
was Il Lieutenant in The service and was
decidedly very fast Young man. He
had little Indian pony that he used to
ride up and down the street on u clean
jump: 1t so happened that, on ore oc-
-casion, he slipped on the icy sidowalk
in front Of Zach. Chambers house
Therefore he brought suit against Chan
.dler for neglect to clear his sidewalks, to
which complaint Chandler made answer
that Grant would not have fallen had
he not been drunk. In view Of The
present position Of the parties towards
each other, The story will bear relating.
We :.nd it ia The Chicago T1mes:
"Chandlcr lived humbly great il his
peculiar Inc AT the limo Of Ulysses ad.
vent IN Denoit; shortly after which,
upon keen cold morning, the tempest
WAS shripking through the slrcets-lho
tempest born in the land Of tho Ojbbe.
ways, produced in tho laha,ory orstorms
far of toward the North Pole, OH pur
pose to do honor 10 the incident we arc
about to relate. The reader will per-
Geivc that nature works hard for her
favorites. Well, The tempest was there
in the streets Of Detroit. So was ulys-
ses while behind his counter. standing
like Jovc with his thunderbolts, was
Zachary, armed with his yard stick.
So, probably, the sun and moon stand,
unconscious Of approaching eclipse.
Upon this tcmpcstuous day form en-
clad in military overcoat might have
been seen walking with martial dignity
over The iron clad surface OF the sidewalk
in front Of Iachary's domlcil. This
form was man, and smoked u srgar.
Concealmcnl may now be dropped, lol
The reader has rccognz"d Ulysses. a
close view Of his features disclosed ~,
expression Of determination and heroic
air, be'okening the future. friend an,l
ally OF Stanton.
"ilc glarcd at the ice bound walk, and
The ice bound walk glarcl back at INN.
Ills Ieel slipped, bnL he executed flank
movement and rcgancl them They
slipped again he llanltcd again :, but IN
vain. lie (rI. 10 the Wonnd and lost his
scgar. Tue tempest howcd around him
dashed into lis face, whltlcd his hat oil,
hove away his scgar, and whiskcd his
ilnstrouS hair on end. Ills cmincn'
ovcrcoaL was torn his grand shoes wcr,
split; his sacred brccchcs were breach
&c, anc the god-l>kc calf OF his lofty les
was confused. lie lay there spca,a
Gle of dignity and honor 'FIn = i,
mnttcrcd, III tight it out on this line
will 2 lie clcnchcl his teeth, wa
picked mp by pedestrian, and disap
pear"d."
The mex, day the following complain,
was lodged in the Mayors Court OF tn
city Of Detroit:
State Of Michigan, City Of Detroit
S. Ulysses S. Grant, bcins Guly swor
dcposcIh and saith, that ON or ahou, th
lOth day Of January, a. d. 1851, an
Tor twenty 1--WE days previous thereto
Zachary Chandler did neglect to krcj
his sidewalk free and clear from snow
in and on Jackson avenue, in front Of th
house occupied by him; and di thcl
an.l there commit many other acts con
,r"rv to The ordinances OF said city
Further dcponcnt saith not.
II. $, GRANT.
Sworn to and subscribed bcfor
me, this lOth day Of Jnnnary a. D.
1871.
). VAN RENssi;LhE, City Clerk"
Tie reader will perceive 10y this com
plant that Zachary, even aL that re
mote day, practiccl the doctrines of con
tempt of law, which have since mad,
hun Radical great man Under lhi
complaint, his sacred person was seize
~ vile iir,Slail, and hc was carrie,
INTO the dread presence ofins,;cc but hc
was unabaShcd, and scorned any al.
save his own. ! lie appeared as Els own
c'nns,l, and uly sscs and he stood face
to lace. Imagine the meeting it was
like the sun and moon hob-nobbine.-
Zachary denied that he had a house
and asserted that if he had one, the re
was no walk in front Of it; and that, i
there was a walk, Ulysses was never or
It; and that if he was on it, he fell dow,
because he was drunk.
Such was Iachary's defence, and !,
filled Grants martial soul with such II,
that lie forthwith proceeded to sad
"inr's and purchased a rawhidc--a
strong, tough, supple, s,inging implrmcn,
with which he went forth to meet
Zachary They met st was IN a crowd
ON Jefferson avonac. Ulysses ap
preached on Iach,ry's centre and gave
him a cut, which Zachary evaded by a
Hank movement, in exccniing which he
exposed his rear, which his wary enc.
my Immediately attacked with sucl
vigor that Zach Summoned his legs tc
his aid, displayed for the first time those
mastery powers Of retreat which after
ward immortalzc1 him at Bull Ran.
Ulysses being short legged attempted
IN VAN to follow him, and was soon dis
sanced. Thus ended tho fight.
irant Is SAID 10 DO afraid OF Butler
since the latter loomcd up az grand
faonrn1drnm OF impeachment and to re-
an, ',,t - ,,t, a. !