The Placer herald., 1868-06-27
Street Fight Between Grant and Zach
Chandler in 1861.

Chandler in 1861.
10 the winter of 1906. General Grant
was stationed with bis regiment in Detroit.
At that time he was lieutenant in the ser.
vice and was decidedly fast youth. He
had little Indian pony that he used to ride
up and down the street on clean jump and
was more or less drunk all the time. II
so happened that. on one OCCASION, he clip.
ped aud fell on the icy sidewalk 10 front Of
Zach ChandIer's house. Therefore he brought
suit against Chandler for neglect TO clear
his walks, to which complaint Chandler
made answer that Grant would not have
fallen had be not been drunk. In view OF
the present position Of the parties toward
each other, the story will bear relating. We
find it in the Chicago Times:
Chandler lived hu,nby great in bis pecu.
liar line at the time Of Ulysses advent 10 Dc.
lroit; shortly after which. upon keen, cold
morning. the tempest was shriekipe through
the streels-the tempes. born in the land Of
the Ojibbeways. produced in The laboratory
Of st orms far off toward the North pole, on
purpose to do honor TO the incident we are
about to relate. The reader will perceivs
that nature works hard for her favorites.
Well, the tempest was there in the streets of
Detroit. So was Ulysses while behind biz
counter, standing like Jove with his thunder
bolts, WAS Zachary. armed with his yerd.
stick. So, probably, the sun and moon
stand, unconscious of approaching eclipse.
| Upon this tempesluous day form clad in
military osercoat nigh, have been seen,
walking with martial dignity over the iron
clad surface Of the sidewalk in front of Zach.
srys domicl. This form was man, and
smoked cigar. ConceaIment may now be
dropped, for the reader has recognized
Ulysses. A close view Of his features dis.
closed an expression Of determination and
ally of Stanton.
He glared at the ice-bound walk, and the
ice-hound walk glared at him. His feet
slipped. and he executed flank moveme
and regained them They slipped again; he
hanked again-but in vain. He fell to the
ground and lost bis cigar. The tempest
howled around him, dashed into bis face,
whirled bis hat off, hove away bis cigar, and
whisked his ilIustrious hair on end. His
emminent overcoat was torn; his grand
shoes we're split bis sacred breaches were
preached aud the god like calf Of bis lofty
leg WAS confused. lie lay there, spectacle
of dignity and honor. :: Ha !" be exclaimed,
"r;l fight it out on this line-wll ." He
clspched his teeth, was picked up by apedss.
tran, and disappeared.
| The next dav, the blowing complaint was
lodged in the Mayors Court Of the city OF
Detroit:
STATE OF MICHIGAN, CRY OF DETROIT, IS:
IJIVSSps s. Grant bpiuU sluIv
and saith. that, on or about the 10th day Of Jan
uary A. ID. 1861. and for twenty five days pre-
vous thereto Zachary Chandler did neglect to
keep his sidewalk free and clear from snow, in
and on Jackson avenue. in front Of the house &C.
cupied by him; and did then and there commit
many other acts contrary to the ordinaces of eaid
city Further depOnent saith not.
U. S. GRANT.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 10th day
OF January, A. ID. 1851.
J.vAS RENSSELAER,, City Clerk.
The reader will perceive by this complaint
that Zachary, even at that remote day, prac-
tred the doctrines Of contempt for law,
which have since made him a radical great
man. Under this complaint, his sacred per.
son was seized by vile tipstAf, and be Was
carried into the dread presence of Justice;
but he was unabashed and scorned any aid
cave bis own. lie appeared as bis own
connsel, and Ulysses and he stood face to face
Imagine the meeting 1t wrs like the sun
audI moon hob nobbing. Zachary denied
that he had house; and asserted that il be
had one. there was no walk in front of it;
and that, if there was walk. Ulysses was
never on it ; and that If he was on it, be fell
down because he was drunk.
Such WAS Zachary's defense, and it filled
Gront'o martial =. H. H.
forthwith proceeded to a saddler's and pur.
chased rawhide-a strong, tough, supple.
slingng imp|ement-wtb which be went
forth to meet Zachary. They met-"twas
10 a crowd"-on Jtfferson avenue. Ulysses
approached on Zschary's center and gave
him cut. which Zachary evaded by a flank
movement, 10 executing which he exposed
his rear, which bis wary enemy Immediately
attacked with such vgor that Zach sum.
moned his legs to his aid, and displayed for
the first time those martsrly powers Of retreat
which slterward mmor,alized him at Bull
Run. Ulysses. being shor'-eggsd attempted
in vain to follow him, and WAS soon dis
tanced. This ended the fight.
NIGGER-In the U. S. Senate. recently,
Mr.. Conkling presented petition from sew
era hundred negroes of Georgia, setting
forth that they are out of money and almost
starving. They ask Congress to appropri-
ate one hundred doI|ars for each mig. Mr..
Sumner after the petition had been read,
said he "hoped the prayer Of these poor
colored men would be granted without a
moments delay" The uigs have got their
800 each by this time. Poor white men
L.