The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1868-07-01
-1z aREENVlE. souqI cARoLIxA july i. 1861


How Tsss AND Mks cm.soE-s.y.rai
years aso q certain Young gh't.d Slater
officer was ~itd-snd as unPSopuia- among
his army Comrades rs he was rerkIrss -
IIufins ,hs grea. Crysai Palace exhibition
In New rork city. he distinguished himself
vbS riding borss into ha, store, ard PER-
fofnird s,yeral other f-a,s which ct last
brought him TO court. martial. The court
assembled a. Fortress Monroe. the officer
wss tried and the, finding given, hut mol,
pnbii'hed--" guilty Of conduct unberoming
an officer and grntleman..' 1nf"sf fIed of the
fading, aud anticipating Its approval. the
Cap,sin, for such he VAS. went at once TO
Washington. called upon, the Secretary OF
War. aud made q frank abatement OF the
case. He acknowledged his fault. but said
that u punisbed by the court inil,e manner
he expected, he wou'd be forever di,g-aeed.
In confederation OF bis p"siiion'ss an officer
and the cireumstauces connected with his
iapily. he begged perrnission to resigp. The
Secretary of War informed him that .ucl
thing NJ q resignation after charges had
~
nails Of military law, and custrary 10 the
rule and practice Of the service. But tie
officer begged on, and finally the Secretary
yielded; the rerignation was allowed; and
the soldier becstpe q civilian and merchant
That officer was General Ulysses 8, Grant.
and the Secretyy Of War ex,Prestdeut def
ferson Davi.. These-are The facts rs they
were related 10 MS by pn officrr Of the
United States army. Charleston Necs. "a,
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THR HoSonApLE WILEIAg SrRA6tn.s.'the
following sketch OF Senator Sprague, Is taken
from that rather doubtful authority, tho New
York Tribune William Sprague, yesterday
elected Unitcd States Senator from Rhode Is
land. was born ut CrnnstoE, r. L., September
IL, 1880. He isansphew Of William Spraguc,
who was Governor Of Rhode Island In 1889,
and United States Senator from f54a to tS46:
Since his boyhood he has been engaged In the
calico print works founded by bis father and
uncle, in which he Is how principal partner.
He Is probably the richest man IN Congress
The print works Of the Spragres are the mpst
extensive print works in Rhode Isluni. Nor
are these manufactures confined to prints alone
hut they arc Interested In .woolrn and hax
works. Norris their time takcif up with the
business Of the mills alone, The new Narra-
ganset Park, at Providence, Is duo to them,
and under their influence Il bids fair to rival
our jerome Park. The firm, also, ara inter
ested in the operative building associations,
for the psrpese Of furnishing operatives ut the
mills with pleasant homes. ~. .r.rr..
The subject OF the prcsctit rssteh Mas foth-
mated for Governor in 1860 by q portion of
tue Republican party, and elected in conse-
qnence Of n coalition between them and the
Democrats, In February, 1861, Eorcseeing
the 0nibreak Of the civil war, he offered to tho
President and General Scott one thousand men
aud battery Of artillery, and soon as the
call for troops was made, hastoned to ruise
regiments, and wont with them to the fenl
The commission Of brigadier- general of vol
unteers was offered TO him In May, but he 70.
fused IL. He fought with the Rhode island
troops at Bull Run, Shefo his horse was shot
nnder him. and in several engagements Of the
Chickahominy campaign. He was re elected
Governor In 1912, and choosen United States
Senator for sin years from March 4, 1868.
few years ago ho married Kate, tho only
daughter Of Chief Justice Chasc. . los. :.