, 1869-01-25

Years. Day, and Upon his children negiecsinR
the party Of the little Johnsons. There Is
CERTAIN sort Of mind which Is concerned With
these things, and among the destinscs of a
newspaper CORRESPONDENT Is writing to It. I |
do not beltcve that General Grants children
were invited to the johnson Juvenile party,
oceauEc the children Of nobody dear TO
Grant were invited. Anyway, Gsau1 Is
not the man to nausge his children
In these things, aEd tie fact that anybody
agitatcs : suoject OF this sort is commenta-
r upon the troubles Of state. A. to Grant |
visiting johnson. there was neither law nor |
tnnemor!sl custom for It, There being no I
duty IN the case, setf-respect adiudlcated it |
rne President had violated hospitality By
had been drunk st Cabinet meetings, and by !
! raising the issue that he lied. The public |
| dtclded Tor Itself who he'd and who got ,ipsy,
AID II behe1d In Grants indignant rrtusal 10
upright Independence Of 4 ulad that earpos |
| be denAsoGue'f. nor be deceived twice.
| GRANTS coSf1DKScK. |
gentleman EA relating to nc some days
| ago General Hn1Ter's rcminIscencs Of Grant,
and there Is one that applcs to the Presldeut-
elect. Hlll5er had been staE officer With
the General, and he resigned alter the fall
tt FicEsburg. Refining Grant again for
visit af.eE he came East. Hillyer accompanied
tumcd cou1nald Of ali the armies.
" "Hill5er," said Grant, II think should
hare failed In th's. position II had como to
It In the bcgiunlng, because I should not
bare had confidence enough, You sce have
come through all the grades Of tho service,
Captain, Colonel, Brigade, Dlyisiou, Corps,
Army, and I an conddtnt in mys.lf now.
Aeclelian'a misfortune, always believed,
Nas Ia bis clearing all the grades 1t once and
! absolut. responsibility"
| 1nis anecdotc, whether true or not, ve.y
chasacteristic Of Grants simple RETROSPECT
tiors. g1ves Us comfort in the higher aud
popular promotion bo has tust received. for,
since Cu1peppcr, he has been made General
and Secrctaiy Of War; his experience has
Inclined toward civil, administrative and po-
, lllical duties, from grade TO grade conquer.
this rorc advautase he has had, that his pro-
motion has been rapid as well ~ expert
mental, 20 that he knows all the active men
md minds Of the present generation only
| dcnd generations Of statesmen and very lit
tie In the pFesent; but all bis life u Of this
incoming time. and he EoEs the material OF
, IL probably better thAn any living American.
i 6omc days after hearing this anecdote
met General Hillser bF accidtnt, and Graut
8 being always a problem to me, l asked hts
former stad' officers solution Of soma points.
. THE STAFF ON GENERAL GRANT.
HEflyer lived In St. Louis when Grapt left
: h!s little farm ne9s hy to enter the fEm Of
4 Boggs u Grant, Real Estate Agents. Housc4
f. to Rent" In those days he hid desk, I
!: beliexe, IN Allyef's lay Office.
- WAS the General si1eut then as uow!"
mo. We considered him morc taaa con.
moIly ta1katiyc.. 70 he is nov; but be
wou't talk for effect, nor be!oze Strangers
freely. This rcticcnce Of Grant, 80 much
made Of! is partly discrimination, and partly
the form o! an old bashlulness be had when
boy. anybody whom be Knows can heai
,. him sneak 1t any time.
he "1u g. Louis liked Grant. He was en-
ua tcstalnlpg, and was attracted toward hin
1' By xhat1 hardly knew At that time. After
RI. xasd knew It to bs Manhood, the sa.n'
~ ~. that be developed IN hsstle 30 well. I9aa 1t
~ New York whfn heard Of his appointment
~ and soon afser~ard came q telegraph mes
ne saga to join his stat, Twas At The FAINTER
House, IN st. Louis, On business, s,on aisc1
ward, and, xlahlug to sec Grant, he rode VI
81 during tho day With soEne Of his stad officers
IT, and they had one empty horse.
ew "Hete, Hillrer,'' said Grnnt, sh. 'e'fyou
horst. The boat has been waiting for a
three4uastcrs Of m hour, Stir 5ou1sellv
In "'I am not going, Grant. Ineves ente,
nd talned the notion \ minute Ia earnest
,ns - Come along! can't listen to that. Tim
~ ~ Bnt 1hage rot written to ny wlse'
~ "t We'll that you had better do. After th
ne next action am going into, you can com
70 hg@:ra g ya%q don,s 6. yoqr bead knocke
In brief, utllyer found hlnaelf going dow
the aytr In ten minutes. to hts own bewi
denneut. wondering greatly whether he coal
%, stand mp IN aciion. Perhaps in this VA
,p- Ing to 20 Into tho Cabinet. 7 hare not sec
ed any Of this latter sort -
ers Did yon police any strong traits Of chs
In actcr In Grant soop slietward ~
e1. Ills courage aud soldlcKly vanity In l.
t1on frat struck nc, and his entire willin,
ness to fEht. He neFer talked before sctlo
ION aa If he had anJ personal iorehodinEs. b.
ssa @ Errr more eheesful and eonee11ssted - u
tne tion to leare any position he had taken y
'sd. oftcu uncomfortable remember At Pitt
are burg Landing that he, Rawlings, myself =.
tors some other ttan officers, were In a p'a
centrated. Their tre Was terrible, and ere
lpttant / expected to hare mY head shot O
he Grant sat on horseback, straight snd chez
,e ,efe ful, az you hare sometimes seen man Of
r. e. ins it. IL kept us iii in hait.agony. o
i he officer said to me:
ne go g tell the Old Man to leave hero,
"'No! Tell him youz.elt Hc'H think
h afraid, and so an, but be ehau't think 70,
chi. "'1 here NC sat. the fire crossing upon
,ney At last one Of tie grssn members Of tho 81
d II rode up 10 Grant, tsylog:
"tGenera1, we must leave this place
int necessary 10 st1y right here, II nc {
s1nS 1nS We ehAll al b dead in 1Fc minntes."
ltoru 49, guess thats 90 I satd Grant, and
o1e- rode away to our relief.
i Of "As to fear," continued H1l5es, Gr'
. Of used 70 Ezy that he had seen mcn who &
se- they never knew Whist It was, bat he
never feen any body who 1ald it Of them.
BEL other thloE that struck nc with Grant ,
sta bis own attempt frequently to supersede
. and Commodore Footc md begged him to
+ ne. past the rebel guns with = Ruaboat or +
Foote replied, tsJlrg that be would be 8
.eaa &c more sss sse q is
THIS took place before F4zrszut N
practical dcmonttratton OF G.ant's thct
n.su, Nov, u Foote had done this, the rebcss no
stGs3 ss9 hare eyacusted Fort Donclfon, md the
,isr.s tie sod capture there which made Grant
ii "a. torlc would ucrer hare hsppened.
RIVER. Grant deTeloped wonderfully In the ,
4 znd and though l, Is a Democrat. opposed
tso @ election. had no doubt thst be was the $
t5e strong mao, worthicst to head the II
;sena There 10 needed no better instance OF p
Ied a. to this effect than the following va
ut OF City Point IN 1865, and sitting closc By O.
g arc ! aAw him break the seal OF 4 letter. I
l1!Ao he smiled, Gpod-uatQrrdly.
iA- What's that Ge1esal GrAotH
IA letter from Sherman. Read Il!
ant 10 IL rad the letter md It said that sher
With could NO loneer hold Aitauta. his line b
idtn- TOO long. He Asked permission TO des
aaan7a | the town and moye 10 the ses, subsis
uxtaon Hood ~heneycz the Latter pur1aca him
1t .ns closely. Al thh seemed brilliant and
aocu. dict!5 70 me-, and asked Grant what |
!e suo- made him Laugh.
iws.se "tWhy,' he s2id, Il was wondering ,
lae ra Hood cou1d lnd 10 eub.i.t upon II hs
: 1sM. lowed In the rear Of Sherman
.deter. !" This was tic Ge0e1 Al supplying Al EFT
. In Genlus- Sherman supposed Ihzt Hood Y
oit4hle follow him. Grant knew that Hood {
est 1p- not eat Oh the barren aud devastated {
: ataae try 60 be sent this word to Sherman:
Iatnst pIgst have ny permission to destroy Atlanta
10 shs,i march 10 lhe Eea alter you detach echt
unr ~ and to to Tennessee. Hood VII
= been follow you he will march uron NASH
I'd con. Now, acc! Had Sherman carried OF
as0 ~ whole force seward, ml.taktag tho cds
lsA 'as his movement upon Hood, Nashville '
hATr fallen, Indi1ns aud Ohio been inr
Senate and the aonthern CoufederacJ been an 4,
he pr plished faci.''
II Wett "trans,n said ulll5cr, "Is stern n Ju
= msds There Il 10 nuef story ot two stern men
a. @ rtsn Grant and George II. Thomss before th
), .sse tie Of Nashville. Thomas hzA dislike
tno. hnt lnE whipped, and he Il caution. aud sed
n.ders. the last degree TIL the tins for dtct.lo
tirs tho | como. Grrnt scn1 word to Thomas to
out Of his works and tttack Hood. II
was not ready, aud be went on del!5c
With his rrrparailonf. Grant tclegr
aeAsu The country Is excited. Al
.Warx- Thomas Wa not yct quite ready. Then
at. Eept John 4. Logan 10 I1ou}syillc to be
iTe ft..o to take comrnand and teicsraphed
10 llN II yuu do not attack uood before
date, shall BE- under the painful ne,
4 sperM | Of relieving You.' Just It that time
'ase. sno wn rrAdy, not by reccsslty, hus
~ s", reas compilation al Ills afTairs. acd tho
$3.50 | cofius3on OF cycuta ;nadc the hattie of