The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-08-31

IT will" tho fearless mate replies;
Aud eager waits tho nuptial ties.
''Then pronounce you man and wife;
And which I've joined forever,
The next best man may disunitc,
And tho first divorce court sever"
Another IntervIcyv-Grant Makes Some
Moro Disclosures.
The General, in response to question
as to his opinion of matters between
France and Prussia, said that neither
party understands war as he understands
Here the reporter Of the Times ventur.
ed to assert cordial endorsement of the
remark of his Excellency.
"Permit me, General" said Mr..
Scammon, ''to ask you to point out
what you conceive to be the chief blum
ders Of the campaign thus far?'
''France," said the General, rs ho
Lighted fresh cigar, ''made blunder
in commencing war upon people Of
equal size and strength. The true way
to make war is to always have threo to
your enemy's one. An illustration of
the fact was given at Shiloh. The enemy
there was within third as large rs my
own force. Hence the disaster which be-
fell me-"
'But, General" said the reporter,
shave you no faith in manmuvering or
in strategy, whereby inferiority in point
of numbers can be equalized by superb
ority of brains?"
''None whatever. Sherman played
that out in his march to tho sea. You
see, the Confederacy was nero shell,
and that is why he met with such sue
cess. He had no opposition. My own
t.
where I attempted any OF these now
Here Mr.. Colfax, with very sweet
smile, inquired rs to what the General
thought shonld be done by Napoleon.
stMy idea," said the General, "is that
he should get Butler and Banks to COM
mand army corps III the Prussian forces
Then he should conscript every French
man that can carry musket and send
him in. Prussia has only 10000, 900 ill.,
habitants, while France has 10000, 900.
This is clear difference in favor of
France of 10,O0O,000. Now, let Napo-
leon keep hammering away mt tho Prus-
slams, if it takes all summer. T am of
the opinion that the superior activity of
the French. aided by their chassepot,
their elan, their traditions. and their sr-
perior navy, will enable them to kill Il
Prussian as often rs they can French
man. Hence, it is clear case, that if
Napoleon hammers away till MI the
Prnssians are killed off, he will have
10000, 900 left. In other words, his cats
tail is the longest"
"What is your opinion Of Napoleon,
personality" asked Mr.. Joseph Me-
dill.
'.He is great nun. He smokes al
ways, and never says anything. He was
once in humble circumstances. He was
never, however, in the hide business,
except, perhaps, SO far rs hiding himself
is concerned"
Here, General Dent broke into up-
roarious laughter. He afterwards re-
marked to our reporter that lie was hired
to laugh at Grants jokes, and, he added,
he Hattered himself he was doing IL very
extensive business on very limited ca
pital.
Gen. Grant puffed stoically until Dent
had finished laughing, and then he re-
sumed:
Napoleon is my model. [ have stood
before his portrait by the hour, trying
to mould my countenance into the stony
ineXpressiveness that .characterize; his.
I am not certain but that I shall initiate
his coup d'etM. He rose from obscurity
to be President So did I. He rose
from President to Emperor, and if
don't follow suit it will be because Com
gress took the trump out of my hands
when it reduced the army"
"Well, now, General, tell us what yon
think of the Prussians," said Mr.. Greene.
baum"
"Don't like EN-" lie responded, SEN
tentiously.
"Why not, your Excelency?"
"Well, I don't They want Offices too
much. Why, I have had moro than
100000 applications from Dutchmen for
Office, whose recommendation was that
they fought NIT Sigel.' AS voters, 1
have no objection to them. During the
war, they stole everything so that q
native had no chance"
The General proceeded to comment on
Prussian strategy. He did not like it,
he said. They we're in too much of a
hurry. Here, now, in less than q month
they have hardly n million mon in the