Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-12-24


skull.
Twenty five huudred troops Lave arrived at
Havana, from Spain.
EX-PrcSiGent Johnson Oh President
Grant.
y correspondent of the Cincinnati CONNER
cial has visited cx President johnson at his
home in Grecnvillc, Tcnu., and elected from
him the following very candid remarks concern
ing General GySnt.
'The Intelligent meD Of the party don
know what to d. With Grant. 1t would crafty
them much IT he would re-igo, but he wont.
So far from resigning, he's working and intri.
euing fer q ssc,ud term. He will revcr get it.
he is no more fit for 4 President than goose.
lie has got 20 ability-nothing but little low
cunning. His cunning is OF poor sort 1t ls
mean cunning. He never had an original idea
in his !ilc. He is an Insignificant little fellow,
bundle OF personal plqucs, petty spl!es and
prtudica He is as Sc fish as the days are
long lie used the highest Office in the gift OF
the people to advance his private ends and
those Of his family, and intrigue for second
tenn He knows a little something about
horses, tut has not braiDs enough to make a
fist class horse Jockey if turned out to the
are hhsvs f bSrj is 5hS at of ts
! est office in the land We ought to have good
| one.
"Grant's coming to the surface is the result
Of an accident; nay, 1t is an accident OF an &C
ciGeut. You may search history from the
foundation or the world to the present, and you
viii not find case like his-a man who rose
solely BY the power Of accident. In the boil
Ing csu!dron Of war, the scum rises TO the top.
In the bubjiing oil he came W from the lot
tom, and run off, as scum always will, or we
should never have heard OF him. BY series
OF accidents tic rose 10 the command OF tho
| amy he was The creature Of a peculiar COM
| Sinatun If circumstances.
"lle rose TO the top in the general turn oil
and throwing up The rebellion would have
hccu suppressed without him. lie was an in
cident 70 the sirusgle-lke baggage wagon
| Tor example. 4 haggaSc-waeon had part to
perform, but without the war sentiment and
patriotism in the north, it could have done
nothing. Neither could Grant. Everything
was uruahei him tina, he wane: His at
mics largely outLumhrrcd the rebciS. Every
! engine oil war was placed ut bis disposal. The
rebellion went down while he was in command.
| IT any body else had been in command ar the
time it would have been tho same, although
| the result would most likely have boon brought
about with less loss of lille. His Wilderness
campaign was perfect massacre. his roadi
was paved with skulls and washed with blood.
His conduct in regard to The exchange or prl-
soners was incZcusable. In his correspondence
on the sui jsct he let one sentance drop which
illustrates his character. A ray OF light pass
ing through crcV!ce will often light up q
whole room So it is with the character of q
man.
eve frequently get clear insight into his
heart, az it were, by single sentence that he
may write or speak. He is utterly reuorSe-
less. Directing to exchanging prisoners with
| the rebels because our men in their hands were
weak apd enlaciatcd, while The rebel prisoners
were strong and able to 60 right into the army
| and fight Us.
"Grant, sir, is j s;naI; man he is little every
| way you takc him lie is q bundle of small,
coutemptb!c prrjulices. lie does not rise to
the dignity OF u man. lie lacks courage as we'll
as Discrimination. lie thinks he is making tools
OF certain politicians, when, in truth, they are
making too! of him. But he docs not know
it he is 10 tie pi,ied.
before | would go toto Grants Cabinet,
either in 1872 or any other time, would get
rne situation as assistant hog drovcr or, as an
old man in the countrv used to say, | would
tie a rope around my neck and then around a
tree, and walk eff. y
A FEARFUL AND THRILLING hENcoUNTER
WITH Buck DEER.-One day last week, Mr..
Ulysses Camp, OF this county, living upon the
river hill some three miles above here, entered
he deer park upon bis fathers farm for the
purpose OF cutting some hoop poles The
park contains six deer. Mr.. Camp observed
the old buck Ia iu grown, staIwart, noble
looking annai) following him. 1t being moth.
irg unusual, he paid no attention to he iact.
Having selected pole, he had scarcely begun
cutting it before the tuck rushed upon him
una wares. striking him furious blow upon
the right arm near the shoulder, knocking the
axe cut of his hand and far beyond his reach,
aud bet,rc he could recover the axe or get out
OF the way, the Infatuated animal was upon
him again attempting to gore him with its
sharp antIerS. Mr. Camps coolness, great
strength arG endurance saved him he grasp
ed the animal by the hons, holding firmly to
him, thus preventing the animal from rushing
upon him again, He suffered tearluy, hoW.
ever, his arms and legs being lacerated and his
clothes almost cut and torn from his person by
the furious kicking and iunging Of the auimal.
The combat lasted near half an hour, and
was ended by Dir. Camp being forced back
ward untiI the high fence that incloscd the
deer barred his further forced retreat and
offered him The means of escape from his en-
ragged antagonist -Norgautorn ( Vest Virgin
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