The New York herald., 1876-07-16

confirmed rs there may never be again. Scarce six
weeks had elapsed since General spaulding, Colonel
Grovenor, Major Bates and OF others had met
the General on the streets, and they could not make
seem that he dead At public meeting called by
the Mayor speeches full Of broken words OF sorrow
were made, buildings were drsped in mourning, and
such the intense anxiety to learn the small
additional particulars that the telegraph office
constantly blockaded- Prominent citizens
making effort the bodies Of the Clusters.
and there IS some hope that they may scucccd.
A PETITION
The soldier sons were tho main II not tho sole sup
port of their good parents A petition, numerousy
signed in Monroe and Detroit has been forwarded to
Senator Ferry with = request that he present 1t TO
Congress. 1t asks that a pension be granted the
parents and Congress could testify its respect TO
brave family in any nobler manner.
ALL LIKED HIM
General Custer admired for his gailantry
than he was liked for his genial manners in social
life He often in Detroit and Toledo whom on
leave Of absence and was an enthusiastic member OF
tine Audubon Club of tho former city. He presented
the club Of the finest collections of ndian trophies
to be ound in the West and may here say that many
similar articles reached the family homestead in his
trunks. Monroe was his home. but every city and
village the State drapcc nays his memory and
thought tenderiy OF his aged parents
THE HARVESTER
Brave and gallant and and Custer Is dead!
The other day. when rode along the dusty highway,
and broke the sad TO brouxed faced harvester
swinging a cradle among the golden gram. his lips
away he whispercd:-
II would have given my right arm to his lie
aye, would have died in his placsi'
He had fought under Custer bullet struck him In
the leg day we fought our way up the grand
Shenandoah Valley, and gallant General Custer gave
him his TO lean upon looked into his with all
a mothers tenderness and sympathy. and said
sLet me help you to the rear; you bravo man %
DO you wonder that the bronzcd- faced harvester
turned pale the that his old general had been
butchered? He WIS only Of the 2, 900 members OF
the old Michigan cavalry brigade whose hearts ached
the dispatches and whose dim eyes, they read
the published nss higher tribute and nobler
testimonial than any other commander ever had
EDUCATION
General Custer not highly educated man. as
the goes, but we'll up IN everything and had
strong fund of common sense to back his education.
He admitted in his axine articles that he shirked
West Point tactics regard mental instruction as
much as he could, but dozens Of cadets come away
from that Institution with far less knowledge Custer
was apt ready and iar-sghsed and he had retentive
memory. These faculties aided him to grasp by ntui-
ton those things which others had to grope after and
study out
"AND VINO cUsTRRf"
General Custer's record opened with the war.
His acquaintance with Michigan soldiers began several
months after the 6rst volunteers had fought on the
battle line and had come 10 realize what The
FIRST Fifth, Sixth and Seventh regiments Of cavalry
raised at the time. brigaded together, and
Washi Utc MAR nrde epcd IN IN
General Custer.
ssAnd who is General Custerf" was the query be-
tween man and man and from camp to camp We had
not heard Of him. II he had made name It was not
in the papers There considerable dissatisfaction
the enlisted men, who felt and hoped that such
a brigade of pick ed men ought to be commanded by
some to give 1t good lighting record
We saw Custer-a thin-waisted, ''spindle-bodicd'
young man. with long yellow hair falling down his
shoulders pleasant mouth and nothing to mark him
from other but eye tha seemed 10 look through
and through man.
sHes no ightcr!"
sHc can't fght!"
"Hes regular dandy!"
Such expressions above quoted heard through
the camps. but those who uttered them were soon
made TO retract their worda
AZ DscrrLrNARIAx.
The brigade knew what drill was: but whom Custer
took command he put,r men through as farmers
work TO sa7e grain from an approaching thunder
Storm He seemed like the officers and tho looks of
the men, and while he worked TO make worthy OF
his lead felt that we must work to be worthy Of
such q commander One month under Custer made
every horse machine and every man an automaton.
AS LooIcAS.
One day trooper whose joints were stin ana whose
bones ached from riding ugly horse, fell out OF his
set OF ours drill declared that he would bo shot
before he would drill another half hour He was his
way tho guard house when Custer rode up ordered
his release and requested his presence headq
The suky y-tempercd trooper followed the General, won
derng If he not be placed against the enco
and shot Custer had far different intentions Bidding
the trooper sit down, the General calmly inquired
t'Why 60 you refuse TO drillY''
''Becsusc am tired out and shaken up, and know
all about every drill"
"wnen l took this brigade" said the General ~
thought knew just how TO command it. have
learned something new every day; shall always be
learning II you refuse 10 drill all others will
Then discipline will relax, and horses for.
get and in shall be pieces TOR
want OF intelligent manGuvring. want you to be a
man, and yet you must be . machine 10 obey"
The soldier silent
~ ride i've miles to your one,' continued the Gen
eral al sleep three or four hours you sleep seven
eight have 4, 600 men to care for; you have only
your horse have thousand complaints to listen
to; you have none. have five times your work. fare
better and Will be shot you II take
all this burthen and trouble and hard work my
shoulders you not willing to bear u triaos"
The trooper returned to his saddle One day, year
aerward he died before Cuser's eyes, died so bravely
that the Gefarai said Of him.
army like that man coud connuer the
world. -
AS A LEADER.
With no note book at nand to aid mo in recalling
act dates let me call up incidents which his
torans have gasped because historians writo OF
corps, instead OF brigades.
"He Is hard worker, but how will he HghtS" asked
the officers of each other.
Tho question was never asked after first skrmsh
Drawing his sabre and placing himself he could