, 1877-06-03
GEN. GRANT.
How TIC Was '"Ltckcd" Thy tho Chicago
s'Tlmcs"c at t1sot1nont-svho Ills Dcfamcrs
Probably Arc.s

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HOW tc Was "Lsckod" (by tho Chicago
r3obas,y ri%ss' AN at 'o'm0"'-'V'o Ills nofamer'
TpsAs Eaitor af Tas Tribune,
CHICAGO, juno "a charaetortatic st.,np NJ
words into sentences IN a lase nnm,cr ~ ,,,o
cbiearo TIM. Il arncd bv hc,na manu rt,od ., 'o
Its editorial mage. This alush,-for It Is nothing
clse, and That, too, OF tho lowest typo Of tho
article for which TINT .hcct i. nntnrion. -
nroyokctl Nv nnrnrrnnt, IN Tur Tn1nmsr s,,,on
s.a9c" tnat ven, n!ant never ioot patt!c. 10
!llsprovo and bclistlc your abatement, tho writer
b|urts out these f1cttons; "Grapt was 1lcl,cl nj
Belmont, md nraln nt Shiloh. mi, smfrsrc,, t,vn
msast1o.s scpu'ses III ~ 1's assaults IN mag, lest'
before Vicksburg." This ought 10 settle tho
matter, md would, II thoro was any truth In
these Insertions OF thc meulacIous scribblcr.
Tic affair at Belmont, al whicil this Wonder.
ful historian snva Irnnt wna Wlickri. ~ IL Ia.
untlcrstool, nrobaIlr. than any similar evcnf
Of the War, and siiuulI he cxnlninel. Tin
place at tic time, late III 1861, was nothing bmt
bus, Ky., On tho MissjssippI, twenty mics be-
low Cairo, III, nnll VIVA used M a nrartre,
ground ind camp by tho troons a. cdI,,mi,,s.
rebel position OF great strength aud ilnpor,
Soutl,, besides cnrnmondinr tf;e river Tho Fla
nuthorjtfca nj Cafro. bcfnrr Tho a,vrnt ~ f,,,'
Grnnt, had been made to bcljcyo TINT thore wns
nothing wrong going on In The rrcat Etata of
Kentucky. Wills ali tho Tine wnnrks o md ,,o. u.
ni,rr nnnfs oG o,m omonG IN ~ nnUHs eaa
Kcptuckiaus,h as il i]nttcrei them Ia ho raIicH
who assisted In this business. none wero NOR, noro
Tic owner at ths ,,.nc ihrn,1,h ia via ~ Ut
,tnbic nranertv ~ W IN rnico1n ''9 "''e VI 'a'
This wns carIy in tIo Ear. ona orr of,,c.rs
wcro not 90 well acquainted &c with the M aucstonas S
wns1s IL. lotn n thn s,,snn": ,s'n, Ite, o
nraut ,r nrIer.I - d, aso,r ~ s, "n.n LII EG! ~
sironrcst ,Ssition. n n tlc .n"va ae 1,a1t ~.
'ns, nnaes s nose aa m tnat, too ~ State whlrh
c'ilf H. rst UnCt tIornt. .nt e',u .. .cxes ~
siI'ln o. tnaso.. thts rnf. ~" III ""st l,us
acrv}r" fnrns i,o irrrci ti,t ~, ,1s ~ oss.
liz town wrro csunnjotcly minc,i' an th,t t" ~"
y ~ n ~ ~ s,". s' s"u ~ t uoHm 'o eiet1
Y Nv o. ~ soom ~ tGy aeealacI te satnc an.l a'so
. ~. 'nu n.,i H,sstfs ~. W. opstlue " turpe-
T. Ms VI nl Mth w a WV asu5Wasas INV ionAt 70 le true
neslacs, tao ao"cr ol tne southern arIty MAS
9sationeu tncle colatna.lled ~ turn by uCn.
n. rm.ow taow secEinE 1uuieial .onors) ond tl,c
uasaH'k aucn III MnreE!laDlc tH'sitinn Wit tliS
s.nai' iofse wotlA bG to!ly, ~ strategic methods
ust uo a.!s %9!K. rauurni', ny. ION tl's oho}
MI t,s, rott lolt, n.y.. was established,
s"T ~, us.M .,l. o,nt, s4p., stfensthclled'
,,,,a.s ams seasatlons c1heeteI u was dec'drtl 10
aiyest !he place' Gol. t'slesby was set With y
so'unn ,li tai1nen NlIssoori townTda New Madrid
70 70 @ u1lso OIL, on Jen t Thompson, tie GUERRILLA
M,, w. neSet "naia HR,-ana reach The river at
peimont; ucf'; .; :. SnItl! was to move with
tStuMn ~ an isoa iaansah any strike Columbus In
W. W.. fHaLi % Cot. Jonh Look. with lls forge ~
,ht! satt nost Wns 70 lorm junction with Smith,
"mia WI n Me'i. nlant WY " move down ffotu cairo
M anu hfus rosnt with WOODEN gunboat and
soins ..'t tfanspoflA These movements wtro
pianhca % that all would strike thr objecttyg
pe.ht A. ABOUT tha same ting. Everything ~.
yatsnt1y Was rssht; ORlcsby lad been goNo two
unysi KY slaNh W.. COOK were on tho move, aud
h9Icnt.