, 1879-01-25
JOHN A. LOGAN.


An Auncttnte About 0~n. Logan wl,fcl,
wouldn't Hurt Him Much In Illinois.
CINCINNATI, O., Jan. @0.-7o ts Editor Of fhs
Csnefandli Commercial. Your opposition to tue
election Of Gen. Logsn to the gcnatorship Of
Illinois Is we'll taken. Tour correspondent
heartily indorses 1t. Mr.. LOGAN 10 man Of
great personal cndowmunta, with Rreat force of
character, but he 1acke moral force He lacks
tho old-fashioncd, plain, honest stamina that
nnver shrtnks before The dtahoncst Mld corrupt
approaches OF Rugs. To illustrate what VIC
think Of Mr. L. NC take the liberty to relate
public scone on board Of tho steamer United
states on her way from Cincinnati to Louis
Lee. Tho unson soldiers wefe being discharged,
and the rank and file and officers Of the Rebels
were also going homo from Camps Chass and
Douglass A large number OF Captains and
CoIoncis Of tho Rcbet army wero returning homo
from thesc camps, and ware Rnosts of the boat.
The boat was also crowded With Union soldiers.
a. Logan, Frank Blair, and James D. slrcd-
man, Tlicse Generals occupied iayorttc bcrths
uesr hr forward end Of tho boat. Tie Captsin
oi the United Btascs Was axy, pompous sort
conventional cenrtcsEss that werc due him aud
bis position. liz was said to be kcntucktap,
ul,d, wltha. still adhered to tile fortunes oil llc
then lust causo., At least 80 sald tho boys In
Before tho vessel departed from the city dinner
vas announced. Three chairs wsre turned 20
opposite the tables OF tho Major Generals
lerths, etenitylnR, TINT they were reserved for
the ]rst table tho ladies' took up nearly tils
whole room, and Gcns. blair, Logan, and
Steeltnan we're crowded out. At tl,e second
tablc, 4 hungry set OF Rebel Captains Mstl Colo
,uls {who looEc1 for aguarc meal, which they
asserted they neyrr obtallied in Union psilons)
rushed to tho rescue, unl q second ttIna occu-
ped tue turned-up claise desiRnca for the DIS
tinRutshed Generals q tle otAer army. AZ THU
aary up into your city nlld bought refreshments
for the trip, not forgetting The spit!tuous neces
s!tiea Of tl!e oceasion., The boat cleared the
Ohio. The tAbis was cleared away, aud the
boats cabn was put IN order: Tho clean!!y
shaved aud well dressed Captain was slowly
walking. up from at. when ho encountered Gen.
1Ss% = das as os Dad ni GG1'a sp
aid sud: q aGsnsral, / understand you and
your brother General. toek Sopr dtnhcf 10 your
statcrooms. Why u thfsfH
full tension, looked The Canta!n squarcly IN the
faco, placed his hand on Ills heart to Indicate
whcncc can1c Ills lauGuagc. and sail; "CaptA!nt
believe you ara Cd DID s-n Of u b-h.H At
whlte heat. Tho Captain raIsed h's nst to strlke
Logan, when Gun. Btesdnan suddenly cauRht
llis arln and jumped between them. LoYau
then became a. iurtoua a. Wild Conanellc,
sha 1eS.et 81 .at ,e s p,ae o. chs S r.a
sn;n. has ,snn nr,fs.red ~ r., ,,hic tsils t,.
fors the officers nf our OWL army, This Union
soldiers like lash rauglt the spirit Of Logan
once. In tl1s meantime the Captain Of thu vessel
skipped buck Into tbs rear Of tho vessel, nill
concealed himself until the frst lant!iGg was
feaenea. wneu % ne eppSu o ~ T." ,,'n, us a,ri, s'
nv oa ~. s,.in st,her w.. ,nnsa pnvn.
lio wantea me Gaptait et.ts' @ ' uT1"msu' ' uasos
ncts9' Vt 1"9t, H., W. ~, ~ ea aash,n "uu .,,J
9taI'a 9s!s " W n.u ~ .mu Las'; a, snI
nlas aosAeu % peste! at Snahso,; ;
. - .a'rG tSv uo"m sn.sdea -, ""@o' a's'
timg, tney sucaseaea ', .a ~ u0a1f. s a.. u.,-
We nssa good fnen IN tus on'tta stAtes sen
ate.
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Ono OF tho officers vi the Lou'svillc Inall'boat,
urou which the affair occurred, mantloned BY :
correspondent in Tuesdays paper, met Com.
sa..s:af ranor+cr ~..trrdav. an'j ua,a Ia him ,be
"'e.'as 'opo''s1 3e'e'u!' a ~ "Ns |A~
iollo"lo& account OF "nAt oeeaTeat
- Il wis Oh the steamer t3cp. Lytle Instead oI
on the United 8taEeB," satQ thG gentleman r0-
fcrred to, tint the trouble betwecn ten. Lo.
gun u,.d Capt. Humphrey uol.nan occurred.
wns OIL the boat at tho tttuo, aud witnessed 1t
all. We had about ,000 soldiers on board: They
were all OF Item tH!ou men, lnatcsal ol HAbsls,
as stated by your correspondent. Among them
wpro Den. Lt,gau, Frank Blair, a.l Jamea b,
Httcd,1lau, Ihu Captain oI the buat had been
reared In In,liana, md stronger Union man
lnnlin0 at that time va al thc foot Of broad
yay, ind our lfme for leayiug ". u o'eluck.
It Nas our cuatom to have dlnunr
ready 1uat after the boat started. On
arc0iiut Of having 30 u,aur soldturs 10 carry
on that TIN wc were dcjayGd until j o'clock Ii
ststtiur. About dinlser wal ,et. There
ward : nuu,ber uf ladies' aboard, for whom places
lad becu reserved II the head OF the table. Lo-