New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-14
4 "REMINISCENCES or FREDERICK CAvEN
DISH
T." cath" in The Cincinnati Enquirer

cath" in The Cincinnati Enquirer
met General Avcrill this morning who told mo
a singular story about Cavendsh.
You may not be aware" SAID he, " that Caven,
dish was in the Army OF the Potomac in 1852, and
| entertained him for while. He came 10 TINS
country with his brother, Lord harrington now tho
Marquis of Harrington and with Sir John Rose.
met them in the following peculiar way: When
McCellan's army evacuated the peninsula | COW
cred the cmbaTkatiOn with my cavalry, and was
the last officer 10 get in the steamer Having been
i'll, lost my senses when got on the steamer. and
knew nothing more till found myself III the house
of General Wadsworth, at ashngton. AS soon
as | was able TO get ont made ready to lind the
army again which was then at Antietam battle
field. But before started | went into General In
gallss office on Pennsylvanla-ave, he being tho
Chief Ouartermaster of Mcclellan, and he aud Mes.
mith OF Oregon, and Colonel Sawtellc and myself
sal down to play game of poker. 1t was pretty
long game, and, cOnsecutively, ingalls, and Nesmth
were frozen out and the game was lett to Sawteie
and me, and won all the money. sawtelle then said:
Now Averll have no more money, Dut lngaiiii55
has plenty of wine and good stun here, ana VIII
stake You a basket of champagne on another
round | won again, and the champagne was
mine Then they put mp some Chateau alargeaux.
and won that Said l. Gentlemen, If you think
| am going to leave this stun here, you are mis-
taken. am going 10 carry II up TO the army Win
So. when I started the next day, had my
wine loaded up and some Of my stan oiicers were
with me, and it took NE all day to go to H1rpers
Ferry. On the way certain EnglshInen, seeing me
with Generals sigma, introduced themselves as
Lords Caveudlsh and harrington, and with them
was Rose | was pretty i'll from having played that
poker the night before being barely convalesccnt,
Int living down rs | was most OF the time, heard
them talk and divided lunch with then. CaVen-
dish was a young fellow, pretty well made, OF
frank, BLUM style. His elder brother harrington,
was something thirty years old. When we got
ont at Berlin in Maryland TO find the army these
vonng fellows still went along with u.s. and We
came to a small house at the roadside, standing
rather on a hill which had but ore bed IN II, and
was inhabited by poor woman. We concluded to
stop there for the night and these y0uIg lords lay
down on the loOr with my stan, making no COM
palnt and insisted on my taking the bed. then
got at my supplies, and some of the boys had
hunted ice in the height orhOod. They probably
Thought that an American officer lived Just as did
that day on the results OF my poker game. We
had champagne and ice, and then Margeaux and
pork and beans The next day, while we were at
the same house. General Mcclellan rode past and
called out TO me How are you Avcrllf Glad to
see you back General Mcclellan. thank YOU,
said |. Hearing his name, these two fellows rushed
down to the fence to get glimpse OF the General
they had read so much of, but did not INTRODUCES
them. The staff officers got TO like them pretty
we'll and used TO say to his Cayendish who was
killed Saturday: 'Cavcndish. give me some Of your
tobacco, They stayed around camp some time,
and suddenly harrington disappeared. and turned
up in Lees army. The others did not CO. l never
injured as to whether General Mcclellan permitted
Harrington to pass the lines, but have the idea that
he Just walked ont of the picketlinc aud went
over. Sir John Rose when saw him afterward In
Canada rather apoogized for Hartington's disap-
pearance, which was the first time knew that no
had gone to Lee"