Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-23
FROM WASHINGTON.
Personal aud Historical "reminiscences
In the First Year Of the War.
Grant as Brlgadier In IS6I--A Pos
siblc Candidate In 1854.
a New Method of Sugar-Makiug--Su
Heat Stored for Winter Use.
liy Mail aud Telegraph.

liy Mail aud Telcemph
Washington, November N, --tencral
! lappan gives correct Southern a,-
count OF the battle of belmont. loir
correspondent only told what he saw
aud everybody else who stood on the
heights above Columbus, Ky, and
looked down upon the little tmuedy
with its occasional iarclral incidents
of November :, 1851 Gen, Tappnn
| contumplatea the event very solemnly.
| and well he may, II was the trst
of Grants battles II WIS his first
movement upon Nicl.sburg and New
Orleans. His progress, however cor
rect the official reports of Gen. Pillow
md others, was not materially ~.
! lardod by "our victoryn n, Belmont.
In truth, Grant, rs we'll us Gen. pil.
low, claimed that he won great tri-
tunph on the low fiat plain, baptized
In blood with the n,isnomcr Bel.
mont, meaning beautiful mountain. :"
A pARkkN IN THE rI0nr.
There accompanied battery, In
this camnaign, a negro servant named
George Washington, lie was a most
solemn, sedate old fellow. Sober
steady, discreet and eminently piuus,
he would pray FOR mo and BanLhead
and Humcs aud Scott aud Greenlaw
most earnestly every night and morn
n sad lnt and NODDED wasii,S,o,,,,,
intervention with Tint mower shicL
obliterntes non,ori,s ~ lt,,,,,,,, 49,
nrsses. N ,Imnst hroire Xvnsni, 49,,
heart when he onuyht bis n,ost ~. d ,Sn
Ing nolier. aud every nirht ,,'I,',,
Washington nrrongri hisn hnd ~,
good darl,ev never Grgot ia ni,,a :,
iime.worn conv of IN, unrnyi.oI
Testament ON Tho sous.iienirnnnrs
inflow of strnw WnslJn,ton 80
lprodestinntIonlst ,nI no,,is, u,n
stralrhtpst of His sect IL ,rt",,
told us TINT he yyns nnt
afraid to die. and Tint thareforr no LnJ
agreed To follow ma throu,yh tho Who'll,
war.
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w., ''''''' - '''"'9h'
Nhiie we were ehramped NJ HEX
man. N.Y. hnh proiectsd ny The river
leNec ny ui,HtWnrk, washington was
preparing dinner Tor The mess between
VIC 'eNee anu we river Runbont or
two 'nmle DOWN from caro- ANA from n
l"lht III the continental afain, mile
or more away hegnli TO shell our posi-
sloh, | u.ggeu washington 10 JOIN M
oehlnu lne eatthWofk lie sad ne
W"s' AFRAID, ilet ne wasn't ngoin'
IN ~, hls tliile cum. ne huhlihed The
V,u sup VI zion, ana proceeded To
op'' coneoand roast potatoes with cool
est H'"uH''u"r,'
HeVeI"i sieiis or shot loll near him.
~ was hunliillely Indifferent 10 the
@rfors anu spiehdors OF the OCCASION,
soldiers were amazed and confessed
auiilratiun Tor Wnshinglpn's heroism,
anu as wen Tor pi7 unslaken Christian
ihitn' 'ut not long niicrward al Co
iulhuis We were again 'hh"llcd" by
nIhhtS Rullpoh,s' Washington on
t,liS occasion was holding Bishop Gen.
folks morse, ana rlanuirI near tho
verge OF the PERCEPTIONS heights above
,oIulllpu-i wntre our battery held
tle lori" Gen. Polk, Capt. Bank
mead, MoCown aud many others were
contemplating movements of the Fed
ernl fleet aud Watching shells that
climbed up INTO The clouds TO fall
With our ~ enIi ,i,s, Che oI thehe
indtnn Inr,in', iia"IS ~ .'., 80" maSn
ihe CARL, ~ ,indad. ,,'', wv, ~ a. ,n
n,v,v and ram tn tbn an,, ." -" a,o mpt ~,
thn iate az 'un, r,i,l, al h,',,o,, ,,,',a
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@ nvan I'd IA a, n hau naoneii
1ho ga, ia ~ ~ Ju,1 in", i
innr, ,f,, ~ w. Z" a ","'us.9" '1uI',
i',anad i"er emIt3Sp', ne u,u
niil"tt,,' W. uiny" ii,to ~"
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fran, lVa,hina,n, =, ' ,.',' inI..'
IL c !" "s'' ms ILL VIZ Wy niie,i
',,ion 90, naI,, "y NV .n i ~ nn',
riIJa, a,,,, ~, " ~, -. nun
-, H., a"aV,
lie animal and concluded IN ,"t Mn
RIM. and tint when he WINS - nlia nr
two away he had turned tho horss
loose. II wanted to ro,na h,ni' y
wrote tho honest CelIoyy ,,l,nt will! +
mini afenre1 az gnna ond il,inys
can't stand yentlunal.es y "e"'
IL wa. The end of WoshInptoni.
military career. The old g.Iinsy still
ives aud wrilea most alf,.ction"te iat.
Icrs from putnan, co,,nIw Tann
,',.
80. IA'rAN'
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