New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-08


Arhur's appOintces On the bench were at Dorsey
service Iuis new Vincent. only nuOhrr tool
Dorsey II was ono OF President .Itllrs serl
Gus Gi~tlcS ho did not send men % New Mexico to
stop fraud being perl etratcd there In the
land Office transactions and covered up by Inc courts
Dorscys acs aotlos are to take up all the Land along
stream both sides snort distance back from IT.
banks. Thea he warns OF al comers and the great
stretches OF Government land that lie back OF the river
aud that occupies become valucless 10 any but
himself becar one else allowed 10 cross his land
to get cattle to water IL amounts to piracy o. the
praires and he has able get tho Tori
torial bench who would uphold him In his scheme"
General Daniel Butterilcld who WAS chief OF to
General Meade, at Gettysburg, Is resident Of this city.
snort and well buit gentleman with head lie that OF
Napoleon BOuapartc and IN iron gray mustache that
would have delighted IA erenadier Of France. was
chatting with him the other day about the peouliarcs
of men with whom lie had como in contact III tho Army
when told of characters reply of Grant to
Meade under the guns of Petersburg Meade always
getting "A score He came to Grant day with piece
paper his hand which he had traced number OF
lines to represent The opposing forces General" he
said Grant. the enemy are pressing us mighty hard
right hore and he pointed to OF his imaginary lines
of battle. There Is great danger that he may press
rar" Grant smoked away ut his cigar and scarcely
looked at the diagram. Finally Meade said with some
ui"ateuCo What shall be dOncF The stOlid face or
Grant scarcely moved ~ he took out his cigar ANA Win
moVenent Of one foreinger against his other hanJ
that comprchendcd all OF Meades diagrams aud hsures,
remarked quietly, Press MIN there lie had
selected with his motion tho weakest spot In the Con-
-
backward movement on the part OF their forces that
were pressing Meade The latter had thought only OF
bringing up renfOrcemcnts. and had never dreamed OF
oOyatmg his difficulties BY counter movement.
In conversation with General Palmer about Mcclellan
he said ID Mcclellan was great engineer. That
was hs misfortune. The engineers who have been COM
manders have never been successful lie wanted to get
every thing ready and M tho chances In his favor before
nghting to build up his line OF battle a. he would
fertilization aud with the sodity In actual con
nnt man tnko ana sometimes desperate
ones Mcclellan didn't want TO tako any chances"
Something of the thought General Palmer expressed
came to also from Judge o. A. Lochrsne OF Georgia.
who was In tho Confederate Army and who lroni-
neutly msr for Attorney General in Mr. Ceveands
Cabinet Tho Judge discussing tho carly days OF
tue war and SAID: IL took whole year for tho
either get worked up tho pitch of being fighting
mad. our people didn't want tn Kill anybody. Thero was
no sangnlnay feeling IN any mind. It loo6 some time
the sodory either side to get beyond hrng their
guns IN the air No one know whether u commander
was u good officer not at the outbreak of the
war All We had to Judge by WAS their .expoFtIess
with billiard cues anu In demonstrating problems on