Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-23
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
ABouT MEN AND THINGS.

Tho people Of the rest OF the coun-
try were about right in their diagnosis
Of the people Of New York and the Pc
cnliar interest exhibited by them IN the
death and burial Of General Grant.
Lamcntable as is the confession, ~ Is
nevertheless true that the sad occasion
was turned into one vast show, IN
which everybody tried to get a 'front.'
seat and make the most Of Il. Among
the notorious men Of the land, u was
not the correct thing to be absent
Among the merchants and bankers
there WAS lively competition as
70 which could make the most
tawdry display and get the best put in
the newspapers. The military leaders
ouarreIled about the places Of honor
thew were to occupy in the procession
so that their good clothes might be seen
20 advantage, and the tradesmen of the
town sent whole battalions Of loud
mouthed men and boys through the
streets TO peddle their cheap prints
and other souvenirs OF the dead
chieftsin. Indeed, it has been more
than whispered by those in position
to know that even the selection OF
Riverside Park as burial-place was
principally due to the fact that Mayor
Grace and Park-Commissloner Grim
minis are both large owners of land in
the vicinity, and expected TO reap the ad-
vantage Of a rise in prices. The result
shows that the keenness Of their scent
for the value Of property in the neigh
borhood has advanced four-iold. n
gentleman said 10 me the other day,
- Had Sam. Ward been alive he would
have made the spectators pay a half
n million of dollars for the privileges
they have enjoyed, whether quarrel
ling over burial-site or a plaster
cast of the hero's face" and he knew
what he was talking about, too. How
sincere were the majority of these men
in the loudness Of their mourning is
best attested by the fact that while far
away Chicago quickly raised forty
thousand dollars for a monument, the
subscriptions for similar purpose in
and around the metropolis are coming
in disgracefully slow, and that after all,
the " common people will have to fin
jsh the work. AS it is uncertain
whether the remains will not be eyentu-
ally removed to Washington or West
Point, the nabobs probably prefer to
keep the sculptor's teeth on edge until
they know something aboutit it.
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.
One feature Of the ceremonies incl
dent TO the interment Of General Grant
wasregarded with general approval, and
but for the selemnity Of the occasion 1t
would have aroused enthusiasm. That
was the presence as pall-bearerS OF
Johnston and Buckner, the celebrated
Confederate leaders. The first rode
with Sherman, who had fought him step
by step through the mountains of Geor-
gia and received his surrender in North
Carolina, and the latter occupied the
same carriage with dashing Phil.
Sheridan. On the staff Of General
Winfield S. Hancock were also to be
seen Lieutenant-General John Il. Ger
don, Of Georgia, and General Fitzhugh
Lee, Of Virginia, while in another
portion Of the procession was large
committee of Confederate veterans, rep
rescnting nearly every State IN the
South. The latter wore badges OF Grape
intertwined with the blue and gray, and
surmounted with a miniature portrait
Of the dead chieftain. Among them were
General Loring, who, after tile war, be-
came the commander-in-chief Of the
Egyptian armies, and General K. ID.
Lilley, OF Virginia, one of Stonewall
Jackson's trusted lieutenants. Both OF
Ahe gentleman named wore an empty
Sleeve.
A CURIOUS RECOGNITION.
During the long wait which preceded
the movement Of the portion of the line
to which the Confederates had been as
signed, it was my fortune TO witness two
or three pleasant episodes that are wor'
thy Of record. The first Of these relates
to Colonel John A. McCaull, the man,
ager and co-proprietor of Wallack's The
atre in this city, who, in the war, wa!
famous throughout the Valley Of Vir
GINA as a scout. During one of hi
expeditions he had wounded and cap
tuIed major in the Union army. No
being able to carry his prisoner to camp
he conveyed him to neighboring farm
house, where he took the officers parole
and left instructions that he was to b,
properly cared for until he was able t
be exchanged. Months Afterwards
while within the Federal lines on
scouting expedition, the Colonel him
self was wounded and captured
and being in hybrid uniform
half blue and half homespun--he wa
tried and sentenced TO be executed as
spy. The circumstance reached tn
ears Of his former prisoner, who hur
ried to Washington, made a persona
appeal to Lincoln, and had the satisfaC
ton Of carrying to the condemned an
hopeless man pardon. While Cole
mel McCaull was sitting in his carriag
conversing with General Loring, mic
dle-aged gentleman stepped out Of tn
crowd, and, extending his hand, sale
"Colonel. do you remember me /. "
quick recognition and the recital of ii
above incidents followed, and the read(
must imagine the warmth Of the NEE
ing between the two men and their M
tual friends who were gathered by Il
novelty Of the occasion, for it cam,
be described.
NOVEL TREATMENT on A BATTLI
FIELD.
A similar recognition occurred
the case Of DIR. Gustaye T.. Sussdor
who during the war was a divisi,
surgeon in Virginia. In one OF t
seven days battles around Richmor
he had occasion TO visit one Of his fie
hospitals, where the doctors were st
4, at work with knife and saw in taxi
b care Of the wounded on both side
n Among the Federals was q poor fellC
whose leg had been amputsted only
few minutes before, but from his cri
Of distress he appeared to be sufieril
more than any Of the others. A
preaching his pallet, DR.. Sussdol
kindly inquired what was the eau