The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-06

not tne sum or lnlqu1tleS; we can get along with
that well enough. He will probably do less and
less work as long as he lives and Halliday,
or some assistant more and more. But the
yarn about Mr. Beechers salary being cut of Is
all nonsense"
MR. FIELD HOME AGAIN.
Cyrus w. Field has returned from a soiourn
of couple Of months in Europe, and has now
gone cautiously into the stock market again
Il am now buying more than have done for
the last three years. he said to me, the other
day. as l looked in at his Office on the seventh
floor of his big building, on the site of Washing
tons headquarters THE public confidence In
real values is being restored" he went on, ''but
fictitious values are worse off than ever. Cap
ital has learned to discriminate between real
and bogus and so is losing its timdity."
remarked that he must have been gratihed
by the ample and explicit apologies made by the
three directors of the Anglo American Tele-
graph Company at the London meeting where
Lord Monek presided.
Yes, he said, 1T is always pleasant to be set
right when you have been set wrong, and it is
cheering sight to see gentlemen sufficiently gra-
clous and manly to stand up in public meeting
and say, 1 was mistaken; l was wrong apollo
gize.' There is not too much of this feeling in
the commercial world, and its manifestations are
always honorable and agreeable
One of the gentlemen, in offering his correc
ton, said it was Jay Gould that their grudge was
against, and asked Mr.. Field if he would kindly
use his friendly Offices in managing Mr. Gould.
Mr.. Field replied that he was not Mr.. Gould's
keeper, and added, 81 have never been partner
with Mr. Gould in my life and have neverhad
transaction with him except to hold stock in
companies in which he is director. every one
Of WHICH arc paying regular quarterly divi-
dends."
BUTLER AND THE CIRCULARS"
This story was told me by Henry Wilson, of
Massachusetts, when he was vice-P President, and
it seems too good to keep any longer
II went to Annapolis" said Mr. Wilson, Gin
the spring Of 1861, when Butler was there with
massachusetts, troops trying to get through to
Washington. About that time Lincoln began
to grow Very anxious about his call for u, 600
men, and spoke to Scott about it. Scott sug-
gested that he would send one of his staff North
to see how enlistments were getting along. Ac-
ccrdingly he sent Lieutenantcolonel E. d. Keyes
up to the White House to take the Presidents
orders. Reyes went, talked it over, and asked
for some paper authorizing him to act. Lincoln
knew nothing about army orders, and so, instead
OF giving him specific authority to do partic
ular thing, he wrote an order like this:
'Lieutenantcolonel E. D. Keyes is hereby ordered
North on recruiting service. All officers of the army
will report to him. A. LINCOLN"
"Keyes saw that this virtually put him in
command of the army and made Scott one of
bis subordinatos. That was good enough for
him, so he put it in his pocket, got some new
epaulettes and started North Keyes disliked
volunteer officers, and was glad of this chance
to crush them He struck for Annapolis, and
called on Butler. After looking around little
he said: General, for the present you may
remain here In command.
"Butler, who chafed under the detention. and
wanted to get to the front, said Indeed By
whose ordersp
"'Those are my orders said Reyes straight
ening up little more pompously than ever
" How came you to be my superior oficerP
asked Butler.
"'By virtue of belonging to the regular army
said Keyes
''That won't do said the Genera 4 have
been commissioned brigader- general by the
State of Massachusetts,. and have been sworn
into the service OF the United States Neither 1
nor my troops recognize your superior rank
'"Then by virtue of being on General SCOTS
staff pleaded the Lieutenantcolonel.
=" That went do said Butler, taking down
copy Of the Army Regulations for we read here
I" Then will that dog asked Reyes producing
the order of the President.
Ives, said Butler, inspecting it, that out
ranks me-
'''rhen you will remain at Annapolisp said
I" If you will put it in writing suggested
Butler.
"Keyes reluctantly wrote the order and signed
it e. d. Keyes, Lieutenant-colone
"'That won't do said Butler, try again.
Then the officer drew another signing. BY order
Of Abraham Lincoln, E. D. Reyes, Lieutenant
colonel
CHOW l shall be glad to receive any orders
from YOU said the humbled general.
IS Tomorrow morning l will come in said
Reyes, and give you some information and in
struction as to your duty as post commander
He then took leave
Butler instantly indorsed on the back of
keyess order the following:
lieutenant general Winfield Scott:
Lave you been relieved! B. F. BUTLER
Handed Il to Scuyler Hamilton and told him
to mount fast horse and get it to Washington
as soon Jas possible. Next morning Butler re-
ceived a letter from Scott ordering Lieutenant
Colonel keyes to report Immediately to Wash
ingtop.
"Pretty soon Reyes came in and began his lee
ture on the duties of post commandment This
was continued for half an hour and seemed very
amusing to me, who knew what was coming
At last he said don't think of anything else
One other thing volunteer officers need
which regulars sometimes manage to get along
without said Butler.
"'Ahl What's thatP asked Reyes.
Brains, Colonel, brainsr exclaimed the Yam
kee. Here's an order to you from General
Scott
'Keyes, muttering something about "a pro-
motion probably vanished. He and Butler
never got to like each other, which, perhaps, is
not surprising"
STRAIGHT TIPS.
I believe it was P. I. Barnum who, when he
was in the Legislature of Connecticut, ten years
ago, obtained the repeal of the law which de-
ciared Universalists not competent to testify in
the courts Of that State ANYHOW, an odd thing
happened last week. Robert Colyer stopping at
Black Rock, in Fairfield, was invited to preach,
and did preach in the old fogy Congregationalist
Church of that town. DR.. Osgood used to live
there, and they always refused to let him preach
in their sanctuary.
Mrs. Frank Leslie, just about to return from
England year ago, was given breakfast by
Richard Monckton Mines, Lord Houghton at
which Browning and other poets and artists
were present Thomas Powell the English
editor, told me new story of Mines. He once
approached Sidney Smith, whom, in his youth
full enthusiasm, he addressed as Sidney and
asked him for note of introduction to the