The Washington critic., 1885-07-31

TdlslUR bne HTSJ company IN Nalend,
April Is, 1861, and then set to work to
drill them, the boys uling latbs for
guns. He was offered the captaincy OF
the company when completed, but he
declined 1t, for he said he thought, hav-
ing resigned captaincy In the regular
army, he should have something better
In the volunteer service. Well, was
made captain, and Grant went along
with us to Springfield, with letter
from Il. B. Washburnc to Governor
Yates. And what do you think they
gave him there? Why, Colonel Ma
ther, Adjutant General of the State, set
him to work to copy orders for five
days--cnpying orders for man of his
capabilities and previous military ex.
perieuce Then the Governor made
him commandant Of Camp Yates,
May 3, and then sent him TO
MattOon to muster In a regiment. He
mustered In two or three here aud there
in the State, and after Intellectual at
tempts TO get an order from Washing.
ton assigning him to some duty he was
appointed by Governor Yates colonel Of
the Twenty-tirst Infantry, which had
been commanded by Colonel Goode, an
habits and general inefllcency were fast
bringing the regiment to ruin, and that
is why Grant was appointed to it. This
was his first commission received that
placed him in the volunteer service"
How did the regiment take to hm?"
"Oh with his slouch hat snd rather
shabby citizens dress the boys thought
bin an easy man to twist. But of that
little man Of iron will and cool judg
ment they soon came to think different
very different. When the regiment
objected to transportation in box car
he marched them across country to
Quincy, giving the early part OF the day
| to the march aud the afternoon to drill.
When Colonel Grant got those boys to
| Quincy he had - well-disciplihcd regi-
ment. From Quincy they crossed over
into Missouri, and went to fighting
bushwackers. In the early part OF
August Grant was made brigadcr-gcn-
eral."
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AT last accounts Mr.. Kelley was at
Paris, and this government had no
Minister Plenipo entiary. at the Au.-.
tIian Court. How long this condition
Of things Is going to last no one seems
to know, and opinion is divided as to
| what should he ,lOnr. Sud an tx. oii-
cial Of the State Department to the
| Cleveland Leaders correspondents ut
is usual always fora government to recall
Minister that Is objected to by the gov
crnment to which he L. accredited for
the reason that it is always desirable to
have representative at a foreign court
on the lest Of terms with the govern.
ment to which they 60, so that there
may be no Mug In the way OF full and
| free and also confidential relations be.
tween the two governments interested,
but, 80 far as we know, the objection to
Mr.. Kelley i, based solely upon the fact
that his wife Is a Hebrew by birth, there
being no hindrancc in tho way Ufthe Min
ister himself. Ifhc wcr, man of bad
character, or one who had cmbrOiled a
nation in serious trouble with another,
there might be some excuse for the way
in which The a istrian Government has
acted in this matter. 1t has been stated
that the Au'trian Government objects
to MIR. Kelley because he had been re-
fused by the Italian Government, and it
would be unpleasant for him to asso-
ciatc with the Italian Minister at Vienna.
III that be the reason he could not rep
resent this Government at any foreign
court, for Italy has her ambassador at
each of them, and the same difficulty
between Mr.. Kei cy and the Italian
representative would be encountered.
hope President Cleveland will show
the backbone he is credited with, and
in this matter insist on no nonsense.
In this country u man Of good character
has the same tights as anyone else,
whether his wife is Hebrew or not"
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Major John N. Edwards, editor OF
the St. Joseph, Mo-, Gazette, and a
Confederate soldier of some distinctiO II
in the West, writes up his estimate OF
Grants military merit as follows:
"rherc can be no mistake as to hisqual-
tiles as q soldier. Three things have
made him great as commander-iust
as they have made all great generals of
history grcat--bull-dog tenacity, iron
resolution and serene courage in dan
ger. When Grant moved tc moved.
1t was lik a tide coming in from the
ocean, each successive flow encroach-
ing more and more upon the sands left
bare and barren by the ebb When he
fought he fought. Each blow deliv-
cred in battle was like the regular
swinging and hammering of some gi-
gantc batterng ram. Brigades, di.
visions and army corps went into
action with the precision of a
column Of figures accurately
added up. He surveyed the fight with
an admirable equipoisc, and rcvcr hesi-
tated. No matter how the fortunes OF
it varied, or what the slaughter was, OF
how his lines melted away under the
devOuring fire of the enemy, he held
his grip and hammered, and hammered,
and hammered until even the anvil it.
self was beaten into II shapeless mass
under his terrible trip-hammer. In this,
he was like Wellington, more like him,
probably, than any other American
general. IL he had served under Ma,
pole n he would have been Massena,
who, until the fist cannon shot, rarely
ever spoke CT smiled, and then, at the
opening roar Of the battle, became
RADIANT, inspired, and veritable thun-
derbolt of war.
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The Cause of Grants Disease.
DR.. George +. Shrady has prepared
| M arfioln ,yhinh will anppar i'm thn Med-