The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-15

General is convinced that he will never get we'll
Col. Fred Grant knows it, likewise. but since the
late favorable change in her husbands condition
Mrs. Grant entertains hope of her husbands full
restoration to health. The General said himself
the night of his great trial: Let me die" But
since he has grown stronger he longs for his
health, although YEARLY shaking his head when
asked about his recovery.
DR.. Barker, who was first called in, has gone
to Europe for the summer, and has turned the
ciates, Drs. Sands and Shrady, who now attend
only IL consultation. The story that a wrong
diagnosis had been made, and that the General
was suffering not from cancer, but from some
thing else, was started by ex- Senator Chaffee
who, though a great friend of the family, has
never been known to give a cheering report
from the sick-room.
1t is recounted that once during his illness
the General imagined himself in command of
his old army again. He arose, stood up. and
looked back, as if his men were behind him. He
raised his hand as if it bore a sword. Come nowi
forward, march! steady"
At that moment he sank back upon his bed as
if in great pain, put his hand quickly to his face,
and exclaimed: Il have been struck on the
cheek by a she'll"
When the press was charging the physicians
with having made a wrong diagnosis, the Gen
eral never wavered in his confidence in their
skill. He said: 1.-The greatest battle I ever
won | was placed under arrest for. 1t was at
Fort Donelson."
When the celebrated Easter bulletin was re-
ceived in which the General said, II wish to be
at peace with every man" a scene occurred
which shows how little he cares for adulation.
The General dictated the bulletin and every
word was his own General Badeau was present,
and when the last word was written he reached
forward, threw his arms around the old hero and
exclaimed: Dear, dear General" and kissed
Kim twice. Throughout the General remained
unmoved. He looked neither to the right nor to
the left, and uttered not a word. Previous to
this General Badeau was sitting on the stairs
with his face il his hands, crying bitterly.
why, what's the matter, GeneralF asked one
who passed him. Badeau burst out crying, and
between his sobs said: 20, don't call me general.
There is but one general, and he is dying"
The removing of the relics, medals, swords,
papers, and uniforms of General Grant to Wash
ington brings to mind the manner in which the
articles have been secured by the government
and the self sacrificing action of the Grant fam
lily. These relics were offered Mr.. Vanderbilt in
payment of his loan of $3.50, 0c0. Mr.. Wander
bilt in turn sent a note to Mrs. Grant. present
ing them to her. At first she accepted, but the
General was not at all pleased.
why said he, should Mr.. Vanderbilt lose
$3.50, 900 any more than anybody else!7
Mrs. Grant thought it over. She appealed to
the General. "What shall | do?" said she.
Whom would you rather please-Mr. Wander
bilt or myself" he asked.
'"Then write him a note and say that we can
not under any circumstances take them back"
said the General.
1t was a struggle for the wife to do this. be-
cause the relics represented the dearest things
to her on earth.
In speaking of relics, the curiosity hunters and
advertising fiends are brought prominently for
ward. During the Generals illness it has been
a constant source of annoyance to the family to
get letters advising the use of this or that water,
medicine, or meat extract. The yard was piled
up with boxes of different things sent to he tried,
some, no doubt, in good faith, others for pur
poses of advertising.
The General has received hundreds of letters.
inclosing return postage, with the request that
he send his autograph. Many of these he ans
wered, but many hundreds are still in the house
untouched.
The physicians, too, received many letters
telling of remarkable cases cured by herbs, and,
in some instances, threatening them with dire
vengeance for not telling the truth in the bulle-
tins.
The Only Man Who Ever Captured Grant.
Washington Special.
IL see some old army officer has been telling
about the arrest of General Grant at City Point, !"
said Capt. ST Hemenway. I'm the only man
that ever captured Grant, and I've got his word
for it."
The Captain proceeded to give his reminis-
ChN ~ was WhCH tLO 0CdCldi3 QOOOLlp duLCQ
by Sheridan, Col. Fred Grant, the banker Jo-
seph Seligman and others, making up a party of
| twenty or thirty people, was touring in Florida.
They had been banqueted until they couldn't
rest, and finally the committee at Jacksonville
put them on the steamer Pastime and started up
the st. Johns, between the winter villas of the
rich Northerners. Palatka, at the mouth of the
Oklawaha, and Lake George were passed in a
rapid run. But the wind had been blowing
from the southwark several days, and
taken the water off Volusia bar to less
than five feet. The Pastime went hard
on. Up at Enterprise and Sandford, and all
around Lake Monroe were thousands of people
waiting to give the party a welcome. II reckon
| they were feeling pretty blue" continued the
Captain. 'They told me so afterward. On the
bar l found them as | came in sight with the
| Arrow, bound down the river. Yes, the identical
old Arrow that used to carry thousands of visi-
tors on the Potomac to Mount Vernon year after
year. They hailed me, and I soon knew the
predicament. / was loaded up with people, but
I went alongside, took on the distinguished
party, explained the situation to my sixty or so
| passengers, and turned back up the river. Gen.
eral Grant stepped up to me as he came on
board and said: We'll, captain, you have the
honor of being the first man who has ever cap
tured me. But that isn't all I've got as a re-
minder of the occasion. Among my possessions
l have an autograph letter from the General,
expressing his satisfaction of my treatment while
he was my prisoner.
Might came on, shutting out of sight the
water lilies, the alligators, the turtles and the
waterfowl. l knew of thu crowds that were
waiting and | sent the boat around the sharp
turns, scraping the branches, and up the river as
hard as | could. General Grant and General
Sheridan and some others took possession of the
| pilot-house. There wasn't any stiffness, but
they chatted all of them free and easy like.
General Grant pulled out a bunch of cigars and
handed them around. A gentleman who took
one opened his knife and punched a little hole in
the end. AS he did SO he said: General, did
you ever try punching your cigars in this wayi
There's a theory that by making this kind of a
vent you can leave the nicotine in the end Of the
cigar and not draw it into the mouth and throat.
Yes said General Grant. | followed that prac-
lice for years, but one day / was shown through
a large cigar mandatory where Cubans and