Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-10-17

General Porter contributes an inter
A esting paper on "Llncoln md Grant,
! to The Century for October from
> which we quote the following charac-
: teristic anecdote: Grants successes
brought with them the usual number
OF jealOusies and rivalries. Political
generals had their advocates in Wash
ington TO plead their cause, while
Grant stood without friends at court.
His detractOrs gathered ut times a
great deal OF strength in their efforts
10 snpplant him with general of their
own choosing, and Lincoln was beeet
by many a delegation who insisted that
nothing would harmonize matters in
the West but ,irant's removal. This
nagging continued even after hisgreat
triumph at Vicksburg
"Lincoln'a!ways enjoyed telling the
! General, after the two had become per-
sonally intimate, how the crossroads
wiseacres had criticised his campaigns.
One day, after dwelling fer some li;ne
ON this subject, he said t0Grant: All
ter Vicksburg thought il was about
time TO shut down on this sort of
thing. So one day. when delegation
came t. see me and had spent hnlr an
hour trying to show me the fatal bis
take You had made in parolingf Penn
bertons army, and insisting thai the
rebels would violate their paroles and
in less than a month confront YOU in
the ranks again, and have 10 be whipped
all over again, thought / would get
rid OF them best by telling them the
story OF Sykess dog. ~Have you ever
heard about Sykes's yellow dog" said
| TO the spokesman OF the delegation.
He said he hadn't "Well, must tell
you about him" said I. @Sykes had
yellow dog he set great store by hut
there were lot OF small boys aresssd
the village, and that's always bad
thing for dogs you know. These BOYS
didn't share Sykes's views, and they
were not disposed TO let the dog have
a fair show. Even Sykes had toadmit
that the dog was getting unpopular;
IN TACT, 1t was soon seen that prelu-
dice was growing up against that dog
that threatened to wreck all his future
prospects in life. The BOYS, after med
ltatlng how they could get the best of
hlm, finally fixed up cartridge with
A long fuse, put the cartridge in
piece OF meat, dropped the meat in the
road in front of Sykess door, and then
perched themselves on n fence good
distance OH with the end Of the fuse in
their hands. Then they whistled for
the dog. When he came out he scent
ed the bait. and bol;ed the meat, cart
ridge and all. The boys touched OH
he fuse with cigar, and in about Il
second a report came from that dog
hat sounded like a small clap OF thun-
Ter. Sykes came bouncing out OF the
rouse and yelled;
@'"'Whats up? Anything busted p
"'"There was no reply except
nicker from the small boys roosting
m the fence, but RS Sykes looked up
ie saw the whole air filled with pieces
II yellow dog. He picked up tho big
,est piece he could find, portion OF
he back with part OF the tail still
lmging to it, and after turning it
round and looking il all over, he
aid, We'll, guess he'll never be much
ccount again -as dog And Iguess
forces will never be much
ccount again-as an army
"'The delegation began looking
round for their hats before / had
luite got to the end OF the story, and
was never bothered any more after
hat about superseding the command
+ Of the Army OF Tennessee I"