New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-14

but brilliant skirmish he congratulated the Iesi
mont that had borne the chief part and ended ni5
little speech with You've done VOL SID, 10y 1bch
Remained Ms u cant phrase among those men long
afterward-long after Shieldss tnne-,n t1e MIDST
of hard forced marches when fatigue mao driven
some of the men almost to the verge OF despair.
A story was told the writer year or Two ago III 20
the South by Memphis gentleman whlcn. as !
Illustrates General Grants simplicity OF manner, 10
pprhaps worth preserving. The gentleman hlothef'
a m,ddle-aged lady. during the war was living near
NcmpIis when General Grant was In command
there and she desired to go out beyond the lines
and return IN order to visit an Invalid married
daughter. She applied at General Grants head-
quarters and referred to stan oincerWho alteT
having heard her case declined with rather grand
manner, and 20 her approximations nolcIy answered
CURLY, Impossblew The lady was dOwnhearted
under the circumstances, as may DO imagined ana
probably her countenance betrayed her feellngs as
She was going out across the piazza OF the house
that served as headquarters. Tor plaln-lo3klhg
little man, apparently a hangcr-0n ABOUT heau-
quarters as she described him, wearing prlVates
blouse, accosted her and asked if he could 90 any
thing Tor her She retold her orrand. wait a
moment" said he as lie left her and went intO the
house. moment after he came Out anu naiuou
her pass saying axe thi?; ~ WI n9 ,ndccd
of this person 20 be at 50 much Trouble IL" heI az"
She thanked him cordially 1t was not untll she
signed Il. 5. Grant," and shown IL 10 iiel IaliIS
and described the little mar that sIe eaEheu IL
was Grant himself WHO had brfriended her ,,t.,
Ge eral French. who commanded me imlu
Division of the Second Corps III the Antlct1m cam
pagn and in the bloody assault on MaIye llelgnti
at Fredericksburg, and aiterNard hrld c3iulalu
i'm the Sixth Corps. was faV0rlte WIN lis neu'
lie was stout but soderly in his bearing, with
very red face and on account Of habit ne had
of SnaDpnr his eyes was generally called BhnkE.
Inst after Antictam, while the Second Corps was
enromped near Harper's Ferry, General french
MARCHED with the Third Division toward LeeSOurg
ON n reconnaissance. The march was rapid one
and made i'm light order, the only tent III the whoIe
division being the Generals own marquee. some
whora in the course of the movement on tho letuTh
HEADQUARTERS picked up a barrel OF WhNKey' an
article then very in camp. hen thG
division went into bivOuac that night, the barTeI
was placed in the Generals tent for safety, Dht rs
il was set close to of the sides the canvas
bulged ont in a shape which quickly attracted thc
keen ewes of the Second Corps veterans. ne
sentjneis of General Frenchs body guard were also
Fascinated by the prOtuberancc. After dark ore
of the faithful guards found anger ard bored two
holes through the tent into the barrel one above
for n vent and one below for the spout ana pushed
long straw into each. A shadowy procession was
formed and moved slowly and nolseleSsly along IN
single file past those straws, like the line at
theatre ticket-odice There good order and not
bolstcrousness enough TO awake those asleep III the
tent for though pull at the lower straw was Tree
to al conerS each was permitted only one pull ana
means il was SAID, were taken to prevent any IN
fairness such as that of lucky man returning I'M"
the procession too soon. How many OF tue division
were in line will never he known, but IN the morn
ing General French and his stan found only an
eInpty barrel t. take back to larpers Ferry ana IT
was said were very indignant that tier INTENTION
of increasing the hospital stores there was tluS
dotcoted T. +. GBLwEY.