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ny love for Gen. Mrrherson."


Tho general paused Il moment and dropped
his head. Memory was hmsy weaving in his
brain the images of twenty-five years ago
Looking up presently he spoke again, i'll other
tones:
Gone thing happened that shall always
be sorry for. 1t is the only thing in the years
| knew Gen. Mcpherson that havc to 70.
gret. had been mt all day hard at work in
the line Of my duties. came in late to head
quarters, and felt us though | was too tired
to move.
81 thought w"uld 30 to bed carly. did
SO, drawing my blankets up arouI!l me. Eut
had 10 more than touched the ground aud
got quiet when Gen. Mcpherson called snc:
"'Oh, Hick.
"Now, heard him. and lin ashamed to
remember it, hut for the oHly tmc in my life
l didn't answer. lay quite still There
werc others about tho quarters who had been
doing nothing that day Let the general call
one Il them, | Thought to myself.
"Percciving did not answer Cen Strong
spols" up for me and said: 'llicls has heen out
all day and is Just in. | suppose he's asleep
"'Oh, yes said Gen Mcpherson. Il s,l,-
pose he is. llc n,!st bc tired, poor fellow. |
didn't think If that
''Thcn the general called some other officer
and sent him on the crrlnl. And ! lay still
and Mcpherson never knew hut was ;,s,crp
But was ashamed of it next day and hal .
been so ever since might have answered,
him. might have gone on! into the nj. .,hi
again, tired ;lS | WAS.
"MrPhcrson was killed moi long after that, i,
and shall always carry with me the regret
full recollection that once my general called
mo and did not answer"
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STARVATION.

Tho straits to which the ConfeGeratcs were
reduced for food before the surrender seem
startling even to this day in America, whcro
none need go hungry. To husband the sup
ply of food within the walls, after Vicksburg
had been invested by land and water, Penn
berton ordered all horses and mules, except
three teams to regiment and the mules
necessary for food, sent outside tho lines.
Those that We're left lived on cane tops and
mulberry leaves, and Mt last on mulberry
leaves alone.
The soldiers subssted on corn meal and pea
meal, and very litts, Of that. At last tho
pea meal became SO distasteful to them that
they could cat it no longer. 1t proved un-
wholesome besides. Then they were allowed
to boil the peas and eat them thus
Every day number Of mules were killed (;
the meat was e-lt into strips and issued to tho
mon This was their only fresh meat.
Rations became scantcr and scanticr,
until June 2s, Gen. Ismberton received an
anonymous letter signed MANY Soldiers"
telling him his army was ripe for mutiny
unlcx it could be fed. The letter contained
these remarkable worlds
"Our rations have been cut down to one
biscuit aud small bit of bacon per day,
scarcely enough to keep soul and body to-
are called on to stand We are kept close in
the trenches day and night, not allowed to
forage any at all, and even if permitted there
is nothing to be had among the citizens
Men don't want To starvu and don't i'll
tend to: Ii you cant feed us, you had better
surrender us. | tell You plainly men are not
goin., to lie here nL~ perish"
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cOoNsklN,s TOWER.

Cnion sharp>hontcrs in the rear of Nirlis
burg played 10 slnall part in the drama of
the siege. One Of th"s', private soldier;
was noted Throughout the whole Seycnlenntl
army corps.
lie was an uncrri,.s shot, and Wore IL c,
malc of raccoon fur, From ,lis he VIZ;
tall"l "Coonslin' The corps through, and
wherever I've was Woe to tin. Confederate head
that appeared above Il par;lprt.
"CoonsEin" went ont "ncr in ,hn night
time, rrcl't up toward the ConfeAr:,'r de-
fcn and built himself II l,,irgow IN IN,
gl"nMi, with n peep hole in it. Ih e h.
wo"ll frequently take lr"vii"ns with hiil,
bury himself in this lurrow and stay ,rvcral
days ut IL time all alone, watchin!; for and
shooting Confctlerat,'s.
AT length he luilt "Coonsl;in's Tower"
Tho jackson and NicI:snr., railway had
been torn up for miles in :!,o rear of Nir!is-
burg, and railway iron and cross ties lay ull
about.
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A Merchants Mcthodtca, LIN,

y Boston merchant, who lived and died ON
Summer street, was u curious instance of one
who was an invalid from ci 'ldhood, always
extremely pDrhondriacal, who never i'm
u:siu"l himself i'll when he was not, nor cx-
tggeratrd his actual illness, nor feared,
undnlH, sickness or p;Lin, or death itself.
Hut it was I he business of his life to AXE care
of his health, and he devoted himself to this
work with II wonderful assi,luity. He rode
just 50 far cnclt day, when the weather was
fair, and at st'rh an hour. He had great
vari"ty Of clothing, which he regulated with
precision by the thermometer, sometimes
"lmnalns Id- dress many times in day, and
81 '"'fed for his oycrclothes when he rode
'''' due very garments which the mercury
h"i"il'+'. He had Il wcathernacll put upon
tl5 stabi'' VIII lrri" tojr vi.'v fauip the e,'room
and sitting room ol:t that and ms tliernDn4
"tcr, and all p' hie ur impossible signs of
.I.., weather, lt wtt7 Watching constantly,
and found in these occupations a very agrs.-
able way Of employing all his day i.n,t all his
days. How far his long life is l..at' .I-.
u'od to this excessive care it is ml,v-- tG.
tell, but he outlived every brothcrand sister,
every brothers wife, every sisters husband,
and hi, own wife, and died in 1851 at the age
Of sl.-}oston Advertiser.
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A quarter! Three secondsl Three o'clock!
Wonld II rna


Then before the eyes of those who watched
Fort Hill rose bodily into the air Not rap.
idly, but slowly at first; the whole sold
earthwork, not dividing or falling to piecas.
not yet. They saw daylight underneath Ii"
mass. a great mass of snow white smoke
filled the space Higher still rose the lost
fort like a phantom in air. The blue coots
heard noise, but not much; nothing like n
great explosion.
Then Fort Hill began to fall to pieces, still
rising in air. 1t ascendcd $50 feet. Then the
fragments of it seemed all at once to flow
over and outward, like the falling waters of
vast fountain. Men, horses, bits of earth
and walls, guns. cassons and timbcrs. fell
asundcr to earth from the descending streams
of that awful fountain
Gen. Hickenlooper had not miscalculatetl.
Sixty Confcderates were blown up and
killed by the explosion of Fort Hill. a negro
in the fort was thrown up i'll the air with the
rest. He was blown far out beyond the kill,
and actually dropped alive and without a
scratch within the Union lines, present sent
to the Yankees by the grim humor of gun
powder. The soldiers declared he must have
alishted upon his head when lie came down,
and SO escaped Unliurt. The black man thus
strangely preserved became Gen. LoEan's
body servant, and served him through his
after campaigns
The instant Fort Hill rose i'll tho air limo
of flame twelve miles long burst from tho
guns of Grants army. The destruction of
the fort was the signal for n general assault.
The assault was tremendous one, hut un-
successful, except rs far MS the possession of
the crest of the hill and the great ruin wherc
Fort Hill had bepu
"Hickenlooper was happy that night, and
we'll might he be-" writes Gen. Strong. For
thirty days and nights lie had worked in the
trenches. With treless energy and sleepless
vigilance lie had laborcd. In sunshine and
pelting rain, morning and evening, Mt all
times he could be found at his post, and never
knew when lie slept"
Gen. HiclSenlooper, the hero of Fort Fill.
is living in Cincinnati now, n quiet man,
with handsome gray head, a keen dark eye
and a manner fnll of nervous energy. In
his civil capacity he is president of the Gin
ciunati Gaslight company. Many q time
'.old boys" from various parts of the Union
drop i'll at his office to talk over war times.
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MCPHERSON.

YES" said Gen. Hiclicnlooper, "I was. for
fact, through the Vicksbnrs campaign
II was chief engineered McPherson's corps
there and saw much of McI'hcrson and
Grant both during the siege l have seen
many army officers. but never one like
Mcpherson. There never was anybody like
him. Young, handsome and full of cnthu-
siasm, he was the Idol OF mis- soldiers They
would have died for him any moment.
You never saw anything like it at his
headquarters. He seemed II brother or a
simple, good comrade to his officers. He was
one of ourselves.
~ cannot describe to you tho feeling we
had for him. 1t was something more than
the strongest friendship between man and
man. Well, Ill tell you, it was like this {:
If. instead of leing man, handsome. bril-
liant and sweet tempered as he was, McPher
son had been all this and been IL woman b,-
sides. n bright, magnetic woman, drawing
all hearts to her, you can fancy how men
would have loyed hip rust. hke tha. VS.
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RUNNING Tit BATTERi-o,

and that the last named wa soon released,
while he other two remained long in caI,tiv-
ity-a fact which raised unpleasant st,spi-
cions at the time. As the two lave published
very readable popular book giving their
experience we give here the account Of Mr.
Colburn written 10 Tie World:
1t was near 10 O'Clock of Il beautiful mon%.
hSht night when We a:.st lGosc q. Iillli:eas
Bend, and Cur little tuc snurtai ;ipwn the
river, accompanied lv iEeir;.lSHo!t ~ B.
Hine We quietly c:.atte't awhile and fin
!;'hcd IL solitary hotti" of dry catar IA which
some good friends ha'i sent ON board for our
comfort. We had as a quad htteon sharp
shooters from the Torty seventh Ohio, under
Capt. Ward, Surgeon Davidson, the tugs
crew of eight, four persons on Their ;ray to
join their regiments. and or party Of three
al. volunteers. should here mention rs il
iustratlns tho temper of t!.at army, that
when fourteen volunteers Were called for
the whole regiment ,tcnieol forward Com
pany \ WAS selected, and stil! t. No WIS
squnbble to 20. Fourteen were. ,irn marked
off; fifteenth begged permission ii t." col
onel and one actually pa. . relninnl Of -
tn his comradc fn: The privilege ot goii.; "n
this hazardous service. The largeS w"fc
covered with tiers OF hay il. orlo! :, lr.'t i
,in tn. between thea; bay The ha5 "ss
deemed almost unnecessary, AID 80 Put III
quito loosely aud the ends of the boat w'rc
quite exposed.
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sit was but a short time before the last
vestgc of it, body, root and limb had c,saI,-
leared, the fragments tal2n as trophies.
Sine. then the same tree has furnished as
many cords OF wood taken as trophies as the
True Gross y"
Grant and Pemberton bad been together
in the Mexican war, ..i!d were old acquaint-
ances Pe,4beiton asked Grant what terms
~ aarrender he would allow. Grant an
s'sered: The same as those proposed in my
reply to your letter, unconditional surren-
DER
Never" exclaimed Pe1nberton, angrily.
Never, so long as l have man left. Tho
conference might as well end"
Grant replied: Very we'll; my army has
ue.-cr been in better condition to continn.
Tho siegc.'
Several officers of Grants staff, also Gems.
Ord, .IcPhe.s.n, Logan and A. j. Smith,
We're with him on the hillside. With Peal-
berton We're Gen. Bowen and Col. Mont
golnary The Confederate Cen. Bowen was
anxious that the surrender should take place
He proposed that l.e arl o:le Of Gr;j,t's gcn-
erals Should have q conference. This was
agreed to, and Icnlhcfton and Grant moved
Il little apart and waited. Grant smoked in
silence, pc..,berson cAewed strov:s and made
an occasional remark.
Bowen made proposal that the garrison
be allowed to march out with the honors Of
war. Grant rejected it. He, however,
agreed TO send letter to Pcmbelton that
night giving final terms. Firing had mean.
time ceased all along the lines on the river,
word having been sent to Admiral Porter.
The Interview ended Grant returned 10
his headquarters Pcinberton to his. Grant
Immediately sent for all his corps and divis-
ion commanders within reach and laid the
case before them. He told them be would
Lear anything they had to say, but would do
as he tiloqght best He says in lis Memoirs:
'Ihis was the lioareSt 10 council of war
ever held"
lie took his own head for it," however, in
deciding, as he said he should do, and Offered
terms which be says were against the almost
unanimous judgment Of his generals He
Wrote Ptibe!toi,, telling him lie would allow
tie Confederate officers and men to go out Of
Vici:sbi:r.:. On parole Officers and men
woiilsi be allowed to take their clothing with
them, ot,tc-:s their side arms and field, staff
an: cavaliy officers one horse each. All
would be allowed to take ..ish them rations
~oEa - - ste stores, and thirty wagons
"'ouli ie suffered to go with them to trans
port baggage and cooking utensils.
Pemberton accepted, with the proviso that
his men be allowed to march out in battle
array, With colors flying, and stack their
arms in front of tile Confederate lines, at 10
o'clock. July4. Grant saw no objection to
this bit OF military display, and agreed to it,
with the stipulation that after stacking arms
the Confelerates must return inside their
lines and remain as prisoners of war till
properly paroled.
This final letter of Grants was sent to
Pemberton after midnight. In 1t were the
following words:
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FOLLOWING THE CRACKERS.


The projected movcnlcntsof the Union gun
boats and transports H3t 'i:, Nicns!,nIg lat-
terics ON Tic sl.t Of :. al 10 w4s suploael
to have bcen X, It u plr3aal s"cret Espc-
cial pains tt;l been f;i'. to conceal tilr pre-
partitions, even froHi 'u %un!.tI,' rrcws,
!rst t!!r Wind sllo,.i,l h.ny he neus unimeIy
t. the tonfcdnl'a.t; ut Ni"l:sAurs.
On the afternoon of That day u private
,o'iior II inrrr:, eia,i inay care lopI.ins
lrishnan, lrcs.:i'e him 1t III M-f'lltl's'.,' :
headquarters with ;s.i a..,ri.t request t. &a.
the general. Elrfjlp,lH was ali.iltod To
see Mcpherson. and lli" private was soon in
his IrcS'!r'c, Will! Il l.r"insion o. L,,,; and
military s;lutes.
''Well, my l..nn, wllh can | do for ypn"
ds'ird Mcl'hcrson.
1--WE called, gincral, 10 AK tho privlc.sr Of
going down ti:e river Wi'i the tilran.p"l;,.'
Transports II exclaimed Mci'n."s"!L
who told ypu any Transports ""Te going
down the r!vor:'
We'll, giner..l, nobody toiHll me Bab
lvc Kept Ill" wcn'hoi' eye oIrn an ! see t.lo
motions .nil' OH wid the bpats, and I've
called to put i'll INC applicasllun 10 20 in
them"
"B;lt even if they do CO. they'll hc slyelled
al the way past Niclisburg You might yet
your head blown 1i'. It's iangerolsn
YES know. gintia. Bat be. in ,p;ir
'.ar'lon, sir I've noticed tnnt where tho
'rh, :.ars sc the bye il,.ui folloiv an l'yo
'nade "a, n. mind r.! a good dale rather ri,lo
:i.an walk,
The Irlshm;u got h!o -eis!.
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THE GATES uNcLAsPED.
The gates unclasped, the gold aisle ope'd to her,
She entered trembling, with her white rob,

The gates unclasped the gold aisle ope'd to her,
She entered trembling, with her white robe
drawn
Across her s:sculdcrs, for the winds of fear
Swept Der the pallor of the maiden dawn.
With falterng steps she slowly passed her on,
And as She went a hand outsped to rest
A glowing cluster of warm roses red
Above the drapery crossed upon her breast.
In vestal robes. wine roses on her breast,
She onward sped, when 10. upon her way
sudden light burst. brilliant till with hands
Beclasped before her eyes the dazzling ray
She hid. yet blaZed it stronger still
Her velled eyes. plain caught the high. white
light,
When 10. darkness swept She glanced aloft,
Still in the aisle She stayed. but it was-night
Pallid she stood. in shadowy robes of white,
All marble-still the roses red had palel
They could not live in gloom, and so in dust they
fell
From the proud heights, SO late their fragrance
scaled
Bertha May Ivory in Home Journal
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"WfnSTLING DICK"

Tho ,'clnnnd "Reminiscences hunterat Niclss-
bnrg is always taken To II lill ~ little in tho
Fear of t!iH city. This hill is pointed out to
him as on" of tho most Interesting Of tho
historic spots around the city
'llcrc," says the sui,lo, ''was planted
Nhistlin,s Dck,' the lnSest Confederate
gan of the hill batteries.H
Ii hnha history ofitsown, Wh,ntlc United
States government blow up the navy yard at
Norfolk, Apr!l3l 1861, there wrre LEFT unin-
jnrr |, 200 first elias; cannon. rhrse wore i'm
m".li:ttrlv taken possession of ly the Confc,l-
ei'a''s and shipped To various points on their
lines. Many of them Welt To the gulf, to
the Mississippi and Rrl rivers.
One of tho largest was mounted in hill
battery ut Nicss!iurg. 1t was trained sonccu-
ratcly Us To do great damage toillr investing
Union army, 1t WAS the heaviest mount Il
Gul there, and rs il h,l.re balls went whi.-
zinS through th, air, il became the terror Of
Grants force. They gave il tho nanlc Of
Wv. hlSilinS Dick" For weeks Admiral Ior-
tors fleet tried to dinndGri. in vain.
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Annual Rings of Trees.

From studies upon the relation which the
annual rings bear to the age of trees, it has
b"'M concluded that they are only an np.
lr"ximatcly and not certainly correct index
Of asr Any agency operating to produce
alternate periods of rest and activity i'll the
growth of the tree serves to determine their
formation. In cold climates the number of
rings more nearly serves to indicate the age
OF the tree than in warm administrations,
Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21


Asto set speeches of the more oratolal
sort, haze tried all methods Sometimes
write and then read from manuscript, which
Is apt to de'ra"t from the interest al. the
speech and I" impair the sympathetic rela
ton between Tia" speaker and his audience
Sometimes write, commit carefully and rc.
peat from inrnipry, which is the lIsuai and IL
wise practice with nc;ui YAH SPEAKERS. Sonln-
Times ariang" Il lin" ut thought nn,l Illus
tla'ion, putting heading ON II piece III paper,
OF, wliat is S4rle as easy, fixing Them in my
mi:.d and 1"l"nliiS ON ttcmoment ni speak
ini, for the sitting words. Sometimes speak
cXicnp"rancously both ns to words and to
material.
have failed with each method and sue
reclcd with each method l,Alrcer'lcd hand
sohI"iy dor n"j in som" of the first speeches
ever a'i"mpte'l' thirty years i%o, and have
lani"ntahv failed in recent ones 1he same
speech, detivcred 50 far n could see, in tl.,
same innnllcr, Ian. been at one tim" and plarr
n success and ut another "a dismal failure. /
am inclined to think, therefore,, that the ne
suIt depends often largely upon the
ntin"rlcEo of tu particular nrra-
sion rcnrtins upon tho speaker. /
lihN" found myself pumping hard and
dry !mtpr" small, scattered ni,liolc,.
liai iil!ing a l;,!l ami Langin9 back in ,l,"
rear of it, boss playing Il drum beat on the
floor with their Heels and sras,l,l', i.it.~Ii!ts
in and out al III" doors; and N nnn'hnr ,,.!,,
with tn" sam" speech, in Il ara'.t Iinll, before.
n mighty audience, whnrr there W. ;iyp,l me
not only the most iuten-. ..rrlous. lan Tin.
most intense physical strain, has,. found
myself sailing, il seemed .p ruo. like "A ship
COLL L.
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THE OAK TREE AT WcksBuRe.

There was Il historic apple tree at Apo
mattox, where Lee surrendered to Grant. At
VicksburS there was a historic oak tree.
Under this tree Grant and Fen.berton held
the parlcy that resulted in the surrender of
Nicksburg
July 3, 1868, Pemberton sent note to
Grant rcgretting the 'eifuson Of blood" and
asking for the appointment on each side Of
three commissioners to arrange for the capt.
ulation of Nicksburg. Grant replied in n
brief note, in which occurred these words,
since become historic:
"'rhe c!fusion of blood you propose stopping
can be ended any time you choose by the un-
conditional surrender of the city and garri-
son"
At 10 o'ciocl; i'll the morning, Of July 3
white ilsgs appeared above 'iportion OF The
Confederate works, and firing then ceased.
At 3 O'Clock of that day Grant and Penber-
ton met by agreement at II spot i'll front of
McI'horson's headquarters on Il hillside, a
f,w hundred feet from the Confederate lines
tTlie tree near which they stood was stuntel
n.,.,. Grant in his memoirs writes of this
oak
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AT midnight wo came i'll sight of vlcks
buF:s and soon after the Confederate rickcts
OH the Louisiana shore began to open fire ON
us. Soon Il rocket shot up from the upper
batteries. There was no need of such warn
ms, for the boats might be seen almost as
clearly as by sunlight, and the loud puff of
o;r exhaust pipe gave ample warning when
"e wcre three miles distant.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21

The FIRST boais that passed Vicksburg in
tic spring Of lo';2 "rre hotlla Of nortar
boats. Tie advantage pf the short. hea. j,
he'll .salpei guy. Is that it can be turned and
llr'.l nj af.v angle OF elevation, almost per-
pe!a.ic,i.ri,. indeed
M"rtars are used both on land and sen As
iir haclS rs the history Of modern military
weapons, the mortar has been employed.
Originally it threw stones instead Of balls.
1t is recorded thac joan Of Arc herself aimed
the mortar guns in her war against the Eng
ls,l. The first thoroughly effective use Of
tbs weapon in recent times was duriag tho
trImc.n var On the water, to guard
sgains, She heavy r-coil Of the mortar, tho
boat oontainins it is built usually with broad
bot.o,n.
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THE DEAD AT WcxsEURG.

y rcwsparer correspondent Of the time
|rt"s OF the dad who ha: fallen in ore Of
.','' IN IS, desperate Of the Union assault, on
Tich,b,n,g:
"1try lay in all positions, sono with
ni.,t:e' cras!e"i rs 'liough still contendins;
,i.r, 'gljh IL" cartridge III the fingers just
rr..ly to put tn, deadly charge where it
might meet tue foe. MI f.rocity had rono.
" To- AZ ------s .. ..4thfm, {. a
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HoIsrING THE STARS AND STRIPES
after his arrival half-past l) the Union
stars and stripes floated gloriousy from Its
DOME For over two years the old flag had
been absent from Vicksburg.
poet, DIR. Blythe, wrote of tho glad
event:
Der sea waves beating OH tho shore,
Hovc thundcrs winds and storm clouds DER,
Der cataract in hcadlong roar.
High, high 1t towers.
Der NIL the brcastworks ana tho inonts
The starry flag in triumph floats,
And heroes thunder from their throats:
Nicksburg is ours!
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A WAR SONG.

The following words, to the air of "Listen
to the Mockiny Bird" constituted one of the
favorte songs among the soldiers Shut up in
Vicksburg:
Twas ut the siege OF yicksburg,
OfNicl:shurs, OF Viclsburg;
Twas at the siege of Vicksburg,
When the rarrott shells were whstlins through
the air.
Listen TO th" farrott shells,
Listen to tho Parrott shells,
The rarrott shells are whistling through tho air.
Oh, well Will we remember,
Eonirnber. remember,
Tough mule meat, June and November,
And he ilinir balls that whistlcd through the mir.
Listen to the Mimic balls.
Listen To the Mimic balls,
The MIME balls are singing through the air.
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GRANTS FoRTY-Two PLANS.

"'ih" road to glory is not Il path of How.
"rs, say. u French provcrb. Affair seemed
n.i hopeless as we'll could hc at Niolshurg,
just br,orc Grants successful moNr,lnwn the
river on tho Louisiana shore 4" Ecw Car
thagc. Tho newspapers of the ti!nc are full
of bitter denunriati"ns of Grant n.nl his
Virl.sburS failures. Tho t,,nlcd"ra'"s; w.ro
boastfnl and full III confidence mp 10 the end
of Apr.l, 1868. But Grant never cave rIp.
lIis' mental suii''rings at thi, tune mpsl hnyo
beci very great, seeing rs lie did every plan
fail al Nic!laburg, and hearing anl reading
th' alusc hcalcd upon INN hy paper war
ri"rS bot HI huinc md in his own camp.
Eat whatever torture hr endured mono
were Informed "f it. He simply did the best
he knnS and hung on. His dog-ed d tor
min;.'ioa impaired itself to II portion Of his
sol!:ols, ut Last. \ l'ujun pi'i,;,tr soldier
WAS captured liy the Gouf"drratcs during the
ID Ger Creek eE,ceti"n. the last uu" l,cinl, Tho
successful move down thr river.
y rontrC'rat" officer questioned tin. cap
tive Union soldier rs follows.
Nv hat il!" devil is Grant ,Din here.
Whit docs ia, expect to do:'
II" ':.lr N.rlsbnr@," replied the soldier.
"W,il Ia4!t the old fool tried tins ditch
in; ,,.'i &. ins business five times ;iIi.ealy'
"., replied the private, but he has got
tElrt! !-sr,'l more plan, IN his pocket