Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-02

any KIND Gen. Stone sent under military
| guard TO be confined m Fort Lafayette.
| ueh Hamilton was inspecting Gen. Frank
| splnoials brigade i'm New York when am officer
| IA oattie-staiued uniform entered Lafayette
HAIL IL was Col La Due of the thirty fourth
nave Resigned" said he; Il will not serve
unoef Mcclellan. could have been in Rich
n mynd; We could have taken it. was only two
miles from II wheu he ordered us back / will
not serve under him-he has no snap"
after some further conversation Gen. Hamil-
Ton discovered that Col La Duo possessed the
pass given to Hendrickscn, and that IL was
Ws ,iie not by Gen. Stone, but by Robert T.
"nhams, A-A-G. TO Gen. Banks
ooL La Due was disinclined 90 do ANYTHING
renewing Gen. Stone from unmerited
punishment, but the false accusation was soon
ISnproVea. After serving with distinction
curing the civil war Gen. Stone reorgapized
The Egyptian army, then was emnlovaS ne en-
sss OF the Florida canal. and in lssS-s4
SUI SUI tne foundation aud pedestal for the
STATUE OF Liberty on Bedloe's Island.
IRE MAN ON HORSEBACK
ms wounds and McClellan's antipathy rele-
gated Gen. Hamilton to New York at this iunc-
lure, put ne Keeps in touch of the great events
ooi James b Mckeon (afterward chief jus-
nce OF Utah commanding the seventy
.n.n new York volunteers. informed me
sual after the second battle of Bull Run sixty
nine ohcers of rank prepared an address 10
zen mcoieiian urging HIM TO take command
ot tue Army OF the Potomac, march into Wash
ihston' depose Lincoln and proclaim himself
He did not believe that Gen. Mcclellan ever
saw IT, Tor II was made known 10 the Secretary
Vi tne interior and the Infamous conspiracy
was nipped in the bud Gen. Hallcck went I'M
mediately at s o'clock at night with President
| eral-in-chief
-Halieck told me-" adds Gen. Hamilton.
ihat Mcclellan was the only general under
whom the men would fight"
CLASH WITH GEN BUTLER
That irritating questions Of military rank,
precedence and jurisdiction were still rife in
1864 as they had been in 1861 is attested in an
interesting reminiscence Of Gen Buffers yisi,
TO New York city when a renewal of the draf,
riots was feared. Here is Gen. Hamilton
| record of it:
In the fall OF 1894 a request was sent through
me by Gen. Dix TO Secretary stanton asking for
relnforcements of about 5000 to guard against
Impending danger growing out Of threats OF
opponents TO the draft This application was
referred TO Gen. Grant, who unbottled Mai.
Gen. Benjamin +. Butler and sent him on with
ABOUT zoOO men. mostly invalid troops from
the James river /.
Butler arrived Saturday or Sunday and sent
Tor me through my father to report 10 him.
hastened to fathers house, told him could
not report to Gen Butler that I WAS under
only report to Gen. Dix. / consented how
ever, to call upon Gen. Butler saw him and
Declined to report to him. He said that he had
sent for Gen. sanford to report to him and
that he wished much to see HIM
Butler was in grand style The Hoffman
House was just opened, newly furnished Gen
Sandford called and Gen. Butler said that he
had been sent on to preserve the peace of the
city. He demanded what force Gen sanford
mad under his command and what amount OF
artfllGrV 4
the information.
Il require you to report to me-" said Gen
Butler, Il am major general"
so am ], /" replied Gen. SANFORD.
yes, bnt l have been one for Eve years, :"
said Gen. Butler
And have been one for twenty-five years, /"
re)oined Sandford. land will not report to you.
n we are saifcientiy prepared TO preserve the
The next move on the chessboard was made
port to him.
At Gen. Dix's headquarters In Blocker street
l found Col. Ludlow, chief of staff lie laugh
ingly told me that Butler came down fully
armed and equipped, sword, revolvers, &C., and
ne ID asked D. If he was going to the front -
Ludlow then said to him: Gen Butler, YOU
are more responsible for this war than any
man. You voted thirteen times for Douglas
at the presidential convention"
IMPERTURBABLE BEN.
mo, colonel, you are wrong" replied Butler
u voted fifteen times for him."
Gen. Dix asked Gen. Butler the purpose OF
his coming Grant had probably sent him on 10
get him out OF the way), but told him he didn't
need him and that he must not appear in New
York In military capacity, but must remove his
camp equipage from the battery and coufine
his command to his troops on the transports
II he desired active service he dix would send
him (Butler) to the frontier Of Canada TO guard
against Fenian raids
Declining this Butler remained in the CITY IN
citizens dress, he ami his staff He sent for
Col. Maidhof of the eleventh regiment Gen.
Sandford's division), who was under arrost for
disobedience of orders. and told him that n he
and his regiment would report for duty, he
(Butler) would relieve him from arrest and
give him something to do.
This offer Col. Maidhoff declined and re-
ported it TO me, Butler was thus melting our
New York troops to mutiny. His soiourn in
New York was brief. The Iamented Gen.
Candy, afterward assassinated through treach-
cry of the Modocs, was in command of the
United States regulars in New York city, and
every precautlon was taken to preserve the
peace.
The foregoing extracts indicate the character
and compass OF Gen Hamilton's war remjnis-
cences. His book may be enriched with re-
productions OF autographs from his large and
valuable collection. He is not a novice in an
thorship. for dramas and poems from his pen
have already been collactad and ,ubl,shal