The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-11-01

City Troop of Philadelphia. In the main
room a statue of the fleet footed Mer-
curry stands sentinel at the principal door,
having as a companion a life size statue
OF Vulcan working at the anvil: -Four
Doric columns reach from the hard wood
floor to the ceiling.
In one corner is an excellent portrait OF
Miss Ellie Grubb by a celebrated French
painter. IN the walls are pictures of
Edward Burd Grub. the father of the
General; Henry Gates Grub. Edward
Burd, MIR. and Mrs. Cortlandt Van Rens-
salaer and Isaac b. Parker. In this room
the General gives his dinners. Every
year the Philadelphia City Troop. in all
their gorgeous uniform. make a pilgrim
age to cele brate the anniversary of the
Troop took part. Here he entertains the
officers of the Yorktown Battalion, which
organization carried away the trophy for
New Jersey against all States. The
Glover Club, of which he is a member,
has also been entertained in this
which is off the drawing room, is
considered the living room. 1t is devoted
to family gatherings and in this the bride
will spend much of her time. Here is al
elegant bust of the Generals former
wife, who died in 1884. She was Eliza
beth Wadsworth Van Rensselaer,. the
daughter OF the Rev. CortlaDdt Van
Rensselaer,. She was much beloved and
a great favorite of Madame Grub. After
their marriage they spent their honey
moon in the Holy Land. Mrs. General
Grub was the first white woman to pass
through the Suez Canal. The General
has several pieces of choice bric-a-brac
that will afford some entertainment to
his new wife. 1t is two game cocks cut
in marble, one Is PROSTATE and the other
with neck upstretched is about to crow
VIGOROUSLY.
A NOTED BATTLE.
The General Is fond of gamecocks and
cock fights. In his park he keeps a large
number of valuable chicks. The two who
are immortalized In marble were cele-
brated birds. 1t commentaries a fight
between a cock owned by Pierre Lorillard
and the General. 1t was a match of stiff
stakes and the fight was a celebrated one.
1'No, it's not a mere ornament" said the
General to a friend a few days before he
ago | owned a gamecOck-the one you see
Frustrated in marble there. Pierre Lori1-
lard had q gamecock, oo-th one stand
ing and about to crow. Well, There
was q match n there was a good
deal of money wagered on the
start, and finally the Lorillard bird gave
my bird a stroke that broke its wing. 1t
fell to the ground, as you see it. Then the
Lorillard bird stretched it's neck to crow.
That was too much for my bird. 1t made
one leap, and its SPURS clicked as it
struck the Lorillard bird quare in the
throat.8 The Lorillard bird fell dead, and
the Grub bird feebly crowed instead.
This unexpected result cost Lorillard
heavily. That marble commentaries the
dramatic moment of the fight"
General e. Burr Grub has been for a
quarter of a century a conspicuous figure
in social and military circles OF Philadel-
phia and New Jersey. Not only did the
ancestor of General Grub have iron in
his Pennsylvania hills, but he had steel
in his heart, for he begot a notable race
of fighter. Colonel Peter Grub, an Off
Ger in Patterns Regiment of the Pennsyl-
vania Association, was n of the brave
men of the Revolutionary war. The GEN
eral's own father, Edward Burd Grub.
was o man of remarkable attachments,
whose elegant bearing and many accouf-
plishments attracted the attention, not
only OF women but of countless men,
among others the late King of the Bel
oians, who once offered the distinguished
Jerseyman the position of commander of
the Royal Guards.
Genaral Grub inherits soldierly in
stincts from another source. His great
grandmother. Mary Shipper Burd. was a
daughter of Colonel James Burd, an in
teresting character In the military annal
of Philadelphia. General Grub received
his early education in the
school Of old Burlington College, and
and later began the study of classics In
the college proper. He took the degree
of Bachelor of Arts in 1860, leading his
class and delivering the Latin grafton.
He had scarcely put his Latin Grafton
away hen Fort SuinDter was fired on.
One day when young Grub had Just re-
turned from a row on the river
he noticed an unusual excitement in the
centre of the city. On the telegraph pole,
standing in from. nf the npippino1 hntal -.
the place was a brief bulletin agnouu
cling the shooting of Ellsworth. I'm is
fired young Grub with indignation and
enthusiasm. Turning to IL few other
friends standing near he declared his de-
termination TO go to the front; her he
walked straight to the recruiting station
and put his name down ON the list. The
hardest light came when he returned to
his beautiful home on Green Bank and
told his mother and relatives that he was
off to the war. He was enrolled as a SER
geant of Company c, Third Regiment,
New Jersey Volunteers.
STOOL HIS GRoUND TIC THE LAST.
Lieutenant Grubb participated in tn q
battle of Bull Run. and there a single act
of bravery brought him into prominence
before the country. The story was told
in a special dispatch to the New York
Times, July %. 1851, under the nead "The
Stuff That Some Volunteers are Made
OF"
It reads as DEMONSTRATING the battle
OF Bull Run. in the Third Regiment. New
Jersey Volunteers. Colonel Taylor's re-
serve was ordered up the road, with
orders TO protect some ammunition at
Burk's station. They went readily for
ward, longing to get into the fight, whose
distant Numbering reached their ears.
Among these 1t was necessary to detail
some men to protect the ammunition.
and to his great regret. spelling his hopes
of battle, Lieutenant Edward Burd
Grubb of Company c.. Third Regiment,
with a corporal and twenty men, was as
signed to the duty. The Lieutenant is a
ooy-not yet of age, He disposed
his men, set out his pickets, and leaving
his corporal in charge, turned in for some
rest. The corporal awoke his lieutenant
with the news, 1.-THE enemy is upon u.s."
In a he was out. Twenty of the
men fell in with the troops that rushed
by. He stood there, not knowing what it
meant, bun determined TO stand his
guard, come what would. The Corporal
and i've men stayed with him. For more
than an hour the rout rushed by. Then
came his regiment, under the lieutenant
colonel, who ordered him to fall in with
them i'll their retreat, as the army was
routed and the enemy in tull pursuit.
NO said Lieutenant Grub, Colonel
Taylor put me here. and nobody but
Colonel Taylor shall tax me away
And for half an hour more he stayed.