The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-11-30
of war. "Sseep and craggy," says Emer
son, .'are the paths of the gods"

W Olo A1A 6ooo os PAA'AN6 s"AN,
General, I hope to zee you President
again." He was silent.
We next met at Hongkong. He was
then private citizen, and by curious
turn of the wheel of fortune was repre-
aenting the United States. When the
signal gun was fred that announced
that his steamer, in sight. went out in
boat to meet him in company with on
old Virginisn who, having gone to Hong
kong before the war, was still unrecon-
structed and was never really convinced
that the war was over until he saw me
shake hands with Grant. He and Mrs.
Grant were standing on deck at tho head
of the gangway as I walked up. said {:
General, l want to introduce you 10
the last rebol, DR.. Lockhead, of Peters
burg, VS.. He says he is willing to sur.
render to the man that General Lee
surrendered to-" Mrs. Grant spoke
up: "I bespeak liberal terms for the
DOCTOR" Grant said: "Well, doctor, I
now parole you, aud hope you may be q
loyal citizen.'
He spent some days in Hongkong as
the guest of the governor, Sir John Pope
Hennessey, and made trip up the river
to Canton. The Chinese could not be
made to believe that he was no! still q
great potentate.
One morning at breakfast at the Govern
ment house he was describing Palestine,
and said: "The road from Joppa to Jeru.
salam is, I believe, the worst in the world !;
certainly the worst I ever travelled"
I was sitting by Mrs. Grant on the
opposite side of the table, and remarked {:
General, / think you have travelled one
rougher road than that"
He asked me where. Ireplied, From
the Rapidsn to Richmond"
He laughed and said: "Well, 1
believe there were more distractions on
that road"
He made vieit to Macao, Portu-
gause colony about forty miles from
Hougkong. By invitation of the COVER
nor l went with him on his steam launch
to the United States nan of-war, Ashus.
lot, that carried Grant and his party up
the China coast. Just al we started to
return to the shore the Ashuelot began
firing royal salute twenty one guns in
honor of the governor as the representa-
tive of the crown. The launch stood
still until it was through. The general
and Mrs. Grant remained all the time on
the deck of the man-of.war. When the
guns ceased firing we steamed away-I
raised my hat as LAST farewell and Gen
eral Graut raised bis. I never saw the
great soldier again.
An incident occurred while he was in
Japan that strikingly illustrates a very
distinguishing characteristic fidelity to
his friends. An American in Japan
asked one of his travelling companions,
in General Grants presence, if he had
met "Mr." Mosby at Rongkang. General
Grant, quickly detecting the sneer that
lnrked in the question, said to him;
"My friend, Colonel John s. Mosby,"
laying emphasis on my military title.
But to return to the origin Of our
friendship. l was with my command in
northern Virginia, near the Potomac,
when I heard the Jews of General Lees
surrender at Appomattox. Mine vas at
that time the oaly organized Confederate
force in that section. Stanton immedi-
ately ordered Hancock, who was then
commanding at Winchester, to issue a
proclamation offering the same terms of
parole to all Confederate soldiers in Vir.
ginia that we're given to Gen. Lee, but
excepting "the Guerilla Chief Mosby."
Hancock obeyed the order, which con.
demned me to choose between exile or
being shot as an outlaw.
Without having received any commun.
ication from me, Grant ordered Han cock
to offer me the parole be had given
General Lee. I was afterwards intro.
duced to Hancock by my friend Chad.
wick in the city of Washington. He was
a superb gentleman. He told me that
Stanton was solely responsible for his
making an exception of me. I have
since found among the war records Stan.
toms instructions to Hancock.
After I had settled down to practice
law was arrested number of times on
no particular charge by provost marshals,
who were stationed at the court houses in
every County. was forbidden to go
out of the State, but my wife made q
visit to Baltimore, and on her way there
stopped in Washington. She had never
intimated to me that she intended to go
to see the President. He and her father,
Beverly L. Clarke, of Kentucky, had
been personal friends and Democratic
members Of Congress together before the
war.
She went to the White House and told
Andy Jolnson whose daughter and
whose wife she was, and complained of
me being arrested for parole is con-
tract that binds both parties to it.
The bulgarian was simply rude and
insolent. She left the White House and
went straight 10 General Grants Office at
tho war department. H. received her
with all the courtesy he would have
shown to the wife Of Union General,
and wrote q letter of protection giving
me liberty to travel anywhere in the
United States. l have the original now
the whole of it in bis handwriting.
About the same time Grant did another
act that showed hia generous impulses.
A Virginia boy who belonged to my COM