Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12

fortunes of his regiment-whieh through
his care and drill was one of the most efec-
tive in the service-made for him warm
place in his mems heartA The full tide of
his popularity, however, was not reached
until the day that he charged the battery at
the battle of Resaca There he went in at
the head Of 800 odd men and out Of that
charge less than 800 returned The Presi-
dent lead from the first and was one Of the
first to enter the battle.
His love of fighting and his absence of
fear was illustrated in story given me by
. gentleman in London, . Democrat, who,
| nation was published there, said: 'The Re-
publicans have nominated a good fighter"
In explanation of this remark he said that
he saw Mr.. Harrison once during the war,
but under such circumstances as to give him
an unusual idea of his pugnacity and cour-
age. The story teller was . contractor ON
his way North with cotton. The boat char
tered by him, upon reaching certain point
upon the Ohio river, was stopped to take on
a number Of Union officers on their way
home to the North Colonel Harrison, who
was going homo on . short leave, was with
them. The journey of this steamer down
the river was not wholly without danger.
Every now and then an ambush of guer-
rillas would fire at the boat. The pilot kept
the boat as far away from the Kentucky
shore as possible, and every now and then
the channel would force them over in the
nelghborhood Of Kentucky, and the result
was generally an attack.
An Instance Of Harrison's Bravery.
For several hours during the first day
peace and quietness reigned. The most Sc
rious attack came during the midday dim
ner. The officers were seated at the cap
tain's table, when without any warning, q
volley of bullets came whistling through
the thin partitions of the saloon. Thisgen-
tleman said the officers, a. far he could see,
went down upon the floor or crawled into
their ststerooms, where they piled up their
mattresses for protection. The panic was
very great The story teller recovered him.
self after few moments, and crawled along
to protected place where he could look out
on deck. Greatly to his surprise, he said,
he saw Colonel Harrison standing alone out
on the deck in full range OF everybody with
q revolver in each hand, returning the shots
as well as he could, until the boat passed
around the bend and out of range.
MI. Blaine, while apparently very ex-
pansive in conversation, is really one of the |
most secretive men in American politics |
This is his theory about keeping secret
He said one day: ''If you tell secret to |
one person" here he drew the fore-fnger |
of his right hand across the palm Of his |
left, as he added, ''that is one" Then |
making a second stroke with his finger
across his palm, he said: '.Tell the secret |
to two and that makes II.
storrs Talking to Maine Audiences
One of Mr.. Blsine's favorite stories is of |
the late Emory A. Storrs the witty lawyer
orator of Chicago He came into the Maine
when Mr.. Blaine was the Re-
publican candidate for the Presidency.
Storrs was boiling over with enthusiasm.
He was used to fervid Western emotional
audiences The Maine audiences were
great trial to him. They sat facing him
1uring his wittiest and brightest attempts
without displaying the slightest sign of