The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-15

III tne nlgnb, ana was up next mOrn1ngi
betimes, still going toward New York
and making copy as went. The boat
was late and the captain said he should
not be able to catch the train at Balti-i
more which went through to New;
York, and as there would gbe.. no other
train until too late in the day to reach
New York for effective work, and as,
the telegraph was not used in that day
of high tolls, as we use it now, began
to think that I had made a mistake,
and that / should have stayed down in
the camps and waited for some
thing else to turn up. However,
by Selling the only carriage at,
the wharf, I just made the train,
and continued to write as far as inter-
rupters would allow me, but when l
got to Wilmington, Del, a telegram
apprised me of the capture of Rich
mond, or its occupation, by Gen. Wit
eel, of Buffers army. Then thought
to myself: 'tWhat did 1 come away for?
I should have stayed down there and
seen at least the occupation of Rich
mond, the main citadel of the whole
war" But, again the idea occurred to
my mind: 81 am not paid to see SO
much as to write;'' so, 1t turned out,
when I produced the battle of Five
Forks, exclusively, the next day, it was
the talk of the town. had acted upon
the correct impulse. If I had seen
Petersburg, and Richmond too, could.
not have added anything of equal inn
portance to the description of almost
the 1astbatt1e-of the civil war. Except
the fight at High Bridge, there was no
exploit of the army. of the Potomac
following Five Forks which was not
like an anti-climax.
When we:settled down to our dinner
atsShe Union club, I heard Mr. Handy
say that Archibald Forbes, the English
correspondent, had once expressed the
'viewFthat If he had Frank Millet with
him., his compensation would have
beensconplete, to help upon some i'm
portant battle in the Russian or other
war. As Mr.. Frank Millet was sitting
by. me, said to him: ''You are not
E1,ssaish, / think
ssWhy. no. am from Massachusetts.
I am only writer now and then when
they invite me to do something.
haEesbeen engaged here to assist in
the arrangement of Che Art exhibit"
'gThere area good many ,Milets.
sOh, yes, there is the Englishman,
Millais, who is famed in his own conn
try. and the deceased Frenchman,
Mi1let, whose paintings arersgarsaed
as classical; and I am Frank Milet,
with the accent on the g."
had remarked Mr.. Milletss. several
pictures in the exhibition, most Of
them owned by wealthy individuals,
or by clubs. One of his Largest cam
vases here is cyan Corlier the
Trumpeter,' and he paints ladies very
we'll. Said,he:
II suppose you do not know Macga-
han, the Ohio lad, who'was among the
correspondents in the later European
wars. His.wife lives in New York, ia
fnIl-blooded Russian lady, andsshe is
bringing up'her daughter there, tand
writes very well in English. Macga-
han is but slightly known, perhaps, in
the United States, but if you were 10
go into the Turkish provinces, like
Bulgaria, You would find that he stood
as high as Lord Byron. did in GREECE,
when he wrote and fought for Greek
independence. TAey celebrate the,an-
;niyersary of Macgahan in the schools
and museums in the Turkish prov
inces. They teach his name in their
schoolbooks No correspondent Of the
press has So far reached into the affec-
- LOW \
battles he narrated .
In few; minutes Mr.. villiers arose
and described the death Of Macgahan;
his journey to Constantinople, theycon-
sideration he had from the Turks
as well as from the Russians,
and finally his sudden death from dis
ease, and the grief of Gen. Sl1obeleff
aud the Russians, who knew this fine
fellow. Ohio, by act of her legislature,
sent out to Turkey and brought Mac
gahan's remains home, and inferred
them under public monument at Co
lumbus, I think.
Mr.. Kohlsaat, who sat the evening
through with us, is one of the very
live men OF Chicago. He is probably
the greatest baker in the. world. He
has established in all portions Of Chi
cage large bakery restaurants where
bread Is the chief staple, and around
itnlustez' milk, coffee, confectionery,
cakes. etc. Somesa these restaurants
are 80 large to seem. great mercan-
tile ablishments. ALI over town you
can see wagons flying with Kohlsaat's
wares. In everything pertaining to-
Chicago he is consulted, and he is q
liberal giver. He is still in. the early
forties of life, and he told me that he