The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

and when she had imbibed some four
or five gallons and was duly miserable,
Catlett said to her:
"Auntie, we want Mr.. Ovens horse
that is tied down in the woods.
Land a Massyr' calculated the
frightened negress, who done tole
you Massa Owens boss was tied back
oh de spring house?"
The soldier was not slow in awaiting
himself of the information he had thus
slyly wrung from the old darkey Wo-
man, and While his companions were
content to pick up stray plugs and
mules from the neighboring pastures,
Catlett rode into Monroe on John
Owens blooded saddler.
The horses, fifteen in number, were
tied to the rack in front Of the semi
nary and Colonel Grant, who was a
good Judge of horseffeSh, surveyed
them a moment in silence. Summoning
his adjutant, he said, Lead that bay
horse TO NY tent" Catlett's heart
sank as he saw his prize led away by
the order of a superior officer.
At Pittsburg Landing, the evening
before Shiloh, the two men met again.
Catlett, who was now a captain under
Sherman. was discussing the begin
ming of the war in Missouri. General,
you took at Monroe"
Indeed I do" Grant replied. 'I
never rode a more intelligent animal.
He had evidently seen service before he
fell into my hands. Poor fellow, he
was shot under me at Donelson."
"You stole that horse from me, "
laughed Catlett.
"Oh, well" returned Grant, with an
indulgent smile, you stole him from
some other fellow. 1t is way we have
in war"
However, Grant was not lax IN his
construction of the terms 'meum" and
"tuum'' The people through whose ter
rftory he marched had rights that must
be respected and his men knew better
than to trihe with their commander s
orders on this point.
THE MARCH AGAINST THE HOME
GUARDS.
From Monroe City the Twenty-f1rst
regiment proceeded by rail to Hume
well. the scene of the then recent raid
At one end of the demolished bridge
over Salt river a block house was con-
structed and under cover of it's guns
the workmen rebuilt the bridge. Dur
ing the next two weeks Grant devoted
himself to drilling his men and fortify-
ing himself for the conflict in which he
must soon engage. The summons came
soon enough. Tom Harris home
guard camp on the Middle Fork, which
has been too much for Colonel Smith,
must be broken up, and this time the
task was assigned TO Colonel Grant.
Never before had he been called upon
to act on his own responsibility. and 1T
was with feelings of deep anxiety that
e., mo n
to Florida
The baggage of the army must be
transported in wagons and the colonel
found himself in need of some lumber
for the construction of higher side
boards In front of a grocery store
kept by a man named Thiehoff, lay a
pile of boards and these the soldiers
proceeded to appropriate. Other fed
eral officers had given their men
license to take what was needed with
out restraint; but from Colonel Grants
regiment the people were accustomed
to no vexation, and the owner of the
boards at once appealed to Grant for
Justice
THE lumber is taken by my orders. >
was the only reply the union officer
vouchsafed-
Disheartened and indignant. the man
went into his house where he might
rail unheard, but before he had fin
ished his imprecations Grants adju-
tant knocked at the door. Here is
the price of your lumber" he said. as
he held out a handful Of coins. THE
hoff never forgot Grant.
AS the uniformed column marched
along the road the inhabitants fled in
terror from their houses, Even the
dogs seemed to recognize and fear the
garb Of the union soldiers. One man
alone had not been apprized of the
coming of the army. Poor Joe Green
ing, whose farm lay some three miles
from Florida, first learned of the en-
emy's approach when the sounds OF
drum and fife awoke the echoes among
the hills. Trembling with fright, Green
! ing clasped his hands in mute appeal
I to heaven for deIiveranee as Grant and
( his adjutant rode up.
Lord, mister! spare a poor devil, y
the man stammered out. But Grant in
a most surprisingly mild tone asked
only that his men might quench their
| thirst at the farmers well.
Greetings knees struck together and
for q. moment he was speeches. with