The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-08


each of them having pass. They ask
for all kinds of information on vital
matters. 1 can tell you things which
It would be ruinous to publish in Wash
ington or New York, as it would be
known to the enemy in q few hours,
whereas it would be a fortnight before
they could hear it from Washington"
Gen. Mcdowell complained that he
was not allowed to work out his own
plans; that Gen. Scott had his plans:
that Mansfield suggested one thing and
Simon Cameron another; and that he
was urged by senators, congressman
ana newspaper editors to attack
Reauregard at once. though he showed
them that he was not ready, because
he had not got what he wanted, and
he wished for days grace. Some bat
talions threatened to leave because the
end of their three months engagement
was near at hand, but he hoped they
would not be base enough to leave the
army when they were within touch of
the enemy.
He entered the house of representa-
tlVes as Mr.. Vallandigham was pro-
testing against a bill to enable Mr..
Chase, the secretary of the treasury,
nevertheless passed Immediately. In
the senate the bill for the employment
OF 100000 volunteers and a credit Of
$500, 900 was also passed by a great
majority. He called on Senator Came
ron, the secretary Of war, whom he
found beset by crowds of contractors,
with whom he was battling vigorously.
The secretary drew very long face
when he asked him for an order to draw
field officers rations for self, SER
want and horses at cost price, when the
army took the field. He was startled at
the proposition, remarking: Il am will
ing, but. mind, all your brethren will
want the same. There won't be enough
for them all, and woe betide me if I
refuse. You had better talk to Seward
about it." He called on President LII
coin, who said: "As far as he was
concerned, he thought I ought to get
whatever I needed to eat and drink
as long as I paid for it.
A Hunt for Horses.
The balance Of that day, July II. Sir
William was busy hunting through
livery stables for horses, and managed
to buy "a nice wagon for the field"
Just as he had got SO far, the colored
gentleman whom he had hired at Que
bee bolted. taking with him things not
ly adds: 81 never saw him any more"
and salved his own feelings by enter
ing this in his diary. Gen. Scott says
l shall be able to procure what 1 want
for the army as long as have money"
At Fortress Monroe he dined with
Gen. Butler Mrs. Butler and the off,
GERS of the generals staff. Among
them was Col. Phelps, a tall, satur-
nine, f1erce-eyed, stern man, who re-
rr1n r1o
Goddess people, an excellent type Of the
chief of a Puritan regiment" After
coffee the general ordered horses to
visit his advance post at Hampton,
and they set off, accompanied by an
aid-de-camp and a couple of orderlies.
There was a rabble of negroes,
''the contrabands,' outside the fort,
who, with absurd bows, scrapes and
gestures, hailed their protector. ''Just
look!'' said the general, every one of
these represents the loss Of thou
sand dollars at least to the chivalry
over the way" NASTY, dirty, idle
beastsE' said his aid-de-camp soto
vcce, 81 wish to heaven they were all
at the bottom of the Chesapeake"
The correspondents negotiations for
transportation to Bull Run is described
in these words:
when 1 returned in the evening to
my quarters, there was a man before
the door holding tall, dark bay horse
with unmiStakable SPAWN and ring
bone. This will fix you, [ think. l
will take a thousand dollars for him;
not a cent less! I demurred. 'Wen,'
he said, I heard Of chaps that paid
more to hear Jenny Lind sing. If you
want to see the fight, a thousand dol
lars is cheap! The battle won't be re-
peated, can tell you After one hours
negotiation it was settled that a gig
with two horses and a saddle horse
were to be at my door at dawn of day
on July 81"
Day of the Disaster.
The memorable 21st of July was
day ever to be remembered-it was the
day of the disaster at Bull Run. With
his gig, two horses and a saddle horse,
he started, late in the morning, for the
front. By the time he reached Center
vile there was crowd of congressman,
some on horses, some in carriages, a
few ladies and many civilians. The at
tack on Beauregard was we'll developed,
and, after a brief survey of the scene,
he mounted the led horse and rode
down the road, agreeing to return be-
fore dusk to the place where the gig
was left in charge Of the boy. "Of the
actual BATTLE he writes, ST saw moth
ing; of the results, I saw too much. I
was unfortunate enough to meet the
first wave of retreat, and to be involved
in the panic rout Of an army. When L
got to the spot where the gig had been
left, it was not to be SEEN" His COM
rades had judged it expedient to drive
back to Washington with his groom an
hour and a half before he reached the
place, leaving him to ride back on
horse which had already done more
than twenty five miles and had twenty
seven to do, with no light weight on
his back. 1t was II o'clock at night
when he crossed the Long Bridge"
and rode into Washington three
hours behind the gig and its occupants.
OF this incident he says:
THAT night sat down to write with
a heavy heart. I was anxious if posi-
BILE to send off some account Of what
I had seen by the Boston mail which
started on Wednesday. And here let
me say that had been able to furnish
dispatch that night 1 would have
stated that Mcdowell had been repulsed
and that panic had ensued among
portion Of his troops; but that the fed
eral army would take up a strong po-
sition between Centerville and Fairfax
court house and resume the offensive.
/ had not the smallest idea of the
greatness of the defeat, of the magni-
tude of the disaster, or that a long in
terval would elapse ere another army
could set out from the banks of the
Potomac to essay a march to Rich
mOnd. But with the morning came the
truth. The federal army almost EN-
masse-or rather in disjointed masses
had crossed the Potomac and were
tramping in torrents of rain down
Pennsylvania avenue. Men from New
York, Michigan, Rhode Island, Massa-