The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-03

demanding the name Oh the HAL Wiz
lad dared to stamp his article as 1nise'
Hills letter was referred ~ tne eul.ol
10 Longstreet who ndorsed 1t In his own
rand to the effect that he himself was
The offender. a challenge from Eil 70
Ionrstreet followed at once ana was
cricily accepted All the arrangements
for the encounter had been maze When
General Lee was Informed Of the state
II affairs. He promptly interfered ana
told Longstrect that unless lie ueslsteu
h. should be deprived OF his command
and sent away from the army. Lonsstreet
replied that he could not withdraw ms
acceptance unless the challenge should
fist be withdrawn. Lee managed 70
Bring this about and the fight was then
crclared off.
Longstreet and Grant.
When the war was over, General Long
street became n Republican and took up
his residence in New Orleans, where nc
engaged In business as a member OF inc
firm OF Longstreet Owens & Co. General
Grant. when President. appointed Long
street surveyor OF customs of the port OF
New Orleans. President Hayes appointed
him supervisor Of internal revenue IN
louisiana, postmaster of New Orleans
and United States minister to Turkey and
(, esidcnt Garfield made him United States
marshal for the district OF Georgia.
There was much surprise expressed in
some quarters when Longstreet was first
appointed TO Federal office by General
Grant. 1t was in 1899 that Longstreet
and Grant became acquainted when both
| we're cadets at West Point. Grant was
| slender young man, and among his dis
| tiIguishcd traits were a sort of giriish
| r .odesty-a hesitancy In presenting hit
| own claims and tendency to keep quiet,
| born OF his modesty, which became tao
| ltnrnity in his later years. stu another
| trait was noticed a that time III the III.
| ture Federal general which was also
characteristic OF him in his days of ma
| turity, and this is what attracted Long
| street TO him first. He WAS thorough
| in everything he undertook. Longstrect
! vas Of a robust physique and massive
frame, and he took hand In most OF the
| lurks and games. Grant I'D not, but both
we're good horsemcn. 1t was In lSa2
| that LonSStrcct went out as second leu
tentnt with the Fourth infantry, and It
| ,yas a year later that Grant was sent out
| to Join the same regiment at Fort JEFF.
ferson Mr.. Frederick Dent. whose daush-
ter Julia afterwards became the wife Of
Grant, was a klnsman Of LonSstreet ana
Grant first met Julia when he accom-
panicd Longstrect on a visit to the Dent
homestead Longstrect was married SIX
lronths before Grant and with his wife
was n guest at tho Grant wedding.
Longstrcct used to like to tell his init
mate friends of Grants courtship. and
perhaps enjoyed the following incident
as much as any that fingered IN his
memory: Miss Dent had often been cs'
corted to military bulls by Lieutenant
Grant. and on one occasion, when Grant
was absent Lieutenant Hark!n, s<!cd OF
her with piiiful expression on his face
where Is the small man With tho large
cpnulets?" When the Fourth Regimen
was ordered to Louisiana to form lar
, Of the army for observation, and wher
,, It, formed part OF the army OF occupa
: ton al Corpus Christi. Tex. the two lieu
tenants We're still together and became
fast and firm friends. D..ring the AleXi
, can war they were separated and saw
: little OF each other for some years II
1858. when l.onBatrect WAS in st. Lou
e for few days, and Grant was then on
\ OF the service. they mot again. Ora y
: heard that Longstreet was In town an,
. hunted him UP for tho purpose OF payin
i him So which he had lost TO his tricn
s in game of Drag IN tho old day
d in Texas. anu had never paid. Long
e street used TO finish this story some
: what as follows; 81 prrcmptorly decline
u to take the money, telling Grant that h
D was out Of the service and needed
II much more than ! YOU tnus, take II
u said Grant i can't live w!ih anythr
> IN my possession that isn't mine. fnl
he was in dead earnest and ~ save hir
modification took Tbs moaey. m
shaking hands we parted, THO rszt tin
we met was at Appornst,ax," lLlrgE,fee
continued "and ms fir, tbirx Graz
said TO me when ne had dra M ras
ORG side and shaken haUdK, was 'i4ts.
al my best friends uphd 10 tsllI ne re,..
let's have grarnc Of 'ufaz " EeG&i! Il
pleasant dnYs In Te1aN.5'
In 1865 Longsfreet haa oeeass9n u Va
Washington on buEsnesB, and mHt!4 10,
made cali Of courtesy IN Gtnefal or,
nj his Office. In The evening ne aseerdt
an invitation TO make "a visit q, tfe s.3as
When Longstreet lett Grant efe5u
panied him to the hallway md aeks
him II he wanted an amnesty, iA,;
, street was wholly nn9repafsd fpr IL.
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