Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 27, Number 42, Jasper, Dubois County, 7 August 1885 — Page 2

GRANT IS DEAD !

Tbi SmldMt Anounomnt Slues That of Llnooln'a FU.

Brief Krlotr r SW f the. Salient "MlHl l lIUdMHtl Crier-HU llec,r4 a Soldier, a l'UtldiH hhiI VrwtWfHt. aad as -mb.

.-. ..1 (i. ( Hts last wonla

uewri i " ' m. .wvu. It has aaed upon the

f., Nature for the last time. His great

i- .u.t-1. ttirc. therefore, com

.11... I .-. CTUluV nf him who but a few hours

i:M-ri v ii,v " " , . L atv. ut illustrious of living hR

' tko SHinilHOnS tO

as oi j .u... u :..iiin-l)l caravan that moves

Kfl I" lo" , . i. ..tmt wbm ech must taw

IOW UiC CTm." - - l ba Htl.t halls Of UIMltlr.

Ul sinmiTC. ' . .1 i.. ....w...irh! life oar grand tri-

1U l vv-5..f " I I

UIHVii an ui v.cj ... , - toH, Lincoln awl Grant-graader than the history of any other nation presents-Is completed. The Nation mourns its Idol. m. ....i.i w),toh knew him by heart,

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eympathiiea with the people oi uie unueu States ia their bereavement. When Daniel Webster died Franklin Pierce said: "The great heart o the Nation throb heavily at the portals of His crave." Geaeral Grant's death will touch the keart of universal humaulty, for the events of his life spanued the widest range of human exirieuce-frora almost blank obscurity to the most darzUng the world can give; from the Impotncyof a jHKr and almost unknown man to such power as human hand has seldom grasped. It is not easy to think or write of General Grant in the paid tens. So grandly olid was the man in his habits, his chart.t. ,ia.i.. an ponuine. so far re

lCrart uio o , . fmm all that was not substantial

jib the everlasting truth, that his passage from the society of the Hvlug to "the breathless darkness and the narrow honse" seems like the sinking of a mountain or the sudden prostration ot a forest. For years he was the "Silent Man" "the Sphyax" so reticent that those who indeed without knowledge spoke of him

' .aoaewho gained a reputation tor wisdom by saying little. But he never failed to speak when words were needed, and no maa ever uttered wclghter words than he. "His words are as imperishable as his ieeds; loth will live in the memory of i men so knip as a record or tradition of our Republic shall endure. Centuries hence

the descendants of the men who iobbi.

. .. i ....l ... 4a tiii uruiT. KMA al

though 1 Kiive serve! ibi usn - STSll a little iwM to Jf and willing to discharge the obllg atlou. '

Taking with Him a mhij m 'v"""7.

Held awl tendere.1 his service to Governor

Yates as a volunteer, i aeiruow "i s"":

erel in chaotic mass, ami tue to ern or

ami bis staff were neanj Geweral Grant ireseiite.l himself to the Governor with the remark that

he had been eaucawm ai y r" .'"I" i i.-.l ....,1 i Vt ro. anil HSketl KMT

,.....,.v.i., ii iliv lie was tOM to

call azain, as mere w m , r.v. Grant retnrnetl to his hotel, and calllns

.,....., iTi nullnd aealu an.l again with

;! .. Fiuallv. his fund run-

t. i . ...... mo i ma ri i iHii iwtiiil: iftuva

nine ion i ..... - .

work. This M Riven him. and he began

work, very niucii eiaieu over u.-. .win., ' ..Iowa )iu W14 filVlll

frO II I S ll wummra ii.. - ,, Zi . ' . i .1, A.iintuiit.ntirars of-

V. , .... .....l.;r tnnr nf illSDi'Cttotl

of tlie various military camps in the btate was temlore! tho Colonelcy of thel wenty-

nrsb iveKiii?fc " ..,', men, but so turbulent and unmanageable ...iiu. oarcul for the commanu. tie

sarv spirit out of this regiment duriug the f. i j. . ii .o in liU rlirire. anil

after marching It into Northern MMouri

he was. on tiieim oi august, cti,

the lunuence oi jus om-um -,

B. washlmrne, oi uaieua, o-

adier General ami put in wm"

district wmiKwed of Southeast Missouri

and southern Illinois, wuu neiiu..at Cairo, Here was begun a military career which in less than four years gave

him a worlrt-wnie lame. It is uot the purpose of this review of nf tho ili-ad General to recount

rw Cuiftral Set Williams, who aau

ervwl closely with him ia t4e oM army,

alwmpveu w revivn "i m- -reindlwl the advance UUy. He was ia

or to recall pleasaatly his service Im the army of which he was wow a prisoner.

or unuer iai wan wmv

Wtraye!. He hail, however, anwaer re

quest to make. His mea were swirv-

lug; iney nau uveti, nr corn a day for several days. oeld Grant

supply them tt uhhi.- ih. T.C ,

i,va u-iiioi, IihiI cotue from Danville for1

,ivru- ' ,, ., ....

his arm v. Wouhl t raHt ai iow iei w ii ....... i nriiumtM!!? (IraHt.

iiiHirimum nmvnh ... ,.-.v-- .

however, told them that this train had

Wen captured meiay iwiur ij iinm.. mi 1 .1... ............. nt tila mirrniltr LriMS

1UU9, m mo m- "

Was aCSOlUWiy uepeinnniv im ....... .iiritr flrnut- of fOUIse. aC-

.J.i..vi I., ill rmiupit and askel how

i ......... lliit tto ruljOl

,M.Urt that he could not answer

the .luestion. He had no idea of his owM i. v -u,n tt fli liri&iles hail

leeii inade for several days. Besides those lost in the battle killed, captured and

wounded, or tuose ieiton wiertmusuie men had leen deserting and straggling by

thousands, necomu uw. w; ........ ber he had left. All his public and jwivate iwpers had Wen destroyed to prevent their falling Into the Federal hands. Grant llnallv implied If !", rations would sufllce, and Lee replied he thought that number would lie enough. Twenty-live ttamii a,. a T...i.fa u.tllUnlM At Al).

itoumttox of the number he surrendered. Grant turuel to the otltcer of the coMimissarint on his stair and directed him to issue 2.,000 ratious that night to the Army of Northern Virginia. The order was oboved, and beforo the rebels gave up their amis they were fed by their enemies.

rue lorinm iwie wcicww" - . " . l. a ...v. 1 lk tli filt(1

amveaUi Sotaiuatt him also, and Grant relecUHl by an overwhelming maWity. HM second term.as marked by Jr"V Ha oiimJaiUMltirV Civil-

tae l mi m w mrl V . ..a rTehts WU? the veto of tie Currency la-

uou mil, iae - - upturn of sWie ,ymenU, the exiHsre 3 th'e whlskyVing. the downfall o( lM-

kuan. a member oi we vmw, ......jto inaugurate CivU-servlce f reform, , d the

ever meworawe rreuen v h-

On reMring from vae i rnv, 4. 1S77, General Grant wasftKthe ftrst time 7.'. .i.JLu. -.r fr from oMlclal resitonei-

lHlitv. lie aau '""i"" , " -r

!rr.r ""pwt- a.Ala for UvVrtHHH. In

itrititdi hM wah rccwvetl with uw

i ca i. aa -

tinguisneti nmwmwv" J, he went to France and IUU, ai iled vi. rvxi u lliiilini States

'lie amended the .Nik. visited

Jrfnsalemoa his way .oaaxiB. at Constantinwde when the Hussiau army

was at San teiao. '""r ! Paris, and then went to Berlin. rau Iter- . ' 2 .........I llttaia. Swn M ami

(III! no JimiiwjT'i - - : . i . -...I tkun t. Sum I, and I'ortUiCal.

.Mil n rt i i nmi - - - i . , . - 1 ?vervwhere wita aimort

? i VI ,i ii v .1,1-orHtioiis would

have been conferred uihmi him had he . - . . ttium -Tiit liffortt

starting for India he visited '"land, where

ii ws well receive, m vm. v.is .

hv several rela-

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; lives nun iimui, ,........-, . i ceeileil in he UniUl States steamer Ulch- ! wotul to B jiiibay. In India General Graat

receivetl marked attention inim iuo .v . a . . OSa.a ...la.-. Ia

It. - ...A...

iut i -- . ... .., . . .. . i,ihp4 w.-irii With HicnBUi.eii "

i.a i..ni. unti that mariced ins rise uom ...y. -- ..,- -i., iuv

Brigadier-General to General o The victories at Belmont. Fort Henry, J-ort agai shoos nanus, au i Mk)Wtsl R1I(l Donelson.Shiloh, Vicksburg, rrch. The L ion j, Qf tUe lookout Mcwntain and Miss on HlKo iatUe . x bis kors43 im, rodl) o to West, ami the battles of the "ff: I wlfarmy. he and his soldiers iwlsoners of the siege of retersburg and the hcore of, l "nVtha rrwit rebel enteral his own

eucouuters wutcn uistinsuiauwi "

rov, and thence he went to biam. where ho !wis dined by the King, la C hina and i Japan, where he sjvent consideraWe time. he was treatel with eiiuai distinction, awl ltl hv the hizhest omclais oi

I those countries 'reuanliag their domestic

lie irtl, aj n inm a r

a i.....MAAr Jluariu. (Sraut's 111.

SmmliC merit ami 4ace. I Mm

!. ... . ... tf..ur wJI (SrMt vliulical.!

the truet ivfie.1 in him, the trmaiph of the

UttkH eaa iwwis .T17 by him remalaa le teffy for all tlW. It was not of hi own seeking that he Utam-

Fredeat. It was m nw " -iwt4e' will, aad there ca Hot 1 the

have tee te remain at the ha4 of the army in the high ami emmeaial createl for him by , Coajcrr.. Hut

the same simple iriacii waica iv domiMatel his life niade defereace to the I kh Hilar wish a duty, ami he cheerfully accepted it. His Preeidettlial t-nn of

service feu hio we wwwwm i..hbwtioa nertol, ami some ot his act a Hot latter iroal, factifmal ami iiartlaan h w-

Mllty; mil wnwsn , , taken by him can U tracwl the dlre tc do strict ami imiartial jatttce and to srve . . . . .A ..11 . ..... .1. .r .rap..

ttte Ie inire m i-"? ' : section. This has become hi aHarii that

the mot malevolent ioiiucai rnwwn ......... It. fmrf ami the valae of

lottic nn .-...M. .. ....... - - - - Grant's nerviceeas Tresideat has Ieec0n-

ceded without HUestion or reeryo. In his ln-ivjU life General Grant ha been a model of uprightness and proiiety, his devotion to hi family l-tag me of hi dUtiagulshiag characteristics. . fmtn whatever pBt w'" view him. he tn.t "foursiare to every wind that blow The errors he made awl the !iiifortun that overtook him were due not to weakness or moral lapses on his ow part, btst to too great conlidnc In niea who w-re ' . 11 1 A,... a.a.AA.1 1..

unworthy ami -ithem tv oae too honest and tniehuti.vlf 1 1 ueirtHt daplicitv in other. He wa of the tyii that the world loves and admire, ami all who are cafable of appreclat.ni . 1,2a .L.MA.ta-.lA'illU-MAlthln Hi A

real Botauiy m ini.m i.t. .1... A uj..rii-,a Tiwiiil a thV

realise the lose of this truly great and good

man.

..... . . i. ..ai.aa.I in, tn thir chief.

lines inn in ' " " v "i- . r,.A.tI

t.A.A.l.'iii- rllV'l. !lll StrUUHK WOl

euconmers u . ui.,imi,"'- -ml a. u .i... ti, PfitiniaCa- be-

niU.IHHI U1LU LUD - A 1 . . . V. ..aw ' .

long to "abranch of h story wlilch It Is lor- hli elgn to the purpose of this jmoer, at ores- j ms uaw throtiga eut, to consider. The surrender ot Lee s as sa m. -ne , Hie lest I army aud the subsequent and coiwenuent eltwrl,eh;v raUed a few broken

collapse of the Confederacy were uru. ",'-7 leader they ha.l followed ia episodes In his career. . manv a tierce batUe and arduous march. 1 After continuous effort to escape his en- j rtjijj Wf Araiy of Northern Tironments, Lee at last reallwi that he at g J Grant also returned was at Grant's mercy, an.l he rA to ' ;t,RhUnheadqtiartw, now pitchetl surrender, General Grant as usual 1 as once 1 Jjhvridan' command.

aimpleand composed, ami 11. f-,: ? As he, apjroachel the Union lines the news grand a r alwut him. o Mtionwu vis i", ' '1 fore him and the hnug of

ble lu his manner or , saluws Iwiran, but he sent at once to s.top voice was as calm as ever, and his ej e lw- . ,, h(J SaUl. "the traved no emotion. He spoke and acted as j Wtm. 1 at ar j Rail tht plainly as if he were transacting n ordi- , "t?0?l rejolcl g after the victory will ,ary matter of business. No n.d.;att demonstrations in have suspected that he ws aboi t to re- t h hail not yrt fA.je.l ceive the surrender of an army, or thatone , tne ni . Gover-ment, aud, of the most terrible wars of inoaern ti nie , J J J1" the roadside, he sat 'on a had been bought, to. tr umphaiit c oseb, J-3hSu e,, for rper audncil. An

me quiet uinii ivuuu. a,....., .--- . . ai.i.,ie.camn ottered mis omer-iw unu," .Li-r-Mim i. Imt rather irrunlv, with ,,e zi." .1... .-1. r rli li..

wTth Lee, and Johnston, and Stanew -- Jackson will ponder tenderly and lovingly the elaborate gentleman In gray and gold. P- d Jf the rebellion in these . .u 1. ...... i, r.-....nnV(tnLeat Tho conversation at first related to tne ,

A,Z vT take home meeting 1 i MTe

thVlr horses; they wUl need them In plow-1 "H, . stalt officer of Scott. The rthem VinVa trancrmKH, on lag and making their crops." And above 1 rt.lel 0enerai, however, soon adverted to tenMS proposed by "vV. wKil'nw

the roar ot political tempests for many a , object of the iiuerview. decade to conie will be heard the "Let se you

have peace" with which Grant met ui. Sr 0"f njy arniyi" Grant re-

plied that the olllcers and men must income prisoners of war, giving up, of course, all ammunition, weapons ami sumilij-s. but . . .......1.1 iu, ori'..iitii liindiiiir

them to go to their homes and remain there

furious storra that rent the political firmament seventeen years ago. It can not be said that General Grant made no mistakes in his military career; to claim that would be to set him above all tlie weaknesses of humanity, to endow him with the attributes of the Deity. But let It lw remembered that in almost every Instance of an alleged "blunder" his judgment was vindicated by results. "You were right and I was wrong" wrote Abraham Lincoln to Grant on a memorable occasion. It was a simide but magnificent tribute. The time bas not yet come lor an unimpassloned analysis of Grant as a commander, but the time will never come .. ,..,1aa nf Hiaa TTnlt.nl StAtes will

rate him less or lower thau they did In the

Hon. P.. M. Stanton. S?rrrlnm or .1. r. mwifHon: (Jeneral Leo surrendered the I x-7!r Vorthrn VlivlHlathls aftenwon. 011

terms pkiihimM by myself. The '"l'i.iu. luiaiili.nal corrciiMjuileno.' will thow the

eoudiuoiis full. I- ;V."i Lieutenant -ireiierai. The next day General Grant visited the reliel lines aud conversed with General Lee. Both Were convincwl, Le as nrjniy as G ant. that the war was over, an I Le 1 .,a.ia,.tlnn mt the result.

Slavtrv, he slid, was dead; the South was - u . -J -l a-..-v 2k flit j u a iifiA if Tilt

Ah t . Vll ...... ... .aI t1

aenlth of his military renown. He 'gave t "tiof n theojHcers and men to be made in

rfvur arms success when others tailed.

was the one man of deeds, the one man who asked fsr nothing, the most modest, -unassuming man that ever led an army to victory. But he knew himself, he trusted himself, and that calm, unuttered trust wom the confidence of the army and the country. Coming out of the war crowned as he was with laurels.it was inevitable that aimnlil V niT,Tid the PresideMcV.

with the certainty of election if he wo iul -consent. It may be that, for his own himrises, ho made a mistake In leaving the .(......-.lekiii f.ir- ilu, lr(.ldiicv. But he I

oln?yed the call of the country in civil as he , bad obeveil it in military life. As he never asked for promotion in the Held, so he was carried into the White House by the iKpular will, and not by his own procurement. The eight years ot his Administration were a stormy period the era of reconstnictlon, an era of bitternen, of political malevolence. It was, too, a time w hen the -demoralisation wrought by the war manifested itself in political corruption. Hut 110 man ever believed that Grant was not -aliSOltiMly incorruptible. His greatest fault was a good trait carried to an extreme. He trusted his friends sometimes when thyhad no right to his confidence. The closing years of the ret life now ended were not passed in repose, for Gen-

tjrai vii mi. iaii.. hu .... - - -1 - . . . . tour in foreign lands, his various twsiness .enterprises, and the awful disaster brought to him and his family by the ierfldy of a young man on whom he had built an abso"jfutfl trust, make up a straugely variejl 'picture as his career passes in review, It -was well-It was so good a thing that the countrv will not soon cease to be grateful for it-that Congress performed an act of a, I . . l.tf",!.! ru..9) I.a-i-ai lia

justice VO ine ueur um Jinu 1V..J.V elostvl his eyes on the scenes of earth. It was well, too, that he had an opportunity, as a witness, to tell the simple story Of his hotraval hv Ward. His last days were

.made less painful by these two events.

hm to co to their homes and remain there Slavery, he slid, was 1 cau, mmj k" " " until exchanS by proir ail- prepared W acqule.ee in this the itv Lee said lie had expected some : consequences of .National victory. The such tlkA as theS" and made smie other , end had long been foreT,U-nT.Hdl, on ot romnrk not exactly relevant. Whereupon t haustlon of resources, the annihilation or Orint in mired "Do I understaad. Gen- armies, which t had been steadily go! g on eS re. q?hat you accept these terms?" 1 for a year, could have! but V,r .",. i .,. - lll tit them , .T.lif.tnn. he said, would certainl) Tonovt

i Z T will -n tlfem " 1 s exau pie and surrender to Sherman, andwrotee fMnS letter, !

riiT.Hon.r- April -r- when Vrant discovered that L-e ComwllMKlIf C. I nP5:.A.i.'.f tl.. n,lir,iS he Urirel llttll tO

address the rebel Government and people, and use his great inHueHce to hasten the ! result which he adimtUil was not only i1 evitable, but. under the circumstances, desirable. But this step Lee was not incluttii j to take. He said that he was now a pris- ' oner of war. and felt a delicacy alwut ad- . .1 ..f ti,..i.w..l v,' in his tin-

vising uiui'i b w -....".. . s-ltion. But he had no doubt they would ..ertlllv arrive at the same conclusion

for the men of the r command- i without his urginsr

TI10 arms, urunwrt n" f.j.'i.v- ,..w,.-a-.-. j- , wi .i.i Btuckfxl. and turned over to

V.iAiv.; mnynintotl bV me to ITl.'HVO them.

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All ITTO COl

.t" tl 1 It '.Ihl ..All llllf 1IA1

ZitWil ? of inv letter

to you or theth lnt . I Ikrogoso to c-lii the

duplicate, one com; to 1. riven to an oincer

uesiKnateu ir in hhmbu 'i fiiieh otHcers as you tnav deMgiiate. The officers to" xlve their indly --.luiil imroTe

r in t:ue arms airaini inv umw-n"""

"a . "I 1.. A.,.i.....nui nnii ftairli mmnanv

1 11 pr"lvri r.i.iiB"'.'.i ...... - ---- ,- nr rnti! mphial commander a like parole

-tu. .i.A. ..,1...-. iT,,i,. ofllrera tofik their

I 111-u lire v. --

-linL-ln- IllllldS COniiailV wuu uv

T ill 'I II - . a ' 1 B.. A llS f I Ik

j -iiim win iw t "a"!.,.;. i with hon t

a. .-a. . . vi . , ,

... . A.i,.,i.,.w.-.iiii iifirAi. mir iniir

onwriii mi. .. i' - . ,7 U

This done, cacu oiwr nu ""- ;: lowed to return to their homes, not to IhmIIstilrh.il t.v tho I'nHed States iiuthortty o lonjr aathcyob-en'o their parole and the laws in

fon-e where tuev may resiin. ', '-i"" ftillv. V. S. Gra.vt, bieutennnt-(Jenentl. While Grant was writing he chanced to look up at Ihj. who sat nearly ovyoslut. and at that moment noticed the glitter of his sword. The sight suggested an 1 alteration in the terms, and he Inserted the provision that olllcers should le allowed to retain their side-arms, horses and personal V . t .1 .AA.a.l.t.kjl t a. ft lit J nft.m

property, we h;i aj-tcw . : " ; " Hltlon without this stipulation, amldout-

less expected to aurremier this humiliation he and his gallant olllcers were spared. When the terms Were wrlt- . n nt rirauf handed the t Htners to uls

great antagonist, who put mi his HPctacles to read them. lie was evidently touched hv their general, clemency, and t-ii.a 1.. . i. ...... nwiiat inn wtiich saved

so much to tho feelings of a soldier. He said at once that the conditions were magnanimous, and would have a wry good effect upon his army. , . . . He ne.xt attempted to gain a little more. -m. 1 .... ..t t.t. A.jt.airt. he Raid, were

the property of the soldiers. Could these iaa,i ai rntutn thotr animals?

Grant said the terms would not allow this? Lee took the paper azain, and glancing over It again said: "No. you are right. The terms do not allow It.1 hereum Grant leplled: "Ilndleve the war Is now - ...A .. mirrtini nr nf this HTIIlV Will

UYUtBIIH "in P....-V.. ---- . 1 afvkii hv that 01 an tne

ane less imiuiai u .!., "v . I t 1...... tV, inun. ami indeed

MlUioni of hearts are aching, m mom 01 ( J hnwvoksho.l. 1 will

re. J'n"!i.r X " a ' not c a, ;et he b'-rms of surrender,!

I.Aaliiu man .wn.ttitnt.U 1 TIM IT lumiOnilil

the mourners go about the streets. The soldiers whom he met In our great civil war, the fathers, mothers, toothers and sisters of the men who wore the blue; the soldiers who wore the gray, and tho people of tho South who thank God for tho restoration of tho Union-all those and all

their reliow-cuuens now men- iu-tin m sorrow, for our most honored and lwetloved citizen has jiaseed beyond the shores of time. t The Hero's Carrer. U is uurrated of General Grant, that his determination to enter the service against

the rebellion was taken and announced as ho drn 011 hi coat upon reading the telegrniu which told of tl.n surrender of Fort SunUT. Hd canie into his leather store, r ad the telegram, and, ai he took tip the coat which ho had laid aside, put it Oil again and observed in his quiet w.ys The Oorern-

IIIB WI1UIIJ OOllvIl, l V - ; not change the terms of surrender! General . r ..a ... . A .A AffiaA.. 1 1 r. ,U.

ceive the paMdes to al low the cavalry and ( artillery men to reUln their horses and take them home to work heir little farms." Lee again expressed his acknowledgment and said this kindness would

He then wrote ot his letter la these words llK.ilKJl'AHTF.HS AKMV OF XOMTIIMK "V IKoiNU, April n. lffiPS'! V. ., Okant, Commanding V. S. A.t f'W; I have receive.1 your letler or tli s date, coi -tinning tho termor surrenderor the Army of NorthSru Vinrifda. as iimimMal if'M

uiev an: Mui. ... - vr . - -

ftccupteil. I will proceed ti ilolpmW tho protier officers to carry the fctipiihi ot s Into Very rtanytr

While the comlitlons were being ceiled .i... ir.,1.... ,Mn.ra worn ti-resenteu

V ..ni,..t nmirlivnUa.

to tiee. lie was ctii , v..v-.., sowing to each, but offered bq his hand.

LUU . V i -

or blanket on the Indian trail or on th .Mexican frontier, with classmates of est Point and sworn friends of boyhood. Some abed U-ars as they hugged eah other after vears of separation and strife. Countrymen all they felt themselves now, anil not

a few of the relwis decinren umi mv irlad that the war had ended in the triumph ot theKorth. Their humility was marked : they felt and said they had staked all and lost. They inquired if they would 1; irmitted to leave tho country, but none dreamed they would ever regain their tironertv.

General Grant, confident that the war was ended, as soon as the necessary ar-

raiigemeuts couiu i r -' Washington and engagcl In ''.MorJ it i . i: . I. .. arttituu W litMl the WOTK

was acconipllshed be established his headquarters at Washington, Mini on July , WUl. he was commisslonei by Congress General ot the United HtaU.- Anny, an exalted rank created esiwclal y for him. hen President Johnson suspeii'leil Sunton from the toat of Secretary of W ar on the 12th of August, 1S-J7. he appointed General Grant ITi r.,.Ji... K..irv nf War. which tdace

he filled until January 14 of the following year, when, the Senate having refused to Ii.... a, ' ...t Sitnntiin. tll oHtCe

Sanction HID roim"' " revertefl to the latter. Grant's reticence on tiolltlcal matters was such that the country was completely '".V19 " . 89 ' his opinions, but (t was well known to some of his Intimate friends that he was a Kenubllcan In principle. He was giHierally ooked u,on however, as the coming man, anil on May 21, celviHl the nomination for ITestdent , at l tho hands ot the HepuMlcan 2atIonal Cflnveution, In wssicm at Chicago, He d-feateil

hl3 Democratic comjictiior, vx-uovro

t!,.....w,.ir- i,r xw yotk. nv a ueciueu m-

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loritVt ami iiuwh".".." ---a Vf,.:iJ Hla first term was notable

III, J-lal. ,-IJ, II " . Is effort to procure tho annexation of

Kan Domingo In IS70-1. the vmwn anu

for hb

V., ...I. .. lli frimf.V Of

reman niiuMH .,.- Washlngtm In 1811, the Geneva arbitration in 1872, anil the .progress of the ho of

a

Presidenlliil proclamation, and the sus

hi ine rtwi '

III lOi-, ami uw y reconstrtiftlon, deluding the parage the so-called Kuklux law, foliowe.1 by

Presidenlliil prociamawu... leiiston ot habeas corp I1

Tho Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, in June, IST'J. wnJ,'tg Grant for tho Presidency The Cincinnati Convention of the same year, at which the liberal Kepubllcans met, failed to nominate Charles Francis Adams, who was uplKHMfd to represent all the Ideas of defection, but it did nomlaaU Gree-

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' br, 1, and arriviKl in San KraHcUco on ' the iWlh. His journey across the American continent was one continuous ovation, all the great cities apjmrently vying with l each other in their efforts to do honor to I the distinguished traveler Soon after his return from his tour around i the world it became evident that, while he

hail renounced a tniru cohu t. ...

President, he woutu noi i. " -election now that four years had interveiled. It was thought by his friend that this fact would also, i a a measure, dispel the objection o generally eiitertained to .r iiKwrittn law of the

lteiublic which had been observeil since the days of Washington. The oppositiou , to Grant personally was also very bitter. ! ami it tiecame evfdeut that he could not

secure the nomination wiiawui ir,.v struggle. This his friends, heade-1 by Seaatois Conkling, Cameron aud Logaa, were , frvpariHl to make. After niaHV iateiisely exciting coutesU in the various .tat Con-

ventions, u v . T ...i majority of the delegates to the National Coiiveutioa were lu favor of Grant, but many of them refused toolwy tlrt ir instruc- ; tioiw, and others wt-re lel off by the blandlshments of other candidates. The result ! was that neither Grant nor Blaine, his jklitical opponent, had quite enough strength to secure the nomination, and the delegates holding the balanc of iwer w-ere not disused to give their rapport to either. 1 " - .1 ........ ..in. ..Iv nlHint.il

contest, the Blaine delegate went with the acattenng ones and nomlnat-d James A. ' Garfield, the Imllot on which thw was achieved having boii for Grant. In .1 ... ..- .h.a (t.la.1 It- llf ttlt "lll.l

couinieinvrau jii i " ---- - -- ' (luard.' w the thipl-t.-niters lovvl to t le themselves, medals were struck and delivered one year later to nil who had suptiorteil the General. During the campaign that followed Grant took an active interest . in politics, aad on two or three slon i we-iiled over great political ieetmg held ! Ke iatere-tot Gartleld. Al W tV assassination of the bitter, however, he took no part in politics, j The death of General Ulysses S. Grant 1 clost- one of the moj-t remarkable can-era recorded in hisUQ-. S Intimately have the name and achievements of the great HOhlier been identified with our national .. . a. .a . ...ar-r nf th. American

IK'ople the news brings a sense of iwrsonal L-reavement, recullhu the ancuisb which

r'Xlt Uie liopumi Hi-Mi. i, i tjf.itt. . . ' ' I . ...... ...I.I-- wn c-illpil to .

. tliat Oilier Rrauu iii'. , -- - -i his reward just at thecloe of the Iswt wn- ; turv. General Grant has leu held in im1 cullareteemnnd affection by the pe-qdeof i the whole I'tiion of late vears, and iiothiug more toucbitu or laiitifnl has ever beeu I witnese,ithantheumversalyiiipath and tenderness with which they wat died jve r his laist hours of weariness, wakne and iiutr-r ug. The fatal end has Wen jxreii up- . r . a i.i. ii.. t..., ..-it), i-ii.-l nnil re-

iironcniug ' ?,"ur L...1..A.J unci the brave old hero fac

ing death with imperturbable and limbs- j inrTved demeanor made an Intently pathe'tic and impressive picture, but one ex- j ; quisitely m kdns with the dyin - nmn's character. He show,.d no fear of death. , which he bad seen in cloe l'xbiiUy a d . t-rrible form scores of times Wrore, but the battlefield never subjected him to a j : moreiiwful strain than the s low mpping of , ; his vitality bv the dread and Insidious .lis- I eale which had seized him in its remom- i It-ss irrn-n. To this tricken man, caught in a iHiwer la tere which even his j

Irou Mill was hoieiess, vae !..... heart went out, and it is not too .much to sav that could others have assume.! the burden of bis woe, hun- , dreds (X chivalric souls won d have len ' rendv to take upon themselves the pain and weakness aud death, even, to relieve I the Illustrious stiffervr aad spare himto ; the country. But it could not lie, and the

'dauntless leader ou many woooy- oaiieflelds was left perforce to meet the dark ' angel In a struggle that must have but one

sad ending. It is not easy.withln the narrow confines ir.1.1 Ia. .ll, IHii lUHtlCe

OI n news mn i ... .....v., - - --- f -- totheextraiwdinary character Of General ' n.,f iimiiitloxa the eminence he will

occupy In history will 1 due vhieHy to his military achievements, and this will lie natural ami just. But to the generation contemiKM-aneous with him he has ireseuted In hi iwrsonal atu-ihntes many claims upon the poular regard disswiated front his purely military careeror rather, he was seen to combine In that career t lie i ml - .t - tmnr.lv aiiTH'al tO AlllTI-

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cans lor recogiiiiioti ni iti'... was grounded in simjile principles or manlinessand probity which distinguished him all through his marvelous cowse, and he l rose from obscurity tu greatness and sueIn' klumr force of me: it and innate

alality. It Is folly to talk of such men coming to the Iront by accident, A theologian has said that when A mighty wnms great men He make them. The lire of General Grant would went to verify this. From iiiraucy to the hiking out of the war his training hud been J..... t.i...i , n 1.1,., f.- Hi., ulaee ilestiny

rl . i i.i... ...t i.u tituitir:inc

i nan iwepan?" mii, 7i . ...-.i UtkOii the stago of war was but tho natural I " . . .. ai? I.I A... I A.f ......III. WhlC.k

ana simpie worfciiiu v v . i made him a necessity and brought his capacity into piy- " ca,n0 u' front the leader of otir artules because it w;a wien ho had the ability to, coiiiniaml, and mo higher proof of Lincoln's statestiianship and iasacltv wm sirea thaa when the

BRIDGE BUILDING. The KtrarttlBary StractHr Itrlas Cotrurtrd .cr th llrth f Kwrth. The great railroad bridge acros tho Firth of Forth in Scotland will b when completed one of the mo-d rem:irkal le f.u of cnLnBeeririir in the world. Ti c

bridge will b more than a mile and h half long, so high that the larjre-t warship can pass safely beneath it in any part of the channel, and .-o ttnn that th heaviest railway train can lsi run upon it,at the highe-t rab- of sp'CL The prineijde of tho bridge i- known as Uie cantilever. A powerful dnie'ure of tcol. in -hajo not unlike that of the ! walkin"-Wani of a paddle-tejm:i'. ' nst uiwn a pier. The weight mi I idt balances that on the other Hut ' the arms ot the two cantilever do not

Bill I. . , lma"inn an enfrine's walkinjr-Wam thirteen hundred feet lonp aim -t a quarter of a mile lon;:-re-tlti;r ij "n cV'nter. so that it project i ir dn ctkm six hundred and evnt -me fe XeM fanev ftro such eaiutleUT o placed in the ame line that their eud-j leave an abs of three lumdr.il .aid littv feet wcen th-m. Thi- siar ;s Hlhnl with an onlitiarr v'inb-r bri 1-e. the end-- of the two eantihU'r- -en nj; ' for piers. . , ! The prows- of eontnictir this bnd i evtremeh inten stimr- The ::rure is htP'ely made of -tel cylinder, ft "in ei-'ht to twelve feet in d.uim-tir, .am , -ome of them two or three hundred f- t l ion". Thw wilt Ux lcnir.h of miles of sueh cvimder- in tlie brulaf. ' Some part of tlie brid: will cnt m re i than twentv dollar an tttch b bmbb 1 Fourjireat railway oompnine u-ittf ! to cotistrttet 5t. and its ttnl ett will V more than ten mUlion dolbr-. 15 :w h mot be iinWied K-fore th- year 1 . i even if all goes well. of ''

JEWELRY. Tlif" faaclr AVhlrh -rt. la Vce l iHHMe C'lrrl, Araethy.-it is much genn in jewelrr t En'lih Vnanufactur this soti. un 1 is iHimetimcs very cileelively ?et in - ver tilairree ltoette fans made ot intniraem' l(Kps of ribljon and ornamfenl b po 1 wire-gauge htittortlie- an? much wom. Cold-eoil necklaee are again w-n about the neck. I he clasp of such e ' is often a HTpont's head -et with i of rubies or a large emera'd. Kith, r ; larn single coil or one wii eh enc r ' thiMteck two or thne tinier is ein

fasihionahle. , ,, A padty bauble is the p.Mi!atit m;i t Sn sha- e iif an atiti.iue lock ami eh-.- d in Ancient Greek ch.-raeter.s. J he - r quite htrge, and a.v worn on .t i'i'collar or a gfdd chain of ult in

paiiern. . , , . .IapamJ orn.imsmts in gohl at d - ver are now hnimrted and an- f;;.

ble for thoH who like .huuij i decorations, The .Japanese have a v rr ingenious way of utilizing iuiQ i Uie pmnous Hietals in eou.bmalo. makfng mot artislie eH.;et iu their or nameiiLs. l1tiUuMhM utlL A Sarcastic Husband. Mr. PactoHts Wilkins h.vUn-en m than tiMtally aggrayafltig in hi sat ; .... i.: .5f..a niilUmry ability.

You mean thiug," Paid Mrs. kins, bunting into tcar, "I w"" speak nnothor woni to ou s long alive." ..(.real Ilearens." said Mr. W. "T 'i, run out as quick as you catf, nI ' 1 Zenker to send up tL ,

tie-drum, four parrot . - liooe at once. Htirn uw. -Ami what under the sun -lo ? wanl with all tlmt foolish stufl. claimed the voluntary mute. To get accustomed to ! dnmy dear.1 replied Mr. W. 5.HV that smldcn changes axe ah" A - .. . r .!... A. ..A

irttUIIH Ol lll'iarv. ... .r " Til jmi right Home to jr mojhv r. said Mrs. W?. xs .he fell in a hv5tern