Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 April 1885 — Page 5

JPOR SALE-FARM--A

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Dated April 1, 1885.

IF

number one firm of

121 "acres, well improved and all fenced 96 acres In cultivation and balance in pasture and timber. Price HOper acre. Situated two miles .. southeast of Prairieton

FOR

AS. WABD.

SALE—FINE STOCK OR GRAIN FARM —Comprising about 215 aores and lying three miles north of Vincennes on the Terre Haute wagon road. Living water, maplo and al1 so apple orchards, two etory frame house, good parjs

rale,

one, two or three years with

wfttor. Known thirty y©(irs as tli© Potter inriii» tut "naPrAVPiiiAii t\oa now ftcTerms of

one fourth cash, the remainder

18th, 1885. For any information call on, or addross Geo. P. Smith, 828 Main street, Terre Haute Ind., or \V. H. De Wolfe, commissioner for sale Vincennes, Ind.

^Engine af Public Au ction.

Notice is hereby given that Hamilton & Carter having intrusted to the Phoenix Foundry and Machine Works one 9 in. by 20 in. Iron Bed Stationary Engine with 6 in. by 7 ft. shaft, and 24 in. by 7 in. pulley, and the same having been completed and not taken away, and the charges which became due more than six months prior to the date hereof not having been paid, and the said machinery not being susceptible of division without injury, all of said machinery will be sold at auction for cneh at the office of the Phoenix Foundry and Machine Works, 213 to 235 north Ninth street, Terre Haute, Indiana, on Saturday, the 25th day of April, 1885, two O'clock in the afternoon.

Flour exchanged for wheat at Conant & Son's, foot of Walnut, Terre Haute.

Heinl's Catalogues. Lawrence Heinl's new catalogues are now ready for distribution and can be had upon application, personally or by mail.

Flour exchanged for wheat at Conant & Son's foot of Walnut, Terre Haute.

Notice of Appointment.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed administrator with the will annex®dof the estate of Charlotte T. Gondlt, late of Vigo county, Indiana, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be insolvent.

CHABLKS C. BBOWN.

35 000.

We call especial attention to the above figures and that there is no question in our mind that our of 35,000. Rolls of choicest

Wall Papers

In designs, patterns and coloring ine most fastidious can be fully and satisfactorily suited. The stock embraces some very choice patterns from French, German and English manufacturers. We would respectfully offer the following

Inducements:

The largest and choicest stock to select from. Our thorough knowledge of the business thereby enables us to assist you in making wise selections.

Our very low prices. Fair and honest dealing with courteous treatment,

We have also secured the services of

Skilled Workmen

From other cities whose reputation for artistic labor is unexcelled and will guarantee satisfaction in every instance to all who have their work entrusted to our care.

Having purchased as assignee's sale last fall the stock dl C. H. Traquair, win offer all that is left of the same at exceedingly low prices.

Thankful for the large patronage extended to us in the past, would solicit and hope to merit a continuance of the same in our new quarters,

673 Main Street,

Five doors west of Seventh Street, south ,rida. .,

THE

J.

W. ROBERTS CO.

Heinl's Catalogues,

Lawrence Heinl's new catalogues are now reiady for distfibution and can be had upon application, personally or by mail

Sale.

There will be a sale at public auction on Friday, April 17th, beginning at 9 o'clock, of horses, cattle, sheep, farm implftmwnta and two-thirds interest in 109 acres of wheat at the Holland farm one-fourth-of a mile south of St. Mary's. Terms of sale six months on note and proved security.

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE. Notice la hereby given that I will apply to the Board of Commissioners of Vigo county at their next term for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in a less quantity than a quart at a time, with the privilege of allowing the same to be drank on the premises, for a period of one year. My place of business and the premises whereon said liquors are to be sold and drank is located at 642 north Fourth in the Fourth ward, in Harrison township, Vigo county, Indiana.

JHO. KBXTZ.

Flour exchanged for wheat at Conant & Son's, foot of Walnut, Terre Haute. vi:

Heinl's Catalogues.

Lawrence Heinl's new catalogues are BOW ready for distribution and can ^be had upon application, personally or ^by mail.

gjfte |§M% §asette.

THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1885.

De Freycinet's Cabinet.

LONDON, April 1.—A despatch from

received here this morning re-

ports that

six

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per cent

terest on deferred payments. Sale to take place

at the Vincennes Court House, Saturday, April

JJeJTeyCinei nas now ac-

in- cepted President Grrevy offer ana will

form a new cabinot immediately.

"This is to certify that I have examin ed, analyzed and tested Dr. Price's Special Flavoring Extracts of Yanilla, Orange, Lemon, Celery, etc., and find the same strong, fine, made of good material, and therefore gladly commend them for family use. ... ¥j

Prof. M.

Aspinwall in Ashes. $*4^

WASHINGTON, April 1.—Commander Kane telegraphs the navy department as "Aspinwall is in ashes. It was burnt by the insurgents to escape capture by the government I have all my force on shore protecting property. My ship is crowded with refugees. Thousands are destitute and without shelter."

NOMINATIONS..^!'^/

WASHINGTON, April 1.—The President ent the following nominations to the Senate today:

A Leo Knott, Maryland, to be Second Assistant Postmaster General Postmasters—Jno. A. Showalten at Latrobe, Pa Adelbert Shepherd at Waverly, la. Bayard S. Gray at Portland, Ind. Thos. B. French at Alexandria, La. Chas. E. Cook at McPherson, Ks. G. Marion Moore at Pleasanton,

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COURT HOUSE ECHOES. From Thursday's daily. ', CIBCUIT COURT. & U1? The court in the Parson-Norman case refused a decree for specific performance Mrs. Parsons will receive all the money she has paid out on the property, and will be given a lien until the payment is made. &

JUSTICE MUBPHY.

Eat Day and Crook Grace were fined for drunkenness, the former $5 and costs and the latter $1 and costs.

NEW SUITS—SUPERIOR OOUBT.

1,525—T. H. Kiddle vs. Chas. A. Dimin, attachment. H. B. Jones., JUDGES MAXWELL AND JUMP.'.,/

In the Circuit court room this afternoon Judge David H. Maxwell, of Parke county, is trying the old Guerineau-^ Smith case growing out of the sale of the Hudson property. In the Superior court Judge Joshua Jump, of Parke couuty, is trying a road case, and in the consultation room of the Superior court Judge Allen is hearing the suit of the car works company against the city of Terre Haute for damages on account of the opening of Crawford street.

From Friday's daily.

JUSTICE MUBPHY.

Edward Brown was fined for drunk-

enne6BNEW SUITS—CIBCUIT COUBT.

1527—Kingan & Co. vs. Jacob White, on account. Bhoads & Willliams From Saturday's daily.

BEAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. I

Jonn Osborn and wife to Peter Pauker, in lot 6 and 7, block 18, iSiell and Usher's subdiv Frank Payne and wife to

Sketches Pen

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13,984.—Orinthia A. McGregor et. al., vs. James McGregor, on account. Cafc-

NEW SUITS—SUPEBIOB OOUBT.

f: #550

William Mack, 36% acres in Prairieton township A. G. Harrington and wife to Thomas Underwood, 75 acres in Prairie Creek twp,

-,$1,600

V^«4,ooo

MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Fritz Adams and Marie Frauenkron. Ulysses G. Couts and Hattie J. Kelr ler.aisi.

NEW SUITS—CIRCUIT OOUBT.

13,987—Josephine Wright vs Wm. P. Holmes et al, replevin. Henry & Early. JUSTICE MUBPHZ.

Windy Becker was fined $5 and costs for assault and battery on Marshall P. Wolfe.

John D. Anderson was fined for drunkenness, Frank Discher for assault and battery and John Reilly for provoke.

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From Monday's daily. JUSTICE IiOCKMAN.

James Martin, Oscar Martin, Patriok Hannifan and George W. Weisenbrink were fined for drunkennesB. 'v\,

NEW SUITS SUPREME OOUBT.

1528—Lewis Boilings vs. Amanda Boilings, divorce. Eggleston and Beed. 1529—Peter Jacob Muller vs. Francis D. Crews, in tort Fans and

MARRIAGE LICENSE.

Bobert A Wellman and Mary E. Farmer From Tuesday's daily.

BEAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Andrew J. Fisher and wife to S. P. Hildreth, cashier, 117.54 acres in Prairie

Greek township, 8 4,000.00 Julia C. Williams, to Charles W. Williams, pt 1 in southeast part, out-lot 64, Farrington's subdivision, 5,880.00 Charles W. Williams to Julia

C. Williams, part 2, southeast part, out-lot 63, Farrington's subdivision, 243.75

NEW SUITS—CIBCUIT OOUBT.

13.989—Jules Houriet vs. Charles Houriet et al, civil. Davis & Davis. 13.990—James M. Allen vs. Matilda E. Donnelly and P. M. Donnelly, foreclosure. J. T. Scott. 13.991—Charles Clark vs. Anna Clark, divorce. Stunkard.

NEW SUITS—SUPEBIOB OOUBT.

1531—BulufE D. Haley vs Wm. P. A. Haley, divorce. A. F. Winn. •. MARRIAGE LICENSES.'

Albert Gibson and Mary E. Hane. Wm. B. Meyers and Idelica Bay. Wm. Whitad and Amanda Barnes.

THE TERRE HAUTE WEEKLY GAZETTE.

GENERAL GRANT.

of His Life and Pencil.

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THE NATION'S HERO.

Story of the Great Warrior's itary Career.

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DEIiAFONTAINE,

Analytical Chemist, Chicago.

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HIS BOYHOOD.

The iife of Ulysses S. Grant is a romance as eventful, wonderful and interesting as anything ever evolved from the brain of A novelist. He has lived in a time of extraordinary activity in the development of this oonntry, and has figured in its history more conspicuously than any other man living.

JOS BIRTHPLACE AT POINT PLEASANT, OHIO.

He was born at Point Pleasant, Clermont county, Ohio, on the 27th of April, 1823. No one dreamed then, nor for many years thereafter, that he was to be the man of destiny who would bear our banner through the storms of war to peace and freedom.

The boyhood of Grant was not more remarkable than that of any child in the same circumstances. Indeed, the anecdotes of his childhood in no way convey the idea that he manifested any precocity. He was the eldest of six children. His early surroundings were severely plain, his father, who was of Scotch descent, being a dealer in leather, neither rich nor poor, but ranking among the hard workers of a young and growing state. The humble home where Grant was born is not unknown to the public through the engraver's skill. f*i

AT WEST POINT.

At the age of 17 Grant entered the Military Academy at West Point. Those who believe that a name has much to do with the destiny of its owner will find confirmation of their theory in the accident which gave him the name be has made famous. He had been christened Hiram Ulysses, but the congressman who procured his appointment, by mistake wrote him down as Ulysses S. Grant.

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FACSIMILE OF A PORTION OF THE REGISTER AT WEST POINT. The authorities at West Point and the secretary of war were petitioned by the young cadet to correct the blunder, but no notice was taken of the request Ulysses S. Grant he had been recorded and Ulysses 8. Grant he remained, the name now so world-wide in its fame having been bestowed through a congressman's defect of memory. The Initials U. 8. suggested "Uncle Sam" to his comrades, a nickname he never lost, and one peculiarly prophetic in view of his extraordinary career. During the war he was not infrequently nicknamed ''United States Grant" and "Unconditional Surrender Grant," the U. S. seeming to have special significance in those days which "tried men's souls." He graduated in 1848, twenty-first in a class of 43, his commission of brevet second lieutenant and his diploma both styling him Ulysses 8. Grant.

FROM MEXICO TO THE CIVIL WAR. The Fourth infantry was his regiment. He remained in the army 11 years, and, according to Gen. Adam Badeau, was in every battle of the Mexican war except Buena Vista. He received two brevets for gallantry, and was later stationed at several posts on the Canada frontier, and finally in California and Oregon. In 1848 he married Julia T. Dent, daughter of a merchant of St. Louis. In 1864, being then a captain, he resigned his commission in the army and removed to Gratois, near St. Louis, where he operated a farm. There his daughter Nellie, now Mr*. Sartoris, and one or two of her brothers were born. The place was known as the Wish-ton Wish. While residing there Grant made an eOort to obtain the position of county surveyor, and was deeply disappointed at not succeeding. He removed his family to St Louis after an experience as an agriculturist which could scwcely be called brilliant There, in a wee cottage, the young soldisr wrestled with the pecuniary problem of Ufa with very indifferent success. He txmld And no employment, and being, but sparingly Bapplied with cash, saw the exchequer diminish without prospects of a corresponding increase. Like many others who were destined to perform great things, he was made acquainted with the menaces of poverty and consequent anxieties. He tried the reel estate business and failed. In 1860 he went into the leather trade with his father and brother at Galena, Illinois. He had four slaves, which he presented to a friend before leaving. Grant was not an abolitionist. His achievements during the war were inspired by his desire to crash the rebellion and preserve the Union, and not from any prejudice against slavery.

HOW THE WAR FOUND HIM. The breaking out of the civil war found Grant, the future leader of our armies, an obscure citizen, working industriously to support himself and family in a small town. He was wholly unknown, without in-

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ience, and apparently without ambition, was unacquainted with men of position and power, and h*d no personal knowledge of great affairs. Even in his own field, the military, his knowledge was limited. He had never commanded more than a company of soldiers. He had served under Scott and Taylor, but only as a subaltern, and had not been brought into intercourse with them.

had

He

cast but one vote for president and

knew

no politicians. Army officers and western traders comprised his whole acquaintance. Even the congressman of his own district, who had been nine successive years in congress, was unknown to him, though he afterwards became one of Grant's warmest friends.

At this time Grant was 80 years old, the father of four children, the eldest of whom was 11." He lived in a little house on one of Galena's many hills, and devoted his time to leather. Thus did the war and his destiny find him. Few of his countrymen even knew of his existence. For him the future held fame and honor in unstinted measure wrapped in its impenetrable folds. But none saw the light of his star before it rose none read the riddle of his romantic destiny, soon to reveal itself in events that were to shake the world. He himself saw not the sign* that augured his future. He carved out his career blindly, as all do.

ORGANIZING VOLUNTEERS. On the 13th of April, 1861, Fort Sumter fell. On the 15th President Lincoln made his call for troops, and on the 19ih Grant was drilling a company of volunteers in Galena. Four^ days later he took it to Springfield. From there he wrote the adjutant general of the army, offering his services to the government in any capacity in which it cared to make use of him. This letter, which would now be a valuable historic document, called forth no reply and was not considered important enough to preserve. This neglect, in the words of an Armandale peasant much quoted by Carlyle, "could nae hinder him of GodV providence."

COLONEL AND BRIGADIER GENERAL. Grant remained at Springfield and helped to organise the volunteer troops of the state. After five weeks of ^his work, which his military education had specially fitted him for, Gov. Yates offered him the Twenty-first regiment of Illinois infantry. Before receiving his commission as colonel he went to Cincinnati to see Maj.-Gen. McClellan, then in command of Ohio volunteers. He had- known McClellan in the old army, and hoped he might offer him a place on his staff. Twice he went to headquarters without finding McClellan, and then returned to Illinois without having mentioned his errand to anyone. He took command of his regiment early in June and marched to Missouri. Reporting to Brig.Gen. Pope, he was stationed at Mexico,' about 60 miles north of the Missouri river. The president commissioned him brigadier general of volunteers in August, a promotion he first heard of through the newspapers. At this time Maj. Gen. Fremont was in command of the states and territories known as the Western Department He transferred Grant to Ironton, then to Jefferson City and then to the command of the district of Southeast Missouri, with headquarters at Cairn

PADUCAH.

The young commander's first military achievement was the seizure of Paducah, Kentucky, which commanded the navigation of both the Tennessee and the Ohio. Kentucky had been halting on neutral ground, which had not been recognized by the United States, but which General Polk, the Confederate commander in that region, was the first to break. Polk seised Columbus and Hickman, on the Mississippi, and threatened Paducah within three days after Grant assumed his new command. Grant heard of Polk's advance and at once notified the Kentucky legislature and telegraphed Fremont at St. Louis: "I am getting ready to go to Paducah will start at 6:80." Still later: "I am now nearly ready for Paducah should no telegram arrive preventing the movement"

No reply reached him, and at 10:80 that night, the 5th of September, be started up the river with two regiments, alight battery and two gunboats. Landing at. Paducah at 8:80 the next morning he seized the city without a gun having been fired. Brig. Gen. Tilghman and his staff, of the Confederate army, hurried out of town toward the south by the railroad while Grant was getting ashore. Sixteen miles away a force of 3,800 Confederates were stationed, and Confederate flags and stores were numerous in the town. Grant's promptitude saved Paducah and the control of the Ohio river. It also straightened the backbone of neutral Kentucky, whose legislature at once passed resolutions farorable to the Union and spoke of neutrality no more.

In this movement Grant defined the determination which afterwards was so marked and commented upon in his generalship. He left Paducah in chafge of a garrison at noon the same day and returned to Cairo, where ne received Fremont's permission, to take Paducah "if he felt strong enough."

For two months afterwards he held the country at the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi and disciplined his forces, which by November numbered nearly 20,000 men. Being subordinate to fremont he was allowed to make no movement of importance.

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7'^ HIS BBGAHI AT BELMONT. He wanted to take Columbus, an important point on the river twenty miles below Cairo, but not until the 6th of November was he ordered to move down the river. He had 8,100 men on transports, conveyed by two gunboats. A section of artillery, two squadrons of cavalry and five regiment! constituted his force. Some of his men had only been in ponsewion of their arms a few days, and were as raw as children and as undisciplined as cowboys. McClernand was the only general officer in his command, and he had never heard the ping of an unfriendly bullet. Logan, now so well known, was with him as colonel On the 7th he laaM

Hunter's Point, on the Missouri side, and marched on Belmont near which the Oonffederates had pitched their camp. By 9 otalock his entire command, except one battalion guarding the transports, was in a warm engagement, the gunboats being en* md with the batterjee at Columbus. Ifci

aght lascea tour hours, uranc the skirmish line. His horse war shot under him. McClernand lost three horses, and every colonel, as well as the raw recruits, fooght furiou- without flinching. They drove the Confederates to the river bank, took several hundred prisoner* cap» tared all the artillery and broke up the camp.. Victory, nowever, was too much for the Federal troops. They became disorganised, and instead of following up the enemy as he cowered on the river bank, the soldiers set about plundering, while their officers, untaught in the proprieties of military life, made patriotic stump speeches. To stop the plundering Grant ordered his staff officers to set the camp on fire. The men returned to the ranks and the march to the transports began. Meanwhile Confederate re-enforcements arrived, and, combining with the defeated, cut Grant off from his transports. "We are surrounded," said an officer of his staff, riding up, somewhat agitated. "Well," said Grant, "if that is so, we must cut our way out as we cut our way in"— one of .the condensed speeches of wisdom and determination for which he afterward grew famous. He charged and dispersed the enemy, meeting with but slight resistance.

The danger of this, his first fight, was not yet over, however. He poshed on to the landing, got most of his force aboard, seeing to everything in person, his officers being too inexperienced to execute his orders without special directions. A force of men had been sent to gather up the wounded, and when the main body was nearly embarked he rode back to withdraw the rear guards, which were to have covered the men bringing in the wounded. They, being unsophisticated in military observances, had thought fit to retire, and had returned to the transports. Grant found outside of his own troops with the enemy advancing upon him and firing on his transports. He saw that the men in search of the wounded could not be saved and rode slowly back to the transports. As be wore a private's overcoat he was not recognised as an officer. Getting near the transports he galloped swiftly to the river, his horse sliding down the bank on its tuumchflR: a nlank was nut out for him. over which he trotted his horse aboard througn rain of musketry. His convoy of gunboats then opened on .the Confederates with great iestraction, and small loss themselves, and uy 5 o'clock the transports were out of range, lhis battle confirmed Grant in his policy of "uo delay," on which he always afterwards acted, lids engagement strengthened the confidence of his soldiers and made them courageous for the future. Long afterwards the "Belmont men" were among the sturdiest soldiers in the army of the Tennessoe.

FORT DONELSON.

"No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender." For nearly two months Grant disciplined his troops in the district of Cairo. In January, 1868, by order of Gen. TTalleck, he moved a force of 6,000 men, under McClernand, from Cairo and Bird's Point towards Mayfleld and Murray, in West Kentucky, and sent two brigades threatening Columbus and the Confederate line between that and Bowling Green. There was no but the object of the movement was accomplished.

He longed to take Forts Henry and Donelson, but was silenced when he broached the subject to Hallesk. Not till the 2d of February was be permitted to leave Cairo with that intention. With 17,000 men on transports, accompanied by Admiral Foote with seven gunboats, he started, landing at Bailey's ferry, on the east bank, three miles below Fort Henry, which he took after an hour and a half's fire from the gunboats on the 6th, the main body of the Confederate garrison having retreated upon Fort Donelson.

Grant determined to take Fort Donelson on the 8th. On the 7th his cavalry penetrated to within a mile of the fort, and the infantry and cavalry on the east bank of Hie Tennessee were notified to move on the 8th, "without incumbrances," and with two days' rations in their haversacks. Heavy rains had flooded the country, making it impossible to move baggage or artillery, and delaying the attack. Reinforcements were secured, but Halleck's orders to Grant were always of a defensive and not aggressive character.

Fort Donelson, high on its range of hills, encircled by formidable abatis and garrisoned hy 21,000 men, was one of the greatest strongholds of ths enemy. Its fortifications had been strengthened since the fall of Fort Henry, reinforcements had poured into it and Bucbner, Pillow and Floyd had been suooesrively sent to command it, each ranking his predecessor, who remained to serve under the new superior.

On the 18th Grant got into position. Skirmishers were thrown out in front and several smart fights occurred. On the night of the 18th he was established on the heights, parallel with the enemy*B outworks. The weather suddenly became intensely cold. The troops, compelled to bivouac in line of battle with arms in thair hands, within musket range of the enemy's breastworks, suffered extremely. No fires could be built, many of the men were without blankets and with insufficient rations. That was an awful nighA, never to be forgotten by those who participated in it There were no tents, and as the wight wore on snow and hail fell, wrapping the waiting men in a bitter blanket of ice. Many were frozen. The Confederate pickets fired an uncertain but in Bant rain of ballets. The groans of the wounded, the pitiful calls far help and water, made the hours of darknesB terrible. The nart day re-enforoements arrived, and for hours an irregular fire of Sharpshooters, with occasional discharges of artillery, was kept up. In the afternoon six gunboats, in command of Foote, attacked the fort at 400 yards and were worsted. Another night of cold, danger and suffering for the troops, Grant jhn having 22,000 men.

At dawn on the 15th the memorable of Fort Donelson was begun in earnest, the enemy coming out of his works and attacking the Federal line on the right McClernand, McArtbur and Lew Wallace were engaged,

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ClerOand and Wallace repaying it. Tne confederates, however, failed to make their way through the Federal lines, and were retiring but the Federal troops were discouraged and disordered. There was a lull. Grant was absent at the flagship when the attack occurred.

Returning to his headquarters, and apprised of the events of the morning, he ordered the troops that had not been engaged to make an immediate assault The assaulting column was led by C. F. Smith. Up, Up the steep hill, under the fierce fire of the enemy, went the Federal column, inside the intrenchment^ while McClernand and Wallace supports* Smith. An hour and a half more of daylight would have given Grant the victory, but darknem overtook him. The next morning Buckner sent to ask his terms, while Floyd and Pillow escaped across the river with as many troops as two steamers could cany, deserting the remainder of their troops. Grant replied: "No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works." The terms were complied with, and the Stars and Stripes soon fluttered over Fort Donelson.

MAJOR GENERAL.

ULYBSK8 a GRANT.

The secretary of war at once recommended Grant for a major generalcy of volunteers, and the president nominated him the sams day. In a letter made public Stanton said: "What, under the blearing of Providence, I conceive to be the true organization of victory and military combination to end this war was declared in a few words in Gen. Grant's message to Gen. Buckner: 'I propose to move immediately on your works.'" from the moment Fort Donelson surrendered Gen. Grant had a national fame. He was assigned to the new military district of West Tennessee, with "limits not defined," on the 15th of February, and Sherman to the district of Cairo. They had been at West Point together. but Sherman had Graduated three years earlier, and they bad not, up to tluU time, been intimate. The siege of Fort Donelson brought about their first official intercourse, Sherman forwarding Grant troops and supplies. An exchange of letters after the surrender of the fort Iras the beginning of a warm friendship between them which ryyjf-.hor tinriA nor change h*" diminished.

REMOVED FROM HIS COMMAND. Immediately after the capture of Fort Donelson Grant fdl under Halleck's displeasure, and was removed from his command. The story is best told by himself in his article on the "Battle of Shiloh" in the February number of The Century:

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After the capture of Fort Donelson, with over 1&000 effective men and all their mun tl of war, I believed much more could be accomplished without further sacrifice of life. ClarksTille, a town fttwwn Donelson and Nashville, In the stat- of Tennessee. and on the east bank o. the Cumberland, was garrisoned by the enemy. Nashville was also garrisoned, and was probably the best provisioned depot at the time In the onfedem-y. Albert Sidney Johnston occupied Bowling Green, Ky., with a large force. I believed, and my information Justified the belief, that these places would fall into our hands without a battle, l: threatened promptly. 1 determined not to mlM this chsnce. But being only a district commander, and under the Immediate orders of (Jen. Halfeck. whose headquarters were at St. Louis, 11 was my duty to communicate to him all I proposed to do, and to get his approval. If poeslble. I did so eommunl' ate, and, receiving ao reply, acted upon my own judgment. The result proved that my information was correct, and sustained my Judgment. What, then, was my surprise, after so much ha4 been accomplished by the troops under my lmmedi ate command, between the time of leaving Cairo, early in February, and the 4th of March, to receive from my chief a dispatch of the latter date, saying: "Ton wUl place Maj. Oen. O. F. Smith in command ,- of expedition, and remain yourself at Fort Henry. Why do you not Obey my orders to port strength and position of your command?" I was eft virtually f, 5 in arrest on board a steamer, without ven a guard, for about a week, when 1 was released and ordered to resume my command.

He again took command on the 13th of March, and a few days later removed hie headquarters to Savannah, his army consisting of five divisions.

To Be Continued in Our Njvt 'Issue^

ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.

All Sorts of WarlikeTTalk.

LONDON, April 1.—Under* the/subsidence of the scare speculators who _had bought American stocks,^expecting] a rise through a war with Russia, are now selling.

The Birmingham company which the government has purchased has the larg-,* est rifle factory in England. It possesses

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tents on the Martini—Henry rifles, company collapsed on the conclusion of the Franco—German war. The. purchase includes a stock of 'rifles valued at $750,000. It is expected several thousand workmen will be started directly. ,It is believed that the Cabinet council during the week will, consider De Giers reply. Hartington remains in London during the holidays, J, -•1"„

The Ameer has sent a circular to*aU

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of Afghan towns on the Amer-? J. river to watch and report any Russian movements, especially Qon Ehoya-Salah, which, if once in possession of, the Russians would^open the road to Balkh and CabuL it]

Polish papers state that at a recent

banquet at Odessa, Russian officers who had been ordered to join the Caucasian regiments responded with enthusiasm to the toast, "The coming war with Eng-

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