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The Virginia Campaign

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Day
7
Month
June
Year
1878
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Public Domain
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[Paris Cor. New York Heñid.] Gen. Grant arrived in tliis city from Italy on. tbe 7th of May. Your correspondent took occasion to bring to the General' attention the publication in the North American Revir.tu from Gen. ltichard Taylor, saying in efleot that Gen. Grimt 'had fought his cainpaign in Virginia against his own judgmcnt, and in doing so had thrown wíb.j the lives of 100,000 men. Your correspondent also called the attention of the General to the article in the Atlantic Monthly from the pon of tho la(e Gideon Wellep, in which Mr. Welles arraigned Gen. Grant, npon the authority of Gen. Taylor, for having insulted Lincoln's ory by atternpting to throw upon , Lincoln bis oto fault in the Wildernoss and other campaigns. Tho rcsult of this ■was fin intel'osting conversation witb Gen. Orant, some of the points of whtch I will resouo from oblivion for tbeir historical valué. " So far as Mr. Welles is concerned," said tbo General, " he is dead, and any resentment ono might feel at bis extraordinary misstaternents would now be out of place. It is unfortunate for Mr. Welles' fnme tbat he sbould have sient bis last yoars in striying to belittle the very administration in -whieb he held a prominent place. "As to Gen. Taylor's assault on Mr. Lincoln I am not surprised. Gen. Taylor fougbt on the other side, drew pay on tbe other side, and writes on the otber side. So far as Taylor and I are coniemed we are friends, and have maintained tbo best relations. I am quite sure he would not do roo any unkindnes, as I woulil not do him. Tnylor is ane of the most ngreeable of men, who talks well and talks a great deal, and, like men of that kind, often gets nis l'ivcta blended with fiction. I mean by that tLftt if Tuylor said about me a positivo untruth, as he does in this article, it would bc on his part au inadvertence - not r.ny willful error. He would speak in all serkrasness withoxit knowing any better." "Then," said your correspondent, " tliis aitiele is not altogether true ?" " 1 have no doubt," said the General, "thereare some true things in the article; but the part whieh refers to me is wholly false, ntterly falsc, without a shiulow of foundation. Gen. Taylorsays tbat in a conference between President Liucoln, Secretary Stanton and myself, in 18G4, the approaching campaign in Virginia was disoussed. No such conference was ever held, and no such campaign was ever discussed. Gen. Taylor says that I iusisted upon advancing roy whole arniy upon Bichmond by the James river. I never said a word to the President or Secretary of War, or any one else in authority, as to how I wouid advanee. Gen. Taylor reporte Mr. Lincoln as saying tbat the Government required the intsrposition of an army between Lee and Washington. Mr. Lincoln never said a word resemblmg this, or iinytluDg at all, on the subject. Gen. Taylor reports me as sayicg that any ohange of route from my own by the James to nnotber wonld cost 100,000 meD. This ia pure fiction, as, indeed, the whole story is a pure iiction. Gen. Taylor says that the whole story comes to nim well authenticated, nnd he has n doubt of his correctness. There ar only three persons who could authent cate such a story - Mr. Lincoln, Mr Stanton and myself. Lincoln and Stan ton are deac), and I say the whole story is a fabriention, and whoever vouchei for it to God. Taylor vouched for a fie tion. I feel it due to the memory o these great men, apart from any sént ment of Felf-vindicafion, to make 'this de nial as emphatic and clear as possible. This denial of Gen. Grant led to a interestiug resume on his part. " I re member," he said, " very v. ell my fírs interview with Stanton. You know '. did not come to Washington until I cam in relation to an order to assumo com mand of the arañes. I had once bee there as a yonng man, bnt otherwise i was my first trip. I found Stanton cor dial ano willing to do anything, so w suppressed the rebellion. Ñothing coul have been more earnest and hearty tha his treatment of me. 'Nbw,' says he 'General, I do not want to know yon; plans. Teil mo what yon need to earr them out. That is aíl I care to know And, when you go to see Mr. Lincoh you will do wellto observe the same dis cretion. Mr. Lincoln may not want t know any more of your plans than I do but I can underetand how you migh naturally scek tho eonfidenee of th President. Now, Mr. Lincoln is of gentle and tender nature, apt to confid in many people, and what you tell him about military movements he may tell to the next Senator with whom he has a intímate converpatioB. ' I saw Lincoln He was as cordial and hearty as Stanton if possible more so, because he was í man of more affable and gracious man ners. When Lincoln and I were alón the President began the conversatio by repeating a story from an article b Orpheus C. Kerr - a eomic article satir izing the conduct of the war. It was, a I remember, a story abont Capt. Bo Shorty and the Maekerel Brigade, ast the anaconda policy, comething abou Generáis in tbe field beitif? hampered b a flood of orders. When he ha finished, Lincoln said very muc what Stanton liad said - that he did no care to know what I was to do, only I know what I wantod; that I should hav nll I required. He wished me to bon Lee; how I did it was my own dniy. H said he did not wish to kiiow my plan? or to exorcice any scrutinyovermyplaus so long as I beat the rebel army he waf satisfied. He spoke of a plan lie hac' long thouglit over, and took down amat He drewan imagiuary line between tw of the Virginia creeks or rivers, tu ñames of which havo escaped mo, an said that I might move on that line ani have the streams fo supplies. I lookei at the plan and saw in a moment that, i I put my army on such a line, I woul be in muoh the same position as the Army of tho James. I would be powerless; I could do no good to our side and no harm to tho other. I would be locked up. I told Mr. Lincoln I would consider the plan, and that was the last of it. The route was an impossiblo route, and was never méntionecl apraiu by Mr. Lincoln. That is, as far as I remember, the exact story of the conference between Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Stanton, and rnyself when I took commnnd of the army. The ques(ion of my plans and tlieir wisdom oruuwisdom was nover afterward a subject of conversation or correspondonce. If therc were blunders iu that campnign they were blunders of mine, and not those of Lincoln or Stanton. They did everythiiijr in the world to assuro my success. Upon me and upon me alone must the whols respousibility f all." Mnrriage of a Womiin to a lVoinnn. Marancy lïiighes was married in September last to i persou who was known as Samuel M. Pollard. Her relatives opposed the match, and she elopod and was married without their knowlodgo, and a short time after their marriage Pollard coniessed to her that she was a woman ; that she had trouble with her rel.itivc s in the East ; had lost her property, and Sssnmed the disguise of a man forthe reasou that avenues for making money would bü open to her in thnt oharaoter which wonld be ciosed to her as a woman. Pollard has never given her nny particular reason for doing her this wrong, but is bèlie'ved to havo been actuated by u foolisu pi-Uit' in apeariug in the cnaracter of a married mau. The viotim was ashumf d to acknowlodge that ihc. had l)ic'i o impoKid upou, nud shrank from admitting tho truth. Pollard, without aetuully ÜireatfuiDg her Ufe, repeatedly intímated that it would be bftd for herif ehe expoeei her, iwbo ie kept silence tuitil a fortnight ago, heli hef atint got an intimation of the act, and qttestioned her cloBely, and she elated to her the -frhole story. The ictim sajs that the woman's real ñamo s Sarah M. Pollard, and that her trunk a fllled with feininine apparel. A com)laint was filed yesterday by J. C. iowerton, aecxising Polliird of perjury n eWeariüg, Tïhen he took out thu nlarïage liöetise, that lie ■rt'as t male.- 'Vsarora {Nevada) 7'irnes-Jleview. Jncle Pete Objects (o tlic 'Possum Hunt "Now, look-a-here, Mahsr TV m, and 'ou all; you all wouldn't a-ketcked me nt on this yere hunt ef I a-knowed yc was a-gwine to hunt 'pofesums. 'Tnint 10 luck to hunt 'possnfns; eberybody inows dat. De debbil glts after a man 8 will go a-chasiu' 'possums Wid dogs when he kin cotch 'em a heap inau comortabler in a trn.p. 'Tain't so much ilTrenco 'bout 'coons, but de debbil he takes oare o' 'possttms. An' Í 'speet do lebbil know'd 'brrat dis yere hunt, ttlf Ie oder ebenin' I was a-goin' down to de rock spring, wid a gourd to git a drink, md dar on de rock, wid his legs a-daDgin' down to de water, sat de debbil lisself a-chawing' green terbacker !" ' Groen terbaokcr ?" says I. " Wiiy, Jncle Pete, ain't tbe debbil got no beter sense than that?" "Now. look-aïere, Mahsr Martin," says he, " de deb3Ü knows what he's about, an' ef green rbacker was good fur unybody to chaw ie wouldu't chaw it, and' he says to me, ' Únele Pete, been a huntin' any 'possums ?' And says T, ' No, Mahsr, I nebber do dat.' An' den he look at ma awful, for I sced he didn't furgit nothin', an' he was a sottin' dar, a-shinen as ef he was all polished all over wid Mackin', an' Le says, ' Now, look-a-here, Unolo Pete, don't you eber do it; an' w'at's dat bout dis yere Baptis' churoh at do roads, dat was sot aflre?' An' I tole him dat I didn't know miffin' 'bout dat - not one single word in dis wnole world. Don he wink, an' he says, ' Deni bruders in dat ohurch hunt too many 'poBSums. Dey is allus a huntin' 'possums, and dat's de way dey lose der church. I sot dat churoh nfire mesef. D'y' hear dat, Únele Pete ?' An' I was glad enough to hear it, too, íor der was bruders in dat onuron dat snid Yeller Joe an' me sot it afire, cos we wasu't 'lected trustees, but dey can't say dat now, fur i(;'s all plain as daylight, an' ef dey don't bleab it, I kin show 'em do berry gourd I tuk down to de roekspring when I seed do debbil. An' ifc don't do to hunt no moro 'possums, fui de debbil 'd jist as leab scratch de end ob his tail agin a white man's ohurch as agin a black man's churoh." - " Tiat Same Oíd 'Ooon," 0 F. li. Stool ton, in Soribner for June. lictrayed by liis Own Curiosity. During the festival of the Bairam an inhabitant of the village of Funduckli hal dressod his ohüd, about 2 years oíd, in a shawl and a cap, ornamented witlí pieces of gold, and intrusted it to a slave, who left it for a moment seated in the court of the house. On his return the child was gone, and ovcry search for it proved useless. The faüier applied to the Chief of Pólice at Bagdad, entreating him to inquiro iuto the circumstances. This omoer reflected that the child could not becarried far, on account of bis cries, and, therefore, must have been taken by one of the neighbors. He did not communicate this idea to anybody, but directed one of his messengers to go to the village of Funduckli at the hour of prayer, to enter the mosque and summon the imán (or priest) tocóme immediately to his mavaur. Wlion the imán carne into the presence of the Uhief of Pólice, lie received a positive injunction to como to him again on the morrow, and give him the name of the person who first camo to inquire of him the cause of his being sent for to the pólice office. The Turks in general pay little attention to the affairs of others, not even in those of their priests ; consequently, on returning to the mosque one man only carne to him to ask the cause of the endden summons, The iman replied that it was ou)y in relation tr a firman (decree) which he was to have read, but which was withdrawn. However, on being informed by the iniun of what had passed, the Chief" of Pólice caused the inquisitive man to be arrested, and discovered the body of the child conccaled nnder the staircase of his house, and thus proved that it was he who carried it off. He was sentenced to be instently beheaded. Cheap Living. How to cook so as to make clean, savory dishes is quite as important as to know wliat food to purchase, and in what manner it is to bo cooked so as to secure the greatest amount of sustenancc for the least money ; but that is chiefly to be learned by experienco. The bilí oí fare which Miss Corson, the New York philanthropist, pnblishes in her pamphlet on this subject will, undoubtedly, show something new to many people now pinclied for want of inifflcient food. One direction is as follows, for a f amily of five : " Monday there is boiled rico and milk for breftkfast, comed beef and cabbago for dinner, and peas boiled in stock for supper. Th:it day's food costs 35 cents. Tuesday, broth and bread for breakfast, costing 10 cents ; for dinner, baked beans ; supper, macaroni iuul cheese. Wednesday there is toasted bread and scaldcd milk for breakfast, stewed tripo for dinner, and polenta for supper. Thursday, rico panada for breakfast, salt potaufeu tor dinner, and lentiJs stewed in stock for suppor. Friday, broth and bread for breakfast, mutton and turnips for dinner, and barlcy boiled in broth for supper. Saturday, mutton broth and bread for breakfast, beef and potatoes for dinner, and beans boiled in broth for supper. Sunday's f ure costs 61 cents, and includes breakfast of cocon, bread nnd fried lentils, dinner of bean broth, haslet stew and snot roiy-poly pudding, and supper of cheese pudding. For the week, that makes a total expense of $2.53, and leaves a balance, on my estímate, of G2 cents for extra bread, milk and butter." Luxuries of Life. Compilers of statistics sometimos come into possession of singular faets, wMoh not infrequet-tly indícate the peculiar tastes or habits of the peoplc. For instance, it is ascertained that the amount of teaa, coffees and sugars consumed by the peoplo aftbrds a fair criterion to judgo of the iinancial condition of tho country. These articles are not necessHries of life, but luxiirieB, and it is fair to presume that people wean themselves from snoh luxuries, in some degree at least, when the times are so pressiug that necessariea ure dillicult to obtain. Statistics show that during the year 1874 tbc importatioa of teas and coffees feil off and continucd to decreaso up to a few months sinco. A j tive statement for the eight montlis : ing with February last exhibits the fact i that tin; pnrohaae of teas was increiiscd 12,000, 000 pouuds over tho import during au equal period cl time in 1877. The vnluc of this inercased purchase is 812,00'2,12C, ngainst $11,175,590 in the former year. The item of coffoes shows $35,554,678, against $29,341,772 in 1877. Sugars are reported at 738,000,000 I pounds of importa, valued at 37,841, - 373- an increaso of 25,d00,0(KI pounds. These figures mauifest a return to the freo use of the sirupler luxuries - a goud sign. - Syracuse Standard. Ei'Qhne Johnson and Angeline McQuerv eloped from Cincimiati. He was 18 years old, and she 16. Their ! married life lasted just a year. Tlien Johnson Bent bis wife baek to lier pareats, bearing ft letter auQOuacing his in. tention to kilj biniself because she did not {oye Uim. Be Jtept hB worii;

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