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GRANT. IN MISSOURI Incidents of His First Campaign as Related by Veterans. BEFORE HE BECAME A GREAT GENERAL Maintaining Discipline and the Rights of Citizens. GUARDING BRIDGE BUILDERS . 1896, by SS, McClure, Limited.) OM PA RATIVELY few, even among close students of Gen. Grant's career, are well informed concerning the great c¢om ma nder’s first paign in the civil war. His own mem- ories regarding it are partly detailed in his book, and gray- haired residents of Monroe and Shelby counties, Mis sourl, yet tell how the young colonel at the head of his “wild regiment” marched through their country and showed how a military even though he wore the blue, could Fespect civil law and the rights of the People. . Grant went to Missour! after Gov. on had threatened to tear up “the Yankee railroad,” as the “Hannibal and St. Joe” was termed. This was the first Une of rail to connect the east with the great western plains. Its projectors, find- ing it impossible to raise the money for its| construction otherwise, had appealed to the government and had received a land grant of 600,000 acres. In return for this @ clause had been inserted in its charter Providing that in time of war the road should be at the disposal of the federal government. Gov. Jackson's threat had caused the railroad company’s officers to gppeal in person to President Lincoln for military protection. In response, Mr. Lin- coin ordered Col. Robert F. Smith, with the sixteenth Illinois volunteers, to Hanni- bal to protect the railroad and other gov- @rnment property. March Against Harris. By a daring strike, General Lyon, in con- @ection with Frank P. Blair, had saved the ed negress, “who done tole you Massa Ow- arsenal at St. Louis from Jackson, who had sttempted to seize tt. Immediately after- ‘ward, although as ea state Missouri desired to be neutral, and its people, in the February fear sows GRANT’S EINE revolvers they compelled hier to dri with each of them, and when we eee bibed some four or five gallons and was to her: is tied down in the woods." “Land a Massy!" ejaculated the frighten- en’s hoss was tied back ob de spring house?” ‘The soldier was not slow in availing him- self of the information he had thus slyly wrung from the old darky woman, and while his companions we-e content to pick up stray plugs and mules from the neighbor- ing pastures Catlett rode into Monree on John Owen’s blooded saddler. The horses, fifteen in number, were tied to the rack in front of the seminary and ro ty guard replied. “I have orders to shoot the first.man that touches an apple.” The July sun was setting when the ad- vance guard reached the summit of the hill that commands a view of the enemy's camp. The awful responsibility of his position at that moment carried Grant's heart into his mouth. He had never before been in com- mand, and he longed for some one to issue I1HE HOUSE WHERE GRANT TOOK BREAKFAST, FLORIDA, MO. Col. Grant, who was a good judge of horse- flesh, surveyed them a moment in silence. Summoning his adjutant, he said, “Lead that bay horse to my tent.” Catlett's heart sank as he saw his prize led away by the crder of a superior officer. At Pittsburg Landing, the evening before Shiloh, the two men met again. Catlett, who was now a captain under Sherman, was discussing the beginning of the war in Missouri. “General,” he said,” “do yo member the horse you took at Monroe’ ‘Indeed I do,” Grant replied. “I never rede a more intelligent animal. He had evi- dently seen service before he fell into my hands. Poor fellow, he was shot under me at Donelson.” “You stole that horse from me,” laughed Catlett. “Oh, well,” returned Grant, with an in- dulgent smile, “you stole him from some other fellow. It is a way we have in war.” However, Grant was not lax in his con- struction of the terms “meum” and “tuum.” The people through whose territory he marched had rights that must be respected, and his men knew better than to trifle with their commander’s orders on this point. The March Against the Home Guards. From Monroe City the twenty-first regi- ment proceeded by rail to Hunnewell, the seene of the then recent raid. At one end of the demolished bridge over Salt river OF MARCH FROM QUINCY, ILL., TO PAL- HONROE CITY, HINNEWELL, FLA., AND MEXICO. had declared against ion, the sleeping fires of revolt biased all over the state. The strategic point north Missouri lay in Shelby and Monroe yunties, where the three forks of Salt river betwesn precipitous banks of silurian On the banks of Middle Fork, in an almost impregnable retreat, the confederate general, Harris, established a recruiting samp, and thither companies of Missouri's "home guard” were flocking when Geu. fon, early in July, ordered Col. Smith to eak up the camp. Smith was a bungler Dest, and in so treacherous a country, with a foe who knew every foot of the ground, he soon found that the faster he treated from Salt river the better it would for him. At Monroe City he intrenched Limself in the seminary building and there @qmdured a two days’ siege, while the sur- reunding country swarmed with those who ad cast in their lot with the confederate @ause. The news of the siege was tele- phed to Washington and both Grant and almer were ordered to the rescue, At that time Grant, then colonel of the twenty-first Ilinois infantry, was encamped on the Illi- Rois river, waiting for a steamer, that was ®ground on a sand bar, to convey his regi- ment to St. Louis. He proceeded at once to Quincy and thence ever the Hannibal and St. Joseph road to the scene of battle: but when he arrived there on the afternoon of July 18, the sport Was all over. Governor Wood and Col. Palmer had both preceded him and had put the confederate forces to flight. On this point Grant in his autobiography makes the same error that is made by other histor- fans who have written of the war in Mis- souri; but it fs not surprising that fhe more weighty achievements of his brilliant career should have effaced the details of his first expedition from the general's memory. How Mr. Owen Lost His Horse. However, there was work enough to keep Colonel Grant in the state. While Colonel Smith's men were “holed up” in the semi- nary building a party of bushwhackers had | burned the railroad bri over the north ! @ block house was constructed, and under cover of its guns the workmen rebuilt the bridge. During the next two weeks Grant devoted himself to drilling his men and fortifying himself for the conflict in which he must soon engage. The summons came soon enough. Tom Harris’ home guard camp on the Middle Fork, which has been teo much for Col. Smith, must be broken up, and this time the task was assigned to Col. Grant. Never before had he been called upon to act on his own responsi- bility, and it was with feelings of deep anxiety that he prepared for the fifteen- mile march to Florida. The baggage of the army must be trans- Ported in wagons, and the colonel found himself in need of some lumber for the con- struction of higher sideboards. In front of & grocery store, kept by a man named Thiehoff, lay a pile of boards, and these the soldiers proceeded to appropriate. Other federal officers had given their men license to take what was needed without restraint; but from Col. Grant’s regiment the people were accustomed to no vexation, and the owner of the boards at once appealed to Grant for justice. “The lumber is taken by my orders,” was the only reply the Union officer vouchsafed. Disheartened and indignant, the man went into his house, where he might rail unheard, but before he had finished his im- precations Grant’s adjutant knocked at the door. ‘Here is the price of your lumber,” he said, as he held out a handful of coins. Thiehoff never forgot Grant. A Surprised Native. As the uniformed column marched along the road the inhabitants fled in terror from their houses. Even the dogs seemed to recognize and fear the garb of the Union soldiers. One man alone had not been ap- prised of the coming of the army. Poor Joe Greening, whose farm lay some three miles from Florida, first learned of the en- emy’s approach when the sounds of drum and fife awoke the echoes among the hills. Trembling with fright, Greening clasped MONROE CITY SEMINARY IN WHICH UNION TROOPS WERE BESEIGED. fork of Salt river to prevent the transpor- tation of troops from the west, and to this point G with the twenty-first Hlinois infantry, was ord2red. While the colonel Was preparing to move his men to Hunne- well, Captain Catlett, then a private in the sixteenth Ilinois reg:ment, with fifteen comrades, proceeded, under orders from Colonel Smith, to the farm of John Owen, the best-known bushwhacker in that sec- tion of the state. Owen himself was in hiding and it had been reported that all the water and milk on the place had been Poisoned for the benefit of the federal in- vaders. The only human being found on the place was an old negress, and the sol- Giers, who were exceedingly dry after their march in the July sun, at once set her to Work supplying their wants. With cocked his hands in mute appeal to heaven for de- liverance, as Grant and his adjutant rode up. “Lord, mister! spare a poor devil,” the man stammered out. But oreat in a most surprisingly mild tone, asked only that his men might quench their thirst at the farmer’s well. Greening’s knees struck together, and for @ moment h3 was speechiess with aston- ishmrent. Then he blurted out: “Lord a'mighty, yes! drink all the water HE te well, and take the well, too, if that * othe weit tood i little ie well si ina apple orchard, and Grant had given instruetions to guard that none of the fruit should touched. However, one of the so! he_stooped to fil. a gourd, asked the orders, but, with the determination of necessity, he spurred his horse on and rode to the head of his regiment. Before him lay spread out the picturesque valley of Salt river, but where was the foe he had marched fifteen miles to encounter? An old red wa- gon and the ashes of a campfire alone marked the spot where Brigadier General Harris and his rebel hosts had been encamp- ed. Blankly Grant gazed on the deserted valley, when the thought occurred to him that Harris had taken fright at his approach and had run away from him. A Memorable Breakfas Meanwhile the news had been carried into Florida that a force of Union soldiers had encamped on the banks of Salt river. In all that town there was but one Union man, Dr. James Goodier, an Englishman by birth, and he at once proceeded to the camp. After an exchange of courtesies, he invited the colo- nel to his home to supper. Grant declined with thanks, but said he would present him- self with his adjutant next morning in time for breakfast. The monster elm under which Grant slept that night still stands and is regarded with almost superstitious reverence by the peo- ple. Just across the river stood the pic- turesque old mill and on its dam the two men crossed. Grant was not in uniform, but wore a suit of brown tweed with tall white silk hat. His clay-bank korse, with the one he had acquired from Catlett, was left on the other side of the river, and Col. Grant entered Florida on foot, As they as- cended thé winding road to the town, the first humar habitation they reached was the old house in which Mark Twain was Orders had been given to the soldiers not to enter the town, but while Grant was waiting at the drug store of Doctor Goodier to be taken up to breakfast, one of his men entered. As soon as he espied his colonel he said, sheepishly, to the proprietor, “Do you keep tobacco here?” “I have some of the long green and a box or two of chewing,” the doctor replied. “Well, hand us over a plug of your best,” the soldier said, with an insolent Swagger. Grant was‘on his feet in a moment. “Have you money to pay for your tobacco?” he demanded. “I have,” the soldier said, sullenly. Then, as he stepped to the rear of the store to select his brand, he whispered to the. doctor: “It was whisky I wanted.” Grant and tke Baby. As the three men stalked up the middle of the village street to the doctor's home, Grant said: “That is the most unruly spirit in my regiment. I fear a cannon ball is the only kind of discipline that will ever bring him into subjection.” Great was the excitement in Doctor Good- fer’s little household at th® prospect of hav- ing a federal officer to breakfast, and it Was perhaps well for Grant that his full glory had not yet shone forth, or it is ques- tionable whether he would have had any breakfast at all that morning. While Mrs. Goodier fried the chicken and her spouse set the table on the back porch, Grant discussed the situation with his adju- tant. However, their conference was some- what interfered with by the crying of the younger James Goodier, who was then an infant some three months old, and was en- during a siege of colic. At length Grant went over to the crib and, taking the baby in his arms, walked up and down the room with him, singing and whistling till the lit- tle fellow quite forgot his pain and fell fast ssleep in the arms of the man who was to become America’s greatest military leader. When breakfast was over the doctor started with his guests to the camp. In his olvilian clothes, Grant doubtless at- tracted less attention than did his uniform- ed adjutant. On the way they were joined by a group of citizens, to whom an invita- tion was extended to come down and visit the camp. Florida _ bel Among the number were two Lucy Young and Eliza ere are a couple of little reb- said Dr. Gocdier, playfully. think you ought to arrest “I don’t know but that is a good sugges- tion.” Grant replied. “I am very fond of ladies’ society and I miss their refining in- fluence In che camp. Don’t you think, girls, that I ought to make you my prisoners?” “You haven’t power enough in your whole Union army to arrest me,” retorted Miss Eliza. “If you like to be with ladies, go back to your wife and enjoy her society. I am sure we ‘can get along without you here.” Grant watched the snap of her black eyes with a smile of admiration and when they reached camp conducted his guests from one object of interest to another, explain- ing the working of the artillery and the de- tails of the drill, while the band, at his orders, played Dixie’s sweet strains. That afternoon the regiment marched back to the North Fork and resumed its guard duty at the blockhouse, and there in the tame cccupation of guarding a body of bridge builders the man of whom Lincoln said, “Wherever Grant is, things move,” found his firat service in the civil war. EMILIE DE SCHELLE. ——_ Queer Last Beques: A merchant of Aberdeen bequeathed a Portion of ‘his wearing apparel to his wife recently, because, as the will said, “She had been accustomed to wearing them dur- ing their married life.” ¢ A French medical paper states that upon opening a short time ago the will of a member the following clause was found: “I request that my body be delivered to the Paris Gas Company for the purpose of being placed in a retort. I always used my miental powers for the enlightenment of the population at large, and I desire that my body be u: to enlighten the people after my death. Squire Hawley of the village of Hat- field, near Doncaster, left the whole of his estate to his atte the condition that his funeral should condycted in a cer- tain way. He died on a Chris ‘was buried in his own of the graves of his cattle, which ha@ died during the rinderpest. He was laid out in full hunting costume, eeneatog spars and whip, and was carried from jouse to the grave on a. coffin board, when he was tmas day and len in the center Placed in a stone 3 . in, more than a ton, mid to" be lowers ne means of a@ crane. His 1y was shot and buried at his feet in bridle and saddl $74 his dog and an old for were buried a “Zou used to say you thought heaven sent me to you/’ she said, tearfully, after bane 2 i THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1996¢—TWENTY-FOUR RELIGIOUS: VIEWS As Expressed by Oaxinal Gibbons and Rev. Dr. Talmage ON QUESTION OF SUNDAY OBSERVANCE Progress of the Worl: Toward the Christian Standard. LIFE OF A PRIEST —_>—_— (Copyrighted, 1890, by Frank G. Carpenter.) z GIVE YOU ToO- day interviews which I have just had with James, Cardinal Gib- bons of Baltimore, and the Rev. T. De Witt Talmage of Washington. My: in- terview with Cardinal Gibbons took place in the cardinal’s house at Baltimore. My first. question was as to whether he thought there would ever be a universal religion. He replied: “I hope so, but when it will come I cannot say. The world is becoming more Christianlike every day, and we are, I hope, gradually nearing the time when there will be a universal Christianity.” ~ I here asked whether he thought that this universal religion would be the Catholic re- ligion. He replied with the same answer, “I hope so,” and in response to my ques- tions gave me some reasons of the wonder- ful growth of the Catholic religion. Said he: “Of course, I believe the Catholic religion to be tiie best of all religions. It is adapted to all the needs of mankind and man. It is fitted for the elevation of his soul, for the guidance of his conduct, and for the satis- faction of all his spiritual wants. It is fit- ted for the poor as well as the rich. We welcome the poor, I think, more than do other churches, and there is no difference in the treatment of them in the church. They kneel at the same confessional, and, as far as possible, they are on the same footing in PLE REE LEME E_MTSLAKM|T Cardinal Gibbons. the church. I do not mean to say that there is not much good in the Protestant religion, but I think that nearly évery other church is lacking in some particular. The Catholic Church fs complete. It hag the good ele- ments af all others, and ft. ts facking in noth- ing. These are some of {hé reasons of its permanency and constait srowth,” Upon my saying that theté were some dif- ferences even among Catholics as to their belief, the cardinal went on: “I do not know that there should not be differences of belief as to religious matters. Of course, the main principles of Chris-, tianity are the same, but as long as men have different minds there will be different theories as to the details, as to the lines of policy in the management of churches, and as to interpretation of certain parts of the Scripture.” Are Catholic Priests Hypocrites? The conversation here turned to the great strides lately made by the Catholic Church in America, and as to the earnest work done by the priests, whereupon I asked: “Your eminence, there is one question I would like to put to you—not for informa- tion, for I think on that ground the question would be both a foolish and insuiting one— but on the ground that many illiberal Pro- testants believe otherw! The question is: Are well-educated Catholics honest? Are your priests honest in their acceptance of all the truths of your church? Do you people belicve what you preach?” “In other words,” replied Cardinal Gib- bons, “you want me to answer the question as to whether Catholic priests are not as a rule hypocrites. The question is, as you say, a silly one. Look at it! What is there in the life of a priest to make it the choice of a hypocrite. The man who would devote him- self to it has to give up the most of. the things which the world holds dear. I will not mention all of them, but I will take only Rev. Dr. Talmage. ene. The priest can never marry. When he decides to enter the ministry he must give up the hope of wife, children and home, and must devote himself, soul and body, to the church. This, in many cases, would prevent men from becoming priests. ‘The life.of the priesthood is not an in one. It is one of hardship ahd subordination, The priest is subject to be sent, at fhe will of his su- periors, anywhere, at anytime. He may be ordered to the wildest countries of the world, and he must go. is whole life is given up to the serving ef his people, and it is his duty to visit the pest, houses, and to minister to the sick there, of his life.” Bl te Catholic Priests as Workers. I asked him if he thought that Catholic priests were really of more: value in their work in the church than Protestant preach- ers. - ua : “That I cannot answér,” replied the car- dinal. “I do not want to criticise any man. I will only say {I think they ought to be. They have, in the first place, their whole time to devote to thelr work. Suppose I, for instance, had a wife and family. I could not accomplish as much as I do now. My income, I suppose, is what would not be considered small, but ‘had I wife and family I could not give as much to charity es I do now, nor would I Hes of my businoas Sail a Or weneeee, can better illustrate it to you by suj pos ig & case of two newspaper men. ith have started on their journalistic careers. They are evenly prepated as to-intellectual ability and education. Each has his own to make in his profession. Suppose one should say, I am going to get married and have a good time. I'am going do what I can, but I will enjoy all the good things of life as I go along, and modeling his ca- reer on this basis he begins his newapa- per work. His ‘amily and social life take eyen at the risk TAs 2 ee a ee te ° Seedenteetortorgecgeceeter So ~ ete Seeded -.cademy, French. 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Weights and Measures. Whist and Duplicate Whist. World’s Pairs. Yachting Events. Yale and H-rvard Boat Racing. ‘Young Men's Christian Association, Setetestetetecetocteceetecentecetecte ime and his ener- The other man decides to have no sion. It is his only Which in the end up a great part of hi gies. 1 mistress but his profes: ai » duis only thought, ili do the best worl tits, again, speaking vf Catholic priests,” the cardinal continued, “I wonder if you realize how long it takes them to prepare themselves-for their work. It re- quires twelve years of hurd study for the best of masters before they are deemed worthy to have charge of a church. The boy who feels that he ts called by the Lord to the priesthood, having alyeady received a large part of his common school edu- cation, has at the age of fifteen to go into a college and to remain there for six years, studying the ordinary branches, the sci- ences, etc., in cornection with h:s religious work, and at the end of this time he has six years more of theological training. He is asscciated with the best minds of the church, and these twelve years: are, as a rule, those of the hardest kind of study and work.” The Sunday Question. The conversation here turned to the Sun- Gay question, and I asked the cardinal as to whether he was in favor of the Eu- ropean or the Puritan Sunday. He replied | that he was in favcr of Sunday observance, but that his ideal Sunday was not the Puritan, nor was it the Euronean Sunday. Said h like the closing of the shops and all kinds of business on Sunday, and [ think it is a blessing for Baltimore and for all of our cities that this is compulsory. I think all kinds of work should be ‘stopped on that day. I hope we shall never have the European Sunday in America. Sunday should be a day of religious rest, but it also should be a day of innocent recreation. I do not think it wrong for a man to go out riding with his family on Sunday after- noons, nor to take a walk in the fields. I think that it should be a day of cheerful- ness without dissipation, of religious enjoy- ment without sadness or melancholy. The Puritan Sunday goes too far, and the ideal Sunday is the golden mean.” Talmage on “World-Wide Christianity. It was at the close of one of Dr. Tal- mage’s lectures on his trip around the world that I chatted with him on religious matters, putting much the same questions as those I asked of Cardinal Gibbons as to ® universal religion. Said I: “After all your travels, doctor, do you still believe that the people of the world will some day be altogether Christian?” “Yes,” replied Dr. Talmage. “I have no doubt whatever of that. I believe it be- cause God never launched a failure. The only salvation ‘for this world is the Chris- tian religion. Its acceptance by all people and the carrying out of its principles would form the crowning beauty of this wonder- ful universe. God built this world. He cannot do otherwise than see it completed in its Peptection: and beauty. Sin cannot ‘he devil cannot triumph. The world # te tert ly moving on ees the ek ter every day. Its progress charity, picamhropy, and goodness is wonderful. Feo pace 200i years tb \find 80 oe ae no one Shinks them. jools are founded, great ere built, aid churches ahed which would ve rested tion it besn butte lars is hardly worth an Associated Press dispatch.” Infidelity Abroad. “Speaking of foreign missions, doctor, is it not a fact that heathens often on leaving their own religio: become infidels, and accept no religion “Yes, sometimes,” not as much as is was the reply, “but ot a generally supposed. The missionaries are doing a vast deal of good. They are doirg wonders in Japan, and they are revolutionizing India. I met with nothing in my travels which impressed me So much as the religions of India. Hindoo ism and Mohammedanism have for years been hardening the hearts and lives of the people there, and the condition of the wo- men is horrible. I assure you I would rather be a horse, a hog or a cow in Amer- ica than a woman in India." Free Thought at Home. “How about free thought in America? Do you not think infidelity is spreading?” “No, I do not,” was the reply. “There are more churches now than ever before. Religion may be gauged just as other things, according to the supply and the demand. If there is not a great demand there will not be a great supply. We have new churches because there are men to fill them; and the size of our churches and their number increase every year. More money is spent on religion now than ever before. The Christian stands higher in the community; and the day has now come when men are not afraid of being called Christians. In some respects the churches have changed. Religion is more liberal, and more a matter of the soul. The fences between the sects are being lowered. Christians are becoming united, and they are working together. The old questions of sect and doctrine are passing away, and we are nearing the condition of a united Christianity. Take the doctrinal sermons. The people will not stand them now as they did in the past. They want matter that will help them, and they don’t care as to quibbles about the letter of the law. Preaching doctrinal sermons is lke having ® physician, who, calling upon w you are sick, instead of giving gon outet thing to help you, delivers @ lecture on physiology. You tell him at once that you don’t care as to the length of your inves. tines or the location of the bones. What yoo want is pilis rather than Philosophy, and you want them quick. The sermon in demand today is that which is heipful to man. Here is a body with the old cut of sin and trouble running across its back and over its head. There is the preacher, the physician who brings the gospel of Christ, the one plaster which will heal the wounds. The question is how to get the plaster on the wounds, and that is all.” Christianity in the Kitch “Have ju noticed the great change which is ing on in Catholicism in the United States, doctor?” I asked. “Yes,” replied Dr. Talmage, “the Catho- lcs are becoming more liberal. I have faith in the honesty of their professions, and I believe that they do as much good per- haps as any other religious sect. I tell you there is more religion in our kitchens than in our parlors; and you will find as much true Christianity among the Catholic servants as among the Protestant mis- tresses. I have had two Catholic girls in my employ for @ears, and they have as much faith in their religion as I have in mine.” FRANK G. CARPENTER. Of Course. From the Somerville Journal. There is usually one woman in the con- gregation who doesn’t regard the minister asasaint on earth. Yes, she is his wife, of course. A en Sf He Studied to Please. From the Detroit Tribune Prospective tenant—“But we wish to keep @ servant.” Landlord of fiat—“Oh, very well. I will have an alcove painted on the wall of the kitchen.” From Life. “Tm afraid 1 couldn't make 4] lenty! wwe can bave all the rest A SCHEMER. With economy I can dress on for household expenses!” you happy, darling, on only $2,000 a year.” $1,500, and just think, dear,