a Colonel ought to be; and when Grant walked in among them they began making fun of him. They cried in derision:

"Look at our Colonel?' "What a Colonel!' 'Oh, what a Colonel!'-and made all sorts of fun of him.

"A few of them, to 'show off'' to the others, got behind his back and began sparring at him; and, while one was doing this, another gave him such a push that made him hit Grant a terrible blow between the shoulders.

"The General soon showed that they must not judge the officer by the uniform, and before he got through, the unruly fellows felt much mortified.

"One of them generously confessed that it was all in fun, and hoped the new Colonel wouldn't get mad about it. Grant went to work immediately, and in a very short time had his men clothed and fixed up in good style."

IN THE REBELLION.

Gov. Yates' Story of How Grant Got into the Army..

On the 13th of April, 1861, Grant heard the news of the fall of Sumter. On the 14th, he began enrolling recruits; on the 19th, he was drilling his volunteers in the streets; on the 23d, he marched with them to Springfield, the capital of Illinois. When he reached this place he wrote a letter to the adjutant-general of the state, rehearsing his antecedents, and offering his skill and experience in arms to the governor, "in whatever situation he may be pleased to place me.”

Having received no reply to this communication, he presented himself in person to Gov. Yates, and solicited military employment.

"In presenting himself to me," says Gov. Yates, "Grant made no reference to any merits, but simply said he had been the recipient of a military education at West Point;; and, now that the country was assailed, he thought it his. duty to offer his services; and that he would esteem it a privilege to be assigned to any position where he could be useful.

"I can not now claim to myself the credit of having discerned in him the promise of great achievements, or the qualities which minister to the making of great names,' more than in many others who proposed to enter the military service. His appearance at first sight is not striking. He had no grand airs, no imposing appearance; and I confess, it could not be said he was a form

"Where every god did seem to set his seal
To give the world assurance of a man.'

"He was plain, very plain; but still something--perhaps his plain, straightforward modesty and earnestness-induced me to assign him a desk in the executive office. In a short time I found him to be an invaluable assistant in my office and in that of the adjutant-general. He was soon after assigned to the command of the six camps of organization and instruction which I had established in the state.

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Early in June, 1861, I telegraphed him at Covington, Ky. (where he had gone on a brief visit to his father), tendering him the coloneley of the Twenty-first Regiment of Illinois Infantry, which he promptly accepted; and on the 15th of June he assumed the command. The regiment had become much demoralized from lack of discipline, and contention in regard to promotions. On this account Col. Grant, being under marching orders, declined railroad transportation, and, for the sake of discipline, marched them on foot toward the scene of operations in Missouri; and in a short time he had his regiment under perfect control."

The Reported Story that Grant Borrowed Money in Galena to Equip Himself for the War.

Charles A. Washburne, when asked if he had ever heard the story that Elihu Washburne sent General Grant money to equip himself for the war, replied:

"I don't know much about their financial relations. A prominent man in Galena told me this :

"That Grant was called forward to preside at a soldiers' meeting, and he told Elihu, as his Congressman, that he thought it was his duty to go into the army. Elihu gave him a letter to Gov. Yates, recommending him as an ex-officer

of the regular army, who had graduated at West Point, and who ought to have a regiment.

"My informant said that Yates put Grant in the Adjutant's office, and set him to copying. After awhile Grant said to the Governor: 'You can get a man to do this work at one dollar a day, and, if this is all you have to give me, I shall go back to Galena,'

"The day following his arrival in. Galena I am told that a gentleman saw Grant between daybreak and sunrise walking with Elihu Washburne down to the railroad depot.

"The train which leaves Dunleith, going south, comes through Galena very early in the morning. My brother Elihu was carrying Grant's carpet-bag, and going to the station with him.

"This gentleman says he saw them together, and says that Elihu, as soon as Grant came back from Springfield, told him to return again instantly with a more peremptory letter, and to stay until Yates would give him a regiment.

"If that is true, it is a rather significant thing. Grant might have become a mere Lieutenant or Captain, and not have pressed his way to the front as soon as he did."

Grant's First Movements in the Great Rebellion, and his First Little Speech.

Gen. Grant's first movement in the great rebellion, and it is a singular coincidence, was to pitch his tent in Mexico. But this time it was a Missouri village, and belonged to the Western Department of the Army, under the authority of Major General Fremont. He was placed in command of the troops at this point July 31, 1861, but was soon afterwards transferred from Mexico to Ironton, and subsequently to Jefferson City, with no other military care, thus far, than to drill and discipline his own regiment, the