resolution, moved by Mr. Reed, was adopted by the Legis lature of the State of New York:

Resolved, That the thanks of the people of this State be tendered to General Grant and his Army for their glorious victories in the valley of the Mississippi, and the still more glorious victory at Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountain, and that a certified copy of this resolution be forwarded to General Grant.

The Legislature of the State of Ohio also presented him with a vote of thanks.

A handsome pair of revolvers from Colt's arm manufacturing establishment was presented to General Grant:

The handles are of black horn, beautifully polished, and the barrels, magazines, and other steel parts are elaborately inlaid with pure gold, which is beaten into a design previously cut out of the steel. The other ornaments, guard, &c., are of solid gold. The pair are inclosed in a handsome rosewood box, lined with velvet, and accompanied by all the tools, &c., belonging to them-the cartridgeboxes, &c., being manufactured of silver. These pistols equal any pair that has ever left the establishment.

The bill introduced by Mr. Washburne for the revival of the grade of Lieutenant-General of the United States Army, having in the due course of business been read and referred to the Military Committee of the House of Congress, was slightly amended, and came up on February 1st, 1864, for final action of that portion of the law-mak ing power.

The amended bill introduced was thus worded:

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the grade of Lieutenant-General be, and the same is hereby, revived in the Army of the United States of America; and the President is hereby authorized, whenever he shall deem it expedient, to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a commander of the army, to be selected, during war, from among those officers in the military service of the United States, not below the grade of Major-General, most distinguished for courage, skill, and ability; and who, being commissioned

as Lieutenant-General, shall be authorized, under the direction of the President, to command the armies of the United States.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the LieutenantGeneral appointed as herein before provided shall be entitled to the pay, allowances, and staff specified in the fifth section of the act approved May 28th, 1798; and also the allowances described in the sixth section of the act approved August 23d, 1842, granting additional rations to certain officers: Provided, That nothing in this bill contained shall be construed in any way to affect the rank, pay, or allowances of Winfield Scott, lieutenant-general by brevet, now on the retired list of the army.

Mr. Farnsworth opened the debate by a recommendation that the bill should be passed that morning.

Mr. Garfield, formerly chief of staff to General Rosecrans, having opposed the motion,

Mr. Farnsworth addressed the House as follows:

Mr. Speaker, the argument of my colleague of the Committee on Military Affairs, who has just taken his seat, is a twofold argument. I understand his first argument to be, that the war has not progressed far enough, and that we have not given our generals in the field a sufficient term of trial, to enable the President to select with proper judgment a man upon whom to confer the rank of lieutenant-general.

His second argument is, that the General toward whom this legislation is directed is so great and so successful a general, that it would be dangerous to take him from the field and put him in command of the entire Army of the United States.

In answer to the first branch of the gentleman's argument, I have only this to say: we are now very near to the close of the third year of this war, and while it is true that many generals in the army may be up to-day and down to-morrow, and that their fortunes fluctuate, it is not true of the general to whom this legislation applies. His star has been steadily rising. He has been growing greater and greater day by day, rising from an obscure position, scarcely known out of the county in which he resided. By his masterly ability he now stands, without saying any

thing to the disparagement of other generals, head and shoulders over every other general in the Army of the United States. He has been tried, tried long enough; and if his star were to go down to-morrow, he has still done enough to entitle him to this prize.

After some further debate, Mr. Ross submitted the following amendment, to be added to the act:

And that we respectfully recommend the appointment of Major-General U. S. Grant for the position of lieutenantgeneral.

On this amendment a spirited debate ensued in favor of General Grant, when Mr. Washburne took the floor and made an eloquent speech in commendation of General Grant, and in favor of the bill.

After a few brief remarks from other members, Mr. Ross's amendment was carried, by 117 votes against 19. The bill so amended was finally passed, and sent to the Senate for their action.

Owing to some disagreements in the Senate, the bill went to a committee of conference, in which it was amended, making the appointment of Lieutenant-General to be during the pleasure of the President, and on the 1st of March, 1864, President Lincoln approved the bill, and on the next day sent in to the Senate his message, appointing, as Lieutenant-General of the armies of the United States, Major-General Ulysses S. Grant. The nomination was unanimously confirmed by the Senate.

Shortly after the battles of Chattanooga, General Grant was sitting in his head-quarters at Nashville, with his feet comfortably stretched before the fire, while he enjoyed himself with puffing and chewing his cigar, with that completeness of repose which strangers to his habits have called a dullness of facial expression. QuartermasterGeneral Meigs sat near him, while General W. F. Smith, who had but a short time before made himself quite a reputation with Grant, by the skillful operations in Lookout Valley, in October, 1863, paced the floor, apparently absorbed in thought. Meigs, noticing this, broke the silence, which had lasted for several minutes, by asking:

"What are you thinking about, 'Baldy'?"

On receiving no reply from the absorbed officer, he turned to Grant, and remarked with a laugh:

"Baldy is studying strategy."

Grant removed his cigar from his lips, and said, with a serious air: "I don't believe in strategy, in the popular understanding of the term. I use it to get up just as close to the enemy as practicable, with as little loss as possible." "And what then?" asked Meigs.

"Then? Up, Guards, and at 'em!'" replied the General, with more than usual spirit; then again lapsing into his accustomed taciturnity.

A new Campaign.-Congressional Action.-Deserters from the Enemy.-Loyal Citi zens protected.-Army Supplies received.-General Grant inspects his Depart ment at St Louis.-Popular Demonstrations of Admiration.-Characteristics.- › General Grant is notified of his appointment to the Rank of Lieutenant-General. -Interesting Correspondence with Sherman on the subject.-His Tour of Inspection.-Enters upon his new Duties.

WHILE these scenes were transpiring in Congress, and "all was quiet on the Potomac," General Grant was maturing plans for a more brilliant campaign. He forwarded to Washington his views of the mode of conducting it, to insure the earliest and most complete suppression of the rebellion. The recommendation of a concerted movement of all our armies under one policy, and, so far as practicable, under one direction, was the principal feature of General Grant's project.

Congress was ready to forward General Grant's plans, and Senator Howe, of Wisconsin, offered the following joint resolution on the 7th of January, 1864, under the plea of releasing the prisoners within the rebel lines:

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled:

SEC. 1. That the President of the United States is hereby authorized and requested to call out and arm one million of volunteers, to serve for the period of ninety days unless sooner discharged, and to be employed to carry food and freedom to every captive held in rebel prisons, and to plant the flag of the United States upon every prison they occupy.

SEC. 2. That the President be requested to assign Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to the command of the forces raised under this call, together with such of the forces now in the field as may be joined with them; and he