Show GEN GRANT IN CAMP the st paul dally daily press of sunday I 1 may M ay ath 1864 prints the following correspondence to the new york evening post pos t washington april 30 30 A military friend who has just passed some gome days in the military headquarters at cu culpepper alpe IP r has given me an account of the cibit and of the habits of the lite lieutenant genera that I 1 am glad to transcribe gen gen grant messes with his staff in a house in the village and at his table sits lifts familiarly far y every member of his militar military family the expenses of the mess ar arc e divided among ten not in equal proportions exactly but in a manner sad satisfactory 1 r 1 I 1 1 to all there Is not the slightest 1 tl attempt a at latshow show or parade in fit the furniture or equipage everything is for use a and nd economy in trouble and space the crockery Is scanty and of the plainest 1 I and the tare fare though sufficient in quantity is just as homely as that of any thrifty and careful mechanic in your city A i hop with a cup of coffee for breakfast a bit of roast beef with potatoes and hard tack confronting a dih of pork and greens green served for the 5 1 dinner which was concluded without pastry or dessert A cup of tea lea and a bit of toast anil butter butler at finished fini blied up tip the lay day the beds are dimply amply camp cots some with ind and others wilhoit ina matress tresses cs and all the toilet tippa ratu anywhere isable were A 1 few tin wash ash basins bi sins a moderate supply y of to tobel jel a i 1 it of lookingglass lota ing glass and i biorn comb 4 at it the talle talde neither di distilled d t tl 1 c wine inc nor liquor Is permitted the general will not have edtl eiller cr abot t hit liim tor for his hh own or use the inventory of the generals ba baggage 11 lien hen lie he made its ills brilliant cam laign in the rear of vicksburg i I 1 I 1 take lake it well remembered a briar wood telescope and a tooth brush in A what hat relates to personal per Fonal adornment and out side of tile the i of eating caling and drinking personal comfort lie he has fiat not greatly enlarged his possessions ills three stars indicate his exalted ranato rank to say nothing of the charm which in the soldiers eyes these there glittering marks of rank possess I 1 doubt whether there is a officers in his army who is as plainly clad as he ills clothes are worn avorn threadbare and despite the steady brushing of his servant they will have an untidy look due no doubt to the generals habit of going everywhere and seeing everything himself the general understands the relation between cleanliness and godliness but in his opinion practically evinced there is as much of either in a flannel shirt asi as in one of linen of drawing room imn immaculateness macu lateness you readers are arc not to suppose that I 1 am describing a careless or indolent a nan man or one who does docs not know the lite difference between the garb of a gentleman and that of a the facts arc pointed out only as a proof that this mans mind Is so intent upon the great problem before him that he has neither time lime nor inclination to consider frivoll ties lle lie holds a great nations fate Inthe in the palm of his handstand hands hand sand and itis it is an encouragement to know that every fac alty of his mind is calmly but profound ly exercised for the national welfare all his thoughts of carriages center in the carriages which lear bear his field pieces ills discussion of the question of eating intends no farther than to the rations of ills his men and he would hate himself if lie he could spend a minute over the fit or fashion of his coat general grant never swears no man in ills his camp lias has ever heard him give utterance to profanity p ro fanity in any of liis his many in any forms ile he rarely laughs either but lie has a sort of grini grim humor huntor which 16 is not without its effect ills his related as a part of the gossip of the front that an officer attached to the department of his army wanted one wet day to consult with the general in chief idelsa lie Is a believer in III theold the old regime and practiced what under mcclellan he was taught lie ile had half a dozen miles to go more or less so lie he ordered out his horse and carriage and as it was likely that night would conic come before lie he con could id return the lamps were trimmed and hung out on each the lite drivers seat then with an escort of t twelve we ive dragoons dragoon he started happy no doubt in the belief that he was proof ag against ainest the descending rain approaching cul pepper he met an ordinary looking man iran on oil horseback attended only by an orderly As he passed he recognized the lieutenant general who in ill spite of the rain was making his usual rou round nd in h his Is usual modest way to descend fro from f I 1 his carriage and salute his chief was bu but t the work of a mo moment ment but grant irritated by the style and pretensions of ills officer was in no hurry to see sec him gain the shelter of his carriage roof again walk along with me a little said the general 1 I want to talk with you with polished boots and unexceptional kids mr quartermaster did as lie he was bidden and with a touch of the grimness to which I 1 have referred the general led him through the murdiest muddiest mud mudd diest lest parts of the road and did not release him until he was wet to the skin akin as wet as the general himself lie ile was then dismissed with an admonition that will be remembered though it was inter larded with no oaths |