Show GENERAL MCLERNAND > An Old Soldier Who Will Fight Death TheNew York Herald of a late daf > has this General McClernand cf Illinois is a fighter Although well up in the seventies he is still a full of plud as he was during tho stormiest days of the rebellion A few weeks ago ore of the generals old army chums died at his home at Springfield A meeting to draft suitable resolutions of respect to his memory was attended by a number of his Wends among them General McCler nand One of the speakers in eulogizing tho deceased said And so when death came to claim him for its victim he met it as peacefully and calmly as the warrior war-rior who wraps the drapery of his couch I about him and lies down to pleasant dreams After the meeting adjourned the subject sub-ject of their conversation was the immutable im-mutable fate of all men and the calmness with which their deceased friend had met the grim destroyer I Thats the weak point in his character charac-ter Thats something I never liked in j him said General McClernand angrily The Generals companions with joine surprise asked I Why not General I Because Baid the veteran of a hundred hun-dred battles I dont like this business 1 i I of meeting death calmly I have no r pect for any man who does that When death cones to me Ill fight him sirIll fight him to the last I dont want any lying down to pleasant dreams In minI Death cart onquer me without a struggle strug-gle The look anl tone that accompanied the words satisfied the jenerails hearers that he would act aq lie sill |