Mr. ROUSSEAU. There is one incident which that member hasmentioned about which I desire to say a word. He refers to an anec dote which may be found in the Annals of the Army of the Cumberland a history of the war in the West. This aneedote was told by General Jeff. C. Davis one evening at table with General Rosecrans and some 30 officers, to the great amusement of all. The matter is thi: 1 had been absent from the Army, Visiting this city, endeavoring to get leave to raise some troops. On my return, wherever I want, my troops cheered me, as was their cus tom after an absence. Cheering union the troops at that time was somewhat unnsua; for I regret to say that at the beginning of the War there was not so much enthusiasm with regard to Generalofficers as could have been wished. '1his cheering always created a commotion in the camp. I‘here was also another cause of shooting and cheering. The soldiers, whole regiments, often got after a rabbit, and surrounding him, would shout and chase him almost scaring him to death till they caught him. such shouting and cheering occurring one day, General Jeff. C. Davis, as he stated at General Rosecrans’s table, as beforementioned, asked the sentinel before his door what it meant, who replied he did not know, but supposed itwas either Itous scan or a rabbit. The whole Army is acquainted with the joke, and the member from 1Iowa can find it in the book referred to, set !i down as a compliment to me. It was, in fact, a by word in the army of the Cumberland. I was proud of it, for it evinced my popularity with the brave men I commanded I care very little what such a man as that member may say of my deportment as a soldier. I tell that member, sir, there are more than 50 regiments from the great Northwest who served under me, and the history of no one of them can be truthfully written in which my name will not be honorablymentioned. Go to the men from Iowa, the member’s own State, and I will give my right arm if he can find one of them, from the iigbest to the low est, who will not testify to my soldierly hearing in all things. Thank God, my name shall go down to posterity linked in honor with theirs. We endured together the hardships, and faced the dangers of a soldier’s life, and we have reason to know and respect each other. The member is mistaken when he says no Iowa troops were under me. The 5th Iowa cavalry, Lieutenant Colonel Patrick, were with me on various occasions and fought under me. They were among the best of in command in the expedition which destroyed 35 miles of the most important railroad 130 miles in the rear ofJohnston’s army while in front of Atlanta. Let that member read the history of troops from his own State or let him ask any man of the 5th Iowa. cav alry who was their commander in crossing the Coosa river and in repelling the various raids of Forrest and Wheeler. 1 have a warm place in my heart for the soldiers of the Union and when I speak of them I must say what I feel. If I am 6 feet high, as the member has said, it is no fault of mine I nm as God made me; and if I have had courage to serve my country I am thankful. I thank GodI have had the courage and strength to do it. I have never dreame of making a parade of it, and certainly not when I call upon par excellence stay at home patriots upon this floor, who denounce the friends of the President as lick spittles, to know in what inniiiier they have served their country except in denouncing rebels, filling offices, and drawing salaries. I hope now that I have heard the last of the member from Iowa. I hope I shall never have occasion to recur to the subject again. whatever glory he has gained in this contest I am content he should wear., Mr. GRINNELL. The occasion is no fault of mine. And then, on motion of Mr. THAYER, (at 4 o’clock and 58 minutes p. m.,) the House adjourned.