about 8:30
The General would destroy these telegrams as fast as they came . I told the Secretary of the progress of Gen. Anderson and Henry in reference to the Black Hills . He was very much gratified at the result . `` I was invited to come to the War Office at about 8:30 o'clock that evening . On arriving I was admitted by the Secretary himself . Inside the door I found a sentinel with musket in hand , regularly on duty . I said to the Secretary , ` How is this ? '