The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-04-03
EDITORS CORRESPONDENTS.
IFrOm our regular eSTrs'POnasnt,l

eflhs 2ls-.Nouination of M uiekis for -HoyOr Of
.NiW York, BY the dsmOerate party-Ths certainty
| Qfhi success Frsshsls in H1int-QsaTTsis IN the
,0hig party Of .SsT York, Sc. &C.
| Whatever else Americans and EnglishInen may
think of each other, they have no cause TO dispute
each others courage. To discredit the bravery oi
the English would be casting reproach on our pro-
genItori, and for them To depy hcrolsm TO the
Americans, would be TO Islander their descendants.
| The late great battle fought in India proves that
the Ango-Saxon spirit still exlss-that il still leads
on 10 conquest,
Sir Henry Hardnge is of the Duke of Wei |
lngton's old Peninsular officers. He at one time
acted as deputy quartermaster to the Porting uese
army. He participated in all the principal events
Of the Pennsusr war, including the battles of
Buseco, Albuera, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittora |
| the Pyrenees Orthes, &c. He also al the |
battle Of Waterloo, where he lost arm, for which
he was allowed pension Of $500 per annum. Sir
| Henry was born in 1885, and 10 now consequently |
IN his 6lst year. In 1896, he represented the city Of
| urban in Parliament, and subsequently sat for the
boroughs of ST. Germans, Newport and Lsunees-
| ton. He belonged to the tory side Of the House,
and was under It's rule, appointed twice chief secre
| ary for Ireland. His mother was the daughter OF
| the Hon. Sir John Pratt, chief justice of the
court of kings bench. He had brother who dis
| ungulshed himself IN the navy, and who fell in ac-
ZION commanding her majesty's ship the Tiorenzo,
after capturing the PIedmontese frigate. He has
another brother, who is a clergyman Sir Charles
Il
| magh, and brother-in-aw to the Marquis of Lon
dondery. The father of Sir Henry was Nicholas
iardlnge, esq, who was joint secretary Of the treas
ury in 1852 These data ] compiled from small
| work entitled "The Assembled Commons" printed
4 in London in 1888. The gallantry Of Sir Henry
was recently alluded to by Sir Robert Peel, when
he had moved vote Of thanks in Parliament to the
officers and under their command who had car
| RED the bloody day Of Ferozepore, Sir Robert
said, thst with my asctionate regard for that gal.
| anf \ AL /
| exhibit him during such night that of the 2lst "
To understand what the night of the 2lSt was il il
necessary to let Sir Henry Hardnge speak for him.
| self He succeeded Lord marlborough as governor
general OF India, who himself had succeeded Lord
Auckland. The military reputation of whole life |
won IN Spain and on the field Of Waterloo, hung
upon the events Of the 2ist. Although only second
IN command (Sir Hugh Cough being senior Off
eer) IN the field Sir Henry felt the entire force OF
his critical and responsible situation. This fact i,
made more manifest by private letter written to
some member Of his family after the battle, and
| which Sir Robert Peel read in presence Of the as
sembled members of Parliament. The brief ye
Interesting details given in the extract, beg leave to
give entire, with the comments Of Sir Robert Peel
| "The night Of the 2lst the most extraordina
ry OF my life ! biyouacked with the men, without
food or coverings and our nights bitter cold A
burning camp in our 'front.' our brave fellows lying
down under a heavy cannonade, which continued
during the whole night mixed with the wild cries OF
and the groans Of the dying. In this state, with
handful of men, who had carried the batteries the
night before, remained TIL morning, taking very
short intervals Of rest by lying down with various
regiments IN succession, to ascertain their temper
and revive their spirits" Great cheering THAT Is
TO say, Sir Henry Hardinge spent the night in 60
ing from regiment TO regiment, lying down with
them, anlmsllng their spirits thus insuring, IA
as human effort could insure it., the conquest of the
coming day. CHEERS. 81 found myself again
lyvth NV If h. nd Orb
and all in good heart. My answer to all and every
was, that must fight it out attack the enemy
vigorously at daybreak, Leaf him, or die honoraby
m the field. The gallant old genernl-kind hearted
and heroically brave-entirely conceded with me
During the night | occasionally called upon our
brave English soldiers To punish the Sikhs when
they came too close, and impudent; and when
| the morning broke We went at it in true English
style. Cough was on the right. l placed myself
| md dear little Arthur by my side, in the centre
about thirty yards in front OF the men, to prevent
| their firing, and drove the enemy, without q
| halt from one extremity to the other, capturing
thirty or forty guns as we went along, which fired
at twenty PAGES from US. and served obstinate
lily. The brave men drew up in an excellent line,
and cheered Cough and myself a. rode up the
inc, the regimenta colors lowering to me as on pa
rade. The mournful part is the heavy loss have
sustained in my officers. | have had ten aids-de-
camp hors du con,bat-fve killed and five wounded
The fire Of grape was very heavy from one hundred
pieces of cannon. The Sikh army are drilled by
French officers, and the men the most warlIke IN
| India"
1t was certainly brave action which induced o
father to take his son by his side and march forth
forty PAGES in front of his men, to prevent their
firing a gum in order that the bayonet alone
might be used in carrying the works of the
enemy. The details of the battle of Feroze-
pore are Interesting in a military point Of view
They show what kind of enemy they would prove
against us, and what they would have right to ex-
| from, yrho hoya 1ob
common origin. "When Greek meets Greek, then
comes the tug of war" 1t is much better that an
honorable peace should prevail between US. 1t
would be wiser to employ their mutual surplus ply
steal power in subduing and cIvzing the barbarous
races Of mankind; and, better STILL if they could do
this work without the sword, by psaceabls and NOR
al influences.
We have received dreadful accounts of damage
done the Penobscot, in Maine, from the effects |
Of the late tremendous freshets. The loss of prop
erty in towns and country is estimated at million
Of dollars! Vast quantities Of lumber, Mills and
houses, have been swept away and lost.
The democratic convention of this city. elected to
nominate a candidate for mayor have selected An
drew f. Mickle as their choice for that distinguish
ed Office. have the honor of knowing Mr.. Mickle
and venture to assert that better selection
coull not have been made. He is native Of the
city, and descended, believe, from good old Kuick
erbocker ancestors, from whom New York has de-
rived a large portion Of her most valuable citizens
est and liberal forefathers has reason to be proud OF
it. All who have the pleasure of knowing Mr.
Mckle, entertain the highest respect for him. He
has risen to rank and station by his own industry
and perse verance. He Is, like our present worthy
yor a clear headed, practical, wel-judgng bust
ness man. and, like him, have doubt, will make
an admirable chief officer of the city. Mr.. Mickle
has always been sound, stable, and thorough
democrat, though liberal and gen.lemanly towards
all those honestly differing from him in
opinion. He bgot in nothing, but steadfast in
political principles which he has satisfied his mind
and conscience are true. He did not seek the Of
fee for he is rather a retiring and modest man. The
Office sought him; though, believe, not the first
lime for II mistake not, his fellow-citizens once
imposed the task on him Of representing them in the
CITY councils alderman, when they found they
he'd selected the right II is a subject of just
pride in this city that the democratic ranks contain
so many quiet, unpretending yet practical and able
men, from which they can select persons to repre-