The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-03
THE INTERESTING AND IMPOSING
GER = M o N I rs
ON OCCASION OF
THE PRESENTATION Of The SWORD
VOTED TO
GENERAL WOOL
By THE
xegislature Of Newly ork.
xegislature of Newly ork.

on Saturday last at the Capitol; and notwithstan,
ing the incemency Of the weather, attracte 4 an
immense crowd OF spectators, who, dur.ny ,sa
triumIhal procession, as we'll as at tne ,;m. of
presentation, Wed with each other aud gave oxnrss-
sion to the most unbounscd feelings Of delight and
sympathy with which they regarded this actnow,s,r
ment, by the State Legislature, Of tina ,ervi.s. "a
trumphs of tho most illusrious and d,s.nor,h
cd heroes Of the ego.
All brief biographical sketch OF General Wool NAV
be interesting to our readers shall before s,orih
ing tie interesting ceremonies which took ,,acs m
this occarion give few particulars Of the kstorv ~
services Of this gallant sodNr and sccom.li,bsa cit;
zen Of the Empire stnte," which We irye obt,,nad
from the mcst reliable sources.
General Wool is native Of the State of New York
HE miy were wings 81 the lon lie was morn
IN county bus has resided In Re co.,
ty since his early chdhood Having his father MT
that period hewas taken in charge by his
With whom he lived till he was II years of are "a
then removed TO the CITY of Troy where his family
nov dwell 10 require knowledge of business with
view to his l~comiDg merchant In that civ ha
prosecuted this profession with success until The To-.
ererr' whicS o;srgsi he'd him as TO the
accepted aeommisson captain in the 18th rrrimant
3: inisnuy. he mas thus been truly the foun aer O.
his coiunission bears date April, 1872 HAVING
rai,. d company in Troy he made his military debu
~ the heights Of Qu.enston Previous TO that "a
variable action, our army hal suffered 40 many "a
verses AS to occasion the imputaon of nd
eowardice against officers and troopr a
Was thought btcrttary To make pris mt effort
In order to redeem their character aud to raiss ~
country proper spirit for prosecuting the war Ao-
cofdingly MIcr General Stephen Van Rensselaer
Who had received the command OF the militia ~ ths
State Of New FORK on the niagara frontier and hal
esisbh hed bis head quarters at Lewiston
to storm the heights of Qaeenston Formidable nn.t
fortified and held by part of the British army A
INST detachment OF Blk hundred we're
on this hazardous service, under the commana 81
Colonel Vap Rensselaer, aid de- camp to the General
and Lhut Coonel Chrystie. In the detachment
When they arrived at the Nisgsra river t was found
that thtrs was not a sufficient number of boats to
transport more than half of them. Van Rensselaer,
crossed. Chrystie remained behind; but the thrss
companies of the 18Th, which were part of his com
maho accompanied Van Rel sseaer Their capta,n.
we've Wool Malcolm, and Armstrong On Captain
Wocfthe command Of these devolved, and never did
young officer and eod.ers bear the ms.lyes more cal
lanty under the most trying circumsts noes A band
offewer than three hu ndred were about to attaok q
portion Of extraerdinary strength. Their setting
foot on the Capacan ride Of the was the sig nal
for . tremendous fire from the enemy But onward
and upward they struggled In the desperate en-.
di,rs in Captain Woos command were killed or
wounded He himself shot through both thighs
But now was not the time to yield Colonel
Van Rensselaer, was supposed to be mortally wounded
and a. fast sinking from loss Of blood Wool sought
him and permission to continue the assault
The Colonel was willirg to entrust the fate of the
affair to young officer who for the first time on
the neld bat reluctantly consented The exctsmen MT
Of the occasion and the Importance OF tho object i'm
parted strength to the faint and weary band Thew
climbed TIE heights and the British were driven dow
from their batteries Gen Brock, ut Fort George
hesrir the noise OF the conflict, set out with marty
to aftist his couBtrymen On their arrival some one
In the wing comma ded BY Captain Wool raj.sd a
white flag, rs If demanding cessation of host,litiss
Wool struck 1t down tramped it on the ground and
rsllyipg our forces by desperate effort once more
charged the British, reinforced though they were and
once more drove them from the heights Brock was
claims panic seized the Brtish-they abandoned
Thur opered the brilliant career of General Wool
His daring and military genius were at con.
fpcuous and proved him TO be to whom his cou
Try could look with confidence in any emerge ncy that
might call her cons into the field.
For his gallant conduct at Queenston he was pro-
NOTED to the rank Of Major and assigned to the 29th
regiment of foot The northern frontier the prin-
sipsl theatre Of action for this regiment Maj Wool
uniformly volunteered his services when
duty and danger led. But the battle of Patts-
bureh, which included the engagements, by land and
water, between the American and British forces in
September lsl4 presented to him opportu for
distinction such rs rarely occurred during the
Fighting CONNIE ICED the 9th and coptinue the
1lih of the month. On the morning Of the 9th was
fought the action OF Btekmantown. or this action
troops he British column of 900 in while
our forcte under General Macomb were entire nohing
themselves beyond the Ssranac He eviuced all the
and edty which he bad manifested at
Qpst pfton; and his gallant resistance Of the last
importance to our cause. Had the British light
brigade been able to the river 1t impossible
calculate what might have been the result both on
Lake Chsmpain and the shore The order given
militia, and Get them an example of hrmnsss This
order was obeyed to the letter. For more than FIVE
miller along the Beekmautown road the ground was
sontested inch by inch and the militia, reassursd by
the example Of the regulars, supported the honor
their country Nearly three hundred Of the enemy
fell, killed woun dsd, between Beekmantown and the
Sarapac For his services in this battle Major Wool
was brsveted Lieut.. Colonel
AT the expiration Of the war Lieut.. Colonel Wool
continued in the army and il 1916 commissioned
Inspector General, with the rank Of Colonel Ten
years after be was made Brigader General by brevet
In lS4l he commissioned Q Brigsdier General and
appointed to the command Of the eastern division Of
the army In this station he remained until the
war with Mexico opened Q theatre for &C ion
During the long interval between the two wars he
vas constantly engaged IN some important service.
A. Inspector General his duties for about twenty five
years were con nected with every depsr tment of
military establishment OF the United States and
MT xico, and from the Atlantic to Council Bluffs
Wh. he was appointed, there were no white settle
me nts northwest Of Detroit There military posts
estsblih.d at Msckinac sanit 81. Marie, Chicago,
lisssippi 200 miles from its mouth, Council Bnfe,
some i $50 miles up the Missouri; and posts the
Arksnas, GOO miles from Its outlet, and on the Red
Amer The Mexican war was declared, General Wool
received orders to repair to Washington. Complying
inmed With this order he reached the capitol
aL0 WAS then instructed by the department to
proceed to the Western States in order to muster
ana ors spxe into terve the volunteers Of Ohio I'LL
NOR. Kentucky, Tennessee, indiana aud Mississippi.
Es the fret week in June to the third in July,
GeI.ral Wool was engaged In this arduous service,
and had the satisfaction of forwarding 10 900 voun
t<trs the army under command Of General Taylor,
it here that the sterling qualities OF General Wool
y en- Ell psriepcsd discpipariap a most efcien Mt
conn der, were most signsly displayed.
IL vas In the great battle OF Buena Vita that Gen
Wool acted most conspicuous part In the discharge
Of HE duty there be exposed himself to every danger
and the admir- alton Of the loops by his vslor while
he I'D them to victory by his example and his general
ship General Taylor in bis despatched bears ample
fe.imopy to the services OF his second In command
Th.re never the field Of battle two generals
united In opinion, feeling and action. All
hal mtpy between them. And when, after the pfict,
they rushed into each Others arms a field where
mere than three thousand men lay dead or wounded,
muipsl admiration. joy for the victory and sorrow
for the slain, mingled in one overpoweripg gush Of
sympathy.
1t ~ss then that the renowned hero of the campaign
exclaimed, as he congratulated General Wool the
result Of this glorious engagement" These boys,
General have got the proper bringing up!' Through
out the entire campaign. the actions Of Wool
coDtpic uous, and matter Of history. We
come to the
TRUMPYAL PROCESSION.
About half-past ten on the morning Of Saturday
The Troy Citizens Corps" and the" Troy Artlery"