Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-06-01
From the Christian Citizen.
"Thc Captains Of InduStry,p

The New York Commercial Advert.
ser publishes an extract from Il letter da-
ted ST. Petersburg, April 7. which announ-
ccs the death of Major Geo. Whistler the
celebrated American Railroad Engineer.
He died ON the morning Of the seventh
Of April. after Il long illness resulting
from an attack Of the cholera. The
letter adds;
ellis death has plunged in grief all our
c%ountrymen residing here. He died
without a struggle. 1t is needless TO
speak in praise of Major w. Those
who know him can attest his exalted
worth and character. He enjoyed 10 !
remarkable degree The confidence Of the
emperor and the officers Of the Govern
ment with whom he had public or private
relations, and though he lived in a for.
cign land, his death has cast Il gloom over
every one who was acquainted with him."
The death Of such Il man claims more
than n passing notice. Educaled at the
Military School at West Point for a mill
tary life, he possessed so little relish for
the murderous part of the profession as
to leave the army very soon after he had
graduated as a cadet, for the purpose of
using the knowledge he had acquired in
some nobler pursuit than that of arms;
TO seeklhe 'bIbblc rcputalion,' not at the
lannon's mouth, but in an caincst devo-
ton 10 the arts of peace. lie was one Of
the earliest TO leave the Army when the
internal improvcmcntsystem ol'our coun-
try commenced, TO devote himself 10 the
business of Civil.cnginecring; and many
are the trophies of his skill and ''prow-
css." West Point never produced n
more genuine hero, one who has left his
name craven in more imporiShable lines
upon the age in which he lived or who
has won for himself a higher need of
glory. True he has not welded the MUIR
derous implements of warfare among the
everglades Of Florida, shot down The de-
fcncolcss ScminolcS upon their W hun
ting grounds or cheprcd on the Cuba
blood hounds us they tracked the flying
rugalivcs to their hiding places in the
swamps. lie has commanded no troops
of flying artillery, nor lcshed his sword
upon the fields of Palo Alto or Bucna
Vista. lie has not exercised his knowl-
edge Of ''proioctilc's'' in aiding in the
in-discriminato slaughter of women and
children al the bombardment Of Vera
Cruz, or joined with his old associate:
7 and companions in arms in the terrible
revcl in the halls Of the Montezumas
/ No glory like this has he Won. Bat whC
n shall say that The laurel wreath Of immor
Y tai fame docs not wave as grecnly arounI
his statue which the nation enshrine
= u;,h;n har Ln,rt .- ,rrtp1 Tint nl al,
most valiant Of her sons who fell in til
e dreadful strife of war! Who shall sa.
. that in hat new era which approaches
h in that better time coming "when the
bugles shall sound the Truce Of God t
o the whole world for ever" that IN,
II brightness Of his achievements shall no
$ shine out upon the pages of his country
history amid the black and damning bar
S barilies and crimes Of this age, whic.
9 men now SO much gloriGy, and honor
4 with a luStre in comparison with whicl
-, the deeds of Taylor, Scott CT i'll mn
genus shall be but as The dimmcsl star i
The presence Of the great eye Of day?
1t was the argument Of Gen. Cass an,
r other fre-catcrs in Congress, that tn
Mexican war was to be immensely adyanla
d geous to the country, inasmuch as i
would spread the knowledge Of American
prowess to other lands, it would make u.
layorably known abroad, and kings anC
;, potcnlates would lromble and turn pale
when they should hear of our 'brillian
Victories" Strange that the Genera
should not have seen The fact that ''PeocC
has her victories as we'll as war;; tina
y the exploits Of an humble &c major of tho
army of The United States, who had dof
fed his regimenlals and assumed the garI
Of a civilian, who had exchanged hi
sword for Il compass, and his pistols for
; surveyors chain, had done more TO maxi
Il his country famous abroad Than anylhin.
she had achieved or would be likely /
achieve in Il war, however successful
might be.
His " Imperial Highness," the Enpc
ror Of Russia is represented to be Il ma
d Of distinguished ability, and doubtless h
knew all that could be known orlho wal
- like deeds and vast resources of OF
.s country, He had doubtless heard of III
battle Of New Orleans, and of the hero
Lundy's Lane, Of the victories upo
= Lake Erie, the capture Of Osceola an
T. tho cXlirpalion Of the Seminolcs BIT
! much given as he is and was to wal
" proud us he is Of his vast army and navy
- he never thought sufficiently of rhos
ro things to send Tor any of This kind Of he
roism TO impart their knowledge 10 hi
own rude masses of savage yalor. II,
= probably thought as much oflhoso thing
. rs he would Of a ny in his tea cup, an,
y no more. But when he heard that the
. people of Massachusetts. had construct
Il ed a great line Of Railroad connecting
II The Hudson River and It's tributaries o
! canal and lake navigation with The Al