Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-06-17
EVENING STAR.
wAsHING TON CITY:
WEDNESDAY,. IL, 1857.
SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS

SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS.
The Union, to-day, publishes the following
4. General Order" embracing the official an
nouncement of the death of the late venerable
General Walbach. 1t speaks eloquently, in
deed, for the memory of the gallant and so-uni-
versally respected deceased:
General orders.l HEADQUARTERs OF THE ARMY
The General-in- Chief has the painful duty of
announcing to the army the death of one Of its
general officers, aud the oldest in length of
vice, Brevet Brigadier General John de Barth
Walbach, who died in Baltimore on the 10th
inst, at the aye of SO.
A native of F French Alsace, General Walbach,
after having served in European armies, entered
ours as an officer about the close of the last cen
fury, and was member of the staff of Major
General Alexander Hamilton. Belonging at diff
1eIent times TO the cavalry and to more than one
Of the staff corps, he became finally, in 1885, an
oTnoer OF artillery, and rose to the command OF
the fourth regiment in 1ei2. The faithful and
cTeditable character of his service may be in
ferTed from the facts that he retained through
two reductions of the army establishment, and
was often brevetted-nrst, major for gallant
conduct I'm the battle of Chrystler's Fieidsn in
1918; second, lieutenant colonel Sc for merito-
Iious services in ISIS; third, colonel for " ten
years faithful service" in ISIS; and last, brig
adler general for like conduct in 1850
His long life and military career were charac-
teTlzed by some of the best traits of a gentleman
and soidier-unwavering integrity, truth and
and he tempered the administration of an exact
discipline by the most elevated courtesies
Appropriate honors will he paid to the memory
OF the deceased by his late regiment
BY command of Brevet Lieutenant General
Scott: GEORGE MA
Acting Assistant Adjutant General
The InteiffgeReeT publishes long manifesto
from General Walker, Of Nicaraguan fame. to
the President Of the United States, complaining
OF his treatment at the hands of Commander
Davis and Commodore Mervine, through whose
agency he escaped alive from Central America.
But tor the fact that the American public have
long since learned to appreciate General Walk
ers bulletins, manifestOes, letters for the press,
DC, &c, some readers of this document might
imagine that the subsequent conduct of the Off
GERS II seeks to arraign was not in strict keeping
with the spirit of mercy which induced their
interference to snatch him from the jaws of such
fate at the hands of the Costa Ricans. as fac
cording TO hundreds of published letters from
persons comprising portion of the fllibuster
force be Is accredited with meteing out to de-
feneeleSs Americans in his power, who offended
him In this case however, all will recognize
In the paper but a eontinuatio of the STYLE of
writing which characterized his bulletins an
nouncing the victories that afterwards turned
out to be defeats. Those who know Commander
Davis personally, are we'll aware that he is in
capable of stating aught but the truth concern
ing any thing, and will receive his statement of
the circumstances under which he stepped for
ward, IN spirit of mercy to save Walkers life.
as being true to the letter. In weighing against
his representations any thing that may ema-
nate from the tilibusters, the public will hardly
forget the statements of the letters and des-
patches asservating and clarifying over the vic
tory at San GOrge's, wherein so many Costa
Ricans were represented to have been killed, as
that the fllibusters had to give over the enjoy
ment of the amusement Of despatching them,
from sheer exhaustion consequent upon the
labor incident to the sport