Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-12-21

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Engaged in street fighting, breaking
through houses with crowbau and axes,
in order to reach the enemy. This
was the most desperate and dangerous
Kind Of service; while engaged IN it,
he reached strong position Of the en-
envy, and found himself opposed at
close quarters By Q greatly superior
force Of Mexicans. Notwithstanding
the vast odds, he and his little band,
unhesitatingly attacked the enemy and
drove them from their position, killing
more than twenty Of their number.
After his return from Europe he re-
signed his position in the army, and ac-
cepted the control and management of
the Western railroads. The present
war called him to the head of the Ohio
Volunteers, and the Government know
ing it's man, ut once conferred upon
him the title of Maior-General.
We cannot better conclude this arti-
Gle than by quoting the emphatic Ian
guage in which Mr.. Rogers has
summed up to US his own opinion of
McClellan, and what may reasonably
be expected from him. It is as fol-
lows:
Ifin his present position as comman-
er of the army of tho Potomac, he is
left unembarassed by politicians and
tape, he will amply retrieve the disas-
ters we have suffered, and will prove
himself one Of the ablest (f not the
very ablest) strategists in the United
States. He possesses all tho qualities
ascribed to Wellington by Napier |:
"Iron hardihood of body, quick and
sure vision, a grasping mind, untiring
power of thought, the habit Of labori-
Gus, minute investigation and arrange
ment, together with that most rare
faculty Of coming to prompt and sure
conclusions, on sudden emergencies.
THE LATE CATHAR1NE HAYEs.-Cath-
arinc Hayes, the news ofwhose death re-
Gently reached us, was born in LINER
ick, Ireland, about the year 1920. She
early showed love for music; aud,
through tho kindness Of friends was
Sapio, of Dublin. She subsequently
went to Paris and studied under the
celebrated Spanish teacher, Garcie, and
afterwards proceeded to Milan, where
she became the pupil of Ranconi. Her
debut in the opera was made in Mar
seilles in the "Hugenots," in the year
1S45. She was Immediately Afterwards
cugaged at the celebrated theatre of La
Scala, in Milan, where the simplicity
and naturalMess of her manner and her
purity Of voice received the warmest
admiration of the most discriminating
musical audiences. She passed the
season of 1886 in Vienna, then made
the tour of the principal Italian cities,
and made her first appearance in Lon
don in 1849. She made her first ap.
pearancc in New York in 1851, in
concert at what was then Tripler Hall.
She was married to her agent, Mr..
Bushnell, and afterwards visited Aus
tralia, California, the Sandwich Islands
and India, returning to London in 1855.
Her voice was soprano Of great COM
pass aud strength, very smooth and re,
markably flexible. She seldom per-.
formed in the opera, preferring to ap-
pear in o concert. In the former, how
ever, her most successful roles were
Lucia in "Lucia di Lammermoor" and
Linda in "Linda di Chamouni." She
occasionally appeared in the English
opera, and always with marked success.
In the national melodies Of her country