, 1861-08-13
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The PzuEidenee 1oss,ssaz expresses . doubt
wkskher Gov spIsgua win vaeate the gQoeF-
natorisl chair to accept 4 BrigataeEs General
ship In the army, Is he must do; oonsequent'
" be win esteem the compliment and decline
'Ae &4ss Co.; atdz IL ik1eovsrnof 1tian1ibui1s
Hs1tbed, Connecticut, died suddenly IN -
On Ttasdsy night Of LIT week, Only feW:
hours after thef funeral ot her husband. ;st3:
* Governor James; H:Adsnis, Of South:
Carolins, died on Saturday week. He gradua-
ted at Yale College In 1881, in the same classt
With senator Polk Of Missouri, Bishop Kipp
OF California, Bishop Clark Of Rhode ta1and,
and Peter Parker Of Boston.
The 10Th (Hlgblands1s) regiment : Of
New York declines to have Ex-Governor ste-
yene, Of Washington. Territory, appointed
their Colonel In place Of cameron. saa7Ar.
Stevens declines being forced upon them. SO
between The two the appointment falls to the
:Rropnds. Gov. steTena has not . very agreear
;blo zeputstlon ssa military commander
-!Thur1ow Weed writes to the Albany Ewn-
isa Journal that, having discovered merit in
!. the case Of Capt. Il. D. Putnam Of the Mime
sofa regiment, ct Bull Run, tive spoke Of him
IL the right quarter, and asked aR appoint
ment for him in the regular army." The
thing MAS done.
| Fowler. the defaulting New York Post
| master, is at the city Of Tepic, in Mexico, en-.
| ployed az q chief agent Of Messrs. Barron,
Forbes 4 Co., The wealthy bankers and MANI
facturers. Both Of the principals are now in
Europe, and Ar: Fowler has entire charge OF
their sffafn.
] The Detroit Tribune commends tic ap-
pointment Of Brigadier General 4. 3. VII.
liams, Of the State troops, to the same posi-
| tion IN the army, and says Of him:
."He has been a student Of military science for
I stwentyfve yearei and In every moyement to iu-
ay pia5 spf aoTs the E Rfepf %ft Of thf st
be hss been the chief spring. General W. served
as Lieuteuaut. Colonel fa Mexico with credit aud
eeaaga eo1daat nd ab9 ia i5e9R e.
With the most unhesihting trust y
| Col. Farnhan Of the ate n. r. Fire
| Zouayes viii probably be Lieut. Colonel of The
t Peoplea'> Ellsworth Regiment, now being
raised in New York, and an Army officer o
! experience HM be selected for Colonel Ma
j jor Pe,k Of Syracuse Was first appointed, bu
8! he has since been promoted to Br1gadie1
Genera1ahip in the army. The Regiment ha:
/ been gathered from all parts Of the State, one
I picked man for each election district, and I:
nov In CAN p at Albany.
THE Two sHERMANs.-The two Sherman
| are thus individualized By a correspondent o
/ the n. 7. Evening Post:
y. ~ a vrauo.,avora Ia ,o,
;, futiun in reference to: the tsno ColonsIs Sher
mau in Cur amy. It ID singular fact ths1
William e Sherman Of Ohio, and Thomas IT
Sherman Of Rhode Island, both graduated il
the same class at West Point; both :enterei
the same regiment-the Third Artillery botI
remained in the amy, and both served in tht
Mexican WEE. Henca the confusion OF names
Il It is the Rhode Island Sherman who command
ed aud gaEe hts name to the celebrated bat
t:tery. Sherman Of Ohio, when the presen
trouble broke out, was at the head OF q Stats
military academy in Louisiana, and when this
! State seeded he resigned, refusing to serve
d1aloysl State.- Sherman Of Rhode Island wa
ut that time in Minnesota with his battery
=. When. the new regular regiments wer
formed, sherman Of Ohio Was appointed Colo
mel Of the Thirteenth Infantry, aud Sherman
Of Rhode Island, Lieutenant. Colonel Of th
. | motion Of Colonel Hunter, became Colonel Q
: The REGIMENT. sherman's battery, thous]
1t still retains the name, is IL realit
AyEee' battery: It wae Sherman Of Obi
who commanded q brigade in the battl
. At Bull Run, composed OF the Sixty
ninth, Seventy ninth and Thirteenth Nsi
York and the Second Wisconsin reg
aents. Captain Ayre'e battery-ealIed She,
man's-Was also under his command. Til
bsttery-the statementE Of the Rschrnon
journals to the contrary Notwithstanding
.eds net taken, but after 8 desperate confes
every gun WIS brought off in safety, with tw
others belongingrto another battery. She
man OF Rhode Island WAS not In the battle s
; the Stone Bridge, being On duty elseWher,
! | Both the She1mans alluded to have risen
he Generals, and are ranked. among the be-
:, officers in our army. They are not related
, | each other.