Litchfield enquirer., 1861-09-12
LEADERS OF THE UNITED STATES
 FORCES

L LEADERS OF THE UNITED STATES
 FORCES.
 The following brief sketch of the differen Generals now in command of the troops of tn Federal army, will be read with interest at th ) present time:
 Maj. General John E. Wool has been in com mlsslon since 1872, when he entered the army Captain of the Thirteenth, U. s. Infantry. Il 1912 he was breveted Lieut.. Colonel, for gallan try at Plattsburg. In 1915, he became Colone eral (brevet;) in 1941, Brigadier General, an, in 1887, Mai General, brevet.
 Maj. Gen. George B. Mcclellan was born il Philadelphia in 1926; graduated at West Poin in l846, and entered the army as Second Lieu tenant of Engineers brevetted captain in lS4e for gallantry in Mexico went to the Crimea a special Military Commissioner; resigned his ar my commission in 1857, and till the breaking out of the present war, was General Superln tendent of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad. Maj. General John A. Dix was born in Bos cawen, New Hampshire in l796. Began mill tary life an ensign in the war of 1912, and wa afterwards aid to General Brown, Commander in-Chief of the army. Has since been in polit cal life till the present war;
 Brig. General B. F. keley-the Colonel Kel y oi ppt-NdS DOfH III OlllO, ' HSiHltt. II 1906. Was in the Virginia militia for man, years. Former business agent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
 Brig. General Philip Kearney was born il New York, in 1916; graduated at West Poin Tn 1857, with the commission of Second Lieu tenant of the First Dragons; promoted to first lieutenancy in 1889 in 1943 became an ait to General Scott; made Major during the Mexican war, resigned in 1851 was aid to g French Marshal at Solferino returned iron France at the outbreak of the war. T Brig. Gen. Rosencrantz is from Ohio, ant graduated from West Point in 1912 as a secon' lieutenant in the Engineers. Became first Lieu tenant in 1853, resigned and left the army il 1854.
 Brig. General Joseph Hooker was born il Massachusetts, graduated at West Point in 1883 became second Lieutenant in 1887, and frs Lieutenant in 1888 and in 1e46 was brevettet Captain. and in 1S47 successivey Major anc Lieut. Colonel, for gallantry in Mexico; resign ed in 1S46.
 Brig. Gen. Pope is native of Kentucky graduated at West Point in 1858 breveted first Lieutenant in the Typographical Engineers in 1912, and first Lieutenant during the Mexican ] war.
 Maj. Gen. Fitzjohn Porter is 42 years of age and was born in New Hampshire graduated at West Point in l64l breveted second Lieuten ant in the Fourth Artillery in l645, and during the Mexican war rose by steps to the rank oi Major. Since then Assistant Instructor in the Military Academy.
 Brig. General Archibald Mccall is native o Pennsylvania, and West Point graduate of 1913; in 1922 became second Lieutenant and first Lieutenant in lS20 in 1881 aid to General Gaines; rose to colonecy during the Mexican war; since then a railroad engineer.
 Brig. General Samuel R. Curtis, of New York graduated from West Point in 1927; became second Lieutenant in 1881, and resigned the l following year; went to Mexico as $ Colonel ol an Ohio volunteer regiment: was aftcrward As sistant Adjutant General under General Wool has since been employed as civil and military Governor of Saltillo, Mexico, and Chief Engi neer of the Desmoines River improvement.
 Brig. Gen. Hunter born in the District ei Columbia, graduated at West Point in ISIS made second Lieutenant in 1922, and first Lieu tenant in 1923; Captain of Dragoons in 1883 resigned in lS35 has been Paymaster since 1852.
 Brig. General Samuel r. Hentzelman, born i'll Pennsylvania, graduated at West Point in l 1872; became second Lieutenant in 1926; first Lieutenant in 1883: Captain in 1888, and Ma jor and Colonel, successivey, during the Mexi- can war.
 Brig. General William Tacumsch Sherman born in Ohio, graduated at West Point as a sec ond Lieutenant Tn lS40; made first Lieuten- ant in l64l; Captain during the Mexican war.
 Brig. General Montgomery Cunningham Melgs, born in Georgia, graduated from West Point in l936 as second lieutenant; became first Lieutenant in l63s recently as Quarter master General.
 Brig. Gen. Don Carlos Buell., born in Ohio graduated from West Point, as second Iieuten ant, in l84l; rose successiveiy, to majorship during the Mexican War; was made Assistant Adjutant Gtneral in l948, and resigned in 1851. | Brig. General Vim. Benjamin Franklin, born in Pennsylvania, graduated from West Point as a second Lieutenant, in l843; promoted to first Lieutenant in Mexico has since been Assist ant Professor of Natural Philosophy at West Pointj
 Brig. Gen. T. H. Benham, born in Meridcn, l Conn.,, an apprentice in the office of the New Haven Herald; appointed cadet at West Point in 1929; graduated in 1853; and appoint ed Lieutenant Of Engineers. served with dis tinction in Mexico, and superintended the erec- tion of some of the most important fortilica tions in the countrv; breveted Major for mer- torious services, and appointed Brigadier of Volunteers in August, 1881 serving now under General Rozencrantz in Western Virginia. ~>~-
 PROPOSITION NEWSPAPERS IN THE REvoLU- TIoS.-The leaders of the Revolution had very little trouble with opposition newspapers. Up to within twenty years of the date of the Declar- ation of Independence they were little more than mere newspapers. They were only vehicles of general intelligence concerning current events, and were seldom ressorted to as a theatre for dis cussion of any kind. The editor seldom express ed an opinion. But whenthe war for independ- ence was kindling the newspaper was found to be a more convenient channd for communication with the public than the pamphlet, and political. religious snd social topics were discuss ed in it's columns. Editors of the Zenser stamp appeared, and as the quarrel between tie mother country and the oolonists advanced and waxed hot party lines were more distinctly drawn. The newspa- pers took partisan positions, in obedience to the procliyities of their respective conductors, and neutrality gradually disappeared.
 | Such was the position of the newspaper press in the Anglo-Ameroan colonieswhen the war broke out in 1775. In all hose colonies there were only thirty-seyen newspapers, and of these, at he time in question, only seven were devoted to the interests of the British gov ernment These were soon .stifd by public opinion wherever the whigs, as the patriots were called bore rule, while five of the remaining thir- ty were seduced by gold or frighteneoby innuen does into the support of the crown. 3iyington's Royal Gazette, published in New York, took ground boldly against the revolutionary move ment; and at monday, late in the autumn of l 1775 if was "surnrised'' by one hun(red light