The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-07-21
IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON.
Awaiting the Arrival Of Gen.
HalleCk.
The ONCE He ID to Take Not
Yet Made Public.
skETcH OF THE 0EtlERAL,
&c. &C.. q.

"A1aH'AIx, July 70, ISoR
General Harleek hes mot ~ xsstved hsrs. All The
sosspsa and Newspaper coss ennts are on the "a; viss
for him. He win reach ,hh city tomorrow nigh. or
Tuesday Then We nay sxpse 70 know whss position hs
= 70 occupy Certain yolisieans say that he win 90 into
me War Department On tas aoah INST Others, in as
good position 70 know. assert that As IA 70 be mill
say adviser Of ths President and Secretary Of War
whoever ths hseer may ~, in srdsr 70 restore
shs unsy ssson khich 50 successfully governed our
military mosemer 1swhls McClellaa was Commander in
Chief Ths Gewsrai will arrive Asrs have said, TO-
morrow uight oF Tuesday and thsnws may know more
positively abora these mportaus changes Meanwhile
everything is being vigorously pushed forward In order
sot 70 lot the g,sss grow under cur feet.
AL spsculssens In regard 10 the purpose Of the
sxpeoted yikttf General Hasaeek Washington
sauls Posvsy nothing Is known in this matter except
1y tho PDstsnt and tho Secretary Of war-not cvsnby
shs moae msminsns and trusted generals
SKETCH OF GENERAL HALLEcK.
Henry Wager Hallsck 10 OF the four major
fysnsrals who were first appointed In 1891 70 that
rank, In the United States Army. General Halleck
~ abeut forty-two ysaYs Of ago, and was tefn
In weston, Oneida eecnty N. Y, whore hts grand
fsther-ons hundred years old, and hale and
hety-laely resided. General Hallscs father was the
Hon. Joseph Hallsck, who died about three years since
General Hallsck entered the Military Academy West
Point cadet In 1885, Atood third In the GLASS;
sbrsvettsd second lieutenant @ engineers July 1889.
Hs Acting Assistant Professor Of Engineering the
Military Academy from July, 1880, % june 1910. In
ifsal he was the snanor Of military workon "Bitumsn
and its Uses &C. in January. 1S45, hs appointed
tofss lieutenant aAd during the year selected
~ ~ ~.AD N~~V NJ
Zen. - deliver one sf the regular course Of
lscurss, the subsct being Military Science and Art"
isse lectures hs complied m neat volume during the
following year. adding thereto lengthy introduction
tAs Justinabensss of war" The work contains much
valuable elementary nstruotsn, well abundance OF
historical sllustratsn. and y written with ability. IN
1Sls be brevettsd eaoan cer gallant osndsct ars
wish the enemy ths 18th and 2oth days Nevembsr
lel5, and for sritcrious service in California He
Secretary Of ses Of Territory Of California under the
nuitasy governments Of Generals Ksarnsy, Mason and
Riley from 1olS v The end f 1elo. He chief Of the
stat of Csmmodors ehubrick In the naval and military
operations oushe Pacnc lSl7 and sls and was
member osshs convention IN 1slo TO form, and of the
ssmnittss 70 ~ the constitution Of the State Of Cali
txaia In Jsiy, 1858, he appointed captain Of
gihesrs, and resignsd August l, 1854.
very interesting ansodots H told o. the early life and
seudiss Of tAsRsnsral A. n expressive Of the hrm
ana mannsss which have distinguished
him during his Me. give hsrss when about sixteen
years Of age hs formed determination leave his
Aoms unkn0wn 20 his parents and seek his fortune In
shs world. Aftss consulting uncle who resided in
. 1yraousc hs removed 70 Hudson, N. r., and took
board IN the cssy ef l. v. Bassstt, and, under the
SaAxonage Of the aforesaid UNCLE commced his studies
: u the Hudsaa Academy, which at that time
suotsd BY J. ". gnirnsd. TO conceal his residence
from his fhthsf, hs entered the academy
snder the name II Henry Wager, and WAS thus known
during his three years. residence In Hudson He
known young Of quick perception and studous
!, habits, acquttng hmsek with honor in hts studies
Aer finishing HI coarse M this academy, through tho
influence Of the cleabefore mentioned he appointed
cadet West tsDt ,Nnd In due graduated with
honor receiving his s.sntenanfs commission. He has
ssrvsAfhe country faithfully and well Hcs related,
As mo side - the family OF wagers In Columbia
sounsy ,hc being nisoecf the late Rev. Danie Wager,
,sf GhenA
General Galssk uasaepoinsed major general in the
united stshs Army In August last, ~ ths instance OF
aieutensnt ,pa Sst hen about TO retireGrom active
service Hs nmisssOnssrs date the 10th OF August,
1891. Atthsa OF his appointment General Hsilsck
was the leading smbsr of prominent law Arm In
San Francisco placed, upon his arrival from abe Pa
oinc In comman OF ths Department OF the West, he
promptly swept away the abuses which had csspt into
ths service unda Frsmonts administration, and from
The very hour hs assumed csrnand the record VI the
war In tho West d, besn ssuecssson Of victories. Un
Ger his mastDy ls0licy tho ssbsls have BEEN driven
from Missouri n dds asd wsrt rsnnessee, inelud-
ing the capital ~ the State, havo been
pied by the Union &C iuss akd edgment obtained for
eur troops In Nor<i nWn hiasssipri and Alabama and
Northwestern Arhass From his headquarters at St
Louis General Halle ck, with masterly skin, disaced
tho movSments Of u 10 grand armies undor Generals
Buell. Grant, Pope Curtis, besdss controlling tho
action Of subordh v,snandsrs IN different parts or
Missouri; and he enj ysd the reward Of wnessas
The opening Of the NiAssi vpi valley BY the cram esr
under Coensl Ellst.
p,r,ng the veriodlvhsn be comsnan<cd the army o<
the Southwest lett fTsm g. Louis spexo thus Of his
action aud services u surrisinf vigor In the
course pursued b. MAJOR Gene l Hasck IN his dealings
v,,b ,he Missouri rsbsk He has br'dgo>Lurners and
rnaraudsrs tried sd sxso@isd; 80 there an end Of
bridge burning and marauding. Uc leviss a. the pro
party OF rich traitors to support the poor Union refugees
driven from their homes by Pres and his fol
lowers He puts uAutinous volunteers - work on
foraca,ions He req. Tres oe.cers Of tho University
Of Afissouri which Gas endowed by the uned
taiea 10 take tho oath OF allegiance resign s'khiu
thirty days He requires presidents and directors Of
roroad companies 10 do ihs same, and aiso drecvs
Them 10 employ none but loyal citizens their roads
He d,sscs thai no oonracs be made except with per
sons VII, have taken the oath Of allegiance and he
ders ALI clerks, agents a0d civil employees in tho
service os ths government also take IT, Gen. HaIsck
dos all thssc extraordinary things under military law,
srd as hc known bo vol verssd In military urfspru
dspce, and the author u a work on a kindred
Srsneh, be docs not do them ,gnoraniy. whils thu,
Aealng with the trsiters rome General Hasck docs
mot ncrsct tfsitcrs in The various dpisons
n his deEirtmontare moving with as much vigor and
ya.di.y as the weather aud roads VIII aim Of. Several
corps are cosing In Price at the southwest, whits
another Is watching scn Thompson a. the sotnelsl,
and si another Is moving on the Mysisspp evidently
intending 10 attack the main vcbc army AZ coluDabs'
The ohclal ordas and s.arssees Vi Scneral aileck,
yveu IRON, tale 10 time the HsRups prove tbat ho
sopceyss this war 10 he prosecuted solely for The
yson oS the uaon and the !asintenance o. ihs eoasu
sonthe @odr constitution washington anu Madison,
.rd ~, ,he new tangled lnsirnmtV which Ioveoy and