Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-10-16
THE EVENING STAR.
LETTER FROM GEN. kEARNEY.
Military Review,

ark, New jersey, which nas te-n rlssie IN,
sVojre; Of COMMENT:
HARpI>oNs LANDING, iIh August, 1sGa.
-'DeG' !ft:-l thank you for ycur kind. lone
letter. 1oE extend TO me HON. Won -ugcp.i
"indrawlng mo and my division out Of This
is.ocis position. With Pope army, would
ereaths again.
"W> Aar- 10 Gea,ro!s Mcclellan Is the fall
uIe ever proclaimed him. He ha> been pun
ishrk, Just a. n once cumprrh'nCrd til-nI"S'-S
~ N" p1rirs ~. ,-iV 67jgGet a. ~ mG-r ki'Iics.
NOR rTSfs 81 blond. Ggk'ing bp sribbleis lie has
lost the confidence or all. Nor has he 4 Jingle
officer abeut him capable Of 6stterine sum
nrr j. 4 bull IT, Il china shop; and a SUR.
:ou-Iy n Pair Oaks. He j. no; now il. his rj:h
place, and will be muclt worse. - j. small
brain csSfird in 4 ! company garrison ia In.
frontier. He was no; OF ~ ID MrNico. bat in .,
rear column saw di-tan; fia,h in :, gu-r-
lila fgT. His skill i myth, pcotiy;.l Nrr-
sion a. his own par a. Bulls Run. p.'rTrr i
good IN nature. but weak "a water-the apparent
cant Of all this disaster for his wan % general
hip on IN" CbickahoIniny. - and Franklin
are 1aleEtsd engineers. They might make
good Generals i: they uuGersf Ood The valrr ~
element, m their calculation :: a II l., hey arc
DANGEROUS failures.
when -- WaS drunk. he hid >CU.e fa.g
ulel drowned before Yorktown. kno.y q. 10
other fea of his, franklir's baI1t :, Wcat
Point VA EIo>trunaWay picket IGN: .! uuT>.
His part on The Chickal nBiiny was unpardoI,-
ahl". He sent OVER division fhi> OWE was
present on Thar side orr II IRE. anG ne inter
fered 10 prevent them from being sacrificed ~
position was Mortified j. il. Is described by
lien. Taylor. and all others. Is il surprising
,hal "Tni 10 gel Ous of his htcSs2 Besides,
hey hay' sent me Major ti"nryaIship, like
ALI ihnsf efhers daiin. from July ith, niutidl,
-? 4 bach of new and very ordinary JUNIOR
nfiicsrs. Do they forget that l was appointed
isr>,fG ON the original list. Thas 1, the
heels OF Bulls RIM. faced The enemy with
Jersey BTi- ade: in advance of all others, Me-
ClHlian. Mcdowell, Il ~ 6BiEis denaS. nearly
forcing ne 10 como back IF the ''S'nilnary.'
10 thry forget III" al Manassas! My Jersey
Brigad'' lhHr infected with panic The retiring
'n'1ny' Has Williamsburg never come To
'h''ir ears. On. no. really feel aggravated
b-yond endurance. Discipline becomes de-
arab3 lion IL not Ticlj.c,i with jdSiicc Palrio;-
~. amid all her sacrifices. claim tia.
~ S@lf-rrsp@c' Generals, victorious in lhpp past.
arr nci ralled on fn expose their troops, unless
hos brave men arr acknowledged. Their
.d"nJIty IA their chiefs promotion. claims
date vi ihsir high acf,. Oh, ia. ahI nearer
r''turuin~ III thr nom" have given ,ir. W thn
interests L have sacrificed. 10 my cherished
wife #':os, anXicly orpre>>r> me. than L ever
dream, ef in - war Tor The Union. But il the
infatuated North ITr weak enough - lel Ehi>
,II>i- ha managed by .-Ih:Ill men of small mo-
:ISe>- am not willing 10 hC their puplict.
'Ny dear Pct loo lazy. aud roo little
Interested. To- dive nLio the future If ib> illl'
t-ox OF h'rpsicS-' do i'll Tle-vsii .,t dO the
people a; the North look forward 20 IN Tie
:uf';r' far lcst III war VIII tIr ont III
Vapid iInl-,ciliIy.
..E0r Nc, 1pIian. Ir j. btirni oVi Never oi,r
On = hail field You hav, nOgltn. iIop.. irCIn
him u a leader of a column. How 10 They
expect Pope Io her- ~ IIlI very inferior force.
ne veg rams Uf Ey..li and .Iack Bui tir.~
arr "p>c'i'S. We der-.r" ourselves. Iher"
WAS = p+OplG Of Old-it Was !in. warrior Spar
y,I'i hi~ !tciui uf til' iirli. 9TH. South
nav E''1!il"'i ~. Til. r. WIS aH ambitious
pOpi" ui Tr,t'us Times amt It con-criptisn PAN
s,r''i IA Nor inVasiOI>. 81 tins moment Ih-
South "ScInI,iili.> both Peace. peace. hat
her = ga pure No, nut even with tH,-
rUnt"G Mon. Lei the North EAST away that
,iclTi-iOH
Dr!ft ~ must. al rhn o;>c; pi;B.d soasra.yz
"i Ih' South viii r"ic'm scrip il. Philadelphia
ana YET III" ir". North InIi-F gcc,1'- H. ;is:t
quickly 10 II:lIi- Or fhr moment II tlTariss r
debate Msrylai,d. T'nueS>.'e. and k'-il .Ucky
vii EaS. past Victories 10 the - inc a.; ri>,.
. wTh H. = n''aTiN allied Rebel kin. Ii Y a'tr
Fc;: ] shah i'' delighted =. hen Henry can come
y - col. liaiS,rad. riiinE ina his y:;-..
- =. ;yi" 81 he INSANE anG UNNECESSARY do
p1iiSI- introduced iisto rhr Irr,lv under tfi,.
aUspIc"s ri Nci'hlru and ms r,.-5 i~.ri- iiti,S.
II - now J"r' lIIr- bur why Ire ca rY
PUf y my ch3ig- 80 The coDanT.c cemrnl. 7 -
nights. ago The Rebel batteries fred from across
he river AMI Eilie,i and wounded SnIuc thirty
HI"E. Last night Hooker started or' ~, q G.'.is
expedition "a Malvern Hills. H"wrnt OF; Lax
mill and Gam" back again. S.ili .f,ise feax
inlur'~ The Who'll" army. Met 'lelian i dam
g"rUus 1roni Ih" want II dig ing hi~ plrl,-
He positively ha- IL IaI,.IiF-. A,Ii.r,. Get me
and NY fighting division with Pope. With
b.St rnc,.lrti<- youT<. kFAENEY
To NJ. -. =. IIal-trad. jr.. Newark. y J.
kE"N CHICAGO 10 SNCENNrNro.-T'ir Omit
"a Republican relatCe q fac OF i"l.criplii.e
s'irec1 from Chicago to Sacramento. Il distance
0f 2-{W mites, worth repeating. The regular
repoTt OF til" associated press ori'alif,rni ,;s
bong transmitted and the editor OF ic I:-lsll-
hean happened TO b., in the Omaha Office, " i,-n
the r"FJrt was passing through. He saw:
a &n evidence Of the facility with which
business was done between Two Office az this
Lnn'n>c distance, We stale the fact that. AT the
conclusion ~ one portion OF liz, ir.pos H.. roI-
IoWfE conversation between the. operators at
>acTaii'nU and Chicago actually occurred
occupying perhaps les than one minute OF
time:
Operator. Sacramc nto-.,lIold ON ill | light
my pipe.
tniCagO-.-I. -
Sacramento (half Il minute aft. rvar,lsl--
-.All figlit-.u airsid.''
And Chicago proceeded 10 the conc iusion q.
the repcrt
\ few years ago ii WAS Thought To ~, imprac
iIcable To send u message (yithour being r..
wriitenl more Than fourth of this distance
hut ti" introduction of Hicks repeater has dis
>ils,led TINS idea entirely. Between Chicago
and Sacramento there ar, three repeating
onicr>-0nr az OmahI. At Laramie. and
one at Sail Lake City. In passing b,'tWt4.u
chicago and SnerJlin.ntO the ihe>Sag,. gu,,>
through these repraterS. and BY them the force.
OF The batteries M each OF the loiuiS named j.
impaired, and thus The necessity Of IT, :, ritin@
l. obviaied.
NATIONAL METHODS oT SCICIpE-TII, ii.
hnrnSr OF national habits and ecularitis- upon
tl" methods of suicide. already briefly indi-
Gated III respect OF poisoning. ! MOI viihnut
interest. The English. French. saxon R,.!.Ian..
Norwegian and Danish suicide resorts most
frequently 10 hanging. (ucluding >transuIa-
h"n,l and ih" SardiIaa and Genevoi~e ro ti.
pi>tot ANA mu>hei. Dc1ih by cutting the threat
or by other wounds not GauSrd bV firearms
hoi'lS bUI IL" 18th ilic,. III order OF favor yyiIt
Ih- French suicide amt fourth with iiI, Gra.-
Noi>e and SarGIIII;tI, bar the SECOND with III,
English DroN ming lla> the second rank anon-