The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-05-28
Mai. UalIeck.

Henry w. Halleck was appointed MAJOR
General in the United States Army in Au-
gust last, al the instance of Lieut.. General
Scott, then about 20 retire from active SER
vice. AT the time of his appointment, Gen.
Halleck was leading member Of the most
prominent law firm in San Francisco =
Placed upon his arrival from the Pacific in
command OF the department of the West,
he promptly swept away The abuses which
had crepi into the service under F:emoni's
administration; and from the very hour he
assumed command the record of the war
il. the West has been a succession of glori-
ous victories Under his mastery policy,
the rebels have been driven from Missouri,
Middle and Western Tennessee, including
the Capital OF the Siae, have been occupi-
ed by the Federal armies; and odgemeut
obtained for onr troops in Northern Misss-
sippi and Alabama, and Northwestern Ar
kansas From his headquarters at St. Lou
directed the movements OF the grand armies
under Generals Buell. Grant, Pope, and
Curliss, besides controlling the action of
subordinate commanders in different parts
OF Missouri
General Haleck is a native of Oneida co.
New York He entered Tie Military Acad
envy at West Point as a cade! in 1895, and
stood third in the class, and was breveited
Second Lieutenant oi Engineers in 1899 =
In ls45 he was appointed First Lieutenant.
10 Is47 he promoted for his galaDtry in
California In 1853 he was appointed cap
tain OF Engineers. He is the author Of
book on 'Bitumen and its Uses," and a
series of lectures on Military Science. de-
livered before the Lowell Institute, in Bos-
.on. He was member of the committee
TO draft the constitution for the State Of
California; had previously been Secretary
of State for the Territory Of California. In
the naval aud military operations on the
Pacific coast he was chief OF Commodore
Shrubuck's staff. He is an astute lawyer,
a mar OF fortune, and is now comparatively
a young man, being only 43 years of-age.
His grandfather, now in his hundredth year
is living in the village of Western, near
Utica, New York.
Gen Halleek, in personal appearance, is
below the medium height, straight, active,
and well formed, and has brisk, energetic
gait, significant OF his firm active character.
His nose is delicate and well formed, his
forehead ample, and his mouth by no
means devoid of humor. His eye is Of ha
eel color clear as the morning star, ard of
the most intense briliancy. When he looks
at man ii seems as though he were going
literally TO read him through and through
No amount of oily dupIici;y, no brazen
affroniery could avail anything before that
keen penetrating glance. Ii is an eye 10
make all rogues tremble, and even honest
men TO look about them 10 be sure they
have not been up TO some mischief The
profound and iInplicii confidence o. all who
have any dealings with him is no mystery
after seeing what manner of man he is.
We know nothing OF General HaIleck's
political antecedenis. But we know from
his official orders and addresses, that he
conceives this war TO be prosecuted solely
for The preservation of the Union and the
maintenance of the constitution-the 'old'
Constitution of Washington and Madison,
and not The new tangled instrument which
Loveioy, and Phillips and Sumner and
preaching up. In entertaining and boldly
expressing these sentiments, General Hal
leck has been honored with the hostility of
The radicals,-but he has not quailed before
the storm, and since his famous "General
Order No. g." which set me abolitionisis
bowling, he has given no sign OF a disposi-
ton to prosecute the war for any other pur
pose than to preserve this government for
the benefit of The white race, whose ances
tors framed it. General Halleck, we should
rot forget to state, has shown the highest
qualities of civil administration. Compare
Missouri now with its condition when Free