The New York herald., 1862-10-05

places " these wounde ~ dted NJ tho saSvsr noa's
washington. He young gentleman a. dearly loved
a >at!e. Al the uprising of The Nrth. Mr. Hamphreys
then but twenty-five - ago. enlisted - privase
sr e .ss Ss s sss. Il
with hs regiment under 6snsra Mcclellan, en the penin
durng he days ~ rsts~se and PASSED
LED through the battles OF Gaines NILS the Chcka-
homiy and Malvern r k-contsess In which his division
lost three Thousand Being moved 20 the Pot
be fought snder General fz John Porter upon the
25h and 10th VI August, Manassas, and upon the
next day received the wounds that scaled his fate IN the
hcd near Bull ran.
RELATIVE or OLIVER 00LDsMrfH, THn POET.
Killed on the battle asld, Angus, 50, John Goldsmith
Hanson only Of the late Rev j. H. Hlnson and great
grand nephew Of Oliver Goldsmith This patriotic youns
Christian enlisted on the nth octobcr, 1901, In Com
pany A, Ninth regimens New York state Militia, when he
not having been boru Novenbes 9, 1874
lie lad thought Of entering his fathers proesson
but IL decided choice, no was dinden
of bis qualifications. lie had been left an orphan two
years the death his mothor and was study ing
To be an ato,hecary: but having some symptoms OF
pulmonary disease which caused her death, he adj
visei active life, and beng very patri
otto, hc most anxious - enter the service Of his
country lie confirmed, April 3, 1861, at Nest Ito
bckon, by the Bsh p VI New Jersey and Immediately
became a cominunlcant. When bis grandmother and
urged him The dangers of soldiers life, he re-
peatediy said: God deend on the battle field as
well as In any other place" ~ can be ,hristian
so!dcr.n His spirit WIS a cheerful ming
mur, testing his dscomors. He survived dread
fui attack Of typhoid fever. which confined him four
nths t. the hospital In the midst OF camp lie he
wroe:-''I read my Bible every day. HIS hrst battle
field Cuipepper, August O., and his last letters
The concluding words Of The letter "she Unon for.
ever" He not heard from again till his name ap
friend describes his death as instantaneous He was shot
through she head and the same voley Killed his friend,
j. X Mitchell.
sKETcH OF GENERAL STEVENS.
Major General Isaac Ingalls, Stevens, better known ~
Governor stevens, Of Washington Territory, and who
died gloriously in Of the recent sangulnary bat
Ties, was, up 70 the time Of his Joining the Sc
Sherman, the commander Of the remnant Of the gallant
Seventy ninth Highanders the officers Of which
have been until very recently prisoners in tho South He
about fortyfvc years Of age, and was born In An
dover, Mass. He entered the Military Academy at West
Point in the year 1885, He graduated at that institution
On the 3oth Of June 1885, as the first scholar OF his class
standing 30 high above all others that IL Is said there
fifteen degrees between himself and the cadet next
rank In that class nnd tho Of Major Generals
Halleck and Ord, Brigadier Generals Ricketts,, Paine
Candy aad others in The Union army Upon leaving
West Point, July, 1885, he was appointed second lieu
tenant Of the Engineer corps and for
employed in experimenting the construction Of scacoas
Notifications, of which tho Important fort
near Bucksport, upon the Penobscot river In
July, 1910, he was promoted to first lieu
tenancy, and in lS47 and 1s45 he the adjuaat Of
the corps Upon the breaking out o. ths with Mexico
Lieutenant Stevens served the personal star Of Geae
raj Scott, aud was all the battles the plains Of
Mexico. lie brevetted captain, tn commission
dating from August 20 ls47 aud major September 49,
1sI gaantry the battles Of ContIefas Chcrubusco
aud chapultepcc, and in the last batsvz: the attack
San Cosme gate-received severe gunshot wound
IN the foot from which he still suffered TO the time
Of his death.
Atlantic, what is otherwise known the Geode;ic
Survey Of the Coast the United States, since 1919
and when General Pierce became President he
placed ia charge Of the Pacno Railroad survey. In
1853 he resigned. his connection with tho army, on
beng appointed Governor Of Washington Territory and
&c ,Gco Commissioner Of Indian Affairs. In 1857 he
retur ed delegate to Congress. He was Chair
man or the Breckenridge Executive Committee in tho
Presidential campaign of $780, but at the first decara
ton Of secessonism openly denounced IL.
Governor Stevens was in Washington Territory, and
in the remotest part when no heard Of the attack
the and left for the city Of Washington de-
termined to fight for the Unon even in the ranks Al
though coonelcy offered him. lis brilliant
connoissance at Lewnsye where he acted as brigdicr
general the safe retiring Of his command from supe
the Chain Bridge, show that his field Of labor not
limited By his'rank He next promoted TO brgader
actions in this department are sil fresh in tho amory
OF readers He next had given to him the command
Of divisions and in the battle on James Island south
Caroina added another laurel to the wreath he had
for bravery and endurance dis division next trans
forrsd TO Virginia. and in the second battle the field
where the gallant Cameron f0 and wherc many OF tho
gallant Hghanders have shed their blood General Ste-
vsns has laid down his life for his country.
very affecting incident connected with the deceased
took place during the battle In which he lost his e In
the early Of the action Captain Stevens OF the
General aud his division adutant, wounded and laid
by the side OF the road The General informed Of
the fact and inquired IL he badly hurt. Not dan
gerously," was the reply Then tell him. said the
General A. he wiped away tear, "that have thou
sands Of lives depending upon me, aud therefore
not stop to condole with him will him alter
the action Is ovcrn This td the who replied
'Certainly he cannot stop now he has many lives
his hands. He viii come by and by" They never met
again in life General Stevens true soldier, and
Captain stevens 10 o true son Of the rather.