Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-04-02

| mayor pencTAl DdVlu hunter having
been appointed 10 supersede General
Sherman in the command of tho forces at
Port Royal, Gen. Benham having been
ordered 10 report to him without delay,
We are induced to give the following
sketch Of the former. They have already
been before the public during the present
war, but az they are now about to enter
into the heart OF the region ofleoeldom
and by the very State where it originated,
there is but little doubt that they will not
long be inactive when they arrive in South
Carolina.
SKETCH OF GEN, HUNTER.
Majcr General David Hunter is ma
tive Of the District OF Columbia, and was
appointed TO the army from that District
He is about sixty years OF age, and entered
the Military Academy as cadet in Sep
tember, 1918. He graduated in 1922,
standing number rs in class Of forty, in
which we find the names Of Generals },
| K. +. Mansfield, George A. Mccall, T.
Morris, j. j, AIercrombie ard others
On the lst Of July, 1922, he was promoted
| TO the % lieutenancy Of the 5th L. s. In
fantry, and in June, 1928, was further
|
came u captain OF the lst Dragons iT
March, 1888, and resigned the service on
the 4th of July, 1886. On the last day Of
November, l84l, he was appointed tenn
porary paymaster of the army, and on the
l4th of May, 1912, he obtained the posi-
ton Of full paymaster. The appointments
were debited to the State OF Illinois In
this latter capacity he held the sane rank
IS major orthc active military service, and
in the Army Register for 1851 his name
stand second on the lis: of paymasters
with that rank. On the 18th Of May, '6l,
he was appointed Colonel OF the new reg.
ment OF cavalry, numerically designated
as the 9th regiment of United States Cav.
airy, and on the 18th Of TIE following Au.
gust was made. 10y Congress, a major gen
eral of volunteers. |. will be remembered
he was ordered TO report to General FREE
mont, in Missouri, and he took charge of
certain troops organizing at the depot OF
Rolla, and when Gen. Fremont left Saint
Louis to attack Price at LoXintOl, Gener-
al Hunter was to Join him by cross route.
Gen FremoBt's incapacity prevented the
relief of the forces at LeXIntOn, and Gen.
Hunter was ordered to organize his diyis.
ion at Warsaw. This he accomplished,
and when Fremont had given Price time
to escape from Lexington the pursuit was
ordered, and Gen. Hunter was invested
with the command Of the lst division. al
though by the arrangements made by the
Commanding General the two divisions,
commanded respectively by Gems. Hunter
and Pope, were the last 10 leave Warsaw
for Springfield. The want of success in
overtaking Price led to the removal of
Fremont, and on the I'd of November,
Gen. Hunter assumed commit nd of the
Department OF the West, by orders from
Washington. When Gen. Halieok vas
appointed To that department, a new de-
partment was created entitled the Depart
ment of Kansas, and Major General Hun
ter was appointed TO the chief command.
During his administration some little
trouble occurred between Senator Tor
Brigadier Gencral) Lane and the comuian'
der, which perhaps more than anything
else led to the breaking up of the depart
ment, which j. now incorporated in that
cf the Mississippi, and Gen. Hunter pro-
ceeded 10 Washington. lie has now been
appointed TO supeIsede Gen. Sherman at
Port Royal
With regard to his personal appearances
he is thus spoken of by an editor OF
Kansas paper who visited him during his
stay at Fort Leavenworth -
"As you enter you will be pleasantly
but very calmly greeted, and the frs. lei>
sure moment sill be afforded you for your
business You Gill find yourself oonyers.
ing with a man of some sixty years, above
average height, whose expression of coua-
tenance denotes high Intelligence, strong
resolution, and, above all, settled, placid
calmness. which convinces yoI that right
is the basis OF the conviction il shadows,
and robs YOU Of every desire 10 combat
them. He sits there, the Major General,
and twirling bis golden bowed glasses, the
legacy of toll and teetng years, listens to
your words and makes briefseptences his
part in the conversation. Occasionally
when allusion is made 10 a timid, halIing
policy, or q twaddling message" the
eyes, rooted With heavy brows, burn with
light, and strong words tell his clear dis
gust of il all The stars are on his Shoul.
der. his dreu is the army blue, aud il YOU
know his history you will recolect that
he too is man Of West Point; but yol
E;ll leave his presence feeling that you
have not be m snubbed and lha. the quiet
dignity ola great man has established
again in your mind The old respect for our
regular army.
Such is Major General Hunter: BLACK :
Dave" as he is sometimes called, a slerl-
ing soldier and man.
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TRurH IN Few WoRDs.-lt is es!inG- I.
ed, saws the York Gazette, that from
Three Hundred and Fifty to Four Hum |
ired Millions OF Dollars would be required |
10 purchase the Slaves Of the Border
States, allowing the small sum Of 5000
piece. This large amount the Republican .
party are in favor of making ;he honest
lax rayers of the country pay in heavy +.
axes. The niggers once bought, the ex
,epses and trou oes will be just begun -
hey must be clothed aud kept from star.
alton afterwards. This will require more
han the amount required for their pur.
,base. This is indeed pretty Republ-
AN scheme, A. once economical, JUS! and pa.
riolic ~ Is sdch party worthy Of tho
Guidance of free peoDla