The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-28
LATER FR0MTRE NORTH.
EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS sGRERD rpcl
Gen. Eailcc' CoHisisanter.in-G hier-InS.sn mons
Order Of Gen. Pope.


We have received New York, Philadelphia. and
balilincre papers TO tho 9th inss. 1h. news by
them Is important. The fact OF Gen. Haecks ap-
pointment 10 The post CT Coinmander-in-C Chief of
the land forces of The United States is thus officially
announced:
ESfCUrfvg MANSION, JGlv II. 1862
Ordered, That MaiorGeneraI Henry W. fialiock
he assigned 30 the command Of the whole land
forces of the United States. rs General in Cbiaf
aac that he paiI o Ibis capitai 50 soon rs he can
With SAFETY 10 the positions and operations within
. the department how under his special charge.
ABkAHAI LINCOLN.
Tie following is d skete,, os the new Commander
by tho New ark Herald:
ThE Asiv FEDERAL coMMAspER-Ig. cHIlF.
Henry Wager H&lleck j. one cffk four Macr.
Generals who were fret appointed III ieoi to- that
rank ia the Unted States army. Gen. Eai.eca is
opaut torty-two years Of age, and was born in
Weston, Oneida county. n. Y, where his grand
tathet--one hundred years old. and hals and
hearty lately resided. General Haieck's IL; her
was tae Hou. Joseph Hallecs who died about three
years sircc. General HA!leCA entered the Military
Academy rs q West Point catet in 1895 stood tiird
in the class, and bIevette3 second lie tenant
OF cogiHcers jG!y l. 1889. lie was Acting Assistant
Professor OF Engineering az the Military Acadeu,y
frcn July, 1888 to Juna, lSt1 In .9il i,c hs
author Of a military WORK odAi3ituaen' aud ~
Uses &c. III January, Isi5 be was appointed
by the Committee OF ihe Lowed Institute, at Bos-
ton, to deliver Of the rpGi.lar % Iee-
lures. thesubjest bciag Hilary tiCeace and Art
These lectures he complied in d neat volume during
the following year, aod2S thereto lengthy intro
duction Oh the "Justta bieECss Of Wern The Y;Crs
contains much valuable elementary instruction. es
well as abundance Of historical illustration eIi Is
written with ability. In issJ io v as breva:ted
Captain for gallant conduct In affairs with the
enemy on the 19ih ard Goth days os November,
is4f, and fer nailt"rols service IN California. Hs
was Secretary of State OF the Tc.ritory CT Cali
fornia under the military governnents cf Generals
keAIney Mason, and Riley, from 1877 te the elli Of
! lei9 lie was chief of TIE stati of Commodore
shUbrick in the naval and military operations On
the Pacific coast In l-iI aud 1875 and was q mem
Der of the convention il lS49 10 form, and Of tic
committee 20 draft the Constitution OF the state of
I California. In jury. 1896, he was appointed Cap
! tain Of engineers, and resigned august /, l5:,i
| Gen. HalerS was appointed Major General n
the upitec States Army IL Auguat last, at the IL
stance Of Lieut.-Gen. scott, ihou about to retire
from active service. His commission bears daie
thc l9sa OF august, l86i At the t.ule If his APP
Pontncnt, Gen. Eal.eck wi.s the heading member
/ OF most prominent Law iir:p IN San Francisco.
haor Gen. hallsck. IN personal appearance, is
below the iaediam height, straight, active, and
wen iorInet, aad has brisk, energetic gait. aiSuiii
cant OF his rrm and decisive character iiis nose
j delicate .sild well formed. MS forehead ample,
/ aTc his mouth by means devoid Of Eur1or Eis
eve is Of hazel color clear as morning star and
oi intense briiia0cy. he bears most striking re
sembiSa'ee 70 some oieaSinOCs Methodist patson
! dressed n rcgineDtais with a u1e. st(-riu,ned
/ black felt hat 5ti.kns the back Of his head at
an acute angie win the ground. lis dc,ntanor in
front OF his tent is very simple AID business like
NO poD1p, uau,ual ceremony, aud no lack of or
der. When c1 horseback his Wesleyan character
Is more and more prominent lie neither looks Tx
soldier rides ike one nor dces he carry the state
OF Major General il the field, bu; Is tao iinps1so-
! nation CT the Of