The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-06
Burnside-His AntecSdentS, &C.


The KirL mond correspondent OF the Grenada
appeal gives the following account CT Mcclellan s
successot:
the Young MAJ oiecr," is Que Of the most courte-
Gus and well behaving officers of the Yankee army.
He was bora in Indiana snd entered the Military
Academy Of Wes. Point from that State In the
wear lS43, in the class with Amtros5 r. diil
and Henry Hsth, who are now Generals In the
Confederate service. Having served some years IN
tne artillery after graduation he resigned hi COM
mission and went TO live In Rhode Island, wnere ne
had married woman Of wealth and accomplish
ment All his own private resources ana the
greater part Of his wife fortune were spent 0y MIN
Ia preparations for the manufacture on large
scsie of 4 new rife IF lis own invention upon
which there had been q favorable report from An
army Commission appointed to examine II, ana
for which he expected great contrset from the
Sc eretary Of War
In this be was disappointed Gen Floyd, who
was then at the head OF tns War Department OF the
United Sts.es, awarded the cNnuact to other par
tics Mcclellan was at the time. a. he now u,
President Of the Illinois Ceatrsl Railway. enjoying
fat salary and WELDING considerable patronage,
and b. ff.red Burnsioe q clerkship with salsry
of two Ia .usaod dollars year, which was accept.
ed The two friends were managing the sffsirr OF
the railway when the present war broke out a,
fordips to both the chance OF military glory, ano
to Burnside the hope Of be teripg his estate Thsy
both obtained permanent positions, and have s!nce
been constantly before the public eye. burnslde
moss intimate personal friends-aenefMs aetn'
Maury, Field, and others are on the southern
side lighting the battle OF freedom ana indepen'
dence.
On repeated oc:asions Burnside Is ssid 10 have
behaved with unexpected courtesy to~ard the Oon
federates, more especially Tn the hoanoke sano
affair where the lameated o. Jennings wise was
killed, aod in bis bearing toward non-conoatAnt
citixsns of Kredencksburg and its neighborhooo,
one or two Of whom be certainly discharged Ircm
arrest, though they had been apprehended oy spe-
pJy,o Gocr torr rtyf
20 a RentlemAn-whose name and county 1t IL not
proper 70 give--Burnsde declared, less than thres
mouths ago, that when this war upon the South
became war for the exiermlnauon Of slavery No
should resign his commission.
The proclamation has bsen published several
weeks. aud he has rot resigned On the contrary,
be takes command OF the grand army OF invasion
and comes incte the slaves TO revo: IN the spr'
Of his master, DoubtlesS when Burnside made
that speech about rssignng he was sineere, and
realty meant 1t; but the temptation Of military
fame was too strong
The Richmond correspondent of tho Charleston
Mercsys writes the following ncicent IN h,s min
tsry career:
A irisnd who Wa Q merchant in Warrington
c,tv al tn. Arst battle of Manassas, ard who lef1
the week folio wing, was amusing me tne U.ne'
night With sundry incidents connected win asn.
ing,sn An tbss battle, both prior ana suoseQasn'
10 it, Among others he mentioned snAs tnls zen
Burnside. short tune previous 70 tne pe.Ae
psssed through the city In ccmmand Oh Tug, VI 4
Rhode Island brigade. On having some sne"a. =.
ums bestowed upon 1t, he puDHciy remarked, hs
Commanded bngAds which could with esse
march from Washington 70 the Gull" When ne
left wAshington "he wore wreath" Ut flowers
around ono Of his axmZ AID carried an tmmonse
hououet IN hls hand. Such was Gen. Burnside on
startius on Lis AKst military expedition. On tbs
dsy eftsr the bsstls be rstufnsd, looking - hss
card that my friend, who saw HIM. sad ~ looked
"a III - had bean on Q 'bust" for three weeks Oh
bi. entire brigade bat little over hundred could
- rsilis1 When or WHARF the dsmSrali9ed mass
ever rot toeethsr uevse learned