St. Mary's beacon., 1862-01-23

brOSe Everett Burnside, VINO commands
the expedition just sailed from Annapolis.
was born at Liberty Union county. Indi-
ana. I'D May. 1874. At the age Of
eighteen years he was entered at West
Point. aud was graduated fistecnfl in i
class Of forty seven members, in 1S47.
He was brcvcited Second Lieutenant ia
the Second Artillery. and was transferred
the next year to the Third Artillery.
j ining his regiment IL Mexico. lie march,
cd in Paitersou's column 81 the city If
Mexico, where he remained till peace was
declared. Returning to the North, he
was stationed at Fort Adams. in Newport
Harbor. In lS49 Ec was attached as
First Lieutenant to Captain (aow Rebel
GcneraD Bragg's battery, and was en-
gagged for three Or four years in frontier
service in New Mcx;c". IL an engage
n,ent with the Apache Indians in August,
1889, near los Vegas. Lieutenant Burn
side commanded u company Of twenty -ninc
mcn. who killed eighteen Iadians. took
nine prisoners, and captured forty horses
For this action he was recommended for
promotion.
lie afterwards served as Qaartcrmastcr
to the Commission which surveyed tn,
boundary line between the United States
and Mcxicu. En- 1851 he crossed the
Plains from the CHA River through the
Indian territory. travelling twelve hum
deed miles in seventeen days, with I'm es-
cort Of but three men, bringing dis
patches from Col Graham to the Prcsi-
dent.
Licutenant Burnside was next stationed
at Fort Adams, aud while there hc re-
signed his commission for the purpose of
devoting his attention to the manufacture
Of breach loading rifle of lis own in
vention. and took up his residence at Bris-
tol. X. I. His new enterprise proving
unfortunate, he went to Chicago aud en-
tered the Office Of the Central Railroad
Company as Cashier Of the Land Depart
mcnt. while George Is. (uow Gen.ral)
Mcclellan, was General Superintendent,
and afterwards Vice President If the
Company.
After holling the position Of Cashier
two years, Burnside was elected Trcasur-
.r Of the company. and removed t" New
York. While acting in this capacity,
soon after the outbreak Of the rebellion,
he received telegraph dispatch from
Governor Sprague, notifying him that the
Farsi Rhode Island Regimen, Of one thou
sand men was raised. aud asking him TO
take the. command. In half an hour he
left his Office and was on his way to
Providence. The regiment was one Of the
first which went to Washington, and took
part in the engagement at Stone Bri'lg.,
Colonel Burnside acting as Brigalicr-
General during that battle. His con-
duct on that occasion commended him to
the attention Of the authorities at Wash
ington, and Oh the sixth Of August he was
appointed Bri.adicr-Gcncr of Nolun-
tcers. General Mcclellan, who knows
his worth and military capacity. has Sc
lccted him to command one of the most
important expeditions projected since the
commencement Of the war
Cor OF orr AEMY.-Tbc New York
Times is urging energctic action in the
army. il for no other Reason. on account
of the enormous cost in the way Of princi-
pal. interest and lers"nI. That paper
says that with 66O.OOO men in the Geld
We are spending at the rate Of SGGO. OOO.-
900 annually for the army alone. and l5n. ;
DOC. 900 more fortho navy. 60 Ut defe .. q
and civil list The French Budget for
1860 was 345, ZOO, 900 francs. or $685.
OO0, 600 for force on q war footing oil
$50. 900 men. and reserve ON a peace
! footing of4l5. 900 men. We are spending
at ten times this rate. With all that has
been borrowed. the floating debt Of gov
ernlnent to-day probably reaches $780,
600. aud is still running on at a rapid rate.
We can pay for the present. But it is ev.
idcnt that We cannot indefinitely prolong
the war. We shall. if continued long
sink under the exhaustion. But this need
not, and We trust will not, b.. We pay
seven per cent. for our loans, the British
government three. II We are spending
at the rate OF 500. 900. 900 annually
that country could. without any grea,
present burden, expcnd 81. 40O, 0DO, 900.
We do not refer TO this subject by way Of
encouragement or censurc, but as an ar.
gumc 1t for the most energetic action.