, 1862-11-06
Ihe Death OF General Mitchell.
Hmm the Cincinnati 1hzeftA kth1

The country has sutfered no Common loss
in the death Of Major Gen. Mitchell, ct which
IN arrival At New York, from Hilton H=sd,
II 3. msoy ma - Mackntght Mitche, was born in
Union e.un:4, .Ksetucks, on the 2sth OF
August, 1910. At the ag- vi twelve, having
p1tvlcu: II acquired good school ed duca1ion,
and some knoWledge Ut Latin and Creek, be
became clerk In store 1t Miami, Ohio,
and afterwards removed to Lebanon, where
te had been educated. Wnile at Lebanon,
be received CADETS warrant, and entered
West Point, with \ knapsack oa his
back. and twenty-dre cents in his po .kes,
in June, 1876 On his graduation In 1922, he
bt it'd tie appointment Of acting assistant
ITO essoE Ut ma. ntnIatic-, ho1cing it for two
,eae-. From 1882 10 1854 he pra9siae1 law in
slis city, aud Tor the next ten years Was pro-
fessor OF m1th-1ra .cs and the kindred sclen-
cts, in tue Ettcluna,i College. During this
W risd-in lSs3G-7-he WAS chief engineer On
nc Little Miami railroao, and Ia 1871 MAS one
vi The hoard Of vislturs to West Poiat,
In 1645, at the close OF 4 course Of lectures
on aetroL omy, he proposed to our c;tizaas lile
ts1ablishfue, It vi au oosetvAFoy. How SUCCESS
sully his e1estions in behalf Of this i.n-
portant institution resulted, our read
.rs gentr4il} ~kuow. In the foursesn
5e,1so 10 Of his saperi0ttends,ce: the Giasia- G1
| bly to the scientific world. Few observers
we're more ipdefati,,,able or correct than Pro-
! lessor Mitchell. His discoveries were nn-
| nezous and Important, white his lectures
on bis favorite theme, rem iEkAole for the
| hsppy manner in waich they popul ariz ID
the most abstru:e themes Of astronomy. aud
| tur the zeal with which they enforced the
| moral lessons derived from the study Of crra-
ZION, attracted admir1ng audiences in all parts
In 1850 Prof Mitchell took charge Of the
Duclcy Observatory as Alb any, a amoguidceatlS
endowed institution, which only needed =
| he@d. Under its new director 1t was fast being
| brought into working order, when the crisis
in the affairs Of bis country drew Prof. vi chel
from tht calm walks Of science into the tur-
Having ben appointed brigadier gen
eral, he WAS for q time connected with
| the army Of the Potomac, and sa~, We be-
lieye, no active service Be was next ap-
poinIed to command embracing ;his city asd
he adjacent country on both sides Of the
scon conducted one OF the columns before
| Whose auvsDee the rooe!s were driven toward
tte GnlE HIS excellent and truly pra:tis sal
management during the early part Of this
sear or % the hae divis1ag IT Ie9assses S?ssss;
praise, and demonstrated that the lessoua
learned at Vest Pufne thirty years before
bad Eot been forgotten. Though his de-
Ign OF hoeSating Tennessee could not bE
tuifiiied, his carer ut the south was t1e
,hrme of uDiversel praise, aud his promotion
TO the 1ank OF major general was regarded 4.
one OF the most iudicious appointments o
| the pst sent var. Not many weeks since ths
! copdnct OF AFFAIR." In south Carolina was in
| trusted TO him Though thu. force at hi
command WA small, warm hopes were enter
vailed In this department. would be at ono
dispelled. 4 lev days ago the details OF
Reconnaissance to Pocotaligo. which waa a
b+se but partial success, reached u: Gan