Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-04-29
General shields.


Acting Major General Shields IL native
| q ne county Of Tyrone, in Ireland, where
be Was born in the year 1870 He is con-
se4eently about So years Of age. He first
came TO this country in the year 1896, be-
jug then only l6 years of age. In 1892, he
went West, and settled in kaskaskia, one
Of the eldest villages 10 Illinois, where he
devoted his energies to the study and prac
t'ee Of the law. lie was soon after elected
20 The State Legislature. an3 in 1889 was
made State Auditor -Four years he wac
appointed Judge of the Supreme Court.
and m 1915. having received from Presi-
dent Polk she appointment of Commission
e.. q tbe General Land Office, he removed
20 Wfshington. Upon the breaking out of
the Mexican war. during the following
year The same president, with rare dis
crjn7nation and appreciation of character,
appo5nied Mr.. Shields Brigadier General
d <hs United States Volunteers. Ills conn
.-1ir s. vns dated July LIT, 1876, he was
presfnts =. ss.:s.s Il 'Fs>- |7r.,z ,n<, .xeu
there was particularly noted at the bat
tie of Cerro Gordo he distinguished him-
self greatly, aud was the second time nat
uralized a citizen of the United States by
shedding his blood 10 defence of his adopt
ed country's honor. A recital Of General
Shields deeds at that battle seems more
like the details of the great actions of
some famed hero Of romance than the
plain narrative of one of "Polk's raw Gen
erals" as the opposition styled him when
appointed. Severely wounded. he cOntin-
ued on the field, urging on his men, until
bail passing through his lungs, struck
him down. He was carried from the bat
tle-feld, and was reported so near dead
that obituary notices appeared of the gal
liant General in nearly all the papers in the
country. Even in the reighborhood Of the
battle ground his life for weeks was des-
paired, aud the anecdote of his cure is re-
markable, as it would appear improbable
did not the man live among US at the press
ent time to verify the statement. 1t ap-
pears that he was entirely given over Nv
the army surgeons, when a Mexican doctor
said he wculd live if he would let him re-
move the cOagnlated blood from the wound.
Shields, as a kill or cure remedy, told him
|, to try, and fine silk handkerchief was
worked aud finally drawn through the
wound, removing the extravasated blood,
when daylight could be seen through the
the hole. And yet Shields to>day is a
hale and hearty man. free from disease, OF
, any Inconvenience from his wound, which
: was considered at the time as mortal, hav-
, ing been msde by a large copper ball, and
going directly through his body and luugs.
For bis gallant and meritori0us conduct on
this occasion he was, in August 1913, bre-
veted Major General of Volunteers Still
, suffering from his wounds, we find him
commanding a brigade in the valley OF
Mexico, consisting Of battalion of marines
, and regiments of New York and South
, Carolina Volunteers. He was also in the
battle of ChepulteTec, where, being I'M
8 horsed, he fought on foot, bareheaded and
e in his shirt sleeves leading his brigade
e sword in hand, with a bravery that has
i. made bis name remarkable in American
g history. He was again wounded, and that
dangerously, but with care and q good con-
e stituton, he recovered. His brigade, after
performing vaiorous deed. ending in the
Q CITY of Mexico, was dishanded on the 20tf
: of July, 1913. The war being ended, Gen
r Shields laid down the sword, and assumed
j once more his place in civil life
e He was brilliantly received on his arriv
y al in the United States; ard when be re-
e turned to the State of his choice, illinois
I, he was elected to fill the position vacated
by Mr.. Breese-that of Senator from THU
a State--to represent it in the capital a
Washington. This was in the year 1919
e Owing to some technicalIty he was refused
;. admission as a Senator, when he prompt,
t resigned the post and was as promptly re-
II elected. lie returned to Washington, ant
u for six years proved himself to be as abl
n in council as he was on the battle field =
: He was transformations and modest, sDuk
= but seldom; but when he did it was witt
!, marked effect, and secured for him univer
e sal attention. He represented the interest
/ of tba han,oarot II and FIR,
Y his position. In 1855 he left the Senate
leaving at the same time Illinois, and wen
e to settle OH the lands awarded to him 70
his services in the army, which lands h
had selected in the territory Of Minnesota
When that territory became State, Gen
eral Shields was returned to represent it il
Congress as a Senator. and took his sea
10 after its admission in May 1858. Genera
e Shields having drawn the short time, b
is had to vacate his seat in l759 and, not Sc
u curing a reelection. he went further Yves
into California.
From his retirement he was again bro
out by the present war, having been ap
pointed by Congress B,igadier General
with a commission dated from August l9
1861 This commission he at first refused
r but deeming it his duty to stand by hi
adopted country in her troubles, he cam
forth, and after q long voyage, reaches
N this city ond the capital where This name
in consequence Of his refusal, having 5eel
<. stricken from the army list) he waite
some time before he obtained a command
W The lamented death of Gen. Lander LEI
that division without head, and Genera
Shields was at once appointed to the com
he mand with the rank of Brigadier Genera
his division forming part of the corps d'dI
NEE of Major General Banks. lie ha
again brought himself before the public b
ie his deeds, and once more our country ring
i: the name of General Shields"
ID Cen Shields is of good personal appear
,g auce, about five feet eight inches in stature
with dark hair and complexion. His styl
e, of speaking is easy, fluent and agreeable
lie is still, of course, progressive Demo
Is. crat; but, at the same time, is s;ron
i'll supporter of the government of the Unite
ID State in its unity and integri.y.-N.
j Herald.
Z WoMAN-To the eternal honor Of III
to sex. be it said, in the path of duty, no sal
rifice is with them too high. or too dear
Nothing is with them impossible hut
shrink from what love honor. innocence
ss religion requires The voice of pleasuI
~ or of power may pass by undecided, bl
" the voice of affection never. The chambC
: of the sick, the pillow of the dying, I'll
eI vigils of the dead, the alters of religion
ne never fail to excite the sympachies % WI
&c men. Timid though she be, and SO del
AZ cate that the winds of heaven may not
d roughly visit her, yet she fears no DANCE
e ',r and breads no consequences. Then Il
al displays that uDdaunted spirit which nett