The New York herald., 1862-12-21

Mountain, where whIe behaving with conspicuous gal
lantry, be sas severely wounded. Reore he had we'll
recovered from HE wound he reported for duty and wss
detailed The commission appointed TO inves,i
gate the surrender Of narper's Ferry When General
Ranks placed the had OF his expedition be applied
'or General iugur, whose military capacity no was funy
made aware Of In the sanguinary conflict a. Cedar houn
tam Although ordered already 10 report 70 General
Reynolds, when General Ranks wanted him h was as
once promoted to major gensralshp OF volunteers, ana
received instructions proceed New York and assizs
General Banks in h,ng ont the expedition.
sKErcn os RNGApwR GKnRAL
BiSadier Gcaeral cnver Grover born Ia tns State
Of Maine. and entered the West Point MI try Academy
cade, In ,s46 On the soth June 1850 no graduates
standing number four in large css Amoug nis ciass
mates Frederick Il Prime, now = captain in tho
Corps Englneers Gouvernour X Warren in tho
Typographical Engineers and brigaer general Of yolun
teers Silas Crpin captain OF ordnance General Eugene
A. Carr Major Slernmer hero Of Fort pcsens, and others
On the st OF July 1885, ho appointed brevet scsead
lieutenant the Fourth artillery, and cortDnsA in
this regiment until March 1885, when no was transferred
10 the Tenth infantry, then organizing Under osansry
circumstances General would have been appointed
into q the superior corps OF the armyviS either
tho Corps OF Engnec Corps Of Typographical Engineers
Ordnance Department. but at tho tpe he graduated
these corps full, and he had, 6refore to be az
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1882 his appears captain tho Tenth inantry,
with additional rank OF lieutenant colonel o. voteers his
commission In former grade being dated September II,
1868 He stands In nca rank nnmbe slx can on lat
Of three hundred ocors 40 that no WI soon bo full
major IN April OF tho present year he was appointed
brlgader general Of volunteers, and Is attached 70
General Banks expedition.
COLONEL HAMILTON, or rE1As
Col a. Hamilton. Of Texas, has been quite recently
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tho members of Congress from Texas about tho only
one that section who resed 70 join tho consprators
who lott Washington during tho last days Of Ihe BuCha
4 nan administration. Wgfal nnd Toombs tried TO bully
tho Colonel their secession views but his loyalty
proc. against all their arts and threats For nearly
| twelve months preceding the ID o. july last, Col.
1 Hamilton res.ded at Austin, tho capll Of Texas,
| where with = large 1nnber Of Unlon men, no
4 considered himself comparatively safe. AZ thero
were no rebel soldiers In tho immediate vicinity
IIo was elected 70 the Texan State Senate
sonsS refused TO take hs seat with that robot
iious body, saying that hc only wanted b. show them
what was thought by the people In big district. Ho
steadily refused pay all Confederate taxes and as to
give au accc INT OF property in his pssssioi belonging
30 Northern men. When The rebels took Possession Of
Texas tho Connel made never to recognize their
authority On the I'd Of July, being inor ned that tho
rec, soldiers, who had then taken possesion OF Aus
tin, had orders to capture him, h. Ie. hastily
and be,ook himself .hc mountains, wh ace, after a
months delay he made his way, with ew ricnda, to
| tho Rio t,rarde, and escaped into Mexiro 0n his way
down tho Mexican side Of the Rio 0rande :" Ma.anoros
he haa many narrow escapes but at icngn reached thai
place in safety and took passage in vcs7e But tho
rebels were aware OF movements and H. e ded them
only by travelling distance overland and taking re
fure in schooner. After another very narrow escape
from tho robes, who cent an armed laich after ths
schooner last reached New Orleans In the United
states brig Bcho He came to this city IN october sst
and his accounts Of tho present condition Of fcxas and
the suffering Of the Union there win not bo easy
| forgotten.