Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-03-26

ri Tur DEATH OF GEN. SUMNER. - The
IL death of Major General Edwin v. Sumner
u occasions great loss to the army and the
canse Of the Union. He was native of Bos-
Al ton. and entered the army as private, in 1919
N being probably the only Major General who
N thus rose through all the grades OF military
81 service. He served through the Mexican war
81 with distinction, in SCOTS line, receiving pro-
Al motion and two brevets for bis priliiant COIL
81 duct. Previous to that campaign ne mad con-
n tnuallv been on frontier service, to the COM
S. nlete satisfaction of the Government. de was
= noted naacemaker among the Indians
Eron, Ie5f 70 ,53 he was Military Governor
of Nov Mexico, and displayed extraordinary
sxoo,t;ve qualities. In 1855 and SO he COM
handed in Kansas, aud incurred the displeas
,,re of JEFF. Davis, then Secretary of War, for
refusing to become tool in the hands OF the
slavery propagandists. When the rebellion
broke out, he was sent to replace Albert 5.
Johnston in California, but he soon preferred
to come East and join in the war;
His services since his return are too well
known and appreciated by the loyal country
to require repetition. On the peninsula, it may
almost be said that he twice saved our army
once when he crossed the famous grapevine
bridge without waiting for orders, and hurried
to the hard pressed front at Fair Oaks; and
secondly at Malvern Hill, where he turned the
pursuing tide of the rebels with terrible saugh
ter He was made commander of the Right
Grand Division Of the Army of the Potomac
under Gen. Burnside and did all that could
4 be done by the most determined valor at the
battle of Fredericksburg. He was soon after
appointed to the command of the Western
Il Department, having its headquarters at st.
Louis, and was about to repair thither when
he died. But he passed away in the fullness
! of years, after having won soldiers fame
which will live through all time in the grateful
records of his country. His last words were,
& God save my country, the United States OF
America"
ARCHBISHOP HUGHEs.-Archbishop Hughes
made brief but stirring appeal to the Irish
societies on St. Patrick's day, in favor of sup
porting the Government. He urged his coun
trymen to put forth their efforts to insure the
triumph and permanency of the Union. The
New York Sun, a journal that has strongly
opposed "the radicals and obly supported the
Democracy, says;
The Archbishop, with a noble disregard
of party ties, rises equal to the occasion, and
su5tains his reputation for high craftsmanship,
by ignoring all minor questions and advocat-
ing a national policy that is in accordance with
the true interests and real sentiments of the
American people. In this connection the fact
is somewhat important that the Metropolitan
Record appears this week with another title
substituted for the usual one of g The Official
Organ of the Archbishop of New York;
That journal for some time past has taken |
strong grounds against the Administration land |
opposed the conscrption act with great bitter
ness AS the Archbishop is known to be strong-
ly in favor OF drafting; and is even of the
opinion that it ought to have been resorted to
by our Government at the commencement of
our civil war, as more effective than volunteer
ing in procuring men, it is proper that he
should sever his connection with journal
which advocated views to which he was di-
rectly opposed.