Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02
MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE '" my Of

! MAJOR uENERAL GEORGE my OF
The new commander of the A,
the Potomac was bora in 1916, in SPAN,
his father then holding an appointment !
there under the U. s. Minister. He en- II
tered the military academy at West Point
from the District Of Columbia; was grad u
uated there in 1889, and appointed a |
Second Lieutenant in the Third artillery, | '.
Subsequently resigning his position in tb'
branch ofthe service, he was ap" .,n,aA
Second Lieutenant of the To- .t' olu'oJ
s,ainAers on May 10Th ,si rP'g wap Sre.
yeSted First Lieoter@ mt for gallant services
at MonteF"J, IN 1876; received ms MI
ptomotioh as First Lieutenant IN 1891,
became Captain May 10, 1856, MAJOR IN
June, 1860, and Brgader- General OF vol
un,eers, August 81, 1861, He command
ed brigade in McCall's division of Pen1i
sylyania reserves until September, 1862,
f when he took command OF an army corps
under Gen. Reynolds. He was severely
{ wounded in the battle of White Oak
swami. June 80, 1862, When Fitz John
Porter was dismissed from the army IN
DISGRACE Meade succeeded HIM IN com
nand of the famous Fifth corps, which no
2 has held until ordered 10 HIS p''' igh-
r er position.
The New York Times says E ,en Meade
is already pretty we'll know to the coun-
try as corps commando in the Army Of
l. the Potomac. He he s not figured quite
-, as prominently as g one others, though his
Al.
corps (the run army corps) is second II
er discipline an d condition to none in the
army, ana wherever it has been on duty
er. has bee IN handled with skill second tC
p non 9. 1t did not actively participate IL
I me late battle of Observation-Disclosures flrs'
and Fifth corps having been held as re-
dial serves The confidence of all the corp
commanders and of all the officers OF tn
'' army in Gen. Meade is very high an
, IT we NAV now state that after the late bat
tie of Charlottesville his appointment l
, supersede Gen Hooker was urged D.
every corps commander, with, perhaps
ELD. one exception. There is no doubt he WI
be lovally and warmly supported by tn
q r officers of the army, as he was certalni
ash the one whom they generally designate
~, as their first choice. The officer next
snh rank to Gen. Hooker was himself deslro'
Alex that Gen. Meade should be his chief. II
Cain ;n,o,lsctual characteristics are sagact
i f,' decision and frmness, with, of course, q
,bsti- the other soldierly qualifications, and
has also education and experience.
A somewhat startling event has Just
,,,n cprred IN the harbor of Portland. On +
r day night the schooner Archer, recent
asolu- CAPTURED by the pirate Tacony. entered
en- harbor with twenty one '.'on - 20 b,
MS of cony on board, the intention beng 10 Ut
, to- two gunboats building there, ana 10
&c. out the revenue-cutter Caleb Cushing
,,rv &c steamer Forest City. The character
4 fnn- the craft, or rather of her crew, was
estab- suspected, as she was similar to numbers
civil schooners constantly passing IN and ou'
om;tt- the harbor Finding they could not
on tho complisb all they desired, the pirates c
,gand- tented themselves with quietly taking I
Volt session of the cutter Caleb Gushing
t;fy its having only portion of her crew
;tnton hoard who were put in irons-and putt
he ad- to sea durldg tne hlShC' H9 ooon %
nment absence was olscoVe,ou; Pi0Ni II, Aio''9
40 than were taken to overtake her. Two paC
ast;ons steamers-the Forest City and the CHI
neake-were Immediately armed and
zens TO erwise suitably fitted out, and started
Tho nursuit, They succeeded in overhaul
,rarly, the cutter before sue 9o' ou' Vi
We citi- the city, and, after an exchange OF 81
arty of prepared to board her' II nc 10 ioooi oal
Ameri- seeing the lhtehtioh Vi 'h0L Pu'''
uestion abandoned her, efter setting her on
y and she subsequently, up. The
James els took refuge on the schooner IN W
20 WINS thew had entered the harbor, and after
There ed to escape in her, but did not succ
,nlanse They were soon captured, and are nov
"a three durance in Fort Rebel. The original {
10 Ora Of the cutter were all saved, they ha
f New been set afoat by the rebels IN S
of Con boat before the Cushing was abando
Ian. for The og-book of Lieut.. Reed, who
cheers manded the rebels, indicates that the
, other cow has been destroyed.-Boston 10
ans Tor In relation to the late change IN
were manders in the Army OF the Potoma
.,.,- Tribune says:
lade by Gen. Meade is far better know
u ffaS- the Army of the Potomac than by
public, though his reputation with
STREAL latter is high. No general possesses
MS rail- we think none SO much" tle
hn's to dence of that army, and especlaly
ton and confidence of its generals. He is an @
H. The of extraordinary energy and OF un
line is tionable devotion to the cause whle
about army now under his command must d
outhern from imminent deadly peril. His ser
mt and in the present war have been consplc
ence of vet his capacity to handle large
one of and that army in such position
hit that Army of the Potomac at present, IS
end of proved by trial only Inc time Il
i before when personal partaities or prer
can be INDUCED. The ques ton Is;
II IL In the pc