, 1863-11-21
TRAIL.
Officers of Distinction who have served il
Oregon.

A correspondent of the Oregon States
man, (''old Nes," we guess) writing from
Nashville under date of Sept 23, makes
the following reference to officers of dis
tinction who have served in Oregon:
GAS have referred to Hodges, Granger
and Sheridan, who once served in Oregon,
perhaps some of your readers would like to
hear something Of other distinguished Off
GERS who have served upon this coast. First,
as a distinguished thief, will mention Cap
tain Thomas Jordan, once quartermaster at
the Dalles, aud editor of the paper there
lie is and has been for long time chief of
Peter Gustaf Thomas de Beauregard's staff,
and has rendered himself quite as ridiculous
in his general orders and procamations as
he did when he played the gentleman of
condition" and contributed his "Notes of
Reading" to the Standard Several other
"notes" which he gave to persons in Oregon
when he got them to sign vouchers which
he took up in his accounts, without pay
nents, still remain as mementOs of his lite
rary labors, and are quite as interesting
reading as his "beauty and booty procla-
nation. His booty consists of about fifty
thousand dollars for which he is defaulter
to the government which educated him, and
which he is now exertng his slender abilj
ties to destroy. Old Gabriel Rains, once in
command at Vancouver and the Dalles, as
Major in the 4th Infantry, is now Manufac-
turer General of torpedoes for the Conthiev-
eracy, and plants his internal projectles
l. l. IL
chance to tread. 1t is to be hoped that the
old fool will some day be hoisted with his
own petard. Withers, Mallory, Picket,
Wickliff, Frazier, Winder, Garnett and sew
eral others of the 4th and 9th whose names
have forgotten, went into the rebel service.
Garnett and Winder have been killed, and
Frazier was captured the other day by
Burnside at the Cumberland Gap. l will
turn from this fostering mass of dishonesty
and treason and refer to some honorable
names now serving their country. Captain
Rufus ingalls,, formerly quartermaster at
Vancouver and member of the commits
sions to audit our war claims is now wearing
the well earned star Of a Brigader General,
and has for more than two years been chief
quartermaster of the army of the Potomac
He has done much hard labor and rendered
more efficient service to the government
than any man Of his rank in the army. He
is talked of as the rising man for Quarter
master General of the army, aud deserves
the position.
Captain A. j. Smith, of the lst Dragons,
long in command of Fort Lane, is now
Brig. Gen. and chief of cavalry in Grants
army. Frutzen, Of the same regiment, is
Colonel in the army of the Potomac.
Captain Auger, once in command of Fort
Hoskins, and Capt. A. Grover-a brother
of Hon. Lafayette Grover-who crossed the
plains in Governor Stevens expedition, are
both Generals, and are among the best sol
diers in the army. They furnished the
brains and did the fighting for the army of
the Gulf under Banks.
Captain Dennis Russell of the 4th In
fantry is Brigadier General in the army of
the Potomac.
Ord is Major General with Grant and
among the best. Judah, of the 4th Infantry
and Tyler of the Artillery, are also Briga-
dier Generals. Many other meritorious Of
fcers who served on our coast and who are
now doing good service in our army might
be mentioned. I will refer to them in a
subsequent letter"