The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-26

Tss Lars y.rgss GEssRAL wsoswozsz --fhs
st seots.isanis n, has eroaled more Impression
the Sur, ,uan tas. of any aifcef Shp ass ia.lea
;a .hss esmps;sn. He wss p'ominsn, New Ye'k
poiis;eisn a. well - soldier. Tie E,rast nzs the
fslioSia. otitasty Of MIN
Gen James Saisaosff,, Shf--s iss:h, We deep
" Esrs, say IS sap6is1 rom .h- esi Of bai,ie.
snt 1hb wss pf LIE eaiiidss -ua .I.e7s te
yeiassasf- for ise var, 3 wei. known snsi
highly respected citi5.n % lhis 3 asc. BON H.
rea pasTinaoay IN shs Vssiey ii ,he .isTsse stthe
afeAtaz Of 'he Pffssht century Gen " sdsw wafsii
passess i uEEsuai advantages, had be ci,rsei, 4"
ss- them, for tas.cs ironi position lsns ags ia
Pabii. life. 3h- son ard ..sif u ne Efea, iaai
o@.isS sad i.asian,nt5ri-., LINES Hsas9ofsh, NJ
eeBesse, lac hsd sae opportunity. sftiei 10 seenid
"a fi can atsely al. ia tsssse Sossfn
States, At 'sitassifs politics ss profession. iii
iaSasatsfsi s.iai pscuaiafy aaxies.ss.
But fi= ambition ToS an eariY period ef HE life
aplssfs TO .iave bern directed toward vosassseT
tutaty seEy;cS, And Ee set fsr higher store. SD
lar as 'is oan esiiass wsss Concerned. BY tas po
siiiaE which MS valal isgc weI tor hin Ia ths
nation u army, than If ne rad been tna speccssia
candidate tor Governor of his native sraie, Ia place
af III Seymour. His arst service in tie Acid was
under seDoweh, st Bull Run, A6ou, the tss Of
AHs usi, 1851, he was commissioned afigadier
Geeefai and dusng II Ion. drilling months which
succeedsd Gen Nc ieilan's appointment 20 The
command In chief, Gen Wadsworh won for hiU,-
self the credit ansoag most e10eEsHceu afE.y
off GERS af having hi3 Brigade long before the close
Of the year. se r3ass efcisDt condition, alike
% drill ard discipline. Ee chssed exceedingly
under the long delays Intervening between the
hssf great bet.!e CT The war ana the advance On
sanassaS, nine months later. And his evidence
betoYe tie Committed the Ccndacs of the wsr.
shove the 1saious sni ardent temperament WHICH
contrai.ea bis views ef military cety. sn which
led MIN straight iotn the front Of danger and Gsalh
Ia this las. greet conflict.
Ia tie spring ci i63. Geq WaJswoyth was ap-
pointed MI iisry Governor of the District Of to-
iunh.a; and on the advsEcc By Gen Nc lslian 70
Manassas, ard subsequently 70 he Peninsula, Gen
WaGsweEh's eoniE3s.t 81 ended 70 Cceacuan Bay;
and for tie range ci duly embraced in ibis wido
terrissy. he Vas left On the 81 Of Agxi ieo, with
some 1890 infausrY sad about ~ % artillery, and
of this faYce fourth WAS ar6eled 10 TIE Rruin.
suia, leayta2 ehe defenses OF WashanFfOa with .
garrison Of irss than halt WHIST he conssdefe1 ~
qzisite. In the wintes OF 623 stex his defeat -
cand.dsie for Governor Of this Ssafe, he passed.
several monihs In the Acid, and waa engaged 81
the hattie Of ChancesiossyiAa He Vas changed
later In the season with tosioa 10 the e0nthNess
and the Gulf States, IN 1Onpecat0o W1lh The nf.
ganixalI0n Of coora1 sfoof4 And kis lafesa po6-
uan WAS that of General a. ~ IN divlslen G ~
esh eurps. He gave h1s Boas - weu - htmse0 -
lks service ef Nh coanlty, aad AseA ~ msaaG
with The stnoss ithsaasy = ~ lhe A<eoal eas,e
He GssesostV = sAs peaes ~ aeess aeAlate1Y q
yeiibcss !ene. aoneaaea = eiss ~ - es4las
uea y 49, heuM - 500 = :
Conooas o1oom0 - eeeN9ss