The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1865-06-03

LETTER FROM THE COUNT DE FAR1s-
The following letter 0i -he count oe aI1''
the grandson Of Louis Philippe. aud the
nrespu. bead of the Orleans family. IA an-
other testimony of the character o. anra.
saf,, Ii.ccln, It vi III Da roinenl oered thai
the writer. win AIS BROTHER OuEa &C ChAI-
Tres served 70. q Yegr IN ,hs ARMY OF lhe
p3.nluac " here they we're i2,nch feg@faeo
81 the.:r bro,be- officers. la their Engllsh
exile since, they have kept alive those
ORIGINAL sympathies which led toeIntto en-
list on our side. The letter is written FROM
Iwickenha1a in England. and is addressed
TO Senator Sumner, who regards 1t o. eucb
general interest that he has consented to
It's publication:
Tw1cKENAAM, Msy S, 1865
DEAR SIR You siooG by the death bed
OF tho good and noble hearted man, who
was torn from the love and confidence Of
great nation, on the fatal night Of the 1ath
OF April; you received the last breath o.
one on whom al! the frieu6s OF America
looked as the worthy representatives OF her
free institutions. You Win therefore, M
dsrstana tina. after reading tho sad pa.1ic-
ulars of that horrible tragedy, should
feel anxious TO contiae To you my deep
emotions ard my bitter grief. should
nat haze presumed! to add ny voice TO the
unauimous expressions OF sympathy ot-
fered by Europe to your fellow clt!zers il
ry personAl relations with Mr.. Lincoln,
v hich henceforth, will remain among the
most precious recollections OF my youth had
not ADDED something in my eyes TO the
magnitude Of that public calamity. MY
brother and myself will always gratefully
remember tho way ia which he admitted
us, four years ago into the Federal army,
the opportunity he then gave us to serve
cause to which he already felt bound by
our family traditions, our sympathses as
Frenchmen and our political creed.
Those who saw Mr.. Lincoln during that
great ordeal when everything seemed to
conspire against the salvation OF the Re-
public, will never forget tho honest man
who without personal ambition, always
supported by u strong perception OF his
duties, deserved TO be called emphatically
q great citizen. And when the dreadful
crisis during which he presided over the
destinies of America will belong to history
when it's bloody track will disappear un-
der tho rapid growth Of an invigorated Ia
ton, and regererated community people
will only remember its beneficial results.
the destruction OF slavery. the preserva-
ton of free institutions, nnd will ever as
sociate with them the name Of Mr.. Lincoln.
In this struggle with slavery his name will
remain iliusirious among those Of the in
defatigable apostles who fought before
him and who will achieve his work. But
j. will also be said OF him that he secured
tie preservation OF tho Union through q
,remend dous civil war, without ceasang to
respect the authority of tho law and the
liberty Of his fellow citizens tina. in the
hour Of trial he was tho Chief Magistrate
OF people who knew how to seek iE the
fullest use OF the broadest liberties, the
spring of national endurance and energy.
I beg you. sir, To excuse tho length of
this letter; you know il is inspired by ,ne
feelings OF my hsrrt. Believe me, NY
dear SIR, Yours very truly.
LOUIS PHiLaIPpE D'ORLEANs
To Hon. Charles Saiuuer, Senator UiIted
Ss1a;es.
/GEa. Coass-rue New York Tribune of
the o61h N ~peaking Of .he graud review
81 Washington refere to Maj. Gen. Corsa ~
follows:
Commanding tho Third Division OF the
Fourteenth Corps WAS Brevet-Majo, SEN
eral J. N. Gutee If Iowa, :. young man OF
-. Six or eight years ago ha nas dropped
trou. the roll of cadets al West Poiu. Tor
iucompet.ncy-inab to maii.tain the
required rank in his class. Hnlthe knowl-
edge of tactics gained in the year or TWO
he was there gave ihim at tho commence
nent Of tho war tho adjutancy Of an Iowa
rsgiuient. Ee couldn't do tho mstheluAt-
les of West Point, never r.beless be WAS q
natural soldier, aud young As he is, has
won his present rank by sheer lighting,
By sheer coit.ty in fighting: When Hood
struck Sherman'a- commune atoms, Coree,
with 1900 men was garrisoning tho i'm
portant point OF Altoona. BY the inspirs-
ton which ha Infused into his men he
beat otf hall cf Hoods army, and was bre-
yeled Mpjor Ganeral ,or it-bul as couldn't
sc. through West Point. HIS career is Il
beautiful comment ~. the assumption and
I, (. Il
get through tha. questionable institution
known West Point" I meyer saw
Gen. Gcrsss TIL he rode BY to-day. bu.
tSinA nlC correct rs TO Ills fai ure at West
Point, Az Know l hm in regard to his
Brilliant record in the army
JEFF. DAyl. ON HAN0IS9.--An OFT ser
OF the cnlted States army, whose author
iiy IN suct, {. case ws can not question.
publish the following account OF what he
heard Jst. Davis say jus: before the break.
lug ou, OF the war We use his words:
heard Mr.. Davis utter tho following
words in a Southern town where no deliv.
cred an ADDRESS in November, 1860. did
not hear the Whole speech only the " ords
quoted, a. passed by the crowd Of listen
era:
What cosrre sovereign State | attempt
to deprive us OF our mos, lsest Mable
rights!
Let Mr.. Lincoln try it. or Mr.. Douglas,
either, aud ~e viii hang them higher than
HamaD, and the only difference should
make, would be that 'hunlorously) as Mr..
Lincoln is considerably taller than MIR.
Douglas, we should have to build his gib.
bet (s,anding on his toes and reaching up
his handy u leetle higher than that for
Douglas.
There is woman in Quebec ll2 years
old. Her children, grand children and
eat-grand-c children number 228.