Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-15
aRayrocLE's NOTICE OF GEN
HOyET.

"Brs,forIe." The Indianapolis correspondent
Of the Cipciupau Commercial. 10 Likewise tae
local .di,or and reporter Of the indianapolis
Journal Ie bis letter to The Commercial last
week. be took occasion TO notice the character Of
the speeches Of General Hovrf. at the soldiers
reception in this city. As the Journal has repu-
dated the criticisms Of "Bsayfogls. AID The
ingly The comments Of the journal. several Of
our readers have expressed az anxiety to knov
VIA, The offender said. and 10 crafty this desire.
ue republsh that portion Of his letter. premis
ing 1t, however, With the Commercials com
ments:
"Brayfogles' notice Of General Hovey, IN .
recent Indisnspolis letter, seems TO have been
look ed upon 10 some quarters as rather more
serious document than We regarded 10 The
General. ue should think, ought to be able TO
bear up Tor . time, under . rhetorical lafrup OF
that sort, and perhaps be is but the Indianapolis
Journal. at least, gets grave about u. and saws
abe paragraph in our correspondence about Gen.
Hove, was "unuss. uucslled for. and not war
r.pted b, the facts" All Of which 10 possible
| But We would wise the General TO be Just
little cautious how be talks in mssiin about
reporters They sometimes scratch with long
claws"
Here 10 .hat "Brayfogls" said:
Hare. Invariably 20 mad in March. Why
they 70 mad, | never thought TO inquire; but
that they do go mad. presume no one will ven
turs to dispute Else vby the phrase, mad As .
March hArsf The insane smile, ! am afraid
will have 70 be changed, and for the highes,
types OF uncomfortable and causeless msnia, We
.ill have 10 Substitute mad a. Major General.
In nv last vas compelled TO chronicle
cess Of madness on the part OF Major General
Chapman. a. the Sherman banquet. Now
must add Major General Hovey to the list Of the
stark, raving mad His insanity which has beer
so artfully concealed as to be not even suspected
vas fully developed at the reception last SAtur
| day, ia q violent and unealled for attack on ths
| reporters Of the Journal and the Sentinel. Th,
attack on the Sentinel reporter was merely
question OF taste That youDg gentleman being
| employed on a Copperhesd paper must necesss
rly infuse something Of toe spri. OF Copper
hesdism into the notices Of the Generali
speeches; but the attack upon the Journal mar
vas altogether unjustifable That paper ha
never said or insinuated anything against The
General. and has uniformly spoken OF him IS
brave man and skilliul officer. But the sore
point seems to be that the Journal reporter hai
manifested . criminal want of appreciation o
tue Generals style of orstory. and has failed Il
be sufficiently i'm pressed With the broad hu NOR o
his anecdotes, or the blunt aud somewhat Quss
tionabls language Used by him 10 giving advic,
to the soldiers TO The propriety of multiplying
their species The General complained that IN,
Journal, instead Of reporting his speeches, haC
put him on with the simple announcement tina
Gen Hovey made speech, never once think
Jog that the reporter was aiming TO do him
kindness. He also complained that the Jour
nal man bad sat by and permitted the Sentine
reporter to villify and abuse him. The General
though q veteran soldier, talks like a recruit.
when he places his character and reputation il
the keeping Of . poor devil of newspape
| scribolsr.
IF il would be any satisfaction to the Gene
raj. could suggest several prominent reason
Why bis speeches have not been reported in full
In the first place, though bully fighter. be doe
not shine in oratory. He has not, unfortunately
| that versatility OF resource which enables Cover
nor Morton to present a new speech at each re
cepti0n, and after the first attempt. the variet,
offered by him was very much like the fou
kinds OF meat on the clowns table-ram, lsmb
sheep and mutton. Besides, our community
especially those Of the waterfall persuasion
are extremely fsstidious-unnecesssrily so, Bray
fogle thinks but so fastdous that hundreds o
them have kept studiously away from the recep
| tions, for fear that General Hovey might SHOCK
their sense of propriety by the broad rscness
of his humor. or in giving advice to the younl
men which our ladies consider entirely superfiu
Gus and unnecessary, believing that the nsturs
instincts VI the human race sufficiently stronl
to keep up the reproduction Of the species lfthes
things are so offensive, when verbally uttered. a
To deter ladies' from honoring the receptions will
their presence, they would be much moro often
sive in printed form. and if the General woulC
think for a moment he would realize the motiv,
which induced their suppression. He ought tc
know that in this community such words as stud
horse seed 'wifss petticost, &c, are pro
seribsd. and that bis Java story and the anec
dote of the woman who crossed the river TO hav,
baby. in order that it might be born out Of the
State. though we'll received by the soldiery who
marched down to the sea, are not just the styl,
10 please the ladies OF Indianapolis.
lit 10 TO bsregrettsd that. just at the close o
long and honorable term of service-for IN
derstand that the General has rendered his resg
nation-this gallant officer shosd make an asi
OF himself. Bat perhaps cold applications to the
head. and rigid abstinence from diet of stimu
lating nature. may avert the threatened danger
| of permanent insanity. / hope so, at sny rate.
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