Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-09-05
The .Immortai schsnck."


This individual, who in personal ap-
pearance and merit about equals any Of
those things which farmers are in the hab-
it orsticking up on poles in their fields
"to keep the crows out Of the corn," IS
just now engaged iu exhibiting himself at
various places in the State, principally,
one would suppose, from the reports of
his performances, for the malicious graft
fication Of putting his species to shame.
BUTT is very distinctly stated by his
friends that Schenck has another purpose
in view. That, not satisfied with a seat
inCongress obtained by means of abolition
legislation, nor yet, with the mischief
which that position enabled him to per-
petrate, he desires still further to disgrace
and dishonor the State by foisting himself
into the United States Senate. For this
purpose his connection with the army is to
be dilated on. The journal is to write up
his military services, and record his more
recently blackguard sayings, under the
heading of "sharp definitions.
But the military achievements Of this
hero have passed into history, and we re-
produce, for the benefit of our readers,
specimen of that history, which is con-
temporaneous with the great deeds which
it celebrates. Here it is. 1t is taken from
the Cincinnati Commercial of June 21st,
1861, and credited by that paper to the
Chicago Post. Both are Republican
papers:
Another Brigadter Gone Up.
Brigadier General Robert c. Schenck, of
Ohio, has succeeded in making his name i'm
mortal. As brigadier he put four companies
of troops upon some platform cars and, wrap.
ped in his Brigadier mantle, took q seat ia a
passenger car, and backed down the train into
an ambuscade in which his train and bis
troops we're subjected to destructive cross
fire from heavy batteries of the enemy Gori-
ous Schenck And then he writes that he
had to retreat, because he could not find the
enemy with precision enough to outAank their
batteries. Aud so poor BOBBY, Bo5by Schenck
marched back with his dead, dying and
uiangled countrymen to that camp from which
they ought never to have been sent under the
charge of such an officer.
Mr. Schenck served in Congress with Mr..
Lincoln, and thsrefore was qualified as a
Brigader. Mr.. Schenck had brother in the
navy, and therefore Mr. Schenck was always
supposed to know something Of naval matters
and was always put on the Committee on
Naval Affairs, Having stumped Egypt with
Dr. Leib and Col. Danenhower in 1860, and
knowing something of naval affairs he was
made Bugsdier General in the army and
placed upon a train OF cars in which he backed
the troops down to defeat and death. "Bully
for the Brigader." Where is Pierce Call
for Schenck Two Of the Brigadiers are done
for, and if it were not for the fearful loss of
life and the terrible slaughter of gallant and
patriotic soldiers, the public would have cause
to rejoice if others on the list of Brgadiers
had the opportunity of adding their names
and deeds TO those Of Schenck Eand Pierce
Let us have a skirmsh out West in which
our Brgadiers may have chance to show
their lack Of capacity, before we have an en-
gagement in which stupidity may cost too
much.