The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-02-21

Scott. Subsequently, he was transferred to
East Pascagoula, Miss, and Then commenced
that rowing, rambling, nomadic career which
makes every ''old army" officer cosmopoite.
We find him on frontier duty at Fort Smith,
Arkansas; at Fort Gibson, in the Indian terri-
tory, in 1850; on the Rio Brazos in 1852 and
| 1858; scouting among the Camanches in 1854
and dividing his time between numbering mos
quitoes and capturing Seminole Indians in
Florida in 1867.
In 1853 he was appointed Captain of staff
and Commissary Of Subsistence, and in 1859 o
Captain in the 9Th Infantry. The first year of
the war he was Commissary Of Subsistence of
the Department of Ohio, and filled that Office
during General McClellan's campaign in West
ern Virginia. On the 28th September, 1851, he
was appointed Brigadier-G General Of Vol
unteers; was subsequently engaged in the
siege of Yorktown, the battles of Fair
Oaks, Savage Station (where he was wound
ed), and Malvern Hill. For gallant con-
duct in these engagements he was brevetted
Lieutenant-Colonel in the regular army; was
engaged in the battle of Fredericksburg, and
all sorts of skirmishes; received more brevets;
was made Major-General of volunteers; resign
cd the last named commission in 1868; was
assigned to his old duties as Commissary Of
Subsistence; made President Of an Examining
Board of Commissioners for the Third Mill
tary District; brevetted Brigadier- General for
meritorious services, and, after the war, assign
ed to this department as the Chief Commissary
of South Carolina, and Supervising Commits
sary of Georgia and Florida.
Last, but not least, N this catalogue of hon.
ors is his appointment as Mayor OF Charleston.
Although from the above recapitulation Of
public services rendered the reader may sup
pose General Burns to be about hundred, he
holds his own handsomely at the age of forty
six; is well preserved; elastic, good natured.
retiring in manner and bountfully pos
sessed of the suaUuer in modo. His
usual attire, except on official occasions,
is that of plain, unassuming citizen.
Any one approaching with courtesy is to
receive courtesy in return; and although, as
he remarked last evening, his new position
is a peculiarly delicate and embarrassing one,
we venture the observation that when our
people have become acquainted with General
Burns, and learned by experience that he in
tends to perform his duties with the best in
terests of the community in view, they will be
prepared to render to him their confidence and
support.
It will be remembered that several months
agoit was rumored that General Sickles would
remove the civil authorities of the city. Gen
eral Burns was then spoken of as the probable
occupant Of the Office, and was sent to the
North to make himself thoroughly familiar
with the municipal regulations of the best
conducted cities. The information obtained
on that tour will serve him well in his present
Office, and with the tact, management and ex-
perience of one accustomed to executive du-
ties, he will doubtless hold the reins Of the
city government In such q manner as not to
wound the tender sensibiities of those who
''champ the bit"