, 1869-05-04
BURNSIDE.

&Ein13ClT anu INC 1&N0Au AaaAn0
Rcxitnent-His Picture OF SpFaEuc
Mt Hull tRun-k7osv tho Governor
Took Refugc In FlrcWatcr IRON, ehc
Encmy's EiFc.
Fseri3enex {R. ~ Corretpandsnce tApTf 81 n tn:
tSsN YoT7 Hentf
Your correspondent went n quest q General
men IN NOV hm oest.and found him al home.
q this tetueut In Rhode Island: Where Is 1t go
Y &ensra1. n I really aoas know. nos care. In
a saoEt time III be mustered out Of pub
Ito lie, and I don't wish 70 Eeiu1n y
i tn ana rHs'n III ns Id ius Of thesc aano2saee.
that surround man holding onlce-
Correspondent. DO you intend to make a1y fls-
tier move In This sprague matter, Gcnerai:,
General. Net uuless aaolnef issue IS male thai
Ely compel me. um not ada2ted 70 tat5 pl5llc
wr1ngl.ag. It maJ suit spsague, who th!nks he
makes capital cat Of l.; but 10 \ ilan cf MI te:n-
per sueh filings Are an utter alaorren;e. | have
declared MY urlnlon Of SfrraSGc tltetdf, AMI de-
Tended ta- horror and services Of the Kno1c Isll1d
lfretr,e ne willing to believe sprasue, H.: thea
do 81. It Is, u coursc, painful 70 nc that they
should give csrtl!s OF importance TO saunders that
haze no shadow Of fuct to suStaln them: but
uou1 intend ia max" 1snwoman's quarrel OF 1t
to rrCMote whatever design Sptasuc NAY hare
Nov, be ta:ss , about The t1rst Ahode Island aal
show slngle blood relation ot his that fought
and fell On the side OF the Union: Not one,
Rosert Ives, IS Gne and gallant spider as eSer
stool on the field of battle Nas shot dead Young
Goddard saosnsr q me q; tasly anS a1a r. daring
belonging to the Brown md 1ves family, noh.y did
so The Brown aaa ives family belong TO tnai
! class of people thai don't 80 h:oTtnS about what
they did They ase quiet highly respectable and
% n4e q srstain ihis Tnioa 1ao Whas las spss,o
! given: lie says he ma.ataiaed the Marine AEtl-
issJ u ~ orn exEsnse; Sooody hete oslssss h;;s
| that such was moi the fact Where SpEa1ue gayo
BroFn and Ives gave three; but 1rown and ives
not Sa,.e 50 loss 70 o}.ss5 a. to go trumpet
saa Sefa sns hsy ~ op peupe a e0s ho IL
like display. II they wish to live within Ihem-
sclres 1t Is nobody = business II the5 do not as.
Hang they nIe at liberty to do 60. an 10 more
the champion Of Brown and 1ses than am Of the
spragnes, but cannot sometimes tolerate hearing
mere personal dislike. Amasa slrasue end l have
always been on good terms There Ia no reason
why we should not now II hG DO not endorse tht
were, urril recently. on equally coraal terms.
Correspondent. We'll, then GcLeral, bis attack
must have come like a clap Of thunder from cleas
General lust SO. I couldn't see on Gods
earth what put It In his head to asSstl tho First
sa noon hs 6n 81 ass % as
that Vas en4aged In political conspiracy agai1s:
tlm- Everybody here knows better, mi. it has
mer fom public lfc. Thi. oa1ce Of Governor,
which never Fought, has not salaty sufficient for
Cof7espondent Many an old, broken down SOL
dler Graves Your bounty often enough to take 1t nil
awnJ, General
soli,eIs to swallow Up evei5 thing lave. ~
Correspondent What do yDu think viii become
Of this Goddard challenge to SpraGuc:
darl. he is brave fellow, and wonll think n
little about tcEentlng an Insult any tuan In this
M nna tn9p o
was outrageous but here in Scw Englaad We have
a code TINT will not sustain man In l,elng an ag
denunciatoyy terms through The pres4 Tou ~
he has already enjoyed one aatt4factiOn; 10 take
st1sF s. q 5as Hs; egRes'pR TGa lSeS +;
place don't think I'd stop 70 Reject upon the
code, and yet oeEc!e would, for Though OF =
aet 5 ros 70 Is sns haplvss nsna
bic. Nnen another maa would he eating him
se1 mp wlth sts 9asiS9n sna P9Eneaa9n orez n
bis state. 50 a5oa. ny pasinsss s ID Ger es:
tainly as cheerful no. almost IS co1sented, {
mood Of mind IS ever,and ret have done IS mic:
shown oil Sprag1es statements to bc un1oundet
aud have given my opinion Of the author. lds
Ht Ss E r. e. 5o nd 4s
|
All snch proceedings lnvarts1'fy fall Of their Oh
{cct; but trust ny name and character con1di1T
Il to the people 0f the United states, knowing th2
al Tic little malice Of newborn military cr:u
cannot tarElsh that reputation. or curse va
disturbed by the remarks he made: but reau
more on account Of these men q Rhode Islam
who served under me5hAn on the score Of wha
he said concerning nc. You don't know, SIR
II what gallant regiment It waa. II was t1ade u
q V's West. ts' na'e'' ever 50" "'' ''' A4'
Correspondent. The wealth and re.pectabtht,
Of the state General:
All ciasscs were in 4, POOR mechanics a. well a
nillionas1res; bnt the physique, bearing, bravery
tying rlces, every nan of tneIn sielnx With d.
other to maintain tho honor Of the First Haols
Island Regiment, made Il lust such regiment a
resson why feel annoyed with spragac, hav,
had no quarrel with him tetore. never had au1
an x pS,9 edx esie 3 ssi
while be Eersfled none, and looked at the asa
from afar.
t sosTssponasnf 3 n s f na'. General, didn't he nsa
General Yes. he fought IKE . scared lion. rae
Ing ont at tremendous speed on horse to the In
. ing back to ret drink, then racing to anatae
point ard racing back tust as fast TO get anothe
j drink. 50 on be spent the time; a good MN
. | strnngers who came to see the light tlo1sht h
must have command Of the forces, After the IL
| drink he took on tho Geld suppose he though
fs si ma z sas eRs
: lie says II Was hts c1nmplc th1s fcpt the Rnod
| IsIant Gattery cool. II such example wetc 10
lowed thr battery wonld have had lively tin
! and might have drawn some Of tho enemy into II
| aIntx:sh
Correspondent. What military experience h.
General Why no moro than q man that ncyc
saw musket. He nad no command nt Bull Ru1
hn that WIS his ufst and last battle. It WASH
/ much OF that, for our troops were all raw me1 d
fAr rs the experience OF war HAs concerned, tn
men OF the First Rhode 1stnd mere the last To qu
I a xnQ EN1nnaf
brigade that crossed Cut Rnr-a fact NOT genera
y KNOWN Lieutenant Richards, ArnodB DaI
tcrT. A1tof Sykes Regulars and my OWE bsirad
formed thu rear guard. Tet, though he Wss IN
ahead Of US dying 10 Washington In an ambulance
he seeks 10 eI1ueise what be uerer SAW, and ha
. s:aYed long enough to SEC either. II our troop
ha41 hsd nny the least expesieDcc Bun Run woul
: | never have ben what It was- We wanted *
. | 4laintanec. ttEc regiment WAS ignorant OF tn
= ncIt. One might he hravc cnnnEE to 20 an
where bu, II conldnr make sure II the other woul
follow. II Was different on the resel X!e. tn
mass OF the men we're on their own state soil an
, understood each o1hers capacity for hight.
! Correspondent uo you think Ett1 coufBe
SpraEues has Injured his political prospects much
! General Well, indeed cant 2ay- suppoi
1t necessarily must I lUur really care to "a
asaln.t the First Rhode 1slacd and M3sell. wnl
MT. Sprsgrc nlay DO o. what may becn1ne OF b
potral fortunes 1t Is rot for me 70 prtt.1ef. a!
| without interest In the nl1tler. only kD W th.
| he hAs cast reflections upon men wnu wont +
soon apt to forget Them; further than thai 4.
:, indifferent.
A MUSICAL SENSATION.
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