The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-11-10

His mind was great and powerful, without
being Of the very fist order; his penetra-
ton strong, though not 10 acute ~ that Of
Newton, Bacon or Locke; and, as far as he
saw, no Judgment was sOundef. 1t was slow
in operation, being little aided BY invention
or imagination, but sure in conclusion.
Hence the common remark Of his Oticen,
of the advantages he derived from councils
Of war, where, hearing all suggestions, he
selected whatever was best, and certainly No
general ever planned his battles more jndi-
ciously. But if deranged during the course
of the action, if any member Of his plan was
dislOcated BY sudden circumstances, he was
slow in reimbursement. The consequence
was that lie often failed in the field, and
rareiy against an enemy in station, n at
Boston and York. He was incapable Of
fear, meeting personal dangers with the
czlmest cOncern. Perhaps the strongest
feature in his character was prudence, never
acting until every circumstance, every cum
sideration, was mutually weighed; RETAINING
If he saw doubt, but, when once decided,
going through with his purpose, whatever
obstacles opposed.
His integrity was most pure, his justice
the most intiexible have ever known; M
motives If cOnsanglinity, Of friendship or
| hatred, being able to bias his decision. He
was, indeed, in every sense Of the word, \
wise, gUd, and great man. His temper
was naturally irritable and high-tOned; bat
reflection and resolution had obtained a firm
and habitual ascendancy over ii. IL ever,
however, it broke its bounds, he was mO&
tremendous in his wrath. In his expenses
he was honorable, bat exact; liberal in com
tributions to whatever promised utility, hut
frown.ng and unyielding on all visionary
objects, and all unworthy calk on his
charity. His heart was warm in it, afSec-
tons; but he exactly calculated every mans
value, and gave him solid esteem proper
toned to it. His person, you know, was
fine, his stature exactly what one would
wish; his department easy, erect and noble,
the hest horsen,an of HIS age, and the mos
graceful figure that could lie seen On horse-
back. Although in the circle Of his friends,
where he might be unreserved with safety,
he took free share in conversation, his
collo,uial talents were not above niciiOcfisy,
possessing neither C"Piosrness Of
ideas, nor auency of words. In
public, when called on for Sudden
opinion, he was unready, short, and EN-
barassed. Yet he wrote readily, rather diff
fuSely, in an easy and correct style. Thishe
had acquired BY conversation with the world,
for kis education was merely reading, writing,
and common arithmetic, to which he added
surveying at 4 later day His time was en-
ploved in action chiefly, reading little, and
that only in agriculture and English history.
HiA correspondence became necessary ex-
tensive, and, with journalizing his agricnl
tural proceedings, occupied most Of his leisure
hours within doors. On the whole, his char
a3ter was, in its mass, perfect, in nothing
lad, in few points indifferent; and it may
truly be said that never did nature and for
tune combine more perfectly to make man
great. and to place him in the aMe consteI-
latioa with whatever WORTHLESS have merited
fscai man IN kvtflzsinx remembrance. For
his WIS the singular destiny and merit OF
leading the armies Sf his country successfully
through IN arriuous war, for the establishment
of its independence; Of conducting its cum
ellis through the birtl, Of a government, new
IT, Il. s,rss and principles until j. hsd settled
Down into a aaiet and orderly train; and OF
scsr,upuknfsly tbesins the Laws through the
whole III .ki<i career civil and military, OF
which the history of the world furnishes no
osher example. ~ 'i--tlI' '''
The EeIiPsi af she 8sn IN Deseohs6.
Noi,rst,eai Of science hss made asese vspid
progress in recent years than that depArmeat
of sssrcR6mv which treats Of TIE GonMitUsaon
of the heavenly bodies, and especially OF The
sun. The epestreseSpe has foundin the light
from different Os6s a sure tess Of tie sub
sssseea they contain; ana tAIisquify he's led
the xay 10 Ofkers, stntif uanst&ne students
h.ve sss,l reneOn In expett The solution q