The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-10
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Death OF GencrnI AIovsr.

The Death OF General Mower.
Despateh 10 the AssOeistsd PTsss.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-The following general
orders announcing the death of General Mower
have been iseued:-
WARRINGTON, d. c., Jan. T. 1s7O.-Itis is with heart
felt pain and sorrow that the General Of the Army
announces to the country and TO hs felow-soldiers
the death OF Brevet hajOr-General Joseph A.
Mower who died In New Orleans on the 9th inst, or
congestion OF the lungs. General Mower began his
military career as private soldier In the company
OF engineers that served with marked dstinc-
ton in the Mexican war, was commissioned as a
Second Lieutenant in the st Infantry June 49, 1858,
Sm1 sn was promoteu 10 FIRST Lleutenant Marcn ~,
lsSL AZ the breaking out OF the war OF the
rebellion he commanded Company II, 1st Infnntry,
and took part in the siege and capture OF New Mad
Coonel OF the ltth Missouri volunteers. and took
part IN the Corinth campaign, and was conspicuous
at Iuka, october ?, 1862, wnen he was wounded
severely, and for time in The hands OF the enemy
lie nrst fell under the immediate command OF the
present General OF the Army in the vicksburg cam.
paign, and very attI acted his notice by deeds
OF personal bravery that would require a volume to
From that date to the close Of the war he was en-
gagged in every campaign In the West-at Jackson,
Vicksbnrg, Meridian, the Red river in Missouri
when he was called personally to the aid OF the
General at Atlanta, and accompanied him, rising
through all the grades until the end OF the war,
when he commanded the goth Corps better SOL
dler or q braver man never lived than Joseph A..
mower, and the General can recall many in
stances when he displayed abilities OF the highest
fame OF general. Since the war he has exhibited
his solderly qualities by standing at his most through
pessllence ana sickness, never asking personal
favor, and Always sharing cheerfuy the exposures
OF his men. The General in thus speaking of one to
whom he was so strongly attached feels certain that
tnls ana more too is due to one who spoke OF
himself and seemed obvious OF all things except TO
serve his country with his whole heart and his
whole SOUL
BY command Of General Sherman.
E. d. TOWNSEND, Acknowledgement
The 'InteIiIgencer', CoIIapses
Alexander Delmar announces this morning
that the National InteHigencer will no longer be
published. He assigns as the cause the loos of
several thousand dollars and his poor health
The paper was in the interest of the free traders,
and its transient friends we're in New York.
Naval Bulletin.
Despatch TO The Eoentrg Telegraph.
WAsHINGToN, Jan. 10.-The naval bulletin
for to-day detaches Assistant Surgeon K. Ware
from the steamer Tallapoosa, and orders him to
duty at the Naval Hospital, Philadelphia. and
Acting Passed Surgeon 8. r. Boyer is ordered to
the Tallapoosa.
The Alaska Fur Region.
The report of Captain Charles W. Raymond.
Of the Engineer Corps, on the Yukon river
region, Alaska, was received to-day by the War
Department. AS to furs, it says that prior to
the transfer Of Alaska to the United States the
trade was controlled by the Russian American
and Hudson Bay Companies. The report states
that the fur trade Of Alaska never exceeded
10000 skins yearly, though American energy
may increase the amount. The valley of Tanams
is considerably the most valuable fur bearing
region. The principal furs are the marten OF
American sable, black and silver grey fox, mink
and beaver, and the country is unfit for agricul
tural purposes