Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-08-23
q Soldiers S Letter.

NAJ n GsSrB IL HAMILTON GIVES GREELEY A
ROUND SHOT.
Il having been announced tbs; MajJr Geue.sl
SCHUYLER llsmilton, Of Worcester county. y Y,
had declared for Greeley, General Hsmiltoa
wri;cs letter, denying the rumor, and giving
his opinion Of Mr. Greeley in very pithy isD-
guage. The following is an interesting passage
When true mcu answered Presi lent Lucalu'f
call in 1861. MIR. Greeley Was holding up the
arms Of the rebels through the columns oi tie
TribuHc Afterwards, when lie found he vas
not responding to the deep pul-ston Of the tx
tons heart. which penetrated the edlt0risl ssnc-
tum through very email chiuk- tie cAiEk @,
hsl-!imes, as the sale Of tie Tribune fell of
he tecurel 20 u, our Grst defeat at Bull Run. BY
precpiisting battle hy his ill-timel cry Of ION
10 Richmond" =" when - we're in al respects IN
prepared, st least in the opinion Of Gen. Scott
Our uupreptr,i condition General So0i; urged
upon the President and his cabinet ottcslly Al a
meeting called 70 consider this very subject. sui
uted many other means TO impress his views
upon tho,e in authority st that time, uotsbly
General McDoEell As General SCOTS military
secretary. | hSi opportunities Of knowing mucn
At the csbne, meeting referred to, P1simNster
General Blair said, IS | vat told, in opposition
10 General Scott's views, thst he could march %
Richmond with 10000 uen armed with lstLs
"Yes, said General Scott, "Is prisouers of war,
not otherwre'
When tne battle was fought .ad Zoe, Prem lent
Linccln ami most Of his Cabinet, Sud very Glsuy
of the "On to Richmond members o! Co9Gress
crowded to Gen. Scott's qusrters. There WAS
memorsb.e interview. After ZONE interchange
Of greetings Gen Scott remarked be did not see
the member Of tie Cabinet who had proporci TO
march to Richmond with 10. 600 men armed with
lsths. lie presumed be hal changed his views.
he procee led MIR. President, perceive ;bere
is terror in high quarters. lt is wholly unno-
cessarv, can hold the capital, in any event,
against sny force the enemy can bring, osie-
cislly with the aid Of the vessels Ct war now
| lying in the Potomsc. | beg 10 Sssure you,
Mr President, and all others here. the enemy
cannot move. am well advised that they have
no transportation. Armies cannot move with
cut it, Soldiers sTe net like birds Of the air,
furnished with wings they cannot 1y." some
| person in the crowd remarked. " Our c0wsr1iy
| soldiers bad fed. wings ~ no wings" General
/ Scott drew himself up like noble old lien snd
/ roaIed ." I hear some ons speaking os cur poor
/ brave fellows who fought 50 br.vely until seized
/ with panic, which. Mr.. President, you will
member, s,rcGgou.ly urged upoa yog "a the
/ danger, the great danger incurred in eenlinS
undiscipliued men, however brave, into blttle.
! Az towards deny it, and declare that the only
1 coward wss Winhyl1 Scott, who should have
| handed his resignation to your Ezceency. Mr.
President, rather than allow a battle TO be fought
against bis ong-tried Judgment and experience.
| If there WA any coward WAS the coward"
/ There wss profound silence The prefiden; vas
deeply moved, snj, being kind-hesrtjd msu.
took the blame upon himself for not yielding to
General Scott's earnest sRd sag sdyice
- but, =" said he, ''the cry Of On TO Richmondr
was too much for me- Mr Greeley. therefore,
| is responsible for our frat defeat
Bi,hop M'Ilvsine, Of Ohio, on the 81 Of July,
| in St Psul's Cathedral. London, preeented to
the Church CT Englsnd the large silver aims
basin manufactured for tins. purpose in this city,
and designed IS an Acknowledgement from tne
daughter in this country to the neither Church
for benefactions received in the past In the
presence of throug of Church disnitaries Bsh-
/ op M'llv,ine, dressed in plain black, handel
/ the heavy tllver (nesrly yard in Gismeter)
to the Bishop Of Lichfeld (who was here last
yesr), who carried i; forward to the altar; Sss
there met by the Archbishop Of Canterbury, he
fore whom be kueeied; the archbishop took it,
made frSternHl address, a3d that ended the GER
I eInony. The archbishop then read toe alms
texts in the Communion office, Gad each o. the
ten bishop. marched up alone, bowed, dropped a
coin into the basin and retired Thea the
vergers lin verger clsd) went about the c,the-
dral with red velvet puraes. and collected the
red velvet purses full of money, which the arch
bishop eDptied into the basin; aud then, after
prayers, the people went their several ways
home.-Harper's Weekiy.
This is the aims basin, the design for which
was drawn by Rev. John Henry Hopkins,
which wss exhibited in this city for few d.ys.
before it was sent TO England.