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officers who commanded divisionn and corps dur.
ri6r ranlt. Of tho gallant youth WHO has OUT

officers who commanded diyisionn and dotpa dur:
Ing, tho war will DO careful in salutlng the Fupo7
'tt'ppoo :0' 'h0i': From tbs xs yare ta|'a. i;
Is common e,9mg 1,1 iof tno gone .re Gt royh
pud1 "nd notoronsy ~ eHs % neompotoat to do tho adsea
aiao a: Prince becoming Colonel at 10 ycara old
and a Marshal at15, is Too familiar In Eu.
American satirlBta, who fondy fancy that tlloir
country in virtuo Of having no royal house, Ii
roticvou from this patontod. absursity. -rhs9
nown wo printed ycstorlay, from Chicago 'yill
Grant, who was graduated ut tho foot Of hia
clasa ut Wost Point year or two ago, and
who but for being tho aon Of hla father ;, would
protty clearly not lsyo graduated at all, haa
duty OIL tho Plains, in junkoting Europe Will,
Gonoral Sherman. THIS young gentleman haa
now beon rnisod to tho rank, either full or by
broyet, Of Lieutenant. Colonel, over tio heads
Of several hundred of1lcorss his eofiora, and Us.
sgned~to the duties, and consequently to tho
pay and omoluments, Of tho highor rank. It
can not:fdr7a y 1nodont bo pretended tint pro-
ceoding soontiro1y without precqdent Is explicn-
morlta. Ills staniling at wost Point Shows that
ho learnt ns little na possible Of his ;busincBa
there, and ho certainly has not hoon In lhe way
OF learning moro Hinco he loft thero., His pro-
motion is : 1iroct injury, and lrcot insuls ,as
vol, to all tho offloorH WHO stood between It anl
him, and who waro bottor entitled to 1t than
10. It is 8 direct setting at naught Of all
tho traditions nud uaageH of tho nrniy.
It Bhowa tint tho second administration
of Con. Grant Is to bo, marked by tho aamo Bor-
did grocd that alone aignnlizod ls first. In its
downright dohanco Of q military prescription
which has always Ind the forco Of positive law
In the army and In It's cynical contempt for pub
1io opinion, this act aeoms to 1ls tho most out
ragoouB-though that i8 bold word-of all the
official actionB Of President Grant. Thero Is
something almost admirable, OF ita Kind, III tho
inlpudencc which could inspire 1t. It. is d
naked and shameless attompt to push tho
professional fortunes Of his Hon at tho OK
ponae Of the discipline Of tho service III Which
ha also Was reared, 30 that ho cannot plond ig-
norance Of ita traditions, and at tho oxpot,so
Of the country Of Which Id is tho Chief nfaga-
trate. Tho oticorB Of tho War Department hayo
shown a grcnter sense OF dccency iii tho nt-
to1npt thoy have made to concoR1 thlB Rcanda1pus
thing, Of oourse, tho young gentleman vino hnB
Ind those honora thrust upon him Ia not blama-
| bio. Ho IL 1Athor pitiablo for being prevented
| from acquiring q knowledge Of his profess
sion In tho gradual why In which alone he cau DO
learnt. It ia Ills foolish father who ig alone to
blanc, and who las shown in this instance only
trlao more slameleasly than he has shown in
many instances before how little he values tho
public service In comparison with tho private in
tereBts Of himBolf and his family, and his twon-
tyono relations In office. It is tlis foremost man
| III the 6alary-grab, who lately Bignod 9100,0
into his private purao, and who now grabs tile
Bon, from ,sl1om dullards hope and domagoguea
pretend to hope "reformed civil soryice,n In
which promotion 6hal} go by merit and not by