The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-10-28

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to- why. don't he do It a' Chase answered
fbat HalIeck waIlir,t let BIN. y
ssTfoW did Hafleck get his power? What
potent spirit marked him out for great.
ness ?S st;sE. -, Ss = @i ,s
ssHalleck stood second In. his class al
West Point. That was referred TO when
they were looking for military talent. But
Halieck had entered West Point from out
the junior class at Union College, With hab-
its OF study already formed, and his class
standing at the Military Academy was nc
test OF bis military ability. Bis socia
tand business success operated greatly IN
his favor. He was a grasping, ayarlcious
man, lat the head Of large law firm, and IN
the course of some OF bis financial operations
drew me in and plucked me. 1 had, there.
ifore, no good personal opinion Of him., and
Halleck knew it, W hen arose toward high
command, therefore, had steady enemy
| in the most potential and insurmountaDte
social influence in the Cabinet. He was
really the commander in-chief." E
Had he any friends
ssHe married daughter Of John G. Ham.
ilton, OF New York city, a son OF Alexander
Hamilton. Although John C.. Hamilton had
q very ambiguous social standing, the fami.
" name was not without its power. Hal.
Heck assumed superiority which cowed
many of the better men around him. Fle
kept me down as long as he could, and bore
down the harder when I had any misfor-
tunes. Mr.. Lincoln wanted to give me the
army of the Potomac when Burnside got it,
but Halleck was in the way" -, =, /
Had he any great capacity ?,'
Haleck had never heard the whistle Of
an enemy's bullet when he, rose to such su
tpreme command. 1t was said he was agood
engineer. Well, he was under Totten. who
never let anybody but himself lay brick
| or build cuIvert. For long while ME-
Halleck lived at Washington, disturbing the
solution OF campaigns. He had Niles cap
tured at Harper's Ferry. Finally he died
and bis unloved memory is almost extinct
His widow married old General Culum, OF
the army. He never relented, anyway"
-, scEIURz AND sToNEMAN.
"Was not Schurz in your command al
Charlottesville? He had some misfortune
there" ..,...s
"General schurz had very little military
skill. His best place is in the Senate OF
Cabinet. Two of my corps commanders III
the army OF the Potomac, Sedgwick and
REYNOLDS, were loyal, gallant characters.
Sedgwick was only inferior to Reynolds IN
want Of the Typographical eye and faculty.
He never could sec the difference between
one point and another for defence or at.
tack" .... r.....
"Who was your cavalry commander!"
"Stoneman. I Thought when | saw him
as young lieutenant of cavalry that lie was
as fine an officer as had ever beheld. But
he did not come up to my expectations,
though he had great opportunities. He
seemed at times to be only half-hearted. ]
think he had southern family ties.'
"Didn't the cavalry play great part IN
the war;" =
"Sabres were never crossed in any battle
OF the war, except ct Brandy Station, where
Buford claimed to have brought off more
prisoners than he had engaged enemies. Ii
was attempted to put Buford over my cav.
airy, but I would not have it. The best
cavalry regiment ! ever saw was Steve
Kearney's. Phil. kearney's uncle"
SCOTT, THURMAN, HAYES.
"What rank will General Winfield Scott
take in our history ?'' s.... .,
"Seott never commanded more than ten
thousand troops, yet at one time he was q
prodigious moral power on the Union side.
General mcdowell HAS toHt uo VI NV
opinions Scott left, TO him: That Vlr-
ginia could not be successfully invaded
that a railroad could not be depended on
to supply our army; that cavalry would be
superfuous in the war"
"General, your wife was from Ohio
Have you heard that Judge Thurman is re-
ported to be paralyzed?' = , -"
"Pm sorry for that. ] have believed
that the next President would be Demo.
crat and hail from the West, and 1 thought
it might be Thurman. He did us a great
service in the last Congress. He made Jay
Gould refund money derived from the Pa
ciic railroad, and see that he had some au-
thority over plunderers." ~ u. = a,
"Who is your candidate for President
among Democrats?"
81 think very highly Of Senator Bayard,
of Delaware; but Pm afraid they won't
take President from so small State. That
argument disposed of the excellent joel
Parker, Of New Jersey, two years ago."
"What do you think of Hayes ?''
"I think very we'll of him, OF his exam,
ple, his moderation, his family's graces, and
the work OF his administration. 1t is q
bright page after the eight years OF Grant"