, 1879-04-13

the human heart; and the small portion Of his
being In which disease had left vitality was set on
vengeance: Death has recently c1utched him. and
would not be denied; and he il bewailcd through
9' ouf the lnnd as though he had possessed the
knightlY tenderness of Sir Philip Sidney aud the
lofty patriotism OF Chatham.
LEONARD JEROME AND a. ~ RAYMOND.
A circumstance connected with the Philadelphia
Convention made an impression on me at the tiu1e
ta Mr. haymond Was editor OF the New York Times,
Among many who had gained r + wealth BY spec
uiat1ons during the WaF was Leonard jerome,
Republican in politics. This gentleman spent
the public shared its enjoyment. With other prop
erty, Mt Jerome ownGd the controlling interest in
Sae Ve- 1,tt a;t then very valuable. Dining in New
me II was useless to support the President, who
was daily becoming more unpopular, and that the
Circulation and influence OF Ills paper rapidly
'My Policy" Whcrenpon Mr. Jerome replied:
=. know but little about politics. but ii you think
II rsht ts' to eta s5sna BY the President vi" pay all
prletors. This was uusclfsh and patriotic.
KlRRY SMITH.
Gen. Taylor holds Kirby Smith responsible
for the escape Of Banks and Porter alter the
Red River Campaign:
To pursue retrcating foe, numbering 1000
men, he took over r, 0OU infantry and lett l. 200
TO opcrate against twenty odd thousand and
powerful fleet. From the evening Of the 2lst OF
April. whcn returned to the trout ncar Grand
a1AoAGs W tHC A5tu u -naEf LIE uA3 un WHICH
Porter and Banks escaped from Alexandria, Kept
him advised Of the enemys movements urld con-
ditlon. Officers were sent to i,nptore him to re-
turn and reap the fruits OF Mansfield and Pleasant
lill, whose price had been paid in blood. Not a
man was sent ME; even the four-gun buItcry with
Liddel on the north Of the river was, without my
knowledge, withdrawn toward Arkansas. From
first to last, Gen. KIRBY Smith seemed determined
to throw q projecting shield around the Federal
army and fleet
1n all ages since the estabIshmcntof the Assyrian
monarchy no commander has Possessed equal power
to destroy a cuuEc. Far AWAY from the great ceu-
tcrs OF conflict in Virginia nnt Georgia, re-
mote theatre, the opportunity OF striking blow
decisive Of the War was Afforded e. An army that
included the strength Of every garrison from Menu
phis to the Gull, had been routed, anu by the in
competency OF its commander, was utterly de-
morallzed and ripe for destruction. But this army
was permitted TO escape, and its Nineteenth Corps
reached Chesapeake Bay in time to save Washing
ton from Gen. Early nltack. while the Thirteenth,
Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Corps reinforced Sler-
man III Georgia. More than all, we lost Porter's
hauds, for the protection OF IN army was neces-
sary TO its liberation. ms without the army dam
at the falls could not hare been constructed. With
this fleet, even portion OF il, we would hnve
at once recovered possession OF the Mississippi
from the Ohio to tho sea, and undnnc MI the work
OF the Fedcrals since the winter of 1851 1natend
of Sherman, johnson would have been reinforced
from west Of the Aiississipp and thousands Of alb
sent men. with fresh hope, would have rcloined
Lee. The Southern people might have been spared
the humiliation OF defeat, and the countless woes
and wrongs inflicted upon them by their con-
querors.