The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-12-02

ing ssaloasly 70 secure bis patrons
sooiqa1ioo for Ne PsesidoDcy.~ He
~ doDcted to de State 6enate in
1855 and Ne e)lcsed to Csegrea6 u
the following ysar. vhso Buchanan
ohGdfDed H. oossts6S psis6 q IL
hiGhsgt oGSce In The nation's gift.
Sickln Ne re-elected in 1858, and
NJ coosp3cuoos then IN Washington
- % ardent synpathissr With the
0eeehssn 6rs sateEs q dat a. II
1859 be created tho most intense
snsial ssaaaaioo ef - ti0sb sbeeeisg
Philip Barton Key. District Attorney
ct Wa6Aingtoo, foe N intrigue With
Mn. Siekle0. The event formed IN
absosh;ng topic Of diseussioo. and
public eXcitemeat - reflected In the
-sssspapers, ran high over the ques-
ton Of his prohable Punishment. He
cody hsld 81 grou6d and gave no
igs of wincing under the IRE Of
deounciatiou 10 which be wss exposed.
When brought to nial be MSS de-
lsudsd By james 7. Brady. Edwin
n. Stanton, John Graham and other
Distinguished Iesal giants. and Was
aequittsd.
Other men, If subjected to such .
painful experience. would have sought
rspose BY Withdrawing from public
noeice. Not 70 With Ssckl0s. To ali
outward appearance be suffered no
pang Of remorse for having killed
Tie man whom he judged guilty Of
seeking 70 disbooor his home. Evil
dently. ton, the dominant current of
public opinion tended to justify his
oct. for IN 1860 he Vas again elected
to Congress.
Having been . strong partisan Of
Buchanans administration, aud in
doctsiuated wiih what we're then
known - Southern ideas. it wasr not
believed at the outbreak If the civil
var that be would he found taking
any sctive part against the section
With which be had come 10 Be in Q
measure identified. But conjecture
- to bic course was apparently set
q rest. He changed front. went in
- Q War Demoerat and emerged q
fall-Aedged Radical Republican.
His beadlosg energy and personsl
popularity were alike demonstrated in
he speed With which be raised the
Excelsior Brigade in New York. At
Tie outset be received . Colonels com.
mission. In September folIhwing. biz
domination % Briesdier- General OF
Volunteer vas rejected by the
8anats. but upon :is renewal was con-
6rmed. and throughout the battles Of
the Chickahominy campaign be
commauded . brigade Of Gen. Hooker's
Division Of the Third Corpa-galIani
''IiEAting Joe" Who was laid to rest
. isv days sgo. happily unconscious
Of the sorrow which was soon to
belall his old comrade in arms. On
Hookefs promotion. Ssekles succeeded
him IN command Of the division. which
b led ct Aniietam and Fredericks
burg. He vas commissioned M.jor-
General Of Volunteer November %.
1862, and commanded the Third
Corps ct Chancellorsville. and down
to July 2, 1863. At Gettysburg. where
b lot Q lex. Surviving his wounds.
be Ne appointed Colonel Of the
Fostysscood Regular Infantry in
1885, and during the reconstruction
regime vas commander Of the Second
Military District (embracing the two
Carolioas) until August Is, 1867.
After bis trial and acquittal for
shooting Of Key. Gen. Sickles re-
suned martial relations With mis- wife,
Who. however, did not many years
survive the rude ehock Of the scandal
IN which her name Vas buHeted
about. 10 1859 the General Vas ap-
pointed United States Minister tn
Madrid BY President Grant. which
Office be flled until 1874. One conse-
queuee Of bis residence in Spain Wa
biz marriage to . handsome and &C.
conplshed Spanish lady. Appar.
emily surfeited With the laurels Of var
and diplonacy. be next turns up in
bis original profession, that Of . law.
yer, coming hither to push the
litigatioo. Of Erie Railroad matters in
the iutssest Of the foreign bondhol-
dsss, and receiving . fee Of more than
600. 900 Tor his service. which, how
ever, did not result in any advantage
of magnitude n the McHenry party.
Upon the election Of Gen. Dix to the
presidency Of the rad, Sickles made
smother and resoluts effort to depoee
tho present officials. bot Was re-
puhed 1t every point. Defeated in
this mission. be went back to France.
where this new cloud Of affection has
settled down upon his household.
Possibly in view Of the fathers i'm
pulivs temperament and chaugeful
history, many persons will not wonder
that the daughter betrays sn errsnt,
mercurial and inpetuous disposition.
An old army officer, . member Of
tie Army and Navy Club. said last
evening to . &ar reporter: AS
illustrative Of Sickles' character let
ne relate Q little anecdote. While
In command at Charleston he one day
entered . horse car With . lighted
ciRnr In his month. 1t b true that
t6ese vas no one In tho CIR save him
sslf. but TIE rules Of the company
did not allow smoking. The Coz
doctor approached him and nid ::
'Rardoo ne. ir. but you will have to
seop snokiag.'