Connecticut western news., 1879-11-05
EightilsgJoe Hooker.

A brings the painful intelligence that Major General Joseph Hooker, who. is much better known as Fighting Joe Hooker" died sud- denly at that place Friday afternoon. Up to an hour before he died he was in his usual health, and had made: arrangements to go to New York City thatmorning to attend to bus mess matters. Thursday afternoon, he walk ed out in the park, as had been his custom of late, and seemed to be in his usual. health un- til about four o'clock, when he retired to his room, and was assisted to his couch by his servant. At quarter before six o'clock the servant heard him gasping for breath, and assistance was at once summoned, but before the proprietor of the hotel where the General resided could reach the room: he was dead.
 General Hooker was born in 1915, at Had ley, Massachusetts, and graduated from the acdemy at West Point in 1Ssz.7 He served in the Mexican war; rising to the, rank of cap tain of artillery, and the breyet- of lieutenant, colonel in the staff. From 1859 to 1861 he was colonel in the California ppiEtis! When the civil war broke. ont in 1861 he was made; brigadier general of volunteers and put in command of the defences of Washington August 12, 1861; but his coaHasssOa was dated back to May r, 1861. When General Mcclellan moesas tarthe .geninsulas General Rockers rigade was;added; to the command, and nr gallant service ,at. Williamsburg he was promoted to be major general of volun- teers, May 5, 1862. During General Pope's operations before Washington General Hook CT was very actMett and at Antietam Sept. 17, 1862, was wounded, and was soon after pro noted to the rank of, brigadier general of the regular army. At the disastrous repulse of Burnside at Fredericksburg: in December, 1862, he commanded the centre of the army. In January, 1ses he was appointed to the command of the Army of the Potomac.
 The army ofNorthern Virginia, under com mand of General Robert E. Lee, soon after attempted to carry the war in Pennsylvania, but General Booker followed closely, and compelled battle in the vicinity of Gettys- burg. He was relieved of his command on the 28th of June, and General Meade, his successor, commanded at the battle of Gettys- burg, July 1-3, 1863. General Hooker re- mained in Baltimore waiting orders till Sept 24, 1863, when he was putin command of the 20th army corps Consolidated from the 11th and 12thl and sent to Chattanooga, Tennesse' He distinguished. himself at Lookout Valley, Lookout Mountain, : Missionary Ridge and Ringold, Oct.:27,. November 27, l863 was actively engaged in the march to Atlanta again relieved of command. July 30, 1864; ir command successively of the northern. east ern and lake departments, and of the retiring board till Sept. l, 1866. He was breyetted Major-General of the United States army ir March, 1s65,land, in consequence of disabli ty, put upon the retired list, with full rank O Major-General, in 1868. Since then his life has been one of general retirement. " :
 Senator Zachariah Chandler. of. Michigan was found deadsinshi his bed on Saturday morn ing at the Grand Pacific hotel, Chicago. Ht had deliveredRp political, address the, preyioui evening, andTetired in ordinary health 4 few days before he had taken severe cold a Janesville, and death is supposed to have re suited from sudden congestion of the lungs,e apoplexy. He was sixty-six years old, hay ing been born in Bedford, New Hampshire December IO,>18l3. He went west, poo boy to seek his fortune, and entered the cit of Detroit with saw-buck on his shoulders He amassed great fortune by his own homes efforts in the dry goods trade, and by the ac vance in value of real estate. He is estima1 ed to have left fortune of several millions ( dollars. Going into political life about ts54 he rose successively to fill the offices of may or of Detroit governor of Michican, senate of the United States, and secretary of the il terior. He was first elected to the Senate 1857 to succeed Lewis Cass, and served co7 tinuously until 1875. On his retirement I was appointed secretary of the interior President Grant, and conducted the affairs
 this department until the close of the admi istration. On the resignation of MT. Chri tiancy, last Febuary, Mir. Chandler was aga
 elected to the Senate, and his term wou
 have expired: March 4th, 1881. In person
 appearance Mir. Chandler was of commandin presence, being six feet in height, strong built, with. features indicating strength character, and black hair. He married
 daughter of the. late Benjamin Douglas,
 prominent New York merchant His on
 child is the wife of Eugene Hale of Maine.
 
 John B, Cough was given grand rece. ton at Worcester, Mass !, his home, on Tue
 day evening of last week. He has just r
 turned from an extended European tour, ha
 ing been abroad since July of last year.
 A Baltimore company has found copp
 bonanza in the mines at Ore Knob, Asl
 county, North Carolina, where 700 men, a
 employed and about $500, GOO is annually di
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 correspondent of the Baltimore American sa!
 six additional furnaces are to be erected, ar
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