, 1879-12-08


have seea in relation to the melancholy
event which it indicates:
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.--A general or
der has been issued by General Sherman
officially announcing the death and COM
mending the services of Brevet Major
General Jefferson c. Davis. Gen. Sher-
idan will give the orders necessary to
mark the respect in which this honored
soldier is universally held by the army.
In the death of jefferson c. Davis the
army has lost one Of IT'S ablest officers
who only lacked the opportunity of be
coming its most distinguished military
vchieftain, and the country one of its most
patriotic and efficient defenders.
The deceased was born and raised upon
a farm in southern Indiana, upon which
he remained and labored with his father
until he nearly reached the years Of man.
hood, enjoying no other advantages OF
education than were afforded by rural
district school and his own exertions.-
He left bis home and the farm as vol
unteer in the Mexicnn war under the
immediate command of Col. Joseph Lane,
who was among the first to recognize in
the green country boy the high military
qualities tor which he was afterwards so
greatly distinguished self-possess"n,
undaunted courage, indomitanle will,
and the unyielding pertinacity which
gave Grant his unparalleled fame. He
won his shoulder>straps upon the battle
field instead of acquiring them through
the Influence of member of Congress by
Government favor, and hence, he has
always been an object of jealousy to the
West Pointers, which was the cause OF
Crooks, the It. Colonel of the regiment
OF which he was Colonel, being promoted
to the rank of Brigadier over his head.
At the close of the Mexican war he was
commissioned us I'd Lieutenant in the
regular army. He was 1st Lieutenant
under Capt. Anderson at the fall of Fort
Sumter, Immediately after which he was
detailed to raise a regiment of volunteers
in his native State and quickly succeed, d
In raising the quota for regiment and
reported to Gel. Nelson, the department
commander, by whom he was violently
assaulted for hot approaching him in
accordance to the strict rules of West
Point etiquette. He killed Nelson, was
tried and acquitted: and his act justified
by all honorable army officers His sub
sequent military career is familiar to all
intelligent readers who took an interest
in the late civil war. In spite OF all pres
judices and disadvantages, lie won his
way to the command Of division at Il e
head of which he made the famous march
with Sherman ''irom Atlanta to the sea"
He succeeded Gen. Canby-who was mur
dered by the Indians-in command of
the Department Of the Columbia, and We
all remember how promptly and effectu>
ally he closed out the "Medoc war;" and
how We all wished for his continuance in
command in this department. From
here he was ordered TO Alaska and Sub
seque.tly returned to this command and
shortly after remanded to his regiment.
A few days ago be presided at re-uni' n
OF the Army Of Tennessee, at Washing-
ton, at which monument t. the memo-
ry of Gen. Thomas was unveiled, and
Immediately following this public tribute
to an honored companion in arms, who
had gone before, comes the sad news of
his own death. A grateful country will
award like honors to his memory.