The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-03-17

frofon retired 81 ABOUT hi> usuW houi 'd>l
.;rbi having spent the evening IN social
".o,er,c. The first iu,imaiOn OF the TRACE
:, was obtained this morning between
VA o'clock. when hiS orderly went 10
AZ" enc General. Receiving no answer
n HI, knock, the ORDERLY opened inc
opd found the officer dead In
~ Thc alarm was instantly given,
p'v cveral officers Of the regiment
Su.,oc ha.icncd 10 the room, 1t was dis.
b''"sa that the General had committed
"A, \ revolver was still grasped IN his
SUI bnllet-wound through his mouth
h'",, ~, brain told the history Of his death
H'I The body was cold and stiff, and
"a evidently been oXti0ct several
wv probably since midnight. Neither
NV" 4, nor effects in his room have been
.D,orsJ awaiting the arrival OF the coroner.
moral IMPRESSION seems To be that
I1, >, The loss of his wife prompted sui
eide. -, .oo,,ra, rro;or.s
=, ,bi. morning he must have sat up un-
- late The uight before. wiring and de-
'.,oyinc manuscript and burning many pa
H.. left Two letters. One was TO his
i.,.r dated the 18th, but apparently writ
-, nt NIGHT. i'm which be iutmated that
',,,c,hlD- might happen. The other. which
.,~f,i.hcd. was addressed 10 Captain
n i'm which General UPTON expressed
-, o.,,iou that his revised tactics ="
iii M "a failure. The letters will not be
,',lIi. he'd until after the inquc't tomorrow.
t,,nnn,, The army friend, Of the deceased
- ,c,1e /, attributed to fear that by the
i'Hnrc NJ hi. work on tactics he would lose
reputation.
General Upton was
ANArIYE OF NEW YORK.
!, boybooG his mind turned 10 mathemat-
-. and when he entered at West Point, in
- De- Wl> looked upon - IN APT scholar
&, ,h,f and kindred sciences. At the acld-
e,.v ne developed in much the same man
80. & ,dei Mcclellan had done many years
nf,ore. aud when he graduated, in 1861,
C,In Iotnn found himself well vcrSed IN
(r~n,fing. with q strong bent towards
IN. bicbcr subjects Of military study. Com.
'roou, Al the tine he did hOwCyer-iust
wrap the Government needed many men
Far oyirE dulV-he was obliged TO fOregO
frrth,r pursuit Il >tIategical knOWled.e
and proceed 10 the field. Ga the
Gb Of NAV, 1861, he found him
.eY second lieutenant OF the Fourth
artillery. and feg weeks later first lieu
tenant of the Fifth artillery. AT the Open
inc II bcSihiit> be became an aid TO Gene
raj Tvler. lie fell badly wounded at the
batflc oi Bull Run. but recovered in time
n do gallant service in the battles on the
Peninsula. being then in command OF a
battery. In October. 1862, be was trans
feried 10 the infantry service aud led the
Onc-Hu1dr,d-an Twenty first New York
volunteers into the thick OF the fight at
South Mountain and Antelm. Colonel
linton at that time WIS regarded by Gene
raj Mcclellan rs worthy Of larger service,
but Met leilan was retired from command
and under Burnside at Fredericksburg
Hooker al Chancelor>ville, and Meade al
Gettysburg, he earned the reputation CT
"FIGHTING COLONEL"
particularly distinguished himself tha
wear. however, at the battle Of Rappaban
mock station, and for gallantry in actor
there was made bieyet-maior and given thu
command OF brigade in the Sixth corps
In the battles Of The Wilderness he strength
ened biz reputation as brave officer, dOiDl
hazardous and important work IN the mos
intelligent manner. At SpOtsy lyania Court
house be- was stricken from his horse AM
borne bleeding from the field. to lind littl
later that he had been moved up notch
Quickly recovering. as he had done ate
hs BulLRun wound, General Upton le
his brigade at Cold Harbor. At th
battle Of Winchester he was desperatel
wounded while leading charge, and i
recognition Of his g1laniry he was mad
bTeYct colonel in the regular army and brC
vet maj0r-general Of volunteers. At til
end Of The Virginia campaigns Of 1864 Ger
Cral Upton sought command in the cayalr
az A. "a EOnTt
division Of cavalry, under General Wilson
during the atlcT's operations in Alabam
and Georgia in the spring Of 1860. His la'
important work in tie field was the captur
Of selma, for which and for meriioriou
service throughout the war he was mad
brcyet major. genoral in the regular army.
Thus. in The course Of five Years, an
while be was yet barely in his lhirte'
General Upton became practically famila
With the three branches Of the service
first, an ariillcTyGan, then the leader OF
brigade Of infantry, and afterwards th
commander II 4 cavalry division. Durin
TINS period Of haId practice, and while
Is THE MIDST OF SHELLS
that spoke and sabres that slew, the BRAY
young officer continued his book-studieS o
the art AVID discipline OF war. In him weT
part 10 part.
On July %, 1866, Captain Upton wa
transferred TO the TWeniy.filth infantry
with The full rank OF lieutenant colonel. II
was in command of Paducah, Nv, froT
September - TO November II, 1867, whe
he was granted years leave of absence 10
4 trip TO Europe. After his return he wa
stationed in garrison at Memphis, and sui
sequenlly at Atlanta. beng mean tim
transferred to the Eighteenth infantry. o
July /, 1870, be was appointed command
Ant OF cadets and instructor Of artillery
infantry, and cavalry tactics at the Mil
tary Academy, We.t Point, and served i
this position until June 80, 1915. /
the interval he had been assigne
TO the Fist artillery, and had acie
as member OF the Board which sat earl
IN 1915 10 asslmilate The tactics OF artillery
Infantry, and cavalry. The outcome Of thei
Ia0Ors was adoDteG for the army July Il
1873. From july. 1915, TO March, 1877
Ileutenani-COl UPTON was IN EuTOU
and Asia on professional duty. He pul
iiShed the results Of his observations /
1873, under the title OF "Armies Of Asi
aud Europe" Ca March 90, 1877, he Wa
transferred 10 the Fourth artillery, and W.
made superintendent of theoretical instIu,
ton in the Artillery school for practice
Fortress Monroe. He remained there unit
recently, being on several OCCASIONS in cOu
maQd Of the post.
Two Millions Of Dollars Lost by Vii
management.
PHILADELPHIA, March l5.-The invest
CATION Of the Philadelphia Gas Trust wa
resumed this afternoon. Captain Edwi