New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-24

as Vienna General Daniel Tyler he'd Tcconno'reo
the day before beyond Vienna and found 10 enemy
General schenck placed a regiment OF his brigade upon
a train and established guards along the Inc. Nheh
annroacLinc Vienna with two remaining companies
he wac fired npon G Rcd p anS two Wounded The
locomotive in the rear Of Inc lrdlh' "Hi ' ,,.
and retained t. Alexandria leaving General ochenc1
Of largely superior force, sappmr11eao ny ny
artillery and cavalry. General scheme" rallied ms
few men ana behaved with 80 much courage uan to
serve withdrew Stl the Generals pollu'M op
ponents charged him with "vonn'rcF % ~ NV
NAY commcndablc. At Bull Kun lJny ~ Hene.n
schenek commanded brigade Of Iyiers uNS yo,
embracing the 1st and 20 ono lle ~ -. ot.,, he
and "a battery. When the order came l." Tt err, nc
brought of the only portion OF me army 'H'r M"~
not resolved into it, original clements OF W"u
Ills orders were to halt near Centiev.le Ihs ne
did, but the regular army officers Wi'n nn , v,Id
result i'm destruction. General schenck dld not be
lieve the danger a. great they pictured. ~ any
rate he acting under positive order ana VI. VIA
The only organized command mat sloI nr,"ryl ,'
M. uneasy colonies Threatened 10 i"rea, IL spite Of
orders >chenck cNpostuated ana a. E,l .r H.
obeyed him and started their commands toward Wash,
ington leaving General schenck upon The spot win
only a single orderly his star. soon amer nc r.
ceived an order from Mcdowell 70 continue his m9v .d
only anticipated this order he unwi,c., gave up his
intention Of bringing them before a court martial
GOOD WORK IN THE NIRGINlAS.
General schenck was next assigned to the command
OF a brigade in West Virginia under General ho'c-
clans and was actively engaged in the general cam
Dacns on the kanawha and New rivers III "'o
operations for the capture of Floyd at the mon'h oi
the Gaulcy lie Efficient and prompt ana nau
Rosecrans been as we'll served by all his other sub
ordinates the combination would not have ended IN
failure. ON the death of General Lander lie was
ordered TO Cumberland Nd, where his admlhSuauN0
abilities, zeal and justice soon restored oder a"lo5
the disorsanizcd uocps. Next he .ccuplcu a,u t
Moorefeld Petersburg. Franklin and ether importan,
no,nfs lie then took q forced march 10 supper,
General Milroy at Mcdowell Nthorsn Mc 'oona,uoS c
forces inferior 10 the enemy VINO was i.rt"o-
TO attack General schenck advised FEM al
once, and hard lighting continued n",li , Hamu'
lin Inn" with WITH slight los. The commander OF
the Department pronounced TINS msrvm uo cb re-
ments that had thus far marked the campaigns III .'
region At Cross KEYS lie led the ONO troops u. d
Charge on the right and maintained the ground ne VOL
nnr, ordered 10 retire General Fremont then turnod
over his command 10 General schcncK. ,o - pru
rup General schcnck was actively engaged in all the
fstguing marches along the Rappsiannock. ana npo
marching and fighting upon the most exposed nanN
of the position. lie led the First DIVISION Oh t
G Censsa a. n POPE nun ON the second day he
% wss in the thiches of the fight and was Sc
ossd CONDITION lie would not leave The hcd unll
hs sword. which had been thrown from Ms H""u WIG"
he Vas V woq nHen +" Wanson and not able 70
return duty until December d ~" .e.s and there
however rad NOT write with it, Being incaac.
taed for field scrycc he Ma ;dole 6rnartment With
hesdauarters at Baltimore. lie had IN the mSan ,
september +, been made th a Scn5rmcn; was most
sa+isfactory After performing ehcctlVc scrN.eV ~,
the Getty burg complain ne rcssnee , CONFESS to
which he had been elected, having dcica'eu u L.
Iandigham.
HIS RETURN TO CONGRESS.
Upon resumine his seat in Congress General soneneM
was appointed chairman OF the Committee Oh 'n""'
Affairs. q place Of much responsibility and inVoNms
rtirrous and exhausting labor. The General also
nar,tcipated freely in matters Of legislation ana was
one Of the most active debatcrs in the House lie WAC
reelected in 1864 1866 and 500 history 81 rl M
c,Sirse in The XXXVIIlth XXNIXth and ALlh ,om.
cresses would he complete history Of the military s,
legislation Of the country through inc most vHew"
years Of the and and after ITS Hg Sr fre1d
iaborious and vigant, the n lrnoo,s n''' ~
Of the volunteer AGAINST en'ro"' enemy Of
seeerters Vigorous advocate of the draft and ne
champion Of The private I9u nr,srlv an" fcarles a. to
loss of personal pcprlaiiiv and cimmpnn,d ia r '
which generally ieit to be ,, HSS a 'h,o g fear
nj the preindces Of their constituents lie soon 'aei
test With the Executive leader in the e!ap ne
for the power and policy OF Cqmsdc me Denocratic
members
MADE MINISTER TO GREAT BRITAIN
On December 90 1870 General schenck was ap'
ponted Minister to Great Britain by PRESIDENT "Ia"'
and in 1877 he served as one of the Alabama Noln'
mission. He resigned as Minister IN February i''''
because of the scandals which arose from MS Ioleo
tion with the Emma Mine speculation. nc "h'
charged with using his official place 10 hoal .me
stnck Of The COMPANY ~ which he was "A DIRECTOR
Tho state Department held that his course hah pceh
extremely unjudiciOus and the House oi kepcseita-
lives on The Eth OF July. 1876. after full invcsusa-
ton IN committee; unanimously passed Ic.oin,ion
declaring General schencks conduct in becoming a
director of the Emma Mine Company ana III, opera
lions in connection with the stock Of The NINE az
an ADVISED jmpmdcnt and incompatible with his
official place a. United states Minister General
Schenck appeared before the Congressional commit
tee and told his own story. but he failed 70 convince
Congress that his had been entirely honorable
or compatible with the dignity Of his Office.
General Schenck then resumed The practice OF law
I'm Washington, AID thereafter took no active part IN
public affairs. General Schcnck was about the mid
die height. square. compact and broad chestcd lie
once accumulated fortune. but readiness to oblsc
his friends particularly Governor COrwn, led 10 inc
loss of large portion Of il. but lie sti possessed
competence at the close Of the war, and 20 that ne
afterwari added. He several times declined 10 run
for Governor of Ohio. Three daughters survive MN