Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-01

hook. made q awoop with baud ~ cav.
airy from GWnndu. Mis-. to Holly Spfiugs,
cut the telegraph hy which Grant kept up
his correspondence with Washington and
with his suborlinntea on the lines north OF
him. and for SEVERAL days. with ono enemy
ftldlng In the rear and another lowering
about IT, camps, the Army ~ the Tcnncs,
ace WIS In q state OF isolation ~ great as
though steam riad. and tclcgrnphs had
never been invented. Van Dorm also dc.
siroycd military stores valued ut e,11.O
to II 10000. and mi.lrd the troopers seut
ont by Grant TO Intercept him. so rapid
were bis movements that Grants outlying
scouts were beaten Ia tho race To camp.
Unquc,tlonnbly Van Dnrns dash was a
gadscnd to Forrest, for 10 diverted alton
ton from his movements Ia tho dircc.
ton where his danger was greatest IL
wa, the Inst brilliant success to come to
the Confcdorates out Of Mississippi. aud
Van Dorm became tho hero Of tho hour,
past III fortunes boing forgotten. Gen.
Joseph T. Johnston had become the Con-
Tolerate leader In the west. the superior OF
Bragg and Pcmbeuon. lle sent for Van
Durn and recognized that his true place In
tho army by reason u hi- past experience,
Ills temperament and thinning WIS 10 tho
haAfNAAN - Nv was NANAhNNNNH - ANAAA NAANNE
general, and tho cavalry brgadiers would
not dcmur ~ coming under his ouicrs
Johnston placed him ut the head Of a corps
81 cavalry, with Gems. Forrest, ". II. jack.
son and Armstrong under him.
With this forcu Van Dorn cutrrrd upon
campaign In central Tennessee, on tho
flank u RosecTnn-' army, In support Of
lirngg. Early Ia March, lstJ, ho lay nc
Spring llill, diminishing In the direction
uf Franklin. An important Union outpost.
Rosocrnns sent tho brgndcs OF Sheridan
aud Col. Colburn against hltn, and In u
sharp fight at lhompson's station on the
9TH, CulDlrn's brigade was routed aud
nearly all captured. Early In April rumors
reached Van Dorm that tho Union troops
wcru cvacuatlng Franklin, aud on tho 10th
he moved his whole command boldly for.
ward 10 tho attack. But Instead Of cyacua.
ting, the Union commander was strength
cniug tho position, and the impctuous Con-
fedcrates were met IN frnut with fortified
batteries, while strong bodies Of cavalry
lcll upon their TANKS. Van Dorm again
drew buck TO Spring Hill
Meanwhile, ROsecrlus and Bragg stood
NJ arms length IN central Tennessee scovl.
ing aud doing nothing, aud Van Dorn's
movements were subordinate 20 Bragg's
Ills cavalry lay Idly In camp, aud then that
hano OF tho soldiers Leisure, dissipation,
crcpt In 10 enurSatu and destroy what tho
weapons oi honorable warfare had spared.
one day while Van Dorm sat Ia his head
quarters comforting with his staff. proml.
nent citizen Of the ncighhorhood pushed
his way In aud demanded satisfaction for
u personal wrong which hp charged upon
tho general. With an impressive wave NJ
the baud Van Dorm ordered him out Of his
presence; n shot with q ready revolver was
the answer, and an nssasslns pistol cut
down In u second tho hero Of scores Of bat.
ties and Of twenty years Of martial strife.
llls lust act was characteristic reckless,
undaunled. hazardlug all upon single
chance, Yet his career as cavalry com.
mnndur WAS just opening, and with
sprinkle Of caution, which was certain to
follow his failures, bis destiny might have
been high ono GEondr T.. KuMEh
The Airo-Ainercan National league IL
out ngainst separate ears for black and
white, I; declares they arc violation
OF tho constitution aud civil rights lava.
There Is something Wholesome ana
pleasant in tho thought OF how Hannibal
Hamlin went back to nnturo and en-
joyed a hoalthful aud happy old age in
rural purauits-among his roses, orch
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