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Gen. George B. Mcclellan

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Day
15
Month
November
Year
1861
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From the X. Y. F venina; Post. Snturíay. The resignation of Oen. Scotí lias placed tho rcsponsib'.lity of; tbe Soiou ariniea upon the shoulders of a rerrtarknblo man. This ia trua not only in tbe commoQ but tlie original aceeptatioíl' of the word. McClellan ha alwaya' bceu a markcd inan. And novr e!peiaUv, wlicn " All to&goei ipeftk "f lilni, Andtlie Uloarcd sight.s are specfaell '1 to.see hirn' a brief review of bis past lifc and sen I' cea is as inuch a duty as a plensure tó every citizon who bclpg him carry tho weight of our tlirontcricd commonwcaltb. George B, McOlellan' wag born in Philadelphia on tho 3d of Bsoember, 18'-26, his father being sn eminon fhysu cian of tbat eity. At; the age of' MS, ot ín 1842, ha entercd tho West PoinK Academy, and in 1816, at the of twenty, was graduated sccond in his olas Ou the first of July of that year lie was brevctted scoond lieutenant of enginocrw By an act of (Jongress passed during tlio M;iy previous, a coinpany cf. sappers-, miuers and poutoniers was added to thu engineor corps and in tliis company 2ktc Clullun was cuinmissioned. Brevet Brigadier General Tottbnj Chief Eügineer of tlio army commaLded by Gen. Seott beforo Vera Cruz, spesks' of MciJlelhin's genius and energy in tbfr coii]p:iny in the highest terms. His etertions in drilling the reeruits who cama uto h3 company to be prepared for tho mluous labijrs of the Mexican war Wcra indefbtigable. With the aid of but two' olliur uíñeers he suceeeded so perfecily in drilling tho seventy-one raw men who had come into hia hands only two monthsbefore, that on the 24th of September they eailed frora West Point, reported hj ( lene-.'al Totten as !'iu a state. of admira ble discipline' üuriog the war this company was rtduced to forty fivo effective men and two oilicers - one of whora was McClellan.- He is repeatedly mentioned in conoectiön with the corps as exhibiting cousumtnïte putienca and ability. His company ueTvir once lost its discipline, and perforuel some of the most toilsome duties of ttía war uuder vcry trying circumstances? - Gun. Tottea makus especial mentiofi'öf the labora pcrfurnied by MoClellan Iwfore Vera Oruz He speaks ofhirü'Sa 11 animatlaj; bis corps by bis owq deVotiou and z al," of '■ tbe uDSurpassed ihtelligence a;,d zeal with wbich he tbok bis share iu tlie uirectiou of tbe siege." At Coitreras McCloilan was selecte4 with auOther engineor to roconnoitre' tbe strong bi-La-tworlis of the euemy, Thcy liad tbt'ir horses shot under them, and barely eseuped capture by the Mexican pickets. VVhen the action commeDced MoClellan was witb Magrudcr's batterf. Wbile it was still doing good seice; iticommarider, Callender, was - MoGlellan imrúediutely took comuiand'Cff it, and managet) it uutil it was entirely Jisabk-d, with such suecess as to sustain its previous roputation. Geu. ïwiggs iinmediately preseuted hi3 namo for promotion to Geu. Seott, aud after showiug conButamatd braverj n the action of Churubusoo, Which took place next day, lie was brevetted íirt lien tenant 1 In the uext batrle, Molino del Rey- hia-behavior was so gallant that ho was elevated to a captaiiicy. He decliiied tö receivo it, aud coutiiiued lieutcuant on; the day of Chapultepcc, wben Gen. Scott meutioiïs Lim as " wi'.niiug the admiratiou of all about hi;ii." He was the fifst to enter the Altueda with a corapony Which he coinmanded, aud during the daj of the assault repulsud a body of Mexieaiis, greitly outmimbering his own corp, with u loss of tweuty to the enemy. He contiuucd in active service' from be eommencement of bia company's" orniizLitiou until Gen. Seott oocupied tho ity of Mexico. He returned trom the var with the rank of ciptaiu of tho ompany, now greatly augtnented; of appers, miuers and pontoniers. Bjwéeti 1818 and 1S51 he tran=lattd!froia he French a manual ol bayonet eströiio, vhich has boconje the text book of' the army. Li 1851 lio superintended tb er oonstruction of Fort Del a ware. Ib 185-2 ie explored tho lied River, under Capt. Marey, and Burveyed the barbors aii . rivera óf Texas as the senior engineer on tbe sUff of Ge: . Persifer F. Sniith; Ia 1S5S MeClcllan was cniployed:Q. survey to ascertain the best rout for railroad between the Mississippi aiíd tlia - ali-o in the esploration fff tho 17th and 19th parallels of northlatitude. His report, gaiued tbe coninicndafeion of Jeff, Davis, then Secrctary of War. For three years more McCl'ella-ii wm variously employed. After executing a secret service eommission in the Vest Indies, and reoiving a commiSsióft in the U. S. Cavalry, be was appointed:one of o military conimission of threo offïeérg ta proceed to tbe Crimea and Northern Russia, for observation of tbe conflict then existing, and his report on " Tho' Operations of the War," is thoubt by army offieêrs a most valuablo work. In 1857 he resigned his positidn'in tüa anny, the peaceful couditiou of tbe country scoiuing to deniaiid bis servioea no loDger, to lake a place m the management of the Illinois Central Railroad as its Vice-Presideüt and Chief Engineer. After years of work upou that roaü he beaatiae general Superintendent of th Ohio and Mississippi line. He waff-acting on that po3t whou tbe rebollion bfok out. Guv. Curtin, of Pennsylvania,. applied to him to undertake the óraniïition of the volanteer foroes of that títate; but he hud previoa.-ly aceeptid a 8 milar ofi'r f rom Ohio. In tbe assjmblin,' of tbe forces of tbe lutter State, and n ni c ne them on an efficiënt war f.'Otiuj?, h ! cxbibited so much of that dotenniuation and oriirinality which had cbaraoterized his formor sorviees in M' i:,i, tint lm was ïppointed BlnjoF-Gensral in the U. 8. Army. vith command of a department, which included Ohio and AVo'crn Virginia. Sinoe that time his reco d s not history - it is the present. Gen. McClellau inarried witbin th? last two ( r three years, tho daughtep af Capt Marcy, under whom he made hi Bed River Exploration. fsLT If a mau is dissipated, bis fortune ïfül probably socn be so too, J5 When our hatred is violent, we sink beneath tho level of thoso bato. JPg" " What a gabble thosa people on ïioivebauk are making," said Eugeniu to a fVllow student. " Yec, my dear fiietid ; but you, as a, lover of the poets, ehould not object to it. Mi it not CowperVtS) Talie Talk? jj" Stranger to little boy - "Wejl, my little sou, ain't you lost'i'' Little boy, stopp'ng back and eyeing the Btranger- " Look hore, mister, "don't you be so familiar, if you picase; I am not unproteoted," layiug his hand on a revolver; ''you must remember I am gentleman.', SS" A gentleman called at a stabl to see a paii' of horses that had boon dvertised for sale, and fi-jding bat one of th 'm tlicre, asked the man ia attendanee, " Whera is his mate P. " FaiUi, sir, an' I think he gives 'ai maU but wonce a week." was t1- --1-.

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