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VOL. 1, GREAT FALLS, MONTANA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, APRIL 3. 1886, NO. 47
GENERAL M'CLELLAN
warrrasT wans 10 TUUNI.
Shortly after the first Bull Run dis
aster, General McClellan was recall
ed from Western Virginia, where he
had gained considerable success, to
take command of the army of the Po
tomac. The veteran General Scott
was anxious to retire; old age, infirm
ities with the many duties attending
the command of a large army render
ed it imperative to place the burden
on younger shoulders, and McClellan,
he considered the most suitable and
best qualified to succeed him.
General McClellan assumed the
command, established camps of in
struction, giving much attention to
drill and discipline and much care in
selecting officers for important com
mands. During the process of organ
ization of the army of the Potomac,
there was a continued flow of visitors
to the camps and headquarters. As
a matter of course, everybody had
something to say, and in many in
.stances entirely too much. The pub
lic press teemed with the preparations
going on, and a large portion endors
ed McClellan with the merits and
characteristics of the first Napoleon,
before a single blow had been struck
by his army, Others were earnest in
naming McClellan as our next Presi
dent. What effect or influence such
matters may have had on subsequent
events, must be left to the inference
of the readers of the TR.rmaa.
General McClellan was a pronounc
ed Democrat and so was the bulk of
his army. No man in 61-2 occupied
so much of the public mind as Mc
Clellan. There was a McClellan and
anti-McClellan party, in the press,
among the people, in congress and in
the army.
In the prospective canpaign aga: nst
Richmond there ,r, t.w I:-.. i·, d
ers, the Pl'.-i : a<1 G n r.';! '`
than mine' needsi no . mm t.
President's plan was by way of Man
asps, a ground that became fhrtilized
from the bones of Union soldiers.
General McClellan considered the
James river, or by way of Urbana on
the lower Potomac the best. The
movement by way of the James river
presented many advantages. It
brought the army and everything
thereto belonging within 12 miles of
Richmond. It saved to the' army a
large farce that would be required in
guarding a long line of communica
tions, supply trains and depots, fiom
Manassas to Richmond. The rank
ing Generals fully concurring in Gen
eral McClellan's plan-the water
route was finally adopted, and the
army of the Potomac embarked for
Fortress 1Wonroe. A fatal;- error and
cause of much controversy was caus
ed by the retention of McDowell's
corps at Washington. This force was
included in McClellan's plan of cam
paign and its withdrawal after hlihad
started for Fortress Monroe without
his knowledge or consent was a stag
gering blow to him. At Yorktown
McClellan had 85,000 men. The Pres
ident insisted he had 108,000. It is
not difficult to see the mistake of the
President. The number stated by
him was on the rolls. How many of
those were on leave in hospital, on
other duties apart fromnactive service
on the field, was not considered by
the President, who wrote to McClel
lan as follows on the 9th day of April,
1862.
"Your dispatches complaining that
you are not properly sustained, while
they do not offend me, do pain me
very much. In conclusion, let me tell
you it is indispensable to you that
you strike a blow. I am powerless to
help this; you will do me the justice
to remember that I always insisted
that going down the bay in search of
a field, instead of fighting at or near
Manassas, was only shifting and not
surmounting the difficulty; that we
would find the same enemy and the
same entrenchments at either place.
Tlhe country will not fail to note (is
now noting) that the present hesita
tion to move upon the intrenched. n
emy, is but the story of Manassas re
peated. I beg to assure you that I
have never written you or spoken to
you in greater kindness than now, nor
with a fuller purpose of sustaining
you so far as in my most anxious
judgement I consistently can."
That certainly is a most remarkable
communication; it shows a lack of
confidence if not instinct in General
MeClellatr entirely at variance with
the previous disposition of the Presi
dent towards him. When McClellan
was nearing Richmond and at either
Mechanicsville or Gane's Mill, it was
the bounden duty of the Administra
tion to support him by every means;
by reinforcements as well as conf
decie. He was only a few namiles from
Richmond, his arnmy greatly reduced
from the seven days fight and in no
condition to attack General Lee be
hind his intrenchments. Earnestly
he explained his position and request
ed to be reinforced.. McDowell's
corps was then at Fredticksbnrg with
in three days march of McClellan's
army-with that force he could have
taken Richmond.
Afterwards before a committee on
the conduct of the war, and before a,
military court enquiring into the
transaction, General McClellan Under
oath stated that he had no doubt that
the army of the Potomac would have
taken Richmond had not the corps of
General McDowell been separated
from it, and that had the command of
General McDowell in the month Iof
May joined the army of the Potomac
by way of Hanover Court House, we
would have had Richmond a week
after; but, he added, evidently with
.reference to the President and Secre
tary of War, "I do not hold General
Mc Dowell responsible for a failure to
join me on that occasion.
General McDowell was anxious to
go to the aid of McClellan but was
prevented from so doing by being or
dered on a wild goose chase after
Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah
valley. He telegraphed to the Sec. of
War "The President's order is a
blow to us." I can effect nothing:in
trying to cut off Jackson in the valley;:
I shall gain nothing for you there,
and shall lose much for you here.. It
is, therefore, not only on personal
grounds that 1 have a heavy heart in
this matter, but I feel that it throws
us all back, and from Richmond north
wo.shall have all our large mass par
alyzed, and shall have to repeat what
we have just accomplished.
Had McDowell been allowed to pro
ceed, as he no doubt wished and as
McClelland contidently expected, he
I':,l havo reinforced the army of the
.,:. ,, ..i Iacskon Lee, while
;-.... t; a, a he .alley. By
• !: aii o > ision ordered by
M:ir. &irco precisely the reverse oc
curied.
Jackson in his inimitable way went
around the whole army-scared Wash
ington and Harpers Ferry, and re
turned in season to aid Lee in crush
ing McClellan, while McDowell, Fre
mont, Banks and Sigel were aimless
ly marching in some remote part of
Virginia.
Blaine in his 20 years in congress
says: "The President was led into
this course by the urgent advice of
the Secretary of War; When McClel
lan went to the field Mr. Stanton un
dertook personally to perform the du
ties of General in Chief in Washing
ton. This was evidently an egregious
blunder. Neither by education, tem
per, temperament nor by any other
trait of his character, was Mr. Stanton
fitted for his duty. He was very pos
itively and in a high degree unfitted
for it. With three Major Generals
Banks, Fremont and McDowell exer
cising independent commands in the
POtomac valley, with their movements
exercising a direet and important in
fliences upon the fortunes of the
main army under McClellan, there
was especial need of a cool headed,
experienced General at the capitol.
Had one of the three great soldiers
who have been at the head of the
army since the close of the war then
been in chief command at Washing
ton, there is little hazard in saying
that the brilliant and dashing tactics
of Stonewall Jackson would not have
been successful, and that if General
McClellan had failed before Rich
mond, it would not have been forlacki
of timely and adequate re-enforce
ment."
The event of timely aid and ade
quate re-enforcement, and in order to
save the army caused McClellan to
fall back to the James river and await
support at Harrison's landing. On
the 24th July, General Halleck arriv
ed there from Washington and issued
an order for the fransfer of the army
of the Potomac to Acgnia Creek.
General Mc4lellan warmly protested
against such a movement.
"This army" said he, "is now with
in twenty-five miles of Richmond and
with the aid of gunboats we can sup
ply it by water during its advance to
within twelve miles of the Confederate
capital."
"At Acgnia Creek we would be sev
enty miles from Richmond with land
transportation all the way. I think
the government has ample troops to
protect the capital and guard the line
of the Potomac and I cannot see the
wisdom of transporting the army of
the Potomac two hundred miles at
enormous cost, only to place it three
times as far from Richmond as itl
now is."
However !clear or eneelasive the
reamons given by General McClellan
may appesr to the reader, they were
menuleds and iufortunately Ealeck
was sustained by the President and
War Department, and the army of the
Potomac embarked for Acgnia Creek
to be sent to General Pope.
As soon as the Confederate General
learned of McClellan's retreat from in
front of Richmond, he made dispo
sitions to attack Pope and if possible
annihilate him before re-enforce by
the army of the Potomac. How near
he came to accomplishing his purpose
the cruel defeat of Pope mercilessly
attests.
Flushed with success consequent on
the defeat of General Pope,- Lie~
crossed into Maryland evidently with
the intention of invading Pennsylva
nia, capture Philadelphia and Balti
more, and dictate terms to our gov
ernment. There was intense sxciteh
merit in Washington-the army clam
ored for McClellan and in response to
that demand and fearing for the safe
ty of the capital, the Administration
on September 2, ordered him to re
take command,- ihe-wildest enthusi
asm prevaded the army; the soldiers
rent the air with cheers;-waving'their
hats and? other manifestations or' re
joicing on that memorable occasion.
McClellan fearing for the troops at
Harpers Ferry asked the place to.be"
evacuated and the 12,000 soldiers' be
ordered to join his aray. He always
believed the place to defend Washing
ington:was-onatLe battle field, defeat
Lee and there would be no trouble at
all about the capital.
General Halleck considered Harp
ers Ferry a place of great strategic
importance and therefore a necessity
to hold it. It is singular what fatility
attended counsels adverse to those of
McClellan. The force at Harpers
Ferry was captured by the Confeder
ates, besides immense supplies and
munitions of war. It looked as if
some of our rulers were bent on do
ing the very thing that Jefferson C.
Davis had he the ordering of it, wish
ed to have done.
Had McClellan those 12,000 at An
tietam, to haul on the Confederates
at a critical period,how different the
results might have been. As it'was
the fight at Antietam showed the gen
ins and generalship of McClellan.
The army under his command had
suffered some defeat and long marches,
undergoing many hardships.
The army of Virgina under Lee,
deemed itself invincible and flushed
with its victory over Pope. It was
more of an open field and a fair fight
than the marshes of. the Chiokahom
ing. Lee was repulse4 with heavy
loss and driven across the Potomac.
Blaine says: "General McClellan
fought the battle of Antietam under
extraordinary embarrasament, caused
by the surrender of Harpers Ferry to
the Confederatea.onr the 13, with a
loss to the Union army of. more than
12,000 mea Could he have had the
advantage of this force on the battle
field, under a competent commander,
a't the critical moment,, his victory
over Lee might have been still more
decisive. His success, however, was
of overwhelming importance to the
National Govermment, and put a stop
to an evasion of Pennsylvania which
might have been disastrous in the ex
treme. He was blamed severely, per
haps unjustly, for not following Lee
on his retreat and reaping the fruits
of his victory."
Shipment of Horses.
Last Monday quite a largo ship
ment of Montana bred work horses
was made from Dillon, by rail, to Illi
nois. Four car loads of fine looking
horses, belonging to Samuel Ash
baugh, of Beaverhead Valley, and to
Messrs. Poirdesttr & Orr, of Black
tail, were shipped. Twenty head be
longed to Mr. Ashbaugh and twenty
head belonged.to Poindexter & Orr
making forty head in all. Mr. Ash
baugh took the horses to his farm
near Dundeer, Illinois, at which place
they will be disposed of. This is an
experiment and it will doubtless be
followed by other shipments from
Southern Montana. Our most ex
perienced horse-breeders say thl-day
is near at hand when Montana raised
horses will be in great demand in the
States, Horses raised on our moun
tain ranges are healthier,and better
developed animals than those raised
in the States.--Dillon Tribune.
After Melican Man.
Chronicle; Sam Lee, ths Chinese
laundryman, in pigeon English, in
forms us he has received word that the
Chinese king is reported to be "vely
mad" at the outrages perpetrated or
allowed by enlightened Americans
Sam says that the king will make the
American government pay damageR
for all losses of life and propety sus
tained by the Chinanmen of this coon
re at Glendive.
Glendive was the soene of another
ue s The reported losem.
OF INTEREST TO ALLt
The people of this confttry paid last
year more than $9,000,000 for impnrt
ed precious stones.
The forts of Paris are to be dembl
ished. They are not oriiaiiiental in
time of peace, nor useful i.n time of
war.
The London Times smigg~ts that a
wela-served fire-plug, witIa hose at
aced. is the best weapofl With which
to confront a riotoiTh mob.
It is thought that a dozen shots
from the new German boom charged
with dynamite shells, would destroy
the stroaýest fortification in the
worldk
In forming an idea of what the
West means, it is stated that in the
region west of the Mississippi, 351
States of the size of Massachusetts
could be placed.
One plank nine feet wide and twen
ty feet long, without knot or blemish
of any kind. and another twelve feet
wide, wI among the contributions of
Britis.i C.riuibi ato he Liverpool ex
hibition.
Senator Ingalls of Kansas, is quot
ed as defining Senator Evarts as a
"political archaeologist who has made
subtile explorations into the subterra
nean recesses of the constitution and
the inner consciousness of the found
era.
Sands that have accumulated for
centuries from the surrounding des
ert are being removed from the base
of the Sphinx, and when the work is
completed a high wall will be erected
to keep out further encroachments.
Hamilton Fish thinks that $1,000,
000 is too large a sum to try to raise
for the Grant memorial in New York,
and that the hunbred thousand odU
dollars already obtained will be suffi
cient to erect a suitable monument.
No less than 15,000 has been spent
by the German government in boring
a hole. This costly hole was made at
Schlasleback, near Lipsic, and was
made with diamond drills to the depth
of 4560 feet-the deepest drilling ever
done. The object was to get a true
estimate of coal deposits there.
The highly classical game of poker
is all the rage in Washington as a
popular pastime, in which the fair sex
take no unimportant part. One Con
gressman is credited with winnings
to the amount'of $40,000 since this
session of congrearsbegan, and many
others with less sums.
The people of Arizona say the sold-:
iers have not been able to subdue the
Apaches because the Government has
never yet learned that Indians, on
feet, tough ponies, with no load but
the riders and their arms, cannot be
caught by heavily laden cavalry horses
and pack trains.
A wonderful Chinese boy is men
tioned in the report of a missionary
at Pekin. At a recent examination
he repeated the entire New Testament
without missing a single word or
making one mistake. He is nowtcom
mitting to memory Dr. Martain's
"Evidences of Christianity."
The word "reclusion," which o(curs
occasionally in foreign dispatcljes, is
applied to a new and terrible form of
solitary imprisonment inflicted on
criminals in France. A Paris jour
nalists, who was recently convicted of
murder, was sentenced to seven years'
reclusion, solitary confinement in a
darkened cell and deprived of all em
ployment.
A German test for watered- milk
consists in dipping a well-polished
knitting needle into a deep vessel- of
milk and then immediately withdraw
ing it in an upright position. If the.
milk is pure, a drop of the fluid will
hang to the needle, but the addition
of even a small proportion of water
will prevent the adhesion of the drop.
Pro. Boes, of the Dudley Observa
tory, says that the comet discovered
in December will be visable to the
naked eye by the middle of April, and
two weeks later will probably be as
brilliant as the great comet of 1881.
It will come within about 12,000,000
miles of the earth at its nearest ap
praosbch, which M only a little lees
than one-eigT the distance of the
sun from the
Insearly e e milon
aires' daughters bave beis won by
coachuea, athletes or the like, the
winningi as been dons blovety eyes.
Miss Minnie Poeaes ved the stal
wart ena Dora for his charminfg op
ticse. It follows as asnatural corollary
theat millionaires with pretty daugt
era aehbl osbr hie a _ mines.:
GREAT FALIS TRIBUNE.
.ADUlTIIING RITES.
ýirs..k... $ al". 4.$ s.1(5 .1$ I.
1Im*. s.1 R1.1{ 15.1 U.
f ea-i a. . 10 i . Iaf. . U.
L... 1 . a. . as. s.
aslioi .sols is rsadlas asMtlr, I *ts
iiasm isoet i mr at.t.
eoe-are lovely. The only safety ap
pears to be in a man with a wooden
leg and a glass eye.
To die with one's book on is usUlal
lf Oebsidered at great hardship, par
ticularly in the far west, where loss of
character is sometime' involved in the
circumstance. That it is not niecessar
ily a reflection on one's family is dis
played in the fact that within a year
the richest American merchant, H. B.
Claflin; the richest railroad man, W.
H. Vanderbilt; and the richest Ameri
can planter, Edmund Richardson,
have all died with their boots on, and
not one of the three died in bed as a
good man ought to die. Still the re
latives of these men hold their heads
as high, and think as much, if not
more, of themselves than they ever
did.
An Ohio man by the name of Sam*
nel V. Essick has invented an electric
al type-writer, which transmits mess
ages by wire losig distances. It is a
simple arrangement with a keyboard,
which, when a key is touched, brings
the right letter down- on a sheet of
paper, which moves along automatic
ally at one side, so that words are
printed as by an ordinary type-writer,
and the'nachine at the other end of
the wire acts in unisoni, printing the
message in the same way. It doed .f
the work of the operator at the sor i-"
nary telegraph instrument. It is in
tended by the National Printing Tel
egraph Company, which owns the
patent, to put it in use in the manner
of the Bell telephone instrument, con
nections to be made at a central office.
There is said to be an anusually
large demand on the agncultural de
partment for seeds, not only from con
gressmen but from agriculturists
throughout the country. At present.
there 170 persons employed in putting
up and mailing soeds of all kinds, and
the force is not equal to the demands :
upon it. The seeds being sent out.
this spring are said to be of an nan-
sually good quality. An opinion pre
vails to some extent that the depart
ment will supply farmers with all the
seed they want for the purpose of
raising crops and not infrequently de
mands are made for several bushels
of seeds by the same party. Those .
who receive seeds from the govern
ment would render valuable assistance
to the department if they would fol
low the government's instactions
accompanying seeds sent, and report ;
fully the results obtaided in every .
case.
Judge Tourgee, who is now lectur
ing in Kansas on the subject of "Give ,
us a Rest," thinks the American peo- .
jp, especially those m the tangent ,
west, are gradually sapping and.
shortening life by over taxation, by
ambition too keen, by the ardeat de
sire. to grasp millions and fame--to
conquer the world and all there is in
it. He says this is an age of continu
ous stampede, of rush and crush, un
til all ends in wrecked vitality and
sudden death. He thinks circum
stances and the advance of the age
make the man. Daniel Webster and
Henry Clay would have been ordinary
men in the light of to-day. George
Washington, with the environments
and competition of this age, would
never have made a record as the fath
er of his country. He is in favor of
practical training and knowledge in
stead of college learning, and is de
cidedly down on the cramming system
of our public schools.
Wyoming Tin.
Cheyonne Sun: The discovery of
a tin mine in the mountains some ten
miles west of Buffalo is reported.
The discovers are backed with ample
eastern capital to go ahead and devel
op their "find next summer.
Stretching a Lemon.
A few years ago kose Solomon
kept a soloon on the ground now oc
cupied by the Pacific hotel A story
is told of him during his proprietor
ship which is well worth repeating.
Lemons in those days were very
scarce, and a whisky sour could not
be indulged in too frequently, conse
quently a single lemon was made to
go a long way. A stranger cajed in
one day and wanted whisky and lem
on, which Mose furnished He short
ly came in agai an.. ~ t apeated the
visit a number of times &*riig the
day, alwaysleaving the lemon in the'.
glass. Mose was telling about it af
terwards, and said: "Itall ypu what
it is,thbat fellow ketn -" and .
times in succession, and tlast tima~e
the d-d fool;ate ii "-.Bi er e T
W. Blss Baketrr
eontinent this sIm - t
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