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Dmiu Chronicle & Sentinel. BY J.W. & W. S. JONES. AUGUSTA, GA., SATURDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 24, 1849- VOL XIII —NO. 48 Bering, &f. | THE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL IS PUBLISHED DAILY, TRI-WEEKLY &. WEEKLY. BY J. W. & W. S JONES. TERMS: DAILY PAPER. —Ten Dollars per annum, paya ble in advance. TRI-WEEKLY PAPER. —Five Dollars per annum, in advance. WEEKLY" PAPER,—(A mammoth sheet) Two Dollars per annum, in advance. TERMS OF ADVERTISING. IN DAILY" PAPER, Fifty Cents per square, (twelve lines or less) for the first insertion : Thirty eight the next five; and Twenty-five Cents for each subsequent insertion ; WEiEKLY, Seventy five Cents ; SEMI-MONTHLY or MONTHLY, (in either paper) One Dollar; and Rule and Figure Work, One Dollar, If next to reading matter and leaded, charged as a new advertisement each insertion. Professional or Bus es Cards , not exceeding six lines, Ten Dollars pe. annum. 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WE ARE NOW in receipt of a full assort ment of French and American CALF SKINS, Hemlock and Oak Tanne' SOLE LEATHER, <Sc. to whieh we invite the a enlion of city and com j manufactured. ja!2 FORCE, BROTHER* & CO OUR PICTURE GALLERY. o Embracing Portraits of Distinguished Authors, Statesmen, Gene rals, and others, with Portraits of the People, &c.—No. 10. MAJOR JOHN R. VINTON, late of the U. States Army From the. American Revieto. MEMOIR OF JOHN R. VINTON. When one of the countless shots thrown in a siege and defence, which might have spent itself in the air or on the ground, takes sudden ly out of life a mature and accomplished man, we are made to feel how serious are the chances of war, and how’ heavily its issues of death may come upon the eountry and the pub lic service, as well as on the distant circle of private life. Nor are we willing that the loss of such a man should receive only the official or temporary notices of the event and manner of his death. A graduate of West Point, a Master of Arts in a leading New England college, a scholar in the Greek, Latin and Hebrew languages, care fully and extensively read in theology (for many years his favorite study), w'ell versed in meta physics, ethics, constitutional and international law, and in an unusual degree acquainted with the rules of municipal and technical jurispru dence. a master of mathematics and of the sci entific part of his own profession, which he had practiced from a boy, well instructed and deep ly interested in astronomy, chemistry and most of the physical sciences, so skilful and so taste ful with his pencil as to have given his pictures a rank among the works of professed artists, and made them intrinsically valuable gifts to his friends, with intellectual powers unusually good by nature, and scrupulously cultivated and held under absolute discipline, with a grave and serious cast of mind from childhood, resulting in a deep-seated and mastering prin ciple of religion, a father, a son and a brother, with a heart set on the kindly affections, bound to life by every tie—such a man, so constitu ted by nature, and so elaborately fitted and adorned for future action, the cruel chances of war, an accidental shot (I speak as a fool), a senseless iron ball, has in a moment taken from life and the living, from the public service, the domestic circle, the Church, from children, friends and country! The qualities of Major Vinton as a soldier are a part of the history of the times. His nomi nation by the President, put expressly on the ground of his heroic conduct, the confirming vote of the Senate, the despatches of Generals Taylor, Wortli and Scott, and the tenor of the private letters from the seat of war, the history of the march of our army into the interior of Mexico —all speak in the clearest manner of his skill and energy in the general campaign and his valor in the field. General Scott, in his despatch from before the walls of Vera Cruz, records the death of Capt. Vinton in these words: “That officer was Capt. John R. Vinton, of the United States 3d Artillery, one of the most talented, accom plished and effective members of the army, and who highly distinguished himself in the brilliant operations at Monterey. He fell last evening in the trenches, where he was on duty as a field and commanding officer, universally regretted. I have just attended his honored remains to a soldier’s grave, in full view of the enemy, and within reach of his gnns.” He was landed with the first line, and was at once placed in a conspicuous and important command, at the lime-kiln, in a perilous situa tion, the place being a perfect target for the enemy’s shot, and liable to attack at any mo ment. When the batteries were opened, he was called to a still more honorable post, that of field and commanding officer in the line of batteries and trenches. A letter from an offi cer of high rank, written before his death, says: “ I saw him a few minutes last evening, well and in good spirits. He has all the enthusiasm and ambition of a young soldier, and stands very high in the confidence of the general-in chief. 1 ’ The same officer, writing again, says: “lam overwhelmed with grief! My friend, the gallant, gifted, accomplished Vinton is no more! The news has come from the trenches that he was instantly killed by a shell while at his po»t at the batteries. This sudden dispen sation has spread a deep gloom through the whole army.” * Towards evening of the 22d March, Major Vinton went out upon an exposed situation, to watch the effect of our shot and the direction of that from the enemy. He remained there for some time, came down, and said to Major Mar tin Scott, who commanded the covering party, “ Tell the officers, major, as you pass the mor tars, that our guns are working accurately.” He had just returned to his post when a huge shell, striking the top of the parapet, glanced and struck his head, fracturing the skull. He fell instantly dead, lying upon his back, with his arms crossed over his breast, his face, as an officer writes who was present, “retaining its habitual expression, sedate and earnest, but not harsh.” The officers and men rushed to him as he fell, and gathered about him. The shell did not burst, fortunately, for it was found to be charged with a pound of powder and 3*20 musket balls. Upon his body were found let ters from his children, stained with his life blood, which flowed from a wound in his breast. He was buried in the military coat in which be fell. The funeral was attended by the general-in-chief and all the officers who could be spared from duty, and the service of the Church was read over him by a brother of ficer —a friend of many years—amid the roar ofcannon" the falling of the enemy’s shot, and the whirling of sand in the fierce Norther— snatched from the victory of the morrow, that his spirit might gain a greater victory over death and the grave. The son of a lady of uncommon powers of mind, joined with great worth and influence of character, the elder of four brothers, now distinguished in the church and the army, he was a boy of unusual promise at school, and was celebrated at West Point, where his in structors, in letters written at the time, pro nounced him “ unrivalled” in genius, acquire ments, and high tone of moral character. He received a commission when scarcely seven teen, was employed for several years on topo graphical duty on the Atlantic coast and the Canada line, and yet was so good a tactician, that at an early age he was appointed by Gen. Eustis adjutant of the school of practice, and gave entire satisfaction, in that arduous office, to afastidious commander. While residing at Washington, as aid to Gen. Brown, ha was em ployed by the government in several duties of a special nature, and certain papers which he prepared were so generally admired in Con gress, that in a leading speech in favor of the Military Academy, Lieut. Vinton was referred to as an instance of the kind of men the system of that institution could produce. Indeed, success might be predicted in everything he undertook; for he had too much self-knowledge to undertake what he was not fitted for, and an en ergy, method, and high spirit, which yielded to noth ing short of necessity. By the pursuit of a course of rigid self-denial and discipline, he was able to perform labors in various departments of art and science, in such a manner as to command the respect of men to whom those pur suits were professional. The works of bis pencil are received among artists; his correspondence upon as tronomical subjects was valued by men of sciencs ; his general scholarship procured him the degree of Master of Arts in a leading University ; his edition of the work on military tactics was highly satisfacto ry to the goverment and the general-in-chief; and in the second volume of Mr. Sumner’s Report’s, the law yer will find an argument prepared by him in a case in which he was personally interested, depending be i forejudge Story, to which that judge paid the best ■ compliment of following, in his decision, the same course of reasoning pursued in the argument. His letters show him to have been as remarkable for the soundness of his views as for his acquisitions. With reference to several political and theological subjects of those times, they show us how a thought ful man, removed from the strife of parties and the whirl of events, may take the same views at once, which the actors come to after the retrospection of years. But that which most interests us in his character, is the tenderness and depth of hie affections. He had married a lady of distinguished merit and beauty, who died early, leaving three children—two daugh ters and a son —who now survive both their parents. In his relations as a father, a husband, a son and a brother, he was sensitive to every impression, and gave and received exquisite pleasure in the inter changes of affection and esteem. In one letter we find an earnest plea for the paternal affection, in an swer to a suggestion that it might interfere with the love and duty we owe to the Most High. He speaks from the heart, and will not permit the natural affe*- { lions to be severed from religion, and set over against the love of God, Indeed, the tone of his mind was grave, and its tendencies religious and peaceful. So far was he from falling into the error, common among young mili tary men, of supposing it necessary to profess fond ness for war, that he never hesitated to deprecate it as the greatest evil. At the time of the threatened rupture with France, and again with Great Britain, his letters are full of expressions of hope that peace may be preserved, and of suggestions as to the mode of securing it; while he was faithfully preparing himself for duty in the field. But still more earnest is he when, during the South Carolina difficulties, a civil war seemed impending. “ Supposing victory to crown either standard, there is nothing to be hoped for in the subsequent acts of the prevailing party which will promise much for the'welfare of the coun try or of the human family. Arms, therefore, is an alternative to be deprecated beyond measure. The lessons which are read to ns daily from -outh Ame rica are sufficient to teach the dullest understanding on this point. This is not a government to be support ed by bayonets, nor the controversy one of physical prowess. Any arbitration is better than successful contest in the field.” While in Florida, in the prosecution of the war, his mind came under the influence of religion far more than ever before. His whole soul was warmed into a new life, and for a while, like the bewildered apos tles, he seemed to “stand, gazing up into heaven.” His journal and letters during this period are of the most intensely interesting character. But it is in vain to attempt to do justice, in the short space of these columns, to this period of his life. Per haps it had been belter to pass it by in silence. It is of a sacred and private nature, and may not be under stood or appreciated when so hastily noticed. v It was Captain Vinton’s fortune to be engaged in on® of the few battles of that distasteful war —the ac tion at Lake M unroe. The event, and his own feel ings, are faithfully described in his letter of Feb. 12th, 1337 : “ I have at last been an actor in the trying scenes of a battle. Hostile bullets have whistled their strange music in my ears, and my hitherto un tried nerves have been tested by the crisis, which puls them to the severest trial. The ordeal has been pass ed, I may say successfully. 1 arn assured of my ability to be composed and self-possessed, though mv comrades were filling on my right hand and my left.” * ♦♦♦'** Although officers were brevetted and promoted who did not see an Indian man nor hear the crack of a rifle during the whole war, and appointments were made, from political motives, over the beads of the* regular officers, yet Captain Vinton received no favor from the source of official honor. This has always been considered a gross injustice. Doubtless it was so; but there were reasons which account for, though they do not excuse it. He would never make, nor permit his friends to make for him, those efforts? through lobbies and ante-chambers which so often de termine official favor. But chiefly, it should be con sidered, that bis intention of leaving the army, and taking holy orders, was well known ; and on apply ing for a furlough at the end of the season, he had in timated his intention ti resign his commission. The continuance of the war in Florida, and the financial difficulties of the country, as well as his un certain health, obliged him to abandon bis cherished hope of the ministry, and he made up his mind to devote the remainder of iiis life to the duties of his profession, to general studies, and the education of his children. Being at Providence during the Dorr insurrection, he entered ardently into the cause of the Slate, and saw the necessity of military organization and disci plinetnsave the lives and property, and what is more than life or property, of the inhabitants from thereck lessnessof an armed mob. He hastened to Washing ton, and asked authority to offer his services to the State. This was not given, and he was told that he must act on his own responsibility. As he was not forbidden, he took tiie responsibility ; and had he been called to account, would have made any sacri fice for the good of his native State. He knew the risk he ran, for it was generally feared that if the Dorr movement prevailed in Providence, it would also prevail in Washington. The people of Rhode Island well remember and appreciate the value of his milita ry counsels in that crisis, of his incessant disciplining of the volunteer companies, and the spirit and intelli gence infused into the young citizen soldiers by his course of military lectures. And we rejoice to know that Rhode Island is to pay to his memory the high est honor a republic can pay to one who has served his country faithfully unto death—the honor of rever ently transporting his remains from the field of his fame to the land of his birth, and of interring thorn among his kindred with the testimonials of a public funeral. She may be congratulated on being able to add his name to those of Greene, Perry, Olney, and others of her sons, who in every war, on sea and on land, in every part of this continent, from Lake Erie to Vera Cruz, have up-borne the honor of that high spirited State. While stationed at the arsenal al Augusta, Geor gia, he received orders to join the army of General Taylor on its march from the Rio Grande into the in terior of Mexico. During this march, he performed the duties of a field officer, often with a separate com mand, a proof of peculiar confidence in an enemy’s country. He was sent to take possession of Mier, which it was thought would be defended, and to act as governor of the place during its occupation. This he did, and remained there until the main array pass ed on, and then rejoined it in season to act a conspicu ous part in the battle ofMr-nterey. His letters, jour nals. and pencil sketches, give excellent descriptions of the scenery and inhabitants of bis new country, their religion, dress, habits, and characters, and pre sent a fine illustration of the uses to which a man of thought and science may put a toilsome and oppres sive march. But his letters are yet more marked by his characteristic strength of affection. At every stage he corresponds regularly with each of his chil dren, giving most excellent and affectionate advice, often touching upon the holiest and most sublime topics. Toother friends, he writes with vigor and anima tion upon the campaign and its results, and confesses himself deeply interested in it. After alluding to the hardships of the march, he says ; “ Yet there is ex citement and manly enterprise, and on the whole I am far better pleased here than when luxuriating in the polished halls of Augusta Arsenal,” Atth® battle of Monterey he was with Gen. Worth’s division, and was actively and prominently engaged in the operations of each day. He was with the troops as they passed so long under the fire from the two heights in the storming of those heights, the cap ture ofthe palace, and the penetrating into the town, the digging through walls, and firing from house-tops. He was in five several engagements, in each of which" he was exposed to severe fire from the enemy. In the storming of the second bill, he led a battalion on one side ofthe hill, while Col. Childs commanded on the other, and after forcing their way up, over rocks and orambles, amid a shower of musket balls, they drove the enemy from the top, at the point of the bay onet, and forced them to retreat to the stronghold of the bishop’s palace. The part performed by him in the capture of the bishop’s palace was of so distinguished a character, and attracted such admiration at the time, that it de serves a full recital here. We cannot present a just er description of it than is contained in a letter from Capt, Blanchard, who served under him at the time. ‘ “ I found Capt. J. R. Vinton in command of tho ad vance, and he then told me that his plan was to try to draw the enemy from their position, in and near the palace, and when they were fairly out, to rise and charge them vigorously,-and, if possible, to get possession of the palace. The advance was covered as much as possible behind the rocks, to protect them from the dreadful shower of grape and musketry which the enemy kept up from their defences. I asked him ifif we should advance or fire, lie told me that I might advance if I did not expose my men too much, and that he wished me to fall back whenever I saw the enemy coming out, until we were upon his line of ambush, and then to close on him and rush on them. It was a well conceived plan, and the result showed that it was well executed. Tbe enemy were induced to come out and charge, and as they came up tbe hill, Capt. Vinton shouted, • Now, my men, close and drive them !’ With a will they closed to centre, delivered their fire, and with charged bay onets rushed on the Mexicans. They were thunder struck, and, after a moment’s stand, broke and ran. Our men were in the palace and fort before they all escaped, and in ten minutes their own guns were turned upon them. The main body Ooi. Childs came down in solid column, and wo were the victors. It was a stirring, thrilling scene, and I cannot do it justice, for it should be seen to be felt, Capt. Vinton derived all the credit which his position ena bled him to obtain, and I shall always be of opinion that his plan was an admirable one. I hope he will be promoted, not only for his skilful and gallant con duct on that dav, but for his general meritorious con duct as an officer.” This manoeuvre, so well planned, and so consum mately executed, was distinctly seen by the officers ofthe brigade on the opposite side, who spoke of it as brilliant in the extreme, and the first reports that reached ue, brought his name as conspicuous among the heroes ofthe day. After sometime spent at Monterey and Saltillo, h« was ordered with the greater part of the regulars to join General Scott in the attack on Vera Cruz.—- Here it was that he wrote his last letter which has al ready been given to Ihe public. Those who know him know how truly he speaks of his past life. His country will not forget in what spirit he gave his life to her “in her time of appeal.” “I have hitherto lived mostly for others —but my children will reap some of the fruits of my self-denial, by the means 1 shall leave them of living independently, and securing a good education. I commit them, in full reliance, to the care of their Heavenly Father, and I hope their trust in him will ever be at least as firm as my own. My confidence in the overruling providence of God is unqualified, so that 1 go to the field of action assured that whatever befall me will be for the beet. I feel proud to se?Ve my country in her time of appeal; and should even the worst, death itself, be my lot I ehall meet it cheerfully.”
