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"The duty of the Lieutenant-Governor would be to relieve the Governor- in-Chief of some share of his labours, and to act in his absence as President of Council. "The chief traders would, as a general rule, be placed at the head of districts, and the clerks in charge of posts. "The very efficient class of officers known as 'postmasters' would remain as at present.
His Excellency approves of all that you have done in these matters and orders me in reply to convey his approbation, which I have the honour now to do. Accept the assurance of my high consideration, To LORD COCHRANE, Vice-Adm. & Comm.-in-Chief. Nov. 13, 1821.
In this enthusiastic love for country, De Beauharnais accepted cheerfully the offered command of the Army of the Rhine as general- in-chief, and he prepared himself to march to the rescue of besieged Mayence. Whilst General de Beauharnais was on the French frontier, Josephine trembled with anxious misgivings.
"Even to an enemy," the General put in, "By George, Brinsmade, unless I knew you, I should think that you were half rebel yourself. Well, well, he may have his Arkansan." Mr. Brinsmade, when he conveyed the news to the Carvel house, did not say that he had wasted a precious afternoon in the attempt to interview his Excellency, the Commander in-chief.
His daughter Eliza, and young John Panzl, his friend and sympathizer, walked by his side; and behind him marched the brave Tyrolese, whose force gained strength at every step as it advanced, and who, amidst the most enthusiastic acclamations, appointed Anthony Wallner commander- in-chief of the men of the Puster Valley, and John Panzl his lieutenant and assistant.
Two years afterwards, in 208 B.C., Philopoemen was elected strategus, or general in-chief, of the Achæan league. The martial ardor of the army he had organized was not long left unsatisfied. It was with his old enemy, the Spartans, that he was first concerned. Machanidas, the Spartan king, having attacked the city of Mantinea, Philopoemen marched against him, and soon gave him other work to do.
I am, with great respect, your obedient servant, W. T. SHERMAN, General. WASHINGTON, January 29, 1866. Hon. From that day to the breaking out of the rebellion the general- in-chief never kept his headquarters in Washington, and could not, consequently, with propriety resume his proper functions.
On the 3d of April, 1765, William Tryon qualified as Commander in-chief, and Captain-General of the Province of North Carolina. The administration of Governor Tryon embraces an important period in the history of the State. He was a soldier by profession, and being trained to arms, looked upon the sword as the true scepter of government. "He knew when to flatter, and when to threaten.
Such is the law of Congress; and the orders of the commander- in-chief are, that officers or soldiers convicted of straggling and pillaging shall be punished with death. These orders have not come to me officially, but I have seen them in newspapers, and am satisfied that they express the determination of the commander- in-chief.
GEO. WASHINGTON, Com.-in-Chief. This paper, which it is said Washington not only signed, but wrote with his own hand, had been given to Honeyman some time before, and he sent it to his wife in order that it might protect her in case of danger such as now threatened her.
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