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Show nam or imiw putt. TilKdlrpatcbee brlog newt of the death of Donn Piatt, one ol the ruott able and luclilvrjournallit of modern tlraea. He waa bom In Cincinnati, Ohio, June th, lIlS, wa educated at Ihe Athenrrum (now Ht. Xavler College). Col-lege). HeeiilJenlylefl that Intlllu-tlon, Intlllu-tlon, however, owing to having engaged en-gaged In a raonal encounter with a irofraaor of matheinallce. He then commenced theetudy of law, and In 1511 waaappolntedjulgeof the court of common pleae of Hamilton county. At the end of hla term he waa made aecretary of legation at Pari', for John Y, Maaon, under President l'lerce'a administration. When the minister waa 'prostrated with an attack of a, leiy, Piatt aerved aa charge I'aftalree for about on J car. On hla return horn h uggd o lively In lh residential canvasa In behalf of John U. Fremont. During part of th elf II war he waa on the aulT ofden. ltobert (J. Hohenok. Having been aent to observe the altuatlon at Winchester prevloua to Lee'a Invasion of Pennsylvania, hf, on his own mo tlru, ordered (leu. ltjbert II. Mllroy to evacuate the town and fall fack on Harper' I'erry. Th order waa countermanded by (leu. Halleok, and three daya afterward Mllroy, surrounded sur-rounded by the Confederate alvauce, waa forced to cut his way out, with a lossofM'Wi'lwturs. When Oeu. William Wil-liam lllruey waa aent to Maryland to recruit colored reglruente, he waa chief ofelatr, with the rank of colonel. After the war he became Washington currr-spoadeutoftbeClnclnnatlUimnicTciaf. currr-spoadeutoftbeClnclnnatlUimnicTciaf. He afterwards founded and edited the Washington VapUal. Hla conduct of that Journal waa au vlgoroue, to use no stronger term, that during the presidential presi-dential contest of 1678 he waa Indicted for conspiring to disturb the peace of thecnitttry. After that he retired lo hla residence at Mac-o-chcr, Ohio, where he devoted himself to farming and literature. One of hla works "Memoirs of Men who Haved the Union" Is characterised by keen criticism criti-cism and cauitlo comment. In which Ihe deceased Journalist had few equals. Donn Piatt waa one of the most fearleaa men who ever wielded a n, and delighted to be engaged In poleoilo warfare. Hefn 'v took the un-1-opular aide e, a 4 -tlou, and In a controversy he was worthy the steel of the best writers that America haa I reduced. The rialuta have reaaou to retain a warm plan for him In their memories, as he many tlraea wrote In tbelr defense when Ihey were the ob-Jecta ob-Jecta of attack from almost nrety other quarter. |
