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Show AN OFFICER TO BE PROUD OF. N I Jtgfl The most audacious captains In war seldom 'HllH seek to surround and capture an army that num- Vrttlifl bers three to one of their own forces. But that $ iiSH Is what Horace Heath undertook on Monday IJf ffjfl night, and succeeded in taking in one-third of the j j fjfl enemy's forces and put the rest to flight. He ff 111 showed generalship, too, as splendid as was hla ilflH own courage. He followed the toughs until sure j that he was making no mistake, then by strategy ' iiJH got in front of them and the exercise at one if HH began. It is a marvel that he and Morrison were fP'H not both killed. In the case of the latter only ? ' courage was shown, in the former there were both i'VM a courage and generalship displayed which under 'fill the eye of a Napoleon would have brought swift lijiH promotion. I1 1 11 It was a splendid performance, and tho grati- ii 11 tude and admiration of the city goes out to the 1 1 ,fl capable and intrepid officer, and a reward commen- I mH surate with the work performed should supplement I j , jfl the gratitude and admiration. plull |