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Show THE DEATH OF FRANZ SIGEL In the dentl, of Cien Pram lgcl the eountr) loses one of the, most picturesque pictur-esque chaincters of the war He was brrn In linden now a Onind Ditch) of the Oeimnn Umpire grnluated at Ihe military school of Pnrlsruhe, resigned from the ami) for iiolltlcnl reasons, wns a lea ler In the lepublbnn movement move-ment of 18H o becoming seei clary of wni and ndjulnnt-genernl of Ihe Insurrectionary In-surrectionary government lie conduct-til conduct-til Ihe beaten popular army to Switzerland Switzer-land and remained there lSli-M In the latter er he went to Unglnnd nnd the next vetir came to the Unlied Stales, nnd niter a six vears reslleno In New lork, settled in hi, Louis, wheie he-was he-was dlreclnr of the publlo schools nt Ihe outbreak of the War of thc llebel-Hon llebel-Hon Iminidlnlel) on Hint be organized organ-ized a regiment uul bitlei) mil went Into the wni He wns commissioned a tlrlgn Iler-Oenernl In Jin), KM, n Ma-Jir-(!eneral In Mnrch, 1M.I Ills service ser-vice wis tlrst In Missouri bo distinguished distin-guished himself gieatl) at Pea Hldgc, In ISOJ he commanded Ihe troops at Harpers Peri) commanded various forces In Pcnnsjlvnnii and West Virginia, Vir-ginia, nnd pnrllilpntcd In many battles bat-tles He resigned his commission In May 1KCG when the war wjs over, nnd ivslded In llnlllmore for two )cars, then moved to New vork elt), where he has since resided He wns beaten as the I!Ub!lciin cnndllnte for Secretary of Slate In 1W1 was nipnlnlel Col-lector Col-lector of Internnt Hevenue In 1171, wns register of tho Pit) of New York 1S71-I, and afterwards eiignged In thc newspn-I newspn-I e r nnd advertising business He was a Democrat from 1S7G to lsii), the latter )enr suirortlng McKlnle). He was born In Slnshclm, lladen, November IS ISil, nnd consequently had nearly completed his seventy-eighth )er of life In this country, Oen Slgel found the renllratlnn of his youthful dreams of n. lepublle He entered Into the llfo of Ihe people naturally nnl cnthuslasttr-all) cnthuslasttr-all) and wus a noteworthlly useful citizen from the first He entered Into the Union cnuse at the opening of the lebelllon with a sent, fervor ond elll-tlenc) elll-tlenc) that won for him Immediate) recognition, nnd the enthusiasm show n for him by his sol Hers wns something to wonder at an 1 to admire In this respect re-spect be was the precursor of Sheridan. To "fight mlt Slgel wns a term of Jollity Jol-lity nnd stilwart lighting power that was nt once nn Inspiration and a llllo of honor, It meant that those who did so were doing effective mil victorious work He wns n hrave, lojnl soul, full of tho recognition of popular rights, of Justice nnd of self-sacrifice for nohlo principle He deserved well of the lovers of llbert) In two continents, and proved his faith b) bis works May his slcip bo sweet, after his long llfo of tho highest service to the human rnco |
