I also wish to add that his brevet and assignment to duty as a general was a personal detriment to him, for, a few luoiiths afterwards, being given his regular commission as colonel of the Second United States Artillery, he could, as such, have drawn higher pay than a brigadier, as his " old fogy rations " as colonel and his long service in the army entitled him to higher compensation than that of a brigadier-genera!. But Mr. Lincoln having given him his cinnmission by brevet, and his assignment, he did as he always did, his duty, and took liigher rank and less pay. General Morns' services dated back to the Florida War, and in Mexici) he was a veteran. [Author.]

- General Morris was a participant in a very notable incident of the early days of the war. This wa,s his refusal to obey a writ of hahe'-i» corpus issued by Judge Giles of the United States District Court for Maryland. The subjoined correspondence gives the history of the affair.

"Fort McIIenhv, Mo., Monday, Gth August, ISGl. '* Hon. Win. Fell Oiles, Judge nf U. S. Dist. Court for the Dlst. of Mariilaml :

"Sir, -- My attention has been directed to an article in the Local Column of the Bullimore Sun of this date, headed, ' The Habeas Corpus Refusal.' Presuming that that article is authentic, I wish very respectfully to submit for your consideration the following remarks on this unhappy ' Contlict of authority between those owing allegiance to the same government and bound by the same laws : '