Alexandria Gazette

MAJOR W. W. S. BLISS.

This officer, whose name is now so favorably known over the Union, is a native of New Hampshire, and he graduated at West Point, in July, 1833, with considerable distinction. In 1834, during the Indian troubles, he was ordered to Fort Mitchell, Ala., but shortly after he returned to West Point, where he remained until 1840, discharging the duties of assistant professor of mathematics, for which he was eminently qualified. Having been appointed in 1839 assistant adjutant general, he was attached to the staff of Gen. Taylor, then stationed upon the Arkansas frontier. In that capacity, he has since acted rendering the most laborious and important services and enjoying the unreserved confidence of the General. His gallantry in all the late battles in Mexico has especially signalised his name, and entitled him to the gratitude of his country. But although he has been thus highly distinguished in action, Major Bliss is chiefly regarded in the army on account of his literary attainments, being one of the best writers of the day, and a finished German, French and Spanish scholar.

Thus gifted and in the prime of life, he is in all probability destined for yet brighter honors. He who was but a poor orphan boy when he entered the military academy, and who is now, if we mistake not, without a single relative in the world, may become one of the most honored of our countrymen.—Louisville Journal.