From ,he Winyah Observer.
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Hon. Joel R. Pomsett.-We publish to-day, on our

 first page, the report of this able statcnan on tender. ing his resignation Secretary of War It is a clear, and very plain, business like statement of the affairs of the War DepartInent-and will be read with interest. 1t was made in justice himself and the cabinet in which he served for the last four years and proyes concussey, that instead his being the friend and adviser ofa large standing army, at an annual expense to the nati m, of which he was charged, the last year, during the whole of the canvass for the Presdency.-that he has improved greatly the discipline of the army, added much to the efficiency of the ordnance department and gradually lessened the annual disbursements. Few public men have been more violently assailed than Mr. Poinsett and none more unjust6ably, Indeed, from early life, he has been in situations which few would have occupied well. His second tour through Europe commenced about the year 1903, if our memory us, and his escape to the mountains with his escort, when attacked by large party, was miracul- ous H,s escape from the plague, his journey be- tween the Caspian and Black seas, in lS04, when he was of three out of the nine of his escort who survived, was, to us. clearly providential.

 The hazards of the enterprise in which he re-took the American ships at Talcahuana, with d small Chilian force ;--and his extraordinary escape from massacre, when he serving the country as Min istcr to Mexco--al prove that his life has been full of evenlul incidents abroad, He has served the State and the nation bng and faithfully in oouncil and has contributed quite much literature as any man o his age. We slalI be pleased to have him return home and remain with us, and enjoy the comforts of his plantation oa Pee Dee.