Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-17

Inc ihe report IN fekAu 70 hppoiuiHSut Sois
Hs.h 70 the command OF the Department Of Missouri,
70 superseds General Price, created intense eIcm
in the West, which happily alaVed By the folosns
die ,a.ch from the President 70 an officer in Memphis
RIoHnosD, Dec. 3. 1861.
To MOTOR w. 4. Brodd,sH.
The rumor thss Gsn Price will be superseded is false
II not malignant have no. received tender Of Mis-.
souri, troops, and Quenty have no power 70 make
appointments for them, or TO control their ofgsDizi,
lion. JrTv DAVIS.
The report nos current l. that Col Heth has been sim.
py assigned 70 the Department Of and Nilsson.
ri.-Dbpsteh IF y",rday.
In fact. the President hes never entertained 70, one
moment, the mos. remote idea Of supervising Gen. Price
Nor has he ever TAKEN thought Of taking. the
frat step towards undesirable result" "Hs did not
appoint Gen Price, nor he super-ede him. He can
neither remove him from Office place any other Gen.
erL over his troops" "rhe President It is true nigh.
sppoin, Price Major Genera. provided he had Conted
er... troops over which to place him. Neither COlonel
nor Brigader Gsneral nor are Aior Generals sppoin
ted at large; they appointed to the command Of Hgi
meats, brisadss divisions "-Rsqsi'1 Of ye't1ddy
II there be No bubble the word supersede," and
Il you'd be unworthy Of oil concerned 70 suppose such
thing-se have oil, Congress- newspapers aud public,
been laboring under . s.rsng, Misrepresentation. We
confess ourselves be still afflicted 9TH wooLg
ing on the suj,ct. We CANE understand Why, If there
are no troops In Missouri and Prizes therefore be
appointed Msj 'r.Gener,, any body else can be.
With respect 10 the paignity, supposed to be con.
nectcd With the rumor, a,s at loss to corr scture
where il had . hsbita,ioo, shst motive could have
prompted IL intended to sppy to the dis,pprobason
Of the supposed removal, is Val widespread the
fines Of the Republic.
The rumor 20 far ve know, vas drJ. brought 10
public notice in the EIaain Of the Sd nst in the fol-
loving paragraph:
ANOTHER MAJOR.GESERAL-A NEW APPOINT
MEST TO THE COMMAND IN MISSOURI
We learn under crcu instances which leave doubt
Of the entire accuracy and reliability Of the information
that Colonel Heh, At present in the nusnd Of Gene
raj FLOYD In Western Virginia. IL to take command in
The department Of Missouri With the rank Of Msjor-
General.
General Hsth viii thus take command over General
Price, and the popular rumor OF the latter ocer being
superseded has this foundation This arrangement
Of command 10 Missouri, and singular appointment Of
Colonel Heth the sneraship Of that depart
ment have bscn made by the President 10 consequence
Of the admission Of Missouri into the Confsdsrcy
which pisces that State, Of course under the military
authority Of the Confederate Executive.
General Heth in the old Federal army, With the
rank Of Captain, We believe.
ihe hhYsHH v. tae An, MA tIe iohosipB paragraph
the same subjsct-from which it would appear that
that paper was Is much mistaken the rest Of Us:
lit understood that the commands Of Gers. Price
and McCuoch have not been able to cooperate with
that entire accord necessary 90 the greatest degree of
efficiency. Gen. Price is the idol Of his Missouri SOL
ders Wills the troops OF Arksn'is are perhaps equally
devoted 10 hcCulloch This jealous devotion 10 their
respective leaders has rendered difficult the coucentrs.
ton Of their forces II is believed that the President
h undertaken secure the proper concert by calling
q third officer to the command Of the Department OF
Missouri and Administering the tee Generals above
mined in their presen. position, but under common
superior. Whether Col. Heth Who has been adj idged
worthy Of this high position Of the rank to which he
has been promoted is eq isl to not the future vi
disclose The opilion OF so good judge President
Davis entities him n advance 70 a large confidence