Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-09-11
TELEGRAPHIC.
LAST NIGHTS DIsPATOHEs.1
FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.
REINTZLEMAN IN COMMAND
SOUTH OF The POTOMAC,
REBELS ENTRENCHING THEM
SELVES ON THE MON0CACY.
THEY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
THE WAR AT CINCINNATI,
One Man Killed in a Skirmish.
THE REBELS NUMBER 10000.
OUR PICKETS DRIVEN In.
Generel POpe'a Official Report of
His Battles.
He Charges the Defeat upon
Mcclellan and Porter.
OUR PICKETS DRIVEN In.
Generel POpe's Official Report Of
His Battles.
He Charges the Defeat upon
Mcclellan and Porter.
EXTRAORDINARY DELAY OF
FORAGE AND RATIONS.
GENERAL POPE,s OFFICIAL REPORT
OF THE RECENT BATTLES.
NEw YORK, September no.

NEW YORK, September 10.
The Times publishes General Pope's report of
the recent battles in Virginia. He Severely cen
sures the conduct Of Fitz John Porter, but
speaks in the highest terms Of Generals Mellow
ell, Banks, Reno, Heintzleman, Hooker and
Kearney. He attributes the disaster of Satur-
day, jointly TO the bad conduct of Porter and the
failure Of Mcclellan to send HIM supplies. On
these points he says: / do not hesitate to say
that if the corps of Porter had attacked the
enemy on the flank, on the afternoon Of yester-
day, as he had my written order to do, we should
utterly have crushed jackson before the 'rces
under Lee could have reached him. Why he
did not do so / cannot understand Our men
much worn down by hard service, and contin-
uous hSnung for many previous days, and very
snort OF provisions, rested on their guns
Our horses had no forage for two DAYS
had teiegraphed and written urgently
for rations and forage to be sent US, but
on Saturday morning before the action was re-
sumed received a letter from General Franklin,
written the day before at Alexandra, stating TO
me that he had been directed by General Nc
Clellan 70 INFORM me that TatiOns and forage for
my command would be loaded into the cars and
available wagons as soon as l would send Cav
airy escort to Alexandra to bring them up All
hope Of being able TO maintain my position
whether victorious or not, vanished with this let
ter. My Cavalry was utterly broken down by
long service in the face OF the enemy, and bad as
they were they could not be spared from the
front. Even ii there had been time to 20 back
80 miles to Alexandria, and await the loading Of
trains, at the time this letter was written Aexan
drla was swarming with troops, and my whole
army enlElppeu between that place and the enc
my. at once understood that we must if possi-
bic finish what &c had to do that day, as night
must see US beyond Bull Run if we wished to
save our men and animals.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 10.
The Afternoon Times publishes General Pope's
official report Of the movements Of the army Of
Virginia from the time he left Washington until
he returned. He attributes the whole disaster
to failure Of the army Of the Potomac to Coop
erste when he was on the Rappahannock. He
presumed the army Of the Potomac would pro-
tect the section between him and Washington
It's failure to do so caused him to be completely
ilanked. Turning upon the enemy from the
RappahannOck, he could have had him com
pletely defeated had not Fitz John Porter drawn
of his corps. contrary to orders, and refused to
take part in the contest, while the enemy was
marching reinfOrcements past him. He accuses
General Griffin with Withholding his command
from the contest, and while the battle was rag
ing within view Of him, occupying his time de-
nOuncing the General commanding to q promis-
cuOus crowd. He accuses Mcclellan with refus-
ing to supply him with fCCage when his hOrsns
had been without food ter lays, ald asserts that
the commanding Generals Of the army of the
Potomac constantly represented to him that
their men were too much demOTalized to be
trusted on the field, and too dispirited TO fight.