Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-11-26
GENERAL sIeCLELLAN's REMOVAL
His East FEonrs rgiEh TIE .ayHsE- eFEer
fr0sss orc Of hfs FeReFais.

Correspondence Of the Philadelphia Press
The general had passed the entire
day st the headquarters of General Burnside.
communicating plans aud discsssinR the cam
paign In the eYeHines on being informed of
| the intended visit, he was ready 1T nine o'clock
for the receetion. He wore en- undrsss military
c028, open, and with tho collar turned down and
as he stood in the ceater Of his tent shaking
hands with each, smoked ciaar and blew clouds
in the air with imperturbsble tranquility and
cheerfnlness. The Oft reprats remark of Gen
eral, this ID painful news" elected the reply Of
" 1t was very unexpected to ms, assure you -
Strong expressions INDUCED in by youthful mem
bers of the s'Sf were quietly answered with
=" We have only TO obey orders The subject
was then Immediately turned to inquiries rela-
tive to their personal affairs and duties Cham
psgne was upon a table in the corner, of which
all partoOk. As the general lifted bis glass, his
toast was, The Army of tbs Potomac and
bless the day when shall return to it." Euthu-
siastic individuals pointed constantly at the
White House as his future command. This was
answered with smiling silence, as TO a remark
by no means new.
Agentemsn from Washington Territory intro
duced himself The general said he was sorry
to sse him under thsse circumstances No set
speech was made. Some one observed, " Cen
eral, we shall see you back in a fortnight"
PotOmac, may | live to write i.s history l. isa
task to which [ shall devote nyself' Again,
to another " foel as if the army of the Poto-
mac belonged to me. It is mine. feel that In
officers are my childrez-mT brothers This
separation is ike foreb9 divorce Of man and
wife. 1t is unnatural"
The following is an sSsrsst from a lettsr of
one Of The generals Of the army Of the Potomac
on the dismissal Of Mcclellan:
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, November I0.-I
have this moment returned to my tent after Wit
Messing, with fnll heart, most painfal yet
noble scene. The iuelosed order promulgated
by me last might to Our corps vii inform you of
the event which gave rise to It. The sentiments
expressed in this order arc not the sentiments of
my command alone. They srs the sentiments
Of the entire army encsmped here, and We Ers
over one hundred thousand strong. I have
heard but one oPinion pronounced apon this last
act of the governEent, and it Is simply this,
that e most gross injustice has been dose Nc
Ciellan, while the army that he so splendidly
organized hss been foully outre sed. Were it
not for my comBaDd, | would not serve a mo-
ment longer in the STfny iUut UrUuE lIJ JHeEI
out feel bound IN heart to carry them back
that is, of cOarse if Mr.. Lincoln permits Hns. |
have neither tiRa nor temper to write more 4
this moment Oh if the seHtfsmen of the
Whits House could bsve seen what l saw this
morning could they have heard the cheers from
those one huudrsd Thousand soldiers, which rent
the air and desdenod the artillery ITSELF as the
parting salute was fred, they would have felt
that great mistake or crime had been committed
by them, which the army of the Union would
never forgot