, 1862-08-22

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THE CHICAGO TIMES.
what 1t Thtnks Of Itself and what La
Thought of it ElsesvMere.
Weand the following remarkable dir-eatng
letter In the Chicago T;naeS Of yesterday:
4 RETRAcI1oN
Especial Correspondence of the Chicago Times.1
CAIRO, August 10, 1851.
In the communications that have appeared
in the Times from this city, over the sign ature
OF "h." which were written by me. there
have been SOME misstatements which au in
formal investigation held by Bigadier-G General
Tuttle, commauoau1 Of this district, has fully
shown we're unjust to Msior Merrill, the pro-
dence adduced, that Major Merrill has ever |
sought to discharge the delicate and onerous
duties Of bis Office with forbearance and due
regard to the public welfare and the safety Of
cltiZens. Wherever acts Of brutality have
been committed By the provost guard, and
have been brought to the knowleuge Of the |
provost marsha1, he has uniformly considered !
II his duty to Investigate them and, it the |
charges we're true, the offender hss been pnn- |
ished to the extent Of the marshal's authority. |
ond letter were not fully substantiated, and |
it is but proper that they should be corrected |
as publicly as they were made
I alleged that one guardsmau, who had |
Killed man, Has arrested but subsequently |
Has admitted to parole and escaped He was
never admitted to parole, though, through |
the negligence Of some subordinate officer, be |
Was suffered to 60 at large, and hence his |
etcape. The subordinate VINO let hin out was
promptly arrested by order Of Gen. Strong,
and is still under arrest.
In another instance stated that the guard
had beat the brains out Of 8 marine With the
but end Of his carbine, and that subsequently
Captain PinnOck demanded the custody OF the
offender. when he Eas informed That the man
had been sent back to his regiment. The
marine, In this instance, survived the assan}S,
and Capt. Pinnock did not demand the custody
OF the nEeallant~
When alleged that negro WIS shot back
Of the st. Charles Hotel, and that no inVestt-
cation Tas had, it Vas proved that q coroner's
iuiue6t Was held, and q verdict Of accidental
shooting returned Hence the acquittal Of the
guard.
The shooting Of little boy was shown to
have been done By somebody other than
gua1dsman. The provost marshal promptly
took measures to arrest the offender.
In the case OF the finding Of dead body
back Of the railroad depot, it did not appear
| that the provost guard had anything to do
with it. An inquest was held in this case, but
no factB showing the cause Of death we're sd
| duced.
1t was also shown by Major Merrill that be
had paid over to the city the portion Of money
| due in by fines imposed.
| Approved: J. II. TrrTLE, Brig, Gen.
! The New York Horzd, OF the 18th inst has
| the following article under the caption:
! THREE NUIsAScE5.
The first nuisance Is the Chicago 1fnzes.
| That sheet has from the outset devoted itself
| to the copcocting Of false reports for the be-
| hoof Of the rebels. It processes to have pecu-
| Iiar facilities for knowing what occurs in the
| department Of the Southwest, which, consld-
ering Its semiseceEsioaist character. is not III
likely; but it Uses that claim as means Of
| propaeatipg the most Inischleyous falsehoods.
| For the last two OF three weeks it has extrted
itself particularly in this line, with Tfe@, ap-
parently, to discourage en1ist1nents. 1t has
started three egreglous lies. Tne tlrst Tas that
Breckenridge had achieved great victory ut
Baton Rouge, tEat the federal regiments were
sl1 prisoners, snd that the Arkansas hal de-
! stroyed the federal fleet. The second was That
the rebels bad gained great ba1tle at the
Cumberland Gap, and we're again in possession
Of that stronghold. The third was that fleet
Of fen 1ron-clads from England had safely rot
inside of Mobile tarbor, ard would soon be
| ready for terrible havoc, The telegraph, with
| discrimination that does it no credit, caught
| up these stories, as they successfully appeared
aud sped them throughout the North. Great
| concern and uneasIness were Of course occa-
stoned In the frequency of intercourse
with the various points specified, q week OF
ten days elapsed before the truth could be
known. 1t turned out that the federal deftal
at Baton Rouge was sweeping victnr5; thai
the federal disaster at Cumberland Gap was
| perfect overthrow Of the rebels, and that 40
single gunboat from Eng1and-nat the sha1
ow OF one-had been within 8 thousand mie:
Of Mobile. Now, it is impossible to attribute
| cent mistake. There was design in it; ant
that design was to give aid to tue enemy b,
! lufu6ing di5conragement into the North at
critical time. The print which sides with th
| rebellion in its editorial columns is forth Wit
suppressed; yet it is not half 50 Injurious a
one which systematically falsifes its new
columns for the advantage Of the rebels. Th
editorial pleas any sensible msu will reject
but the false news is liable 10 deceive eve
the most discriminating. The one has no e.
/ feet ahroad; the other is sure to be truuapete
through Europe, and to add TO the monstrou
misconceptions already existing there. Gu
| government is generous, and may to1erate sue
sheetsas the Chicago Tunes, but pnoli
! opinion should mark them as the Tilez
| tools of treason.
The Illinois STATE Journal OF the Goth col
| taips the following observations On the arge
Of the Chicago Times correspondent at Men
phis:
TEE CHICAGO TIMES ON THE ARREST Q
IT'S MEMPHIS CORRESPONDENT.
The Chicago Times OF yesterday has the 70
loving remarks upon the arrest Of its corr
Epont ent at Memphis:
1--WE greatly regret that Gen. Grant sheul
have fOuEd any thing III anT letter IRON .ol
special correspondent at Memphis to progoi
his diEpleaeurt, because he is one Of thu Ii;
men in the world whom We wonld Eno Si..G
y1ernlit to be unjaetly treated III these c.
pmnE ard becau=e We arc confident our co
respondent has not intenti3nal1y treated h!
uDjus1ly. We are not as yet advised of Il
precise ground Of ctItnse to Cen Grant, b
whatever it may be, we suspect it is snscept
BILE Of satisfactory explanation. Our ilstsu
fiors to our correspondent we're the 6A1ns
We give to all OF our correspondents, VIZ:
write OF things as they are, according to tt
best Of his knowledge aud ability, keepir
within, the limits, Of course, prescribed
our correspondent has transgressed these l
structiuns. He mny hare been nlisled. rs
eHterprising newspaper correspondents Gonl
times are, by unreliable OF mischieyous Pc
sons, but we will warrant that this is the Z
ttrt ol his fault. We shall be happy to L..
that he has SO convinced Gen. Grant"
The di6ip9enuousness Of the above Is char:
teristic ot the Times and the clas3 Of papt
to Which it belongs.
| The 1.n1fs Affects ignorance Of the reas;
16. Ct tie arrest OF its CORES pou;cnt, and 6ee
J. to make the impression that Gen. GTaa
ground Of complaint VAS purely personal,
stead Of public; wheH Gen. Grant has hiiu:
en- said it was for writing articles false IN t,
>a. ard niscfieyious in tendency in retere1
lie | 10 ecran alleged guerilla exuloits-in Tenn
rly see. The pretended regret Of The Times is
IS. stlfish as its dattery is shallow and traasl
,fr rent.
,ns Since the Times, however, assumes the
er sponsiblljty Of its correspondents utt
ne | ances, and afFirns that these utterances ha
~ been in accordance with instructions receiv
H. 5rou, that Office, arould it not DC Just that
1at SEon;d le held to that responsibility? We opi