The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-30


nius-d:d not ssidsniy ass1ns shs eonnand OF
large armies. 1t Va. ely BY dsgrsss thss he .
CURED the sxill to wis.d Vast masses Of nsA. NJ
Clsan with bis larger expsrienes I'D greater mill
n podtion ss that Of the srsmy hshlaA Fred.
nEfekebnrx II he haA dsaided to move by that
route be woulA have turasd the position shoys or
below Burnside. after thls ,essoo will, pefheps,
se'f abls 70 lsad to victory AL srmy OF
hundred and Hkty thousand man
There can ce doubt tha: tho removal Of Nc
Olsiao AID tie substitution Of Burnside, In the
on the march wsA Que main cau.s of the disas
tsr which followed 1t q Pretended thaS hs was
removed for disvLadience uf orders. !. ia yet to
bs proved that he ever dlsobsyed any positive or
why has he net been court maxtia!sdf And does
1 not sessa ct,anse to sy0ry one that tie aeler
aans,sl shcn.d BE halapered By orders while the
ieas e1psrisnced We are told, had carss bi emss
proved TO b the delay on the part of lbs VS.
Department In sending forward ths poniocns, q,
sgreed 10 b. Cen. Hallesk. With hls usual fore.
eight. Gen McOlelRp, o. tAs 9Th Of November, bed
vicinity OF Hsrperis Tssry sen, to Warrington,
with view 10 their bssa1. aiken .hsdcs to Pal
mouth In the event Of hia daddfns upon a change
OF base On the Tth or 9Th Burnside received tee
lecS and Meigs weIs DIVA TO Warren tcn, and
Ga the nights of the llth and 18th OF No
veRber '.iscoursed with Burnside the plan
he proposed ana part OK that plan was that
haileck should Send down pan;oons lmnedis.
" 10 falmouth Tor 1.-The purpose Of crossing ths
river. SO important svss hase that hs then and
there sent dspateh TO Gan. Woodbury., command
Ing the engineer brigade to sport all the pcn.
toon and eridge nstsrials 30 Aqua Creek. On the
lith, Bufns'de: feeling uneasy tnst he hai received
no inteii geacs that the pon!oons hsd stsrtad tee
grapbed to General Woodbury. aud Msior spaald-
Ing. 1t turned out that this wss the hrst time that
they had ever heard of the pontoons. Although
Burnside had gent his plan to ths authorities as
Washington the 9th It was not till the 18th th st
the pontoonS started and they did arrive It'll st4
22d or 23d OF Novembef-ten days toe lsts, and
when Leo had ample time to concentrate his troops
and fcriify his position.
Gen. Woodbury. tes.iaes that ne Gid net reeeivs
information in tins to the moveme Mt which vas
about to Do made. The Qusrtsrmss.sTs Depart.
ruens was almost totally destitute OF Iaessn W.th
the very short notice givea him thsse was cnly one
possible way Of supplying ths army with pom.
non trais, in time. Had the emergency 5ssu made
snown 10 hin in any r.auner Re ~ oui hs s7e dare
gardad the forms OF service AID seiz ed tears team.
stsrs snc wagon masters !us.an. service where
ver be could tn3 then, but ha had 40 warrant for
such oOprea, which, after al could only hare
been carried out by the sc.horty Of the General
in.Chief."
Gen. Me;gs qusrserm sstar, tessifss that he did
ns best TO forwsrd The pcnto0ns; that the time
VAS too short IL which 10 secd them Gau. Hal
leck bs,ns examined, DECLARED that be did no.
hold himself responsible for any thing more thsn 10
give ths order q did not consider it his business
TO see i: carried ont. hut thought 1t den Bum
aides business to looA s.ter the pontoo0s in Wssh
= gtou. This Ia cool. 6urnsits wsa suddenly
l'sced in comusnd of 8 large army, snd to
leave II and 60 to Washinaton TO icok after pou-
toons, which Hsllsck f.ai ae.ys had airesdy IN
de:tsken TO send hin, sad when the Secretsry Of
Wax, too. was tasre TO sea tie matter attended TO
Burnside, Indeed, says that If he had thought the
authorities would have neglected 1t be VIZ u:d hsve
p n Vg0 n fnp shr tfp1
le2S deceived him, and never informed hiIl that he
woaid aot Or could not do what be had pfcmiss.i.
Gen. Burnside positively swesrs that the mon.
arrival OF The pontocns at the time hs expected
prevented his crossing at the TIM ia expected to
crcss, s06 pta.fs:ed 9Th the success of bis plan"
0en. Sumner sssesrs Lat hs "eo;.id have taken
fredericksburg sod tbs heights the other side
OF 1t al sny time within three days sfer as arrival
Ii the pontoona hsd bssn thoxo." Gen. Gunner
adds tta, the Amy was "temo-alised ia congo
quoucc u tia battle and th.. there WIS e Sssst
deal s3o much crosfirs and I.ct srificisnt cor H.
,snes GsE. Fra1klia te,tifes that II the pom
ICONS hno bean ready ct ths trse ofThe arrival Of
tie army The troops would haye immediately
arsSSss thsSrl-as, s,riviss ~ abe ensr1y--psr-
hAps I've hundred or enc Ss.t.ssnd msn and they
would have oooupisd those very heights they hsd
TO attack. and ths crossing would have been per-
mPE EsUt and successful" Again, he says: ~ would
Like to irpfess- - firmly upon the Commit
tse ss 1t is firmly imp.lssed upon ny mind
the fast ihai this sAoe disuatr has resssJ yvs. re
spoasste for that delay is TssponstAs for aa sAe
dtsQnrs UAicA Aape }ot1osad This IL slss. r,eaA.
Ing, Ard he ADDS, that he does rot ba.iove they
could have crossed 8: tbs time they Dc hsd ne
sneG,y chosen TO pEesenti.. Ok neral Ecoksr d.
poses, that HsliecS, Msig4. promised 10 have
the pontoons down and e9ecy hics :eSiy u three
dsys. Wh-n Sumner arrived thare were ouiy Ave
hundred re bsls At Fredericksburg "but. bs adds
''ths same mistap "ss made ;hs-v taa. kad eeea
made sii along 'Droagh thu war'
From Gen. Laile eck q testimony Il js9>s not
appear toat la l. Of Gny y shateysF ~ %AsliAg
ton. lie acts the part OF mere CLERK, copying
dsrs but ucS sseias that they are carried @e
neihef piao3 csMpais1s, givse sf;cien. a-si-
ance II the dacegals who 30 plan ani yht ths
Tfe neeessa supplies were Withheld from hsa-
U.eilan st Earpers Perry, ct the ,ims hat tbs r~d
e2; journals fsers clsn noTtng agains. him Tor Mt
moving or, an. Il has basu In he case Of 5 I'm
side Gen Franklin swears .haI, not slthstsndIns
The tolsy O. ms ponG.oa,. tue position OF thu
eue'hy would have basn captured asd more .men
b5an On the deit Oh tae day CT battle, Whose
fault is ;hati Is it no. boasled thes we ha se
co. Coz meu in Nsisi Is ii Dot the fault of
General Aa,leck and the Secretary OF War that
We lad not Ugh Msn a. the decisive poiGt
Il seems that t1ere s1e rot only TO military
at Washinston 10 carry the ws-, out nos even
Laen of COMMON saose. Tho OILY suggestion Barn
aide received from headquarters ~as d caution nos
10 attack too soon, whis a.l rs Generals agree
that from the in beeii:y wh eh tuies at the capital
his attack was delayed too long, and thus fsiied.
There Is abundant ground in this repog. for he
mast determined action OF beth KoIses Of Con-
sress. and We trust that immediately after ths
recoss Joint resolution will be adopted, calling
upon the President TO remove Stanton and Halieok
ae'sS. and The whole bs.ch Of incompetent otfi.
cials, whose delays parasyzs the best e1rts Of the
Generals 10 the Eed. Ard, to cid IN the SAME rs-
salt, we woaid suggest that great meetiag 90
called III this city to give expression to public
opinion. and send a depu1atiOn to NJ. Lincoln.
yhc meeting intended to be held last Saturday
war postpc. ed til; fuller Information could be 90
taiDad of tie facts TIE official report Of th, Con
gregs' onM Committee 1as furnished il ca oath
from .A- best souisss and nov 10 the t.ms for tho
people to 6ct.
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