, 1862-09-13

cavalry, leaving hls soldiers to take care OF
themselves. At RavensWood he put SIX men
as guard upon his Owl horses, and refused to
allow guard TO be placed upon lot Of va1u-
able quartermaster's stores which had been
exposed upon the river bank. Charges are to
be preferred against Col. Rathbone, when the
whole truth will be brought out By q court
martial.
The Troubles Among the Generals.
Correspondence Of the Cincinnati Gazette
WASHINGTON, September s. 1852.
Lamentsble rs tue fact may be, We are forced
to accept it-there is to be no immediate in
ves,igation Of the causes for our late disas-
ters. or of the currcnt charges against our
mort prominent officers
Pope, you probably know by this time, had
urtierrcd charges agaist Fftz John Porter,
franklin, Griffin, an i perhaps one or two 9th
ers. The nature of these charges was GER
iainly such as to comm4 and instant attcnllon
Tit St men were substantially accused OF nav
ing eouepired to break down brother officer
tx means Of . defeat Of our army, which it
was part Of their alleged plan to insure. The
yery thought that such infAlnons purposes
could possibly he attributed 10 the generals
who have The lives OF our brave volunteers in
1fieir keeping, was enough to make tne blood
run cold. Of course not an hour should be
lest in testing the truth or ia2si1y OF tue
charges, and not Z man should be left under
the control of The accused officers till their iu-
uocerce were made as clear as the MONDAY.
TIT the whole matter l1as been smootaed
over. The infamous torrent OF abuse that
reckless partisans have been pouring out
on Pope and Mcdowell, has had no effect,
save to cause their transfer to other hclus
OF operation. Meant!n1e General MeCi=l-
Ian goes to the President aud says sub
s,ant:al|y this: 'sSir, ! don't know anything
about the nature Of the quarrel between F,tz
join Porter and the rest OF these gen .ral5
have been having with Pope. don't know
whether they did right with hin or not, but
tht5'n do 1heir dutg Under me. and must
lave them. Weesn't take time for an inyes-
tigatlon now. Their services arc absolutely
Necessary in tae n:ld.' Aud the president
susIeLds the charges, and orders these men,
EuEEenc ed for worse than trsache1S, to duty
il tic field again.
Gould anything be mora atrocious9 Are
ne to have an end Of these fatal mysteries
When :: general is merely selected as
target for partisan abuse, and waen tie
government Knows nothing against him,
ard has 10 charges presented in auv
1argiblc form, there is some reason
for ncSicctiEg the partisan el tmor, aad
continuing him in the service. But when q
brother general accepts all the responsibil les
ut 30 responsible 4 step, aud 1uaEes charges,
WHICH, if proved should cause the guilty gen
rrla 10 BIZ shot as the most Infamous OF enc
n.ies to his country, is it no. extraordinary
that We can 5uspsnd the examiaatiou, and go
on lutru5tlug tue l1T~S OF our armies to the
accrsed parties ? Can an emergency justly,
can a.y Crisis prrsent danger equal to sucn
q procedure?
nUw porE AND M'DowELL STAND.
The late changes in comnland here are pure
y TIE work Ct lie soldiers. a. I have writ
len aboye, the government Processes to ltye
is confidence il ro Way shaken in Pope and
Mcdowell AS ].tely is last SI.url1Y Gen.
Halt ok said 1nat Pope had made no
1allEt,ry l2is'aa 1:rJugh the whole
, c:sspaiuE, tram the Rlp}lhanuo clS
To lie 6ettnscs Of Wa+hngton Ard OH toe
game day q E.e;l,b.r Q. The cabinet declared
i, NY be1rs1g that the government would
e::;aln'y do n'.tling az inst McDo Tell be
! cluse Trey bad Tot The slightest evidence
t,ns:irS tt; lilselc1 his ccnduct, rs a patrot,
! a7 Z s1luier. But through this p4rslsan
I e:5nos, which the friends Of some Of our
I; 4cn< rails knox SO veil Jluw to raise agains1
their rivals, both Pope and McDa*ell had
| t.crn nlcde go tyccssise1y unpopular among
| their soltIicrs that the Interests OF the seryic.
| GIN andcd their trlEster 10 other commands
! Thai is tie whole secret Of thu change. Pope
you knov, is understood 10 have had L new
! ce.a!trNIst tsrsa.rzcd for him in th= fi-1d ol
! tis cid ]abors-wtile tbs stnry is that McDoT
elt Is TO 1T coi.anapd.ut at Nest Puiut Till thf
l'oa:d e1 inquiry which ne demanded cln col
/ we're.