New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-05
FROM MEMPHIS.

Removal Of Cen. Curtfs-AiitgCd CSuse-
What RE Accomp,i.kcd-His Successor
Arrest Of n Publisher and n Core
spondcnt for IN "ImprobnbIc" stntc-
u,ent-The Probabilities 4" sn the
Other sidc-Tho Overton E2ospitul-
Criminal Hoediessncss Of an Army
Eurseou-A Contrast.
Prom Our Own Censsooo1eut
MrsPsIs Tenn. Saturday Evening, AoS 70. 1872
The Army OF the SOU h-West remains ut Helena
mt Ger. Curtis has gone North. As foreshadOwed
IN NV Last. be is relieved from the Command and
vii, report to Washington. His removal must have
been unexpected one Of bis official letters written
Ave days ago indicates he YVES then igrorsnt Of It.
We do not know positively how he mcurred the
d;,spprobation Of the Government. hear II arrib-
n,.d yariousiy 70 the lack Of discipline in his com.
.,and 10 alleged COZ hcity ia cotton spsculations
And 10 lis vigorous eoLfscation and emancipation
policy. - IN
La whatever Gen. Curtis deserves centure, ne will
be sure to receive a. a. least through the prees 10
mis- credit lie. VI ember tina. be marched oOJ miles
through the enemy's country, With disregard Tor
his base Of oIcrations very blocking 70 regular
nerves bas never bsen defeated n ta'ile or sK r.
nuish; hiss shown tenderness for Rebels, ana mas
SmsBciI&ted all their sl&Ves VINO nave r"uSA' PiV-
tectton under the lag.
The Army OF the South-Wes; ~ now under Big
Gty. Fred Steele, its rank.ng division commander.
Gen Steele Is oi the regular army, and entered NE
vo'ulteer servioe as Colonei OF the eth iowa lie
T. ,rether OF the HC1 John h. Steele, Representa-
civ, in Congress from tho XI,h New-Iork ID strict
4. young bat efficient officer, and good disalil-
ntrisp. -,
TIE Rev. Samuel Sawyer. Publisher Of The Mem
uA,, Un,oa Ippc0i IL under arrest. Dir. sawyer
Formerly from East -Tennessee, ID Chaplain OF the
9th Indiaia Regiment. He Will 0e remembered as
a.. eeryyu,sn recently instslled in oislOytl Mem
phs pnl;i, by Ger. Lew. Wallace; but tie onense
for W 4ie tie military FIliiis'ihee are now nun IL
tcurnallsiic, not clerical.
On lie I'D inst., his paper contained letter
fror, Curtis, army describing among other things
the appearance Of Clarendon, Ark, after its occu-
Fancy by our forces. The following IS TIE paragraph
complained OF:
Oh. Ma,oae Lo.e d.spIsd BY cone ut.l,;' 'na. a.
Srei.n to fst,is a. .,erec over Tho nao Ti' latter
work soted W the brhstisn bands sonpong os'sr
s.1,, s," VII. 81, ~ Id sent9 .nd
todi,erDios'' sm~L"p Sf~Is.Svsr 'hey could y 'He"
Upon teeiLs the letter Gen. Curtis addressed Gen.
Sherman, requesting biz. 10 rake action IN te mat
Ter, as The ARpealis puLhshed at bis Ioet. En-
Sawyer promptly furnished the Daine OF his GORE
spondept, ibs Rev Charles Fitch, Chaplain Of the
2a,h Indiana Regiment, in Wallace's Divnion. Dir.
Yneb is with Ln regment at Helena, where be can
assy be found MA Ionished il his statement proves
false. Bat Ifis DID not sstsfy Gen. Sherman, who,
like Gen. Halleck, elteriai the old army aniago-
dere1 Mr.. Sawyer arrested for &c false and lbelOus
puoc.tion;" but atterwaTa admitted him to bail IN
iae SUM of 81 900 70 appear ana answer Whenever
duly notified of formal charges against hun.
Ifs language OF the correspondent is Obviously
oh ec.ionable; but the Only important question is-
X.s bis statement true or alsef Gen. Curtis ia biz
sony rambling etter upon which the arrest is ba1el
by no means settles ibis. lie writes: :" IL ia rot
probable for it was never reported To me-" But he
does say al have invest gated the matter, and
the charge proves untrue" Mr.. Fitch processes TO
sIeak Of what he squ Cnrtis and snernsn, deeu.ing
Improbable, arrest both BIN sud the publisher
the charge Of uttering that which y false end
rbeloas.
Those who arc bes, scqusinted with Csrtls's army
bink he Probabilities decidedly in favor OF Ire cor
Sespondent. 1t AZ certain that III Hnnievilie, ARK,
n March last, soldiers of that army were charged
Win cespoihng Masonic lodge, upon such evidence
TIA. tier brigade commander believed It, IL Is Ger
tAin shat an ,fcer few days mnce, exhi Ciied IN
Memyos a Masonic level. which he aid was
brought away from The lodge at st. Charles, adding
sh:s tho elegant tibls was taken at the same un's
Ms csstsia kkst ths hossss Of stsneh Union mes