Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-11-26
WAR DEPARTMENT, G. S. A I
NnYemher 5. 1902
I approve the foregoing rules and regulations
G ". RANDOLPH, S-c'y Of War.
speeuIations upOn she Removal OF Vac.
GEeIEnn.


CteisAn,
The Washington correspondent of the Chics-
go Times is severe upon the administration for
removing Mcclellan. So far as his commenda-
tons of the individuals are concerned, we are
not particularly interested but the results he
predicts are of importance Under date of the
10Th he says;
The frst effects of this Judged measure are
already apparent. There is q pause in the opera
tons of the army. The army no longer advances.
If Gen. Burnside is vigorous he is not rash.
He does not desire to send his soldiers to certain
destruction. Therefore the bugles sound truce ;
and all along the line, from Harper's Ferry to
Manassas Junction there is an ominous pause.
Gan. Burnside is q man Of acute percep-
tions, but he cannot grasp all tho details
of the mighty work before him in a
single day. There will be days, perhaps
week or two, before he can be expected
to comprehend his new and untTied duties
80 perfectly as 10 be able to form bis plan and
TO give Ineligible orders fer its execution.
During these days the enemy viii not be idle
There is no distinction in their councils. There
is no treacherous interference (under the gJliss
of pstri0tism) with their plans. The great
charge which has tsksn place in our army Is
already known to them-doubtless was known
!
head of our srmy has been stricken down
! (How much comfort will it give to the rebel Con
gress and to the rebel le deTs to know tha
there is a faction at the North powerful enough
to stretch forth its hand and strike down that
honored head y
What will be the effect of that knowledge at
the South Can any man doubt it Already
General Johnston has taken his measures to
profit by that terrible blunder Already the
scouts of the rebel cavalry have been in the rear
of our army. The news has reached this city
as l write, and is noW being flashed over the
country by telegraph, that General Stuart's cav
airy has passed around our right wing and is
securing the country in the rear Of that portion
of our army aud that General Fifzhugh Lees
cavalry. crossing the Blue Ridge by 3 hitherto
unknown bride path, passed through or between
two divisions Of our army, and is now securing
nj their resT.
These cavalry dsshes mean something. They
are Reconnaissance. In the parched and barren
desert through which our army has passed, there
is nothing for either man or beast to eat. Il has
been swept clean of every blade Of grass and
every ear Of corn The rebels know that al
ready. What they are after now is deinitive
| intelligence as to the position and strength OF
our various army corps and divisions Aud they
know that there is only one way TO obtain this.
You do not catch them relying on the reports OF
intelligent contrabands."
| It has been Rseertsined to-day, too that the
malicious statement that was so industriously
circulated on the day OF MeClslan's removal
" that the rebel army had eluded Mcclellan
| and were massed at Gordonsvile," is, and was
entirely false. The forces now at Gordonsville
] have been there for the last month; and large