The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer. (Bel Air, Md.) 1862-1864, 1862-10-25
LITTER FROM GEN. KEAREEY,

LITTER FhOM GEN. KEAREEY.
Allusion WAS made some time since, in
IYilhes' Spirit ct' tie Times. to II letter Of
the late Major tieuerai Philip Kearney,
addressed TO O, S Halstcad, Jr., Of New
ark, New Jersey, which indicated n spirit
accomplishing. military criticism. general
as well as personal. Since then. in view
Of comment made, thcre,ls tLe Times has
published the letter in fun, as follows:
,. HARRIsoN,s LANDING, Aug. 4, 81.
Dear Pet:--I thank you fr yonr kind,
long letter. -aIouwexsend ~ me hope -
You suggest thdrawing me and my d.
vision nut If this ignoble position. With
Pnpes Amy, would breathe again.
We have 10 Generals. Mcclellan is
the failure / ever, proclaimed him. He
has been punished just US Fat nlite COM
pretended the moves Of the p.rti,s. He
Will only get us in mere iollies, more
waste Il blood fighting by dribleis. He
has lost the confidence of all. Nor has
he Il single uficer ab"ut hin, capable of
lettering us. Sumner is '.bnll in II
china shop" aud sure enough bluoder-
er. - lost his CO, ps -gratui,"usly at
Fair Oaks. He is nut now in lis tight
place, aud will he much worse. So is
small brain ,,ssiicd in u .'iour company"
garrison on the frontier. He was not .'of
u" in Mexico, but in Il rear column once
saw DISSENT FASH in Il guerrilla light
His skill is ii myth, u poeIical version of
his own part at Bu.l's Run. Prtrr is
good in nature, but weak as wattr-lhe
apparent cant Of all This disaster fur Ills
wni,t Of geueralship IN the Chickahpminy.
- and Franklin are talented enli-
incers. They might make g"ud Gemrn's
it they und. rstnod the value If cl,men,s
IN their calculations; as it is, ,liry are
dangerous failures. .t.a .Af j,e'a
When 800 Vas drulk, he; had SHINE
few men drowned before Yulktnwh |
know Of n" other tcat OF lis. 4t Franhi Inns
hattle at W. 81 Pui,,t was Il most runway
rn k t. fight "r ours. His pa,t ON Tie
ChickaIomihy was unrnrl't,ahIc. He
rahtsover. a division (his .pqfwn WIS present
sn that SIDE out OF tre) and i,evtr inter-
.fpted 10 pre-, eut Ihpm. firm being surfi-
feed hy d,blcls, j MI rendered prey to
their false position. was horr tied ut it,
rs described sby General Taylor aud all
Others? ,aes. lgf....1 ..,[. ba,8
FIssit surprising tl,ptI want to get out
of this mes? Bslds, they lave set
me ii Maj"r-Geperaishp. like ali the}e
others, dating irem Jyly 4ih, muidlri n
II batch of new aud very ordinary junhr
!. Ulcers. d. they fprs,t that | was az
painted iwcltiho On he original list !? That
I, on tie heels 81 Bul Run, fic,d tlcrn-
envy with a Jersey brigade, III advance of
all others, Mcclellan, Mcdowell, It m
I mnr gfnus. nearly ffcirg me hack IN he
Seminary 9 Da.th.y forge, me- At Ma
nassas h. Ny Jirs,,s .b.i -ade that Injected
with lanc the lcii'ing en.my? Has
w Harrisburg never cene to ilsirtafs?
Oh no! ! really feyi aggravated hFond
tuduran"e. I.i.sipiue becomes dsgrada-
iaolf il not wi. Ided with Justice PatrDt-
isu cannot. amid Ill her sacrifices, claim
that af sli-respsrt. Genrals, sielorinus
~ rhs .lasi, alp. NNF sallsd ON tps eSpase
their troops, nnl,ss, those brave, men ale
acknYyl edgvds Their, idspjiy flu abeir
CHIEFS sDsoiioip tlai,istaIdaig 6fllcir
own high acts. Oh. mol I mn herrer
returning 70 the hume / have gi,.n up,
to file Interests / haze sacrificed, 10 NY
cherished WIFE, Whose sDxitfy oplresses
me, than ever dreamed If in war for
the Union !, But if The ini,tuand North
are v, aEi enough 10 III this crisis BIZ man
aged l,y .'snlull men Of small ihdtiyls,DPI
am nit WiIliilg totte thtir l1r per
X Ny dear PIT, Il AM ftao la2y p,id too IT.
lie iilterpsfed; tn d,ye 'ihto The lfufure9 If
this a1ittle ihbx Of lierAies X 10 ais tell
n,e9-ahat do tie psGple of the North
hak forwafi ~ iiithe inture? Ifeariest
hi, war wiiI die DIT III saI'ift in,tscilify.
For MrCkIlan, l,tiis butt cut Ncor
once III Ii ealiile .fttf. $40 haze imtlIina TO
~ pe ffAni fiiVi as u Ie,assAitlf L .iollin.61
lI.iy otiIry s2ps,t l'sle talitat,9 vitkaa
very i0ftnor ioiee, the xstAfsus of Eweil