True Democrat., 1862-10-22

TnE EEyERsE CoRINTH-I appears that the oIlrge O Call brigade the last of the battle and 3rret by Gen. Van Dorm. ,in~t inc rcmonsanccs and opinions the other officers Up to that time, w. had heaY Ynta2e had driven the enemy i' intrcnchmcns. aud lnl cl tnrei number of guns and wa-ons. While victory ours ly foolish movement if changed to defeat and thc lives of thousands of brave men sacrificed.
 We have avoided criticism military movements ar nrn and have csclewed fault finding, bcci4c protesting ne
 knowledge of military matters We were mol disposed N set up as military critics. It very easy flr o set a honcand find ,ut with movements hundred mes ohwAii, o tlosa on the ground those known to br proper and necessary But, there matters conurr with battles that every civilian understand to be,fors
 luniers so palpabe that all h and nts so malf,stiy wrong that they meet with unanimous dennation w willing and anxious that generals shall have ali tho encouragement and Assistance that the people and the press render thcn that iutcr shall made with their plans and policy; and that while depend on their judgment hold them responsible for failure where might nave been obainc Tried by this standard Major General Earl Van Dor has aucn ally failed time and again.
 At the battle of Elk Horn ho marched Inc men night and day without food and when they arrived the ground they were utterly exhausted so worn were thcy many slept while the battle rasel aorund thcm. Mt hc men fought braycly and won the battle though MCulloh and Mcintosh both fell At this jGncture. when hc had but stretch forth his hand and grasp victory Van Don ordered retreat and left the field to foe the point of -urrculering. The brasc soldiers whom he ht nl1recI and starved for days and whom e had prevented from qucrnl were again pee to march and saryo. innan nature could not stand this and the died by The fatigue and exposure killed ten times many the bullets of the enemy Every house anu each yllasc m northwestern Arkansas hospital thousands were
 brought here utterly prosttatod and grave after grave filled with victims thc folly oi Tle facts M thc
 ease came ont gradually alarmed a the nenecs Van Dorn forbade e sending of dispatches or letters ani would allow no reports to b made till ha had s. "ne ~ Richmond Even then, when ii loo late, lrbofe io reputation his activity and dispatch of business Fed us o believe he wouId be successful in the field After me
 battle at Elk Horn, lost all confidence in him, and hc shown that we right by managmc of ailrsat Cor nth some pretend todoubt his loyalty Nedo not ItSuo'
 want of patriotism but of brains. His head IS too small for major general As cavalry officer, leading small bodies and executing mancuters that require but hi nr iulrnent e may be successful but never as general of infantry We are glad to hear that he has been snlF se,lcd and hope that he may De nid on the sieli
 Gen. pemtoItoB wi,o succeeds him n emnmani, a jiai from Charleston The papers of that city, moi giF' to m discriminate praise speak highly of his military ao'lties He is said and reserved but orons soldier Above all he has prudence and judgment Thearmy since IF G,rced and proy-oned is said be in inesrt and nm
 der pemberton may retrieve the disaster they met with under Van Dern.