, 1862-02-15

"aN1AVN1UA3 ECufu1E$
The expedition "called in the newspapers
Gen. Lanes expedition must not be suffered
to fail through pnbllc or private discourage !
ment. The Jaux pas with which it was initia:
ted-caused by no act Of either Gen. Hunter
OF Gen. Lane-was wretched enough, tending
rs it did to demoralize both *peop1e and SOL
diers. Who is responsible for the blunder OF
the crime, (for it was one or the other), is not
yet disclosed The regiments selected for the
expedition were directed by Adjutant General
Thomas to reportto Gen. Lane This fact is
improved By some to show that there was a
design in q certain high quarter to insult and
ir1itate Gen. Hunter, who, as the commander
Of tlle department, had right to be first re-
ported to by all the officers coming into his
departmental being The object Of this unu-
sual order to provoke Hunter to quarrel with
lare and thwart lis plans. Others affirm that
the expedition being Lane's, and Lanes ex-
clnsive1y, It Was perfectly proper to direct the
regiments to report directly to him. This is
something for the Conduct Of the War Com
mittee to inquire into. The main thing now
ia to get the expedition started under one gen
eral or the other. Hunter Is one Of the few
1tsI f3fkttNA Nt7t u LIE ~ NSk Iut
and he has voluntarily declared not once but
many times that when he marches an army
soutlward it shall 60 to tue Gulf of Mexico and
not sEaes BE- lett in It's track. I do not
report this from hearsay or street rumor. I,
know It. God speed him on his march!
Those snarling pro-slaTery Journals which
have derided Gen. Lane, and called him a
humbug, and denied that any expedition was
ever promised him, will have no Cause to re-
joice o7er Gen. Hunters leadership. He will
strike rebellion too hard blow, when he gets
in striking distance, TO gain any plaudits from
them. The presumption among Gen. Lanes
friends hero Is that he will go with the cxpe-
dition If he has to 60 on foot. The resolution
Of the Kansas Legislature In behalf of his sp-
pointment to Major .Generalship, for the
purpose Of giving him the command Of the
expedition, will probably not be acceded t. !;
| first, because that wonld not accomplish the
| ohject-Gen. Hunters older commission would
| still give him the command, and Il 1t were
| otherwise, the insult to him would be equally
| wanton and uncallcd for-and second, because
one or two other Major Gene1a1ships have al
| ready been determined on by Secretary Stan
| ASA3 ~ AV< atANAAf SIlk 1AkV LIZ oCuAAS--&AuS
! filling up The number admissible under pres
ent circumstances. Without knowing who
are 10 be the new Major Generals, am conf,
dent that tho announcement Of their names
I Will give great satisfaction to the country,
though perhaps no name could be mentioned
which. would be more enthusiastically re,
ceiycd than Gen. Lanes.
The arrest and Incarceration Of Gen. Stone
is sumner no less to tho army than to The
public. 1t is regarded BY theWest Point pro
slavery school as an alarming innovation thz1
afu1blown Brigadier should be 1erked up in
that pnccrcmoncous way, either for disloyat
ty, coxardice, or Uncomfortable laundering,
t Under which Of the three he may be arraigned
ia not Jet disclosed. inaaginc, however, il
be the first and last, aud t1lat facts will b
| shown in that connection which will prove
| him to be q traitor. Cory visions Of Balls
: Bluff are now revived, aud it Is disclosed thai
Stone,e official rcportof that Engagement va:
4 allowed to be published in advance OF its re
| ctipt bg Gen. Mcclellan, for the express p1r
:, + pose cf preventing iss alteration At headquas
%ftSters. Stone letter to Sumner will be pub
llahed next; and tceore We get to the bolton
}apresume charges enough viii be found tt
Y 1hane tte rulpri1 dSc times.
Those who have read TIC story Of Mr- 9Pa1
|. ! ioegrass>s fni!hfuI dog, that doatcd back t