Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-11-14
WORCES TER;
FRIDAY, NOV. IL. IsG..

ONE of our dispatches contains a false and
stupid report that General Burnside has been
defeated, that Harpers Ferry has been re-.
taken, and that the rebels are marching on
Washington. The authors of this foolish lie
will never be suspected of shrewdness. There
are certain men, army officers and politicians,
whowould rejoice to hear such news. Some
of them invented this story, circulating it first
in Washington, and then bringing it to New
York, where the stock spectators have used
it proftably. These mal-cOntents have
never seemed to care much for the true
welfare of the country. The removal of Gen.
Mcclellan has baffied some OF their plans, dis
turbed their prejudices, and lessened their
power to do mischief. But their malice is inn
potent; and even the army officers who DISC
beyed orders and refused to aid Gen. Pope
when he was struggling with the rebel army,
will not now be in position to deal in the
same way by Gen. Burnside.
Gel Goldman of the 45th regiment show ed
himself fit for his place by taking measures to
prevent the departure of the transports for
Newbern until better accommodations were
furnished. Somebody criticised his course in
this matter, and some of his officers have
published in the Boston Transcript defence
of his conduct. The defence was not needed
by any sensible person who had given proper
attention to the affair. Col. Goldman did his
duty, and it is much to his credit that he had
the spirit and resolution to do it under the
circumstances.
There were fifteen hundred men in each Of
the steamers, packed so closely that four men
were compelled to occupy each of the hunks
that had no space for the comfortable accom-
mediation of more than two. Sea sickness
and lack Of light added - the discomfort.
Under these circumstances Col. Goldman re-
fused to proceed on the voyage until he had
stated the case to the governor. The trans
portation agent who went down to order the
vessels to sea was received with groans, and
he richly deserved them. Finally, through
the governors interference, another vessel
was chartered, on board of which six hundred
of the men were taken; and after the storm
lne three vessels went to sea together, con-
voyed by the gunboat Huron.
The conduct of Col. Goldman, in this case,
cannot need either defence or an apology
until it becomes improper for an officer
to defend his men against an outrage
The transportation agent who crowds men
into steamers in that way should be denounc-
ed everywhere until he learns how to treat
men necently. We have laws against over
crowding emigrant ships, and the intention of
these laws should not be disregarded in the
transportation of our soldiers. 1t is alleged
that this agent had crowded the steamers in
the same way on former occasion, and
therefore that it was proper for him to do it
again. But he should be denounced and
punished for ever having done it at all. Let
him go on in this way, and probably he would
next insist on shoyelling the men into the YES
sells as he would cargo of potatoes. 1t was
time that he should be called to order and be
compelled to amend his method of doing bust
ness.