The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-11-12
THE LATEST WAR NEWS.
wAsHINoros, Nov. 8,

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.
The great change has at last been Of
fected. The President to-day issued an
order removing Mcclellan from the COM
mand of the army Of the Potomac and
placing Burnside in the vacancy. Nc
Clellan is ordered to Trenton, N. j., where
his family reside.
WASHINGTON, Nov. o.
1t appears to-day that Burnside has
only succeeded Mcclellan by virtue of
seniority of rank, and that the final CON-
mander has not. been named.
Gen. Mcclellan arrived here to-day in
n quiet, transformations manner, and will
Immediately proceed TO Trenton. So far
ms can be ascertained he has not a word
to say. There is bitter feeling here
among his friends and enemies.
New YORK, Nov. 8.
The HeralGs Washington dispatch
says: "Hooker takes Burnside's posi-
ton. McClellan's removal caused great
excitement here tonight"
A special to the New York Sunday
Mercury, from Washington, says: "a
Cabinet crisis is impending. II is report
ed that Seward, Smith, Blair and Bates
are to retire and their places be filed by
Fessenden, Colfax, Winter Davis and
some other western republican. 1t may
not be announced before January as the
present heads of the departments will
make the reports to Congress in Decem-
ber
WASHINGTON, Nov. o.
Gen. Cameron telegraphs. that he will
be hero tomorrow. The feeling in Eu-
rope, he says, is strongly in favor of in
tervention, and this sentiment is daily in
creasing. The success or failure of the
present campaign will probably decide the
matter. Decided victories on our side
alone will dispel the idea.
MEMPHIS, Nov. Z.
The Grenada appeal of the 9Th says
{ "George N. Saunders has returned from
his European mission, and is at Rich.
mond He brings the most gratifying as
surances of the recognition of the South.
ern Confederacy by England and France
He thinks Belgium will take the initia
tory"
The Houston, Texas, News, says thai
$4,000 Confederate troops are West o
the Mississippi prepared and eager for &C
tive service.
WAsHINGToN, Nov. 10.
The editorial of the official organ to
day, known to be prompted from high
quarters, says: "The necessity for active
operations in Virginia had become so i'm
perative that, for reasons which appeared
, conclusive, this important change (tb'
removal of McClellan) was made. Those
reasons will doubtless be made public
should the interests of the country de-
mand their disclosure, and when they arc
disclosed, nothing 'UM appear that can
affect the loyalty Of Nc Clellan or his
capacity for organizing and equappins
a great army for the Jfeld."
New York, Nov. 10.
The Heralds special says: "Noth
ing has as yet been received at the Navy
department or from passengers arriving
), from Norfolk, confirming the capture o
5000 rebels at Plymouth, by Gen. Eos
ter"
The Vanderbilt goes TO sea tonight il
: search of the Alabama.
, FORTRESS MONROE, Nov. 0.
Gen. Beauregard has ordered non-com
batants to leave Charleston with thei
movable property.
The Savannah Republican of tn,
9th inst, says the aboltionists were bonn
harding Tampa Bay, Florida, on the Sd
Our forces were confident of their abilit,
TO hold out.
New York, Nov. 10.
The Herald has n rumor that Secreta
rvs Seward and Blair are opposed to Nc