, 1862-11-04
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Tie HILLARY 35iunrjr4ttc dirided ts}ainsf it.
slid uu3u for Gen. uulLck-Gen Rose-
Grams Aus7sed s4p-7Ae Neo York Election.
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribuue.1
FAsn1SG1ox. Oct 30, 1852
Col. Forney, with his usual indiscretion,
has told the world the military secret known
to your correspondent and to others here In
confidence, that the expedition which Gen.
Banls Is to organize is designed for Texas.
TIE additional statement Of the Press to the
Effect that Gen. McCleInand's column in con-
Junction with Rear Admiral Por:er's ao:illa
cf guntoats is also destined for Texas I
doubt That these officers are to cooperate
With Gen. Banks may be true, since any move
mint Ginning at the severance Of the rebel
territory BY the complete conquest Of both
ta1ks of the Mississippi cannot fail to assist
in the reclamation of Texas. Bat there are
go naEy til, gs which Gen. McC1ernand has
to Go before he reaches the mouth Of the Ml--
fissippi that it would be Impossible for him to
with Ger. Banks.
The eelectit Of nan Of Gen. Banks t2ul-
permanent fer the command Of district In
which i collision With foreign powers is not
impossible Is peculiarly fortunate. Tue coun-
try wculd rot repose the same confidence ia
Cassius n Clay, F. r Blair, jr., or even John
T.. Fremont, as in hlm, if percnanc trouble
should arise on the Rio Grande with France
or England He has reticence, cantion, the
diplomatic temperament, and is at the same
time not wanting in firmness and energy.
His friends do not however corsfdcr it 2 :fait
acronIlt that lie is to organize, much less lead
tie expedition i'll question. They commend
the Ingenuity shown in removing him 80 far
1rcm possible Interference with other ambi-
tons; but they talk as if there may be new
deal Of the cards, which will put better trumps
into his hand.
| And Others, net especially his fiends, Won.
der how 1t is that 60 many Rerablicon gcncr-
ais are either deprived altogether Of command,
like Fremont and Clay, or assigned to duty in
a court room like Ger. Hunter, who Is just
about to enter on new campaign, or exiscl
! as Mitchell has been and as Banks is to be.
Mitchell has attempted to cut the Charles
ten and Savannah railroad at the point where
Sh, 1msu could have broken The bridge, had
nis orders permitted him, year ago, and has
1aitd, unless indeed the movement we're in
tended to prove to the government that he
has too fer troops to ELECT any thing, as
Hunter had helore him. aud that Ii few
1utrt rfsln4t MIS- wete sent l.lm he would use
the1n tD good purpose I. 3 INKS goea 10 Tex
u, is there TO. danger that he may be treated
III the same manner? Il there not, at least, a
Y,rnh f1nf hn rHNE11
i'll ttis cas-, as i. has done heretofore, the dis
advantage .: scattering is bloEs ~itlou. the
advantsge OF making them formidable? /
speak without specific knowledge Of the
governments purposes in this case, but from
general acquaintance with the course OF
I events acd the causEs which have been at
~Mk since the first Of these eea coast expo.
ditfots YES made.
Yeu arc right In the opinion That the uiri-
tsry drlnvlra c-the trlufnvir4te no loayer
eSi.te-is r. much like that Of which Antony
III q DC avlua C1ear we're the members, dur.
t ing the weeks iEculci.a.cly l,re1ecd.a; the
| battle Gf AcfinM. Here i, in Gen. Il .tl.ek r
| row CT TO decide, Ger. a:cCl.l1aa's b. I'D would
r II j. to tbs SAINT basket ~hic, holds that o!
ten. Buell. 1t is ~eeks since h. SAID to 1le
| Psesidt Mt, II despair Ut forcing nr pe:su ldinK
! Ctr Mcclellan to obey my orders. Hi not
you better 7rg 10 nlakc MIN obey sou5s!' AID
TOW II Is nsc,ally frue that ne!1h r hc nor :he
secretary Of war has, or desires to have, an,
vticc in matters rertainng 10 the arny at tn:
Upper Potomac. 1t wae Gen uiil.tk also By
~Icsc order Gen. Buell. WAS superseded the
lirsf tine. and it Was Int Gen Halleck xho:t
ordtr rttpttated bin. So much is r1ainl1 tt
he saaa iD Lis favor. He has not allowed We>;
Point sympathiss to conssrain hi:
judge meut or to hamper bis sym1a
thies IN the case Of these tFo n1sj u
gcrro1s, whose 1t fuence In retarding the Wig
orcus prosecution Of the var has bean so III ].
Ign. When their iuef6cicacg was unveiled
to him, he opened his eyes and saw 1t. Dur
irg The march to Crab Orchard, Gen. Buell.
| could not have been farther from tue truth
had he tsken especial pains to misiead til,
authorities here: t'the enemy outnumber.t
him, bad taken up an extremely formidabl,
lositlcn in ! hich he could, with half his forc
check the sdvanse Of o1rwholc army, Will
With the efhtE hali he marched upnn Nast.
vile" And these misrepf etentattuns, will
fnl or not, continued to be made until tn
, newe Of the halt ut Crab Orchard arrived 4
dispsl them and lit the West Point veil, ono
for all.
j. AEother circumstance has raised Gen. Hal
lfck In my estimation. Gen. Rosecrlns, in
stesd Of Fastening, TO obey his summons
a take command OF the army that was rel ',lcIu
ever the displacement Of Gen. Buell., lui.cre
i've days at Corinth, arranging his priga*
business. secure in 1he fact that not~itas,sad
= ing this delay he would arrive at Cairo In sea
snn to tskse the first " "ordinary CONVEYANCE
But Gen. Halleck thought that in such an e,
, traordinary emergency, extraordinary coaveJ
! eive, and be sent 4 dispatch Ehich found u
= RcsecsAns at Caifo, and intim2ted to hiu
with unofficial dis'inctness that unle>s b
: elspped wings to his heels, he might dnd au
= o'her general than himself Ia the Shoes {
= > Buell..
may add that Gen. Ha}leck Is, or ut leaa
talks u IL he wire Us heartily In favor OF
, vigorous prosecution OF the Ear - = NAN (