, 1862-10-27


Notifying, as the facts Of the case may be,
II is not true, as stated, that nobody Was In
posed upon by the forged oyestures Of peace,
purporting to come from Gen. Lee to our gov
eminent, and offering certain commercial ad-
yantagss from the Southern confederacy, on
condition that We recognized and made pence
with It. On the contrary, these pretended
propositions were brought before a cabinet
council, md the question, what to do with
them, was discussed. OF course, nobody
thought Of giving anything but q negative an
ever; but the question whether to take any
notice of them whatever, Was under consider
alton Subsequently, the document was read
to Gen. Halleck, who prononucedtt It forgery;
first, because OF a misuse OF technical military
terms, such as Gen. Leo never could have been
gully Of; secondly, on account Of the pres
ence Of German idioms, indicating that it had
either been written in it's present form by q
foreigner, or poorly translated from German
original; and thirdly, because the signature
p4lon a sa eomHaneaons aa n oa ths same Same
writer, on file In the war department..
Meantime, the rumored contents Of this
paper, which outsiders, who had an inklinZ
Of it's existence, naturally supposed to be
genuine, were alluded to vaguely in the pub
lie prints and used by the agents Of specula-
tors, for the enlightment and gutdauce Of
their employers in the devious paths Of mon
etary and political gambling. Perhaps, It
will be seen when the history Of the last fort
nights gold fever shall be written, that tsle-
grams from these gentlemen had some indu.
ence upon the progress OF the distemper,
which bafled those most experienced In the
diagnosis Of diseases Of this description.
Certain mysterious paragraphs In rebel
Journals, and vague talk IN the rebel Con
gress, doubtless fed the fever and inaamed
the "reliable gentlemen's kilograms" Aud
up to this time the forgery has not, SO ls1 as
is, however, believed to be rebel one.
Although Gems. Fitz John Porter and Nor.
rell, who have been here IN attendance upon
the court, which Is engaged in the investiga.
ton of the charges against Gen. Martindalc,
were yesterday ordered by telegraph to re-
the old stories to the effect that d" forward
movement is about to be made still pre-
vail; there is ekepticlsm here. Hope defer
red makes many hearts sick Of ofhoping. Every
bright day is q sad reminder that winter Is
tic great Blow. Partisan journals seek the
cause Of delay In any but the right quarter.
Staff officers who should be well informed,
assert that whole regiments are without shoes,
that the whole army IS in no condition to ad-
vance. Agents Of the Sanitary Commission
write that there is utter want OF medical
geon general has ordered an abundance
but that transportation has not been
furnished. How many Of these complaints
are well founded, am not in this lying world
and ut this distance from the army In posi-
tion to know With certainty I do know,
however, that none Of these excuses are con-
aidered sufficient by the president, the secre-
tary Of war or Gen. Halleck; and that they
find the cause Of the strange delay to obey the
imperative orders to advance, given nearly
three weeks ago, In the temperament Of the
major general commanding. am assured
every requisition which Gen. Mcclellan has
made, Including not few, which, in the
Judgment Of the authorities here, were unne-
ceEEary or even worse than unnecessary, has
been promptly answered. happen to know
that it is their disposition to give him every
Which to shelter himself IN case Of iuaction or
Of 1ailnre. Every consideration, selfish and
unscl1sb, presses the government to supply
the army with everything necessary
to enable it to execute its orders
to H;,a adya9se zee .o..pI Upon IT. the @ enemy,
it to do 80. cannot believe that the army is
suffering, to the extent represented, throu zh
tie fault OF the administration, and 1 am un-
willing to believe, en- the other hand, that 1t
Is ktpt short Of supplies by Its general for the
purpose Of Keeping it IN its present inaction.
nre crossing the Potomac Of Hancock, and
that Mcclellan has Wfthdrawn his whole army
into Maryland in order to meet them, aud that
he will be forced to fight in Penney lyania. I
csnnot help hoping it Is true.
There is nothing told in the communication
from Gen. Scott, published in the Inteiigcuc.r,
which was no. known before; and there are
scme things not told, which are more Of a
piece with 4he shorter Letter, tor the unearth-
Ing Of which John Van Buren, IS to be thanked.
an told, for example, that Gen. Scott vas
most urgent fyr. be reinforcement Of the
posed OF the regular army in such wise 81 to
put its use for tnat purpose out OF the quts-
tion; TINT he absolutely refused to approve q
plan urged by the loyal members o! Buchanan i
cabinet for reinforcing the forts secretly BY
the militia regiment OF New York, Bo ton and
Philadelphia; tbas he refused to permit naval
officer, who promised 10 take the Star Of TIL.
West into Chlrlesion harbora ut any cost to hare
| the command and that he objected to the oc-
cupation Of Go,donsyille By our troops,
| WHEN they fist crossed the Potomac, on the
ground that 10 do go would bo to ''invadc''
| Virginia. Gen. Scott's unwilliugness to
make the attack upon Manassas Junction is
well known, on unwillingness founded upon
reasons Of the existence of which he was,
! perhaps, not conscious himself, other than
| The alleged probability OF defeat; for it is
known that he alone OF the higher officials
l uIAC Haes kAat AhIAL 1AuAa4s UAlll
| all was over, entirely confident Of victory.
do not wish to do the old soldier inj as:ice.
| He did good service in the winter 1850 aud
! 1861, and IN the spring that followed, aud get
| 1 cannot help thinking that We should have
been in far better condition to-day had tlit
general-in-chief been another man t]l1n 1.-The
| writer Of letter depzccatory Of the sab1p
cation Of the rebels to the government they
lad betrayed and favoring BY preference RI
iug permission to our "Wayward sisters' tt
| sdcpart in peace"