Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-09-19
Correspondence Springfield Republican
WASHINGTON. Tuesday. San,

WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Sept. ..
On Friday great battle occurred. We
could hear the artillery firing all day, but
knew nothing of the results Ii was ma
+ pleasant to remain in such suspense. Sat.
urday morning 1t was very generally known
that our forces had beaten the enemy bach
though no decisive victory had been won
People grew cheerful on Saturday and n.
government modified the censorship 10 that
quite an amount of matter respecting Fri.
days battle was sent off Saturday eyen;nn
But commanding was heard all day Saiurdov
A good many skeered people on the street.
remarked, Z" Wait till We bear from ~.
day fight. The tide may turn against IA. "
As night approached the gloom Of the
previous day hung like pail over the eity
The universal question was, I" Have Sumner
and franklin reached Pope in season to ;o;n
IN to day battleY' Also they did not reach
the scene of conflict in season. If thev h.d
the rebels would have been crushed. ib.,o
is no doubt OF this, In the evening rumors
from the battle field began to come in I'M
reliable, shifting, yagne, alarming. Tho
government uttered not a word but in -
significant act let the whole s..-y .s~-.. =,
least to the comprehension OF a -.ns,.
II closed dorm the hatehss Of IL ia
again. Of course the news was bad. NJ
Stanton never witholds good news-be docs
often suppress bad news Sunday the facts
came out, We were beaten on our left ON
Saturday evening. There was no doub&
about it however.
Then rose the questiou-who is RESPONSE
BILE The government inclLed TO blame
Mcclellan severity Gen. Ilalleck did tb,s
openly ON Sunday. Mr.. Lincoln expressed
himself in strong terms against the siowness
Of Mctlcllan's movements. lie was ordered
several times 10 forward troops to Pope's re.
lief and Stun bercd over his orders. will not
attempt to say that Mcclellan was 10 blame
ohly know that the president then thought
he was. The generals friends say the troors
Just landed and half starved were in no con.
ditIon whatever Tor a severe march up 10 Gen.
toryille Gen. Franklin seems to have sympa-
thized very strongly with his chief, for his
march was exceeding slow. Sumner on the
other hand put out with vigor, and though
setting out up-u his march at much later
hour arrived at Centcryilic in advance of
Franklin To show how steadily the anti
Mcclellan feeling obtains In certain quarters
here | Will state the iaet that th 9 contrast
~ accounted for on the ground that Franklin
Is strong Mcclellan man and was loath to
give P9lc assistance, while Sumner is Get
down as ant-McClcllan and heartily DESTROYS
OF coming To- Gen. popcs assistance Thee
personal quarrels have no right to be heard
now. Let the administration take the rcspon-
sihiilty II the president is satisfied that
Gen. Mcclellan failci to do his duty the coun-
try will fully justify him in disgrace, or re-
licsIng fron command the old gcnersl-in chief
II the current rumnrs are without foundation
1t will soon b. known. There can. however,
be n mistake about one thing that the COVER
ment was greatly dissatisfied with Gen. Nc
tlcllan on Friday and Saturday last. however
!, may have since tccn explained away, and
he did not * wn to the tight. lie was in
town yesterday and at the war department
IN Close consultation for an hour or Two with
zen. lialIcyk and the President