Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-09-11
A MIsCHIEvOUs PUBLICATION.


The publication Of the paper from Msjor General
John Pope's pen, purportng to be the ,facial re-
port OF the operations OF the army lately under
his command, from Cedar Mountain back to
Washington, } bv the New York Times yesterday,
IL SO singularly illtimed as that the Government
will be likely to make an example Of the journal
thus working mischief. We know that no suf-
fcient authority was given to make the publica-
tim, and that the act IL severely deprecated here.
The paper itself is not what IL purports to be;
but, simply, Gen. Popes budget Il excuses and
accusations, under cover of which he seeks 10
change public and Government. opinion with re-
Terence to bis management Of his late trust. He
wrote II befo,s ,eesirtas SINGLE report from Ats
,sbord 1atss, which fact of itself takes from IL
hs character Of az sffetaE military report, and
stamps IL with that Of a mere special plea In his
own behalf, at the expense Of his officers and
army.
Ii reached the Government here on the very
DAY The rebels commenced crossing the Potomac
ana mus Il und them too intensely busy with the
threatening enemy In front, to dispose, at that
time, Of quarrels among Generals, the service,
OF most Of whom were for the time being abso-
lutely indispensable at the bend of their re,pe,,
tive corps. Gen. P.'s accusations were, how
ever, deemed Of SUFFICIENT importance to REQUIRE
the court OF inquiry upon them now in session
mere, by the result Of whose Investigations the
accused ohaoes will stand or fall.
AZ ample Of the accusations which General
rope takes occasion to make, we NAV not inap.
ProPr1afeiy say that his charge that General
Mcclellan wrote him In effect that he would not
FORWARD the provisions and munitions he fPope)
$1,000 In such pressing need of, until p. had sent
10 Alexandria cavalry escort for them. has been
emPhatically denied In the JonrraI of Gem.
sssres by Gen. McClellan's authority. On he
contrary, Gen Nice. wroe him that he would
instantly comply with his requi,ition; sending
The things from Alexandria with an infantry
escort, and urging him to have proper cavalry
escort meet them By the way.
we trust, as we believe, that Gen Pope,s &C
cusduons against the other generals will turn out
az oaseiess as that against Mcclellan.
we may safely add that while Gen. Pope a..
tributes al The misfortunes Of bis campaign to
suoOfolnate generals, not single general who
nao command under him fails to attribute them
- tne main, 70 his utter incompeiency for the
trust lately In his hands
nile we sincerely regret feeling called On to
MAKE .nese comments upon this special plea of
zen rope, sense OF Justice to the army, and 70
Inc cause In which II fights, renders Il necessary
n' we 'noud thus endeavor, az briefly as posi-.
pie 70 counteract the mischief likely to iow from
me unauthorized and untimely publication re-
ferred to above
o'-We find this same "reportn Of Gen
rope published In the New York Herald of yes
t'fday In the shape OF a war letter Of one Of g.,
regular Washington correspondents, There Il
- In That shape, line for line and word for
word ;. A0'
Is II not plain that the document ba, been
iOh@o upon the public in this surrepti.lous
manner for mischieyous purposes