New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-19
GEN. Mitchell AND THE CHARGES
AGAINST HIM
To the PRntIDBs1


Ir1tx lac (.Acfnngfi Commercial JAE IL.
Tier, if a greet desl raid all over the country
abou, the some what vague publication Of charges
made sgainsl Gen Mitchell, and there is general
demand for specifications. A. wehsppen 70 be pre,
ty well Informed about those poinis we presume It
10 our duty 20 make known definitely what the
charges against Gen. MIleh. are. lie 10 accused Of
speculatlons ~ cotton. L. ls alleged hs, he hrauted
special faeu% % certain cotton buyer, In the way
IL guards and Government wagons, and that this n-
diyiduAl wac detC yed IN Ia,iDg counterfeit and bo
gu- money upon the people, an1 being arres'ed for
It. war summarily dl,charged BY order vi The Gem
eTal. We have seen in She hands Of Col. Norton Of
ths 2lst Ohio, documents Oh this point, which, II
geauinc, AM be assured us they we're, would be e1
ceedng y difficult 10 explain. Il 10 not charged tbat
Gen. Mitchell bsd any hing 10 do IN The way Of shove
ing bogus money upon the people, but many OF bis
ocers d. believe that be was interested in the
ton business and u-ei bic off al position FOR specu
stivs purpOe.s. While we desire distinctly " dir
clam any personal knowledge Or respongbility TO
hs .tiee Of these charges, We feel bound TO state
tina. we know more than one prominent officer who
IIAs served under Gen. Michel Who 10 firmly per-
s1sded Of their truth.
Another charge agains. The General IL tina. Of IN
military conduct III lie correspondence with the
Gov, rnnent. HE victories, say biz accusers, were
chiefly won by telegraph. His disptcb,s about h.
he Affairs along the railroad which lie was grading
were real and regarded with ders.on and dlfgnsI
when they returned 10 his command. There War no
enemy 70 Fight N h.. department with the exception
OF few gueulllas, aud hey were growing stronger
aud more andaciols continually until lie departure.
], j. sa.d that Gen. Mrchcls Battle Of Bridge.
port -" which made q good deal II noise by tele-
graph, wss an iusig1ii,ait affair, ia which three
REGIMENTS Of infantry .nd battsry o. ouT side re
engaged with sguad o.. less than q hundred Rebel
cavalry, over whom the glorious triumph was OBJ
famed without the lOss o. man. IL, in this affair
Gem Mitchell 20 6Ald % have been cIazy with eX-
element, and 10 hays shown his inrapalty 10 ham
d. three regm.uIs IN tho i'eld One Of h7 Colonels
refused " o.ey has orders rcpea eddy, In consequence
oi their glariDs abra-Jiy, aud has never De-p rep
rim inded tor his i4subordna.ion, and wac not per-
Dlt'e1 to rec gn.
The panic which 81 one lime prevailed IN ten.
Michel. Department oLOu. being cut oil by the
right wing Of Tho Rebel army a. Corinth ia charged
10 the General, aud wa g. wholly siVilltOns and Il
dis,reditube affair. 1Lere Wa reason to sup
pose thai Bsa1rcsrd, With his hands igll, 40 they
were, a. ,orinth, could reach around, beyond the
freaks in the Charleston road made by Gen. Sher.
man, and strike Gen. Mitchell Bu! just alter 100000
faiOps we've cent by Geh. iiuuea ioE the tubslsL-
enco 81 tJl. fuicLns brigade a. IuscuDb,a, pidty
q; yuer,lllas made catler IN that qulIisr aud Iur
chm was ordered % fall back in hoL haste, which be
did, des,roying ,hree-iourhs Of tho 100000 raions
eent him By Gen. I,slleck. The next thug was the
Destruction OF the great )rdge acrOss the Tennessee
Rive near Deca'nI-a most unWite proceeding, IN
called for by any eyigency, and which has seriously
embarrassed our military operations IN the Ia South
Since he man ~h0 Wan trimming "A tree rawed of
NC hiab upon which he was sittnG, betwixt himrei
aiu the ank, the h,s not beeu more thoroughly
parilletd than by Gen. Mitchell IN burning ne De
c..ur bridge, by Which he Communicated win the
Commencing General Of his Department.
The panis-like retreat from Atieos, Alabama, wac,
hk,wioe grave mistake A force OIL Rebel cavalry
sId 10 have been precisely lOi IN number, croe,rd
The Tennessee RIVER, and we're mhgnllcd into vast
hoet by An intelligent contraband," VINO Ia believed
to have been mspua, by the itrbels Tor tho ooca-
zion. The consequence was, prelptato re.fea. cu.
Atheus made W Tugeun'r Brigade, which resulted
in a. considerable destruction o. Government proper
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