Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-10-22
To Asj ltant General, Richmond, Va.
ALErrER FROM GENERAL KEARNEY.

wilkes Spirit o. the Times, Of this week, publishes
the follouiag !st.sr Of hsjos G ,usrl Phillip Ksarnsy to
O 8. Halsteaa, Jr, Of Newark, New Jersey:
"HARRIsoxhs LASDIEu fth August, 1862
"DsAR Pr.-I thank you for your kind, long letter.
You extend to me hope. You suggest Withdrawing me
aud nv diyi,ien out OF this isn,bs position. With
Pooe's army, | would brsslhs sgsia.
:" We base no G,Hsraf'. keoieNsn , the failure
aver proclaimed him. He has been punished, last as !
a, oace couprehsuded the moves Of the parties. IL
,-iV ont. g.. " IN nors Illies, more pd'ti Of blood
S,Btipo bV d,ibblets. He mas lost tbs confidence Of all.
Syr has he 6 single ofi,sr about him oipsele Of better
ING n. Sumner is 4 bull in q china shop" and . SUR
epeueh h~lundsrer. - los. hs corps graiuitouay at Fair
O,kS he u not now 10 hs rish. ols,e, AMI will be
pucb were. = i email brain ossifed In q = com
psny' garrison on the E,oltis-. y, vas not of Us 10
Mexico. but il q rear oolumn once Big 8 d tlnt Il ISL in
a guerilla kShi. His tkll Is 9 myih, u posticet reis!ou
OF MS gwa part o.. bs'Fsr Raa. Ptftsr ts=soot-i in
nature, but weak 90 wa.er--lhe sP?Eseat can't OF al THE
disaster for his want Of generalsAp 90 the chlekahomi
nv. - ard Franklin are tAlsnvs1 engineers. Thcy
might make good Gslerslii II they uoc erstood the value
Of clements IN their calculation; as IL IL, they are dan
"Waen - was drlli, Le had soma few men
drowned befoe yorktown. know " nc other feat Of
Ma. F.auki. - nat s a: W 81. Point vas a moe, runaway
picke: agdt OF ours. h par! on the Oaick ,hominy was
aop.r io1Sbls. II, sent over a 3.vision, (hls own was
oresslt ca that side out I frS,l aud rsVee in.eriered to
n,oyelt them beng e .crifcei by dibhiets, aud rendered
p,ey 70 tAeir false p~OSitisl, | was Mortified a. II, a.
I~csoibel by General Taylor, aud oil otsers IL Il sur
o-;sfor thstI Sa1t 70 ret nus Of this ms,sf Besides,
shey have cent 2e 4 " or Generslsaif, dating from Jal7
On, mudil d 10 a blol ofn-S a1d very ordlia'v i1ior
oN,er5. D. thsy force; TIA, | WIS s~Pp1!1ted tss Jth IN
TIA o iyiuAl ig.Y TIA. J. GA the heels Of BAL BI',
f,c,d the enemy 9TH a jersey Brglds, in advano, OF all
o,hCr, hcCl ,lAa, HcD1Eeli, az il oHns gsHu', nearly
Forcing m, 10 como back Of tbs "S,m nary Do they
&c., ~ I..w Esa.I,. kaY l.F.F
Cd with p,Lii the retiring enemy Has Williamsburg
aver come 20 their earl ? Or, mol | really feel agg awaited
bsyoad endurance. Discipline becomes dJgrAds,ion II
not 1isld.d With jgsfee. Pa rio.isn cannot, amid al
her sacrifices, claim that Of sJr"p'et. Generals, vic
.nrious in the past, are not cil.i 90 to expose their
troops un,c:s those brave cen are acknowledge. Tatir
identity ia iseir chiefs promotion. o!slms . date OF their
own high ace. c., no, 1 am nearer re,uRnsn: 10 the
home | have given up, 10 ,Ss interests ! have sacrificed.
TO nv cherished wife, whose anxiety opprtsles me, than
I ever dreamt OF 10 O war for the Dnion. But II the In
tatuatei North 10 weak ecough TO let this crisis be man
aged BY ''smal men OF small motives, ] an not WiLine
81 be their puopes
"Ny delr Psi, / am too Lazy, aud too lite interested,
to i've into the future Of this little btx Of heresies,' 10
do tell ms-uhat do tie people Of the North look for
ward TO in the iutur,G | lear lest the war will die out
in Vapid i~moeclity.
70. Mcclellan he is burnt cut. Never once on 4 bat
te fed. you havs nothing to hope from hin IS q leader
Of a celia on. How do they expect Pope 20 baat, with
a very inferior 70 ce, the veterans Of + SeLl and Jicks)ty
But thts, arc episodes. We dsctjVs ourselves. There
was a psople OF old-lt Was ID, WARRIOR Spartou, with
his Heb. Of the & Id. Til, south have realized il
Tn ,rs was an ambitious p'ople of recent timss, aud a
colssrip,ion pln5e,ed TO her ~ilvaslols. A. tbs moment
the South exc nDli6eJ them both. Peace, pac,, but
there is no pde' No, not even with a d ru o.ed Ulion.
Let the NorIh cas-. away that d'luso1.
"Drar We must, or the Giseiplinsd THOUSANDS Of the
South will redeem scrip in Philadelphia, and yet tie
tyrs North NUT accept l., and qlickly to a man or tie
momsnt 1; drayglrs In d,oa.e, Maryland, Tenness, % aud
Kentucky will cas-. past vic oies to the wiod' and rise
with their neatly allied rebsl kin. Ny dear Pet, | shall
DO delighted when Henry CA come on. As TO Colonel
HalsteIJ, l thinkshat his case 1, a type OF the ins'ne
ald unnecessary despotsm introduced into tho army,
uader tho auspices OF hc0iellsn and his very r'ak Aides.
1, is nov too late, but why was not the cIvary pu' in
ny charge at the oommenconent9 Two nights ago the
rebel batteries lied across the river, AID killed and
wounded soma thirty men. Lust night Hooker sarted
cf on crude expedition to Malvern Hills. He vent
out four miles aud came back again. Sill q Tdtss JaH'
Injuries tbs whole army. Mcclellan Is DANCE ou., from
TIE want of d~igostng bis plans. 10 positively has no
talents. Adieu. est me aud my fighting d WHOM with
Popa. With best regards yours, KsARsiY.
uTo H. n Y Hala,aad Jr- Neuark. N. il