Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-12-05
SPIRIT OF TIVE MORNING PRESS


The fntelIio>ncer, reviewing Gen. Halleck's
report, says of the allegation Of Gen. III. that if
the Army Of the Potomac had arrived few
days earlier to the support of Pope, the Rebel
srrny could have been easily defeated and de-
stroyed.
Would il not have been inst rs reasonable
TO argue that If the army OF Gen. Mcclellan
had brCn permitted 10 remain the James
River until il could be reinforced, the country
would have been spared the inevitable hazards
Washington, ard which actually led 20 the in
yasion OF the loyal States i! Gen. HalIeck's
plan, II is easy TO see, was liable to derange-
ment, not only by the actual delays OF others.
but also by his own possible miscaicuations as
tn the time required for the removal of ninety
thousand men, with heavy siege trains and
military stores. Indeed, what seemed to him
sdrlays' nay have been in fact simple but ac-
cidental and unavoidable defects in his compu-
taiIols.
s.That To blame was attached to Gen McC!.l-
Ism fer the delay that attezded the junction OF
the two armies in the presence OF a wary and
powerful enemy, would seem 10 lie sufficiently
proved by Lis selection ~ conduct the demon
allied remnants of both commands against the
enemy who had broken into Mar Land. With
what degree Of skill he conducted that mo We
Trrnt we shall not undertake TO say, but Wa
ebSrTvc that il r, ceiYes no praise at the hands
OF tff n. HaIlrck"
Ger. Halleck refrains from citing all the
enc morablJ ocC asiOns on " hich the ms ryent
Generals have soutnarched' our commanders,
but perhaps thc most remarkable instance of all
fyli under his own observation while in COM
maEd OF the department of the Nil sisSppi.
The rapid advance OF Bcanregard, surprising
PORTION OF orr army At PittSburg Landing,
and his Eelip<e-iike retreat from Corinth,
a!'Pf OET victorious ard CRAFTY -superiOr forces
haf been maDcUycTing in his ilInedi lte pres
encc for fifty odd days, will serve as suitable
Illustrations 70 confirm the justice o! the praise
which Gen. HaIIeck bestows on the superior
mobility Of the Re;el armies, both in sad van
cling and .retreatng.'
The RcyrJficGn seems so tickIcd with the idea
of getting notorie1y, that it plumes itself anna
ziEgIy over the kicks and bullets il receives at
all hands for its non on o-Richmond, going
into-winter- quarters wrinkle.
The Chroricr, argues in favor of tbr sdni5-
sion Of the new State of Western Virginia
PRISONERS Os STATE RELEASED.
u @ r III 6 q
10 exam Inc into such cases, the folio wing St rte
prisoners were released from the Old CapjtoI
Prison Viz: John f. Luckett. B-rn ard Payne,
John S. Rector, Barton Robey Charles John.
son, Zeph. Wells, James, W. Wilkins, W. Gar.
rison, v. K Jackson, VIM. A. Il. Smith. John
Perkins, Snowdea Strother, John Uackett,
teolored,) and Henry r. Hodges
GES. PORE AND GEN BANKs-Cicn. Pons
has written letter explanatory Of the fol-
lowing paragraph in a dispatch of his to Gen.
Halleck:
"Banks corps is very weak, numbering not
much more than five thousand men, and is
much dsmOralizCd."
Gen. Pope says that his only meaning vast that
After tire severe battles they had passed through.
especially the seysre one Al Cedar Mountain.
AID after Gems Banks Augur Cirary and Oar
roll, had BEEN so in Jared as To be unfit for d,,tv
TIE command was In a measure without ON
GERS, and the broken condition in which their
heroic galiantry had left them demanded that
they shonld have rest: which would ha va baen
ENeh mem. put IL was not possible to snare a
man from the front Gen. Pope does NOT %ish
AZ TO be supposed that he would cast even tha
implication OF reproach upon this gallant
oand and It's intrepid leader.
~Ihe Palmyra, Mo, Courier, which is pub.
Ished where Gen. Mcneil executed ten
gueri!las, denies that Mr.. Alsman, whose
restitution was demanded rs the condition of
the safety OF these men, has turned I'M ali ye in
IibDois, as has been stated 1t says also that
Gen mcNell, then Colonel, ordered the exc
cntlon OF sixteen Rebels after the battle of
kirksville, for what offence is not stated. and
That Gov. Gamble expressed his apprubation
OF his conduct by promoting him Since the
execution OF these ten Rebels he has had his
command extended so as to embrace the whole
OF The Eight District embracing twslys conn
Res OF Northeastern Missouri. Communieo
tlon from q friend of Gen. Mcneil states that
tne ten men who were executed had ALI OF
them broken their paroles and were taken with
arms In their hands
INDIAN AYYAIRs.-It is not generally Known
ina, OR government has twoor three regiment,
OF Indians in service, who are officer.d nv
white men. The news papers generally ha va I,