, 1862-09-20
FROM WASHINGTON.
! War Bulletin,


War Bulletin.
Tc1KcE1An.1
uEAEQrAR3Ens OF TIE Asxr.-Msjor General
Fotttr commanding the department OF North
Carolina, has.ca.led attention to IN article in the
New York $v7fag Post Of September 4.b. in.
which ie published the numbers aud positions Of
his troops H9 remarks that the New York papers
aIwa3e reach The cnery In a few days after publ
caiiou. and tha such Information from on. ftisads
il more injurious than that gained by the rebel
spiee.
The ne~srsper prcss is earnestly Requested to
E1a7 e Go publication il regard to the 1unbers
and movements cf our troops. No info.mat!oa
conld be more ,Eg1eeable to the enemy than this
Such publications hare done immense injury to
our caree. -
(signfd) INV. H.L1zcK, Gca in Chis,.
Especial Dispatch to the cascase Thbure.J
- -'WAs1uNareN7 Sept. 70, 1851
4 letter to BE navg department ffom Com
nodore D.s11s,t dated of Hsiena, Ark, Sept.
Z, 1862, says that on the fth lest. Lieut. Egg
bert Thompson, commanding sunbo>t Pitts
brzgh, ltarnibg through contr41,nds that
fo.ce OF rebels numbering 200 o. $50 strong,
were eLcamPed at Montgomery Point, near
the mouth Of White River, where they rers
erectiCg. ba:tesses. They dropped down the
river opposite the poiut, WHARF tae rebels
we're eaid to be encamped, aId shelhs1 them
cut, # Tonnding and taAisg prisoners nunbcr
of tbtm, anc caFtrtioy eight Gors.s, a rumber
ot saddles, arms, tSc. The rrhe}s were ut
breakfast whtnshel,s from tnc Pi:tsbur. COM
u1cncrd falling among them. The Pi.tsburs
7h:n proceeded as faz IS Eunics, Ark, and
ytt11 4
iitttd up in handsome. style to DC used as
Lo1el 1T the Termination ot the Mississippi
ana Red River railroad. TEE boat WIS towed
up to Htltua, und is now occupied by the
qraTteTnaster's department OF the ar1ly at
Inc PUNT under Gen. S.tcle
Alrlibsr OF rebel cavalry were seen on the
w.sr bark g tie Mississippi OF the town Of
Bolivar, in which vicinity t!1 enemy wAs said
q be cucampte in considerable force.
Gen. Thos. Francis A1eagher was seyere!y
wounded in yesterdays battle.
Enormous stories are told Of water running
half blood in the. vicinity of yesterdays bat
tlsfsld.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Trlbune.l
WAsu1NGTox. Srpt- 19, 1862 ?
Medical Inspector Musscy has made . IT,
port On ospital abuses, in this city, showing
that In some hospitals gross frauds have been
committed in furnishing food to patients, and
that false dit lists were kept for public in-
spection.
The Union Relief Association has published
q report alleging existences Of other and
grosser abuses In some other hospitals, aud
announcing that tue surgeon general has given
fhp+ fhGv G hail hn3
corrected.
The following are deaths Of western soldiers
yesterday in the hospital: corporal Thomas
Funk, co. K, 9th Pennsylvania, from Pitts
burg Christopher, co. I, 18th Mich; Lewis
Hoolman, co. G. Sd Mich. Nathan Torrey,
CO. E, 9th Wis; Hcnrs Heake, eth Maryland
Cass;ns II. Clay's orders to report to Major
General Butler at New Orleans has been re-
yskcd, md he Is still awaiting assignment to
Gu1y- It seems to be regarded as pratsy
hazardous experiment, at this stage OF the
war, to put men without military experience
at the head Of my important command. Tht
government is anxious to. give. Clay promi
nent position, bit tcea baiH.ssed by tnt
difficulty Of finding euch an one which i
would be warranted in ontrusting to him.
This mornings Aationd1 Latetligsnccr con
taiEe tie following relative to card which /:
IN wide circulation here, concerning promi
nent men.
It possesses peculiar interest for the wes
and northwest:
In tie number Of the New York -Eueu:z
E1p7xxs Of the 17ih inst, there is IN artici
headed "The Washington Press, Sttlitar.
Dictators, and Directora,'' in which my uam
$r r.A~< r L.
had ceased 10 exist with the calumnics wlic
fer long years 1t had consistently heaped upo
all liberal men Of the republic, especial
upon 1n3selt, what Was my surprise, then, I
frd in its fadcd pages that although lis lit
blood seemed nearly exhausted, its na1igui:
!, NE in the list Of military dctators b
| quoting the lafayette {Iediana) Cus,ie,
: Thus it violates no Confidence In til
statement that Hon.: Henry s. Laat
Judge Cist, Jesse 7: Williams, Hon R. y
4 sentative men Of the Northwest have recent
I teen In Washington urging upon the pres
Gent acceptance Of the proposition for CO.
T. eolidaiing all the troops Of The Northwestc.
It States into one grand division uader COT
: nand OF Gov. Morton, &c. &c, and upc
is This bssis the Express attempts to show that
:, ard othsr are attempting dictatorship, ar
following In the most approved traditions
!, State rights politicians, and concludes tn
ID the fact o1ly affords another evidence Of Il
n easy manner in which EXTREMES meet a,
set together.
Now, 60 far rs I al, concerned, prououn
ita calunlny against me ir every respect, DO
n. IT, its allegations Of TACT and ip Its Inference
:, lo2fcal deduction.
"a I lave never said word to the preside
3. about Gov. Morton, or in favor OF m Xxi
L. him tie conmsneer OF the Northwests
,v grand diyieion Of tile troops. have net
= advocated any such formation, nor spoken
apy such probable SUCCESS. have never p
to posed any other way Of carrying on the v
s. than BY the constitute ed authorities. hH
oy never desired to oye1thro~ the presii:
us or establishment Of dictatorship Dt Freme
OF or a1y other man. On the contrary, ha,
nd both before and since leaving Russia, said tt
u. our only hopes Of success we're in giving t
':t prtsidrlt hearty support. Every man
l: colnMon sebee must sec that war il the MOI
- n,utt result iu the separation Of the conf
II crate etatte. have not thought the pr
Ut dent was right in his policy IN reference
u slavery, the CAUSE Of the var, bnt hs WAS ms
th president, not I, and his views must 1on'n
re over nsine- believe him honest He
G. shown great ability, activity and earncstne
Id lie Eus accomplished mnch in the rlcat dir
&. ton. Tie Is progressive, and will, doubt n
r accomplish more.
=, I TRUST him, ard call upon all the coin
Is to trust him. In Europe alone, OF all {
he ministers. have been assaied. At no
n aga3n, before | take the deld, am ca}uuI
set It'd. My actions and MT success in b;
re, csses, would prefer to b.: my only defens
r but these allegations against my good a,
" weaIrcss into the country,
IN therefore forego my usual rule aud ref
l5e at orce tue calumny which none but allies
IS trsitors and tyrants would utter, aud nj
;s. but men emasculated by t1unkeytsna aud y
.r, seryi+nce tn the slave power would be 8
he | cnonpl, rn hrlievn an, truly. your obedi
- servant, CAssfrs A. CLA1
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