, 1862-02-04

Gen. Hunters order in reference to the ex-
edition from his Department towards the
soath, SCALED in the newspapers Gen. Lanes
Expedition" is another sensation to thfe ed
:1al Citizens At first the genuineness Of the
document was doubted but it is uow believed
IN official quarters to be no hoax have ta-
Ken pains to examine come Of the commissions
If Gen. Lanes staff officers, hoping that the
language employed might throw some Light
on the subject They are in the following
words: "You are hereby notified that the
Il President has appointed you, on the recon-
IS men dation Of Major General Mcclellan Tor |
s' iatc Coleman, as some Of them are curious1y |
's written), an additional Aid.de. Camp on his I
ts staff, to be By him detailed for service in the
Is a1my in Kansas under Brigadier General |
Is sLa.e." The usual printed form then fol- |
lows, concluding thus: +" You will report by
" letter to Gen. Hunter, to be detailed for ser
twice zt7ader Gen. Laae.'' Thus it appears
that it was intended to give Gen. Lane the COM
mand Of the expedition with an extraordinary
staff, extraordinary both in numbers aud rank
There are no officers on Gen. Hunters staff
ranking higher than Major, while Gen. Lane
would be a manifest improperly in sending
BIigadier General on an expedition with
more imposing staff than the MINOR General
commanding the ea1uc expedition. So it may
be assumed that the intention Of the compe-
tent authorities here WIS to give Gen. Lane
command Of the expedition
But What shall be done with Gen. Hunter?
No officer in the service has been so shamefully
treated. The most unpopular and offensive
tasks have been put upon him from beginning.
When he received his commission as Major
General he was sent to Missouri for service
under Gen Fremont, by whom he was
SngS5es tf sa Sen9abns bss s n tna pPt Pt
before he should have time to reach and cap
tutc our forces at Lexington. A few weeks
Inter he was placed in command Of the forces
in Missouri and ordered to fall back from
Springfield to st. Louis This vas undouht-
edly awise measure, but it was an unpopular
one. Price was at that time at Cross Hollow,
in the State Of Arkansas, hundred miles dis
tant, and it was useless to think Of following
him ut tue beginning Of the winter so far from
the Federal base Of operations and source of
to have it done at any risk and at any
cost. Scarcely had the rctrosadc
movement been accomplished, when General
Hunter was superseded by General Hallecs,
and sent to Coventry at Fort LeaTcnworth.
This order the had appearance Of being . CEN
not intended to be eensure in reality. Now
the time has conc round for active service in
Gen. Hunters own Department., where his
qualities as soldier might find ample cxer
else, and where his known principles as man
might have ample scope. His ideas Of the M
tufe and character Of the rebellion, and the
means necessary to put it down, arc believed
| to be substantially the same rs Gen. Lanc's.
He may reasonably ask why he is still again
| pushed aside, and in this case to make room
| for an officer ofIinferior rank9
| Here is case for the exercise Of those facul-
tics which are thought to belong to" Secretary
| Stanton-justice, flrmness and singleness Of
purpose in the cause entrusted to his charge.
| Why may not Gen Hunter Or Gen Lane be
| sent to relieve the dyspeptic and laggard Sher-
man in South Carolina, who las Us yet secured
nothing but the snccrs Of the naval officers and
the contempt Of the enemy? The only victo-
! ries which adorn his brow are those he has
| achieved over the newspaper correspondents.
Let us llase man in his place, and send hin,
to water cure. Gen. Hunter or Gen Lane
| would not wait any longer for the uprising o1
ihat t*Uniou party" at the South. They would
| 80 to work and make one. Whatever may bc
the result Of the seeming difficulty in Kansas,
am assured that there will be no i'll feeling
between Gen. Hunter and Gen. Lane. The
latter, in his private conversation here, befort
he went West, always spoke OF Gen. Hunter
as his superior officer: trust, in any event
it will not turn out that the high hopes raised
by the promised expedition arc dashed, anc
that the grand enthusiasm and lore Of country
and love Of liberty In the Northwest, have beer
triled with.
L few days since the story became current
at the War and Navy Departments that Gen.
Ripley, the head Of the Ordnance Department
was, OF was soon to be, remoycd on &C; account
that Major Dyer had been telegraphed for tt
take charge Of that important Bureau Two day:
lntera new song proceeds from the War Dc
rartnlcnt, importing that Secretary Stanton
never had any thought Of removing Gen. Rip
ley. Now, the first story was absolutely true
Gen. Ripley's head was, in the eyes Of thos'
competent to take it of, already id the basket
and for good reasons too Whether Mnjo
Dyer was summoned to take his place is not
relevant question. It is not to be belieye'
that the Secretary Of War has told anybod
that he 'neyer had any intention Of rcmogin
Ripley-n He has changed his mind. Why h
has done 60 is the mystery, and the only nys
, terry, in the case.
,, Nothing can illustrate the recklessncss c
the late Secretary Of Var more sharply tia
the cavalry force from some $1,000 to 30, ,00l
, The recommendation for this step has alrcad
been made by Gen Stoneman, chief Of caya
, r., to Secretary Stanton The 10000 horst
taqS 6sRensea @ h hyf s9st the
, were bought. II eyery one Of these ANNA
had to be shot through the head, and a
r the saddles, brides, blankets, shoe
holsters, sabrcs, lanccs, reyolyers and ca
bincs, which their purchase has made .necess
r, lad to be piled up for bonfire, the di
banding Of the whole would be an act of ccol
8 omy. Such fightful gaps as they arc eatir
: into the Treasury were never before seen
). that gaping institution. Multiply the sorroN
f Of hi. SpaIroWgrass, after he had bought t
horse from r. the mans brother,' By 80 90
and the national pcrplezity. may be. undc
stood, Perhaps the tribe Of jobbers will mai
l. more money in selling off the stock, tha
n they did in buying it, but the Goyernmea
must lie the gamer in any event: Can an
thing be conceived Of, more utterly proaiga
than this waste Of public money? II the Sc
l. retary Of War had taken the three and a halfm
e lions, and all that it las since cost to fec
c and transport the drove, and thrown the who
T s,,m into the deepest part Of the Potomac,
/. would hare been 4 better disposition Of Il
b money, for In that case no one would la
4 find an equally brilliant operation in the pu
n chase Of $40, 900 worth Of pig iron for balla
Is for portion Of the Burnside fleet, which loa
Il ed down the respective vessels SO that tn
8 could not get over the "swash," aud COZ
Is PEELED the crews to throw the iron overboa
in the shallowest parts Of the channel, there
still farther obstructing it.
&c The exigencics Of the Federal Treasury la
given birth to an astonishing litter Of pamp
>, lets, proposing new . schemes Tor paper g !;
printed a new edition Of his patent contr1
Of ance for Real Estate Bank. I say patent CO
a. triyance because he files cayeat In his prefl
claiming that all the profits Of the scheme
long to him BY right Of first discovery. !
le :thoneh the tsdiscovcry'' wills made in Engla
J" one hundred and fifty years ago, and reject
to as no discovery at all, far be it from me- to {
priye Mr.. Spooncr Of paper farthing Of
1e just profits. Another pamphlet, Of New j
:. sey origin, commences With the announceme
ut that t'the imperative want Of the country
.sthis time is a stniform paper curreney-ac7
- Hrcncy that, by common consent, saaA beeg'
s'in ralue to gold and sil,e,, and get perform
r. pthc functions of the most perfect and pene
to ssly secured bank bill'' The writer goes
IT. to urge that the Stars and Stripes be engrag
on the notes, and that they be redeemed eitf
in coin or United States bonds: The st:
and Stripes and United States bonds To1
m "equal in value to gold and silver" as the
- perial autograph was On the skin currency a
b. stsiIyer obligations :" Of China some #
hundred wears ago-that is, utterly 7
uelees. Nearly I'LL these pamphlets hs
for their evident purpose the cEeati
"a Of something out Of paper, which shall
ng | Just as valuable as gold, either by artistic
ng vices or peculiarity Of signatures, than wh
ou teis Of. that pamphlet, not one Of whom
NJ j buy hundred dollars in gold for less than {
mt hundred and three dollars Of any kind of II
mt sury notes or bank notes, not one of wh
On will sell his gold, if he has any, ut less ?
] MUM. arc Ill very severe and sarcastic
lly "bunion WoFshfpers," whom they denou
Ee al moon-struek theorists and inuovators,
nk as Brigham Young might denounce the
ny One thing Is certain, Mr.. Spaulding' T1
nv .e11Fy mite scTesna:. Which in that ef tho "