Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-10-24
AsHrxoros Oct. -

:. uaahingtos Chronicle gives con.
siderable prom'nencs 70 IN apparently
authentic statsmsut xeiaslsea e. sGss.l
llpu1o0t1G1 1tSdS<Sl. Il sHys:" We are
in receipt Of astounding inteili gence 10
regard 70 the removal Of Rosecraus.--
The whole countsy will Be stirred at
what We shall chronicle. It 10 that
three charges have been made against
this late popssas oo~'Dapdes. The first
10 preferred By Generals Csittspdse and
NeCeek, 70 he effect list Rosscssns
len the battlefield dpsisg The cr'siA Ned
70 Cbstasssogs, end reported 70 of6csrs
there that the day VA Lost. It 10 re-
ported that, subsequently, through opium
he became insepsible. The second
charge, it 10 rumorcd, 10 mnds by the
Government, to the effsc, that his o..
dsrs we're 70 remain u Cbsttaooogs IN
til seinfo,cements should arrive. The
third charge, ~ sumored, 10 to the ef-
feol that he declined to move from Muir
f,e esboro, in June last when ordered 10
de- 90 BY the Government, as an oppor-
tuuity was offered to crush Bragg, .
large portion Of his army having been
w,ihdrA~n to snccer Johnston, who was
operating against Gen. Grant. A New
York paper makes a sweepinc accnss-
uon ,ha, during the battle Of Chico maui
"a, Geua. Rusecrsns, Crittenden and
McCook were asleep at Chat,ano ga
We learn. semi officially, ,h.t in re-
gard to C,i.tsIden, this statement 10
ta!se, and that nothing has warranted
the circulation OF such . paragraph
The blame connected with the failure o1
Cticsmauga will fsli wholly on kcsc-
crana."
IN another editorial, apparently writ
ten before the above, The Chronicle
says: sit will DOUBTLESS be general.
assumed ths. General Ro: errans' almost
total ab. ence from t Engagement v az
the prir cipal rea.on for his being re-
liesed Of the com mand, more especially
ne the General who bore the h,unt Of J,
(Gso. ThOm.s) has been appointed i"
hi. esd. We have rsasop to know
that bio conduct on that OCCASION, when
news Of the battle 6rst reached here
was severely censurcd by military au-
tLo'ities, and was probably the ,uruine
point in the decision that has been
rea ;bed. We hszsri nothing in saying
that prior to that, there had been grave
cause OF complaint against the General
lie ras once before on the eue Of being
removed for q failure to more to aid
Grant, and make diversion in bis Ia
vor by attacking Bragg. st aco,he,
time he WAS scnewha, strongly rcmon-
stra,ed with for his delay in moving
from Murfreesborc. Gen. Roeecrans
has, in many things, shown himself a
good officer, and his supe,sedurc, we
believe, has been very re,uciantly dc
mined or but neglect Of order. from,
tis euperioys viii uuti. the best man fos
a military command"
Nrw York, Oct. %.
! The N. 7 Ecen;~g Post OF last eve,
ming SAYS: 1--WE are satisfied good
Of tie service demanded Rosectans' re
moval, and tina. is enough. The stores
concerning reas ,ns for RosecTans' e.
moyal continue rite. One OF the a,es,
Is that be has rendered himself in q
measure u'6s for duty BY the excessive
uss Of opisw. Too stores that Rose.
Crane, having epiIeptic fits, and being
injured by the use Of opium, are repeat.
ed tonight with great psstinacity, bu,
admitted that they are not the canse OF
his removal, that having been deter.
nioed upon before they we're known.
Government officials are repeating tha,
di.pstches show him to have been fairly
stampsded al Ch'ca"auga."