The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-30
THE REMOVAL o GENERAL
{ q . ROSECRANS. ..'...
Rumors and Reasons assigned for
. the Measure.
STARTLING AND PAINFUL REEVE
LATlON.
Special dispatch to the Chic go Tribune.
WAsIIIXCr.,N, Oct. %.

| PEI cOHtu:nS the following "dUuble-
loaded" editorial:
We are in receipt of astonishing intelli
gence in regard to the removal of Rose
Grains The whole country will he ast"und-
ell ut what we shall chronicle. It is ru
Inored that three charges are made a .ainst
the late popular commander. The first
charge is preferred by Gen. T. L Git
tentlen and Gen. McCook. to the effect
that R0secrans left the battle field during
the crisis, and fled to Chattanooga, and
| reported to officers there that the day was
lost. 1t was reported that subsequently,,
through opium. he became insensible.
The second charge. it is rumored, is
| made by the Government, to tile effect
that his orders were to remain at Chatta-
nOogs until reinfUrcements should come.
The third charge, as rumored, is to the
effect that he declined to move from MUIR
freesbo-O in June last, when ordered to do
SO by the Government. as an opportunity
was ffered to crush Bragg, a large por.
tiUn of his army having been Withdrawn
to succor Johnston, who was operating
against G ant
1t til, sc charges are true, is it not most
unfortunate, as the name of EOSecrans was
Il inli>nan OF immense weight.
New York papers make sweeping ac-
| crlsati0n that during the battle of Chicka-
ma ga Generals RO,ecrans, Crittenden and
| McCmk were asleep at Chattanooga.
We learn selni officially that III regard
TO Gen. Cr:ttenden, this statement is false,
and that nothing has warranted tie tircu =
| latiOD a. suc,, ua-;,T-iUlls
The blame, it is sud, connected with
The failure Of Chicka.nauga, anM full
tO.iovy upon Rosec,mns
In another editorial, apparently written
before the above, the Chronicle says it
will doubtless be generally assumed that
Gen RoSecrans' almost total absence from
engagement WAS the principal reason for
his being eieved Of the command, more
especially as the General WHO bore the
bruat ul it, Gen Thomas. } has been APP
pointed in his stead.
| We have reason 10 kpOw that his con
duet On that occasion wien news of the
battle first reached here, was severely cell
snred by military authorities, and was
probably the turning point in the decision
| tlil' has teen reached.
| W. hazard nothing in saying that prior
to that, there had been grave CAUSE of
complaint against tho General lie tcus
| nice befy1'e OW The ene IF beiN0 ren,0retl
| for II future to a,o0s tn aid Grant. and
make diversion in his favor by attacking
| Brlrg
At another time 10 was somewhat
strongly demonstrated will, for his delay
in moving from Murtreesaoro.
Con. sosecrans has, in many things,
shown Il mself good officer, and his su
Dersedure, we believe, has been very re-
luctantly determined on; but neglect of
orders from his superiors, will unit the
best man tor military command.
The Ecening Post of last evening says:
We are Satisfied that the good OF the SER
vice demanded RUsecrans removal, and
that is enough.
The stories concerning reasons for Gen.
ROsecrans removal continue rife. One of
the latest is that he has rendered himself
in measure unit for duty by the excess
sive use OF opium.
The stories that ROsecrans, having
epileptic fits, and being injured by the use
| OF opium, are repeated tonight with great
pertinacity, but admitted that they are not
the cause Of his removal, that having been
determined ON before they were known {;
Government officials are repeating that
dispatches shew him tn have been fairly
stanpeded at Ohickamauea.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 2O.-The Department
| of the Gulf commences at about the mouth
| of Red river. That of Missouri, under
General Schofeld, is not included in the
division of Gen. Grant. 1t will be SO IN
that this new distribution gives to General
Grant nearly half of the On ire armies of
the country, and fully half of the fighting
territory. The headquarters will bein tn /,
| field
OF the motives and causes which have
led to this change we are only permitted
to guess 1t is now talked about that the
War Department has never felt the same
degree OF confidence in Gen. ROsecrans
| which the soldiers in his army and the
people at large have. It is even said that
his lighting reputation has been vastly
overrated, and is due mainly to an indis.
criminate and injudicious newspaper puff
| ing. Old charges are being raked up
| against him ;-such as that at the battle of
Stone River, where he had given up the
battle as lost and ordered retreat which
was only changed on Crittenden's sending
word that the enemy was retreating. 1t
is also alleged that at the recent battle his
presence Of mind forsook him, and that his
orders on the battle field were fla. contra
dictions.
/ cannot vouch for the truth of these
stories, and give them only as stated in
the current conversation of persons who
may know much better than /.
The testimony of McOook and O-itten-
den, in the proposed examination will, it
is said, be quite damaging to Rosecrans.
1 hear also that complaints among his of.
ficers are rife that system Of secret DO
lice which he has established bears very
hardly upon the patience of honorable
persons. In other words, that it is pros.
titnted to spy the actions and words Of his
subordinates. All of which may be true,
or it may be the merest invention of jeal
ousy. Nalla -a rs