Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-10-29
THE FALL. OF UgOSEClsANs.
startling and >candaiOus Charges
Brought Against Him ny the wash
iugtOn Chronicle.
From the Washington Chronicle. October "a

From the Washington Chronicle, October "a
An octave volume has just appeared from the
press OF LippincJtt Co, OF Philadelphia, which
ia likely to be severely criticised by those who
are familiar with the events il Processes To re-
cord
That portion of the work which will probably
arrest attention than any other j. the police
record of the spies smugglers. and rebel emssa
res-being, in fact, the narrative of the doings
of the "srmy police" attached TO Gen ROsecrans
army This has been published, in n separate
and cheaper form, and contains sketch of the
chief of the army police. Mr.. William Truesdail
Upon this portion of the "annals" We propose to
throw some additional light As the work is
anouy nous. the authorship being simply that of
"an officer. We may canvass II with all freedom.
IL l. possible. and by no means improbable. that,
as Mr.. Trre>dail. though holding military
rank il hml.isry called colonel" in the army.
he i the "nfiicer" Who has written the book
Certainly no enemy of his has "dOne the
thing" The 'chief" in his connection with the
army. first attracted attention. We believe. while
in the EMPLOY OF Gen Pope He was then a
sort of sub mail agent. After the evacuation of
Corinth important command was rendered TO
Gen Rpsecrans which included portions of Gen.
Pope. Army of the Mississippi. and Mr.. Trues-
dali thus came under Gen. ROSecrans orders. He
soon contrived To persuade that General 10 au-
thoriEe him To establish army p0lics" the
Osteusbe object of which vas 10 capture desert
ers. arrest rebel citizens and spies watch the
movements OF Federal officers etc Experience
shovel, however, that the chef object OF the
distinguished chief individual aggrandize-
ment and gain. sou after his appointment he
associated With himself one Russell. Who. of
course. soon became M linr" Russell IN police
and army ptrlsnce.) ami the power a: the ..srrny
police" soon began To make itself fel, snd ~
daings talked about: - much -. that conoi,in..
about their proceedings were formally r,.la .,
Gen Grant. accompanied by representation tb,t
Gen R0secrans vas countenanclng aud tosteri.,,,
3 brigade Of cotton thieves Al inquiry was I'm
stituted. and Il WIS shown that lhls class Of
hangers on about Gen r.. ecrtns' headquarter.
were hsbitually committing depredstions on the
country around. apparently With the consent OF
Gen Rosecraus, and certainly oy the assistance
Of his soldiers The mode Of oneration was
adroii and cuuninsly devised rrueSdsil would
report 10 Gen ROsecrans that ''Msior" Russell
had discovered at certain place generally
twenty or thirty miles distant from our linz ~
picket- a small band of guerriilas or a deuot %
provisions for the rebel army Wagons would
thereupou be sent out under strong cavalry
escort, but they generally returned laden with
cotton instead Of bacon or grain. Very rarely.
indeei were guerrias brought in by these expe
diuons, though sometimes parties would be cap
tgred Who could not have been guilty OF any
great crime. as they we're invariably released on
taxing the oath Of allegiance So satisfied was
Gen Gr,nt that the whole affair was gruss
abuse. that he turned the xhole Of the operators
out of the army.
Truesiaii would probably have found "hs oc
cu1ation gone. had not Gen Rosecrsns abou,
this time. been placed IN command OF BueU's AR
nv The Chief no sooner heard Of this man
than he HE'D him 10 Bowling Green. He was