Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-01-16
MORNING EEADER.

FRIDAY MORNING., Jan. 16, Is68es
Rosecrans ana His Omeers---The Great
1s 11ess % ne Comma deE---Conduet Of kia
renerats upoH tho Field
From the correspondence Of the cinein-
pati Commercial We quote some interesting
paragraphs regarding the genius and
greatness displayed at MurfreesbOro by
General ROsecrans. his cOOlness was un-
surpassed. When his right wing was SO
astoundingly flung back into his face With
frightful rapidity and violence, it was
enough to have shaken any ordinary
mind. 1t must have touched him nearly.
His plans were 50 thoroughly prepared and
digested, and 50 well approved by his best
Generals-he relied SO earnestly upon the
staunchness Of the till then frusty right
wing, that the pang Of disappointment,
when il gave way with so little resistance,
must have been almost crushing for the
instant. Buth scarce made a sign. A
little color, perhaps, faded from his face,
but he dashed away emotion with ges-
ture Of inpatence, and vehementIy said,
Never mind-neyer mind--we will rec
tify tive viii makeit allrightr' From
that instant, no man disoerned gIimmer
Of dependency, uncertainty, or vacilla-
ton in his features, tone, department, but
he bent The whole force Of his viii, and
directed all the powers Of his ready and
fertile mind into that field, with an obvi-
ous discrimination TO make it his own.
or The siiii win which he handled his
troops il is said that lines upon lines of
troops we're piled upon each other, SO com
pactly that' the whole power Of the enemy
could not make serious impression upon
any point of it. The artillery was han
died as if it were a pocket-pistol, and
troops in masses were hurled across the
6eld as if they were great ball tossed
about by Titan. The cOmmonest soldiers
observed it with audibleexpressiOns Of ad-
miration.
OF the conduct Of the division command
ers, the correspondent writes: -a
'Major-GeneraI Thomas is regular
salamander. His corps was in the center.
OF course he was with it. While the 8th |
division was fighting staunchly, he was /
there to assist Negley. When Rousseau
got into the woods, and was ordered out |
again under a storm Of missiles, Thomas /
Wasat hand to give directions, and when |
he got ont himself, he ran the gahntlet Of |
cross-fring, and strangely enough was not |
even scratched. saw no difereh in his |
department under FIRE and in his narqnee. |
The contrast between him and Rousseau /
was striking. 0ue was imperturbable |
The other blazed like q comet, inspiring /
wild enthusiasm among his faithful troops. 1
Crittenden was perfectly calm, but there |
YES an unusual stateliness in his, deport- |
nent that expressed his consciousness Of /
the glory OF q great battle. He made ne |
noise about hss command but he was con- |
adent it would justify his proudest expect
ations when it should engage. 1t did its |
duty nobly. General McCook did not see |
when his command was engaged. Later |
in theday--it was pretty hot, tOO--he was |
near the left Of his line, surrounded by |
his staff-Basset Langdon, Campbell, Wiz
iams, Threuston, Fisher Caleb Bates-a /
little flushed by excitement and fatigue, /
but otherwise as you see him eustomarily.
The horse he rode would not meet your no
tions Of a charger since he had accept |
ed, as Ring Richard dill, 'another' horse |
in lieu Of the fine steed which had been
killed under him. Caleb Bates seemed to |
think that the killing Of his (calebs) /
horse under him was a good joke since he |
had 'jayhawked somebody's big yaller
stud hOss on the feld-snd SO goteYen. "