The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-11-07
The Washington Chronicle and
Gen'1s Grant and ROsecrans" -

AAS SnfOnlcle 0nd
GENTS Grant and ROsecrans. -
1t ought to be better understood that the
! Administration is not be held responsive
for the matter published in the Washington
Chrdntcte. There has been a good deal of
unnecessary excitement and indignation
throughout the country, because an article
, that appeared in the Chronicle was supnos.
ed to have been inspired by the highest
authority. An explanation of the origin
and G3ttAnUS Of that article is due ia The
: public.
There has been such thing as ill-fee}ino
4 perhaps it would not be exactly the tbins
J to say jeaiousy-existing between The conn.,
manding officers of the Departments of the
Tennessee and Cumberland. This anneers
to have originated about the time of the hs,
! ties OF Iuka and Corinth. 1t was charged
that Gen. Grant delayed an agreed move
ment and caused, the failure TO infict an
overwhelming defeat on Price at Iuka: and
further that he inopportunely ordered the =
disccnt:nuance OF the pursuit of the enemy
after the battle OF Corinth. There was also
a controversy as TO the behavior of Davies,
division at the battle of Corinth; and ont
of that flowed bitterness. There is no cues
ton that the overthrow of the rebels at Cor
inth was the cleanest Federal victory of the
war. 1t occurred in Grants department.
our troops being under the immediate COM.
mand OF ROsecrans. The question was as
70 the distri button of the glory. Wharf.-The
personal feelings Of Generals Grant and
ROsecrans were, we do not know; but at
the time the latter was ordered to take COM
nland Of the Army of The Cumberland, the
staff officers and particular friends of each
were feeling unpleasantly toward the other
| One of the editors OF the Washington
| Chronicle was at that time with General
/ Grants army. in the capacity of correspon-
| dept Of the Philadelphia Press, and not IN
naturally absorbed the gossip prejudicial
TO Gen. Rosecrans. He also acquired an
extraordinary estimate of the abilities OF
Gen. Grant, firmly believing that he was
the Great Captain Of the war. The result
| of the NickSburg campaign was not such
as to impair his conviction in this respect.
| The supersedure of Gen. Rosecrans by Gen.
Grant was an event in which he felt SEN
sation Of triumph, and inconsiderately
enough he wrote of it as partisan of Gen.
! Grant, and rehearsed the old hostile gossip
about Gen. RoSecrans.
| In this connection we should not omit 10
remark that in official circles, in Washing
! ton, there haS4ong existed a feeling OF dis
| trust of Gen. Rosecrans, and confidence in
! Gen. Grant. that has been curioHsly tena-
lcious. During the period when public
opinion in the West was exceedingly I'M
| settled as to Gen. Grandfather the Deem
Der, 1862, affairs in front of Vicksburg, and
at Holly Springs-there was at Washing
ton belief in Gen. Grant that was almost
astounding.
/ Rosecrans' splendid victory at Corinth,
and his display of the qualities of a hero
and General at Stone River, made less
lively impression at Washington than else
where. The difficulties he had to over
| come in preparing Tor the campaign from
MurfreeSDOro were underestlmated at
Washington. The task that ne accomplish
ed in bringing up his cavalry force from a
state Of decided inferiority 10 one OF deci-
ded superiority, 10 that of the rebels, while
! he was at Murtreesboro, did not seem TO
! be appreciated at Washington. The ne
fcessity of accommodating immense supplies.
and securing them in formidable fortifca-
tons at Murfreesboro, before going for
ward, was undervalued at Washington.
| And Gen. Rosecrans didn't like to be
meddled with. He thought he knew the
business of his department better than it
many of the dispatches of Gen. Halleck
and Secretary Stanton, obtrusive and i'm
pertinent; and we expect he replied 20
| them in "mind-your- wn-business'' sort
of style. While this mode of dealing with
the dictation Of the General Chief and
Secretary of War is not displeasing to the
| public, it is q thing not likely TO be forgot
ten at Washington ; and it is not improba-
! be that it may haye been remembered 10
Gen. Rosecrans' disadvantage.
Aside from the question: whether General
Rosecrans did his whole duty at Chicha-
| UltusG-lt DtCNi4c SF-ucilU ditci tllO tasL4V
that the Army Of the Cumberland must be
reinforced from the Armies Of the Potomac
and Mississippi Officially, TENNESSEE
And at once the old sore feeling between
Grants and Rosecrans' departments was
apparent. There was terrible hardness
I in the movement Of troops from the Missis-
sippi. The corps nearest RosecranS Gen.
Hurlbut's) was not moved, but distant
one was sent for. General Hooker, with
two corps at Bridgeport, was reported 10 be
an independent command.
i There was obviously an absolute neces-
sity for the concentration of military au-
th0rity over all the Western armies, III tie
7 hands of one man. This concentration
should have occurred months before. The
only practical question was: Who shall
have the command of the Western armies?
| General Grant was the highest officer n
rank in the Western field, and that exalted
Washington estimate Of him of which we
have spoken. gave him the command. 1t
was not 10 be presumed Rosecrans would
serve Inder him. Harmony was desirable
nay, essential. Gen. Thomas had Won the
confidence of the army and country, at
Chickamauga, and had no controversy with
Grant. The result is before the country
| Cincinnati Commercial.
THE SILVER NINE DISCOVERY ON LAKE
SUPERIoR.-The excitement consequent
upon the first report that silver lead had
heen discovered III the vicinity of Mar
quette has by no means moderated, but has
assumed the phase Of reality. Specimens
OF the ore have been brought in b. TWO or
three persons. and an analysis made,
which proves beyond doubt that they are
unusually rich in silver. The lowest re-
turn from the assays was an average or
about eight pounds of silver 10 the ton OF,
lead. The highest was twenty-five pounds.
; These are extraordinary leads, ana the
only question remaining TO be solved ~,
whether the veins containing the ore ere OF
sufficient size to warrant mining. Both OF
, the gentlemen who made the explorations,
and obtained the specimens, aver that the
veins are of greater width and length thah
is necessary for reIuuneratiye mining; III
fact, they give width which wou!a ne
double that often found and opened 10 Il
profit. The location OF these deposits IS
, around a small lake in thenorthwest qUaf-
ter Of town 80, range y west. The forma-
|. ton is granite. and has long been consid-
: cred metalliterous. The veins are elther
assure or cash, though most probably the
| Tnryner 40 the EXPLORERS state that they