, 1863-10-22
From Our Special Correspondeut,1

senssticn. Everything, for some days, had
been dull and calm, and nothing vas looked
1or to break the monotony. The sensation Of
the time has been the arrival Of Gen. Grant
and staff, accompanied By the Secretary OF
War. Their coming WAS unsuspected, a. the
telegram which was to announce their ap.
proach WAS lost while In transit The Calf
Hou.e had been pretty well filed for some
DAYS, and the fresh Influx of visitors puzzled
the proprietor and his clerks to IN unusual
e1ttnt. Somehow they were Ill comfortably
qu.rtcred, and everybody became rs serene IS
possible
Your Cairo correspondent hss doubtless
notified You of General Grants departure
from that point northward. 1t seems the
change in the military situation has beea for
some time under confederation At Washing
ton. The three departments Of the Ohio,
Cumberland and Tennessee were to be united
and General Grant p1acef It the he&d of the
trinity. Orders we're sent to him to rel port 1t
Cairo. with bis entire staff, there to receive
| further orders. He lost no time In comply
! Ing with the command, but WAS at loss to
know Whist was wanted Of him. On reaching
Cairo he WAS directed to repair to Chattanoo-
20, by may Of Indianapolis and Louisvi1le At
Indianapolis he met Secretary Stanton, and
and the two came hfthcr by the same train,
aud arrived here unanuounced aud uuexpect
ed. Their modeety shows forth In the lasu-
ing Of an order forbidding the telegraph or
the papers to make any mention Of their pres
euce.
It soon became nolaed about town that
Gen. Grant wasn't the alt, House, and forth
at that dis1ipguisAed personage. Tie base.
ment Of the hotel Was thropged by an aux
icus concourse OF Kentucktan8 who kept
watch OF the door. where tbs General last dis
appeared, in much the exmo manner ~ 4
dazen terriers keep guard over the entrance
to 14t hole II ~ any chance the General
showed himself, he was at once surrounded.
Many who did not know the difference be-
tween one star and two gAzed i1tent1y upon
General Rawlinr, under the suppositton that
he Was the man they were looking for. Secre-
tary Stanton might hare been lion had he
come homo BY hlmtef but he was nowhere
by tie side Of General Grant,
During the day It MAS announced that 4
new command had been created for General
Gr&ut to be known as the military Division
Of the Mississippi" It was to consist Of the
Departments Of the Ohio, Cumberland and
Tennessee, and The military forces ct the uew
command were to be those now In the above
named departments. It was understood that
the armies would retain their present corps
organizations but repSrt to Gen. Grant rs
their Commander in. Chief. This Wiu sImpll.
fy the business at Washington, IN having but
| been three It is probable that some changes
| will take place In the corps commands rs
| toon as the rev order Of things is fairly set
tied. In the Department Of the Tennessee
| several changes hare been made already, but
/ am requested not to make them public. A
| nand is clearly contraband-
In tie Army Of the Cumberland am au-
| thortzed to note the removal Of Gen, Rose
crspa and the appointment OF Gen. Thoulas
to the command. It Is not known what dis
| Eos1tton will be made Of Gen. Rosecrans, but
he Will probably be relieved from duty alto
gether until an inquiry can be made Into the
conduct Of tie 1ate battle Of ChIckamauga.
How it may be In the front csnnot say, 6nt
in this city there ls strong feeling againsr
Gen. Rosecrans- Some assert that the army
Is y pnit In his taso1 while otherb say it is
When Generals McCook and Crittenden
passed through here they claimed that they
| had been maze the victims OF txlae statements,
both official and unofficial. and gehemealy
esery charge against them It Is to be ex-
| pected that the Kentuckians would range
themselves On the side Of Gen Ctittenden
| without regard to Others, and defend him
agsintt all opponents. There aretwo sides to
tnis a as to e,tT story Z @ nd It VII require ti%e
yestigation is the only course to set the mat
ter At rest.
The headquarters of Gen. G1art's new com
maud viii be ip the field for the present. It
gone forward to Chattanooga, md viii reach
1hAt point before this letter can appear In
print When the'actiFe military operations
cease for the season 1t is probable that the
IL adquarters will be either at this point or at
1 Nashville Thia Is not official, but is found
l ~ NHffar$rra IL
stroug liking for an active position 1t would
not be surprising If he should remain In the
front with the Army Of the Cumberland
during The entire winter.
Parties just from the front assure me that
theIe Is no probability Of any activity In the
operations there for some time to come A.
long Be Bragg occupies his present position,
re eare not Hke]y to attack him, aud it ia most
certain that he will not attack us. Deserters
and ecouts tell tWo-fold story. They assert
that Bragg is Withdrawing his forces to some
POINT nearer AtlaEta and Is at the same time
huei]y engaged In building pontoons, Al If de.
signing "a Cross tie river to attack Us In the
rear. Both these stories may bo true. It
would be pertfctlyna:n1al torBragg to attempt
attack, while at the sr1ne time he Has with
drawing from his position before Chattanoo.
ga. Military men say trat a movement acrose
the river is one which no cautious officer
would attempt. At best, it could have but
I l[0Ho NAIleY VAAI3 Oh AAp A1AR lllQG
the fo1ce making it would be liable to bs
completely cut OFT and destroyed.
An Important Wcrk ts being performed OF
the railw6Js in Kentucky. The gauge Of the
LoulssNlt ard Frankfort, ard Frankfort and
Lexington roads is being altered SO as to con.
Louisville and Nashville. TRACK is being laid
IN 1his city 10 connect the Frankfort and Nash
vile depots, 50 as to make continuous lint
tf railway without change Ct cars from Gin
cinnati to Chattanooga. You are already
aware of the commencement Of work upor
the road 10 Eas. Tennessee. Gen Burnsids
Issued special order on the 6th inst, placing
Maj. Simpson. OF the Engineer Department
In charge Of the work. The order provide
for the 1mpres6nent Of ~ many negroes a
, through IS rapidly as possible. The Kentuck,
Central road il being extended from Nieho
lasville to Danville, and the Lebanon Brancl
, cf the Louisville and Nashville road is beinI
, both Cincinnati ard Louisville = connection
J with the Knoxville road. The Two elites ar
now qnauelllng to ses which shall first secur
| the connection.
Kentucky is Just now becoming fairly CT
cited over the negro question. il has not b
, The WIT thus fur, but it has laterly found
fresh Ma1e'a nest. The announcement tha
tie Goyelnment designed Issuing orders 70
! the ep1ietH ent OF Eegroes in Kentucky, Ml
: : r3land and N1aE ouri, on What has been calle,
. The Maryland plan, is Of interest to the Ken
, | tuckians. The journal gets argrg over II
and tays The effect Of the order, If carried nut
. ufll be to sweep away the Institution Of slay
!, cry In Kentucky, and thinks that its prcjec
tors could hardly be friendly to the fcst1tu
: Bssm,ette to nake 1t the snbject Of q Yemon
STRANGE to the President, and the basis OF 81
! assurance that Kentucky will feel deeply ng
! grieved unless tho order is modified
! Following this announcement, is the appeN
! ance Of 4 call from the enancipatioaists {
Missouri for convention to meet in this cit
to consider measures for the extinction Q
slavery. This is another. great annoyance t
the shareholders Of the state, and they vii
FIGHT the movement to the end. At the sam
I board, they Will be likely to yield far NOR
gracefully thar have its friends in Mfssour;
I The more intelligent OF these 9re beginning
l to Petceige that the days of slavery are nun
bered, and tbs. they must give mp their oWnel
: ship In human fesh. They are having many
( and console Themselves with the reflect1o
that whatever the radicals may do with slavery
. they cannot rob them Of their beantnu
b women md their East horses.
l. erai Of Kentucky for State Guard organic.
G ton to keep down the guerillas. The nnmbe
called tor Ia twenty thousand, to be raise
= either by volunteering Or BY draft. The pla
Is much like TINT On which the enrolled militi
. ef Missouri Is organized. with the exception
? that the Kentacky State Guard may be.aant t
!. the front in casc their service5 were needed
= . The State Rights theory in Kentucky appeal
to hare died ont to q considerable extent
though It is not lost altogether. In Missou1
it would be impossible to induce the enrolle
' 1nilItio to sct foot outside Of the State, un1es
; they we're driven out by the enemy. Th
:. Kentucky State Guard Is designed to act eitl
# er at home or out Of the State, though til
q | general understanding Is that It will not b
a | called away, GQefillss have made them