Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-31
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Correspondence Of the Cincinnati Commerclall
WASHINGTON, March I5-Our excellent old
general-in-ehief, the somnoleHt Halleck, is not
ia the most amiahle humor in the world, and
The same thing is to be said of the judicious,
agreeable, and affectionstion Stanton. They
are said to do an enormous deal OF " eussin'
and awearin'" when they are together. All
the great men here, except Chase, swear like
pirates. Even the President occasionally in
dulges In q mild d-ni Seward sWeaTs double
and twisted oaths, and smokes like a pit, not to
speak Of tho " smiles he takes" 1t is very sad.
There was a very large, not to say big thing
the other day. Il was the fashion, you know,
for some time, for plsyed-out officers to make q
bee-lne for Washington and get into the bosom
Of Father Abraham. They we're always hides
cribably anxious for something to do 70 save
this perishing country. In point Of fact they
didn't do it-not much. But the collection Of
the debris Of our bad generslship about here
was offensive. It was especially 3 bore TO Gen.
Hslleek to have the bestsTred defunets rushing
shout here with their stats, making 4 nuisance
of themselves. Il was not comfortable to have
fifteen OF twenty m~sjor-generals stopping at
Wizards, each with q " PLAN" covering the
major part Of outdoors, to bring the war to an
end in ninety days, and all, more or less, infess-
ing the White house. The consequence was.
the exemplary Halleck-whO is a big brick, and
occasionally carries a small brick in bis hat
issued an order, foTbidding officers to visit WASH
ingt0n without orders. In its terms, the fact
was p~ercap,5le that it was intended especially
for the officers Of highest rank.
But whist should We have last week bat an
overflow of major generals from Cincinnati.
The Buell. commission, supposed some months
sines TO have been moribund,-well, it busted,
or took s furlougb, and Major General Lewis
Wallace, and Msjor-Genersl Z. o. Ord, and
Major Don Pistt, judge advocate, suddenly ap-
peared st the capital of their country. They
had business OF the most eXtrems Importance
with the President, Gsneralin-C Chief, Secretary
O. War, and nearly everybody else.
MajOr-Gen. Lewis Wallace had a pair Of old
ss1dle-bags full Of resolutions of the city eoun
ell Of Cincinnati, and Of the Legislature Of
Ohio, and perhaps Of other bodies largely in
formed Of the merits Of military chieftains. and
some copies Of 7. Buchanan Reeds atlantic
Monthly article on The sanguinsry "Siegs Of
Cincinnati in which Gen. Wallace distin-
guished himself BY leading the brilliant charge
Of a heavy staff. that penetrated to within 3
mile and s half of our outer pickets. The main
object of the visit Of Major Gen. Lewis Wal
lace to Washington. as 8 matter of course, was
connected with the business Of the Buell. COM
mission. But, incidentally, be wanted to lay
his literature before the President, and secure 4
DFAu new QCDaILAIbHh III L6Aho u TIC muun.
Msjor-Gen. Ord and Major Piatt's business was
not so well defined. The Major, it is thought,
sought an opportunity 20 I'll his belly with The
east wind. He might have been Induced, if he
had been given time, to make a slight speech
from some noble portic0. The Msjor-Gsnersl
thought the Washington atmosphere good for a
bronchial sfectiOn besides, he wanted come
steamed oysters.
The Buell. committee arrived on Saturday
(DOn Carlos was not slong), and rushed to the
arms of Halleck and Stanton. The reception
which they got vas By no means cold. IN fact,
il was hot. The first inquiry was; "Well, what
in hi and d-n are you doing here7" STAN
ton swore no would cashier the whole crowd.
Yes, he'd be id if he did not have the
shoulder straps eff Of them-double stars, gold
leaves end al. II is reported that he suggested
the desth penalty. But General Wallace and
Major Piett escaped by reason Of their rowing
commission as president and Judge advocate Of
the Buell. inquiry. II authorized them to travel
where they pleased, aud therefore cut under the
general order excluding lOaEers from Washing
ton. They were told, as they had authority 70
travel, to do so without delay. They called for
q hack, after their cheerful interview with Hal
lsck, and urged the driver to the depot, The
train was gone, however. But when the next
one starred, they were punctually on hand, and
I have no doubt they are in Cincinnati by this
time, diseharging their important functions ac-
cording to the best of their ability. / am in
formed that upon leaving Washington, their
e5unteDaness were expressive Of the utmost
golemnity and satisfaction a. Wallace did not
get to see the President ct 81, and returned with
his stock Of literature intact It is to be regret
ted that the President was not brought to the
point of reading the article on the siege Of Gin
cinnati. Iii a wonderful work of art.
But the gsief is to come. Poor Ord! How
shall I describe his fate Stanton said there
was no use talking. Somebody must be made
an example Of. He pitched upon Ord. He
lowered with indignation at the idea Of a major
general visiting Washington without orders or
excuse, real or technical In short, he did not
speak respectfully OF several majors generals in
cur counTy's service. He said It WIS time to
establish an infcmary for brokan-dOwn major
generals, and he be did if he didn't commence
with Ord, by sending him to tbs Carlisle bar
racks, Pennsylvania. Poor Ord received the
order as if it were a sentence of death. He
would about IS soon be sent to the Peniten-
tiary. He bemoaned his sad fate, and swOre
that he owed his ruin to chat id unseru-
puious politician, Don Patti How Don
brought it about has not been stated, but his evil
Communications are supposed to have corrupted
0rd's good ann