, 1863-08-25

Correcting tho Record.
We hnve received savage letter from
Thomas Harrison Of Galesburg, calling in
question the truthfulue6s Of certain State
ments contained in our recent article upon
big. Gen. Carr. The article In question was
written by our old correspondent "BoD"
who WIS present in every engagenent Of
which he spoke In that paragraph. Mr.. Haz.1-
eon claims for the 77th Illinois, an equal de-
gsee Of credit With the a2d Iowa, for yalor on
the ever memorable I'D Of Nay. No one, we
believe, has ever denied them this credit, It
is ridiculous to suppose that upon the yalor
Of the 18th Illinois, the 22ad lows, Of any one
regiment depended the occupation Of the
rebel works. Our correspondent acknowl-
edges that the 22d was first inside the works.
He does not acknowledge that Col Stone Of
the ed Iowa vas wounded while on the outer
elopc Of the for. outside of tho ditch, but It
Is true, nevertheless
Another correspondent, an assistant sur
geon Of the 11sth Illinois regiment, also
takes exception to our remarks concerning
Gen. Car, and insists that the reputation Of
Cen Osterhaus Is damaged thereby. SAYS
our correspondent:
This division did not open the fight at Thoup-
sons Hill. near Port Gibson, nor eLlnd tho brunt
OF the engagement till the arrival Of Gen. L0yau
as stated ii your paper.
Gen. McClernand, in his official report, says
that Gen. Carr's disision lead the advance,
| aud opened the battle Of Thompson's Hill.
The battle Of Champion Hills Was fought
neither by Gen. Carr or Gen. Osterhaus, but
by Gen. HoveJ's division aud the 18th Army
Corpa.
The battle Of Big Black was begun and won
By Ge1.. Carr. Gen. Oster1aus held the ex-
treme left Of the line, and did not participate
In the engagement His men remained In
line until after the charge and capture Of the
fort. Gen, Osterhaus vas very slightly
wounded before his division Was posted in
front OF the Notifications, By rebel she'll
which exploded In the caisson Of 3 battery.
Al that time our correspondent "Bod'' was
within twenty feet Of him aud an eye witness
to the casualty. Gen. O6terhaus was able to
resume command Of his division, Temporarily
assigned to Brig. Gen. a. L. Lee, within
twenty four hours Of the Incident.
Soldiers should remember, that placed as
they are In . single position, thcY havc not
hundredth part OF the opportunity Of know
Ing what is going on during m engagement,
that m intelligent correspondent has who
traIerses the field continually, and has his
eyes and esrs open- Iris matter has already
received more attention than its importance
demands, and its discussion must end here.
The West Division Street Railway
Company.
We taye received communication from
resident Of the West Division complaining Of
certain matters connected with the running
Of the Madison and Randolph etreet lines Of
Railway. The article Itself, Is too lengthy for
our columns, and We therefore omit Its pub.
Ication. In general terms, however, ne can
say lhat Ill the difficulties complained Of by
our correspondent, will be remedied by the
Company as speedily rs possible. We are In.
formed frcu. high official sources that the
Ccmrs0y haVe now In course Of construction
niLc cars, three IF which wi1l be running In q
we&k or two, and The Others will be placed on
the track just as soon as dni5hed. The track
in LOW being repaired temporarily, men hay
Ing been at work on Randolph street during
the whole Of last week, end this is prepara-
tory to general reconstruction of the entire
road bed, which will be accomplished during
The coming fall. The extra cars, when com-
r1e1ed, viii enable the Company to start car
every four minutes during the day, and atcer-
tain hours every three minutes. It is also
under consideration to run cars at stated In.
terya1s-say every hour-auring the night,
There are times in the middle Of the day, and