The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-30
THE REMOVAL 0 GENERAL
ROSECRANS.
Rumo-s and Reasons assigned for
the Measure.
STARTLING AND PAINFUL REEVE
LATlOh.
Special dispatch to the Chic go Tribune
WASIIINCr.,N, Oct. %.

pei contains the following "dUuble-
loaded" editorial:
We are in receipt of astonishing intelli
gence in regard to the removal of Rose
Grains The whole country will he ast"unt!-
ell at what we shall chronicle. 1t is I'll
inOretl that three charges are made .ainst
the late popular commander. The first
| charge is preferred Ivy Gen. T. L Git
tenden and Gen. McCook. to the effect
that R"secrans left the battle field during
the crisis, and fled to Chattanooga, and
| reported to officers there that the day was
lost. 1t was reported that subsequently,
through opium, he became insensible.
The second charge, it is rumored, is
| made by the Government, to the effect
that his orders were to remain at Chatta-
no"ga until reinforcements should come
The third charge, as rumoretl, is to the
effect that he declined to move from Muir
free>bo:o in June last, when ordered to do
SO 10y the Government. as an opportunity
was tfered to crush Bragg, large por.
ton OF his army l,aviu. been withdrawn
to Succor Johnston, who was operating
against G ant.
Ii til, st charges are true, is it not most
unfortunate, as the name of R0secrans was
Il inl>,nan of immense weight.
New York papers make II sweeping &C.
cllSa,ion hat during the battle of Cl,icka-
| ma ga General> Ro,ecranS. Crittenden and
McCmk were asleep at Chattanooga.
We learn selni officially that in regard
TO Gen Cr:ttrnden, this statement is false,
and hat nothing has warranted tie tircu
latIon o such paragraphs.
TIE blame, it is sud, connected with
he failure Of Chicka.nauga, znW fit!
| ,oioIy upon lioseoWns
In another editorial, apparently written
before the above, the Chronicle says it
sill 1onb.le-s he gener.ilf Assumed that
| Gen Ro>ec"ans' almost total absence from
engagement Was TIE principal reason for
his being relieved OF the co,n'nalli, more
especially as the General WHO bore the
bruat u it, (Gvn. Thomas: } has been ap-
polluted IN his stead.
We have "ea>Un 10 kroW that lis con
| ,IUc5 Oh that occasion wien news Of the
| battle fr>t reached here, WAS severely CELL
| snred by military authorities, and WIS
| probably the turning po;nt in the decision
Lilit has teen reached.
", hazard nothing in saying that prior
to tliaf, there ii;si been grave c:lise OF
complaint against tho General. lie Gus
| NICE betpre OF he enc IF beiD0 sen,ocetl
for Il jitilHre to N,oOe to uiH Grant. ard
make diversion in his favor by attacking
Btarg
At another time he Was somewhat
strong ly demonstrated will, for his delay
in moving from, Muriees:oro.
Cen. i:osecrans has, in many things,
shown h mself good officer, and his ill
persedure, we believe, has been very re-
luctantly determined on; but neglect of
orders from his sup .riorS, will unit the
best man for military command.
The Eoening Post of last evening says:
We are Satisfied that the good OF the SER
vice demanded RuSecrans removal, and
that is enough.
The stories concerning reasons for Gen.
ROSecrans removal continue rife. One of
the latest is that he has rendered himself
in measure unit for duty by the excess
sive use of opium.
The stories that ROsecrans, having
epileptic fits, and being injured by the use
OF opium, are repeated tonight with great
pertinacity, but admitted that they are not
the cause IF his removal, that having been
determined ON before they were known ;
Government officials are repeating that
dispatches shew him to have been fairly
stampeded at Chickamauea.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 20.-The Department
| of the Gulf commences at about the mouth
of Red river. That of Missouri, under
General Schofeld, is not included in the
division of Gen. Grant. 1t will be SO IN
that this new distribution gives to General
Grant nearly half of the en- ire armies OF
the country, and fully half Of the fighting
territory. The headquarters will bein tn
field.
OF the motives and causes which have
led to this change we are only permitted
War Department has never felt the same
degree OF confidence in Gen. Rosecrans
| which the soldiers in his army and the
people at large have. 1t is even said that
| his fighting reputation has been vastly
overrated, and is due mainly to an indis.
criminate and iJudicious newspaper puff
ing Old charges are being raked up
against him such as that at the battle OF
Stone River, where he had given up the
battle as lost and ordered retreat which
was only changed on Crittenden's sending
word that the enemy was retreating. l,
is also alleged that at the recent battle hi;
presence Of mind forsook him, and that his
orders on the battle field were fla contra.
dictions.
/ cannot vouch for the truth of these
stories, and give them only as stated in
the current conversation of persons who
may know much better than l.
The testimony of McCook and C-itten.
den, in the proposed examination will, it
is said, be quite damaging to Rosecrans
l hear also that complaints among his of
ficers are rife that system of secret DO.
lice which he has established bears very
hardly upon the patience of honorable
persons. In other words, that it is pros
tituted to spy the actions and words Of hi
subordinates. All of which may be true
or it may be the merest invention of jeal
ousy.