The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-10
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hOOkel Il5Fe are several FeESlolS OF Inc
contemplated affair, but none Of them have vet
proven correct. That Burnside will be super
seeded, there is hardly 4 doubt in the public
mind That Hooker will be the successor of
Burnside is also probable The radical pres
sure upon the President has assumed q sliding
scale. which is to be carried out until a man Of
less military capacity than Fremont has been
placed at the head Of the army, when he will
give way 10 Fremont, and then on 10 Rich
mond" Mcclellan is as much the superior of
Burnside as Burnside is the superior of Hook
er, ard how many changes the radicals will
have to make before they will end man at
the head of the army who is Fremout's inferior
leave for them to Judge The public impres-
sion here is, that there are but few his inferior
in ability to command, and il this radical pro
gramme be carried out, it is thought the Army
of the Potomac, By the time Fremont is placed
in command will be incapable of taking any
thing unless it be few struggling contrabands
The latest rumor, however, is that the Presi
dent has weighed Burnside and the radicals in
his scales, aud has concluded to give Burnside
chance to exercise his own Judgment, un
trammeled, TO some extent, by orders from
Washington. When it is remembered that
the same promise was made to Mcclellan, the
worth of the rumor may be easily estimated.
Republican Congressmen are already trembling
in their seats at the capital, for fear Of Jack.
son, and begin to demand that the army of the
Potomac shall not cross the Rappahannock.-
Hence the standstll there now. This is un.
doubtedy the true reason why the army does
not advance, although blame is attached to
Qnartermaster Meigs for not furnishing proper
supplies. 1t is well known, however, that
jackson is near Winchester with 10000 men,
although it has been reported that he has
marched for Gordonsvlle He thus protects
Richmond, by working upon the fears of Sum
ner and other radicals who control the Presi-
dent. They require 100000 of our best troops
commanded by our ablest Generals, to protect
them while they legislate against the institu-
tious of States upon whose soil they dare not
permit the Government army to advance in
force sufficient to accomplish anything. How
long it will require war thus conducted to
put down the rebellion the radicals do not tell
US, but the people have already declared that
such disgraceful proceeding shall not extend
beyond the term of the present Republican
Congress, and have already chosen as their
successors a Democratic body that will be the
real war Congress of the country.
The radicals have so filed the head of Presi-
dent Lincoln with visionary schemes for the
negro, that there is little room for aught else
in his message. He can talk by the column
about dmericdnS of African descent" but
not word in praise Of the thousands of brave
men who have fallen in defense of the Govern.
mcnt, or of the hundreds of thousands yet in
the field. The removal of Mcclellan the poll
teal character of the message and the summa-
ry manner in which Congress disposes Of all
resolutions that partake not of the radical
character is fast making the fact patent to
every one that, the war is being conducted for
political purposes by politicians, and not by
military men for the purpose of breaking the
military power Of the rebellion.
In St Louis, military matters are becoming
somewhat active, giving indications of a for
ward movement in the Western Department of
great importance. The new iron clad gunhoats
are being completed as fast as men can posi-
bly, labor-no rest being allowed for Sundays
The Mississippi is to be opened depend upon
it. Gen. German, the gallant Minnesotian,
the hero of many bloody field, al last has
been noticed by the Government, and assigned
most important command in the Department
of the West
Admiral Wilkes has given johnny Bull
mortal provocatlon, and no opportunity is al
lowed to pass for censuring him. The Nassau
Guardian of late date, says he arrived off
that port and signaled for pilot that one
went off to him with the information that he
could not come in without the special permis-
sion Of the Governor that the Admiral replied
that be would not ask it, and would come in
without it. However, he did not come in, but
bore away to the northward and then lay to
at distance of a marine league from shore
Whereupon the Guardian holds Nassau to be
blockaded, and asks for an English fleet to
check the insolence Of an officer " notorious
for bis contempt of laws and usages, and his
deep dislike of England" The Guardian for
gets to state that two rebel steamers were at
that time in port and waiting for clear coast
to make their run. England is in great per
plexity and tribulation. She hates Admiral
Wilkes and all other officers of our navy; she
hates the North and hates the South but at
this critical juncture loves corn and cotton. II
she refrains from meddling in our affairs, it will
prove the most severe restraint she has ever
placed upon her own meddlesome and imperti
nent snirit We certainly arc not now in 4