Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-11-17
REMARKABLE CONFIDENCE OpERATION
The Cincinnati Commercial of the nth inst.
has the following paraRraph:

has the following paragraph:
1.-THE New York Tribune Of Saturday, con-
tanned an elaborate communication from Wash
ihgton, on the subject of the removal of Gen.
Rosecrans, which, as 1t appeared to hare been
inspired by the War Office, was Of considerable
public Interest Copying this letter from the
Tribune, we did MOI, Of course. omit to give
credit to that journal Consider our astonish-
ment on opening the Gazette, Yesterday morn.
ing, at finding the identical letter, largely dis
played, under the head Line, Especial Cores
pondence Of the Cincinnati Gazette" most
unseemly performances, certainly, and Que
which the enterpf .sng prophet jrs ought to
have known would inevitably be detected"
We can explain this mystery, and at the same
time expose one OF the most disreputable acts
ever perpetrated in the profession Of journalism.
The Cincinnati Gazette has correspondent
here who calls himself "Agats." The Cincin.
natl Gazette has constituted itself the especial
champion Of Major General Rosecrans, W no is
rushing with inconsiderate haste to his own
ruin by making public speeches. and furnish
ing material for newspaper contro versy. For
the purpose of saving other people any trouble
in making out case against Gen. Rosecrans.
the Gazette editor forwarded to its correspond
ent, "Agate," q sufficient quantity Of facts,
consisting of extracts from official dispatches
etc. to answer the bene VIOLENT design had in
view, and instructing him to prepare letter
for the New York Tribune, or some other in n
entail eastern journal: purporting to genuine
rate the sources of irritation, in the or der OF
time existing "ia the War Department, and al
the Headquarters Of the Army, which have re-
suited ia Gen. Rosecrans' removalr; The
facts sent on from Cincinnati were judiclously
garb!ed from Gen. Rosecrans' files, for tbs
purpose of giving an air OF authenticity to the
letter, and were strung together in such a wav
as to form weak and silly Indictment against
Ger. Rcsecrans, and yet to seem to have been
furnished by, or through, the War Department
Here was "strategy' for you!
The excessive impudence Of the principal in
Cincinnati was equaIled only by the brazen
frcnt Of the agent in Washington, who palmed
off his bogus coin upon the New York Tribune
But that sheet has been made the victim of con.
hdence men SO often that it needs whole board
OF Metropolitan Police to keep it out OF the
hands OF sharpers. We doubt not it paid a
good round sum in greenbacks for the priyi-
lege OF being done by agate" thus further
illustrating the adage OF the fool and his money,
which the Tribune is so fond Of quoting for the
improvement of others.
Or course the Cincinnati Gasette was among
the first to copy the letter. We assure its con.
temporary, the Commercial, that the Gazette had
the most perfect right to denominats it especial
correspondence" We presume its editor has
the weapons At hand now to demolish his own
mcn OF straw, and we commend him to tho
mighty task. 1t is 1T to exercise his great
powers OF mind and body, and happy must be
the major general who has such a chief Of stan!