The New York herald., 1863-04-22

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The Famous Order Number Eight.
we have come into possession, in . very mys-
terious manner, of q document purportiug to be
copy Of General Burnside's famous Order No.
Q, referred to 80 prominently in the report
OF the Congressional Committee on the Conduct
OF the War. There is something exceedingly
strange in the whole affair, and nothing stranger
in any part of it than in the mode of our coming
into possession Of the document Where ai- y
come from! Who knows? It may be that Seaa-
tor Wade, who ia said to be quite good sort VI
person in his social Intercourse, has taken t..4.
mode of supplying what has been regarded a.
hiatus in the history of the war. It may be
that Secretary Stanton, in some Of the leisure
moments that he permits himself to enjoy, in tho
intermission of his labors, has thought proper
to furnish it to us. Or it may even be that it
has come from some Of the radicals. who wished
to see the famous order printed in good Union
newspaper. But, from whstever quarter 1t came.
here is the document
GENERAL oRDERs-No. 8.
HzADevAHrEas, Aaxr or n. porOH4o. jan. .. 1899.
Nus-General Joseph e. Hooker, Major General of
General
criticisms Of the actions OF his superior officers and
sSs S the s n q
oicers who have associated with him. having, by
snS 3 %ass and
snd for habtuay speaking In dsparasng terms OF other
Scers Is hereby dismissed the service q the United
during crisis ike the present. whom much patience,
charity, conadence consideration and patriotism due
order is issued subject 70 the approval Of the
President 6f the United States
Seoo~d-Brigader General W. T. H. Brooks, command
ing First division Sixth army corps for complaining OF
the policy Of the using language
Of the President Of the United States dismissed from tho
military service Of the United States
Th,d.-Brigader General John Newton, commanding
Third division Sixth army corps, and Brgadier General
John Gochrane, commanding First brigade, Third
the United States with criticisms upon the plans Of hs
commanding officer are subject TO the approval Of tho
President dismissed from the military service Of che
FouwA.-N being evident that the following named
are hereby reheved from duty and viii report IN person
without delay TO the Adjutant General Of the United
Major General W. B. Franklin, commanding Left
Major Gonsrai w. r. Smith. commanding sixth army
Bigader General Sam. D. stursis commanding Second
division. Ninth army corps.
Brigadier General John ooOhrane, commanding First
Lieutenant Colonel J. H. Taylor Acting Adjutant Gsas-
raj Right Grand division.
LEWIS RcRxoND, Assistant Adjutaut General
Our first impulse after reading this ORR
entail mandate was to see whether there was
anything in the report Of the Committee ON tho
Conduct Of the War tending to lend to IL some
evidence Of authenticity; for we could hardly
believe that any Of our generals, more espe-
sially one with the reputation for modesty Of
General Burnside, could have penned such an
order. But, sure enough, that report We found
to furnish evidence not only Of the probability.
but Of the almost absolute certainty, that the
document is an authentic one; for, in reference
to the operations Of the Army Of the Kappa
hammock, the report contains the following Gu
rious statemeut:--
General Burnside states that beside the incs.nssey q
thsesher thsrs was another powerful rsasso Tor aban
emcas ~ sasraisoc~, assssa 4 Sc~s y AZ sSsors
rsers consequences this. and also whss Ssd ssis.
place during tho battle Of Fredericksburg 4e CsuI
Gensai order No g. mat crder dismis:sd ss.s eSess
from the srrfc subject 10 the approval II Ae Prsds,
also senisnos Of death uron some dssssiss
who had been tried and convicted. The order was
He General Burnsds) informed that the Presidents
declined to approve his order No. g. but had concludsd
10 reieve him from the command OF the Army Po-
tomac and appoint General Hooker In his plaoe.
The necessary complement to all this infor-
nation il, of course, the production of tho order
itself, which was "duly signed and issued, and
only waited publication" and this public want
is now supplied through the means Of our mys$
terious correspondent whoever he may be. Il
seems to US to be very droll document, and
we even yet hesitate to lend to 1t full measure
Of belief Its authenticity, however, can bs
easily either affirmed or disprovsd and we shall
be very happy to have an opportunity OF salts
flying our OWE and the public mind in regard to
it whenever we are furnished with the necessa-
ry proofs.
Assuming 1t for the moment to be authentic,
1t Is one Of the most extraordinary circum-
stances in the whole extraordinary affair that,
while some of the officers who fall under its
condemnation have been either relieved from
duty, as General Franklin, or have resigned, as
General Cochrane, the officer who was singled
out in II rs the special object of disgrace and
punishment is the very officer chosen by the
President to take command Of the army Of
which General Burnside was relieved. That
officer is now on the eve of giving to the world
All opportunity'of judging whether he Is really
possessed Of those fighting qualities that are
popularity ascribed to him, or whether General
Burnside's definition Of his character as being
"a man unfit to hold an important commission"
il the correct one. We will watch with en-
HANGED interest the operations Of the Army Of
the Rsppahsnnock, and will await Q further
eluoidstion of this mysterious affair
Psrsonal Inte1iigenee.
Governor Coburn, Of Maine, accompanied BY the Hon.
Charles Holden (of Portland, Mane), Of the Executive
Counci and Mrs. Moody, Of saco, Maine (hs latter Of
shou has heen for monfhs In fha arpnr ho.nisa ~ H.