The Portland daily press., 1863-01-02

dav of the hattla ofCross Eays a courier from,
Shields informed Fremont that he lShields1
would reach The no;nt Ut ten O'Clock thai
niobt and hold tbe hridge Hinder This as
suranee. Fremont after the weary dav at Cross
Kavs rayo his soldiers cour hours sIaan In
the morning they awake exnnct;ng ano,her
battle-at least expecting tn see the bridoe
burned If il were NOT held Rnt mora d.
pressing sight met their eve Jackson had
ascaped across the bridoe The roar or his
trains were visible on the hills inst bevond II
appeared afterwards that weak BRIGADE of
Shields division had been sent forward 10 tba
bridge. The south. or eastern end or the
bridge opened ont On n level nlain Thera
was no GOOD nosition 10 ,las,nd -, ,,os;,;a,,
which would no, ho con,n,a,,da5 h., ,,n as,;i
lery still Ieft 10 Jactson Tha af;,or ., H.
head of the BRIGADE a hrove man h.d roce;rad
strict orders under M c;rcums,aneeS ~ hnrn
the br;dge Rn, i, .,os annaron, ~ ~, Iaal,
soldier Of his command tbat IL !, W. III,
burned Jackson,s ra,rsa' would NO s,a,aG
ActuaIlv fred twice bv snhnrdna,aS ,ha
A,mos ,rara s,a,ad H., ooy,I 80
der He drew hacI his l;,tia na,nnand 10 q
favorabIe e,n;nenca a fa,y nils snmth 81 ,ha
hr;dge ond ,haaa s;n,r,a -hnnda5 and nlo,,o
met Tho onsa, or IactSon 6,r;ons 20 asnana
His fow forcos cama ont nf ,ha erht ,ar.;hI,
thinned hnt marched of with honor in snilan
olory WIN Sbialds uos NOT ,haro Il, fnroo 60
Fender J.ctson;. Ja,aat ond nan,,ra -, oart,i,
has meyer been explained IN This dav II did
happen. however. thar Shields, name being
then before the Senate for confirmation as
Major General did M, receive a s;naia ,,o,a
Soon after this the commands Of Eremon,
Banks. and McDowell and as II snhseonen,ly
happened. n Iaroe mart of McCIeIIan,s com.
mand. were consolidated under Cen Pona
This officer had served under Fremont in the
West. He was now mt over him. This indig-
4
or Mcdowell. because he had never served
.under either of them. Cen Fremon, knew
Gen. Pope He asked ten DAYS Ia,va of ah-
sence IN come To W.sbington ,ybore ba would
have opportunity 10 exnlan his unwiIlingness
to serve under him. This favor was denied
He accordingly resigned his command. to the
regret of MANY of his friends-who knew NOT
the circumstances of the case-to tbe nroud
satisfaction of all who did know them.
He is now without command. But he will
probably have an honorable Mace before the
war is over Very SURELY he wiIl--for the war
will not be ended without the aid of the hest
Democratic and Republican generals.
This last summer Gen. Fremont added TO
the jealousy with Which he has been hitherto
viewed, by making at the Music Hall in Bos-
ton i'm August. one of the hest and most
statesmanlke speeches ever made in this conn
try. IL was short. less than two newspaper
columns long. There were enough to saw that
he could not have prepared il himself but
must have rot helm in writing IL II he was
helped it must. in INV Judgment. have been
either by r. w. Emerson al Concord. or by
Henry James at Newport. | know of no 9th
er men than these two on this continent who
write the English tongue after the mastery
style displayed in that speech. But. TO silence
ali those who on this occasion cayiled al Gen.
Fremont's ability. il fell ont shortly atfer that
he was called unon 10 n,la sneoch a, &,
Iouis and of thot snaach ,ha ,nannor and
sty4e were precisely those of the Rostnn
speech. They must both have haen mada b,,
the same man-no critic bnt wonId nrononnce
that iudgment Yat ,be St fan;s spaoab -
so in,ons,iv ,,orsonal ,ha, !, ,,o,ld - -,