The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1864-04-23
From Washington.


WASnIacroa. April s
The conviction expressed Ia my letter oi
March ION. th~i NJ L.uceln would later
sere wiih Gen. Grants plans % sucb.an
ex'ent % render them ahorsive. nnd that
Old Abe would continue 10 be- the real Cprn-
,nsnder in-rhisi. nld would cpnlinne 10 H.
rect the movements and operations ot nlll
the armies. receive nhundrn' confirmation.
with every week mat ras-r-. The recent
'rrer-.nz .tionr u the Army ofiht 7 P'tomnc
was elf rcled oy the Prvsden' and Secretary
of War. without ven - murh c0asnitingl
Gen. Grant. sud IL results have ai'end,
hsen particularly lis plcasng 70 the latter 4
Il has removed irom The army great many
VI it, most efficient cfiicers- officers.
too. y HON General Gran, knew uni
depended on. because he knew that
confidence rcposcd IN them would be
well placed. AID has caused spirit
nf discomfort snd dissatisfaction a. spring =
up nmong The u,en. nNd il,e 'Iiierrs, iv',
Which has materially impalred fhe liicirrry
Of that army Tie injury thus inflicted upon
ihai shanr ir'y uturrl ARMY i cqual % ~
actual lors 10 hattie ~ a0cn0 men. The
Army cf he Potomac 4 positively iha'
mucn weaker han X was before ,hir ~reor
ranizaiion $ true y THE ,ha' Gruernll
Grant T. actually hrokrn. 10 consequence \
10 make . cer'ain movement with 'be nrinv
which he y nisnpla,ed.snl n lich he intend
Cd when he first cam here.
\ Nor Is this all. Gen Grant wished the
troops who have hern asSemb ling "a; Anna
p,li~ for the humbug Burnside expedition 'o
be ordered 10 Jun the Amy o. The Potomac
forthwith, and % 10 IN part of that army
And The President promised hin, That this
should be done. the same that be promised
GIN. 81 Cl.llsn that McDoweil's corps
should be sent 10 him. 20 iorma pnrl Of biz
'lnrmy He hes broken the promise msde %
\ Grant, the same ss ne broke the promise
guing with lillIeck and Stanton % have the
Bnn-ider expedition actually started III on
lsoine mooasbine enterprise under that brain
Icrs iRpo-icr. These N chuari0ns will
lproba.,ly br ruceesssul, and the resu!, will
he that 10000 VI the best disciplined snd
nost sfrcnve ,rvop~ 10 lte army Will be
sent of uu some distant and utterls useless
.lsxprdi'lnp. rnu viii be rrn"sed entirely
lir,m Gen. Gra.rr conrol.
The facts IN regard % tlsr conirsbahd
goods recently carried through our lines b.
sister oi the Preridrnra wife under ~
prctrction 81 letter sr;ten by the Pferi-
dents own hand. are really M worse thar
~ hrs, slrtsd BY tie N-m York Tribnnr,
Tn fact ihat inr,e " fCuI inrsr trunks 4
w'IA cruirabenJ uflIsI r., inciu'ips d rrb,l
: u.rsrs,- frli uniform. wiih cpausrIr. sssh
rnd all The oiher appurenancrs, were suf.
tered " pass unsearched. ~n- ba! enough;
su, worse remains behind. The person who
thus abused the ps-s given % her b, ihr
prs -ident was on The most Intimate lcrm~
: with her relative. The secrets ~ The gov
ernmonl--secreis relating 20 'he inlendrt
, movements VI srmies. plans u campAlsns,
and foreign pcl;cy-ere 20 secrets IL '';he
9vvsrrmeni's'' ami'y, where they are talk
, ID over With Al much nonchaancr Is The
; number ofrall- spIis in DAY. " ihr prof =
~ b. as' ia, boat trip, used q be n The
: same domestic circle. The inference y
/ irreSistable that the most important ufthese
secrets f1und ller way - the rars ~ Mrs.
Todd Waite, I'm strict confidence" and
: that they are now as well known at RAch-
mYnd a. they are % the government oiiinia.s
here. Honest Old Abe's pass" covered y
great dcll more ihau he intended But
: why did The American people elect % Pres
ident man who cannot hold his tongue. bu,
must blab state secrets 10 indiscrrct te-
: msIesi ~
SlNsuLAR CpisciDErcr -'The rebel news
, papers at Richmond md The Abolition pres
ses Al tie North coincide in denouncinc The
llatc su.eeh of Mr. Voorhees, The AbOiI-