Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-12


Tho SECRETARY Il War Is gtesfls usistakea % his
ann,hers isy iheit awa ssssIrns tho tFools az my
,itspseal svRiiahle against Grant ERE
of fcniheFton 80
Of ugagw esev
az RnaHfp ssta e'"s
s6ioo
NJ, tarl,a,au Esw hatirpd irregular cavalry nnf
Inksaa,s e.,sa,s,arl the strength of shleh DO nss
knew. B,wrs aad Iee ssv IN etek ss'afss bctrwa
,y zach IL ses s'si'''sss 'hs. ssFss,a = avs w
Tee tsasl Il the aiovc twenty -snr ,a.au'ana sa,e
/ haaslrcJ
TSigHedl j. = JonSsFus,
Tho frs, point Of difference appears 10
have ls,cn with ry.gareace 20 the appoint
meni of Major General for the Mississippi
Department Gen Johnston askea for the
appointment Of Big Gen caimtS Wilcox,
10. which the department responded hy
sending Mai Ten. Freneh, On hearing of
the assignment Of tien Freach 90 the CON-
mand OF \ division In his department, Gen
Johnston seat the following dispatch 10 the
President, dated June 10. lss3;
II k5is grvel'csey tks Psrsa8r#t;
II has been suggested Ia slc thai the irars N this
Department ar very hSsile 90 efrs nf NoFthera
iirsh and that, that sccpuRt, MAJ Gen. Ffcaets
arrived will weaken Instead of strengthen Us.
beg yea % rssasiesr that al the teneei 1frers -
NuFihcra birth arc ea duty Ia this drpartmert.--
Tlierr Is now y want Of MsiaF Gcncrsls.
Il b important io avoid any rsase 81 further dis
contess.
ISigncd1 ]. 3. JoHSsToS.
To this dispatch the President replied on
thc lIth of Juno, as follows:
{ r. t;ener.i .Isses.E.. .isk.sfsa.
Ynssr dispatch received. These who Suggest that
tie arrival u Gen. frrneh vii nrednee d~smiclsi
alsss,ng the tTSssx bccAuse Of his SoFfhfh BIRTH.
are NE pFs,hshly nwsFe that hs Il eitxrn 0f ats-
sissipFl ~Hs 'ealthy planter nntll the fankecs
rIira hita and h.soFV thr Gonfcfcrssc stasss he'd
an aflus vas the chief of cninanec aud artillery ia
the s,rcg Mississippi raised siatsip hcF right eF
secession As sotsn rs Mississippi eouh sI'srr him
he was appoiHted fFigadicT tieaerei in the prvts-
ioHsi araiY 81 lhr Cunfsrraie Sste@, and has ne
a,e.ftiy hrsn before the eReIny where he was tho
eaiar ssscer II H,alignty shsild undermine hini,
~ Il hss aHster, YEA authorized to iolts him
If tn. fact aud tn reiIese hitn communicating t to
ne ky ielegran. SURPRISED by yoar rstnarks - "a
tIsa efeFrl ,fiecfx ~ SuftheIn birth, tuFnesi To
,be register ard Hnd thai large majority ~ tae
u,nl.sy ARE slsehets ttan u The Department II
MISS sipfi aud Ea.ssra i.'alsl.na,
tsigneal JEFFEzsos paSia,.
The next point Of difference sccaas 90
have been with reference 10 the geographi-
( cal Iimits of 4sen. Jahnstons military de-
partfncul. THAT officer eancciying that his
transfer 10 Mississippi relieved him fFSsia
the comnaaisd soi the Confederate forces In
Tennessee. On tIc 13th of June be ,elc-
! grapbed the Secretary Of War, from Jack
sou, Miss:
1 I hsye n,a tssssiIet~d myself commanding in
Trune<sre since assignment herr, ard se,ah tst
hav flt aasharinSl ts tss tfuuls fpn that derart-
snent sler having bcen iafbfu1ca By the kEe-tiss
that no more caald he spared. To tnke frihi bragE
f,ree which p,aild make this arsuy ss se oTiss.t
S;rsms wer,ld involve welding Tennessee. n s fsg
the government 30 decide betwecn this Stste aud
Tennessee. -
This dispatel, was replied 10 by the
President. aasier date Of the 18th OF Jane
n. s;s.eyrg .I..saG r. .Isls.ztea .Jaskaaa Miss:
Yonr dIsimish II che leth inst 30 the SECRETARY
Of war Hssi The order 10 20 30 Mississippi did
net dialiHish y,aIr Authority in TeAHessc essh BE-
fag N tbe eolntsy placed under yoar esssnInsnd ~
original assignment. To what do yea Tsfsr Is In
E,rna:iou sspsa me restricting yasss authority q
trahfer trnsls beanse insfes sssld be sIafed -
= ofess ordered 70 stsn ifw duty gesseraily arr q
eounse ssrldcet 90 tssisEnlssit by yoal
+ rsisn~il JEsFssses ssAsiA' !.
i. On the Is.i, of juno. tien Johnsaen isl
egraphed from Jackson, Miss, 20 the Scr
rrtsry Of War, that he eoald net .sadyise IL
regard % the FointA froIu which trpoI,'
could be takeI having no means uf know
J ihg; that Il was for the Government 10 de
eide which Il wis hest ~ yield, Tennesses
; or Mississippi; that without kon.c greal
: blunder Of the enemy, botls could not b
held.
la answer Co the President : dispatch o
the 18th. Gep Johnston replied, under dat
, of the 18th, from Jackson:
|. r., gIls Ereslleaes Gke E'ssHfdea
Ye.r saisY,atrh af / sth rpeeiyed. meant ta tel
,ss Se..reiasx II Var thai eeasta rid the erie
direting nac to eea,nland hiss ss iimitlng nay ~
thFfy ia this department. esisiHi'y When sas q
: A. vs. .,eys,ss.l,sslied hy Var Department. sfdsF
v,,., tfs.sps rssiss Tu,sHsss b. Missls.sPIa
aad sIseahs.r commanding there e nos, tn. ron
lv a. r,x a,4plisaiisyn for more troops thai pal
,-s,I IL s,ssrs. wsald iTe made il iairfeFes .
4 nse q, rrdsr nsors ffsaH TcishsSsse fsfnsa his
,,svt that n, sIsitser having atsek Ike satsso
- X alilitv eannel, IN aasiiiion soElinnb
, ,.b-s spt4e slrtsarfnassIls. No 6cnerai esH eon
k.ss ~. Nj ls. stIe 10 IsFoearp ths ssaeai's
moving tsrse srsefs Taay mSr tsn' weali Y ss,si'
,,li.h ll.s. The fcineszsnssufs Jon 'nsstisn Ass
jsined Grant. .........
lslgnedl = - s''. :. 20.
At tl,;s poiat Ia the cprTsspug leaee, 70
! President sxrose irttsF 20 ten. ts,iiilfsti
a in which he reviewed q iesgta 81 J.
81 ,o;nts ~ lss,ae between them. Hs nliad'
= to the latler's asstammeist 10 deiineti g.
- !, graphical eosssInasl,l BY Special Oiriets =
=. gT5. which order descfibea tho enlnitai.e
70 including a portion Of WestvFn AeEti ~
- alina and Northern ticergia, the ssaisss
Tenhssses. Alahana Hnd Alsslssipp' g
that poftioa Of the State Of issnlssana -
y. Of the Mississippi We make the Asiiasti
le extraet frela tiis letter
JErr. PAWS RxyIKw er TsIE FIcxshfl
eAMrAgux.
i When learned thai prsjndsea and e
{. lIsaifas had 20 undermined the renhdsi