The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1864-11-04

.sosad 70, hare reed iin. Brs for yos pressing oer'
f last algkt -
Eeoaau.ize ssas seaiie reaeF. and
restrain your profanity, If you have any weakness in
t4t directon Ter here Is something tat viii soreiy
ty both.s
A. z N. MCCLELLAN seleyraphs Hallecs
DO spu visa tie of Frankiin's corps e
continued He Is without reserve ammunition. and
TIE man " 30 E..akss himself he-rs-vairv calling
b. the hour for some lazy shirk OF servant, who
aEalls comes asking with placid ease. "nd vou call
I sr, mas have faint idea OF Gen Haecks feel
ings when be received that dispatch.
Pray notice the statement that Franklin IS without
trasEertatso remarka be Que in the Light Of
facts yel Known the time 70 AcClellan, ani which
w--ss,si presently develop.
A. l. n. Mcclellan teiegraphs Halleck
Franklin has oniy between ,re0 ana II COS ready
for du.s. How lar 10 yea wish this force TO ad-
vance -
I Aud again at / O'Clock
shall do SEEMS test to me with all tbs Ups
N tbs vicinity, including Erankiiu, who, | really
tnh oght not under The present e1rcGu siAnces 10
proceed beyond Anandale y
The writer OF that dispatch has SoieanIy declared
in Official report hat he "competely carried out
the order to reinforce General Pope that be had
everything that .s hal only retained camp guard OF
one hundred men - Judge for yourself, reader.
Ats p. NJ. Gen. HAleek, who must certainly pes-
angelic disposition ulusterS tell tie
Young Napoleon
II cant Frtslltas cops 10 90 jar e-9ag4 md
something ab3ai tss ecrty. Perhaps he may get such
information at Ananiale to prevent his going
further otherwise lie viii push toward FairisN.
Try - get something from the direction al Manassas.
either by telegram through Franklins Our
people actively and find out where
TIE enemy | am tired OF guesses."
Or ps.fE Astst Rad saasrs hs enemy is Is Dur
ing the entrs days of August goth AMI seth. the
thunaers OF nearly three hundred pieces artillery
shook the ground under McClellan's feet. All AK
andria knew precisely where the enemy was AMI.
! where the fighting But Gen. Mcclellan could
not make the discovery.
There IS grand, oyerruliug ana guiing military
principle that oyerrides conflicting orders supplies
their total absence. 1t is tie NapoIeonc Vim
March to the sound Of the cannon" Tie neglec, Of
1t by Grouchy. cost the Emperor Waterloo. Has II
never been heard OF by McClellan?
Every drummer boy in Franklin's summers and
Coxs corps knew the knew that the enemy lad
-ntrated, knew tat Pope tai been fighting them
for two days Gen. Mcclellan alone of all his army.
did not know it. could not it; Hallecks last
dispatch remains unanswered.
And now we are about to present the most renarka-
+ blc-ue weigh and emphasize the words-th the most
remarkable dispatch framed by man wearing
/ soldiers uniform We pause before doing it, that
our readers nay prepare for sensation novel
and painul-a pang Of shame for country and
our humanity feeling of profound horror ami
tempt FOR the lnan'who could perpetrate it, At 2:45
F. ~. Gen Mcclellan, in answer 10 a dispatch from
the President, asking What news from Manassas
Junction., telegrAphei
The last received from the direction Of
Manassas was Tom stragglers to the effect that the
enemy were eVaeuatng Centervlle and retiring
ward fhorouy!ItaFe Gap. This is means. re-
liable. am clear that one OF two courses should be
( adopted First-To concentrate all our available
forces 10 open communication with Pope Second
To erre Pop to get ont OF hiy scrap, and at
all means to make the Capital perfectly safe No
/ middle course Will answer. Tell me what Won
wish me u do, aud | will do all in my power II
accomplish it. ! wish to know what my orders and
authority are. ask for nothing. but will obey what
ever orders you give. | only ask prompt decision,
that may at give the necessary orders. 1t will
not do to delay lQp,ser.
Comment there be none. Nothing short Of c
power of a Macauley could avail here, do this
in'amy justice. AMI cantonly feebly indicate
pointing the bad :nenee'' on which it stands
the striking point Of its weakness The man is
sltishei-for what lie hopes, be would fain believe
that Pope is viii be defeated. He suggests
which, after all, substantially and the
same for he knows fiat Lees Junction with Jackson
is certain. lie trust Porter that. In either
case he is ''.o leare Pop get Of his
scrqp~
NUn>ltcr Inc latter 81 tine dlSpitG Tie llght
of the previous two days transactions.
Tn eb,,t yoH ,-isI 10 d." Why for two
days and half the wires have not ceased their
throbbngs under the reiterated order send
Franklin forward
81 sk jor ncaag bat 'eiU obey iatccer orders you
gire''
He asks for nothing On certainly not ; when just
hour and half agone he nsinuatingly dispatches
-si.H do seeS's bert to arA al The troops u,
tiis rietnity z"
lie appears 10 have been left entirely without
ders too: ~ c9 k.oec ala ny orders and authority
arrf W middle cU I,slcer IL c,H not 40
10 dfdy longer.
Tins is the sublime of impuIence, and CHASTITY work
it is, We cannot help smiling at its coonsss.
But what .'scrape'' of his own was Pope to get out
Of? Let US Is he deserter, straggIcr,
incompetent soldier who has rushed into difficulty
without against orders How came he where he
is? Thus with small army OF $4,000 he threw
himself down on the Rapdan-uto the very heart Of
the enemy, tearing at hi. very vtalsto compel him
to lose his hold the noble but dispiritei
OF the Potomac lie did II. McClean's army Of
$1,000 effective troops freed. The entire rebel
force preciptaed the devoted Pope. IL fought
them seventeen days in large battles, and Skin
u,ishes nnumerabe, an with but small all of troops
ami food for his starving and horses would have
stranglei the rebellion at Manassas He was denied
men, ra;ions ana forage. Now we see. That was
the ''scrape" Pope WAS Lest to g.t out Of!
~ 80 P. NJ, Halleck discovering that Franklin
stli loiaers, tells Mcclellan
"fou win Immediately sen construction tran and
guards 10 repair railroad Manassas Let there be
DELAY il this. Rave inst been toll that Frank
iiAS corps stopfei ~ Ananale AMI that he this
evening at Alexandria. This j. all contrary To
orders. Investigate ard report the facts Of this DISC
heiIsnce. That corps tsssrt push forward as liract
Cd. to prv1tect the raroai and open counlnica-
tion with Manassas
And one hour af;ervari Is answered b. him
at was not safe frr Franklin to move berond An
aiae. the circuris tLnces. until he knew what
Vienna. Gen Franklin remained here until
about z. NJ en- lie ivOrin arrange for supplies for
his comm md res ponsible for both these cir
cuulstaElce, and ID that either in di-obe
dence your orers. Please give distinct orders in
reference y FranshH's movements Of to morrow.
aud then, placiiiy, with air Of injured limo
cena-
an regard - = desire def
instructions, Is not agreeable to be