Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-03-12
RoF. .ths IntsIllEOneeR.
FROM WASHINGTON.
WAsBINGTox, March 8, 1864.

LIEUTEEANT.GENERALo GRANT
In all present probability will be 10
Washington 10 few days. The blank bill
creating the rank Of Lieutenant General
o. s. A., WAS soon filled out after its pas
sage by the President, who placed in it the
name OF U. S. Grant. Ar. Washburne, of
Illinois, has taken au active and conspicu-
Gus part in the creating of this supeIlauve
position 10 the army. As soon as the bill
was complete, he hastily left Washington
ostensibly for his home, but it Is generally
believed that he took in custody the COM
mission of Grant. and made the best of
time TO deliver it in person to that truly
distinguished general.
GENERAL HALLECK
Cannot begin too soon to pack his trunk.
No one will say that be has not had n yery
quiet time in Office so far as bis personal
ease is concerned. His want of real merit
or fitness as a chief, has made his petition
a very nominal affair. From Pope down
to Meade he has only occasionally been re.
cognized by communications 10 the Gov.
erunent from generals in the field. 1t
will not do to get him too near General
Pope, because their trades are too much
alike; they both excel in originating aud
disseminating famous yarns Of their own
GAHAShS' lucy OlO"EA OWu
until they were 10 Washington, and after
they come here the public learned to it's
sorrow that Pope aud Halleck were not
what they professed to be. With respect
to his military career 1t may be said of
HAlleck that he has need OF nothing SO
much as parsley.
rae AMY OF TIE POTOMAC
Will undoubtedly claim early attention
from Gen. Grant after his arrival in Wash
iugtOn. Gen. Meade is now 10 town to ties :
tity before the Committee on The Conduct
OF the War 10 regard to the late report that
he ordered a retreat at Gettysburg after
the first days fighting. From the CONVEX
sation Of q General from the trout have
learned that anything but harmony of
feeling and action exists between the corps
commanders 10 the army OF the Potomac.
No Oue General could enter a fight with
any well grounded faith OF support FROM
his fellow Generals commanding corps or
divisions. For these aud other reasons NOT
necessary to euumerate, General Grant
sooner or later, will reorgsniEe the grand
army on the Rapidan.
GRAVES OF GREAT MEN
Checker the history of the city of Wash
iUgIOn to greater extent than the casual
reader or observer generally imagines. Not
many years hgO. u remarkable foreigner
made his appearance in this country; the
hand aud voice OF welcome were given him
aud donors without parallel in grandeur
and number were bestowed on him when
he arrived. He was celebrated in all cities
aud towns OF our lAud wherever he bad
been seen or heard OF, and justly so, until
be arrived 10 Washington. There he uu.
fortunately drifted into that great maeI.
sirom-the American Congress, aud be va,
swallowed up. All the garruIous vuItures
claimed, aad many obtained, u piece u
him, ADD when at IAstt be great expou der
Dan. Webster, made q speech Ou.him, thai
celebrated anatomy was thoroughly dis
sec;ed and-KossuIh, the Hungarian patri.
OF aua exile WAS no more eau it be said
Ihat it is impossible for the great warrior
Grant to piss through II similar OrdeAlt-
When one counts tue names OF the many
eminent, civil aud military men that have
gone doWn and are going down this day tC
oblivion IN Washington, is il unnAIurAl C
experience feelings of mingled SORROW and
glGd1esa as the hero OF Donelson ant
Corinth, Vicksburg and Chattanooga draw
nigh to the National CapitalH Let no mar
Who Il elevated TO that degree Of civilization
which prays 70 God, forget 10 ask DAILY
that that time shall never come when /
shall be said: Alas. the Washington
friends Of o. 8: Grant have been the causr
OF his ruin. CADMUs.