Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-01-16
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Removal of General Butler from his Com
mand in The Army-Cduses Of the Remoral-
significance Of the Euent-The President Con
rineed that Butler is HRmbug
Correspondence Of The Chicago Times.
II .surN,rn,. Iar,uarr

WAsnINeroS January IL.
There is no mistake about the removal of
General Butler from his command in the army
Ii was done by the very first war order which
the president has issued this year. Ii might nat
urally have been expected. judging from the for
mer relations which have subsisted between Gen.
Butler and the administration that the object Of
removing him from his recent position was in or
der that be might be transferred to another, the
command OF some military department, or the
military goveEnorship OF some city. or something
Of that kind But the language and tone of the
order preclude any such idea IL is such Ian
guage and such tone as are assumed only To
wards those who have incurred the severest dis
pleasure of the administration, aud who are
doomed to bear the sentence, BE officer of mine
no more"
The language of the order removes General
Butler from command of the department of
Virginia and North Carolina, and of the two
army corps commanded by Gen. Ord and Gen
WeitZel, and directs him to turn over all money
and government property in his possession TO his
successor, and to report himself by letter TO the
war department from Lowell, Mass Gen. Ord,
n capable and energetic officer, succeeds him in
command. The whole country will rejoice At
this act OF the president The cause of Butler
removal has nothing 10 do. particularly, with
the Wilmington expedition, or the failure of the
Dutch Gap canal. The Of the removal
dates back to the time when Hon Reyerdy
johnson was sent 10 New Orleans TO examine
into certain grave charges which were made
against Butler in relation 70 his administration of
the affairs OF that city. The manifesto of Gov
Pierpont, OF Virginia, against Batter. published
last April, think, has also had good deal Of
we ght in the matter This. OF itself il Is said
would have been acted on by the president i'm
meiiately, had il not been for the fact thst the
camdagn OF Gen Grant against Richmond com.
nenced immediately afterwards, and a Gen.
Butler was then in very important commsnd.
il was deemed best. for the good OF the service.
10 press the matter then.
Your readers can easily remember how Butler
boosted. during the early stage of bis campaign.
how ne caused the statements TO be teegraphei
all over the country that ne had captured Fort
Darling: that he had possession OF the railroad
between Richmond and Petersburg. and that all
communication between those two cities Vas cut
off that General Grant need not give himself
any uneasineSs about Beauregard, for that he,
Butler. held him ia vice. and would prevent
him from reinforcing Lee; aud finally, that he.
Butler. held the KEYS o. Richmond in his trous
ers pocket Each one OF these separate state.
ments served TO deceive and delude the country
for a few days at a time; aud whosoever ven
tured TO doubt their truth was frowued at az dis
affected. Yet each one Of the statements proved
10 be false.
The. real cause for the removal of Butler will