The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1865-06-03

Gt>rRAL SnEi SAr bss = military reputation
that any living General might envy, but unloss a
decided change over,akes him he will never sisin
. reputation Tor discreet writing General sHEB.
gAs should leave the assaults upon sTASTos
W somebody else. IL should remember that his
'agreemsnr' With JoHssror was an error ths, the
public cannot easly overlool', although IL may he
forgiven II would h far more conducive N ti.
popularity n sHEfSAS would Lev that transaction
remain buried, than to dig II M in Iris way. II
need have no fear that his brill ant military repu.
,Ation can ~ unisilv A-n'shod by either STANTON
or HAtLfcK. and he ought to know that in such
spltsful .rnsnslons as the following letter, h. Ia
doing hinsrl' NOR, injury a. IN good.
CASp SsA7 AtrxlSprIs, Va, NAV II.
Der BOWMAN am lust arrived. All my
army will he in to-dsy. I have been lost IN the
world In the wood. for some time. YET on srrv.
ing At the ",sttlensni." found hsv. made quite
. str among the people at home, snd that the mos,
sinister motives have been secrite'i 10 rne. have
made frequent oficisl reports ~ my Official seton
in oil public matters, and ~ NJ them have teen
carefully suppressed while the most ridiculous
nonsense has bsen indu,riou.ly spread abroad
through al the Newspaper. We'll you know
What importance attach 30 such matters
and that | have been too long hg ting
with real rebels with muske,s iu their hands
TO be scared bv mere non-conb AtsnIs, no
natter how high their civil rsnk or station.
II Ia amusing to observe how brave snd firm
some men become when al danger n phut. | have
noticed on fields n battle brave men mover rnsull
the captured Inutlato the dead but cow,I dH
and lsggards awavs do. cannot now recall me
set, but Shakesuear records how poor Fasisf, the
prince Of towards and wits, Using from . figured
death, stabbed again the dead Percy, aud carried
The carcass aloh In triumph to prove he vslor. 60
DOW whom the rebellion in our land IL dead, many
Falstaffs sppesr to brandish the evidence Of she'r
valor and sock To win applause and TO appropriate
honors for deeds that ne'cr were done. As my
sell, ask no popularity, no reward but dare
the War Department " publish my official lettcrs
and reports. assert that my official reports have
been purposoy suppressed while all the power a.
the pi oss has been Insl .guanly turned sganst
| do ysnt peace and security, and the return
10 law and Justice from m,no TO the RIO Graudo
and II IL does not exist substantially, VI - FOR
state reasons beyond my comprehension II may
BE- thought strange that one Who has no fame ut
- soldier should have been 10 osretul 10 try to
restore the civil power OF thc govcranou, snd the
peaceful jurisdiction OF the Federal courts tut Il
is difficult 70 discover In that fact any lust Of
offence 10 81 enlightened and Tree people. Bu,
when men choose 10 Islander and iniure others,
they easily invent the facts for the purpose
when the proposed victim Is far away, engaged IN
public service OF their own bidding. Rat there is
consolation In knowing II, though truth lie,
in tho bottom OF well, the Yankees have persc-
verance enough 10 get TO that bottom.
You're, truly,