, 1865-09-09
RsrELL ys. sIsERMAY.

0OEA0 'st ~ :
TIE earliest cafon1e1e1s o' events II 1oc Ia'c
*nf we're lne army So.17sponaea's. Lucy
wrote pceause IL "us lnen ''aoe7 'uu 10, ioa-
tctaal they hao tue 11cslis uu"oauo se ells
mcsoent Nhose 's'st leo's.soH "no s.AnpAhs.
ton Is soma has1o'3' eone'naes LIZ 'a7. o.
these newspaper "1atels was an unsracloas
one, ano pursued "oaef u!1ncu''.s anta. ~ A6
completeness as 1ccoro, pat u iiao us scr
f1cs: IN keepne a4i'e tae - 'n'eses.o o. tne ieo
PIE m fhcar a''nAea' ano "''i hos % "Al'nsy
spared lfom 1he IA" taAae1'n "ulcn tae
cromcle4 ot our tlt.e WI aecuniola'e 10. us
EFcneer hna more eaa"s1ns seeosos. sono"-
ing closely attef tncse IN the oeac' o. .ncn
Issue catne the'o "llitat5 1epo1ls, written
upon 1he spol' covering 'ne ue.ll1s u speciuc
and limited operations and movements.
These were necessarily lied down 10 fheir own
fields of narration, were more accurate In dry
details, immensely voluminons In emk, and
have contributed TONS on tons Of matter to
the vaults Of the War Department, mountain
of labor to the patient compiler Whip shah re-
duce them TO the uses Of history We havc
come to the era Of third class of contribu
tions to the annals OF our lste war. Such
contribution was the admirable report Of As
sistaut Secretary Fox. which we published
yesterday. The release from service has given
the actors In these stirring events the leisure
to be their own chroniclcrs !; and to snch ex-
crcise personal motives arc beginning to fur
nish the spur. While the Var was In progress
there YVES IN cnsrossment of their time and a
stringent etlqnette that held them back from
prc1etring Claims for personal credit aud dis
cussing the carly framework Of campaigns.
The volume Of military despatches was q
sealed book, and the original orders on which
campaigns were based were to unauthorized
lips words or as much dread as those which
Glove the Eildon Hills in the Scottish legend.
The third err, for still another reason, was
made to await the end Of the war- The mag
nldccnt success Of tho contest, the utter OK
tnction of the rebellion, has made II worth
while to prefer claims to Its dividends. The
sudden succesa Of . corporation, after ps-
Rod OF doubt nnd danger, sets on loot gen
eral run1anse for It's saares. The war 'oz me
unlonas q coMPleteu event. touna oaa tu.t-
orbed, one o. Inc a3ea Stars o. HISTORY IL
Is no wonder that the .amo't'on possesses
every man 70 pohsn us Iue 10 slaecs III so
great result ..-..........
The she1man'buea controversy Is OF lnls
class' AL recent speecn LII o.. LOUIS oen'
Sherman narrated IN 1ncadeai pIeeeaans the
the campaign OF lsts, Ia Which Gen. Hallcck
and himself were discussing the situation.
1he enemy nne' IL .ha@ ,ne, presented aa
unbroken front, according 10 Buell., ol over
$1,000 men. their left at Columbus, the centre
at Forts Henry and Doaelson, the I1sht on
Bowling Green and NASHVILLE. " u 10 pe
observed, In passing, that Gen. buell's esti+
mate Of the enelny's Numbers greatly exceeds
that Of The rebel commander, Albert
Sidney Johnston. According to General
Ghermau's statement, the campaign was
struck ont at the Planters Hous., In st..
+. Louis. In a conversation among the officers
.,r,,srnt. which resulted In the splendid sue
rtss of The esr1y season of that year in Ten
neases and Kcuturky. This has called out
fron, Zen Rne1l a fnr1nnl and elaborate state-
- A.. ..sa;, ~ +ho ,,n,n,,,, n vnu-
Heat1 " ~ ~, '4tN ~ sN.1--
| tucky md Tennessee, accompanied by volum-
tnous wnr dispatches and orders, dispnttnEg
point blank with Gen. Sherman his claim m
1,eha,f or Grn. Hn,lect. fvtth n 1eyers;ouary
uS ~ ,1.,r, .r.t y. 1,,t.x ,.,,;n,+oa
7 share Tor h'nsen,l Ina. tne iA'tel On lsA.eu ~,
river. with cooperating lind force. Gen,
crnnt onne,rs IA he the only officer in COM
!
mand ot an at1uy WHO nse poa vel Wy cla1tn
to tho credit Of the operat1ons which LED 10
| l4ba rontpre IF Fort, Donelsop and the occu-
60 - E.e,r;t,. f1nor mi. mimi The
pa.0n ta,,,n -. aaa1a,., n,,tsa Nv Sem, m Crimes
~, 1oaar,s ~ rsso,u,;ons ~ sh.nt. Ia
1o-snnia~s ~ n,s ] Il roatc ~ ~ IN 1sse nav ahcd aome
.,:e,.. ' - A'
....- "c.sao, Jaa- =, 1ssss.
Gen. 1sllecs s. Louis; >, .a,,,o, +..t pn,,
ucn1y and the Tcnneesoe I'M tser can Be- caed With
four froDciaa snne9ais and troop. md BE- p:Ena,
nspifs 1 1Sst pn!pese vbsn Tesdy, ~ l'''
"A. Il. FoorE"
Gen. Buell. says he first sent the Identical
,,on xS,,trh Sherman s,e,l-s of tn Cen
p s n44
Mcclellan, Then General IN Chici, IN Inc Iatte'
'nast of Norc,n}er. 1871. two veeks nfter he
,--.-,-.,
and subsequently,. but at less Iencth. detailed
-. ~ -. Tsu.s,~ =. 81
1bc same 10 suos1Ance 10 oen' haAecks n 81
Louis. In proof Of this arst statement il
given desla!cn from 0ca. sicCielan' &C
tsnowledgang the receipt Of the plan, and send