The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-01-31


General y. Kirby smith Rebsllfous. I
HI IS ACCUSED OF R.TUsING TO rRANsyEs BTe
TROOPS TO THE DAsr SIDE or TUE MISSISSIPPI.
From the Montgomery Appeal "a
has been so frequently asserted and by those who
ought 70 be well advised that General Kirby pi has
&isebeyed repeated orders 70 vanuey A tyoops to his
side Of As kisrssipp& that many persons believing Il,
judging that ohacer consciously We have knowi
edge this subject beyond ne general siatsnt qoak
and therefore cannot speak with certainty whether
such order issued TAe cAa~Ss Aossevy, has
not been denied-d fact Indicating 70 b. trse strongly
enough 70 cause public animadveion and Ne conduct e
Ne commander fs Truns kississppi Department 70 b.
tn0 severely criticized
We are 10th 70 believe that one Who in times past has
rendered such signal service 70 the country mas proven
vceredn a stated On the contrary such order was
issued suppose the troops were not transferred to tho
east simply because II impossible TO do In fact
we doubt whether the army could DO brought over The
river Ia probably too vglanty patrolled by the federal
gunboats TO permit such great movement to DO made
The narrow escapes Of small parties that occasionally
occur and the frequent capture Of others lead TO
ciude that our military authorities west Of tho river
decided IL would be useless 10 make the attempt 70 cross
the army With the limited means at their disposal u
would have been great undertaking, mot liable to In
teupion but with the whole length OF the river poced
by formidable neet would Il not have been an impos
sbilityf
Tho Humiliation Of Je6. Davis.
THE ADHERENTs OF THE REBEL PRESIDENT DECLARE
TaAT THE ruKrosE T CoNoHEss IN EFfSoI -.
THE LATE CHANGES WAS TO HuMILIArE DAVIS.
from the Richmond Whig, Jan. 70
Aas ocen stated that tho design Of Congress in the
t. according 70 report prspSed 70 take, Is simply to
Aumi1sdte ne Preademt We cannot suppose that inc
President himself takes this view OF the case He can
tho States come 70 the capital animated with
not Of serving their country but Of moryng It's chief
mag q which
at least represent and which there s abundant reason
70 believe does at this moment practically express the
reckoned among ts peculiar champions Of the Presi
dent shosd urge is hypotes" II persisted In, II can
~ 70
90 disastrous In It's inevitable consequences Because
believes TO be right TO demands which, based upon such
motives, he would know to DO wrong The adoption OF
this hypohss!s must then e We are correct IN onr os
country b faught with nothing but evil since win
operate logical Justification for refusal TO comrly
Re
Of the views took occasion sxprc IN issue Of
yesterday By compelling that very antagonist which i
Is 20 necessary 70 svod This Of course the suppos
ton that our premises arc correct. u
And We know than 10 DO correct We say with 70
fucance, because have harmed with rsgret, that
the public opinion Of this confederacy 10 hxed In the
idea that Cs Gauss h~s beew tmperiIed ~ sevscs u
oanaers g haenmosa ~ sneo.,Paeney ana oao maaHW
~nt On we pert q the aammsteton % Us mmsalase
agents 10 DENY that TINS NE prevshlng opinion
H 70 oeny WAL % pam - we noen'ony sun; M
70 cay thas the despondcncy winch wesns upon
our people y not aatnoutape 70 snm cause - -
sssssy ~ 80 e'1ssy - vJrne -. - -. J.
conceivable cause In one which We fancy neither the
President of hi COUNSELLOR will urge an