New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-17

letter to Gen yarian to which the following is reply,
was based on the reports published In THE TRfBuSE'
HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE,
FIRST Division. n. G., :. NJ ", (
NEw.YoEK July Is, ISL
Lie,LCol c. b. MITCHELL, cogmdading am ,,l XII
mont n o.. T. ~ T. am in receipt OF your cOnlnunl-
cation Of this date, signed by youse anu alo az c
son. in relation 10 tho service OF your as
18th inst, and In reply would alsWtl fo W. os !" MD
frankly as you have asked them. Fust; l3u asA, p
You have any especial reason Tor oiqtg d IV 9raci
meut to the rearp Ny answer is, loulu on
your position, that, In consequence OF inc setSlt VI
the attack made on you, our 4o W" , To-
and deemed IL advisable. under tie err @ me ~
relieve you "a movement eninehtly liopel u Ui' 10
reflected no disgrace whatever on your 0OI1'' "''
was IL intended as such by myself. .-,.,.- ,ti
Second: You ask It has been reported met YOU r
wish Ia occupy tie position We tst - ~ qua -
you had no intention Of placing ~ there i tis 80
answer, placed you IN tie position You occulhe nv
regiments under my command, considering every l0l
In the line post OF honor In answer 20 your lu
question say most emphaticay that the attack made
on you has been represented required prompt ana m
mediate repulslon; and had been present IN person
would have given orders to hre without Lesl
have the honor to be, Colonel. yours, very respect
fully. M. yAEIAN, BrigadierGcneral'
Gen. varian did not deny in interview yesterday
with TRIBUNE reporter, that he had told MIN that I'M
mediaely after the firing he had sent tho Sith to the
rear in disgrace He added that his action st the Time
was hasty that he has since become better informed OF
the provocaton suffered by the sith and believes 1t
fully justified them in their conduct TIE TRIBUNE had
previously come to the conclusion, and on Friday
morning. the day before the date Of Gen. Varans letter.
"The provocaon which the sith Regiment received ut
TwentyfOurth-st, and which led 10 tine hring appears
10 have been greater than tho first accounts ihdcate
while the dangerous elements OF the mob masked 10 te
eye OF the general observer, are represented Dy tue
police familiar with such gatherings as OF the most Ter
flying character 1t is clear from AL the evidence thus
far collected that, If the troops In their mOmehtaFy e
element had not fired when they did, IL would shortly
have been necessary TO order yOey OF the Whole ne
when OF course, the destruction OF life would bae bet
much greater than resulted from the Ge6utory hiring OF
| the troops While In column"
meeting of the Board Of Officers Of the s4th EeGi-
ment was held on Saturday evening, at which Lieut.
Macklin was, by unanimous vote, expelled from the
Board for cowardce and conduct unbeeomng an officer
This officer published in The star statement In regard
to the firing which, like that OF Sergeant Ahearn pub
shed in THE TRIBUNE, is pronounced by COL Mitchell az
false Sergeant Ahearn is to be reduced To the ranks
and Lieut.. Maekln will be cOurt-martiaed for these
Oenses against discipline, and other charges Resou-
tons were also adopted at the meeting, eu0gzng the
Police and compimenting them highly on tho bravery
they displayed and the admirable discipline eNiuced by
! them throughout the day.