Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-01
MURAT's PRDICAMENT.
he Scared tbs Federal Leaders
During eli War.
From the -ye'O 'rls Herald.

CINCINNATI, OHlOs epL. Ellie -Gf-
,r,r deyotes its who first page this
-rrirr TO the fac sime of letter writ
l o by lIurat HalsteadP Salmon P. Chase
y is68 The following the letter, which
- ,iyep By the EnqujreAn plain type also
in sensational headlies:
corsrnor ChaM: 800.
Wv DEAR SIR write you some
~ tentgstic letter theother day. But
q Nn.'r sunnose is not NV strange. l
tIH ,te mis- morning to end you copy
Il VI nriyate letter 1 havefrOm our army
o. Sr6nt Of Vicksburg. tits from a close
a.aTyer. who endeaVos to tell the
& truth: .A.uo,.,,,.
& lIn.fed. disheartened demorallzed
u,, than this is, nd all because
""ty under such men as Grant and
e IL n,T Disease is decorating its ranks,
& eIt' lille hundreds Of poor elbows are dying
s IN small -pON and every oher conceIvaDc
Aoia3y The medical department > aihlcted
ma denrium tremeDs. n Memphis small
WIN l.nn oIil are made to wax through the
Fl lNd+s rom camps to hospitals, vtlle drunk
s 5o,tors ride from bar rooms IN govern
CIV er,bulauces. How is it tina Grant, VINO
Ie-Srbiud al Fort Henry, drunkAt Donelson.
',e,f,aed and whipped At Shilo' and driven
81 Sscs from OXFORD, Miss, Is stul IN COM
& msnN
Il Governor Chase, these thugs are true.
Il onrnoble Army of the Mississippi is be-
q ,ny wasted by the foolish, drunken,
..7nid Grant. He can't ogantZe or con-
81 III or fight an army. ! hive no personal
& Ssiipc aboutlt, but kn,W he is an ass.
& r5are Is not among the whole list OF re-
& tirad MAJOR generals a man VINO IS not
4 Grants superior. Mcclellan, Fremont,
q WcDoven Burnside, Franklin, even
n N q
4 mont upon the present commander OF the
4 Amy Of the Mississippi. We will wake
4 mn some OF these days and ind we have
mn Army Of the Mississippi. Then, there
& ;sawful discOuragemen at the way the
8 foolish old hunter, wIO is thought TO be
8 ,,reat man because ht is not insane in his
nreindices on the negro question, is doing.
In Gods name, whit is he waiting fopS
More endorsements? Pity he can't die
Il and ret out Of the way as Mitchell did.
Rnt 10 stop this sort of growing and
& come 10 sOmethingmore practical. The
4 army West and East is being weakened
8 bonrIv by desertiOrs; 1t is The great evil.
The thing needful to stop 1t is for the
President to give each commander OF de-
q partments power ID shoot deserters; they
& must be shot by thedozen. The Presidents
\ weak. pulling, bidding humanitarianism
is death and hell to the army. Can't
s you take him by the throat and knock his
q head against a wall, until he Is brought
10 MS senses on the war business? l do
& not speak wantOnly when | say there are
Il pers0ns who would feel that they were
81 doing God service to kill him, if 1t were
a not feared that Hamlin is a bigger fool
Il than be is. And yet the pitiful Congress
E twaddles weekly in private caucus about
s political matters as if a little more niger
& would do everything. Why don't they
. pass your finance measure and the con-
& script act, and mind their own buslnessl
81 The proclamation is a positive nuisance
s. tOHery true, loyal man in the West. 1t
Il is a weapon in the hands of the Butter
Fl nuts If it is made party test Val
landgham would be elected Governor Of
& Ohio.
DOn not think l am talking at random.
Alas know what l am talking about.
What is wanted:---
Flrst-A General for our Army Of the
Mississippi.
Desert ers shot by order of COM
handlers Of departments.
IdiTd-Less dependence upon the mig
ger and more on the white man.
F0Urtb-The consolidation of the frag-
3 ments Of regiments.
!. F1th-Arrest and try Henry May and
. hbHN6il ulilipo lOI bTSdSOHs
SLtt-Suppress the New York Tribune
and New York World.
n. HALsTEAD.
WHAT MR.. HALsTEAD SAYS.
E Mr.. Halstead said to a Herald cores
pondent that he does not remember the
letter, and cannot understand some things
IN 1t, and should not be surprised if
part OF it had been interpOlated. He was
Fl IN the IA HIT dnriFO bn ~
out his sorrows in private letters to Sec
rotary Chase, who seems to have had
private secretaries capable of making
merchandise of mis- confidential cores
pondence. This letter probably comes
ION the same source as the Garfield let
ley relating to Gen. Rose crans, which had
transient celebrity. Mr.. HaIstead also
SAYS 10 his annOtations ON the letters
which he reprOduces:
Inc impression this makes upon US is that
'nefe was no part Of it manufactured. Mr..
nas,ead must have been, at least when a
a iVuhg man, an lmpetuOus writer Of private
.etefs ana that there were times when he
~ NOV tss wei Informed as he thought he
& times.
STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
over his initials be will among other
lnlngs say tomorrow:
II the present generation could realize
s le state OF the country and the profound
sIusJ and dismay with which those
g'l informed regarded the course Of
.1uis III February, 1868, they would be
startled, and about many things even
auaLeu. Those old dark pools of doubt
s. .u Despair are not often nowadays
o~Ieu' There was a good deal about the
otpnthg OF Gen. Grants great career that
la9 inauspiclous. The commander Of the
gtsIIment, Gen. Halleck. intorposed be-
tween the victor Of Fort Donelson ana his
p.V9et lame, censured him and gavo the
Slt TO Gen. Smith. The history of
-on Is still holly disputed. The i'm
preston the battle made at the time was
M, ,uaO OF commanding success. The
S1M unfayorable stories about Gen.
. tAV were IN universal circulation, and,
Fl ,sa"gelY as it would seem IN the Hight OF
Events that followed, largely believed.
m from Gen. Force, of the Army Of
| ~ tennessee, TO friends in this city gave
~. uIst CLEANS of hopeful expectation on
Fl tIo SUBJECT OF Grant and his army. In
,so 'lue Oh desolaton and irritation, after
cs, siege OF COrinth and before the
,s~palgn OF Nicksburg, Gen. Force had
aGDsulled IN Gen. Grant the qualities
ward so conspicuous, and ex-
"l justified
OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
1. Gsotaham Lincoln did not at once, when
n an ggahe President and the war came
fag.i" most terrible storm that ever
.6f6U tain tho SGectiomate admiration
r lad uhtfymen. That be was too slow
. via , ,'il ana indulgent toward generals
/. q HH..I a.s.F. "a.