General Wool.
It now seems certain that General Butler is to be succeeded at Fortress Monroe-by General John E. Wool. The military career of Butler has been simply absurd. He will leave Virginia, as he left Baltimore, and object of ridicule and contempt. Man will grow mirthful over the sound of his name. He has threatened to take Richmond, but he has taken nothing except his pay and rations since he entered the State. The battle of Bethel, in which he took no part, will long be remembered as an illustration of his generalship; and the pompous proclamation, in which he asserted that because General Pierce did not instantly run away, he ‘"lost his presence of mind,"’ an illustration of his spirit and chivalry.Major General Wool, by whom General Butler is succeeded, is a veteran officer of the regular army, and undoubtedly a man of courage and experience. But he must be now nearly seventy-five years of age, and it seemed to be the opinion of the late General Scott, that he is too infirm for active service. Possibly General Wool may entertain the same opinion of General Scott. But if he does not take warning by the fate of the latter, and shut himself up closely in his fortress, they will soon be brothers in affliction.
