An Impressible
--A New York paper, of the 29th May, says.
It is now well understood that ‘"unauthority hangers on"’ were excluded from the army of Tennessee by
Gen. Hattleck because the rebels managed to obtain intelligence of the disposition of our forces through someone with the army.
The leaky individual, according to the correspondent of the Cincinnati
Times, is a brother of
Governor Yates, of . The rebel agents were two fascinating sisters named
Irwin, whose father owns any amount of broad acres and almost counted contrabands, and who have the enviable reputation of being the ‘"most elegant ladies in
Tennessee,"’ reside at
Savannah, and since the occupation of the place they have professed strong Union sentiments, and their parlor has been a general rendezvous for all the young gallants in the service.
No one questioned their loyalty, and in course of time they became as familiar with our position and strength as our own
Generals.
The principal portion of this intelligence was imparted by a brother of
Gov. Yates of
Illinois.
Immediately after an introduction to the
Misses Irwin, he became fascinated, and from that moment his attentions to both in general, and one in particularly, became unremitting, and the consideration he received which he attributed to the nigh position of his brother, and his own personal charms, led him to an indiscreet, not to say criminal, revelation of all he knew about the plans of the campaign and the strength of the army.
He is reported as a vain man, and flattery rendered him if quacious, until the whole story was known to the sisters.
In the mean time the ‘"erring brother"’ found the means of visiting his ‘"loyal sisters"’lightly, and what they learned during a day was known to
Beauregard before a second dawned.
Our authorities soon discovered that there was a leak somewhere, and the result was, a sort of persecution was instituted against newspaper correspondents, who are made to shoulder all the fatherless sins floating about the army.
But after a while the whole matter was revelled, and the gallant young man found it very convenient to omit all further attention to the damsels, and seek thioether climate further North.
