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QUEENSTOWN, SATURDAY NIGHT.
The Cunard mail steamer Arabia, from Boston the
12th and Halifax the 14th inst., has arrived.
A Washington letter contains the following in
reference to the mission of Lord Lyons :
" Whatever may be the suppositions produced
by the arrival of Lord Lyons in America, it is now
almost certain that he does not bring with him any
message calculated to disturb at present the good
relations existing between this country and Euro-
pean Powers. It is said, however, that he will, as
a matter of private opinion, warn Mr. Lincoln of
the tendencies of foreign Cabinets and point out to
him the circumstances likely to bring them to re-
cognise the South. According to information ob-
tained from a most reliable source it would seem
that both the English and French Governments
had, in the beginning of the last month, arrived at
the conclusion that the time had come to take into
serious consideration the question of the recognition
of the South. It was tdithat end that the departure
of Lord Lyons, which had been decided upon for
the 11th October, was postponed to the 25th. Dur-
ing those 15 days, however, came the news of our
' victory at Perryville, which considerably modified
the dispositions of the English Cabinet, and the
change of the Minister of Foreign Affairs in France,
which naturally postponed in the French Council
all things connected with American affairs. All
these circumstances combined, together with the ap-
proaching electionsinAmerica, which were presented
to Lord Russell as being calculated to have a power-
ful effect upon our home policy, induced him, as well
as Lord Palmerston, to let things go a little longer as
they are and wait for further developments. Conse-
quently the Cabinet Council which they had ap-
pointed for the purpose of giving definitive instruc-
tions to Lord Lyons was not held, and his Excel-
lency was allowed to leave London as he came. It
is now believed that the Cabinet will not take any
step concerning the recognition of the South till
the meeting of the next Parliament, which takes
place in the beginning of February."
The removal of General M'Clellan has caused
great excitement everywhere, but it is denied that
in the army the feeling has amounted to disaffec-
tion. From the headquarters of the army the fol-
lowing is the report received :
" Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac,
Salem, Virginia, Nov. 8, 12 o'clock, Noon.
" The order relieving Major-General M'Clellan
from the command of the Army of the Potomac was
received at headquarters at 11 o'clock last night.
It was entirely unexpected to all, and therefore
every one was taken by surprise.
" On its receipt the command was immediately
turned over to General Burnside. General M'Clel-
lan and his staff will leave to-morrow for Trenton,
where he is ordered to report. The order was de-
livered to him by General Buckingham in person.
" The last official act of General M'Clellan was
the issuing of an address to his soldiers, informing
them in a few words that his command had de

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for the distribution of his supplies. On the 11th he
telegraphed that a portion of his supplies, sent by
rail, had been delayed_ As already stated, agents
were immediately sent from here to investigate this
complaint, and they reported that everything
had gone forward. On the same date (the 11th)
he spoke of many of his horses being broken down by
fatigue. On the 12th he complained that the rate
of supply was only ' 160 horses per week for the
entire army there and in front of Washington.' I
immediately directed the Quartermaster-General to
inquire into this matter, and report why a larger
supply was not furnished. Gen. Meigs reported on
the 14th that the average issue of horses to General
M'Clellan's army in the field and in front of Wash-
ing for the previous six weeks had been 1,459 per
week, or 8,754 in all ; in addition, that large num-
bers of mules had beeii supplied, and that the num-
ber of animals with Gen. M'Clellan's army on the
Upper Potomac was over 31,000. He also reported
that he was then sending to that army all the horses
he could procure.
" On the 18th Gen. M'Clellan stated, in regard to
Gen. Meigs's reports, that he had filled every requi-
sition for shoes and clothing, Gen. Meigs may have
ordered those articles to be forwarded, but they
have not. reached our depots, and unless greater
effort to insure prompt transmission is made by the
department of which Gen. Meigs is the head, they
might as well remain in liewlYurk or Philadelphia
as far as this army is concerned.' I immediately
called General Meigs's attention to this apparent
neglect of his department. On the 25th he reported
as the result of his investigation that 48,000 pairs
of boots and shoes had been received by the Quar-
termaster of Gen. M'Clellan's army at Harper's
Ferry, Frederick, and Hagerstown ; that 20,000
pairs were at Harper's Ferry depot on 21st ; that
10,000 more were on their way, and 15,000 more
ordered. Col.lngalls, aidedecamp and chief quarter.
master to Gen. M'Clellan, telegraphed on the 25th
The suffering for want of clothing is exagge-
rated, I think, and certainly might have been
avoided by timely requisitions of regimental and
brigade commanders.' On the 24th he telegraphed
to the Quartermaster-General that the clothing was
not detained in cars at the depots. Such com-
plaints are groundless. The fact is, the clothing
arrives and is issued, but more is still wanted. I
have ordered more than would seem necessary from
any data furnished me, and I beg to remind you
that you have always very promptly met all my re-
quisitions as far as clothing is concerned. Our
depot is not at fault; it provides as soon as due
notice is given. I foresee no time when an army
of over 100,000 men will not call for clothing and
other articles.'

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volved on General Burnside, and taking an affec-
tionate leave of them."
The Washington despatch is as follows :
" General M'Clellan has been superseded, and
General Burnside appointed in his place.
" The latter positively refused to take command
after Pope's defeat, and recommended the appoint-
ment of M'Clellan.
" As General Hooker is to take the field, it is sup-
posed that he is to take Burnside's place as late
commander of corps d'armee.
"It was known here that the Radicals had boasted
that M'Clellan was to be removed immediately after
the New York election.

" Great excitement prevailed in the city to-night
in consequence of the report that General M'Clellan
had been superseded."

"In regard to General M'Clellan's means of
promptly communicating the wants of his army to
me or to the proper bureaus of the War Department
I report that, in addition to the ordinary mails, he
has been in hourly communication with Washing-
ton by telegraph.
"It is due to General Meigs that I should submit
herewith a copy of a telegram received by him from
General M'Clellan.
"Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
" H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief."

" GENERAL M'CLELLAN TO GENERAL MEIGS.
" [United States' Military Telegraph.—Received
Oct. 22, 1862, 9.40 p.m., from M'Clellan's Head-
quarter.]
" To Brigadier-General Meigs,—your despatch of
this date is received. I have never intended in any

No official explanation is given, but among the
Republican newspapers military reasons are as-
signed for the change, and, as a part of the history,
a letter from General Hallock to Secretary Stanton
and a despatch from General M'Clellan to General
Meigs are published :
" GENERAL HALLECK TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR.
" Head-quarters of the Army, Washington,
Oct. 28.
" Sir,—ln reply to the general interrogatories
contained in your letter of yesterday, I have to
report :

letter or despatch to make any accusation against
yourself or your department for not furnishing or
forwarding clothing as rapidly as it was possible
for you to do. I believe that everything has been
done that could be done in this respect. The idea
that I have tried to convey was that certain por-
tions of the command were without clothing, and
the army could not move until it was supplied.
46 G. B. mccLELLAN, Major-General."
A despatch of the 10th from the head-quarters
says :

" 1. That requisitions for supplies to the army
under General M'Clellan are made by Staff officers
on the chiefs of bureaus here—that is, for quarter-
master's supplies by his chief quartermaster on the
Quartermaster-General; for commissary supplies
by his chief commissary on the Commissary-Gene-
ral, &c. No such requisitions have been, to my
knowledge, made upon the Secretary of War, and
none upon the General-in-Chief.
" 2. On several occasions General M'Clellan has
telegraphed to me that his army was deficient in
certain supplies. All these telegrams were imme-
diately referred to the head of bureaus, with orders
to report.

"It was ascertained that in every instance the
requisitions had been immediately filled except one,
where the Quartermaster-General had been obliged
to send from Philadelphia certain articles of cloth-
ing, tents, &c., not having a full supply here. There
has not been, so far as I could ascertain, any neglect
or delay in any department or bureau in issuing all
supplies asked for by General M'Clellan or by the
officers of his Staff. Delays have occasionally oc-
curred in forwarding supplies by rail on account of
the crowded condition of the depots or of a want of
cars ; but, whenever notified of this, agents have
been sent out to remove the difficulty. Under the
excellent superintendence of General Haupt I think
these delays have been less frequent and of shorter
duration than is usual with freight trains. An army
of the size of that under General M'Clellan will
frequently be for some days without the supplies
asked for, on account of neglect in making timely
requisitions and unavoidable delays in forwarding
them and in distributing them to the different bri-
gades and regiments. From all the information I
can obtain, lain of opinion that the requisitions from
that army have been filled more promptly, and that
the men, as a general rule, have been better sup-
plied, than our armies operating in the west. The
latter have operated at much greater distances from
the sources of supply, and have had far less facili •
ties of transportation. In fine, I believe that no
M'Clellan
was
intended
armies in the world, while in campaign, have been
more promptly or better supplied than ours.
" 3. Soon after the battle of Antietam General
urged
s t o g
vdeerni theaitn,foifrmheatmioonveodf
movements, his
be-
tween the enemy and Washington, reinforcements
could be sent be?, from this place. On the Ist of Octo-
finding that
per's Ferry, I he purposed to operate from Har-
ur d
him to cross the river at once
and give battle thetgoe
the disadvantages of _ enemy, pointing out to him
had swollen the Potomac
till the autumn rains
On the 6th of Octoberelh7 and impaired the roads.
to cross the Potomac e Was peremptorily ordered
or drive him south. and
Your
give battle to the enemy
while the roads are good.'r Itermy must move now
three weeks have elapsed • will be observed that
since thi • order a, or was given.
" 4. In my opinion there has been no such want
of supplies in the army under Gen
prevent his compliance with ordersthe.
M'Clellan as to
to advance
against the enemy. Had he moved t
to the south
side of the Potomac, he could have received his
supplies almost as readily as by remaining inactive
on the north.

"General M'Clellan was to have left yesterday
for the North, but the transferring of a command
like this could not be accomplished in a day, and he
was thereforce compelled to remain. At 9 o'clock
last

evening all the officers belonging
to head-qaar-
,ers assembled at the General's tent to bid him fare-
well. The only toast given was by General M'Clel-
lan—' The Army of the Potomac.' General M'Clel-
lan and Staff, accompanied by General Burnside,
to-day bade farewell to this army, visiting in suc-
cession several army corps. As the General rode
through the ranks the torn and tattered banners of
the veteran regiments were dipped to greet him,
while the thousands of soldiers gave vent in con-
tinuous rounds of cheers and applause to their
feelings. The General and Staff will leave by special
train to•morrow for the North."
The following order was issued by General Burn-
side on taking command of the army :
"In accordance with General Orders No. 182,
issued by the President of the United States, I
hereby assume command of the army of the Potomac.
Patriotism and the exercise of my every energy in
the direction of this army, aided by the full and
hearty co-operation of its officers and men, will, I
hope, under the blessing of God, insure its success,
" Having been a sharer of the privations and a
witness of the bravery of the old Army of the
Potomac in the Maryland campaign, and fully iden-
tified with them in their feeling of respect and
esteem for General M'Clellan, entertained through
a long and most friendly association with him,
feel that it is not as a stranger I assume' command.
"To the Ninth Army
Corps, so long and inti-
mately associated with me I need say nothing. Our
histories are identical.

"s. On the 7th of October, in a telegram in re-
gard to his intended movements. Gen, m.cleilan
stated that it would require at least three days to
supply the Ist, stb, and 6th Corps ; that they needed
shoes and other indispensable articles of clothing, as
well as shelter tents. No complaint was made that
any requisitions had not been filled, and it was in-
ferred from his language that he was only waiting

" With diffidence for myself, but with a proud
confidence in the unswerving loyalty and determi-
nation of the gallant army now intrusted to my
care, I accept its control, with the steadfast
assurance that the just cause must prevail.
"A. E. BURNSIDE, Major-General Commanding."
A Washington letter of the 11th says :
" Major• General M'Clellan and personal staff left
Warrenton at 11 o'clock to-day. On reaching
Warrenton Junction a salute was fired. The troops
which had been drawn up in line, afterwards broke
ranks, when the soldiers crowded around him,
and many eagerly called for a few parting words.
He said in response, while on the platform of the
railroad depot :—' I wish you to stand by General
Burnside as you have stood by me, and all will be
well. Good bye.'
"To this was a spontaneous and enthusiastic
troops were also drawn up in line
at Bristow
TheowSt ation and Manassas Junction, where
salutes
M'Clellan was com-
plimentedienucheers.
The party
arrived here this afternoon just in time to take
the five o'clock train for Trenton. The cars
erewith gtired and
th s where
inie enthusiastic
being detained owing to some impediment
on the track, General M'Clellan was recognised
by the many soldiers quartered in that vicinity,
when he was greeted with oft-repeated .cheers.
The following farewell order was read to the troops
composing the army of the Potomac yesterday
morning on dress parade
Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp
near Rectortown, Virginia, Nov. 7.
" ' Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Poto-
mac,—An order of the President devolves upoh
Major-General Burnside the command of this army.
In parting with you I cannot express the love and
gratitude I bear to you. As an army you have
grown up under my care. In you I have never
found doubt or coldness. The battles you have
fought under my command will proudly live in our
nation's history. The glory you have achieved—
our mutual perils and fatigues, the graves of our
comrades fallen in battle and by disease, the broken
forms of those whom wounds and sickness have
disabled, the strongest associations which can exist
among men, unite us still by an indissoluble tie.
We shall ever be comrades in supporting the Con-

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command of the rebel armies north of Richmond,
and now has his headquarters at Culpepper. stone-
wall Jackson's corps d'armee has been increased to
50,000 men. The advance of the army of the Pot°•
mac was known in Richmond, and the situation
well understood. The rebel plan of operation was
said to be to mass their forces on the Rappahannock,
and then fight the greatest battle of the war. The
new Merrimac is completed, and has been below
Fort Darling for several days, with steam up and
her full complement and crew aboard. She is ready
for a fight, and may be expected at the mouth of
James River at any moment. She passed the ob-
structions in James River coming down ; but,
owing to their peculiar nature, it is impossible for
her to get back to Richmond. If worsted in an en-
counter with our navy she can only seek protection
under the guns of Fort Darling. Officers in the
rebel service have been detached by the Richmond
War Department to carry on a contraband trade
for their Government between Baltimore and
Richmond. 1,5001 b. of quinine, 1001 b. of fulmi-
nating powder, and 2,000,000 percussion caps lately
ran the blockade of the Potomac in possession of
some of these parties."
A despatch from Louisville, of the 9th, says :--
" There was no assault on Nashville up to Fri-
day evening. Nothing has been heard of General
Polk. On Wednesday night the rebel pickets on
the Murfreesboro,M'Minuville, and Frauklin Pikes
commenced skirmishing. Eight hundred of Stokes's
cavalry charged upon Starn's cavalry, and drove
them within five miles of Franklin. Meanwhile,
a rebel fore supposed to be Morgan's, made a dash
on the new railroad bridge north of Nashville, but
were repulsed. Union lossin the various skirmishes
one killed,l3 wounded,and three missing. M'Cook's
advance reached Nashville on the afternoon of the
6th. It is reported that the rebels have evacuated
Murfreesboro and M'Minnville and gone to Chatta-
nooga; also that General Joseph E. Johnson had
arrived at Chattanooga and assumed command
of the Department of Tennessee and North Ala-
bama. Breckinridge's command is at Chattanooga.
Deserters from the rebel army say Bragg was
obliged to destroy most of the property captured by
his forces in Kentucky to prevent its falling into
Buell's hands."
The New York Tribune has a special despatch,
dated Nashville, Tennessee, the 11th :
" General Rosecrans and staff arrived last night,
having left Bowling Green at 6 o'clock yesterday
morning, on the train to Mitchellsville, making the
remainder of the trip (40 miles) on horseback, with-
out interruption by guerillas. The forests were
blazing along the greater portion of the route, and
many dwellings had been destroyed. The country
looks painfully desolate, the inhabitants' forage and
stock being nearly all gone. The reports about the
starving situation of Nashville were fanciful. About
30,000 bushels of corn and other substantials were
in store when Gen. M'Cook's corps arrived. The
recent attack of the enemy was a reconnaissance and
feint to enable Morgan's guerillas to destroy the
railroad bridges. We lost about 30 in killed and
wounded in the attack. M'Cook has driven most
of the guerillas clear back from the city. The enemy
are still in considerable force at Murfreesboro, but
they are retreating as rapidly as possible beyond
the Tennessee River, destroying everything as they
retire. A supply train of 100 waggons arrived from
Mitchellsville last night. Gen. Rosecrans occupied
the old head-quarters of Gen. Buell."
The Navy Department has received voluminous
despatehes from Rear-Admiral Farragut, dated
Pensacola Bay, Oct. lb. After stating that Galve-
ston, Corpus Christi, Sabine City, and the adjacent
waters are now in possession of the Federal forces,
he says :
"A short time ago I sent down the Coast of Texas
acting volunteer Lieutenant J. W. Kittridge,
with the barque Arthur, the little steamer
Sabine, and a launch, with which force he said
he could take Corpus Christi and the adjacent
waters, where we heard of so many small craft
running to Havanuah. He succeeded very well
—took the place, made several captures, and com-
pelled the enemy to burn several of their vessels.
But on one occasion, venturing on shore with his
small boat, he was surrounded and taken prisoner,
and carried to Houston, where they paroled him on
condition that he should go north and not serve
until regularly exchanged. I next sent the Ken

sington, Acting-Master Crocker commanding, with
a howitzer, with the Rachel Seaman and a launch
with a howitzer, to Sabine Pass. He, too, succeeded
well. He found at the bar one of the mortar
schooners, Acting• Master Pennington commanding,
whom he invited to take part with him, which he
did, and, according to Acting-Master Croaker's re-
port, performed his duty with great credit. They
took the fort, and are still going ahead finely,
having taken several prizes, one of which arrived
here yesterday with despatches. I next sent Com-
modore Renshawe, with the gunboats Owasco,
Harriet Lane, Clifton, and Westfield, to take Gal-
veston, which he did in the shortest time, and with-
out the loss of a man. It appears that the first shot
from the Owasco exploded directly over the heads

of the men at and around the big gun, their main
reliance, and the enemy left. A flag of truce was
hoisted, and the preliminaries arranged for a sur-

render, which took place on the 9th inst. Corpus
Christi and the adjoining waters are still held by

,he Sachem and other small vessels."
The _Richmond Examiner of the Bth, speaking of
he results of the Northern election, says :
" These astonishing manifestations from the North
convey the idea of an emphatic and impressive popu-
lar verdict against the Abolition faction which has
ruled the Government at Washington. The Northern
Papers attempt to lessen the value of the results
,ue, of
the election in the eyes of the South. The value,
however, is determined by the circumstance that
the principal idea on which the recent canvass in
the North was conducted was that the Democrats
were a peace party in disguise, and with thismost
issue
thrust in their faces, the people of the
three
powerful States in the North have given
unprece-
dented majorities to the Democratic candidates,
ndihdoaxtees thats,and
a blow to the Abolitionists at the bail,
will stagger them into the background."
The Examiner says .
solved like a snow wreath. But
that England and
"The prospects of Europeanßiunttearvsehnotirotn
thiamvee
ago
o-
there were hopeful indicationske
some action in this war
the South. This opinion
the journals of the enemy
was reflected not
of
Francet
hat would were
bbe favourable rltaobi lutea t e
intelligenty.a_exfosrteeingenee_rs.this side
transactions have
known that on the strength of
the
et
Atlantic. inthe minds
it
is
being Early
dn
aant national
Francen l
recognised by
some extent by foreign capitalists•
made to
been
the ealculationEoofgolaunr
s. on the dollar. There
the •
however, no mistaking significance of the
of the British Secretary
Confederate bonds at 86 cents.
speech of War, in Which he
asserts that the South has not as yet accomplished
will
wa
an d
her independence, and must be regarded as a belli-
wgearre.nt
Theholding
B British
tains
lulu
Governmentcer ta positionin
in no
in anundecided
at no time during the continuance of this war recog-
nise the Southern Confederacy as one of the inde-
pendent powers of the earth, of interfere to limit
the duration of this war."
The following order has been issued in conse-
quence of the recent investigation into the surren-
der of Harper's Ferry . •
" War Department, Adjutant-General's 'office,
Washington, Nov, 8.
" General Orders, No. 183.
"1. The Military Commission, of which Major-General
David Hunter, "United States Volunteers, is President, ap-
pointed to meet in the city of Washington on the 25th of
September, pursuant to Special Orders, No. 225, of the 23d
of September, 1862, to investigate tho circumstances of the
abandonment of the Maryland Heights, and the surrender
3f Harper's Perry, have reported that Col. Thos. H. Ford,
of the 32d Ohio Volunteers, conducted the defence of Mary-
land Heights without ability, abandoned hii position with-
out sufficient cause, and has shown throughout such lack
of military capacity as to disqualify him in the estimation