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Further Dispatches from tho Army.


Further Dispatches from tho Army.
We lay before readers, to the exclusion of much
other matter the continuation of the series of official
dispatches in which recorded the late glorious vic
tories of the American arms Their publication will
we are sure, be hailed with emotions Of patriotic
pride and enthusiasm throughout the country The great
and worldwide of triumphs-the military
genius and skill OF our generals solving with the
and certainty of intuition, the perlous problems of their
position in the heart OF an enemys counythe indomta
BILE vaor and ortude of soldiers bearing them for
ward in the exuaton of assuresucces over obstacles
in appearance wholly insumounlable and against SUI
periony of numbers and of defences unprecedented in
the history of civilized warfare-a these most spirit
stirring exhibitions of national prowess stand before
us clothed TO our minds with "newness of fe"-in
those heroic recals which, described in full detail and
with equal simplicity and grandeur, each advancing foot
step, were of the long and splendid procession OF
our victories!
Under the influence of the feelings which such blaze
Of martial glory cannot but awaken, turn, not with.
out reluctance to single brief passage in of these
reports which will not fail TO attract the attention OF our
readers In the despatch of Major General Scott under
date OF 18th September, we find the following language
"Ths army has been more disguised than surprised that
by sinister process the part individuals
home, its numbers have been generally almost trebed
in our public papers-beginning at Washington
Weexceedngy regret TO report so glorious COM
ing from so high source, dsfgured by remark which
to evince feeling of ill-humor We will no,
say that the numbers of the gallant army under Major
General Scott, whose achievements are the theme OF
praise and admiration through the world, have not
been, in some degree overstated But that this has
been done by anybody for sinister purposes we do not
believes and for ourselves, to whom auson appears to
be made we know the mputaton of any such motive is
unjust. 1t may be that sufficient allowance in some of
the calculations OF the strength OF Gen. SCOTS column
has not been made for the loss and non efectives
Whenever we have undertaken to make statements on
this point have invariably sought our information from
the official returns and estimates in the Office of the Adu-
,ant General OF the army We have resorted for our in
formation to this quarter not only being in itself the
most direct official authority within our REACH but as
being also that TO which, of all others, Gen. Scott
could in fairness take the least exception 1t is our duty
also say that the statements thus derived have always
been made (as might, indeed have well been expeced
with the greatest cautions and with the most evident ankle
y avoid any overestmae of the effective force under
Gen. SCOTS command. We understand moreover that
these official statements Of the force of the army prepared
in the office of the Adutan General and upon which our
publications the subject have been based Nave
themselves been usually forwarded from that office to
Gen Scott
is due also to the head of the War Department to
state, that when our intention to publish any statement
to the force OF the army has been brought to its knowl
edge have Invariably been met in that quarter also BY
the same earnest soicude to avoid the slightest pos
sbty of exaggeraton In this view we have been re-
peaedy cautioned by the department as to the impos
sbity of making, in any exact statements, full and
proper allowance for the various unforeseen contingent
ces by which the force of the army might be weakened
and we have been continually reminded of the propriey
and expediency OF making the estimates which we gave
TOO small rather than large whenever the avoidance
OF all error or uncertainty impossible And we NAV
add that our positive statements upon the subject have
been uniformly made in this spirit and with the reserva
lions dictated by it.
We have heard from other sources that the army felt
asgreved at exaggerated here published of its
strength, and that it understood in the army that its
numbers had been stated much above any statement
which we have made or Our conclusion was, and
stl is, that transformation has reached the army as to
the statements made IN columns At all events we
are prepared to vndicate the entire good faith of our
statements, and their general accuracy. We do moi
recoect to have seen-certainly have never NADIA
statement in any wise approaching the exaggeralion
complained of by General Scott. We know that we
are incapable of doing or saying anything with a de-
sign to dim the lusre OF the achievements of an army
whose heroic deeds are, verify believe, unparal-
eed IN the record ancient MODERN of military opera
lions