, 1861-08-14

IFrom the Washington Correspondence of ths
N. Y. Evening Post.l


IFrom the Washington Correspondence of the
N. Y. Evening Post.1
Few perEons in Washington know this man
by ey esight, but he is the stronghold in which
all hearts assemble. he never reviews regi-
msnts on parade-he goes through their quar-
ters thrice in forty-efght hours at the e3-
pi1ation Of thst time they are grumbling be-
cause he has never given them sight Of him.
Perhaps he dances badly. He IS not q bril-
liant object in saloons. He might be likely to
break fans on large scale il asked to hold
them during the wallzes. He does not BIOS
som In stars and shoulder straps.
But If you happen to be stopping to per
Epire under the shadow Of q broad white oak
on the road between the Potomac zete-du-oont
and Arlington House. you may teee q man
aboat the size Of our gallant color-rescuer
Ssedman, With significant high.bridged nose,
8 generous masttd, who bites on no small pro-
vocation, but when he does, bites immediate-
y, aud leaves a soasvenir. Clad in blue blouse
like that Of Partisan carpenter-and pan
taloors which Nigh hsve been any color be-
fore the sacred Eoil in pu1yerized form was
half IN inch deep On them you may see this
man. cay, rushing his horse through cloud
Of dust, and al AIDE de-eamp putting twenty
rods behind him, in the vain e1deayor to keep
up with o rider who, to Quote his acquaiut.
ances, s'rides like the devil" As he pulls his
brown moustache to wipe away the honest
tace towards you-be sure he will see you, ot
any rate, for there is nothing he does not sec
and you will hare 8 glimpse of George B.
Mcclellan. -.
WHA1fM' 'CLE1LAN HAS DONE FOR WAsHINGToS,
In the first place, be the fact morally de
feneible OF not, the etTact Of 7aeu name is
wonderful in this world Still more so, new
name which is synony NOUS with invariable
success. Then, again, men like the iucognito
1vES nh, Ax,{t9 all =,
as it is not assumed, but inevitable from the
necessities Of bis character. It is impossible
to imagine Mcclellan done in pipe clay. He
cannot, in nature, sit for his statue, to any
other artist than worker in granite.
He knows very well what we boys used to
know at boarding school, when the pri-cipal
On examination day got up magnificent din
ler aud Put the youngsters into their best
clothes, addressing the younger classes with
an fnyariah1e s1ave my dear" and paterna11y
pressing the astonished lads to q second IN
s1aiment Of seui.annua1 plum pudding-tlat
examination days are the exception to dreary
rule OF daily lite. Hs will have nobody got
TIN !" to receive him. He wants the habitu-
al condition Of the boys-not their holiday
sham appearance. Hence that blouse, that
u1heralded approach to camps who have no
idea Of his personnel, who suppose they see .
sapptr and miner eccentncally on horseback,
or at the farthest one Of the Sturges Rifles,
voted to him that they would go this day to
Manassas behind him, an unsupported corps.
The tact Of McClcllan's having brlgaded the
army has now become an old tale to the pab-
DC. He unostentatiously goes On after the
same method with the great bodies of troops
who are constantly arriving. Bat for the i'm
Piled parole of honor above mentioned, ]
should like to state the exact numerical
amount Of the work eDjoined upon him by
the necessities Of this method as appEed tC
the Vast importing.
It is only possible to say that nothing On SO
position las ever been demanded Of maa or
this continent-scarce!y On the European
And though the fact Of this new arrangement
be now well known, its results are to be i'm
measurable. For the kno wledge of their ti6ld
ott1eeIs, By sight, and still more BY personal
conference.-the position Of the right field
officer OVER any given body-the discipline ol
the bsigade Is distinguished from that Of tht
isolated regiment-these desfderata are Of the
utmost importance in our future advance. W.
may add, that it is. the conviction Of some O
| the ablcst commanders With whom or edito
+; rial delegation consulted in Washington, tha
| these would have made Bull Run victory
! after as well Cd before three o'clock p. II. Q
July 21st.
Washington, since McCle1lan, is no longer
! field for target shooting, with an after pic nj
under the marquee Of Willa1d's and Browns
| clerks desk OF bar Of either without elbowin
spaulettes CT getting tangled in dress-swordE
Let not these words be thought to indicate
decentralization Of the army before McClella1
came. Up TO that dAy ne had heard the SCI
mon Ct Bull Run In eloquent cannon-voice
on the desk in personal application
We said: The panic happened equally t
the Frer ch after Soltcr1no;i it was only chance
it may never happen again." So VIC took on
coetlstE at Wizards when we should haY
bsen in cur camps On the hills, moralizin
1 over the straw at midnigh hit about ''zema1kabl
-Psoy1denceB," forgetting that our soldier
needed an eye to their comfort aud discipline
il that eye would be their talisman and in.pi,
II of victory. Mcclellan eamc aud said, nc
"there Moy be- but "the1e shall be- no mo1
paric. And he has taken the meauB, He h.
made the officer IS responsible for the men &
lie men to the officer.
Without his pass, neither bands nor sta,
can junket at midnight. But q night or tw
i Eejgeant approached q geHtlema1 high
military 1aEk, taking his Hook and soda attt
spout Of the little drugstore under HT Hard
He ssled him for lis pas= ard received the il
d;gDart anEW Wer tbat he was addressing an Of
Ger. "3ly Instructions" said the sergean
aaIc to see you to your quarters" ~ gil
you my word Of honor that Hil 70 there
replied the officer. II an obliged, sir" 7
Piled the sergeant, "to give you n1y word
Eoror that will see sou there. And thi
. ma1cEcd array together.
I. is this brcad-mi1d dedEess-this, view
rank as honorable more for its graYe respo
. sitillty than its cloth and metal, and whi
: makes every true soldier, bo he commission
: CT in the ranks, ido1ize Mcclellan even Wit
! cut having seen him. As for the loyal peor
Of Washington, they repose in him witt
| ccIfGcEce which is Ike the first rest In ps
, atter voyage OF weeks through aftermath
I treacherous Gains and dismasting typhoons