The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-08-23
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IN accordance with general orders from the
headquarters of the federal army in Virginia,
General Mcclellan yesterday assumed the COM
mand of our forces on the Potomac, comprising
the troops serving in the former departments of
Washington and Northeastern Virginia in the
Valley Of the Shenandoah, and in the States Of
Maryland and Delaware. Major General Nc
Clelan has published the names of the officers
upon his staff, which includes the most brilliant
military talent to be found in this country On
Wednesday, accompanied by the President and
his Cabinet, he reviewed the divisions assembled
near Washington. Our report states that he
surveyed each regiment with the most scrnpn-
lous care. Not man in the ranks escaped his
severely observing notice. Far different did
he find their state from that of the disorganized
masses led by General Mcdowell to the dis
graceful stampede at Bull run. The appear
ance, movements and discipline Of the several
brigades were in the highest degree creditable.
Filled with unbounded enthusiasm and
animated by implicit confidence ia their
newly appointed and experienced leaders our
battalions vie with each other in their desire
to be led against the enemy, and received such
congratulations on their martial bearing and
military efficiency as never would have been
bestowed unless they had been well deserved
Such troops cannot be beaten. 1t has already
become mathematical certainty that if the
next battle shall decide the ultimate issue of
the war, the fictitious laurels heretofore obtained
by the enemy viii be rent from them forever.
The army of the United States in Missouri
under the command of Major General Fremont
isattainng the most desirable state of discipline
He also has selected his staff with care, and the
recent battle between the forces of General
Price and the lamented Lyons, afford an album
dant guarantee that rebellion will speedily be
swept away from our Western frontier. Gene
raj Rosencrans is ready for any rebel force that
may be sent against him in Western Virginia.
and.Major General Banks has acquired the I'M
limited confidence Of the army he commands in
Maryland. The Coast Brigade has been orga-
nizcd anew by General Wool, and our
forces at Fortress Monroe burn to avenge the
nnforgotten ambuscade at Dig Bethel and
the more recent confiagration ut Hampton. Not
war in the highest state of efficiency, but thou
sands and tens of thousands of men are still be-
ing enrolled as volunteers in all the loyal States
Chic offers to double the number Of regiments
she has sent, and Governor Morton, Of Indiana,
says that though his State has furnished its thir
ty-seven regiments, it is prepared to give one
hundred, and will do 80 if they are wanted.
The determination to support the government
in putting down rebellion is earnest and univer-
sal throughout the West. In the Eastern States
political disaffection against the measures of the
administration has been crushed out since the
return home Of the three months volunteers,
and temporary murmuring, created by local
acknowledgement, is fast disappearing from our
own midst Let there be no more talk, then, of
possible triumph on the part of Instruction
list traitors. The sun is not more sure to rise
than that they and their cause will be swept
into oblivion ere the lapse Of many months.
The disaster at Bull run was caused by
the ncapacity of the officers of the federal
army and the want of discipline among
their troops. Within less than one month, how
ever, the legious of the North have become awake
to an instinct of their own soldiership. Expe-
rienced army officers have replaced the colonies,
generals and majors whose first experience in
battle was to run away, and, were conflict to
take place tomorrow, we should be safe in pre-
dieting a sure victory to our troops. The
armies congregated by the Congress of Jefferson
Davis are said to have a numerical strength,
upon the soil of Virginia, of nearly two hun
bred thousand men. They are ill clothed,
poorly fed, rnaccustomed to subordination, the
greater number of them forced into service
against their will, in cause they believe to be
desperate, and in many instances they are
secretly possessed with Union sentiments, and
will rebel, desert, or openly return to their
allegiance on the first occasion that opportunity
may offer. While the federal forces are united,
they are divided. Their very leaders have
ceased to agree, and Bcauregard and Jefferson
Davis have been VIGOROUSLY at swords points
for some time past. Whether, therefore, our
forces are attacked, or our army shall march
on towards Richmond, the loyal levies of the
North are sure Of victory; and, under the CON-
mand of Generals Mcclellan, Fremont and
Wool hydra-headed rebellion will soon be ex-
terminated in our land.
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