Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-26
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Prince Napoleon on the War.


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His Third Letter.
isketehes and Descriptions or the
--lmportaneeO OF West PoInt--SpirIt
North and South.
The third series Of letters written from
Washington, and attributed to the pen of
Prince Napoleon, has appeared in tue
0pintoHs Rdnioaale in Paris. We su6join
several Interesting extracts.
GENERAL SCOTT.
1 General Scott is a man of enormous
height and corpulenee, aged abOut seventy
iyeyears. He is IN Lieutenant General, u
grade corresponding 70 that of Marshal,
and to which is attached the permanent
command of the regular army in time of
peace as we'll as in time of war. In the
United States there is but one Lieutenant
General, and heis in perpetnity the Com
mander-in-chief of the army, a sort of war
minister for life, while the cabinet officer,
who has the title of Minister of War, is
more especially charged with the military
administration. Gen. Scott, therefore di-
rects all he operations of the present war,
just as in France the Minister of War di-
rects the armies in the field commanded by
/ lgtnerals-in-c chief. Gen. Scott is, or rath-
| VI HhS Uceu-lUC L peat llG uuS tue ulI VI
man whose career is ended-a true gen
tleman, the air of az English general, we'll
educated and enlightened, aud belonging,
as well by his age as by his manners, to
quite different generation than the pres
ent one. He las never commanded any
militia. It was at the head of the regu-
lar army that, in lS47, bemade the
splendid campaign of Mexico, landed
at Vera Cruz, marched on the pital.
but the regular army, in contrast % the
which lie seized after an obstinate battle,
while Gen. Taylor, on the frontiers of Tex
as, and at the head of American militia,
won the victory OF Buena Vista. General
Scott, who is a very gallant man, has, be-
sides, an excessive self-love, his country
men have SO often compared him to Napo-
lion that the comparison has eaded by
making some impression on him. He
likes TO recall the fact that he has never
been defeated. and even that in his mill
tary career the enemy have never ttken
from him detachment or Il post,
GESM'cIELLGS.
Gen. Mcclellan commanded some days
ago in Western Virginia, province half
subjected and half revolted. Charged
with the duty of pacifying il, he acquitted
himself of that mission with the greatest
success. OF the two secessionist generals
who opposed him, one was taken with the
whole column, the other Was Killed and
his troops dispersed. These successes,
which American exaggeratIon has trans
formed into great victories have given
from day to day an immense popularity to
! Mcclellan. Yon see his name at New
\ York on PIaeards, on5banners, in tue news
paper headings, with the phrase, "McClel-
| Ian, two victories in one day. After the
battle of Bull Run the President called.
Mcclellan to the command OF the conquer
ed and demOrHlized army. He has, Ihere-
fore, under his orders at this moment the
Troops rehssembled on the Potomac, from
Earper's Ferry to the sea. He has the
/ title of general of division-major gGner-
laI-a position which corresponds to that
of generaloi division, having command
ded, or commanding, a corps of the army.
There are at present only two officers of
that grade in the United States-MrClel-
Ian and the celebrated traveller known
Iudder the name of Colonel Fremont, who
has once been candidate for the presi-
ldency He commands the small Federal
army which Operates against tue secession
lists in the Mississippi valley, in tue Suite
of Misseuri, around ST Lonis. 1t is
therefore. in tile hands of Gen. Mcclellan
thatths North has placed its military des-
ltinics. and the care of aveuging the shame
iul defeat of Bull Run. fs tf5s e54si.
The connections of Gen. Mcclellan with
Gen. Scott are almost those of n general of
the army with the Minister of War. Cen.
McClellau, a pupil of West Point ASade-
l.my,-isa n man of thirty-fiye years of age,
very small In stature, with black hair and
mustaches, an intelligent, open and most
agreeable rOunteuhnce, and u simple and
modest bearing. Should you see him pass
in the streets of Paris you woull certainly
take him to be French officer Of engineers
or of artillery. fs. s,seg
A GENERAL M'DowRIL. 44afss
Gen. Mcdowell commands all the troops
ON the right bank of the Potomac. He Is
4 a man Of forty-twO years, tallaud large
His face is not particularly fine, hut is re-
markably open and sympathetic, through
It's air OF frinkness aud kindness.
If Mcclellan resembles one of our en-
igfueer officers, Mcdowell resembles one of
our infantry officers. Did not dread re-
dueiug to puerile shades the search for re-
semblances and assimilations. / should say
that Mcdowell has the type of n chief of
battalion of foot chasseurs. His couversa-
ton, his character and his principles are