The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-31
III Il SITUATION.

Major General Mcclellan paid visit to the
houses of Congress yesterday afternoon, and re-
ceived that demonstration of respect and welcome
TO which his recent achievements aud his present
position of honor and responsibility justly entitle
nm. In accepting command Of the army Of the
duty Of The. highest Importance and he had right
TO expect thai the trust reposed in him by the 60
Sernment wouA have been as complete and without
limit as the resp onsibili,y was heavy, but we re-
greet to say that IL epoitcians have already stepped
in to mar the nten tons of the administration in this
respect When til command was rendered to
Gen Mcclellan be W, IS informed by the President
and Cabine. that the entire responsibility of re-
Organizing the routed n rmy and renewing the cam.
paign rested r,no, hin, nd that he was therefore
10 nave the appointment a" ss"e'"' o"'0e'S "
'serve under him. and that &c en're disposition oil
Officers was placed in his ha nus WI" 'h's power
2pyestcd in able genei d. inc army ana 'he
whple country were justified expecting 'ha'
conrs of efficient officers woaId 'e appointed ana
aAt The army would be placed on Su'n 'oo'"s DIS
oald soon defeat into vic, o'!' pu' ui'hap
pi tyand disgracefully, let us add -'ne m'sefape
pc. attians have overrulcd the adm '''S''"''on 10
.,, ~, ox,ar, .h,. :y Cuo, Mcclellan re.
ceiv I'd q notification yesterday 10 the enect 'hat
notwi ds,anding the previous ayrangeM en' ieaVihg
the .SrVnsmcnt of bs officers Of din 7'o"S anu
breade SNnrcly 10 his discretion, CO.. tam par
ticular &c t,jemen (politc of coerseN must be
onnonted to- one position or anothras zen, rails Of
b,;gades and divisions. This is the fs, fa,, i step
in the new campaign 1t is unjust to Gener Il Nc
Clean, and it is calculated to lead 20 treah, dsas'
ters for whicht mag be a poor consolation. mere
after to hold responsible set Of who db not
Seem to comprehend the danger in which tho 'un'
try stands, nor to appreciate the share which, er
selfish motives may have in precpitatng ruin W 'on
the cause of the Union. We trust, Therefore. Ii al
If any such intention is contemplated BY ths goves H.
ment it will be at once abandoned.
No military movements have taken place aroun
Washington since our last issue
There was vague rumor reached Clssksburg;.h
Western Virginia, yesterday, that Colonel Tyler, on
the Seventh Ohio regiment, with 5000 Uaiois\
4roops-a portion Of General Cox's azmy-haa met
f,ovarnor Wise with 1900 rebels at Bulown. and
.... con Jynon men and 1900 rebels were killed \
There appears, however, to be no connrlH-Ai0h
wbateyer of the report as far as We can iearh
co,onel Stone, who commanded the divisoa at
POINT Of Rocks, arrived in Washington yesterday
NTH a most favorable report OF the positlon OF
conora, Ranks. He states that the rumors
of his evacuation OF Harpers fs'fS' ""'n
have been so widely circulated are al
;d,s That so far from that, General Banks now
occupies a strongly fortified post at that place. Oh
Che Maryland side OF the river, and that he Is re-
.;u;,c renforcements daily No apprehension
~ood therefore, be felt for the safety OF General
.panks, position 1t has not been ascef'aneo pre-
,;se,v how large force the rebels nave ~ Lees
burg, but Colonel Stone is OF OPINION 'na' 'hey
are not there in larger numbers now thah usual
ond their force at that point rarely exceeded tw
or three regiments
AQUA Creek was the scene OF ano'he
email naval attack yesterday by four vessels OF III
Potomac squadron, on new rebel battery WINS
has been Just discovered there. Shot ana she
,vsre thrown in by the vessels for three hours, a
tbe fire was returned from the battery Which a
ceared to be mounted with three twelve pou
r;aea cannon. The rebels were finally driven o
The boats engaged were the Yankee and Relian
The former was struck Forward by one shot,
not seriously dawaged
We give to-day highly graphic account
orr special correspondent OF the late yictcr]
General Sweeney over the rebel troops - The Z
of Forsythe, on the White river r. ulissouri, on
2sd instant, in which the Union troops capt,
tventysegsn guns, slarge quantity Of ammunl