The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-10
STATE OF MAINE.
HEADQUARTERS ADJUTANr GENERALS OFFICE, !
AUGUSTA, June 90 1851
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER

WASHINGTON, August 9, 1861
The city at this time contains few soldiers. and
consequently better order prevails than has been
known for months. But, Notwithstanding the eff
cheney of the various patrols, and the extreme
vigilance exercised, assertions, though not M
merous, still continue. The numerous batteries
OF artillery which arrive here almost daily, are
mostly of inferior manufacture; some of them.
however, are superior riled pieces. There are now
mere twenty-three batteries containing one hundred
ana forty'two guns, including the park of the new
'oiunteer regiment, of two batteries with EIGHT
guns each. OF these one hundred and civ Orc
six-pounders, and thirty-six are ELECTROMAGNETIC
me siege guns will number twelve, and are now
being prepared at the Navy Yard. CAVIAR r nOH
ments are soon expected here in numbers. and MIL
De MADE one OF the most prominent aggressive fea-
lures OF the army. General Mcclellan is deter.
mined to concentrate here all the available
s.rength OF tne North. He has almost unlimited
power. AS matter of course, the usual forms
are still enacted, and orders are signed hv
the Commanding General Scott, when necssso-
~. should the Brevet Lieutenant. General he
Paoeu On Inc retired list, special enactment of
congress still entities him to an enormous nav
anu the Administration would lose nothing so far
as the progress of the war is Concerned He
quite ntrm, and has lost much of his former ener.
gy ana mas TOO much caution to satisfy the RepubIi
can party. Besides. he is opposed to- the wsr and
mas been from the beginning and be firmly bel;svas
since the battle at Stone Bridge, in the nIt,ms,s,
success OF the arms of the Southern Confederacv.
"a remarks the other day to gentleman interest
eu IN supplying the Government with funds con.
'aineo the following pointed clause:
w., must awaken the people of the soutb to the .,r
When tbe LIN Wh n we are endeavorng to maintain
domestic naerstand the peril which their
uoestIo institutions will be, in the event of their ha
conquered into the Union they NAV res vi 'ner peng
loss ana demand Of their leaders cessation Of
OF this war But it, in their proud spirit Of hm
they shall choose to risk this great loss and battI
determination. against us, then, sir We can nevsr WIZ
them They number 900 of the purest b CON
IN the country and descended from the natrio col
ana statesmen Of the perlous days of the republic
lney are lmDued with national military spirit and can
only De subdued by determination work which cannot
lend myself to-" ~ 4o
Gen. Mcclellan is looked upon BY the Cabinet and |
many military ohcers here as the man for the occa.
non. declare he has done more to aid in putting
stop to the decentralization of the army than anS
'ther person that could have been chosen. H. in.
ENDS to leave force here of one hundred tbons-
ma men, and proposes, when his next movement
commences, to march on until be shall have reached
Richmond. He has great faith in cavalrv md
az more in artillery. The troops are ali being
rAlea TO the sound of the trumpet as they should
ave a! been heretofore. He visits the new camns
& ana wnen not thus engaged is either at his
eliza asaoe up his mind to make the next battle
&. he one' either for or against him. If he loses
nave Coes inc Capital, and the Confederates will
lighting. 'pat peace for which they are
,.ms be- !. well knows the desperation of the
oy Of bis m and fully understands the
II the division under General Ran greatly the loss
ended to be his flank guard in his Mnicn is in,
o.en at q FL tho dD when sa
10 looks to the other sida o eas Butler.
,e1sskiness, particularly with regard to sses no
. .oLp Lee, Beauregard, Johnston. Stagg ene-
Tiers a0a aov Wheat " Bonh.m Chestnut, Miles aps
oxen lits R 3. Tnom would prove match for
40 satisfied Of the plenty and sxsssn sllan IL