The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-05

"hen a man sets about the construction of
romance or an epic, one of the first objects to
"hicn his attention is turned is the supplying
himself with hero There is not much dificn,tv
generally. 1t is easy to make man vouno.
ota'e' handsome, well known, covered with glo-
rious deeds, on paper and the narrative, being
entirely under the control of the author NAV 90
on swlmmingly and conduct the principal person
age OF the tale to the pinnacle of renowp. and to
al lne fruits OF the most triumphant success. But,
III actual life, the task is not so easy. Many a
man has proposed to himself the fortunes of n Ma
PoLEoN, whose career stopped short at the end of
a single campaign. BoNApARrE would never have
been regarded as great General if the brilliant
success at Montenotte had not been followed by
achievements that eclipsed it.
All the official kilograms from Washington are
now occupied in spreading the fame of General
MCCLELLAN. General Mcdowell, General FIRE.
MONT, General BANKS, even the redoubtable But
LER-nay, the Lieutenant-General commanding
h'inSei-are forgotten in the rising gories of the
young commander, who at one bound, has taken
precedence of all. He has already brought, says
the telegraph, order out of chaos. He has reas
uen ooedlence-rendered impregnable, by his
presence the defences which, just now, it was
s,"iea would be taken by mad charge of the
"'iefn ehivalry, and, IN short, restored n de-
sponulng and trembling Administration 10 sucb
condluon OF tranquility that Mr. Tuco,,
longer contemplates trying, over again midnioht
transit between Washington and Philadelnb;,
Whether General MCCLELLAN will. in ,be f,,,nuo
show that the extravagant expectations of h;s
i'enas arc well founded of course, only the future
'''u Ue'eriiiine. All that we can now do is TO ex
anime the achievements upon which the exoacta-
'ions are founded. The short campaion Of Gan
era' MCCLELLAN in Western virginia il Surro,oa
" iuilisn assurances of the courage and conduct
"nich are to lead the armies of the Trnio, 70 o,-
sureo success. If we were 10 be guided nv Gen
-acoLELLANs own bulletins, perhans We miobt ba
-. "ine as Ills fondest admirers. From these
we learn that he had fought three bat
49, "nhlhilated two armies, captured six or eight
.0n ana thousand prisoners, and driven Sc
oeoS'on out OF Western Virginia. But when we
D'o " supply the facts which the Genera1 om;ts
Tue only wonder which arises in orr n;nd, :, ~,
us success was SO incomplete. 1t ia trno cn,.u.1
1'osEcRANs, under General McCLEr1,y,. oo,,,
,anu' overcome Colonel PEGRAM and killed Cant
s,;,- l. AeNEL at Rich Mountain; but the bulletin
INFORM US that General RosEcRANs had
east SIX men in the field to every one under the
niaho OF PEGRAM. 1t is true General Mopp,c
Ed I In killing Gen. GARyErT at Carrick,s
retreated bosors equally true that General NORRIS
enc ond oie Inc enemy he was directed to mr.
sue ana that that enemy made a uas''ea 70 pur-
ana is now ready for another coae; ou us escape
that the force at Laurel Hill was nS,: II is true
that stronghold; but General McCrn nsea 70 leave
to tell US, in his bulletins, that its 'orgets
cut off, and that its whole force was on, were
thousand six hundred men, whilst under hi. ,our
mand, or in his immediate neghborhooa t .Uln-
were certainly twenty thousand.
II General McCLELLAs, With all these over.