The sun., 1861-12-14

phle', caused hy failure to obtain General Nc
Clellan's hearing and approval Of mis- own NOS ions
aud by truitless ATTENDANCE upon the Executive
departments.
Afior re. hcarsing the excellence OF the aunv
the buidcn cf Mr. Tllctt's complaints seems to
he contained in the following extract -
" Such is now our unfortunate poaiiiin. The
army Is all tht the ardent pitrio could wi Il
TO o., hisNc, ll,al, aud ready. But the general
at it, head, though fCspcc ahlc IA y man. Is DOT
q s"Joior man, ani therefore unrIual to hi,
,; cat duties.
The lclloNrs are the writ,f, proof, cI tbs
above charge
That the rebel army i, wholly dop,udrn. for
T.. cNi,tcrcc, u. an orlauiz Il h'Iy, un the
Grange Grl AloNatdIiI Rtil-oid. Warh sup
phi 1t with 10 i, uuni ois and rcI f,oo-
n'nts that tuj- tutivt' very deficient IL 10.
, .'o'iNcs az r,iliu. .Io'k that, as cngilctr
ol his end ct the rHl, he NJ. Ellyt', know
how to Instant, cripple, triuc. az, d.dl, is
a'tn'y dcii.i.ut supply That ho crd'i prl g.,
submit III, ideas fu VI l.l'tH. IN r'.'l s.r 40
hrori z. tN-u'. l,,a,d ly trc ~ ,ii.n. 4
-. scn't ia. IS iv .a' " o'..,nirt o
-ut s,r... 90 TIE ton rHl l!i = ..'.. i'. 90 o.
an oi II ohi,h ru ig, ru' +, % q SO, .u .',.'
him (lllctO n ttat it' en- my Va. di py.i %
seize tie B,himorc uui Oh, ~ lr,i VT lp I
Cppo.',oN and lpst aw.N tutli .t.p. >, .u,. iy.s
each locomotive $50 procrryi, IT, aor'h ~ th,n
thousand bots,~. Again; htlrtlv uuratmy
VS. tncimp'd within Tor lied iucs Closc tn the
riNcr-'hc enemy pressing no aglu-t us---ir
then Icing cary iur US TO gc. l. Il ul hm anl
force him to Gilt ON ouf own grour"
that, ins cad, we taNo a'yJucod lgiil,
his inttcn hmprta uu II the position IA
neatly rcvctsed. That tho Immense numher
Of forts bull, acros, tho river are not, und
ncN,r have been, d,rcntly gn1isoncd; net ono
tenth Of their adequate complement Of mon
being stationed therein, and these igrDrNt Of
artillery pric'icc Furthor: that dcspi the
months OF time dipsiug no propDr comm-.,,,.,.
ton has been colstrct,d bc.o ron Ws,hinsto
ard Tho trans. Ho,omac army. The Lorg Bridge
il indeed rcpnrirE, hut ono or vo other bridges
should have been temporarily built. Thi' We
have hero Ci orIh men aul mems, need no
more from the North, but wart thos, properly
led. That Con. M,Clcll n, spain, ton thuu5-
and men for th' purpose, might twic, have
cap'ursd the whole rebel army-Floyl, Leo,
Wise & Con- Western NltgniL Finally,
that many other atyautlgcs, which | have no
room to repeat here nilht have been gained,
which have been wiliully thrown away.
Fourteen pages are occupied with this letter,
whosc elaborate details thus skim and con.
dense.
The Notes on Balls Bluff hold General Nc
Clellan responsible for that calamity, tor tho
follow ing among other rcasons'--
Because he had taken three months to pre-
pare for crossing the Potomac, and vet moved
hi- forces before hc had made any preparations.
"B,causc he hat timely offers from expert
icud p,tti'7 10 ioru rps Of engineers ami ar
i-t,- 10 build loats ard bid ,c4 or IN other
me hlnicl Wuk, constantly bolJtc him, which
Lc treated with cOut,mpt.
Il e ,uso Ii % der tn Con. = ouo WA ylvuo
md indefinite; AID no'h Gen. Stones reply To
tai ufler and his subsequent conduct, as well
"a. III report, show thai he construed the or
her ,Jr some other unpublisho. c)mmuuicl-
tio' 10 mean that he " as N send hs command
,u'u ,'riuia as rapidly rs lila importation
woull allow.
~ cause the final order t. Gen. Stone, writ
ton after General Met leilan had be1n informed
,f ~" ihll Of the Chiv ilrou= Bik'r, anl " tho
repulso and destruction Of his diun'loas COM
msnd 70 hold his position on he (IVgiHid shore)
m all hds0rds shows that primary object OF
the expedition, IL il tal any object, was to
establish 70 c ON tho south side oc the Po-
tomAc, with Wow TO unexplained ultorior
mo, emens.
"The subsequent order to Gen. Bank, 10 pro-
coed immediately WiM three brigIds q Mr sUp.
poH IF Gon. Stone, is not rcconcllahle with tho
hypothesis of available iltcllccl at the moment
whom the order was Issued. sc, sc.
What direct influence can such an ink-and.
paper attark Obtain against Mo- Ilcllan's holl
upon opulir and executive condrnce2 Lit
tie, i. any. Sill it may have an indirect in
luencr not necessarily, or probably, an en-
barrI. ing one ut suoh as may incite closer
watChfulGCss, even legislative scrutiny, OF
tho Generals iacul los aud actiOnL II these
are truly great, they will shine with all tho
more uster for such furnishing.
The TsIuuNE thinks the indignation efforts
in Liverpool over the Trent affair, dcplorablo
failure. II resumes tho Ecgro question and dis
claims al desire of seeing negro regiments en-
gagged in defence Of the Union cause. All it
processes TO ask being, that the slaves OF rebel,
shall he declared free wherever they can make
their way, 10y fighting or otherwise, to our limos.
lls special Washington correspondent il
urging an advance; which the elitor, however,
in a foot rote disclaims!
have before spoken Of the declyiug sympl-
| thies Of foreign governments and people win
| the cause OF this Government, and explained
thar our lo-g continued inaction and avoidance
| ofthe vital points OF the struggle have brought
| this state OF things about, hav" to-day soon
new eyiderce of the fact. le'tor from a nota-
| ble representative of ths United states IN
| Fnuce declares that the confidence of tho -sov-
eminent and the pOpulicr there IA rapidly cEpir-
| ing, and that our unchanging cry OF ydlorou1
| promise has so long been unaccOmplnle1 with
| Vigorous performance that doubt II sinking
into disbelief The only man OF power who sill
| o taii hIs CONVICTIONS IN our favor, II Pflncs
| NaInlnu whose inilu nc1, fortunately is
| .''.h s., 0l huugh hc 'ta1ds llon', because Cf
| l'. tc,nt t,r.Oral Investigations in this couu
| ~. From ful Ian the s,me iniic,tlons come.
| tho are hos'- ot private assurances that the
| Tcoplc re tired Of waiting Tor tho rebellion to
| shed, and IRE Yielding 10 tho thought
a. which tho wish Is perhaps the
| r,h-, that It has successfully asserted
| .cl. As r.nrds supplying practical
/ ard comloft, lhe English manu- flcturcrs
,rn th,wipg themselves, TO say the least, IS
| .r1Gv 20 assist the S, nh as the North. Tho
| ~, ,rrs. cnr rNarl le. which are hrou"ht 10
the North, are sent 10 tho South. The Bcrmu-
dn, which ran the blockade At Savannah, car
ned fourteen Of Blakely's guns (wo of them
l20-p, aders,) atd other ships are now bring
ing, or have landed, thirty heavy naval aud
fourteen 100 pound field guns from tho same
nanufdc' urer. These are identical with those
purchased in England 10y Gen. Fremont.
The TIMES thinks the irritation displayed by
John Bull was not oocasonel by the simple
act Of Capt. wilkes, but 10y tho reported mode
Of Going it, and that when the truth becomes
krown, the first hasty expressions Of i'll temper
will be materially modified. In relation to the
dcnurci. tion of the President by the Louis
willie JUuRNAI, which tho SuS h, refer
r,d 90, it claims that the JoURSAL is III
lust in charging the President with entertain
tIoaa and Jspiaroa that hia