The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-30

gave rise 10 many or the queer eccentricities
of expression called rumors It must be
pleasant to get away sometimes from Cabi
net Min nisters and statesmen, though truth
to tell, the General IL not much concerned
feels his legs very strong under him.
He is standing on the supports Of all the
United States, but one step NAV make him
know his feet are of clay -tbat soft and
In the fire of victorious attle. His quarters
are In a pleasant houss at the corner OF q
s1uare--not unlike that OF 0ordoa and Eus.
ton. BY day the doors and windows are
open a sentry in blue tunic, bipe ca D. bi us
trousers, all without what are lied facinga,
brass buttons, with distracted eagle there.
upon, and a wrist belt vi h a brass buckle
inscribed "U, s., walks u and down. gen-
orally with pipe or cigar In his mou h and
his fr.locs Carried horiz ,ntally over his
shoulder so rs 10 bring the bay onet on 9 level
with any eye OF which the unwary owner
may be coming round the corner. Several
dragoon horses are hitched up by the rail and
the lr es along the pavement, standing patti
emily and good natureoly as american horses
are wont to do or, at most, stamping and
nickfng OF the flies which in the United
states Try patience and ODD TEN per SO nard
ly. At The uoors are ready orderliss, Two
4uicK, INT. Eeni young men, who ars civil
without oslng serviie, and who, In being so
ahord some contrast 10 the various very in
dependent soidlers iounging or sitting on the
steps reading newspapers and waiting an
swers 10 their messages.
Inere is Il sort OF ..open sesame air about
the place which does not prevent the secrets
Il sue DelnS we'll Kept. In the parlors are
sea led Officers and visitors, smoking or talk
ing. Inc tables arc covered with lit er OF
pers and journals, and torn envelopes and
the ciaekIng tongue of the telegraph instu-
meht resounds through the building The
General is generally up stairs, ana sunory
gentle erbert bar the Ell trance to his pres
ence, nor Is he desti ute OF the art of making
himself invisioie when he pleases His sta ii
eIit MOI l al fnl
sonai experience goes, nor could any com
mander oe served more efficiently than the
General is by such men as Brigadier General
NanviieJ, or Colonel Huuson, no twithsL nd 1.
lig the absence Of Il good deal of Stiffness
which marks the approach to some heaoouar-
te1s, rs General AcClellan found when he
and his brother Commissioners sought in
the Crimea.
The General, a short time ago an employee
on the Central Illinois Railway, but still wi h
so mDch of the old spirit In him that he
studied closely all the movements of III IT
snort Italian campaign, of which he is not
doomed TO give Il counterpart in this part OF
the world, is noctnrne, and at the close OF
long laborlous days, works hard and fast late
into the night, till sleep pursues and over.
tdaeS MIN, when he surrenders readily, for he
has one OF those natures which need a fair
snare or rest, capable though they be of grea
exert1on without 1t on occasion. He works
hard, TOO, In the saddle; and when the busi-
ness OF the morning has been dispatched, off
ne goes, attended by a few officers and q small
escort OF orderiies end tloops across the Poto-
mae, visiting the camps, examining the posi-
tions, ealing where fortune spreads the board
ana returning generally after nightta,l /, to
LOOK over the reports, to issue ORDERS to ba ti e
nttie politicians, and to stand on the defen-
slHe against those of larger dimensions.
Here ne is natural, but vigilant--candd,
Dut prudent, tobacco ruminant. or tumanr,
full OF life, ana yet cOutem platiye-ot d TEN
per, indeed, which seems TO take some Of its
color tom that If the accidents of its sur
rounding in time and place. Extraordinary
acts are ascribed to uim of which he knows
nothing He is the 'tHaroun Airaschid' OF
the journalist. AT one time, attired as Il
Dtrondtere, he Is testing the quality of lager
beer; again, as simple volunteer he is visit
Ing the Commlssarlat stor' and making prac-
ticdi experiments on bread and meat. Anon
he is encounter I'd as yidette, or starts out OF
wood with embrowned face a con traoand,
and before the week is over he has done
rything except the thing he has been really
engaged in. Oh, Young Napoleon, :" what IA
dreadful hundred days are in store for you
One can fancy even ow the soldier signing
tor the cngltlus iste in the paiatial building de
voted 10 the iabors Of Central Illinois officials
at Chi cago.