Daily national Democrat., 1861-09-07
Gen. McCIellan's Firmness---1he Array
Of the Potomac free from the Interior.
ence of Political Generals.

Pu'llC are dlIShO1 wei DOsLtG III re-
gard to the Government sumlnoning Gen
Mcclellan to command the forces on the Po-
tomac Immediately after the arrival 0: that
gallant officer he sought for and had an in.
terview with Gen. Scott and the conversa.
ton as a matter Of course ran upon the Bull
Run affair and the condition OF the army
around Washington, during which Genera
Scott revealed to Gen. Mcclellan the obsta
cles he has had to contend with ever since
the commencement of the outbreak how
that this clique of politicians demanded this
and that clique something else, until he was
hampered by them. and advised Mcclellan
to make his acceptance Of the command OF
that division conditional that he Mcclellan
should have full control of the entire divis
ion, not only in the arrangement Of the forces.
but the selection OF his brigade division and
other officers.
On this point it seems Mcclellan hadmade
up his mind before he arrived at Washington,
and in his subsequent interview made those
points condition in his acceptance OF the
command. Tie excitement over The rout at
Bull Run was at its hight, the President and
Cabinet all had long faces. and after little
parleying all agreed to the conditions asked
by Mcclellan With this understanding he
accepted the position, and immediately com
menced the arduous task of bringing order
out of chaos. He had been at work but IA
few days before the politicians began their
work again, and were found importuning the
President and the Cabinet; Congressman
were prevailed upon to name list of Brga
diers from the different States and the APP
pointments of other officers were demanded
through the same sources. The pressure
upon Lincoln finally became SO great that lie
was prevailed upon to ask Gen. Mcclellan
to change the agreement with him sending
with the request a list of names that he
should be Obliged to appoint who had been
demanded by SO strong political parties in
the several States that he could not overlook
their demand.
Gen. Mcclellan looked at the list, and at
once Informed President Lincoln that he had
40 use for the parties named and could not
give them positions, adding thar if that WAS
his pt ogranme, Washington would certainly
fall. They had to contend with educated
and experienced officers, and no civilians or
politicians could discharge the duty required
10y officers holding positions asked for in this
contest. He would not stake his reputation
with such men as officers under him if the
army on Tie Potomac was to be differed in
the main 10y men without military experience
VI NAN-NtlOu, nc NOuiu HOb ItUalI 10 DtdI
the odiUm of their failure, as failure il
would be, therefore rendered his resignation,
which he Immediately wrote, and asked that
it might be accepted forthwith.
ihe resignation came like Il peal Of thun-
der upon the President and Cabinet; no lit
tie tiutteriug transpired in court circles for
some time after its announcement. The Cab
met vas convened, and n long cout ell held
over it, which finally resulted in a refusal to
accept it, and new pI. dgr given to McClel-
Ian that his plans should notbe intcrfered with
and that it he would 20 ,ad he should not
he again mo!ested, bat every facility placed
at his disposal. Under the new pledge Gen
Mcclellan is to-day at work preparing the
army for the work to be done toy them. 70
this prompt and decisive rcluke 10 the ma
chiuatious Of the politicians Is the country in
debtcd fer the safety of the Capital to day
He having thus sworn that he will not be
tampSred with, we shall probably have no
further interference; but the army will 20 on
changing from political to military army,
rapidly gaining tae confidence of the public
SEVEN ASclEyr WoNDGrs These were,
It. The brass colossus Of Rhodes. ! % feet
high, built 10y Ceres. a. y. 2SS occupying
"elve years in making. 1t stood across the
harbor of Rhodes siXty-six years, aud was
then thrown down hy an earthquake. 1t
was bought 10y a Jew from the ~aracrns, who
loaded 600 cameis with the brass 2d The
Pyramid of Egypt The largest one engaged
G0.oUO workmcn thirty years in building, and
has now stood at least 8 900 wears. Sd The
Aqueducts at Rome, invented by Applus
Clandi0s, the censor 4:h. The Labyrinth OF
Pasammctichus, on the banks Of the Nile,
containg in one continued wall 1000 houses
and twelve royal palacrs. all covered with
marble, and having only one entrance The
building was said to contain 1900 chambers
and ball built Of marble, adorned with STA
tues of the gods. 9th. TIE pharos of Alex
ander, tower built by order Of PtoIemy
fhliadelpAuS in the year 2S2 B. G. 1t was
erected as lighthouse. and contained mag
nihcent galleries of marble-n large lantern
at the top, the light of which was seen
hundred miles off; mirrors of enormous size
were fixed round the galleries, rehccting
everything ON the sea. common tower is
now erected in its place. 9th. The walls Of
Babylon, Luilt 10y order of Semirau is, or
NehuchaaezZar and finished in one year 10y
200,0QO men They were Of immense thick
ness. 7lh. The Temple of Diana, at Ephe-
sns. completed in the reign of Servius, the
sixth King of Rome. 1t was $50 feet long,
25O feet broad, and supported 1876 mlrble
pillars, seventy feet high the beams and
doors were of cedar. the est OF the timber of
cypress. 1t was destroyed by fire b. G. 800.
BEER DRINKING. G.-Some people wonder at
the capacity of the Teutonic stomach for beer
1t is surprising; but our friends, the Ger
mans, have had, as nation, immense expe-
rience in the art of inbihing and slowing
away that not very eulvcning fluid If
Factus does not belle them, they INDUCED
freely in "lager" full eighteen hundred
years ago. The Egyptians, it is true. com
menced beer-drinkiug little earlier. They
brewed the barley bree " when Herodotus
was travelling among them, some 400 years or
so before the Christian era but not being
gifted with Teutonic pertinncty of purpose
they seem to have abandoned the beverage
some hundreds Of years ago; and when the
French invaded Egypt at the close of the
last century, they had to teach them how to
brew. So faras drink that makes men stupid
is better than liquors that make them mac, ,
beer is preferable to all forns Of alcohol
Where choice must he Eade letw cen two
evils, choose the least.
"DEAR me, how fluidly he does talk" said Mrs
Darlington, recently, at "A tempe rance lecture
81 am always rejoined when he mounts the
nostril for his eloquence warns me in every
nerve and cartridge of my body"
HE GREATEST HUMBUG OF THE DAY That
reason III petlcoats is entitled to any more