Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-12
Special Correspondence oftie Chicago Tines
from Washington.

Gen. Mcclellan takes the field in person.
WASHINGTON. Sept 8.
Since my last, events west of Washington
have lost. to great extent their interest while
those now occurring in Maryand-"my Mary
land exercise a monopoly III attracting public
attention.
1t will afford Western readers grea, grdti6ca
ton To know that the allowing of the enemy 10
cro-s the Potomac into Maryland was ~ p'r' Oi
our programme. and that now tie "rebels have
got into trap" and furthermore. that ut last
We have got them just where we want them
To be sure this the when We changed
our b ,~e' frUm the ChickahoIninN TO James river;
aud then. will be recOlleciel. IL was announced
that we had the rebels just where We wanted
them. Again the rebel legionS came pouring,
ragged. hungry. aud unwashei. around the base
of Bull Run Mountains. They spread them
selves along the railroad that Connected our ar
mics with Washington, captured or skeihddled
our guards burnt pundered, and pa>sacred at
will at every railroad station and even came near
enough To plant their rr-barrei emblem OF treason
within sight of the granite monument of the i'm.
mortal Washington.
When the press and the people heard Of il,
they exclaimed 10, fully. Nv e have got them now
just where We want ihem'
Few days later. AM our ont generated. bro
ken cohorts. in the face of numerically inferior
Zoe. Tell Ddtk NltUu TIE cudtiCW Vi I'VE
tons that guard the approaches to Washington.
Flags of truce 20 out and our patriot de ID
ttkeg from the clutches of buzzsrd aud mn ggot,
and given such poor burial j. accorded the
misses who die upon the field of honor. In the
meantime the ever jubllant press assures the pub
lie that 10 my rest content, for the enemy can
never cross the Potom c Into NJ ryland.
The tax payer reo ces. He has scarcely the
assurance in his pocket ere another clifton in
Il 4 Il.
mae in f''rce. above and below Point OF Rocks;
that they have Chased The Federal guards from
P'oesvIlle aud Monocacy. pushed up along the
Monocacy river, and i'm inciedtably short
space OF time have cut the b itimore and Ohio
railroad in two. aud are in possession of the i'm
portant city OF Frederick. DSheirieDng intelli
gence But hold ,-anothcr paragraph strikes his
eyel He smiles hopefully forit read-, 1--WE pow
have got the rebels just where we want them.''
And this is the summing up of the position OF
affairs around Washington. We have in short,
for the fltieth tune, 'got the rebels just where
we want them
do not think that the reverses of the last
fortnight have been in vain; that the blood so
freely spilled has all been simply poured upon
the grOundl IL has been II most effectual quetus
upon the AboIionsts. and for the moment has
deferred them from their scheme of niger
ing, and. by putting them in bodily fear of their
tention to the single object OF saving the county.
The reappointment OF Mcclellan was the first
step wbish followed this state OF things; the
probable resi- gnaton of Station il another and
the abandonment of all schemes for making an
Aboiironist President out OF the war, tor the
present. has also followed. To-day, here in the
East. there is healthier loyalty. gre tier unity OF
purpose. and more determination To prosecute
this war successfully than there have been since
the bombardment of Sumter.
The announcement OF the reappointment of
Mcclellan. fell upon public excitement and
alarm like the "Peace-be siilll' OF the Savior
upon the upheavlng waters OF the SCI. People
lett their haunts on the street corners. aud re
sumed their business, conscious that master
spirit ruled the storm Even his enemies were
forced 10 acknowledge the change aud admit it,
cause. Hereafter Mcclellan will not be crippled
M his efforts when OH the eve OF success; he will
be allowed to manage matters IA he desires.
How do the men under Mcclellan like himi
inquired ! of one OF his officers. Like hm.
BY Cd, there isn't one OF Us but what would
die for him.
Confidence in a leader is inseparabe from sue
cess. Tue army does not have il in Pope 1r Nc
Dowel and hence their removal from this De
partment Was a matter OF necessity. Pope, how
ever able he may be. lost the confidence Of his
men, and. whether this loss resulted from bad
General>hip or an unavoidable combn,ton of
CIRCUMSTANCES it was. in either case. equal, f.
tai Ia his success. Aud So with McDOwe a
tue hearted we'll meaning, but most unfortunate
General
The sad task of burying our dead and bringing
OFT the wounded has at length been competed
Several gentlemen reached here tins mprniIg who
have been engaged in this duty since the Saturday
upon which .orveS met their helvy reverse
They buried iron two to three thousand lie al and
brought off from tie field something over fifteen
hundred wounded. They state that the rebels
during all this time. were answering IN their
kindness To them: that they gave them meLcines
blankets anu food 90 the extent OF their ability.
state this fact from IA most reliable ,urce. for
the reason that do not wish 10 grarifv n dspo-i-
ton among many OF our Northern people, dis
position which is prone to believe that every step
of the rebels Is marked with deeds of crime and
horror ani viol ,tions Of the Gust of CIVILIZED
warfare They. without exception denounced
the robbery of the dead. except in the Case OF
shoes, winch they sid they felt warranted IN
taking under any circumstances. According To
NV informant, a large yer centsge OF them were
ireioOted. hence the exception made in tins arII
Gle ct covering.
Strange enough they are not elatei with their
successes. They own To Waterloo defeat at
NJ .iN err Hill. and paid high compliments To the
desperate bravery displa,e by our troops on that
VSC|rioh- aIc weary ot TIE VIII. but stu
will accept M other conditions of peace save
th'Se which recognize Internationally the indie
penience OF the Southern States: and say that,
While believing that We can AMI will coneaer them
IL the war j. not enled by foreign Intervention. /
they will never Weld - iony as there is a single /
MN left 10 pull trigger
These opinions are held nv rebel officers. and /
may be regarded repre>entatise of those held 4
by the entire South. They io not hope To make .
a successful war upon the North: but their late
efforts nOrthward are made with view of con I
vincing the nations of Europe that they are not
only able TO successfully defend the COnlederscv
but TO roll the tide ba K UPON the homes OF their
invaders, and hence entitled to recognition as
a nation
Whatever nav be the force or intentions of
the rebels ia invading Maryland. il is not PROT
able that much time will pass without the occur
renee OF something decisive IL they are there
in force there will be a heavy battle: If not they
viii speedily be driven cut, far within a dsv or =
two Natioual troops have been thrown into
Msryla in great numbers ard with immense
rsspdity. IL may be that the rebels have crossed /
a small force simply TO pick up forage and re-
cruts and at the same time draw of large
number of our troops from the front of Washing
tim. or else they have gone determined 70 mike !
NJ iryland a battle ground for the possession of
the State. la either care. whatever may bee !
their intention, they Sill be met. and let hope
bafied by the fars ightedDess Of General McC,el-
Ian.