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Correspondence Of the Chicago Times.
WASHINGTON, june 24.-I have a who'll
budget of news for you to-day. Let me give i
to you in brief at first, and then for particular
afterwards. First, then, Gen. Burnside with hi.
whole division, and 5000 additional troops
making probably 10000 in all, has gone up th,
James river, in order to cooperate with McClel
Ian. Secondly, all of McDOwells troops have
been sent to reinforce Mcclellan, and Mcdowell
is left here at Washington without any com
mand, and, what is better STILL there is no pros
pect at present that he viii be invested with any
command. Thirdly, the Presidents eyes is al
last opened to the utter inc8Dacity of Fremont,
and to the absUrdty of keeping him IN com
mand any longer, and he is to be sheved, either
as Cameron was, by being sent abroad or in
some other way at all events he is to be de-
prived of his command. Fourthly, the Presi-
dent has determined to invest the entire direc-
ton of military affairs in all that part of Vir-
ginia west of the Blue Ridge mountains in Gen.
Pope and Gen. Sgel Filthy, S.antons star
has set, never to rise again. Tho President is
convinced that he committed a great error in
appointing him, and is anxious to repair that
error by filling the Office of Secretsry Of War
with man whose first object viii not be him
self, but his country. Stanton is to have cORge
as soon as the President can summon up firm
ness enough to tell him so. Sixthly, the Presi-
dent has assured Gen. Mcclellan that be shall
have all the troops he wants, and that he shall
have everything that he wishes, in his opera
tiOns before Richmond. Seventhly, as soon as
Richmond is taken, Gen. Mcclellan is to be re-
called to Washington, and formally Ie-inyested
with the supreme command of the armies Of
the UniOn. And now for details
You will remember that on the 18th and 18th
inst. Gen. Burnside, attended only by his staff
came up from North Carolina to Fortress Mon
roe, and proceeded thence TO Gen. McClellan's
headquarters in front of Richmond, where he re-
mained for several hours in consultation. Du-
ring that interview the general features of plan
for combined attack on Richmond were agreed
upon, the details of which were subsequently
arranged by letters and by telegraph. 1t is most
probable that Burnsides whole force will lsnd
on the right bank of the James river, below Fort
Darling, and that they will take the work by as
sault. This can be done by body of determ-
ined men, and Burnside is Just the man to com
mand them. The rebel works on the James
river once taken, and their river batteries sleneed
our naval force may perhaps summon up cOur-
age and enterprise enough to remove the OBJ
strUctions in the river, so that the gunbOats can
sail up TO Richmond. Such is my conjecture of
what it IS Burnside's intention to do. There is
certainly very little probability of Mcclellan
being able to take Richmond while the rebels
main in the James river. And no sane man
need to expect the navy to do any thing above
City Point until Fort Darling is taken and the
ObstTuetions are removed. The gallant Jack tars
who took Island No 10, and who covered them
selves and their country with glory at other
points on the Mississippi, might be able to act as
becomes the American navy, even in the James
river But we have no such naval heroes in this
part Of the world.
In regard to Mcdowell if Stsnton's influence
could have prevailed, he would not only have
been left in command of his corps, bat his corps
would ey en- have been augmented by the addi-
ton of an additional division, to be composed Of
twelve new regiments Stanton's plan was to
keep Mcdowell, thus reinforced, between Wash
ington and Fredericksburg, so that, whenever
Mcclellan should have rendered the fall of Rich
mOnd certain, Mcdowell could slip quietly down
and share the glory in taking it, or perhaps even
enter the rebel capital first. But old Abe has
put his foot down on this, and all other plots
against Mcclellan. Gen. McCalPs Pennsylva-
MIA reserve, 5000 strong, and in a high state of
discipline and efficiency, have been detached
from McDOwelrs command, and are now with
Mcclellan. And as these troops constituted all
that were Of any value under Mcdowell, the lat
ter is nOw left without any troops to speak of,
yet quite enough to 60 through with the ridicu-
lous farce at Fredericksburg which he has been
playing so long