, 1862-04-11

tinucd rigor ously till Friday, the 4th inst,
when the further removal Of troops from this |
line Of defenses was stopp ed by the Presidents
or der, assigning Gen. Mcdowell the CON-
mand Of the remainder In a new and inde-
pendent department. The formerarmy Of the
Potomac is now divided into three powerful
commands-one at and around Old Point
Comfort, one between Arlington and Warren
ton Junction, and the third in the valley Of
the Shenandoah-each Of them responsible
only to the President and People Of the United
Stares. OF the strength OF the respectFecom-
nands, it would be improper now to speak
This is brief consecutive narration Of facts
over which the veil Of seeresy has been
| thrown, so tar IS silence Oh the part Of the
| press may be supposed to imply seeresy: The
| transports required for the service Of moving
! McCle1lan's troops seem to have been chaI-
| tered BY Mr.. John Tucker, principally in the
month Of February. Therefore the movement
| must have had its inception some time before
course, Il Gen. Mcclellan, with bis II real army,
| magnificent in numbers, discipline and equip
ment," goes forward, even at this late dsy,
and wins victories over armed rebels, be W1u
receive applause. Yet there viii Always re,
his policy during the past eight months, a sas-
picion that he has been trying to devise plan
for carrying On the war go that the rebels
should not receive much harm, either in their
ham, bis Two famiIiaTS in Congress, have 10
Of squeezing Davis, WigfhH + CO. SO gently
that they shall not feel too much
RHatea aa d. to onai come back tb into o4si thG
j. citizens. One Of Mr.. Rnssell's letters to The
London Times, last August or September, said
that Gen. Mcclellan had an eye to great po1it-
cal Us well as military results to follow from
his movements In the field. It you'd appear
}hof+ +1o "a tYnyn EprF.
ed the military ones up to this time. The
Generals speech to Col Gosling's regiment
certainly indicated desire to carry On the
war without the painful necessity Of killing OF
that Co. G.'s regiment could 60 into battle
) without somebody getting killed, yet the Gen
+ | eral said he did not think such sacrifice
, would be necessary. The sentiment was truly
! humane to everybody except the tsx-payers
: Smith at Fort Donelson, rho, meeting regi'
. | meEt panic-stricken md retreating from some
), unexpected attack, rode to their front and
! shouted a'oud, "D-n yo9, you volunteered +
Horiously Ill the day was theirs.
adyerted q short time since to the inven
5, ton Of Captain Cowper Coles, OF the British
IL navy, described in the November number
It BIaskeoqa': Aagaz3ns, ls9o, from aS Thisl as
l. plan Of the Monitor. In looking little fur
st ther into the subject have come across
Il, pamphlet Of ninety-two pages, by Sir Howar,
~ Douglns, entitled ia Postscript TO the sectiol
ID On 1roa Defenses, contained In the 5th Edition
C. Of Naval Gunnery,' in answer to the crrone
q GUS principles set forth By the Reviewer In tn
~ Quarterly Rev5eto for October, 16G0.-London
1T John Murray, Albcrmarle street, 1851" 81
O. Howard commences by complaining that tn
article in the 2tartenycslls him .prel9diceda,
"antiquated," "a red~tapfst," !" nothing Gk
e. leather" etc. On page q, be gives diagra1
=, Of Captafn Co1es's circular tower, revoigln
~ on tu1n-tab1e proposed for upper decks {
d, angu1ated Hon-sided ships Of War-dia1pett
ID feet inches>'-which appears to be q MOI
ha itor in the rough, the tower Intended to +
~ ~ tut1ed by haud, instead Of steam. Sir Howas
d. then proceeds to show that the plan is who'll
Us impracticab1e-tbat 1t won't float, and If
W. does float it won't shoot, and If it does Eho
- it won't turn. Surely the reviewer VAS n
W far wrong when he put tsnothing like leather
s1- into Sir Howard's awful mouth
to The probability is that the bill abolishi1
~, | slavery in the District OF Columbia will {
a." through the House with very little debat
Wiclllffe, Crittendea, Tallandigham, Co
Voorhees, and all the others who are at wo
ed here s'preserying chaos will, Of course, fig
wo against 1t long enough to show their hate ~
,th spite, but the majority in favor Of the bill
- too large to be worried very long BY this f.
o* non. The confscatton bill VIII come forwa
eE, next, provoking more strenuous opposito
ap. | but, as 1t now seems to me, quite nkelyto
of through. The pcopze are speaking for It, a
theirs is q voice which Congress can hf
10" when they are deaf to all others.