Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-07-10
4 BUDGET OF NEWS FROM WASHING.
TON.
Gen. Burnside and The Reinforcement
Of Mcclellan.
,nespOndehee Chicago Times.


: Of Mcclellan.
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wxsHfsofos. June "a.
have Q whole budget Of news for
you to day. Let me gits il to you in
brief at frst and then for particulars
) afterwards First. thea, Gen. Burn
side. with his whole division, and s.
600 additional troops. making ptobab-
4 ly $4,000 il all. has gone up the
James River. il order to eo-operats
with McclellaA. Secondly, All Of Me-
Douell's- -troops- hare been sent 70 re-
inforce Mcclellan. and Mcdowell is
left here at Washington without any
command. and. what is better stiif
there is no prospect at present that he
will be invested with any command
Thirdly, the Presidents eyes are at
last opened to the utter ineapacity Of
FfeAout. sud to the absurdity Of keep
ing him in Command any longer, and
he is to be shelved, either Is Cameron
wsss BY being sent abroad, or in some
other way; az all events he is to be-
deprived Of his command. Fourthlys
the President has determined to invesE
the entire direction of military Affairs
10 all that part OF Virginia west Of the
Blue Ridge Mountains in Gen. Pope
and Gen. Sigel. Fiftbly, Slanton'S
star has set, never to rise again. The
President is convinced that be commits
ted a great error in appointing him.
and is anxious to repair that error by
filing the Office Of Secretary Of War
with man whose first object will not
be himself, but his country. Stanton
is to have his congo as soon as the
President can summon up irmness
enough to tell him so. Sixthly, the
President has assured Gen. Mcclellan
that he shall have all the troops he
wants, and that he shall have every
thing that he wishes, IN his operations
before Richmond. Seventhly, as SOON
as Richmond Is taken, Gen. Mcclellan
is to be recalled to Washington, and
formally re.ihvested with the supreme
command Of the armies Of the Union
And now for details.
You will remember that on the isth
and 18th inst. Gen. Burnside, attended
only by bis staff, came up from North
Carolina to Fortress Monroe. and pro-
ceeded thence to Gen. McClellan's
headquarters in front Of Richmond.
where he remained for several hours
10 consultation. During that inter-
view the general features Of plan for
a combined attack on Richmond were
agreed upon, the details Of which
we're subsequently, arranged by letters
and by telegraph. 1t is most probable
that Burnsid.'s whole force will land
on the right bsnk Of the James River
below Fort Darling, and that they
will take the work BY assault. This
can be done BY body Of determined
men. and Burnside is just the man to-
command them. The rebel works on
James River once taken, and their
river batteries silenced, our naval
force may perhaps summon up courage
and enterprise enough to remove the
instructions in the river, so that the
gunboats can sail up to Richmond
Such is my conjecture Of what il is Burn
sides intention to do. There is GER
tainly very little probability Of Nc Clel-
Ian being able to take Richmond while
the rebels hold Fort Darling and while
the obstructions remain in the James
River. And no sane man need ex-
pect the navy to do anything above
City Point until Fort Darling is taken
and the obstructions are removed
The gallant Jack-tars who took Island
No 10, and who covered themselves
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 Stanton's
influence could have prevailed, he
would not only have been left 10 COM
mand OF his corps, but his corps would
even have been augmented by the
addition Of an additional division, to
be composed OF twelve new regimentsI
Stanton's plan was to keep Mcdowell
thus reinforced between Washington
and Fredericksburg, so that, whenever
Nc Clellan should have rendered the
fall Of Richmond 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. McCall's Pennsylvania reserve,
$4,000 strong and IN high state Of
1icipIine and efficiency. have been
detached from McDoweli's command,
md are now with Mcclellan. And as
.hese troops constituted an thst were
,f any value under Mcdowell, fhe lat
er is now left without troops to speak
II, yet quite enough to go through
With the ridiculous farce at Fredricks-
burg that be has been playing so long.