, 1862-10-06

p,r,y, which IS for he Union ehA every
pstcr nttrcst, and ~iItcil p.Eeo Mn, Other
intcfe etA b0re tho Union.
Mr. strai< altake Ut hie intimacy VIII, aud
rcfpect for a,a PreaJe1h; hEs -,bietanE f:.ta in
his honcay, 1nAn,ty, cap ofKty Sy:. Yti9 is
specious wsy Of Observation-Disclosures that
l,e uaay be tl'Atcd by th.4n. hut It in rslltty
piclous Of The psrao1 that 80 appeals 10 hin.
For If Mr. Stuart has euch an abiding cona.
denco In The president, why does he not eiyo
BIN his trust 10 the present trying hour; why
does he withhold bis couutenauco and support
e o ys %nn ey 9re M nsGSsa sss On @ S
oil biz trust 10 Mr. Lincoln, puts in hls ''ifs''
and ''buts," He cannot trust this friend Of
quarter Of a century at the very time when
that trust Is nee ded for bis conukY's sake as
well as for bis own. The truth is, III. Stuart
either does not agree with the president, does
not trnss him, does not mean to eiye him
cordial md undivided support in bis Efforts
10 subtain tho Union, OF he IL ttatlleklng
away hla honor as politician and
nan ior tho purpose Of obtaining tho
president R upon evry occasion, especially Nhere
the 1nteresls Of many are In jeopaady. How
-csn Mr. Stuart strYo Abraham Llucoln by
nnlt!ng hmaelf to bis bitteress and moat
nncompromifing. enemies2 One party or
fnS sr Gth.T I'm mntt na g. ee cheated For ny part
~ pAA w AAAs A41AAN4u3 AAA 1V1 lAlo AEaton2
l Nould just as soon support Josh. Allen,
optn and avowed opponent Of the var as ho.fs
Than this maD, who, under the mask Of frfead-
ship, catrles the mask Of mBllgnant enemy.
III the II b district Of the Stale, Hon. MI ton
BARLEY and Col a. J. Kuykendali arc ruin
this isjnst what Allon Tente. In fact he would
prefer half dozen good Union men to op.
posc him. Ono or the other OF thesa gentle-
men should Withdraw. etthe candidate who
san poll thy largest Tote stay on tho ticket I
Col. Ku, kendall. thrust some arrangement
of this Kind will be made, or tho government
will lie under the disgrace of being represented
b.. q K. G. G. in full standing.
1t Is reported here, on good authority, that
coin united in the solicitation to Gen. SIscl
to rttain bis command, and tina. the latter las
consented to do 60. also have 1t on the hest
authority, that the president supports Sfgel
ahajnst West Point,, Ile desires that Gen.
SIEsl shall be reinforced, and also that he shall
b; ;trea:ed with The courtesy AID consiaefa:ton
which his great services, merit. also !o1rn
that the president il well aware Of the faults
as we'll as merits Of Mcclellan, and freely Ills
curses THEM 10 Ills most Intimate friends, as
well AZ those Of the other generals. lie re.
CARDS Mcclellan ns a most excellent officer to
tSe:, md also Us q most excellent general ior
offensive operations, or Tor sleges where en-
ginceriug qualifications are more particularly
called Into play. But he considers him too
slow In taking advantage Of a victory; In
pushing sncctfs to its utmost limit Initiate
battle OF Sharpshurg was not sufficiently Wig
oronsly followed up. Tho cucniy escaped IN
aik ut Of our army, crossing n formidable river.
1t is Eefd, however, that Fitz john Porter did
not bring bis division into action In this ba.-
tle, when he might have done SO, aud Tor this
rtaa0n that our army WAS no. able pursue
disadvantage, and that charges haye been pre-
ferEed "gaiubt this general for bis coEtiuct
| NJ Lon Ibis as we'll a. former occasions. How
ever this may be, ! Lave ~ doubt thas sfr.
ltncoln's visft to The army Of the Potomac is
Oh account OF lis desir.s to see matters With
bic own eyes and 10 Judge for himself as to
| the situation Of attairs.
We have had great deal OF rain here within
| the past few dNJs. Business appears to be
quite brisk. The parolsd regiments briug
| II Oh many officers and soldiers to the city,
| aud st1ne d1unktnnrss is tho consequence,
| but gtrer.lly the men b1bave themselves
| we'll. Politically. atflir5 are quit. dull. 5lr.
| Swett wns to have 1rade 4 speech hero last
| night, aud crowd collected to hear him, but
in conse qlence OF an accident to the Alton
train, be did MT get down in time. ZETA.