The New York herald., 1862-11-27

disposition to advance against him at present General
Lee went 70 Richmond, renamed there few days and
returned his army BY the middle OF last month While
a. Richmoad General Lee had an alteration with Jen
Days in regard the campaign, which came near re-
sultnx In Lees resignation. Jcf wished 10 interfere
wth Lees plans, and insisted Lee crossing the Poto-
:s.s .s''a ''s sssysna M n ss op s'%s ny,
He assured Lee ,la, posture iniormaySf
McCellan's losses in the battle Of Aneta wsIe twenty
five thousand troops put hoys de cood and ese OF his
best troops that all his reinorcements since the battle
were raw recruits, utterly ignorant of the Of the
musket, and that if attacked vigorously now Mcclellan
must DO defeated Lee, however, insisted on following
out his own pan and not only being vigorously
supported In It, The differences only settled at last
through the influence Of distinguished lady, and the
result was Lee carried his point and received Jeds posi-
i've promise that he should be allowed to conduct the
campaign in his own way. Lees ideas were these-
That Mcclellan had been seriously crippled at Antio.
tam: that LIS reinforccments were not such he
would desire; that il would take him till the middle
OF October, at least, to drill them even TO a
degree that would make them moderately effective
but that soon after that time Mcclellan would probably
cross the Potomac and advance into Virginia. that
would be McCellans aim to bring him speedily TO an en-
gagement but that it would be in his Oes) power TO
night or not az he deemed most expedent; that il he
was satisfied that hccleans force was larger than his
ne would not decline battle but would fight and would
expect TO be victorious, bat that the Union forces
numbered his he would gradually retire sou6hw and
ompe Mcclellan TO follow him. that thus he could choose
m ground at all times, and that when the moment for
stA 1g arrivedwhen he had drawn the Union army far
ncugh away from the base OF their operatons-hsn re
wcx5 6gh. with the certainty Of victory, that If he
succeeded In drawing the onion army down a certain
point hS combinations such that that army would
not only BE defeated, but would be annin.lated II is
from the latter expression that Gensral Lee has
dsa of ilankng getting in the rear, of army
1t will be observed tina. up 10 this time all of General
Lees movements have been accordance with this plan
Tho following recently the disposition OF thew
rebel forse--
Total troops under General Lee. e.......... 100 900
At Richmond, the south bank o the Upper Pa
mlnkey al and near Fort Darling, at Petersburg
the peninsula all under Gen. Longsreet so 900
Total troops in Virginia. 240, 900
General Bragg's army, lately in Kentucky, now
at the Cumberland Gap, AZ Knoxville and along
the line OF the Great southern Railroad from
Chattanooga TO Lynchburg and being IN com
munication there with Gen. Lees army. $4,000
At point south OF Holly Springs, under General
Earl Van Dorm. ................,........ so 900
At vicksburg, IN Arkansas and in Missouri, under
Con. pemberton, Gen Holmes and Gen. Hind
man .................. 65 900
At Mobile 10000
AT Charleston and Savannah, under Gen. Beaure
gard Observation-Disclosures. so 900
Total rebel forces under arms 495 900
In the above disposition of rebel troops it will be