The New York herald., 1862-03-16
NEWS FROM GEN. m'clEllAN's DEPARTMENT.


For long time have kept you inactive, but not
without purpose. You were to be disciplined armed
and instructed. Ths formidable artillery you now have
had 10 bo created. Other armies were to move and
accomplish certain results have held you back that
you might give the death blow TO the rebellion that has
distracted our once happy country.
The patience you have shown, and your confidence IN
yeur General are worth dozsn victories. These pre-
lminary results now accomplished feel that Ito
patient hbors Of many months have produced their
fruit. The Army Of the Potomac 10 now real army,
magnificent in material, admirable In discipline and
s,ruction, and exccently equipped and armed. Your
somnanders al that could wish. Tas moment for
action has arrived, and know that can trust in you to
save country AS ride through your ranks in
your faces the prestige Of victory feel that you
viii do whatever ask Of you. The period Of inacon ha,
passed. sru bring you face to face cith tie reoe
and only pray that God may defend the right
In whatever direction you may move however strange
my actions may appear to you. bear in mind that
my fate is linked with yours, and that all do to bring
you where know you wish 10 be-on tho decisive ba,to
watch over you parent over his children and you
know that your General loves you from the depths Of
his heart. 1t shall be my cars-it has ever besn-to
gain with the least possible loss But know
that is necessary you will willingly follow me 10 our
graves for our righteous cause.
God smiles upon u.s. Victory attends si Yet I would
not have you think that aim to be obtained with.
out manly struggle. will not disguise it from you
that you have bravo foes to encountor-foemen well
worthy Of tho steel that you will 30 well. ! shall
demand Of you great heroic excrtions rapid and long
marches, desperate combats privatons, perhaps. We
wiz share all these together. and when this sad
over We win all return to homes and feel that We
can ask no higher honor an TIE proud consciousness as
w belonged to Tie army Of the POtOmaei
GEO. B. MCCLELLAN,
Major General Commanding.
Information Of the most reliable character, derived
from men who were placed in position to and kno
ali about the numbers and movements or the rebels re-
Gently occupying Manassas has been obtained showing
soncusively that late the Sd Of March the rebels
were able TO concentrate ct Manassas force Of not css
than ninety thousand mon, without diminishing their
sorcos at Winchester and esbug and the occocuan
They had made gather at Manassas about
ono hundred lQs9potves and fifteen hundred cars Of
virious descriptions
fhe evacuation Of Manassas was bsgch on Friday,
March7 1t occasioned by information that General
Mcclellan was about TO throw large army between Ma.
and Richmond and thus cut of the whole rebel
army the Potomac from the Of its supplies
These facts dsspats all the theories Of the howlers
IN bon vlodo tha euhio havo
bcon roundy asserting that Manassas long ago
cuated and that the whole rebel army Of the Potomac
no time numbered over sixty thousand men.
Tho remains Of Colonel Cameron taken 70 George
town this afternoon They were found upon the battle
Geld at Bull yesterday by Major Eiott Paymnster in
the United States cavalry, Of Colonel Elliott Of the
Seventy ninth Hghlandcrs and Mr.. John Kane of tho
War Del artmsnt The former was commissioned by the
friends Of Colonel Cameron and the latter specially AN
thorzed by the War Department TO search for the re
mains and bring them In.
Mr. Kane Colonel Camerons orderly at tho time Of
the battle Of bull run and completely identified the body
Il was found from information derived from negro who
remembered that miniature taken from Of the
bodies thrown into particular pit with vs Others Ths
negro described that this body the first OF elk
placed In cart and would be found IL was, upon tn.
Top Of the pile The pit . natural one, formed by
the washing out Of gully Tho dirt had boon washed
by the rains, but replaced By tho negroes in the
neighborhood
The blacks desired ogvc the bodies separate burias
but were by tho rebel oces charge Of the
Geld.
The body was recognized by the under clothing, which
had bcen purchased for the Colonel BY Mr. Kane the day
peios the battle and also by the Of Colonel Came
ron upon truss he wore. The decomposition Of the
muscular hore is not yet complete although little re-
mains except the bones and gamsnts Tho remains ar,
to awnit tho order Of General Cameron who ha bccr
teegraphed. The funeral ceremonies will y4obaby b.
hxed for Monday.
The cavalry Reconnaissance mer iorod is last rsbt,
despatch' under General stonoInan, accompanied
by Captains Louis aud Robert D'oresus, d