New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-23
LIST OF cases whore our forces In sufficient numbers
have been day too late.

List OF cases whore our forces in sufficient numbers
have been day too late.
The army that is now disembarking 10 not tho
army OF the Potomac that landed here last aprin0
and commenced its march up the Pepiusuls IL
pride and hope Of the nation. To sav that IN
numbers are but half hat they then were h noA
to tell wherein it has fallen off most It should have
weeks Of rest and discipline under health wing inc
huences. 1t requires nursing, % to speak, and an
infusion of hope and fresh LIE. In the wonderful
campaign through which it has passed, it has lost
very many Of its best officers, whose places
have been filled by exteoporzed substitutes, who
can and should be spared further service in the po.
lions they hold. In this respect very much remains
TO be DONE and il cannot be done TOO soon. The
tone of The army has been shattered, and is to DO
restored. Ii were 10 say what, more than anything
else. is true of the men, VI least large numbers Of
them, would call it dsep.seat,d home-sicknees
which has been greatly aggravated by me wears
sone exhausting experience al Harrison's LANDING
TIE cure for this however, is light of the enemy,
aud the sound OF the note TO advance. The COM
plant Is one not much for the surgeon 40 the cofa'
mandDg. general
| We have information which leaves no doubt that
Richmond, slnce the withdrawal from Harrison's
Landing, has been nearly denuded OF troops, and
that ten. Lee, with Longstrs and the Others, has
gone to Gordonsvile ct tbeir head with the hope OK
overwhelming Pope's army. A considerable force
has been left In the neig!bohood of Fort Darling to
resist cur gunboats, wLcn have not been With
drawn from James River, as has bsen stated. Com
modore Wilkes is under o-ders different from those
that govern tue action Of Gen. Mcclellan.
The intended withdrawal Of Gen. Mcclellan was
known in Richmond at least as coon A. 1t Was pab-
lsoed ia New-York. Instead Of pursuing, they set
Off for Gordonsvie, with greater activity and more
CELEBRITY, it Is feared, tban Lave characterized our
movements. Those who have INDUCED ia unsmia-
bic remarks toward your correspondent, who ans
nounced when the announcement could do no harm,
IA the result has shown that the withdrawal was to
be made and was 10 tact in progress, would do net.
ter 10 finding some good reason why the movements
has not been characterized by degree Of ac ivity
and vigor becoming the exigency arising out OF tho
change If position.
Everybody hereabout is vastly amused with tho
idea put foIto by The n. y. Times, to the effect
that Gen. Dlrusides Corps was laDded at Newport
News as "sponge" to soak up Gen. McClellan's
force for the better transportation 10 an absorbed
STAT The landing of the Burnside Corps there was
purely an aftcrthoGght, accidental, Ia fact; and ID
took Its departure it Game, beiuer increased nor
diminished In this day OF absurd inventions, this OF
Tie Times excels all previous att mpts.
This afterGoon Sumner Corps on the roao
from Yorktown, making extraordinary time, under
the spur OF Il l.legrapLlc dispatch Gen. Mcclellan
sent him lat evening. lie Viii reach Hampton and
Newport News tomorrow morning, and lmmedi-
ately embark transports. Gen HeInlzlemans
Corps, at Yorktown, will have embarked and ret
sail this morning. Gen. keyes's Corps viii follow
from that poiut.