Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-07-12
The Presidents Visit 20 Fortress Monroe
and the Inmea RiEar.
Correspondence of the N. Y. Tribune.
FoRTREss MONROE. Julv g.

EOhIhEbs hONhOE, July ..
President Lincoln arrived at an carly
hour this morning by the Ariel, having
left Washington last evening He and
Gen. Burnside Immediately had an inter-
view on the boat. Subsequently, General
Dix and staff called on the President, who
soon after left on the Ariel for Harrison's
Landing TO visit Gen. Mcclellan. The gem
eral nature Of the Presidents visit It is not
difficult to conjecture.
An hour after, Commodore Wilkes arriv-
ed by the Baltimore mail-boat, bound for
James River, to assume the command of
the naval hotilla operating in conjunction
with Gen. Mcclellan.
Later in the day, transports with troops,
forming a part Of Gen. Burnsides COM
mand, arrived from NeWbern. Gen. b.,
with the troops that arrived yesterday, was
in waiting, and the whole will leave for
Harrison's Landing this evening, or at an
early hour in the morning.
These arrivals in the aggregate consti-
I tute an event Of no small interest. Before
! the startling events of last week, the Pres
ident had become extremely solicitous con-
eerning the army of the Potomac, and the
| progress of the Peninsula campaign, and
we suppose that this sOlicitude has been
not q little increased since the retreat of
the army to its present position. The
country recollects the Presidents visit to
/ Fortress Monroe Immediately preceding
/ the fall of Norfolk, though l believe little
has been said concerning the counsels he
/ gave, not to say the authority he exercised
as Commander-in-C Chief of the Army and
| Navy, which contributed so materially to
produce that immediate and most gratify-
] ing result. To those who were cognizant
Of these circumstances, and witnessed the
! yigOr Of the Presidents policy as well as
the strong common sense Of his views, his
present visit has peculiar interest.
1t is known that the President has not
been altogether satisfied with the apparent
/ lack of vigOr and the delays that have
marked the campaigns in the East, so much
in contrast with the campaigns in the
Southwest, and it is not altogether the re-
suit Of conjecture that it is stated that his
present visit is to infuse a wholesome ac-
tivity in the operations Of the army and
navy. l will not undertake to say pre-
else what is the entire import of the ap-
pearance of Commodore Wilkes at this in
teresting juncture. Flag officer Colds
borough transferred his flag to the Dako-
tab from the Minnesota only two or three
days since and steamed up the James. As
| thereis scarcelyAny necessity for two supe-
rior officers in the command, it is inferred
! that Commodore W. will relieve Fag Officer
G., who, doubtless, will return to the Mime
sofa as Commander of the North Atlantic
| Squadron. Gen. Burnside and the troops
he brings with him will prove an import
ant accession to the Army of the Potomac :;
! and there is a manifestation of the right
| kind of spirit and activity in the prompt
ness shown by General B. in hasten
| ing to the succOr Of his bosom friend
who commands the Army of the POto-
mac, which the country will at this mo-
ment appreciate. General Burnside
WILL by his rank, be second in COM
mand. II is not that, however, which ac-
/ tuates him, for he would as readily take a
Colonel's command or enter the ranks as a
| private, if by so doing he could render sue
cessful the cry 4" On to Richmond" A more
devoted soldier the country has not in its
service than Gen. Burnside.
But the crowning event is the visit Of
President Lincoln to the Army of the PO-
tomac. He goes to see for himself, no idle,
JulAStLAS 'AlPi Oli' Oh0 VI soAAOuS SCI 'AOOI
and all here, as will be the case every
where, rejoice that he has gone to McClel-
lan's lines and camp visited the soldiers,
examined for himself, and brought his
great good sense to bear on the moment
Gus question of the day. It will electrify
the country; for it has no disparagement
to any one to say that there is no man on
the boards now who commands larger
share of public confidence than Presfdent
Lincoln, l have not heard one, but
dozen rejecting men say that if he would
proclaim to the country that he purposes
to place himself at the head of the next
army raised, he would have the men soon
er than by any other means. Let Abra-
ham Lincoln once take the field, surround
ed by the that talent he would select, and
he Mnnld hive all tha man he naeded