Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-07-17

vi yOut NdTCH you itNC ocSh aoo"iN"
day after day with desperate fury by
men of the same race and nation,
skilfully massed and led. Under ev-
cry disadvantage of number, and ne
cessarily of position also, You have
in every conflict beaten back your
foes with enormous slaughter. Your
conduct ranks yon among the celcbra-
ted armies of history. No one will
now question that each of you may
always with pride say /: belonged
to the army Of the Potomac" You
have reached the new base complete
in organization, aud unimpaired in
spirit. The enemy may at any time
attack you. We are prepared to meet
them. l have personally established
your lines. Let them come, and we will
convert their repulse into defeat.
Your Government is strengthening
you with the resources of a great peo-
pie. On this our nations birthday,
we declare to our foes, who are rebels
against the best interests of man
kind, that this army shall enter the
capitol of the so-calcd rebel confeder-
acy, and our national constitution
shall prevail, and that the Union,
which can alone insure internal peace
and external security to each State,
"must and shall be preserved" cost
what it may in time, treasure and
blood.
(Signcd,) GEO. b. MCCLELLAN.
The President, in his anxiety to see
and know for himself the situation of
our army before Richmond, determin-
ed OH visit to General Mcclellan,
which he has accomplished, and return
ed to Washington on the 10th inst. He
found the troops were well rested and
ready for another fight. Their new
position is impregnable. and the roads
to Richmond, 10 miles, are dry and
the streams fordable.
On the arrival of the President at
Harrison's Landing, General McClel.
Ian, with several other military gen
tlemcn, visited him on board. After
which the President and the General
had a private conference for about
half an hour. They then proceeded in
an ambulance to Gen. Summers head.
quarters, where they took horses and
visited the entertainments.
The President briefly addressed the
soldiers. He said he had come to see
for himself, and to know the situation
of affairs, and that he should go back
satisfied. 1t was said that they had
been whipped. 1t was not so, and
never would be. He knew that the
men he saw around him would prove
equal to the task before them, and
never give up without going into
Richmond. He had been unable to
sleep for anxiety, but after what he
had seen and heard, should go back
to Washington satisfied that it was
all right with the Army of the Poto-
mac. He declared his confidence in
the army and it's commander, in all
the men and all the officers, who were,
all alike, deserving of the confidence
Of the country.
The party then continued their ride
along the lines, and at nine in the
evening returned to headquarters,
having been in the saddle seven
hours. On Wednesday morning, after
conference at headquarters, the
President started on his return.
The President is satisfied that the
affairs on the Peninsula arc in much
better condition than have been rep
resented. He gives credit to General
Mcclellan for having in no way exag-
gerated facts. He has seen for him
self the necessity for reinforcements,
and returns with the conviction that
Mcclellan is in his proper position,
that the army is devoted to him, and
full of confidence in his ability, and
that all he requires shall be done with
out delay. ..-
The Richmond Examiner, of the
18th instant, discourses on Gen. McClel-
lan's present position. 1t says:
ave believe all that was known
in this city yesterday outside Of the
several circles of bureaucracy was
that the enemy had taken strong po-
sition, with one of his TANKS resting
on the river about Berkeley completely
under cover Of his gunboat, and his
extreme right reaching to Herring
creek, where his position is defended
by an almost impossible morass. 1t
was supposed that the enemy would
have been attacked yesterday, but
there had been no fighting up to the
last accounts.
The cncmy's position presents but
one pregnable point, the piece of
level country northwest of Wester,
from quarter to half mile in width,
lying between the head of the ravines
and the point where Herring creek
crosses the Charles City road. Al
ready this entire stronghold is within
a range of his siege guns planted on
the wellington heights, whilst our
ammunition and stores must be wagon
ed distance of nearly 30 miles. His
steamers and transports are running
up to the very doors of his tent. Ten
days ago, when Mcclellan beleagued
Richmond, with the exception of about
five miles of the Chickahominy, the
ground he occupied was the most bar
rem, and at the same time the worst
watered and most unhealthy region of
Eastern Virginia. With the Seven
Pines as their headquarters, where
the very pick and flower Of the Nor
thcrn armies was concentrated, for
weeks their vigor and numbers melted
away under the influence Of miasma,
bad water, and a southern sun, but
by his hasty trip through White Oak
Swamps. Mcclellan has arranged his
thinned ranks into more genial land.
The Examiner says Of its own Gov