Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-11-24
ANOTHER ACcoUST-Rl HoyAL OF GIN. MCCLELLAN
Correspondence New York WoldJs

WssHIrGToE Nover Der I2-The Army Of the Po-
tomac has gone hr ugh two days Of the bier-st grei
AMI disspp polntmenshsliI say iof anger and resent
ment. Never fore have I witnessed the emotions oi
multudes aii-perYsd.ng and ominnus What Mcf'le
Ian 10 the army--its ifr IT. souls unfortu
nately and unmistaksbly cared in ths emo ions-al
n st n,utnous I fear which have rent it since the
startling and III bodl announcement which it hiss re-
Gently received
Mond Y vvas occupied by General Mcclellan in pass
inK smong the various capps reviewing his troops
and taking fual J. Of hcth officers and soldiers
The first 20 Fz John Por ers corps. Sykes
division Of regulars like Old Romans. serious and
grave in their demonstrations os regret Yet there could
be the heavy heavings Of their breasts General
Nc lean de past them and bid them an Rtretion6
farewell and urged them do better for Burnside than
they had done FOR bin.
II would be but idle repetition to describe the greet
ing received at each several corps Gen. Mcclellan
passed through them. Il was one round Of unmngled
egret and manifested in every variety Of rpark,
in every manifestation Of feeling Shouts and csssrs
constantly rent the arr. Many severe countenauce
uuused to marks Of sorrow was suhused with tears
Many the tears shed by the soldiers who parted with
Gen Mcclellan.
Many were the rude and spontaneous uttersnces by
which the Army Of the Potomac vent to its disgust
and sorrow. It's played now" 'Its all up "The
life OF the army is gone These and many other similar
eseustions were forced from the soldiers by the passing
events
As Gen. Mcclellan, mounted upon fine horse, at
tended by retinue OF fBelOoking military riding
rapidly through the ranks, gracefully recognized and
bid farewell 10 the army, the cries and demons ratons
OF the men were beyond bounds-vild impsesoned aud
unrestrsined- Dsregsrdng sll military forms they
rushed from their ranks and thronEed Gen Mcclellan
with the bitterest complaints against those who had
moved from command their beloved leader.
This is the type of all which happened during the
leave taking of Gen Mcclellan from the army Of the
Potomsc.
At noon he dined at the Warren Green Hotel al War
renton, with Gen Burnside. After dinner the corps
near by passed through, during the forenoon
Next morning General Mcclellan at the railroad cars
bad interesting and affecting interview with General
Burnside After this they parted and Gen, Mcclellan
moved of toward Washington. In all the little re-
marks he had made 10 the army, the burthen Of bis
thought and feeling had bfen Stand 1y Gen Burnside
Do more for him Il possible than you have for me.
This seemed be the hight Of his anxiety and care on
parting with bis veteran soldiers.
must not omit TO mention scene which occurred
near Catetts Station, where portion Of Gen Sckes
command paid thelr farewell honors TO their fsvorite
chief
The coor-bearer Of a regn nj which hal broken 10
ranks and thronged in co!flion around he car IN which
Gen Bcllelau was being conveyed TO Washington,
rushed ipto the presence Of the general and showing
his tattered banner, said
General have carried that flag under you through
the whole war, and now want sh Ike hands with
Ashsthe serge ant burt in q tears when Mcclellan
replied taking him by the hand never let it go, will
Ali who Witnessed it were deeply affected by III.
Mosi Of the tine on board the train was spent IN
vsrsaAion with General Augor At Manassas juno ion
General Siekels came on bosTd AMI held 6fief IN er
view with him 1hen ne train proceeded 70 " Mashngton
have often wondered 80 the well-ngb idoatrqus re-
gard cherished toward General Nc lean by the soldiers
under bis charge Many times have marveled At wha
ser med ne expression Of feeling hither
TO unwitnessed in the American people hsve beer
told that il military enthusiasm familiar to all ar
mics and the result Of the pecuar relations existing be
tween those who haYe peTed their lives together on W
4 same bsitlea Id 6iil, have wondered that Genera
Mcclellan II al officers with whore exp rienee hat
been familiar, sone be object Of these strange sx
hibtiout Of enthusiasm and cOlhenee For hm IT ha'
slwaTs seemed mofe spontaneous, m7rs deeply rootet
than for any other Of many good and brave command
| erS
But the revelations Of these past three days bsv
shown al previous Indications a. but the shadows o
that neradcsblo af ction whch the recent removal hs
developed in the Army Of the Potomac toward Genera
Mcclellan.
when these rays Of nearsghted PrejHdiee and mi
guided criticism have passed away; when fact Ar
viewed in the light Of sueeeedng ses as well a thos
which have preceded them when impartial histor
takes in the f1 scope aud besrirg OF this great ever
and all the circumstance which have references unto
the g,est spontaneous iupulses Of the 50 diery vi
prove hsve been uneTring ,s'inate OF the qus'
aud vaus of their favorita chief Their npHlve ehou
Of Indignation and wai Of disappointment vii yer
echoed the fair and impartial stmare which the jud
: nnsnt Of other days shall esfablish
Gen. NJ lelaa taking iesve OF the srmy Of the Pot
mac viii furnish one Of ths mos touching ebaPte
which ths histery Of the great rebellion affords. IT