The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-05-28

)N'ElS':DAY, 5: !. m MA I !. r, g.. Isl
lNTRlGUEs AGAINST t.ENo McCLEL.
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:. The N. r. Commercial Advertisetsr,t'
pursues the subject Of the intrigues
against Gen. Nc Clellan Will, a; bold
ness that needs only 10 be carried ono
step: p:turther. ltshould give the7na1nesa
Of the persons implicated and obscure,
" indicated bYit.ysiIt says:t s.tad .3s9ts;
~ ''The interference with his, grand
and comprehensive plans fills the North
with mourning. For the slain before
the intrerchments at Yorktown let The !!
responsibility rest upon the parties; at
Washington VINO, without consulting
him, divided his army when he had
left the Capitol. General Mcclellan:
himself has never stopped to .e&lmRiai,
OF the bitter assaults made upon. him
and Of the dubious course pursued to-
ward him by the War Department..
+: ''His friends too, 80 far;have con
tented themselves with defending him
without assailing others. But if it il
necessary in order to sustain him At
This important crisis, they may be
tempted to carry the war into Africa
They may mention the nalne's ofGe,-
erals wives who have habi,ually
abused him at a certain hotel in lash
ington as an indication of the real or
lgen of many of the attacks upon him.
They may inquire whether one gen
tleman high in Office has not been in
correspondence with another General
whom some desire to place in McClel.
.lan's position. and so forth. His fiends
do not desire this, but they may BE-
provoked or compelled to do it,
The Boston Courier of Monday
last says: ~"' >"
owe hear that Henry Wilson Sen
ator of the United States, has been
here, abusing Gen. Mcclellan. Very
likely he may of come here on purpose.
1t is we'll known that he is one of the
set who have devoted themselves to
the object of assailing, dcpreciating
and embarrassing the military action
OF an officer whom they cannot turn
to their traitorous purposes. We hear
that Wilson openly declared here that
'Mr: Lincoln wanted to get rid Of Nc
C!ellan.' There is no reason to believe
word of it; but the President ought
to know what Wilson says of him.
Such statement cannot hurt Nc Clel-
LAM, but it is injurious TO the Presi.
dent"
The Philadelphia Ledger, usually
reliable says
| 'Mr. Lincoln it is said does not ap.
prove of the manner in which Mr.
Stanton is represented to have rejected
the advice OF our.best Generals, and
insisted on carrying on the campaign
according to his own ideas. AZ an il
lustration Of the disastrous results fol-
lowing from this system, it may BIZ
mentioned :hat the pushing Of Bank.
across the Potomac was done, it is al
legged, in the face of a decided oppo
I sitlon on the part Of Gen. Nc cClpllan
J, 1t may now be safely mentioned tha
} it was part of Nc Clellan's plan to mov'
on to Richmond while the enemy wa
still at Manassas, and TO cut off anl
, capture them. When he found tha
: Banks was to be made independant o
him, and sent over the Potomac, h.
r protested against it, pointing out tina
such a measure would result in the i'm
: mediate evacuation Of Manassas, an,
that the plan of the campaign woul,
thus be altogether broken up. Tha
r event has justified the prediction
t, The troubles in the Cabinet, it is sal,
+ grew out Of this difference of view i
u regard to the Virginia campaign, NJ,
;. Lincoln himself supporting Gen. Nc
? Cl llan's plans. Such difference car
. not exist without leading to resnl
such as the above runner probably an
h Iticipates."
The state Of the case now seems t
be, that the Secretary Of War has bee
t compelled to abandon his plans an
e purposes and to yield to the imperativ
requirements of Mr.. Lincoln. Th
l. correspondent Of the N. Y. Eoeui~
: Rbst, and others of the same staml
It are now attempting to shield Mr.. Star
d ton by denying that the President ha
interfered with Gen. Nc Clellans plan
;INo-it was the Secretary nf War an
r, his con1ederates whom tho Presider
: has at length brought to stand.
ri REBEL PROPERTY DESTROYED
l. We give below an estimate of the va
(, ious kinds Of property which has bee
e, ruthlessly destroyed by the rebe
y since the commencement ef the pre-
!, lent war:
d Cotton, s15,Oooo(
{ Sugar, 3,O0O,O(
y Molasses, 49,. 10000
!, Fsrm products, -. -. 2.OOO,O(
f| Buildings. 49,. 6,OOOO(
' Bridges, 7,OoO.M
% Railroads, 10000
= = Railroad running stock. :. ,-1 lo,uDO,0
= vsssels,. 6.OO1Of
= Cargoes. 49,. u 100000
Z Ordnance, .s. ~s. -. .az@. 2OC! !O(
Y Arms. -. s.eg.sss.ss., r.szess. 1,OOlO(
Amy stores. .. .z<. :. 81. 5!OOO.Q