The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-17
LATER FROM THE NORTH.
ItnCei"'s Visit TO the Army Of the Potomac
9---Lc''er Of Major. .t!cncral Banks--A Yam.
kee Ccionel to te Cashicrcd, &c.

'Hes contain considerable quantity ct interesting
matter. Old Abe estimates MoClellans loss siuea
he has been in the Peninsula. at IL ,Goo men bat
correspondent oi the Cincinnati Fuqnirer pits il
at 2'2'p. ~i3has. Iscta9jng Turkey Creek aud
White Oak swamp. The Baltimore veaes Sis,s An
nounces that the Federal Government ba. agreed
to the exchange of prisoners We give from
Northern correspondence some more particulars of
LIScoLT's VISIT TO TIE ARMY
HAFNsoN's BAR, JAMES KivEu.,
Wednesday. July 2
lhe event ct Yesterday the, 10 iaost of the
army, unexpected visit cf President Lincoln vho
/ arrived at the Landing ia the afternoon, III the
Ariel. steam transport. having LETT Fortress Mon
roe NJ :, o'clock iii the morning. He WIS soon dis.
covered by the erowd'o auartarmastsrs, surgeons.
aud soldiers near The Landing he sitting and smil-
ing sereneiy the alter deck of the vessel and
was greeted with repeated cheers, aud 1t was
specify told through the camps that Mr. Lincoln
had come to hive look at the army who knowing
hnt that something significant was in the visit
Gc3cral Mcclellan with portion Of his staff, met
the Prcsidcn, at the Landing, the party riding
after to headquarters, from which directly tNcre is
sued an order foT an Immediate review of the troops
After short conversation with General Ne CIclian,
al an entirely unofficial character the party started
out TO review the army, the cool OF the early even
ing iavoring such - ceremony. The President
drove i'll carriage to the headquarters of corps,
and there mouated in turn riding along the lines
ot each division.
sation with the different Generals expressed his
pride at the gallant conduct of tie army aud of It's
leaders. The soldiers, lie rode before them, WED
in their cheers with the roar of the cannon, which
bclched forth their state national sautes he ap
preached each several division, giving the head of
the nation such welcome as TO assure him that he
was among friends, and men not So exhausted by
the fa.igues of the recent awful days rs bu una
bic to give full rotrndty and volume to the tone of
the vocferous greeting.
Mr.. Lincoln rode at the right of Gen. Mcclellan,
holding with one hand the reins which checked a
spirited horse aud with tho other large sized stove
pipe hat. which latter was regarded with unusual
interest by the army, the frs; head covering of
the kind seen III many months. Tho President rode
rapidly along the lines, ing and smiling as he
went, Grn. Mcclellan. meantime, waving his IA
tisue cap aud evidently not at all ashamed Of the
veteran army be was exhibiting Stopping only to
shake hands and to say a single congTat uatory word
to the Generals Mr.. Lincoln passed from division
division, along the whole liue cheers meeting and
following him. and cannon telling their salutes. Ii
past sundown ana rs late nine i'll evening
before the last salute and last cheer heard in the dis
tance told that The ceremony of the review was ove
The whole thing was admirably conducted and
tended visibly to elevate the spirits Of the army.
Mr. Lincoln, after little lively conversation with
General Mcclellan and his staff returned TO the
steamer, considerably iatigued after bis long horse
back ride, but yet undoubtedly able to devote some
hours to conferences with the Commanding Gen
eral. thu burden of which talk, not having been
present am not able to report, but fancy it did
not relate entirely to thr debi!itatng heat OF the
day, nor to the picturesque beauty oi tue place.
To-day the President makes the voyage back 10
Fortress Monroe, familiar with the condition and
position Of the Army Of the Potomac, having doubt.
les, left behind something valuable III the way OF
advice and may be promises.
This visit certainly has great Significance IN cor
nsction with the recent great movement. and that
| other rapid Journey to West Point. Tour readers
can fathoin It's meaning, perhaps, as well 3s ], with
this advantage that for them guess and to think
will not be cont-ah,nd, while the correspondent
der parole would be pretty likely TO regret even the
| shrewdness OF his published surmises.
| FORTRESS MONROE, July 9.--The President
| seemed in excellent spirits bis return aud
| greeted General Burnside with much cordality.
| The Ariel came alongside the Alice Price, and the
| presi,en, ,tined on board with Generals Burnside,
| Van Vlist, Dix. Naglee, Reno. and ParSe, the As
! sstaui Secretary Of War. Col. Frank l.. Blair, aud
| the Captain Of the tug!iNh foiga.e Jason. Imne-
| diatelv after dinner the Presidential party Ga'cn-
! harksd, and the Ariel steamed for Washington.
The English frigae fred the uslia salute Of weE'y-
one guns the pretty steamer, with it's streaming
| flags, moved swiftly paet her
Four r. My the Warner, from Hunter
Landing learn that on the ,rciva, OF The steamer
| with President Lincoln and Postmaster 6 al
! BLAIR on board Eeu Mcclellan, with several other
military gentlemen, visited him on hoard, after
which the President and the General held a pri
va;e conference for about halt an hour. They then
proceeded in ar ambulance tn Gen. Sumner s b, AL
quarters, when they took horse. with the view OF
visiting the liCe OF entrenchmeots When the
| Presidents visit became known, there on
| all hands The hveest interest mantle ted
! to see hilS anil wherever le went lie wa-
| greeted with the widest enthusiasm.
! Coming into HE trenches, the President dis
! led, aud ascending the ramFsrts Of the
est cr,ihcation. briefly addressed the soldiers. lie
-.ii he Lad com" to fer himself. and 20 know
The situation OF affairs. and that he should 60 hacl,
| satisfied. 1t was said ther had been whipped Ii
! was not go, and never woudbe. He knew he men
| he saw around him would prove equal to the tash
I before tfatl, and ltnuut into
| Echuoud. He had been unable to sleep from
anxiety but after he had seen aud heard he should
| go BACK Washington satisfied that 1t was al righ
uitA The Grfau Of hc Ie'0mac. He declared his
iidence in the army and its commander, all The ineu
aud al the officers all, alike deserving
| the confidence Of the country.
The President said h. did not come to make a
speech Aeu h. could not resist saying few words
He was cheered at every sentence
FROM THE AMY
The following news OF MeClellans army s from
various letter6 dated at Harrisons Landing July