Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-05-30
Gen. Mcclellan IN Albany.
Magnificent Turnout to Gree! Him.
SPEECHES By TUE GENERAL
AND cor. SEY.HOUR.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC AND CHEERING FARE.
WELL.
tFrom the Worlds Correspondent

The capital Of New York, which is usu
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, II ds stald ana self.posscd as becomes an
ancient city OF honest Dutch extraction and
sound Democratic faith, last night went off
into genuine Sensation of the most
modern metropolitan fashion. The ouca-
sion was the unexpected arrival Of Major
General Mcclellan, on private visit to
the Hon j. v L. PguJn, in fulflIment of
an engagement long since de, and the
impulse was the irreprcssible enthusiasm
Of a patriotic population for a gallant sol
dicr, ovcrshadowcd by political jsalousics
and partisan hatred.
The General reached Albany, unhcral-
ded and unannounced, about noon and his
presence in the city was not generally
known till it was made public BY the AL
bany Eve"i'g JournW A paragraph
simply stating the fact liberated all the
latent hca: of the popular sympathy and
good will. Some veterans Of the Army Of
the Potomac we're the first to recognize
their old com nander, then calling upon
the Governor at his Office, and they fairly
besieged the executive chambers with
shouts for "Lttle Mae" The General
was finally compelled to show himself at
the window, where he shook hands with
the eager and excited soldiers, who pres.
sed up to him with cheers aud loud bles-
sings, and G addepcd heir hearts with
few ofthose simple and soldier like words
which no man is sure to find or so frank
! to speak as he. From the Governors
Office the crowd, increasing as it went,
followed the General to the house of Mr..
( Corning, which also they carried by storm
and it was not till he had gained the hos .
pital roof Of Mr.. Pruyn, by skiiSful dctour
that the object of this anicabe onslaught
4 was left to himself. The respite, however
was brief. The city authorities and the
fire companies combined for decisive
and organized campaign, and deputa,ons
waited upon the General, few hours be-
fore his intended departure with the assu-
rance that it would be in vain for him to
attempt 10 leave Albany till he had seen
the people face to face, and given them
''room and VERGE enough to express all
that they felt for the soldier and the man
whom "Loyal leaguers' delight to honor
with their fauatical abuse. The General
was reluctantly compelled to surrender at
discretion. The boat in which he was &c
leave at o'clock was detained by her
owners, who finally compromised by con-
consenting to let the General 60 at 10 P,
M. Two hours before that time the whole
town was in the streets; the bells were
ringing the iremen to their posts the
night was alive with rockets, bonfrcs, and
Roman candles ; cannon thundered their
welcome. Escorted, by jubilant crowd
Of soldiers and citizens, from the house oil
Mr.. Pruyn to the City Hall, General Nc
Clellan was fairly taken cut Of his carriage
and borne up to the reception hall not up
on the shields of hired Pretorians but up
on the stalwart arms of patriotic volunteers
who had shared with him the labors, the
!, perils, and the fame of the noble army
which keeps him SO faithfully in its heart
of hearts. Speeches were made by the
Mayor, by the General himself, by Mr.
Pruyn, and by Governor Seymour, who
congratulated the Democracy of Albany
determination to do justice to brave and
loyal General unrightcouSly dismissed
from his great command by an incompetent