The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-01-18

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cure had beon s1slray -.
t6at dfuys ms 70 dstaih McDswSl q .v-
was salhka6 wid your arrangements q leave Rspks
Manassas JuncKonN, But when that srraa xe1Aenf wa
broken up. and nothKS was substituted for or cous
was not satisfied. IRs constrained 70 substitute come
thing for II myself. And now allow mo 70 ask you, d.
Jon really think 0oud perpns the limo from RICHMOND
via Manassas Janction " this oy to BIO entirely oper
except whnt resistance coud DO presented BY ihaa
twonty thousand unorgsnissA tpopss THIS question
which the country will not sowne to- vads. There Ia
curious mystery about tbs nunoSs OF tsops now With
you. photographed you the esh saying that you bad
over hundred thousand with you. had Just obtas-
| cd from tho Secretary Of War statemsot, tskcu,
| a. he said, from your returns, making
10000 then with you and vowte to you You say
you will have but % 900 whom al you shalt
have reachsd you How this discrepancy Of 900
DO accounted fort ~ 70 General woops command, +
understand that h doing precisely whas like nunosr
or your would have do that command was awsy-
suppose tho whole iorec which has gone 70 you
In with you BY ina time. and think u tho pre-
case time for you strike blow ny dslAytns enemy
will readily gain yos; that w. no viii gain faAaer By
Qualifications aad reinforcensnts than you by REIN
forcsments Alone And lot toll you. Il q
Indispensable TO you that you strike blow. I am
powerless 70 help. This you viii do tho Justice
bay search Il nsid lnstcaA Of lighting ut or near
Manassas only shtftisg and nos surmoanting dim.
Guilty that would aud tho enemy and tho same
equal Entertainments ~ either place The country will
not fail 70 notes noting uowthss The present hesi.a
tica to upon intrenchod enemy but the ssosy
Of Manassas repeated.
bog 90 you that have written or spoken
you in creator kiudneas Of feeling than now
fullor purpose To- sussain you FAR In my most
vto,a frdw 4 Qstw
Yours, very truly. A. LINCOLN.
WAsHisGroa, Jan IL. 1868.
The latitude allowed Cen. Hitchcock Ia the Mcdowell
court 10 Introduce evidence mostly documentary. dis
paragng Gen. Mcclellan. Is tho Of comment hers
What Mcdowell hopes gain by introducing such
testimony that given yesterday ana to-dsy Is difficult
70 be Con. McCelans evidence In thu early psr
OF this inquest relieved Gen. Mcdowell u a completely
any moyensnt tonding 10 embasrass bis (Gen McCel
lan's operations tho peninsula. No hero
the relevancy o the testimony given by Gen. Hitchcock
to tho case OF ecu. Mcdowell. The Court 70 be
forgetting their legitimate business. and would pro.
coed JUSTIFICATION Of his Excsilency the President
At the expense os General Mcclellan, neither Of whom
are properly before the Court subject 70 s inquiries
II viii 30 ssen Wy the letters to be rbiished that
General McCleuaas forces dsposabs FOR
the defence Of Washington stu stands uacoutrsdcted
nothing whatsoever having been ELECTED controverps tho
general accuracy Of the estimate made BY him, aud
heretofore ducoi before the Courtsand published ia
the IraArb rhs assumption which would appear 70 be
made by the introduction Of . statement or Brgsdier
General waisworth Of the foross IN bic poity command
tina, they were all that dspossb,s for tho deence
OF wsshIngcn. appears ridiculous by the side OF
the full facts and figures Of General Mcclellan. As
this question noed In ,hs court. why not tho
Ad,ant called upon Cor the agures s,sAng tho
force Of Generals Banks, Bonksr Wadsvorib, DIX and
troops which ough; tn have bcca route for
the capital AZ thu time IN question, oil OF which were
available II win not do 10 hide from view the fact hst
tho highest Of the engineers who ersnncd the
dereuces Of tns capital q The force required 70 garrison
aud dsfeud sAem ssctualy was about seventeen thou
sand rhs enemies Of Gen. McCsah viI not deny that
no ls.s double that number liable and available for
such duty n ecu. Mcclellan y 70 be put On trial BY
jury Of bis military pss lss ne facs be announced BY
an order couveong court for inquiry into Ms military
career that tho whols truth msy appear.
In this connection the following documents wu prove
in,eresting:-
rrocxxpssss or A COUNCIL or onsmALs.
HxADQuAEuRs, Army % the R0r0aAo,
rAuuAx CorRr Houss, March Ia, 1so2.
oouncieof the gsnersas commanding army corps -
.hs hssAesirsen Of The Army q the r'sousc, were
NSs-Tnas The sssmy having rs,rsstsd from nanana
70 Godonsvls, behind the RAppahaunock and Rapidan,
.ss. sSs oysrssoo. q g sssrsa 81 WIN be unS
takes from Od Poinf CouASort betwssn the YORK. and
James rivers, upon NoAmsd; provided, rst thas The
sOemys vessel, the hssrmac, BE- nsnrazsd sscond
data transfer of the fores ~ ready u
Wsshington and Atsxandria " down the Potomac;
third that nsvA auxiliary force ts bad " silence or
aid In sisnong the e.smy's batter % In York rvsi
fourth that hsfsros be left 70 cover aanston shall
b. such q 70 give entire feeling Of security or is
safety frsm menace unanimous.
SeDwd-n the foregoing CANNED BE-, the army should
teu - moved agass ~ sseny behtnd Ne Rappahas-
sock q shs sArns. rsssh mgnsat I'D IN msAaa fos
Shem win nsssra sufficient Tor supplying the army
skeud At oucs BE- oectsd Cor both ~ Oranke aud Alsx
sndrla rod the Aqua ~ Richmond railroads Uuani.
nour
sonar fully sariscnad end those s left banx Occupied
covering forcs fns VI tire Virginia line ID 900 men
would s,lihce Kcyee, Hentrslnan hcipyslt total OF
g 600 sn Cor We dsfsner OF the city WI safce sum
ser
was ns1RrnESr March 10, lssa
10 NsJor General GRO hoCisaits--
Tie Pfe4denl having considered tue pan OF operatvns
agreed uvna by yourself and The Crnanders Of army
corrs makes op-csor 70 Tho stms bu give the foi
lowing directions ~ 70 la eretuii0u--
Pwg-Joa~e such foros III Manassas Junction ~ shall
make entirely certain that the epsmy shal Eos sp~ss
LlmseN ~ that position and fns u communicable
lg>scuo--IaAvs Washington entirely secure
@sa. choosing asw bass Fortress Monroe or anyvhsrs
bswesa and there. ~ ali s~sns neys suon re-
some youss kDNlS ~ STANTON,
Secretary q war,
nsrour ov sxrnRALs SuoEAs AND Hrrcsoocx.
fessy m,nssss pest ssvsa O'Clock
70 so~p,asos vaA your ,nsstacilops hs,e ss~nssA