True Democrat., 1863-02-18

l. At Cherubusco Mcclellan was under the inns
 maaiate command of It. c. W. Smith, subse- l orently street commissioners n New II ork, ana now one of the generals, the highest rank Tn the Confederate service, superior to maJor gen~ eral, and nearly corresponding to mafsnai !h the French army smith IS especiaiiy wat1n !" h;s commendations of Mcclellan. He says; 1; sLieut. McClellan,- frequently detached, ard several times in command the engineer com pany, is entitled to the highest praise tor ms eye aiid daring alansry on all occas.ohs III liie actions of the I9Ih aud 10th" And again:
 .s.Ehe rifles, with Capt. Lee, ot the r-ngih
 eers. were -rcconnoterlng the same works, anu had gone to our right considerably further from the battery than we we're" Mcclellan was di- rected to asee ertain the. posture ot affairs. aa reported thaS Lee,was engaged with sy sapefiof force. "l "l-ordered l.leat. Mcclellan, cohii.nSs Smith '" to report the result ot 1ta opefa'lofiS to Gen. Twigc He d.d so and oi the c.ih- .mfndation of I.eufs. Stevens aud Mcclellan, in which concurred, the lst regiment of Ar t,Iiery was ordered to support the Rifles. l have every reason to. be more than satisfied with the daring galluntry of lieuts. C. B. Me Clclia,i aud J. C. Eos CT, and am much indebt- < ed to them for the efficient mannsr ill winch they performed their arduous duties on the l9 and 2Qth oi August -
 At churubusco, McClellen was under the ini mediate command of Smith, who, in his report to Capt Machall, (the Confederate Gen. Mack II ~. s,lpt,o4,., who was Killed near Corinthl says: s.~fo, Lieut. C. B. MrClell,,u, of tue El, y,neer company, am indebted for most i'm Iprtant services, both as engineer and com pany officer His daring gailantry, always c aspicu u ,'Aas never more clearly shown than on thjs occa,.on. Operating mosa oi the tune s.jaa a sl' relied utlicitly on his judgenen; in all matters where was not present. and an happy to say that the result in every case just
 lied his dtscions.'
 The careful reader of the whole series of despatches respecting the campaign in Mexico, will come to the conclusion that the three men who, ai,er the veteran commanding general, displayed the highest military talents, were the young officers of engineers-Lee, Beauregard and McClellan. Beauregard has not, on the whole, justified his early promise in as high degree as the others though it may be doubted whether the reason Is not to be fouud ln the iealolisly of the Confederate authorities, rather than on a,.y want of capacity on his part. Lee and Mcgh lie are virtually at tbe head of the two armies of the North and South, and by the al most unaninous consent of both sides, they are the III 1st capable men to hd these posts.- S lar as xe cari' now judge, from the colnblned result ut the whole setie, Uf operations n winch they have been pitted against each other Mt- Ciellen has shown hlrnself the superior. His campaign ill the peuil,sula resulted auiavora- bly, 1t Is true, but tue unanimous verlIrt of the conatry IS tnat t.,.s WAS n, ,sto his plans be iny thwarted by men without auy conpeten nil itary Knowledge. The success of his opera tons m Marylaud,. where he has had uncon~ troed authority, vindea'es the highest claims fsr military capacity which his irieudS have ever advanced for Linn. --s- -. .--a