Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-01-17

the arms taken IN his battle were used - snn ~ Kea
tnckians who joining iDass aud doubt eater
tanned that that great State is at last permanently loa
to cur Confederacy. General Bs-gg advanced nto Ken
lucky by another line, and leayng Nashville ard lowing
Green TO bis left arrived at Munordsye where No foFced
body of 5000 men 70 capuation, thus providing arms
for further enorcements Of Keniuckisns These opera
tions, by cutting Oft General Buell. from bis base. have
forced that officer eyacuate Nashville and thus not oay
the whole State OF Tennessee restored Ia possession
with the exception Of small district around Memphis
but the seat If has been removed from the line ~ The
Memphis and Charleston railroad to the banks q he Ohio
We in daily expectation Of the news 81 The capture o
Louisville
The contrast BETWEEN cur present condition and that
which existed ninety days ago almost magical In
stead OF having the invader in the heart OF our country
with capital closely invested by arrogant and con-
dent foe, entire frontier from the Atlantic t. The Mis-
sssipp with few insignificant exceptions, s reposng ~
peace behind the protection Of our victorious otces me
cry Of On to Richmond and of waning proportions OF
the rebellion is changed disco dsnt clamor for pro-
lection arising from Ohio ard Pennsy lvana and terrier and
confusion reign in Cincinnati, and Harrisburg, and Pha
delpha. No greater striking prot Of the change
of spirit at the North be presented than - shown IA
the official despatch OF Gen Mcclellan in which after
asey claiming victory the 18th instant, ne actually
ecit4tes his Cove nmsnt that Peunsylvans is Fase /"
The newspapers OF New York, too, demanding tn"
transfer thu mint of the United States IT, that city
the ground that is expoed 10 capture in Philadepha
Herewith you will receive the Presidents message and
accompanying Documents Including the taken for
the repre- of the enormes threatened by the enemy
under the command of General Pope i gTathrd 10
inform you that seventy of General Popes officers
including General Prince, We're captured BY General
JacksoD, at the battle of Ced-r Run, after the
issue Of the Presidents retaatoy order and were except
cd out of the exchange Of prisoners Of war and held 10
close custody This wholesome severity produced the do
sired eff CT, and official received from the
enemy that Gen Pcpes order longer in force and
that he had been removed frcm his command the captured
officers paroed for exchange. Az have observed
that of the English journals the facts have been
strangely perverted AID the action OF the President
sured wanting humanity, it is desirable that some
proper be adopted by you for giving publicity to the
facts The confinement OF the officers, notwithstanding
the threat of great rgor the that of all the
other prisoners of and other severity exercised
towards thsmhan refusal TO parole them for exchange
till Pnpes murderous orders We're set aside.
1t may not be improper to call your attention for such
may To the losses suffered by the
enemy during the present campaign and to which hetoy
furnishes parallel except The disastrous retreat from
Moscow give you the following estimate which, with
out any pretenson to exact accuracy reduced much be
low what believed to be the real state Of the from
Of information derived mainly from the enemys
confessions The list includes not Only The killed
wounded and prisoners but the osses OF the enemy by
sickness (which was truly terribly and desertion:
LIST. McClelian's army lost. 100000
He landed on the Peninsula with nearly 100000
men, afterwards reinforced to coo, and
left with remnant of about SIS 600 men
I'd. Popes army in the battles of Cedar Run and
of Manassas Plains. Observation-Disclosures so 600
Sd. he armies Of Banks Mroy, Mcdowell
Shelds and Fremont, in the battles of the Val
lev of Virginia. 10000
4th. Haleck's army in the West originally
1900, 0, reduced by battles, at Shiloh and
elsewhere by sickness and deseriion tn less
than 100000 men, but let the loss be stated at
only. .---..---.........- 100000
5th On the coasts of North and South Carolina
Georgia, Florida and Louisiana, principally by
sickness and desertion, at lssst 10000
9Th In North and Southwestern Virginia. 5000
9TH In the battle of Boonsboro and Sharpsburg Is 600
sth in the surrender at Harpers Farry.--.. 900
9th II the battle at Bote!er's MILL. $500
10Th. Ia the army Of Gen Morgan, at Cumberland
Gap o.uU0
llth. In the battle of Richmond Kentucky 1000
18th. In the surrender at Muniordsville 5000
18Th. In the campaigns of Morgan and Forrest
aud other partisan leaders in Kentucky AID
Tennessee 1000
l4th In the trans Mississippi campaign, iIcud.
ing partisan warfare in Missouri and Arkansas % 900
Total $40 500