Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-01-22
The Presidenrs Letter 10 Gen. EEocIeIs
Ian.

In the course Of tbs testimony before the
Mcdowell court marital. winch sul dr4gs i,s
slow leng II along, at Washington Ii following
letter written IN April last ~ the Pr-sidsat to
Gen. Mcclellan, was pro -aoel. 1t speaks
for itself.
WAsHINeroN, April 9. 1902.
/ To Maj Gen McCltllan-My Der Sir:
Your dispatches claiming that you are not
/ properly sustained, while thy Do not ofe-d
/ M. pain me very much. Blenkef, division
/ was Withdrawn before YOU le.t here, and you
I know the pressure under which / did i, and
as / thought. aequesced IN 1t, certainly hot
without reluctance. After you LETT / @-oer-
tanned that less tnan 10000 unorgan.z''i men,
wthou. 4 i-lI battery, We're all YOU des gnrd
/ 70 be LEFT for the defence Of Washington and
/ Manassas junction. ana part Of this egen vas
, 10 90 Jc La1. Huosers Old position. Oensra4
/ banks corps. once des gned ivr Manassas
/ JUNCTION. was divided 2lEl lad up On the ADe
( Of Winchester ana SJTasl .uTg. and could Got
leave II wIIhoI. aEaIn exposing Tie upper To-
/ U,plac. and the baltimore and Ono Ral.r al.
! l..s ilfeeutrd or would present VIXEN No
lowell and ~um1rr should be gone, great
temptation for the engm' 10 ID back from
the Happanaanork AM sack haShngpn.-
kIy exgIc4t di. eci'ons that A asnIHgrOn should,
by the ia ggngat uf ali the o0mman ers Of
corps ice left entirely So, ura, bal De entirely
neglected. lr was precisely this that led ne
fo detaiu Mcdowell. ] do not forget tnst
was satisfied with your arrangements 10 leave
auks a. Mama ras junction; but when iaaI
= -arnent vas lrckso up and nothing was
e-I"ns,- it, Of course Vas Dol saLsnea. -.
! was constrained L. No
Il myself; and nov allow a.. 1A .'uc ~
you really think could permit Ia. iis Holl
RIchmond via Manassas Junction 10 thls '''
TO be entirely open except what resistance
could be presented by ssss than 1000 unor-
gan.zad troops2 This Is question which the
country will not allow me t. eyade.
There is a curious mystery about the nun
Der Of troops now with YOU. | teegraphed
You on the 9Th. saying yoa had over 100000
with You. had just obtained from the secre-
tary Of war a statement, taken AS be said from
your own returns, making I08,0O0 then with
You and en- route to YOU. You now say YOU
will have but s. 900 when ali en- route to You
shall have reached YOU. How can this dis
crepancy of -, 90 be accounted for ? As to
Gen. Wool's command, | understand il IS DO
ing pre-is Is hat Ike number Of Your oWn
would have 10 DO If that command was aaar.
| suppose the whole force which has gone for
ward u you is with you ly this time, and il
80, | think II Is the precise tine for you 10
strike a blow. BY delay the enemy viii read
ilv gain on you ; that is hs viii gain faster bY
Notifications and reaHioTcements than you can
by reiniorcements alone, and oHae more let me
tel you il Is Indispensable u you flat y0u
strike blow. am poweress 10 bely; this
you Viii DO me the justice to re1nember
always considered gong down the bay Ia
search Of a field instead ot fighting ~ Or near
Manassas. as only shifting and not surmvunt-
NJ difficulty: thar we would iind the same
snemy and the same or equal entrnchments
It either place, the country Wi not faIi 70 note,
5 nothing new. The present hesitation 70
nore upon an intrenched enemy is but the sto-
Y Of Manassas repeated. beg to assure You
hat have never written or spoken 70 you ~
-reater kindness Of feeling than now, nor 10
lller purpose to sustain You 50 far as m ny
sost anxious judgment ! consistently can
iut You must act. Yours, very tray,
4. LlNCoLN.
FRoN \ " ORLEAxs-We have advices
ON New Orleans 70 the Sth inst, by the ar
val of the steamship Illinois. Most q Gen.
aBks' troops had arrived. and bad been sent
, Baton Rouge. Nothing was known regard
lg his plaas but be was not idle. Admiral
arragut had sent the Brooklyn, The Scotia,
nd half a dozen others of bis best vessels. to
capture the Harriet Lane al al hazards, and,
possible, TO destroy che rebel gunboais, bnt
ofhng had been heard Of the expedition IN
ew Orleans at the time the Illinois Jeff.
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