The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-09-19

A Coon TIxe CoxISc FOR THE Low
Fms ors-1sr MARVELLOUS. -AcClellan's
forthcoming report is said by the New
York Herald to be so long that it will
caser several hundred closely printe"
pages. The expense 81 printing Is i'ke's
10 I've so heavy that it has been ''un"
,ecessar, 10 wal. for special appropria'
lion Al The next session OF Congress.
II viii no doubt be the most enormous
i..aget of lies that the world ever saw
Mcclellan is "a barren rascai, as MAI
yolio saws. and never invented anything
lint lie in his life. Yet he is nnr,Valted
s, in this. his peculiar talent. Even his
lies however, want all the incidents that
render fiction tolcrable. They are dull,
aat psosaic. and constructed with so
little ingenuity that the smallest capacity
can detect them. They very much re
scmble his tactics. in which we vainly
look for spark Of that genius which
illuminate the campaigns Of Frederic and
Napoleon, and make us half forget the
misery they inflicted in our admiration
of the consummate skill with which they
were conducted His strategy consists
simply in the eternal nse OF the spade
and shovel, and with the exception OF
Rich Mountain his victories were All
gained upon paper.
The New York 1rtb""f Is preparing
10 sif the forthcoming report to the
bottom The HeaaM having asserted
that the near prospect Of the publication
made the radical editors a little nervous,
Greeley retorts by giving the Her"M the
lie direct. declaring at the same time that
the publication in question is so exactly
the very thing that the aforesaid radicals
are DESTROYS OF seeing that, while they
are doubtful OF the proprlety OF making
it at the public expense, they are all WALL
ing to subscribe largely TO have it done
on private account. They have curl
osity to see what defence can DC made oil
conduct which at present appears Ut
terly beyond the reach OF any possible
apology. They want to know how he
can apologize for lying still. without
striking blow, throughout the dreafy
autumn OF 81, and the still dreafier win
ter OF 81 &c, with Al army OF 10000
men under canvas, in front OF All army
not numbering 10000, and permitting
that army at last to march oil with all
its baggage and artillery, leaving behind
only a lew Quaker guns to leward
the patient endurance OF the larger
host. They want to know why, with
An army of $4,000 men, he halted
before the lines OF Gen. Magrader.
which were guarded by but 10000
They want to know why he suffered
portion OF his troops 10 engage IN the
bloody and useless combat OF Williams
burg, when his whole force was near
enough to be preeipitated upon the enc
my. They want TO know why he per
United one wing OF his army to be utterly
DESTROYED at Gaines's Mill, while the rest
al il was but four OF five miles of. They
want to know why he abandoned the
lines which he had been all the summer
certifying, and retreated, or rather fled,
to Malvern Hill, which was not fortified
at all, abandoning and burning IN his
tight property valued at millions OF dol
lars Lastly, they want to know why,
IL ht EeafiS EdhSu NSto'y ~ '0i'' T."
burg, he permitted Lee to retreat at his
leisure, and to recruit his forces for the
battle OF Fredericksburg. Such are the
subjects upon which the radical press,
according to Greeley, are extremely curl
Gus, aud upon which they hope to be
enlightened by the forthcoming publica
ton.
Oui own curiosity is OF the same cha
racter with that of Poins with regard to
the tales which falstaff would tell TO
cover his ignomilious flight from the
scene OF his midnight robbery. We are
deair0,is 10 hear what monstrous lies he
viii tell" They will no doubt be OF the
first magnitude, but so clumsily contr'ved
as to carry their own refutat'"n Win
them