The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-01-29

Tue Northern papers are publishing extracts
from the report Of Gen. McCi,Ila We copy
from II the letters ana kilograms which passed be-
tween the defeated Napoleon aud the clown q,
washington. In one Of Lincoin's dispatches, tnl(
McClslan's terrible thrashing occurs the fo,ovio,
wise advice "If you think you are not s,ron .
enough TO take Richmond Just nov, do no. r:,h
you To-" The young Napoleon modestly tells Ale
that his "chango of base" was "unparaIl,Ied In
the annals Of wsr.n There are good many ,po,.
amusing, as well as instructive, things which the
reader will p,est with In perusing the correspond.
encs.s
rIEBcs tErrs. TO rHp SECRETARY or wAs
On the night Of the 2oth, sent the ioiiossine to
the Secretary Of War:
HEADeuARrtns Army or rHs PoroMAof
savage siation, June 20, 1889,
l2.20, A. NJ. \ :,
now know the fIil history or the 2ay. ,,n thls
side 0i tie river, the right bank we repus~d seye-
raj strong attScks. On the Jeff bank our men did n
that men coutd do, all tnat soldiers could d., hut
they were overwhelmed by vastly superior num-
ters, even after brought my last reserves into
action The loss on both sides 10 ter ible. I he
ii~ve IL vii! prove to be the most desperate battle
o, the war. The sad remnants Of my men behave
as NEE; those battailons who fught most brav-iv
and suffered most, are stl In the sesi order. The
regulars were superb; and count upon what are
isf ta turn another baltic, In company with their
gallant comrades of the Volunteers. Had I 2u ,O0Q
or even W .teD fresh troans 70 use ~ tnorrl-, !
-onid tat. n'~hr,e.a' 49, s.-~ - .,
the mat rial and Pc soansl OF th. army. II ~
have oet the day, we have yet preserved our hon
or; aud 40 ore need bltfsh for tho Army OF the Po
toinac. hsve lost this hattie because my force
was too small
again r~peat that an not respoRsIble for thls,
and say II with the earnest of General who
feels In his heart tho loss OF every brave who
has been needlessly sacrificed o-day. etiil hope
IN T. trieve our fortunes, but do this the Govern
inent must view the matter In the same earnest
light that do You must send ms very large re-
in!orccments, and send them at once.
l shall draw back to this side % the Chcka-
hominy, and think can withdraw all of our ma
terial. Please understand that in this battle we
have lost nothing but men, anl those the best we
have.
In addition to what Ihave already said I only wish
to say to the President tnat think he Is wrong IN
regarding me as ungen ernus, when said that my
force was too weak; merely intimated truth
which to-day has been too plainly proven. IT, at
this instaut could dispose of 10000 fresh men,
could gain the victory TO morrow.
know that few thonsan nd. more men would
have changed the battla from defea., into a VIC
tory. As IL il the S0vernfaent must not, and can
not, hold me responsible for the result
feel too earnestly to night-I have seen too
man. cead and wounded>comrades to feel other
wise than that the Government has sustained the
army. If you do not do % now, the game Is lost.
Ii save this army now, tell you plain y, that
owe no thanks to you, or TO any other peison in
Washington
You have done your best TO sacrInce this army.
MoCLELLAH.