Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-04-01


ton OF iron aud coal should cease whar
would become Of he gnation2
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The New Yorkszialss is publishing, in a
series of articles, ecrushing review of Gen,
McCtoIIau's "RspRFt.s" exposing the char
latanism of the sYoung Nnpuleon" from
his own record. gktom the latest of these
articles we quote the following, which re.
ters to the Peninsula campaign:
He complains again aud again of the
smallnts So ot bis force, during period At
the beginning ofiWhich (when the rebels
were weakest he had ttOenty times their
number, and at the end of which when,
through his own peculiar luctics, they were
strongest, heihad still more than fDice their
number. But though Gen. Mcclellan is
constantly Whtntng abou Othe weakness Of
bis force he strangely enough nowhere
comes down to precise figures. In what
purports to be complete "Report" of the
military transacttons of this period, one
would suppose he could hardly fail to give
detached statement of the strength Of his
army. Yet this capital point is entirely
overlooked. fortunately. we have had the
means of supplying this unaccouutable
deficit. The 'morning report" of the Army
of the Potomac for April 80, 1862, vouched
for by the Adjutant General Of the army.
shows the following figures: Total aggre
gate, l3O.3Is men; aggregate present for
duty, 1882. Remember that this was
while Gen. Mcclellan was slill besieginry
Yorktown. Aftssward he received rein.
forcemepts, and tspms frst To. lAst.he receive
ed total or notdess t6an 16U, 600 nlenI-
Almost the only definite statement of the
strength of his army given by Gen. Me-
Olellan is 10 dispatch of April 7th, in the
following termsA & -
When my preseut command all i6ihs.5J
shall have about (B5EOO0J seighIysffve tn6nz
sand men for duty, from which large
force must be taken for guards, scouts,
etc."
But this is replied to by the President
ln despatch OF the subsequent day:
here Is curious mystery about the
number OF troops nov with you. When
telegraPhed you on the 6th,isaying you
hnd over hundred thousand men with
you, had just obtained from the Secre.
tary OF War statement, as be said, from
your own returns, mAking l0s 900 men
then with you and co route TO YOU. You
now say you will have bat s5 600 when
all en- route to you shall have reached YOU.
How can this discrepancy of 5000 be
accounted t0r!'
We may add bere that this ,curious
mystery" never was solved. It tremaius
weaFped up in the secrets of that extraor
binary legerdemain which Gen. Mcclellan
always brings to the treatment of nun.
bers.
The pertiuacity with which Gen. Mcolel-
Ian dwells upon these alleged causes of
only serves to show the deter.
mined spirit iu which he seeks 10 throw
the blame of his failure upon others, aud
thus turn attention away from its true
causes, which must be sought, first, in the
inherent difficulties of the campaign.
which should have prevented its haVing
been undertaken altogether; aud, secondly,
in q characteristic element of the Com
mander of the Army of the Potomac,
which the President appears to have ap.
preciated by his repeated illusions, in his
letters to Gen. Mcclellan, to what he calls
his oVer caution and his indisposition to act.
The New Orleans sugar Market.
By yesterdays mails we have files of the
New Orleans papers, and other adyices, up
to the 18th of March. - s' 9
We copy the following from the New
Orleans Price Current of the 18th inst
issued by P. G. O'Riley:
SUGAR-With continued light receipts.
little or no stock iu irst hands, aud stea..
dy and good uemard, prices have ruled
still more in favor of sellers, Indicating
furLher advanca fOr tha ,,oo,, r 80 =