Forney On Mcclellan

Correspondence of Ihc I'hiluclelpliia t'ri'ss. Washington, üct. 11. While the politioians nre suriounding Gen. McClfl'an, und demanding that hü shall advance upon Munassas, he maintains hw eqn-iniinky and keeps his secreta Atlutit he w lult the uneinbnrr issed piaster of his own inovements. Thw hnd become neces.-sary in r.onsequenco oí his individual energy and activity. He leavtw nnthing to othc;rs, and, although greatly absorbed, n per nrtog report?, examining mnps, and directing details, is more in the saddle tlian nny oí his stuff Consulting viilh the President and the Cabinet dailv, and lisiening to the advioe ot the Lientenant General, whose advanced years reader continement to his chnmher unavoidable, the du tieso? the field, and the whi lu scope of the campaign, demand that be shall be lef't to lake hiH own eourse. Ho will not be hurried, nor driven. nor dicti.ted to. The responsibility devolving upon him is stnpoudous. Tlio anny subject to his colli mand in nne of tha largost ever called togbther by any nation, and, although compof-ed oi sp'.endid material, and cimpletely armud and eqnipped, it M not iis thonuighly difciplined sis the troops that servu under leaders in military and rr.onarchical governments. To aee that these pieeious lives are not wasted by precipítale and hastv aclinn is liis constant care. Tho confidoncD reposed in hm by the spldier? has bebecome so great that where h lèads thev will foilo'.v. They feol that his i- re.t in Ihem is unceasing, and they' know that his slee)less nights and nntiring days are equally g:eng to tht-ir comfort and i-afety, and to the honor and glory of the country. If I ddred to expoye to you tho ir.tricaeies of IiÍh position, and tho amazing regularity and order that. he has inlnaed Into tiie armv, you wonld b strnuk no lens by his osotion than hy liis foresight. The cavalry, wlien we reflect that ie is mninIv made up of men and horses hereto tore unaceustorned to battle and the privations of the fit-lil, hus never been suriiassed 'J'his tl ibute is paiJ alike Dv Prince de ,U inville, who proves t:i b'e an experiencecl soldier, and by the ablest and oldest of veteran officyrs. - The commission to exa.nine the qualifii-ati'ns of the crm:r.anders ff regiments nnd cornpanios has worked a magical change in the service, wbi'e ihe attent ion bestowed upon tho hcaltb of the troop?, and all departments of ihe commixs'iriat - it.cluding that of the Quartermaster General - is rapidly making ihe infantrv as hardy and reliadle as regulars. Ab'u-e f.11, General Mc Olelliin'a reticence is his highest quality. Ho is no babbler. What he decides upon he execu'es proinptly and qnietly, issuing his orders without parade, and generally sui prising liis staff by unexpected suggeslions, the result of his own deep, profound, and pitient rerlectims. Tlie enerny, conscious of' al! these thiiigs - even with the enco'iratring tlmught thut they hive driven McDowell back -is 'n no hasre tor an bn jragement, and Beös the column of the American army slovvly a'lvancing, with something üke a consriousness that it is a wavo that never wil! ebb, bilt will go dirwctly on, nwoeping every impediinen. bef'nre it. As om ong line turns ïtn tace toward Manassua, intrenchirenttf ure thrown up, so thüt, even Í retreat were posnible, pursuit would be vain Gen. McCleihin bus been snfficiently flattered, and thesu uoidsof mine are not words oí fltiltery. I speak of him, uot to place au exaggeraied estiinate npon his qua'ities, hut to give liim thu advantagu of f'act before the public, so that he may stand justified even to those who clamor íor immediate action