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. He was to address his "fellow citizens of Irish birth" at a meeting in Monument Square, on Wednesday evening. The fact that Gen. McClellan was the "last man to cross the Chickahominy" on the retreat is paraded in the Northern papers. Captain Wm. Clark, has been arrested in Maryland for recruiting for the Confederate States service. The following account of the retreat of McClellan is deeply interesting. It is from the correspondence of the New York Herald: M'Clellan's last Change of Bast. The correspondent dates from "Headquarters, Army of the Potomac," August 17th, and writes as follows: By Wednesday night all requisite arrangements were completed, and the army ready to march at short notice at any time. Nearly all the sick had been embarked, and the rest could be disposed of in an hour's time. In the afternoon it became known that Gen. McClellan had gone down the river for some purpose connected with the anxiously expected movement, and it was reported and gener