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THE SUN.

LONDON, MONDAY, TUNE 9, 1862.

Washington again in a panic ! Mr. COBDEN may
now, indeed, writ© a pamphlet on the Washington
panics. In one before the troops from tbe Northern
StateS collected for its defence ; a second Ni as after
; and now,a third is, consequent on the re-
Pulso of BANKS,_ and the advance of the Confederates
7oward3 that notable old passage of the Potomac—
Harper's Ferry. The singular thing in this third
;-,anic is that while M.CrELLAN's gunboats are
rithin eight mites of the Capital of Secession, and
his army within four miles, the capital of Fede-
ralism should also be trembling for its safety.

But let us clearly understand this remarkable
stroke of Southern generalship, and the real posi-

)n of affairs by the last intelligence, which reaches
to 29th. The Capital had by that time recovered
it composure; but, so far us we can judge in this
country, and perhaps they can judge little better in
Washington.itself,the Federal position in Virginia is
one for serious solicitude. Let us take the Virginian
ant Confederate Capital, Richmond as our starting
point. It liea about a hundred miles south of

Washington. On its north side runs the river, but
a small stream there, the Chickahominy. On this
General WeLELLAN, with the late grand army of
the Potomac, is operating, having ascended to
that position via Yorktown. What the force
is defending Richmond it is impossible ac-
curately to know. It is reported to be the larger
of tha two, but that MgCLELLAN'S army is the
better provided with artillery and all. military
equipments. South-east of Richmond. is old
General Wool., with five or six thousand men
holding Norfolk and its navy yards, and Suffolk;
1311 t, his force is not more Ilan sufficient to retain
what he has.

Two other positions LOW require a moment's
II'DOWELL'S considerably further
north ot Richmond, and that of:BANKS on the
o 31.• BANXS was, in what is termed the valley
of the Shenandoah, a river which runs northwards
into the Potomac rit Harper's Ferry. He was
i.,,,ught to be converging, with AI`DosWELI. from
1;-,e north and M‘.CL-aLtiva from YorktOvvn on the

east, upon Richmond. it
now appears that his
troops had been much reduced to reinforce
111,DowELL at Fredericksburg on theßappahan-
rielt, and that JACKSON who „mil
opposed to
him, and had so mucb. better information than the
Fecierals, aware of his weakness, attacked and
drove him back along the whale route to
b doutless
Ferry capturing large, and
very
acceptable supplies at Winchester. Be did not
;top :ill he had driven the Fcderals once more to
eir own side of the Potomr c.
Of General VDOWELL'S movements the tele-
TS give Us almost contradictory information.
New York we are informed that he hal
crossed the Rappahannock, the river on which
Fredericksburg, where ho has been some time, is
situated, and moved along the railroad probably six
miles southward towards Richmond. But a tele-
gram two days later from Halifax speaks of him as
having "advanced" in greA force to Manassas.
She "advance" is a return of course nearly north,
to the old Confederate station in front almost of
Washington, near the yet more famous Bull's Run.
IVI'DowELL could, in the time, make this march,
but then it is little likely he would change his
advances so suddenly to virtual retreat to the
neighbourhood of Washington. One telegram from
New Turk entirely denies the truth of the
port of m•Dow
ELL, s retreat; the question
is whether the ore
which reached Halifax two
chip after, and caught
the Niagara there, was
the old report, or a new
and true piece of infor-
mation. The difference is rather serious, for if
lli'D oWELL has had to turn back to Manassas
for tic safety of
Washington,
and ,
to protect it
from' a auiprise by the army which routed BANKS,

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