Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-06-18
The News.

We surrender our columns 10 various interesting ar
toles Of news from the North and from Europe. The
comments Of the Northern press the battle OF Great
Bethel are exceedingly rich Tnat affair has thrown the
whole Yankee nation ilto Of confusion. Their
proposed promenade through the South ia found to DC
not exactly the thing they imagined. With masked BAT
ferries Of rsd cannon attending them at every turn Of
the road the pleasures Of the excursion very much
a5sted Ordinations Of each other and recriminatious
result from their FIRST step aud take the place of their
shouts over expected victories. Gen Buffers official re-
pert dscoses his vast comprehensive and genuine Yam
kee scheme for surprising Little Bethel the sad blunder
Of his own regiments firing into each and the still; sad
der catastrophe Of bis nyncble falling into their own
trap and suffering surprise and disastrous defeat He
nuts OF course the best face he can his rou and by
wav Of diminishing the extent Of his loss only speaks Of
the killed and wounded that carried OF. Buteve
on this point he is cont-ldcted BY al the Northern
respondents who spesk of 2SO killed and wounded who
were brough. TO the Fortress. of toe large number
buried on the field BY our men, he is silent
I, is reported by the Northern papers that when the
nevsof the defeat reached him, be Ike genuine
Puritan that he would not eat breakfast ill be had taken
the battery and routed the bells And the sseHser
Who bore hs dispatch to Washington, fell authorized to
announce that no doubt the enemy bad already been
routed aud imprisoned The news has not yet reached
this city and VIC doubt even Gen Magruder has heard
. word Of it,'
TIE New York papers Of the l3.h-the day after the
ars. astounding news reached tbem, making efforts
10 rally f5u the elects Of the overwhelming Intelligence
Some Of hem aG,c; to believe tia, the fs, reports
grossly e1sgz rated and that the real truth Of the mat
Ger was that 0o1 Of the Rebels had been capuged-
Sc .i- ~
thew oav lost "a durigg the dsy, Of which air
killed in the nigh, attack by their own men. O.-ers
however admit ,be great disaster tina, has bsilsn
sms-aud race it TO the fatal and widespread bluud,i
of appointing incompetent civilians 90 high COMMAND
Bu,Ier and Pierce were both rantug demagosges-Uho
knew nothing about war; and should be tor,bwih sent
back 10 Massachusetts, 20 their original vocation Of pc,t
fogr-nS And they, i; is s,l make ONLY one Of aany
similar instances Several other Of the Yankee divisions
ara similarly of .sesd aud unless change IS speedily
made. other sud BIKE dis s.e-s are immi-eat. Bat We
leave to the Yankees Themselves the settlement OF ,hs
own difficulties.
TIE articles from the Eeg'-h press eve ='saiicsrt-
They relate mainly 90 ;bg blockade and correspondence
on taa. suffice. between seward and lord Lyons G.sa
e1ceo ion is taken 20 the positions Of Seward and The
T,ass anticipate, serious comp ,aoas between Tue two
nations from them Tee geaerd tone Of the press IS that
the blockade is efficient aai ought not 90 be respect
ed We hear that this matter is in way Of being speed
ily tested by lord Lyons; and uoJ impossible that
Seward VIII D., compelled TO abandon all his positions in
less than .li,,y days
The article lg5m The Post-Lord Pansrs,Ons organ
very distinctly declares tina, Independence Ni' be
Recognized sooner 5au n Th9uyeoe ia;imatet; AM We
nav ado than We desire. Without recognition, the con-
piea,iou between the Yankees and foreign powers v
be aggravated, and the probabilities Of oPea rup-ure
greatly increased Unless those Powers willing to
renouace their trade and their rights uader treaty, the
present blockade mus, eyeutdste in war