The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-08

meut. VIII Rcqutt ntm or any particular lean
ing towards that worthy or his associates
With antecedents 30 glorious and patriotism 80
unimpeachable, we lose ourselves in conjecture
az to the cause Of our being deprived Of this
gallant soldiers services in the field.
The Armies On the Potomac:
ftappears from the report Of the Secretary
Of War to the President. that there are now
&See hundred and ten thousand troops
enrolled In the service of the United States.
This includes the legions of General Lyon in
Missouri, the force stationed OF Cairo, a2d many
regiments that have not yet arrived at any part
OF thu seat Of war. At Washington city, and on
thu banks of the Potomac, over eighty
Thousand men are prepared to encounter the
enemy, and are anxious to engage them in bat
tie. On the otherhand the insurrectionist army,
in Virginia, is pretended to be one hundred
thousand strong, outnumbering, if this ia true,
tho federal troops who thirst to meet them In
combat, and have a chance of accomplishing
their patriotic mission. Still, day after day
passes away, and, With the exception of few
skirmishes, not q single move of
son Davis and his fellow conspirators, beyond
be .ping together hordes of armed rebels, who
shon fghtiug, aud seem to be utterly unequal to
the emergency which has summoned them from
their homes. The plain fact is, that notwith-
stu ading the stupendous expenditure of brag-
gaiocio, ia the rebel States, they actually dare
not attempt to realize their boasts. They feel
thsir inferiority to the hardy sons of toll ar
fsyed against them, ana know that they must
be beaten by them In fair fight.
Southern newspapers still continue to de-
scribe the regiments that have been raised in
the loyal States to suppress rebellion, as the
vesy ofscouring Of humanity. They are COM
posed, according to the Charleston Mercury
AMI similar veracious expositors of ultra South
ern feeling, Of tho lowest dregs of pothouses,
jails aid hospitals; they stagger through the
streets in drunken companies, debauched dis.
eased, and cowsrdly, and single shout of one
Of the "chivalry,' With the flourish of sabre,
should suffice to put hundreds of them to fight
In face Of the brilliant atmy Of gentlemen"
"braye d. lions, aud accustomed from infancy
to the sound of the drum and the use of the
rife" which chad taken up arms at the call of
the rebel government" It was duly prognosti-
Gated that such q vagabond mob would either
not venture to show themselves, or else, if AMI
mated by Clutch courage" enough to do so,
would be swept from the path Of their brilliant
antagonists, as chaR before the whirlwind. Yet,
strar &c to say with force on his side, 80 pre-
ponderating In strength, that It has excited the
approximations Of nearly the whole republican
ptees, neither JEFF. Davis, Generals Lee, John
ston nor Beauregard, has seen at to encounter
us anywhere. miserable Yankees" on whom
a bounty is allowed of twenty dollars piece
dead, or twenty-five alive (the twentieth part
OF the price Of an able bodied nigger) have
created such panic South of the Potomac,
that every pretext Is resorted to, to avoid them,
and unless in ambush, under the protection of
masked batteries, no trace of the redoubtable
"chivalry" is to be found.
Even upon those ocoasions where the ILL.,
Judged haste, indiscretion, or ignorance Of our
leaders, has brought them into conflict with
troops, that they could not maintain their
ground, it appears that the latter have run
away faster than they did. 1t was 30 at Big
Bethel, according to the acknowledgment Of
the Charleston papers. General Pierce retired,
1t is true, with some loss, to Fort Monroe, but
Colonel Magruder was scudding, all the while,
in an opposite directions. The overwhelming
force against which Schenck so foolishly ran
his head at Vienna, acted in a similar manner.
They did not dare to pursue the advantage
they had accidentally gained, with the assist.
ance, as usual, Of masked batteries, but fell
back With greater rapidity than those whom
they had not been able to help discomfting. In
the Bonneville affair, between General Lyon and
Governor Jackson, which is the only approach
there has yet been to battle, the Union troops,
though in but small numbers compared with
the rebels, could have literally annihilated
them, had not their commander given merciful
directions that they should be spared.
The truth is that the armies that have been
brought into the field BY the Confederate go.
vernuent, will not be able to make any serious
or lengthy stand, against the brave, patriotic,
and we'll appointed forces that have been sent
to suppress the Instruction. However gallant
many Of their leaders and men may be, they can
not cope with the iron hands and more hardy
frames of volunteers from the Northern States
Even should the latter experience temporary
reverse, on account of the inefhciency of their
commanders, where one of our soldiers falls,
ten will spring up to take his place. The South
has called into action its utmost available
strength. Were the three hundred thousand
men and upwards, now in the service of the
United States 10 vanish into air tomorrow,
double that number, as has been shown by !
President Lincoln's Message, with abundant
resources to supply them with every es-
'ential of warfare, would stand where they
10, within six weeks, animated by a !
Iindred determination to sacrifice life,
property and comfort in the sacred cause
# preserving the Union, and maintaining !
is integrity as it was bequeathed to them
NJ, tho;r forocokhors Paho1tf0n. weak. I'M