, 1861-06-12

fCWTexp00dtAto OF Tho E1oclnRaH t0MMe9c4A.l
WAsH1saron, Juno Z.
II Gen Scott aud JEFF Dsyls are both play-
Ing tie slow and safe game: and nelther 4
disposed to make definite advances, General
Scntt Wili doubtless win. the game. u,Davis
Waits until Bcott's Corps dc A5nate arc al in
motion, he viii inevitably be crushed out Of
Virrinia The old fellow. aaid:ths otheE day
lie he folds Of ihe mighty boa constructor !
around tho traitors;'' and ho means eeyery
word ct It, Tho old man cares nothing. for
Preaidtrt, Cabinet, newspapers, political gen
erals, OF anything Of the eort- Ae haa us
plan and il cool as cucumber, While the e1'
citemeut Ii stormy all about him. He has
seen VAR before, and looks with lofty com.
passion On those rho are taking thetr- first i
Il JEFF. Davis waits he has not the shadoT
Of chance. He has moved up to Richmond,
AID taken biz Cabinet apd ordered re MS con: o.:
advanced position; Will ne Wait for the tight
euiue OF Tie trem mendous folds Of SCOTS boa
consfrictory VII ~henot rather strike With
all bis power+to: break the folds r, Consider
the facts and the probabilities: :. ~,
The flower Of the military forca> Of the
South, Of which We have been hearing SO
much Tor long time, Il concentrated IN Vlr-
ginia~ There arc troops there from 1eaIiJ
eyerF one Of the slave States, including Mary
isnd and Kentncky.- II he has not vary for
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must be- patahle. Indeed =: -.
It is known TINT tue heavy forces under his
command are dissatisfied and impatient. They
are 1hott Of provisions and are deyo1rlpg the
country Ike cloud Of loc9st5. They are
ofI Of trsnspodation. ID rheee things would 60 to
shou that they can't wait. They must become
rapidly de1norallzed, or move forward. They
cannot move upon any place beside Wishing
ton. Therefore Davis hiss no alternative ont
rf,E ~
inches In 8 retreat to Richmond. Shall be
give battle on the Potomac nov, or await It
| On the James River, q few weeks hence, when
| Butler. Mcclellan and Patterson's troops are
| closing in upon him ! That is the question
1t the present moment, be c.n concentrate
bis troops upon the centre ct his position,
junction, more rapidly than the Federal army
could be concentrated hero, which -is It's cen
| ter, The question Is whether he could con-
| centrate s,superior force here?, This, Of
course, ne cannot ten, but probably he might.
II be PLAYS the bold game, gratifes the South
leaving his tanks veal, and dlsreggardfng the
comfort OF his troops, makes = forced march,
do not see why he could not oppose fifty
Or sixty thousand men to forty-nine thousand
h would have chance Of success, though
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forty five thousand Federal troops here ase so
strongly posted, well provided and reso1ute,
that they could make an awful fight Of 1t aud
continue It for several daye, against largely
superior force. Even It Davis could cyent1-
ally possees the hills across the Potomac, he
might cause a dreadful stampede Of women,
children and non combatants generally
| It would require bombar1ment such Al he
could not give in week, to destroy the pub.
Lie buildings, or to drive out the enemy, He
| could not possibly cross the river here, and as
for crossing It. above, near Lecsburg, George
town heights are fortified, and the Federal
troops would be very glad to sea him in that
specul.tions are lndu}ged In TO this effect:
What If thera is ansther mob In Baltimore
| and the Federal troops are cut off from Aaarch-
ing TO the relief Of the Capitol?- It Is proba-
BE that the correct answer to this question is
that Baltimore Wonld cease to exist. To say
nothing of the four regiments Of volunteers
her i her disloya1 population eho1ld again be
I In the aaceudant. As believe WIGS mentioned
In letter from Baltimore, had the pleasure
Of seeing four ten inch mortars mounted
| upon angles Of the Fort next the city and
loaded r lifted the canvas covering from the
gun mouths OF the rude monsters, aud san
down their threats, the shells nestl1ng each
upon It's chamber Of powder. And the DEVILS
own birds neet-each With IN iron essg-the
| 1u0lLaIt HetUEu. All U1uCEE 0l Luo kuEL tUiu
me they would throw: shells entirely over the
city, The TWO inch colunbiads which were
spiked, are probably in sefviceablc condition
BY this time; and the traitors Of Baltimore
might we'll tremble rs these tremendous en-.
gines sre leseled toward the splendid spires Of
the monumental city.
The traitors In Baltimore are the 1a*yers,
the liquor dealers, the ar;stocracy, and po1.
tion Of the roughs who have been in the habit
Of sucking tho great teat. The loya1iats are
the Methoiists and the mechanics. 7 was in
formed thst there were sixty Methodist
churches In the city, and there was hardly :
kmemher Of the church who was not tr2e to
the Union. The mechanics, too, {probab1y
many OF them also Methodists,) ore generally
good Union men. think we may call Balsi
more eafe, thongh tie secessionis!s there art
powerful faction, and as deadly to their hos
tiiity to the General Government as the cor
responding fanatics in Charleston.
Il follows that il Washington was pl.ced il
great danger, the g.ards along the rail7oa;
Tould be increased SO s. to make them per
fectly safe, and all the rolling stock on ths
Baltimore and Washington, Harrisburgh ami
Central Pennsylvania, and II necessary ill thl
other roads, could be employed In pouring IL
here stream OF regiments that would bo over
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