The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-06-06

surprised. They thought by overwhelming |
forces to crush out at once the spirit of resist
auoe mt the South. They expected Virginia |
to ground arms at the first appearance of
the formidable BUTLER, the efficient Nc |
DowrLr.. and the rhetorical MCCLELLAN. Bat
tho yirginians have not grounded arms, and
are shooting their soldiers down in numbers,
which It requires all their Discrimination TO
conceal. They paid their respects in a very
significant manner to the Minnesota. They
have complmented the pawnee with goodly
number Of effective shots. and they have sent
wagon loads Of dead and wounded Dragons,
Of Company 3D." into Alexandria. All this
has been done in the face Of most Formidable
numbers of Northern forces, and with the full
knowledge Of their boosted levies Of two hur-
bred thousand men for Invasion. Our con-
dact looks ominously audacious to them. 1t
plainly betokens fight, and inspires a slight
suspicion of vigorous and successful hghting'
The rejecting men of the North are view
ing these things with concern. The raising oi
their immense forces was desperate meas
ure. They risked everything on that thro"
Of tho die. If trade stops six months rum
stares them in the face. Their immense ioSy
of troops was intended to meet THIS e&isehcy
| &c ,b.ir Gaze. 1t was done to dismay the
| soutb. and to accomplish by terror in mo-
nent what. with smaller forces, they couid
| only expect to achieve by long and hard hgnt-
ING Their scheme has faled. Their I'M
mense levy of troops, instead OF dividing 'he
| South, and strengthening the hands OF her
| Submissiouists, has united the South, and, ex-
| cept here and there, utterly Frustrated the
| Submission organization. They rsked every
-h;np on one throw, and they have lost. Be
| fore they made it, the South was much disor-
CANNED in sentiment, and utterly unprepared
| for war. The very expedient they designed TO
complete the decentralization OF the South has
| completely retrieved her from that condition.
The South is but just now ready to night,
| and the North have to thank themselves for
the vigor and rapidity Of our preparations.--
| They have committed the worst b!under IN
| reneralship. They have mistaken the temper
| and moderated the strength of their adverse
| nv. They have rushed headiong into war, ex-
pectiag no fight, and they are apt to find them
selves scramblng out of it very badly whipped.
| The worst mistake in generalship Is to under
| rate your enemy; the next worst is to oyerrate
| yourself. 1t is exactly these mistakes which
the North has committed, and they will find il
out before another fortnight passes over theil
heads They are decking their Generals brOwi
| with laurels before the campaign opens. But
| LER is hero before q battle is fought Hi
laurels will Hither by the first burning of gun
Iowder. All their Generals are inyincible, al
their regiments invneible, before they hav
seen an enemy. Probably a single engage
ment will change their opinions somewhat
So far, nothing has been settled on this sub
ect, but this one thing, that full regimen
can be whipped with brckbats and pebbles
by boys in the street. Wherever we have al
tempted anything they have failed. We drov
them out of Fort Sumter on the exact day "
appointed to do it; and their cowardl
fleet stood off, witnessing the operation
They attacked sewelrs point before we had
gun in battery We got two guns down III tt
night and whipped them of, crippled, disable
and cowed They have been bombarding tw
more batteries at Aqua Creek for wee
. and not succeeded yet in hurting sing
= man for US or silencing single gun but th'
y have succeeded in getting one of their vesse
) severely damage and fifty or more of the
men killed. In the affair at Fairfax, col
pany of raw infantry, without officers, cut
. pieces and put to fight full company
regular dragons. This i. the whole of t
:, war so far wherever we attempted anythi1
:: we have beat them and we are at last in co
dition to attempt great deal. Our poll
has been to prepare thoroughly before we e
- gage in anything. They have gained adva
:: tage over us nowhere but in Maryland, a
there all their gains have been, not the ACHE
- ment of arms, but the result Of treachery
= our own Submissionists.
r The North are beginning to realize that ii
o. have commenced the war at the wrong end
bt It is to be long and obstinate war, and
II. that can stand it longest is to be the winn
ID They should have opened it by raising few
nd we'll drilled forces and not vast horde Of l
nd disciplined vagabonds. They could have
IA fected much more by smaller, compact, relia
70 columns, than by loose, disjointed, unmana
fer able mobs of men, who eat great deal
to meat and do very little fighting.
Ter NAPOLEON the Great observed that Pro
us dence was usually on the side Of the artlle
ny in this war of South and North, the Wet
irt is going to be with the section that can ma
OF tain the war longest. The North was full
nls resources so long as it fed and fattened u
elr the South. 1t will soon find itself poor
nd starving, now that it has let go its hold of
Of section it fed upon. 1t will have to tax all
ut resources to sustain the war, and economy
rty the outset was its true policy. 1t has star
Inc out on a scale of stupendous extravagar
he and it will find its money all gone before
Pc contest fairly opens. England and Fran
OF with all their prejudices against the So'
BUR know full well which is the Weather sec
our of the two, and the North is already abls
be them for their manifestations Of sympathy
&c" its adversary.
Gen. Taylor and Gen. Scott.