Washington telegraph. [volume] (Washington, Ark.) 1839-1871, 1862-07-23

| '"een Tue present Governor and any one so
elected, would, Of course, be referred to the
Supreme Court, and there settled.
| Still we hope this contr ,versy will all be
yet adjusted, and that We will not now be
cursed with any clamor of political strife.
|
RESULT III Observation-Disclosures accounts,
varying in DETAIL but concurring in the main
points, enable US now to announce with GER
! tainty, that great victory has been undoubt-
| ediy obtained by the Confederate Army in
Virginia over the grand army of Mcclellan In
BATTLE which lasted six days We have driven
them from every point, utterly routed them
AMI taken large number of prisoners, with
| vast amount of artillery, ordnance, and mil
ltary stores. In any history it will be desig-
mated as a complete victory for our arm, and
total defeat of all the plans and objects for
which the campaign the Peninsula was
instituted. All the expense incurred in its pre-
paration has been thrown sway and lost to
| them forever.
They are left SO much weakened and dis
couragcd All the hopes based upon the eff :
cheney Of their vast preparations have been
dashed to the ground. They have lost a
year, They have weakened their resources.
They must fall back upon the reserved re-
sources OF the country, and commence anew,
or abandon the idea forever
Such are the fruits of the victory. 1t is of
Importance whether or not it be true, as re-
ported, that Mcclellan and his whole army
has been captured. We do not yet believe
;hat, nor indeed feel much solcitule about a
few prisoners moro or less. even with McClel-
Ian amongst them The really paralyzing eff
fects upon the emery. and the moral effects
upon foreign nations are equally produced
by what We know to he true. Warned by Ma
uassas, and bringing slowly ana cautiously to
bear, force which they themselves con-
yinccd would be irresistible. they have a Sc
cond time prccipitated themselves upon the
Southern Capital. They had at their com
mand the armories of the void. Theyswept
the seas from the Penobscot to the Rio Grande
Tor reenfurcements and provisions. They had
unlimited control Of men, and 4 year for dis
cipline aud preparation, whilst We were "cab-
ined, cribbed, confined" with out any but the
internal resources of the country without
money, and unused to manufacturing They
chose their own time and exercised every eau
ton. They advanced, and a second time are
broken and scattered to the winds such i
their record presented to tile worl l.
1t Is the most decisive Of all our battles,
without any comparison. The transient
cesses which followed their Al Ms in the west
commencing with t..c battle of Fishin. Greek.
were understood at the time to be decisive ui
nothing. Their occupation oil our scaports
was expected, and conceded by furcigl
tons to be of little consequ nee, ualo~s they
might result in opening cur ports to trade.
The eyes of the world, kept nxiously open
turned to Virginia. '.U.lless." said foreign
powers, you soon achieve some decisive
quest in Virginia, your is hopeless. -
Already they felt that they had waited long
enough, and our last foreign news is rife with
the Impotence of Europe to see the promised
close of the war. Their tone toward the North
is fierce, and they speak alphabetically OF
the South brave people contcn ling oniy
for their rights" They clamor against the
North ~ Keeping the world III trouble by this
useless wal, and this even whilst the Northern
armies are holding in subsection al our
ports, and immense portions Of our border
country, besides threatening our capitol with
an army which they boosted to DC irresistible
A. n specimen of the tone assumed abroad
under circumstances unfavorab to the
South, We give elsewhere in columns, an
extract from Lord Derby's organ, the London
Herald.
The North stond in crisis. She needed to
do something great and to do it soon. In place
Of which she is baf1led md routed. The labors
of year are gone, her own capital IL menaced,
and every where the South SLED with joy and
enthusiasm.
Such is the value to us Of this victory. We
should not be weak enough to relax a single
effort, but we should not be foolish enough to
reject the sympathy and voluntary assistance
of foreign powers. We should not crave their
countenance. or buy their support, but we
need their alliance, and should gladly accept
their advances. If they come, we'll. 1t will
be happy for US. If not, We are sufficient unto
ourselves.
The hope of peace is now very bright. God
change the hearts OF our wicked enemies, ana
show them the insanity of their ways. and let
it speedily c.'m':
CUYFEE AND IANKEE.-The Fedcrals find
much trouble with the negroes they have stol-
en- along the Atlantic coast. Cuffee has the
utmost adherence of the idea Of being turned
into soldier. Regimentals alarm him
..Coro ,n;uhtr xxh,sa mani 'Snnee ruaaso
ketch me wild desc here things on" They
desert ani try 10 get t, the home folks. The
Federals at. ah .sed to shoot them, to make
them obedien:.
It is just as bad about work. They are
used to working for Massa. That's all right.
~ al, him W