Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-06-27
Friday afternoon Nh RAYMOND writes in a


have expressed the opinion ttgt Mcclellan will
come o-morrow, aud cannot well be delay cd beyond
Monday At the time / bound, in Jus tce, to
give you the other side Of the story.
l. II is quite possible that Mcclellan may he aioaitiag
the cope Gfi0i ~ burnside AlHsfea ana tte gHth0Gfs
on The James Ricsy. throw this out merely conjco
ture. Blt Burnside came here 90 headquarters last
week, then went 10 Washington, and then returned %
his command. Mansfield simultaneously sent 10
Suffolk with strong force II state only what has been
announced M the Richmond paper,) and certain ugly
customers have gone up the James River. II the OBJ
siTucons, including Fort Darling can be removed To
permit the passage Of our gLnboas up the river, the sur
render 0f Richmond becomes question ~ hours oHiy
Considering McCiellan's welkuow inclination % save
lifc.-hs ahnegafnu ,f himself iu his desire 10
serve the ra1scm uihcI iuexpcablc delays here for
the last few days, other circumstances 70 which
have referred am af inclined 70 suspect that he means
10 postpone direct attack until De hearos the echo Of
the guns at Fort Darling. You may remember note
acknowledging the important service rendered 10y
oicgs who succeeded m opening communications with
,. For two or three days now the rebels have made
deuce Of row with the drum every morning At very
carly hour we can near tattoo ga ther camp with the
words of command Sc. II they intended 10 attack MS,
they would not thus give MS notice. But II they n-
tended evacuate, they wouA cloak their design with
precisely such monsiraons. Thar 0sfctati0Hs frpg
tbs In b.t.r, fLey III Yorkg,.. Con Nciflellan I'M
Wednesday said he had lan awake all the morning lis
teniug 10 their atto, and wondering whether it did not
mean skcdaddle lie may ad'auce Tomorrow in or
der to ascertain.
9. Mr. Robinson, in the letter given above says that
" 10th armies are iHfrcHchig This is true. The rob
els have put formidable Carthworks during
the last three weeks and side has az least kept pace
with diem. They dig prevent our advance. Ne dig
TO make sure that II checked, need not retreat. do
not think that this proceeding warrants Mr. Rohinsons
inference that there will be no fighting for time.
There may not Be, and then again there may! When
there is any it wilt be severe and on or part t1iH be
manly battle If artillery You will probably hear Of
sixty pieces being massed single field do not be-
lieye the rebels have anything which withstand it,
Between the expectation of fierce battle
at Richmond and the possibility of its evacu-
alton by the rebels before Gen. Mcclellan
shall have made decisive attack, there is
much speculation The loss of Richmond
would be a telling blow to the rebels but if
lost a defeat OF their army, it would be a
blow from which they would never be able to
rally. That a combination of the union forces
is being made such as will soon compel the
surrender not only Of the city but of the
whole rebel army, no one need be in doubt
who follows closely the teegraphic reports Of
the movements Of the various army corps
The advance Of Gen. Buel, with his army in
to East Tennessee, with the evacuation of
Cumberland Gap by the rebels and the open
ing of that passage to the advance of our
.
cant of flank movement on Richmond from
the west the reinforcement Of Gen. Mans
field at Norfolk to enable him to advance in
the rear of Richmond from that place, and
the probability Of concerted movement to-
wards the railroad through North Carolina
by Burnside are all evidence of a general
plan for the successful capture of the rebel
army at Richmond. That the rebel leaders
will not discover the net in which they are
being caught is perhaps too much to believe I;
and that they will attempt to make their es-
cape from its contracting folds is what we
fear. But that they will be allowed again to
oyaeuate, aud thus prolong the contest, we can
hardly believe. The preparations are COM
plete, or nearly so, and Richmond must soon
be in our possession, whether with or with
out severe contest very few days at best
must decide Every days delay, however,
but renders the cutting off Of the rebel re-
treat more certain, and their capture but a
work of time.