The New York herald., 1862-12-22
LAWIEYs RICHMOND LETTERS
SPeeial CorresPoRdence from the Rebel
Capital 20 the London Times.


SPeeinl Correspondence from the Rebel
Capital 20 the London Times.
.RlcaNoSn. Dec. 6, 1852.
is vcry obvious that the next thirty days are 70 be
ta9nentousy eyenful IN tho history of this war. Ia
probable that the and most desperate effort OF the
North, in.de simultaneously by army sonne@ here in
tho neghborh od Of the position occupied by General
Moclan, by another advancing from Suffolk by another
under Geneal the West BY auother sdyanc
nag sS uros ss a0 sustained y
and, perhaps, e!sewherc wlfa like an avslanche upon
tue Southern States and strain every joint ia hei bar
prepared q meet IT, 1t idle to expec: that they viii
not meet with reversoS but thing alone may he
o sy NE @ se q ary e ss
nlomet to sssert that Rfchnpnd VIII fall although
such iHny confident belief but no man with eye: aud
cars ofeu doubt that tho lal OF Richmond viii bring
Mr.. Lincoln whit 70 the restoration OF his
supremacy the eight hundred thousand square miles
which are lost 70 him and his successors for evec
General Lee Is ia Richmond and has been here for the
last tlree days but returns to-day 20 his post Portion
nelghbcrood OF hich place General fongsreels cfs
de aaee l. sread! posed having crossed oyer 70 ,la
sse o.os .os s @ proe winchester ana the valley phd
IT. but tho whole army Is sufficiently held in hand o be
rapidly concentrated Richmond /, occasIcI demand.
very considerable force CT goderals is assembling at
Suffolk They already number ffom 80 600 to 40 GOO and
fare constantly being increased Their obyoas design
70 seize Weldon, and this intercept Richmond from IT'S
chief INK OF ornneot,on with the SOUTH ard then 10 adj
yanoe upon il fgom the south, wio Mceaslan makes
simultaneous attack from the North General Lees GiGl-
cuities obvious. II u,chmond of MS SHOULDERS he
would soon give General s.eC,eaa AID s army enouah
10 do on Lo rotorsc butwith The mrioosc faetie of
water carriage commanded hy the North enormous
federal force can a. any moment he hroHr into Suffolk
and before any ihng Ike equal force assenbied
TO oppose them the railroad DO cut At Weldon ic.-
rnold Isolated from Chsreston, and attempt made
southern side. General Ice keep his large and ie
ly appointed army finely appointed il compari-
in reach OF Rca,pord and can yentirc pon 40 aggressive
operations asaiast General Mcclellan army fiio,
der other circumstances, would be greatly reliShaa both
by General and lis nferors because o the rtoicc.
ticn which he is forced % extend 70 Richmond.
ne aasssI iaay ap.eal HON nent but anainhss "a
ten,is Ct federal troops thrown ntc sGcls green
recruits and tho experience Il this weas reversed such
rrecedens waterloo and shown that Oh the federal
side The recruits worthless. There i good
TO think that il wei cnlceIed, they would fight deroniy;
bnt tho oicers have always set ihc pern;c
example 10 thor troops. Thesc haze Of course. been
dyiGual cSccft'ols but generally speaking the officers
first 70 throwu down laor ali delacralze ter in
experienced troops by setting al example of Aht Tese
is not much danger 10 Rihnord from twice forty thou
sand such ticops, Iicss General Mcclellan rcnorces
them with scrne more experienced officers anc who
Will raise their if he does this be u,ii greatly
asaus assalaa.s Richmond frc, the south While
General Jackson vii 10 fully match for GeGara Nc.
Cel.n u the NORTH Again. In reference TO the attacks
upon Charleston and Mobile may be confidently
ed that General Buffers rcSu at New Orleans viii male
perate and that instead Inspiring terror a. he has
hoped aud intended he has inspired only such lcating
and aversion as have not been known earth the
days o tho luke Of Ara And these tho Dls among
whom the pniona Incu not only of interest, but Of al
reccn.s arise again Aod these the po1pe 1hom
Mr. Cassus a. Clay and Osr Northern sps kesmcn be-
love would combine with eir oppressors ani toin heart
and soui In war against unonending England which has
earnestly slrivcn 10 offend nc,hes and tread the din
cult ratl oi Justice tow ards each II shows hon little the
true state OF the South yet known apt appreciated
by the North.
usirY
II ia ltsresng TO observe hbw much rsloent ana
guarded the southern press Wholly ungssraned By cen
Al tH,d
journals o the North General Ice has been in this town
fer three days body In the streets has known
sby might be sssu! to General Mcclellan e be aware
Of this fact, and the nsnc. Ok people wfosc aectits
aHs n 'eI = n M suas o % M
and his myrDidpns. In tho annals Of civilized warfare
such harmoay in support of war has never been ap
prCachcd. The women never faiDg source Of
der and admiration TO s stranger, and next 20 tho
in earncstpess tho clergy and especially those
Of the osh aith. II il absurd % talk OF such word
as earnsstness beR. applicable the coorcd race bat
to the fullest extent OF their powers, detcsaton OF the
to have full opportunities Of coicciinc details Of negro
fidelity under trying circumstances during this war, for
the present il will be encqh TO etc tina, not one OF those
prophes,es which have all beev red and been dended
by in England with regard to the weak spot Of slavery
fostering at the heart OF the South as found one little o
realization Women and children without Que aau. white
nlac constantly lived in The voiec!ess sotudes Of
the south surrounded by negroes in no instance known
has anything but the greatest loyalty and affection
eynced Again and again the slaves have aet from
the Yankee army into the swamp 70 escape from comp
u ~, u
being morally weak and nerve the African co,id
he made TO fight ir any thing lac would hight for slavery
n.cs,a into he swamp when nj n,ratson y,s dcyas
tatcd by the ederas rather than accept the mannmsson
which was eagerly proncred--ne because the federal,
love the slave. but because they hate Jefferson Paws.
II scems to me that half an hour in Richmond
would satisfy the NEST rahid Cnonst Of hts own
infatustion; but if that halt hour passed in
the society of President Davis, and any faith
in The restoration Of the Unon nominaily
yiycd tine only inference would be that the Jnonst
u
North ! expressed the opinion that Mr.. Davis The
irncd by intercourse with hn,. The President is f
those calm, frni undcmnnsra men ncning TO reti
cence but iherested easily led on Ia animated conyer
saon, who belong to type which, strange to say, seems
to abound in the South, ard al variance with the imputed
inpu'sveDess Of those children OF the SUM- In many
interviews with Northern Inen of mark i: ss never been
my fortune 70 encounter whose mind not
N the mould with that Of his fellows who Rad not
travelled along the same macadainyed road learning
along which, though pursui II TO different lengths, the
twenty millions Of the North mieg itiuplv advance. An
can Wit, striking originality whose mrr has made ts
road a II jonrneycd, who has thouehtiuy protiicd
hy M own experiences, aud got beyond the set phrases
thought. Earn word Is slow ,ycehy and luminous the
countenance and voice agreeable sad cenvincng the
mouth cn, Of The anes thar evcrwerc set in mortal head.
The President locks spare and bat speaks cceruly
or his bcalt There is nothing e. Justify The repeated
allegations Of he Northern rarer a, he is physically
auunY powxs or 4He sorlH
month IN the conlcderacy has taught me what tre.
mendpus power beyond tho unanimous resistance OF the
inhabitants the North is ccntendug against IN tho vast
dimensions o. the area is striving 70 sobdre. have
hitherto but grazcd the edges Of the great state yr.
glna bat in order TO 10 this day after day has been
spcn n the saddle hGndrol o. mics have been rien
and notion of the difficulty of advancing army has
been gainc.i from tn. experience Of a single harseman
seeking food aud shelter Cor his horse and himself From
1cuerai Iae advanced osis tour 6sys-hrec In The sad
die and the rafoadarc required for the journey
Sigh;uo.u though the distance /. less lhlu two hun
dred ,i Bu, The rocky road. % the Bne Ridge make
thirty mics on horseback aood day. journey. As
food aud forage. II Is almost az dicpt to in
Central Africa. " is into this nry, rendered add
cnally Inaccessible by the dcstricn of tic railroad
from iIarpors Ferry to Winchester, END ci than
thirty miics o. the Baltimore and UhI faary, that the
cismor of tho North will probably compel Gen Nc leiln
seepng open vastly extended lines of coinaAaton 10
advance rpon enemy which Will fail back he ap-
breaches aud bsh him exactly in the gos.on which bcst
suits the views Of General Lee. II IN advance had been