Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-06-13
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The ie,sIs L.rs esat.sisl f1.t Wr:sbi, N + OH
Flli5r. AID iLat ihe des,;oIi.ihe Sunh0at nae
"f uoT,1iu nasie (tke slit.:ensoi II Com
n,in.",e fo0teJ has lhc gauntlet VI Ito lat
tersa {! Fort Randolph, en- fouts lGr acihphi3
NO think that with perfect Esfely. ~ may
ddng, .tulatc air roadrra tbia uiorHiny III. t:,s
10 0eshiug al the Mississippi riasr through ali
| tho ste formidable ebel distinctions, iT1.a.
Columbus, near the louil. Of the Ohio, 10 lIs
| 9uif u Ms~oo; a iist tan.s II ova' q ihousf.I
Giiss.
! This 5tufeElcis Undertaking x; pia-ct; .a.li ;
commenced In February last. wiis oa1 77::ctn-
rics of cort HsnIy end Fort Gonels, Z, on the
Tennessee and Cum nberland rivers, which ire7c
the scbsis out If E,entuckY; 5pensi tho sat,a,
| ri Nashville to our sTuy, snd turned i,s leh 81
works al Columbus, fortified position Thic1,
itou its Sstura aud arti1:al s:TeHgtti, vsG
known s55t .'rhe Gibraltar Of tie Vest Eat
fthis i5reliar, With its tiaTe OF baiteris aud "a
i.plGofng rsdonbtE, numbering 0YsT one bub.,
drsd pieces Of heavy artil]orj, bepg ,,,t,.:;se,,
Was abandoned by The rebels on lhe Is, AIayaC
This Iai the tirst bresL in ihs raLcl ot,a.ru,.
| tons OF ,ha Mississippi. Ws lIeed mol heie
recapltulale the subsequent aciIevemurts u
our laid sud naval lUrces snos down th=
strcsm irtin Cairo nos the iiti1au u 81 aud
oYerc)uu BY the squadron OF Commodore al
ragut going up the stream to New Oriesns, nor
tie consequence Of the dispersion OF peanrt-
cards great arly fTou iGarinth Tia net rs
suits, IN purely military estimate. along tie
immediate banks oi the Mississippi river, t7ou
Columbus 70 the Bsl:e, will probably corl-
prehsna y loss &c tie rebels Of more tbsb oDe
thousand pieces oi artillery, vast s11sunis {.
munitions ana materials OF war, aEd 81. isn-
ilolrse lcst all told Of floating DsttsIits, gin,
Eoais, lron-csd rams. tugs and river steamers.
ifby this time, tho : th Of Juns, the Ascend
ing guntoaLe of Com Duodore Fsrragut's sduaj.
ron end ,te descending sunbos,s OF uoui.
Davis afs not lying in front oi Memphis. We
have no doubt tGat they will be Ihsis n,.bh.
il day oE Two, ctsebrstlng not oay tho i,.opes..
log Of The mighty river throughout lie whole
1gtsnt, bat the Substantial sccou plishlnsr.t ii
the great Work Of putting dowb the rebellion
in the Mississippi valley. added tc their Te.
peated defeats in Missouri. Arksnsas, Zen
tucEy, Tennessee. Alabama snd hIlssisslppi
snd IL their loas OF lew Orleans, the rebsl er.
u; es Of the Southwest, concentrated into the
army Of Besuregsrd. appear tc ha7s become.
So disheartenod a@1 jemorcli=ed All broker.
Up, with It's evacuation OF Oorinih; se IL j.st.iy
the conclusion that be will sever bs sbie to raj.
iT together again ior tattls GtsI thoEssui d
his late imposing ic.ce Of aau LiiI:.li"i .Tii
twenty thousand mcu
Tic rebellion thrn Geih,. ,iIiu.iir pa. l-GI.
ia lLs W sst Will our occupsllou u Tue sntice
linS OF the Mississippi river, and IL. d'ght,
democrat: alton AID disr e1sion ii EraiIe srd .
.rmy, decisive Overthrow OF tie rebel aTIay
of tie East will end ibs waI 90 Lew Tor
Richmond hai not the Hiss .ad 6ell
considered plans u ue1afAl Sco;t, GshscEl
Mcclellan AID GsnelA Hsilect hsel inter.
tupted bY Cur intriguing, clanoTous and d.s-
urgsni= ng abolition disunionisia, this rebellion
would have been to 1ay among tue things OF
lilo past But 40 OH abolition dslul Lefa and
msrplots preaipitSted ths DISASTROUS ta!l!o OF
tull Rul. they also contTivs tc tTe1s Up tna
plans of :sn. Mcclellan With tie 1etel eTacus.
l;ou OF MsnasSaa Thus hi5 srDJ T.s di"idct
into thrss armies. and while tksE 81 Mcclellan
wss to sdTaDcs uPon E:chGond y;a o7ktoTp,
the :.ctel forces in thst Quarter, earwssG : be
aTuJ Of IcDowall snd that If EsaE5, 1a.3 to
bs Intercepted aud encosed IS III bag. We
Deed not say that this grand scteIas has tailed
that GeI. Banks las onlY escaped telrS estgSt
himself by tie mort Ioiaarsstle tetresE !or
fapi1ity, intIepIditY add endurance ol sl This
var, aud that i2eh. Mcdowell, .pparently. has
teen harlly ss nseInl in lkese Too widsy
tenie.i ,rolh binstuns =. thc nth whGel Vi
piece Of dying sriillery. According 10 u,e
progrzlAlu. enforced upul, lie War Deps,t
ment by tie b0istslous a.rulildh brigade, tz=n,
tf,It f.TT
which, in Tie nich If time, LIE could iteL in
AID carry od all tho honoi= ! pTactiesi test,
boEeveI, hos shown that oul abolition stTa;s-
eisls relied too much upon iEs S.coniE.ols!.
ing disposition OF the enemy
Banks has tee1 TeFulset. MoDc"sii Is5
raeI bsIsd, Fremont oomiag IN by tEo wrong
road, has failed to catch ths Tet7essins Jack.
a5n, who knsT tLa right Jus; and all taeo.
outside operations. instaad CT a5siStlol: ls7s
snbaIa assei the .raoT siHcHts of Mcclellan
for while diTerting us With their iashinE 5e.
predations in the ValleJ of tbs Snsnsndoae:
rbe rebels ax7o been concentrating their
strength 10 front 81 Richmond. TheTs hey
are in superior Iorcs 10 tia: Of l1sn. MctltI sn,
bit thsrs, ty imme1iate ani heavy ram
iorcsnents to Mcclellan or the right ranE
and el tie left, and r The Fvsr ol Richmond,
ne mSy sti!l not only capture tic city, tut
tie rebel army defending it, snd most OF the
ohiefa OF tho retel government, including
JEFF. Davis himself, who, it seeps, hss 70.
solved to ''ois in the last ditch" So we'll sat-
ished are we 1ha: this can b. done, that the
reDel army pnd the beads of the rebel govarn.
ment .can be luEen with KichInond, and that
ne have tho Feinforcements needed IoI tho
work sufficiently near to enable Geb, McOlel-
Ian to achieve this complete and crownins VIC
tory within tha ns1t ten days, that We !.sl nc
hesitation in urging this colTss OF action on the
immediate attention of the President snd his
! Secretary of War. For the space Of hundred
miles north, south, and east ii, Richmond. LEI
I'll our available forces 10 drawn close afuiiI
the enemy there, 80 as to make hi7 aaptufo
ceIlsin and inevitable, snd tnen Our occl1 stou
oftbe rebel capital will infalibly ohd Tie "af