The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-06-10

Interesting from Richmond-Latest Rebel
| News and Views from that Quarter
General Mcclellan md Our Abolition
I Organs.
From a parcel of Richmond newspapers re-
| ceived yesterday at this office, we have CON-
| piled and submit to our readers this morning
very interesting budget of the latest news
and opinions of the war, direct from the rebel
government, its immediate newspaper organs
and the rebel army in that quarter.
From the congratulatory address of jeff.
Davis to his army, after the late two days sangui
nary fighting on the ground between the Fair
Oaks and the Seven Pines, it will be seen that he
was present portion Of the time, and that in
his opinion 'nothing could exceed the prowess
with which you This troopsl closed upon the
enemy, when sheet of fire was blazing in your
faces" He does not want any better fighting.
He boasts of the capture of our position,
including several batteries and five hun
dred prisoners; but what does all this
amount to? When the smoke of the battle has
cleared away our forces are found nearer to
Richmond than they were before. The object
Of Johnston's attack upon our detached and
advanced divisions on the south side of the
Chickahominy was to capture or destroy them
before they could be reinforced from the other
side of the flooded stream. The enterprise
failed IS did the attack upon our exposed army
at Shiloh. The Richmond Examiner says that
Johnstons forces, "from prudential reasons,
have fallen back two miles, leaving the enemy
in possession of the swamp, decidedly ques-
tionable legacy" Beauregard, failing to drive
General Grants army into the Tennessee river,
as he had promised, made similar excuse for
falling back as fast as possible upon Corinth;
but General Halleck, from his headquarters at
Corinth, has since spoken, and has given us the
finale to that chapter of the war. The same
result is impending at Richmond, and with all
their whistling to keep their courage up, the
rebel leaders and journals in that beleaguered
city cannot conceal their fears of a crushing
defeat
The Richmond Enquirer, for example, in
leading editorial, pleads Justify for foreign in
tervention, and for the employment Of all
available means to secure the recognition of
the Confederate States by some leading Power
or Powers of Europe, in order to convince the
people of the South that this war, on their part,
against separate people fighting for bound
ary. What boundary, when at least seven of the
thirteen so-called Confederate States"-to
wit: Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas,
Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida-are in the
possession of our land and naval forces, and
when the fate of the other six-each now par
TALLY occupied by our fleets and armies-is de-
pending upon this siege Of Richmond? This
extraordinary eleventh hour article of the En-
quirer, however, upon foreign Intervention, can
only be regarded as confession that its South
ern confederacy has collapsed, and that the
people of Virginia have no other alternative
before them than submission to the Union.
Foreign Intervention, according to our latest
European advices, has assumed new shape
since our capture Of New Orleans. 1t is no
longer Intervention for Southern independence,
but Intervention for Southern submission to the
Union, and for the preservation of Southern
cotton, tobacco, rice and sugar from our South
ern rebel incendaries. We gave the other day
some interesting news from Paris Of . remark
able meeting between Louis Napoleon and the
rebel ambassador, Slidsll, at the house Of the
Count de Persigny, and it is now noised abroad
that the Count may soon be expected on an ex-
traordinary mission from the Emperor on this
side the Atlantic. Should this rumor turn out
to be we'll founded, we can have no misgivings
Of the mission of Count Persigny, but every
motive to facilitate his great objects of inducing
our Southern rebels to lay down their arms and
to save their cotton and tobacco.
Meantime, our radical abolition organs in
this quarter have not only ceased to be clam
orous and impatient in reference to the delay
of General Mcclellan in advancing upon Rich
mond, but they have become alarmed ut his
position. They fear that be is in danger, in front
Of an immense rebel army, vastly superior in
numbers to his own, and are Ginning in with
the HERALD, that Mcclellan should be prompt
ly and heavily reinforced from every quarter
from which troops can be spared for his assist
ance. We are not surprised at this sudden So
licitude Of our abolition radicals; for they know
that should any serious disaster befall General
Mcclellan they will be held accountable for it
by the country, and that they cannot escape
the crushing responsibility. We believe,
however, that between President Lincoln
and General Mcclellan there exists that
happy accord and perfect confidence which
lead to sure success, and that General
McClellan's acquisitions for reinforcements will
be responded to without delay, regardless Of
the number Of men he may call for. We are
not aware that he has demanded any nor that
he pauses to await an increase of his forces.
We rely upon his skill and discretion in any
event, and, with the fate OF this rebellion re-
duced to the struggle for Richmond we are
content to wait till he is ready to advance.
Anticipating, too, from his gallant army, d.
rected by his vigilance, sagacity and sound
Judgment, browning triumph at Richmond,
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