Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-12-16
sPlxir OF TIN MORNING PRESS.


Tie I"tellsseseer infrrs from ths tenor OF shr
unSdicial dispatches received here that the
FEDERAL lose was sreatsr in the dght OF SasRr-
day than vas 1t first supposed
Tie CkTvsieie calls attention - the great u
regularity in the mails between Washington
and New YORK.. and recommends that the Post
u A>,rr General have authority 70 regulate all
mail trains both as 10 arrival and departure,
and Is to speed. as is the csse in England.
The Repuoyiear advises the President to al
jGura the courts of inquiry, (Which, it says, are
but farccs,) and send all officers an0 Foldiers
capable of doing duty to the front Immediately.
The Republican Is slated with the fact that
Glen. Banks "hss not gone 70 JAMES river or 70
any Other point with a view TO cooperating la
the capture OF Richmond, but certainly much
further South" and says 1.-the event will vim
dicate the wisdom of the Administrator in this
particular"
II is sincsr.l y TO be hoped th AT IL may, but the
public juFt now A" can't see tx ard IL Burnside
shocld suffer defeat az Fredericksburg through
our chronic failure 10 have the right lumber OF
1T the rix BIT place IL the time most needed,
hs avy responsibility will res, upon tia shout
ders Of such advisers The Rspnti;ean, who
have been instrumental il scattering cur forces
from Dan 10 Beersheha.
The New York T7i51n., We see. l. coming 70
- coEsncn s4'Hh-; view OF ms MAYER, and How
ssys:
We rejoice 70 l. srn that Glen Sigel's army
COY erinE " ashington on thu west, ard n1ena-
csrg ths Shenandoah Valley. is on its way TO
reinforce Bul IL, it!r, SndrvselcoEi.' this an
ealnest OF general ccnccE trS.siCn Of our forces
: ton. wall Jackson IS with Lee in front OF
Burnsld, and il is evident that nearly all The
-ebei troops III Virginia are already there AMI
the rect on the way. OF course, Washington
Csy and Maryland are in no danger while
l-urnsid- resnss Lee; and trutt th,'y will
be stripped barSto reinforce burnside tn, ,t,u-
nent lie asks Tor more troops. Let Norfoi < dnd
he Biaekwatl r, Williamsburg and Yorktown
or art oil reginl' Mt he hurried do Sn rrIIl Lhe
North; bot l: Burnside ne var haye occasion -
comp ain OF lack Of mon 10 hurl the cohorts of
tn astn into their last ditch" Tosuifer iham
20 triumph, or even ss=Es 20 Triumph, in driving
our army bac across the Rapp.Ainno.x ana
into Vfht1r quarters, Is 10 let lh.rl loose IN
ovrv heiming lore. on our isolated armies III
the SSnthWrsi, and drive those back routad and
decImat d across h0 Cumbe Tilnd ana The Dnic
W hasev' r the cost, our gallant coIupatriofs OF
me Union grand army must lE i:1iei 20 tf,a ut
most IN unfolding b. flag cf The Republic ana
o. airing Y on TO victory"
The Washington Correspondent CT The N.,x
York Times says:
"Ihe ctnsure here to-ni9ht OF the military
authorities, Tor permitting the largo force or
Gen- Banks 10 be taken To a remote field OF op-
eratdons a. q moment when its presen "a mIyh.
te Ieeded 10 secure the coaple'e surCsSs as
In tr absence may cause the partial failure OF
ths present effort 10 crush tiIs army of 90 i,
universal and s. we're Even II the Army or ;he
PotOma nc shall ACHE We the triumph IA lis pres
snt struggle, which we b we il will the send
Ing Oh OF this force 81 the present iuncture will
not fail 10 re regarCe1 by the public or W .g,h-
insion, at least, rs an ineIcu sable blunaer"