Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-05-24
A sEvlEW OF 1aE SITUATION.


The evacuation of Norfolk, OF which we
have intelligence this morning, has been
Determined upon, We presume By GeceraIs
Randolph. Lee and johnson, after fnil
and careful consultation. Il is, doubtless,
conlidesed military necessify. the grounds
whereof, As We do not know, re shall noi
uodeTtaSe TO criticize. II asesssitg, Il 4
a Hai and IHssiiIafiHg oHs--;Se EosS Of fG<
| only great Nary Yard N fhe Caafssfsrats
.StofGS. We trust, however, se shall soon
| see the good results gained By this import
Not step II II Indicate the saPacitY of
seiziDg the most important OF Two ineou-
Pat;bie objects, and sacrificing the other,
j: may be a great resolve.
Our readers will remember that Bona.
paEie. after besieging IAntus with 10000
men for months, With great train Of ar
tILESy, and when about to reap the fruit of
long toll in I'm almost certain ORGY. on tile
slst Of July ordered SerT0rier TO burn his
gun-caEriages, spike his cannon. bury his
| Projecti!es, and throw his powder into the
water, for the purpose Of joining ,he be-
seiging force TO the active army. Concen-
trating on the Upper NircIo. Bodap4rre
fought, in six days, with 10000 men, three
brilliant battles, which pat 90, 600 men iors
| tu combat. Wurmser lost 20. dO0-7,OOO or
| 5000 killed, and l2 600 OF 1900 prison-
| ers- He vas driven oat of ;he ;ieIis into
mountains. II SiEsii1r rssnl.s foLIole he
>egeuatiois Of Norfolk. tie people offAs Con-
feds'1te SiIfss tsih be reeoHeiis9 IN the tsIspS-
r0ry saeEifee Of -Hoyici...
JacEson's victory in the Valley of Yir-
! slnia, is an encouraging aud important
event. The region is important. The kill
Ell and wounded are not ss numerous as
might have been expected Boz, as he
enemy is pursued, zee hope II nil enGGls th0t
raiiGnt and capable commander to fqke he
ge!d Horth Of Has0n and Oixon's Line
Such a diversion would be timely and hem
ehcial to Johnston and Beauregard, whose
ouly fear IS the inequality farms and men
they have to meet
The strategy of the commanders of both
grand armies of the Confederate States APP
pears to be the same. General Johnston
strives to get the Northern forces away
from their Notifications and their gunboats
mp the Cbickahominy Swamp, or near 10
| Richmond. General Beauregard awaits the
grand attack of Halieck at Corinth. away
frein the Tennessee river. beating back
their corps Of observation, aud ready for
tue combat. Mcclellan and Halleck are
cautious. though fhriF JorcEs irygeIs, Dutsl1a-
5ST the tSoops II tie South. They are feel
ing their way with large recnnnoiteriny
bodies, or approaching with trenches.
JohnstOn's rear guard. in falling back
before the earth approaches and cannon,
has been attacked, and it would seem has.
at Williamsburg and Mt BarnhamsviIle
repulsed the enemy with sanguinary sue.
cess. HhEtheE Johasoa Iein sue1sr9 in
making thea foiiotr, and IN 1yi5yiBg on The
9''ttTdt HehoH at The deriTFd point, lrr hare
not yet learned. II be does not, and Nc
Cieilan draws OF, dirt will again he dug
and big guHs mounted, or Mcclellan will
/ At 0Nf,
/ crossing James river and attacking from
the soutb. or by way Of Fredericksburg on
the North. The pressure upon him is
great. Johnston can fall back no further.
and will not. lie can only change front
tnow.
The strategy Of Halleck win be the de-
| termination Of the precise points OfattAcb
the manner Of attacks, and the maaenv-
ring on the field Of battIe-the disposition
and movements Of his troops. With an
eye to these things, he is investing the To-
calities and arrangements of his antagc-
nlsts, as far as he is able TO ascertain. Ills
advance corps OF 1000 had, it seems, pen
etrated as far as Pennington, five miles
/ from Coriuth, when attacked by a Confe,i-
crate force of equal numbers, under Gems.
Bragg and Van Dorm, and driven back with
slaughter to the protection of their main
body: TO whom general action is offered.
| we trustt that, after the preliminary en-.
gagements we have had, decisive battles
will soon be fought in the east aud in tile
west. The suspense is of the most intense
and painful kind. On these battles de-
Peods the early and triumphant termina-
ton OF the war, or its protraction, with
untold troubles to the South. On them
probably, depends the attack on Charles
ton. We have to see the South redeemed.
and such blows struck SIS will palsy the
arms Of our ruthless ASSISTANTS.