Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-07-10

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eosld hardly expect tEea 70 qaIstiy fan
hack On Rieanosd sad Eait for the Gov
eminent 10 recover f,om Tie shock of the
attack on Mcclellan Lattsriy, the policy
Of Jackson, witch IS CELEBRITY Of more
neni, has obtained high fEvor IA Confed-
craze councils. Eres ssppoaiDg The rebels
70 hare lost ia killed sad disabied 80. 900
or -. go, they still bsge large elective
array. Their papers claim TO have 25o, OO9
before RIehnoad; other seesanls pat It at
a6OaI 200, 900. 80 that thsy have still 1885,
600 or $50, 900 sFeesire men, perhaps more
The fleility which the rebel army n
YirgiaiA ezn be moved up and dUHn the
Shea.adoaa VALLEY, Is EhH makes it 50
hard 70 deal With, If attacked from the
north II rsAdiiy falls back on It's base at
Rie6mond. Test easily throws nortbEard
column far snongb 70 neaaee wszbing-
Ioa II not well defended Il Is urged 10
reply to the examinations hurled At the au-
thoritiss At Warrington for DOT re GnfOre-
ing NeCieilan's army with the troops be-
fore wAshingIOn. that they durst NOT do 1t
while Jseksoa held 50 strong 3 eoluan 10
the Valley thu. although Mcclellan vas
Threatened yet to throw troops from wash
ington 70 his support would erdauger the
Capital snd it wss believed land With good
reason 1901, that the rebels would very
efaIIy abaudou their c4pital If thereby
they could aehiefe the capture ofOurs for
In winning the one they would gain every
fhing-deztroy the prestige OF the Federal
Government, reVolutionize Maryland, and
pave The way perhaps for uitimate success.
while in losing the other tbey would only
lose position that would then be value
less 70 its captors, aud which they hare
already intTmated the design Of abandoning
If ueeesEary-
II occurs to us now thatth rebel Eeuer-
ais havingmeasursbly failed in their sttaek
on Mcclellan, they may with their newly
adopted celebrity of tactics, strike for the
defense of Richmond in another direction.
If they got away from Mcclellan 80 sue
eessfully, and so long before discovery fol-
lowed, At Manassas and yorktown. a from
Halieek at COrin,b, may they not be dis.
posed to ny the same stratagsm again p
They certainly have reason TO suppose, If
not to know, that the available forces Of
the government have been seat round 70
the mouth of James river. aud tha. the
strength At Washington and within reach of
. IT is not 50 great as even Two weeks ago..
Could they ,tben, by keeping up appearances,
for. week before Richmond, get we'll on
the way IN the Potomsc before the move
melt was discovered, 1t would require the
utmost energy Of the government to con-
5eentrase troops to successfully meet them.
ItNould IS least create such 4 diversion
that Richmond If taken, would be hastily
abandoned, AeCIelIan's army sent round
70 the Potomac, and the whole campaign
on the Peninsula lost If Ibe government
could command troops enough % success
fully confront the movement on the Poto-
mac without disturbing the srmy al Rich
mond, then such movement would be The
destruction of the rebel army, for it would
be checked, its connection With 6e Seuth
cut oF and It would be crushed between
the upper and neither imillstOne. Its sue
cess therefore would depend on the ability
oftbe government to meet II, Withoat dis
turbing Mcclellan. and Ieven If 1t became
Necessary 70 transfer his army IT might be
TOO late.
Ne arc speaking of what seems posi-
Bile, no. What Is probable a. all The
Indications are that Gen. Mcclellan with
his reinforced army is pressing the rebels
50 hard that they vim aot be able TO de-
eeiye him Is heretofore II he is strong
eRoagh to 90 right oa up the riTer isto
Riehnond overriding may yet be we'll
BatanythIng short Of the capture Of the
rebel army might then be PerilOus; for With
Burnside coming up from the South, If IL |
Is driven from Richmond il Is almost of as
esssity driven in the dtreesiou Of Wsshine-l