The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-10
FROM THE NORr,P,.


PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 3-The dIspatcb ,eis.
graphed from here on Monday or Tuesday, that the
New York IN bane had been ordered 20 be closed
hSd no foundation The statement was made it'll
no o'her purpose than to appease the mob.
fHE WAR IN siRatNIA-DEsrERArE SITUATION
oF TIE REnEL ARMY
From tie New York Herald, Sept 81
our latest intelligence direct from the army of
Henera Pope Is that be has advsnced two miles
'foEi centreviile towards the late battle ground,
W.thont any corresponding movement of the eu.
emy. He is resdy for them Int they are evi
IDENTITY beginning to realize their desperate situs-
ton
Their fsnfe to follow up on Sunday morning
their partial success OF Saturday W as confession,
that their grand enterprise had failed. Every day
which has followed has been equal TO the addition
Of twenty i've thousand men TO General Pope's
army while il il altogether probable that Lees
daily reinforcemenis have been less than twenty
i've hundred; for between Manassas and Rich.
mend. including that city, he had only few thou.
sand reserves at his command We dare say that
Gen. Pope fully Compfehends his adv antage in this
respect and that he is not disposed lose his op-
portunity for decisive reckoning The two ar.
mics will not remain very long confronting each
other
As Il base Gt operations, Manassas has ceased 10
be tensbtc 10 rebel army. Last year II wss In the
midst Of an extensive region. aboundIng Ia wheat
com. rye. oats beef, pork, aud mutton, equal to
the wants Of n considerable array for a twelve.
and Tor military purposes Manassas junction Is in
the midst of desert. Gen. Lee, with his great ar
my, even II undisturbe! cannot remain there. He
mast advance or fall back. His direct advance has
been are sted. Ee must the, ,efore, endeavor to
push across the Upper Potomac :or raid among
the Ersnarles of Mary land, or move back into the
Shenandoah valley, or turn hia face again wards
Richmond, or run the hazards Of q demoraiiged ar.
my from starvation or crushing defeat.
The encouraging Information received at the War
Department from General Pope and General Banks.
which cannot now be made public" We accept as
signifying that the departure Of General Lee from
Manassas will perhaps be precipitated. II hss
been reported tbas The rebs Is have some thousands
OF negroes engaged Ia, the construction of ortifca
lions Al al the passss al the Rappahannoek, and
that that river is 10 be their next liRH Of defence.
We dare say, however, that if deCisively routed
from their present position, as we expect they will
lie. the remnants Of The rebel army from Manassas,
in their first retreat, will push fast pos
sibie To Richmond,
Meant iine the gunboais from Com. Wilkes squad
ron which have been ordered up the Potomac will
doubtless attend 10 any experiments that may be
made 10y the rebels on iee lower river 10 cross over
into Maryland or 10 interrupt tho passage OF our
transports Let this suffice 10 quiet the OF
such trnid souls may imagine that these gun.
boats are intended TO she'll The rebels out Of Wash
ing'ou should they get in by the back door. The
gunboas could shell them out very effectively; hut
In the rear. in tho 'front.' Washington is secured
by line Of formidable fortifcations. Better than
all, however, General Pope's army would now be
tho Ii ont rear OF Washington.
Under ih. disorganizing connses Of The Aboii
ton brigade of Congress, he aded by the Wilson's
Waties, ChandieTs, Summers. and Loyejoys, we fnd
The war III virginia III the first week OF Septen-
Der, lSt2 somewhat es it was this time year ago
Bui the Administration has learned wisdom from
experience, and tbe counsels OF wiser men than
Abolition leaders now prevail. The removal
OF General McGeil,n ans army from the Richmond
peninsula Il hazardous experiment and but
for the good management uf that evacuation, and
tie skill and bravery OF General Pope aud his
bic army, ii would, perhaps, have been fatal ex.
pertinent the OF the Union. We have
escaped rs by 4 miracle the danger which meaaced
national capital; and now, with our vol
unteers coming forward by thousands, the game is
entirely in cur own hands once more.
Ia the West, il the East, the daring move.
ments of the rebels towards the free States
exciting some alarm. But, with the men and tbs
me ans at command to punish their insoIence,
there is occasion for fear. 1t is the last despe.
rate struggle the last trick nt the reb i leaders 10
save their sinking csuse An intelligent traveller,
Just iii from the Southwest, informs that The
rebel army has already absorbed the abls bodied
men of The revol.ed States; that nothing but Cd
men. women, and children are there TO be found
home; that there is norhing left ia those States
with which 10 cloths the troops Of The rebellion
a winter campaign, and that IT, in tie meantime,
th- rebels defeated iii single decisive battle
any moment the WA is Substantially at s.l end.
Let Us, then, hurry forward our lie" troops, and
begin the work before us IN the t0ta, eApn sion 0f
TIE rebel army from Firginia
Tue DEATH OF GEN. KEARNKY
1 letter 10 tie New York H5rald from Washing.
ton. says The death Of Gen. Kearney has struck
all classes with sadness for Of all the officers en-
eaeeti The death of none could be more deeply
ismenr-d" letter TO he Phils5elphia Iaqaarer
gives a her fuller sf his death than has
baen IuasLai. II says
ho at the time was near to Gen. Kearney, pointed
out TO him position their riQht flank fTouI
which ar, siey div sion had retreated thereby
leaving a gap. AS Gen Kearney had previously
understood from Gen. Reno (tha latter himself
believnej that the gap left by the retreat of Gen.
Stevens bad been filled, as well as believing it i'm
possible that anybody could be driven from so
strong posslioQs he at snce started on at full
Qallop unaeco1pa1ied by either aid or orderly hey
had been sent to other parts OF the field with or.
ders) and rode into the gap.
This was the Last of General kehrney alive.
The first knowledge that they had In reference to
him was a lag Of truce sent by the rebels and di.
rected to General Haintzelmsn. 1t came into the
camp tie next morning, bearing the dead body 0t
the loved but now lamsnted kearney. 1t
plaeed at once under the charge of DE- Pancoast,
the able Division Surgeon, and by him taken TO
Washington, where 1t Is now being einbalIned ce-
fore being cent to his late home.
The missile which caused his death Mimic
rife ball and WA doubtless fired by some one OF
the suemy's shar rpshooers, he being concealed al
point In some gully rifle pit lowe. Than the
General as the shot entered his body just below
the hip and came cut through the left lung. He
probably did not survive long after being wounded
THE SITUATION AT CUMBERLAND GAP.
A correspondent writing from Cumberland Gap
ON the l9h III o., says:
We continue 10 have pretty good evidences Of q
heavy force in front, and al least body of eight
thousand men in rear, In addition TO the parties
erowding into Kentucky some distance west OF our
communications with Lexington and Cincinnati -
This evening We learn that all our wagons and sup.
ollie between here and BarhOuIsve safe.-
Large trains have just arrived The enemy may
surround and worry AT will. for al least thirty
days withstfty thousand men. without doing lis se-
rious injury. Our batteries, rifle pits, and sharp
shooters III such state of readiness and eth
cheney that all ths army feel that they are ready
for the conflict; and the opinion La next 10 univer
sal that the rebels cannot bring an army against
our Gibraltar Of sufficient strength to do lis much
injury We think they after our food Ii the
Buckeyes and Corncraek ers bestir themselves they
may wreath their brows with many honors by has
tsning in this direction. A weeks rapid marching
and efficient fighting would cut OFF the retreat OF
the rebels in cur rear and forever extinguish their
hopss Of the blue grass region Of Kentucky. In
deed he right way to protect the towns and cities
OF Ohio andl Kentucky is to push an army through
the lattsr State and on the line Of railroad be-
tween Memphis, Knoxville. and Richmond. Until
that Il done small armies in this region will always