New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-05-28

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blow, which will clear Tennessee and Kentucky o.
the invaders who have temporarily occupiedportiont
of the former State and early the whole OF the lat
ter victory at Corinth, properly followed mp, %
it doubtless will be, will open the way for the re-
covery of all that have lost in the Valley OF tbs
Mirsissppi and Also we trust, for march across
the ono. We have Generals in the West who can
be relied on for vigorous and eecual execution OF
tie movements necessary to accomplish the grand
results which will secure the expulsion of the Union
forces from the Confederate territory south OF the
Ohio and Missouri rivers, which has been overrun
by them. In this prospective view of affairs in that
important quarter we find everything TO cheer us
with the confident expectation that the Western
campaign will close brilliantly.
In Virginia, by eyacuating Manassas, Yorktown,
and Norfolk, we have concentrated army vi Rich
mond sufficiently powerful to assa the enemy, and
then drive him from our soil and follow him upon
has. Tie discontinue of his gunboats at Drury's
Bluff and the Spartan spirit displayed by the Con-
federate and State Generals in the publicly
determination to defend the Capital at all hazards
and mover TO surrender it, presage the harpest re-
suits. What if some of our coast towns and many
o. our interior counties in possession OF the in
vaders Xerxes at one time had all Attica in his
possession, ercept he lite Island Of S0iamis, TO
which the Athenians retreated, after evacuating
their beautiful city, and here they resolved to make
inal and desperate stand, knowing that one defeat
OF the Persians in pitched battle would be their
blow, recover every inch Of their territory. So 1t
VIII be IN the present case.
by drawing the war in Virginia 10 a focus, and by
compelling the Unionsts TO fight great battle ct or
in the vicinity Of Richmond, which will decide the
fate of their grand army, our Government has fol-
lowec, in effect, the strategy of the Athenan Cen
eral, Themistocles; and our brave commander and
ermy have only 10 fight only the Greeks did at
Saamis TO achieve "a similar success, and leap the
fruits OF II. However much we may have regretted
81. - II IL
its NavyYard, together with the peerless Merrmac,
we are consoled with the thought that victory ut
Richmond will be far more than an equivalent for
their sacrifices. We have dlsembsrrassed ourselves
OF tho scattered deienses which 80 long divided and
weakened our forces, and now we are in a con-
dition 10 present q front to the foe at the
threatened point which assures him, to his deep
modification, Of an infinitely more dan
gerous and terrible encounter that he has yet
dreamed Il. lie has already quailed under the new
and more formidable preparations for hls reception
which have been made, and are still making, in and
around Richmond. Drury's Bluff has given him a
preliminary taste Of the castgatlon which is in re-
serve for him. His boosted gunboats have been
Taught lesson which will make them exceedingly
careful how they again get within range of the ele
waited ind well-seryed batteries which played such
havoc with them in their first attempt to pass them
Mcclellan, with his famous army, now finds gen.
era battle considerably different sort OF affair from
what he deemed it when he first started up the Pc
ninsn!a. lie has now 10 meet IN single sharp and
decisive conflict q compact Confederate force fully
competent to crush him in Manassas style. a Ggh
| rW him is Uhdt Mfy rant, and we should suppose
that fight with them was all that he wanted, for
surely when be BEGAN bis march upon Richmond, he
must have intended and expectedto engage our army
iust as lie could get il within range OF his
guns.
The war il TO lie terminated only by fighting.
"To this complexion il hes come at last" Not only
mus, there be fghfHg, but the hGrdest kind 81 tght
mr. and we hope thai our Generals, after waiting
reasonable time for Mcclellan and lialleck 10 Lead
an attack will attack them at all points, and IN the
most vigorous manner and that when they begin
this game they viii keep on with 1t. We are not at
all afraid Of our troops when fighting Is the order
of the day. II Is only when they are cooped up in
camps and langhshng in inaeton that they cease 10
lie terror 10 the enemy. we are sieh ana 'iIee oi
.ade. and shovels Of marching mp the hill and then
marching down again, OF intrenched camps, and all
The parauhcInaa Of academic wariare-iee must
| fgif. Yea, as Patrick Henry exclaimed on me'n-
orabIe occasion, " twe) REPEAT II, WE MUST
FIGHT" ii the enemy Wont IN manly way give
us battle. we must give i. TO hin
| The Exprcn blows mp " various parties for re-
fusing to receive postage stamps in change, but
eager to spend the supplies they bad on hand;" and
denounces "these attempts TO bring Confederate
iisues into disrepute as reprebensble and "evi-
dence OF d.6loyalty.'
The ErpIe" learns that Norfolk is now occupied
! bv the Yankees in large force" and that their
rekes extend six miles beyond the place, g aud the
maraudiug parties extend miles in every. direction,
stealing eggs, poultry, pigs, and every thing eie OF
value Several prominent citizens have been arrest
ed and thrown into jail for the simple cause that
thev are known TO he loyal to the Southern Conied-
eracy. Mr.. Benjamin Smith Of Suffolk has been
confined beeause lie spoke authontailvely TO bis ser
want; aud others have been similarly treated"
"Tbis ia but the beginning" saws The Erpress,
&" Of the evils which necessarily follow the ineXcusa-
BE evacuation oil Norfolk and the objectionable
destruction of the Merrimac."
MOBILE TO he OFFENDED.
Tie Mobile EIpress is pleased to learn " that
Mobile CITY, Savannah and Richmond, are TO lie
defended 10 the laet extremity against tie Union
army. Gen. John I. Forney has publicly declared
such % be bis purpose, and the Mayor, Aldermen
and Conn on Council have resolved to second hIm III
any way they cam
THE LOSS or THE MERRINAC
From The Memphis Arga'
But WHY in tie name OF all that IL Infamous, was
the Meriiuacthe pride Of the South and the terror
oil tie North and the wonder and admiration OF ,he
world-destroyed a Craney Island, when, II nothing
more she could have run up either the James or
York River, and waited the approach Of the Union
Quuboats II is certainly strange that this vessel
| inperyions 10 shot and she'll was sacrificed by her
commander, without having her brought within
range Of IN enemys glnboat or man-of-war. Ter
OF its present insxphcabiliiy, but lust now ne
destructiou Of the Meuimae looks like u terrible
blunder.
GEN. JACKsON's MOVEMENTS.
TIE Richmond Dispatch expects to receive stirring
news from the Valley, where Genf. jackson ana
Ewo command before the expiration Of another
week.
| IIe ErDyess learns that sinee Norfolk has fallen
into the hands Of the " Yankees" prices for most
articles have materially declined, and does not
Doubt that that unfortunate city viii soon be over
nun by tho tradesmen and traffic of the North pu'
hopes that the citizens "wil refuge oil association
and dealings with the Yankees IL,
Tie Mobile Register Of the Goth has dispatch
from PAS Marshall lIiississppi River, dated Tue
Iab. which save: "1he Union gunboat Creole al