The New York herald., 1862-12-08

nsve nos only ene valuable experience OF Ne
Clellan to guide them, but some very important
practical advantages resulting from his penin
sular campaign, including the possession Of
Yorktown and its fortiAcations, and the COM
mand OF the river on each side of the penin-
sula- Itwas recently said by . Washington
contemporary that the army on the Rappahan-
mock would win Richmond, but that the army
of the James would occupy the city. How
ever this may be, the means for the end in
view appear to be ample and admirably be-
slowed; and, therefore, within few weeks we
may anticipate the occupation of the rebel :.
capital blythe Union forces assigned to the
task.
With the fall of Richmond, involving the de-
feat and Generalization Of the main army or
JEFF. Davis the rebellion in the East will be
substantially suppressed; for we shall have
gained the one thing wanted to put an end to
all Southern dreams Of European intervention,
and oil hopes Of the ultimate redemption Of
Confederate scrip. If fifty dollars Of that scrip
are now required to pay for good pair Of
boots In Richmond, Ave hundred dollars in
Memminger's treasury notes will hardly get
iederate' rebel capital in possession Of the
Union army.
Thus much for the prospects Of the grand
Union winter campaign now afoot in the East.
Meantime in the West, whore the rebellion has
already been thrown OF Its feet. a system Of
military combinations is in motion calculated
! to sweep off the remnants of the rebel armies in
| that quarter to the Gulf Of Mexico. The gun
boat dotilla OF Admiral Porter, with the CO.
operating army of General McCiernand. VIII
move down the Mississippi river together:
| while inland, through the State OF the
same name, and Alabama, following ny the
| rebel forces of Bragg, Pemberton and others,
| the powerful and victorious armies Of Rose
Grams and Grant will advance. Simultaneously
therefore, or soon after the overthrow of the
| great rebel army Of the East and the capture
Of Richmond, we may expect to hear Of the
rout and dispersion of the last remaining rebel
armies Of the West of any moment, and the
capture Of vicksburg and Mobile. With these
grand results achieved East and West, the con
quest Of the remaining strongholds Of the re-
bellion will be so easy that excepting Charles
ton, we may expect them to fall without serious
resistance.
Such are the general designs and movements
| of the present winter campaign, and such are
the great results expected. We may say, too,
that it, with million Of the finest and best
armed troops in the world, and with CO.
! operating navy sufficient to demolish that Of
Great Britain, we cannot within the next three
or four months put down the armed forces Of
! this rebellion, We may then In reality prepare
| for European Intervention II can only be,
however, through succession of the most
stupid blunders and unforeseen disasters that
the Union forces and combinations Of this
grand and overwhelming campaign can posi-
bly, fail. But tho dearly bought expe-
rience of the last eighteen months has not
been obtained without those compensating
advantages which teach the way to success;
| and so, with the men and the means at his
command and the way clearly indicated, and
with the numerous tubs thrown out to amuse
the abolition whale President Lincoln as the
head of the army and navy, may surely count
upon complete success East and West
AID TO THE LANCASHIRE OPERATrvEs.-The
recent meetings held in this city, for the pur-
I pose Of furnishing food to the suffering poor Of
| England, presents one Of the most remarkable
spsctacles known to the history of the world.
| The first public demonstration in that direction
was made by the Chamber Of Commerce on
Wednesday last, and is thus far confined to this
city. Yet in the short period of four days
| the large sum of seventy-fve thousand dollars,
| including money, provisions and vessel to
| transport them, has been subscribed by our
citizens. This in reality, is only the first step
| in the generosity of New York and the North.
Thousands upon thousands will yet be given in
this city. The ball that has been so successfully
put in motion here will soon be taken up by all
the other large cities Of the North, while the
West with oversowing granaries, as soon as
| their attention is drawn to the subject. will
emulate New York, and literally give out Of
their abundance of food to stay the suferings
| Of the laboring classes Of England. The money
subscribed in the East will send the food dona-
tod ia the West forward and transport it to the
very doors Of the suffering and starving people
across the Atlantic.
The extent Of this movement is likely to
throw into the background the events of the
"Irish famine and presents feature Of gene
rosity in the American public without parallel.
II will also prove to England that we can not
only carry on the most extensive war known in
the history Of nations, but that we can at the
same time feed her laboring class, which has
been brought TO iamisbed condition by virtue
of the assistance that her aristocracy has given
to the rebellion. thus proloDging the war. Our
people are in fact adopting with England the
Christian mode OF warfare. That nation has
been rendering the rebellious States all the
been built in her docks and let loose to prey