The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-04
THE FOREIGN PRESS on THE WAR.

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A REVIEW OF rue SITUATION
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ne pfphiisss @9iS! Oh bo"u anu treasure tn:tt l.
cans't by tue American civil war isssaia attracting,
the aaehiteh OF ft'roi"ah tates'heii aha fhe ne
e'fs.Hs oi s".'e h'f"I''s sup III tue hfeeiioh ei
taed!"h oi p'a~tiu kihd is being urged upon
laem al Tue haa', VI hunan"S ana eisiazatta',,
France u, ne cteis' Is ;@h iasihs lhe lead III IDS
iaa'S'. We """s'elsi 20 "'i Columns t"e u.sys
s'"e. III e'iIeh, sefeie from IN, eSasnth'on"fi
on ,his si'hieet. THIS has been followed by mint
III "i"'aef stm."''ea paref' 10 tue eirci thtt !.
loihs proposal OF mediation oy france ;na fshsnt'
~ ''s Anfean quarrel might ee shortly eNptese':
~ sn""ta "eS, 'iis news WIN e,'Ssfhcha us'
w sr"pfosc = 'e'ii"N.
we are sure 'ast vac oou'heih uaSefhmeh',
"'. "'i '-'""s n's "ePiee.'e' .t,s'f''es, ana re-
Ao,'e" - arms 'h nc eeiioh VI us ihuepehaehce
cru "a tn' ''.io' u'io,''i ''eni ei 'o,'i'e s'ser
ei-a'y, Would most Wiiiii'gy accei,t shef an oitsr
- .siis 4So''' ao"seci uh'shlins II ihsut ulve
'eca " ',''eW VI ie!ierscr, even Nd inucu iss tue
Aptess'oh VI ai' op'ieoh ny aioreisn rover NJ "a
'' no' '."! - VI ronV5 '"'o iea"ss "
s"piiss'oh All :. te" ioii'i's ti fheh Whoih tney
look upon ~ Tues, .ies must snreiy DE 100 giad
10 una any opportunity oi nohofaoiy iet"ias from
,ie emDarf't'ssh8 position IN "iheh .h'y ho" ma
,heiis'''S' "t'' tnc s!".e'shs' o' SO many 'ilii
nous OF h.oh'y al III ehefPise which every diy
Shows 10 DC NOR IN noie hopsisss.
Inc uuer nieo'hPtao,i'y Vi ieehhs' ine ifecoi
eis;oie it'red' W" might say between Nor'a ana
So"'l Is oecoit'hS iofo apparent man ever ~ me
epiSodes "i inns cFuei "ir, winch b''is iar TO he
come sEoruy war Oh cStcriniiiatioh of Dota
saies Hieanwhiir' We cannot uiscofef that the
ihNiiaers are advancing "c step III tieir schtihe OF
.onqueat The Coniederate Generals ut Corinth
had no douni u'bc "iSeiy III touring rom he iihes
III the neiShborhooi oil the hilssissppi Large
Dodirs oi troops n. 'no oern Withura"h |" rem
force 'le army III NtSiii;' tIo army mas evacuated
Corinih ior a station called okolona' on The Mstile
ana ONO h.!ii"ay, "a hiies south OF Corihth.-
fiere they are nhSfu by sWahpS anu shallow
rivers; anu u Is uoiousi "hethef Tue enemy WIN
venture TO follow th'il III ~; events iii TINS season.
Aceordingto to the New YORK H1did No news OF
great interest need L- looked Tor from TINS quarter
Tor some time Forfi present All eyes are turned
TO the campaign iii Virginia ana The issue of the
struggle 1t Richmond
The sudden diVcgsi III oeeasioned by The vigorous
action of the Confederate army bel end tie Allie
ghany Mountains SEEMS likely TO effect q material
change III the coIauot of the civil war i'll Virginia.
Til. conception OF the Southern leaders &nod,
lis execution better. ii win be remembered that
Father more than year ago the Federal capital,
Whi, the secet'srS claim as tciongng of right TO
ihe Sruth was Threatened by the advance pf y
powerful Confederate :srnS, which occupied the
heights of Alexandria, on tia. opposite side of the
Potomac. Tie battle Of MaaaSsis seemed nj first
To have left Washington :tt the mercy Of the con
'ldefofs, bt't fe tO'i'rf'tea prnd"htiy abSiiined
from f,i lowing up thai victory by an avanct into
Maryland As So''n ~ they iii sufficiently strength
eded Washington, "a" FetorA!s began to make di-
versions IN the rear OF Their opponents III the shape
oi u sefss "i lnroies on III" exposed coast line ot
tue Caioiiiids iir Tue ti SiayS But still MeCici
i'n, with Il mighty most. Sit stui III front OF Wash
inGton M on Il sod!i, 1t appeared one day that
the Conieertt army tired t" waiting Ter hiIn had
cleared OIL Win h.t5 ini baggage 10 the country
between the i.'iin.'ll'oei. ana ftie capital oi fir-
& gnia
Perhaps The Confederate Generals supposed that
If they left Washington 'done, HE Federalism their
part w,a!d Keep their hands of Richmond But
Geei.i MeCitian, having been Totally inactive for
nIil' OF leu month, was OF ol'aion that ii was time
|" b'ttf himself ana take sp,:ln part ia the Hsr.-
Accordingly, hr stiippe'; g" large portion al lis
tpf.e tn t'' yie!aify oil Fortress Monroe, leaving
hcpo".ii, win 2 compensatory small amy TO
sa'td me; A1,Ppahi"forh ny me aii oi ihe gun
n''a o' ~. 1i'I '''l 'h 'fe.S' re iooati' 's's
way 'i"hs .ie .oi"."mh PYi.iiiS"ii' !ii' Coh!"dtf
M a'r army army 'e'!e'.'ns ps'o'e NM ,i II haa passed
"a .,'e ~iiS-', ~. "nTi - h's' ~ s'ih, tliiief
t''. "'i' " '''' No"' II 70 e'''f 'iit 'iiis
1ii''! 4! 'ls f'esaft; very e'rsi,, 80
'hi'' W: io'h- "'1 i, i'"ao''sfi 'a ait Git,hi,
tHe "Posns t'l,er.li5 iitre we shonii say that the
ii,, 90 i'thiii''i' W.. "AE'i. IN 'ir o;tance.
me itilci h'',i cioSsP :tt i'ottoin bridge ana
AZ view hfiaht, puL ih'traa "' attichhs the town
from the ante:!si, as these movements seemed to
Indicate hr seems to have been moving towards
the north Tor We hear ot his al Siii'e'i GUARD ing
c.spi srrd station uh the Rieicnd and Freiiericks
burg Railway, and al the army being now within
r;iiea are still sad ioontnninbcr their sstl w. ana
,'c besegers talk q; going into trenches anu wait
iiiT ioF Iiie arrival Oh batteries oi iffo'i guns.
But il Richmond, after ALL is to be- attacked froin
the north, why Ii may be asked, did McCt"llan go
ont of his way 10 approach ii hy way Of I"ri>;own.
II - as il NATIVE OF Bath or Bristol, by way oi GO
ing u ioion, Should Journey by sea t" teycr, and
thence work his way aions The line OF the South
eastern Railway. 1t mag ne SAID that the southern
side pf Riclsnond vas uEg'Eirded, Johnston and
Lee being then to ihe north OF ii.
These Generals were too lhfk for the assailanf.
by the time he had taken Yorktown lie found them
posted between him and Richmond. 1t may he ar
gued also, that by this line ot strategy the Confe
crates have been en' :ii iron their basis OF opera
fions ut Yorktown and Norfolk bui it was not tiio
army, 1t was the iiect that took these places. And
the communications OF Richmond with the south
by Petersburg, and with the west by Lynchbnrg,
afe still "iai "esnppose that Lon some re:tsJn or
Other Met .ehn was b;nl,eti IN his a'tanp; ts take
the place IRON The sulith On thai side the town il
naturally defended, partly y swamp and jungle.
partly by hills, which are susceptible Of being
strongly fortified. Accordingly he is moving to-
wards the north wiel the view, no doubt of effect
ina Il junction with Mcdowell ON the fredereks
n,''s iiim -, S 70 oa,n"i,tntr IN ti nes' i;.t ii
ri i 49, r ~, ia", 'n su'"ii, nes
Ina,,ninn ,ai ~, Va tA' '"'o 'i'''' VI tue oi
Thn. Car N. p.ocr..s of aI.r,,,., w. co.
.l.,rlv h. in,nort.nI n ,,ust Ina =, th c,.t ~
nrayen. lis inn,.ion with McDnw.ll W.. ,h;nn
we nav cav thlt his ra;,,f,rr,.r,n. or ,h FL
army has benn eifcc,uallv ur,ycnicd for IN. n,.
sgnt SO that If i.a,,rcg-:rd lo,iI.s IA bo,d I.icb
. ,oanJ la ,,;u III. allie tn 4, :, for some ti,na ~
en-.
pofnra t,, arrival of tho lost ,na;1 M o,,a be-a
baJ cyer oz,,del n ,gr,ess as to the yav IN ,,hicb
a. necessary Iiyersion could be- efi;-cted INV
tiat If has been done ii strikes us like a new ;d.a
ha confder,tes I,:,y,. ONCE ,,or mt w s,n gt am
IN danger Wleii 4 rev mouths IN ~ = since, tu.y cstScd
,,ond; were they once ,nore advancing towards it.
he would wish himself anywhere rather than be-
hind the CEiek:,hoiany.
The Federass IN Virginia form long line, OF