The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-08-17
Opinion OF the London Times.

II rom inc tDhIDn IlN1t July 3D.
All the authorizations most unlvorabIe D. The federal
cause are realized hy which asrvcs from
America The North has begun 70 show that exhaustion
which hrewd observers predicted The Consequence Of
its immense eyertiors. II had giants strength: but
this strength II has ovcrasked II has undertaken
To do in "a tvcleemonth what nation with d0itbc its
population and wealth might shrink irca attempting,
though u had years 81 leisure before ~ Every
whe, We Ind proof that the North has STRAINED ,seis
10y excessive efforts, aud stands Weakened lie.
feated and slmost parayzed, while the nrst fruits
cf It's exertions are likely 10 DC wrestcd frcm i.
The confused mass or ncws which publish this
morning tells Uniform story. An embarrassed
government, ranicsticken exchange, disappointed
aud bewilJered people gcucrnls who have lost their
heads armies which feel themselves moving spellbound
destruction such the federal povN Ia The face o.
the reused population Of the southern Staes The var
appears 10 be asng entirely into the hands o the Con
eorates IN spite If i,es O. haze srcitef
ne 'over Of Eag and justified al tie bcastins Of the
North. the cderais are checked at every point, and
ayo%edy for want OF men. The defeat oi Mcclellan,
there DC little doubt, cost hs army Ear than
has ever been admitted Though nothing can he icss
worthy of reliance than military estimates We may a.
Las di.ef readers G.1, Ion b. he seech II M Ctd
Nr ~ N, Ssrs This gcnenan dee sr,s that Mccloiian
Ind received from nrst to last i5s 600 before
tho battles Of June and thai his loss Is TO 10 resk
oued oy tens Of thousands. After mailing allowance
for Western exssgsratiou, we may coucEde that the
federal army has suffered 80 severely IN the Nirs
Man Campaign 70 DO incapable for the present OF
any further efforts aud this helief is justified both
by The prescott sIasmcdc attempts TO raise new TROOPS
and he address &c General Lee % the c1nsdarate ~
which he states that uc less than OFT three pieces az
t-ry we're lksnthus showing that the retreat OF The
feieiais much rort AS any that has taken Place
IA The Ems Tie hest quite 10 sound judgment
the effect tho late battles 10 lie found il The sudden
revival and extension 81 the strugEe. when VIC recol
lss hat all 10 with the permission OF the
Northern government ana that this eoycrr,nent hla
mover serupsd TO ssiCrt suppress anything unavoS
abls Itself IL is impossible not 10 feel convinced that
raost important events passing 10 Tennessee and Ken
tuchy We have been for some tine prepared ~ hear
that 4bosa tnese States scnesa ssing had asen place
Kentucky, hesiiating and alarmed allowed itself to nc
ssss 1 % y 1 saS ' Sas q nep bs from ss
KEPT down by military force ~ the mean
tims soee@icnist principles have been making
ra,jd progress and t,sre Is now probably
no State where stronger determination 10 throw of tho
YOKE 0, the North Is cbe found. Though Union pagl.
cpce u Confederate victories and fcer ccnscaon bills.
Ar to Tennessee the hatred Of tht people 10 the invaders
be exaggerated, and ~ Low po longer deuicd by
now begun which win call FOR all tho strength of the
.dcrais aud lve them 'ut few mcn 70 transfer 10 the
banks u the the valley # the Shenandoah In
the Language 81 ihe tecsrnphc summary The West Is
Oyorrun with grcrlas." Tbs term IL applied 70 The
Concderates because they originally their appear
anto in sna bande, intorcepnns communications and
burning cotton but Il probably does give just
| idea Il ihlr warfare. Tie bodies Of ulen who are
assuming til" oncf six. " lcnu.asce and kentuckF
| are something very different from guerias.
All Is 90 dark IL that remote region that cannot
/ estimate the numbers follow the operati ons or
I divide The objects Of The Confederate leaders but
h plain that they strong enough H. make the posi-
lion IL the Norhcrn sorys u occupation very unsafe
From Tennessee hear little except report that the
Confederacs Ind evacuated Murfroe-bofo' but FL kon
lucky oet fierce CONTEXT u being carried IN the very
ambition Of the Coneteracs could hopo for. The Ohio
No between tie states OF Kentucky and indiana
the scene OF On aggressive the part of The
Confedsracs Tho kentucky secessicniss, not content
with attacking the enemy On their ground, have
crossed the river aud asen possession If points lcje
raj soil, with the object apparently OF impeding navi-
CATION, aud thus nterrutng the communications with
The federal srny At the South In the the state
they have captured Henderson, in Kentucky the termi
nus OF railroad leading from the OHIO 20 Nashville
Crossing the river they have taken Ncwbure indiana
| place which they probably think Of Importance as
commanding the navigation But II 10 in the region
between Louisville and CinciMati that the sscessionist
nsurrecton chiefly ragcs. Frankfort the capital Of tho
state VI Kentucky, the centre Of what IL evidently
most important military movement The details we do
not pretend TO understand but Cynthiana which
ported 10 have bean taken by the Cenfederates some
thirty miles northeast ~ Frankfurt Lexington which
s also In their power, Ii about twenty miles south
eastern direction, and may conclude that n IL from
Of these places that they were sdynscing against
Louisville. II this city and Frankfort fan into their
hands, quite possible that the secsssionists will be
powerful enough 70 carry Kentucky Of tho Union BY
formal vote Though tho state has never seeded, II
cannot be doubted That fhc large majority OF the
people eager 10 join the Dew and thai
present sudden fnovcmei directed 10 This end. The
gain " the South o th< great state rich aud almost
popuous 40 virginia. s Of such immense importan that
we may be sure every effort viii be made 10 detacb IL
from the Nort II will be long before know the facts
OF this extraordinary rising; but>enough s known 10
convince Us that the hold of the North this part OF the
country Is sely 70 he oosoned and the OF
last sprgncutsized In the meantime what the