The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-06-24


midst We're the object for which the taxes
oppressed by the burden. AS 1t is, but few
will be found mean enough to grudge furnish
ing their mite towards the support Of the CO.
yernmsnt and the punishment of traitors.
Hot Work at Charieston-The Great Cam
paign in yisGinia-Kebcl Views Of
Rebel Blunders i'm the West.
From the brief account which we publish
this morning from rebel sources of tho san
culinary battle on Monday last on James
Island, within four miles Of Charleston, we
have every reason to believe that it resulted in
substantial Union victory, and that the
apprehensions Of the Charleston Mercury in
reference to the rebel army on the island and
the safety of the city were well founded.
With the island in our possession, our land
forces can be advanced within easy Smelling
distance of the city across the Ashley river, and
five or six miles above Sumter, Moultrie and
their supporting forts and batteries Our gun.
boats and land forces, in working their way
through the Instructions in the channel and
the shore batteries Of tho Stone Inlet, have
turned all those solid formidable Notifications
of the broad seaway to Charleston, just as
feet of hostile gunboats would turn our
heavy forts at the Narrows by going around
Staten Island. We expect. therefore, soon to
hear Of the capitulation Of Charleston, and in
season to cut off the retreat of the rebel
army from Richmond in that direction, should
it escape from the beleaguering army Of Gen.
Mcclellan. Whatever may be the main OBJ
ject Of the government in this active move
ment against Charleston, simultaneously with
tie advance upon Richmond, its effect will be
to cut off the retreat of JEFF. Davis and bis fol-
lowers by the seaboard, and to push them into
the interior and among tho elevated regions
Of North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama,
where our Northern troops may prosecute the
active work of summer campaign without the
slightest fear Of the pestilential summer exha-
lations of our Southern seacoast section. In
this view the Importance Of the timely capture
Of Charleston can hardly be overestimated.
On the other hand, 10 transcsndantly import
ant do we regard tho decisive Investment Of
Richmond, that we believe complete success
to our army in that quarter will put an end to
this war
From the centre all round TO the sea-
and that with the fall of Richmond, Charles
ton, If not sooner taken, and Savannah and
Mobile, aud every other remaining place of
any consequence, menaced by our land or
naval forces, will come by default into our
possession. This supreme importance Of
Richmond is in every way confessed
by the rebels themselves. They are weakening
their extremities on every side to strengthen
this great vital central point. Beauregard, for
instance, may have been called to Richmond to
explain his evacuation of Corinth; but that he
has been also summoned there with some
portions of his Corinth army, to assist in the
defence Of the rebel capital, we have no doubt.
Excepting yicksburg, the rebels appear to have
abandoned 81 surrendered The defence Of the
Mississippi valley for the desperate enterprise
Of maintaining their foothold In Virginia.
Strange rumors TO this end arc siloat--such Ga
this: that another reinforcement Of jackson il
going on, sufficient to enable him to sweep out
again all distractions from tho Shenandoah
valley, and TO cross the Potomac this time, and
descend, like an avalanche, upon Washington,
through Maryland.
We must say, however, that since the late re-
pulse Of General Banks, and the stirring events
which have followed his return TO Winchester,
we cannot apprehsnd for moment that lie
War Department will again be caught mapping
ia reference to the Shenandoah valley. We
have men enough to supply any requisition in
that quarter, and men enough, ct the same
time, 20 meet all the demands Of General
Mcclellan; and we dare say that the War Office
IL 80 industriously reinforcing our army in
front Of Richmond and In the rear of Washing
ton a. to leave no ground for spprehending
another disaster In our front or rear 10 the end
Of this grand Virgins campaign.
Meantime ii appears that the Macon (Ca.)
Beacon has discovered that JEFF. Davis and HE
Congress have made some terrible blunders in
the Northwest-thes they have lost the Missis-
sippi river by shutting IL up against the North
west, when they should have declared II free
finland sea- according TO Tho idea of Mr.. Cal
houn; tlat tho rcbsllious South, in adopting
this idea and absolute free trade, would have
secured the support Of our Northwestern States
against the New England Yankees their high
protective tariffs and their abolition nbonna-
sions; and that il is only by adopting these
principles Of see Mississippi, free trade &c,
that tho South can ever secure hor indcpen-
dence.
II cannot be denied that there 10 something
like philosophy in these views; and in the re-
markable difference which this Georgia editor
points out between tho conservative ideas
Of the people Of the Northwes. aud the
violent abolition excesscs Of our New England
States on the slavery question the intelligent
reader can appreciate the wisdom aud patriot
ism which have dictated the conservative policy
OF President Lincoln. a Northwestern man
himself, he understands fully the popular senti-
rent Of that section. and no other policy but