The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-08-04

paign. In any event, 50 ~ lighting Ia con-
csrned, the present csmpaisn = come to an end
Under the broillng sun Of feina troops can
only lie down and die win n be permitted to
do so? Let IA hope that the h4 4Neornbs whish have
been offered TO the gun and tnEesorsl may be the
means Of saving from farnne nd peatilence those
who survive. Let the war be 4eM ended, aud hun-
dreds OF Thousands Of hals a hearty men may
once more return to those pea< ul avoeations from
which, In an unlucky hour. TIL we're called. But
let the demon Of Giscord st re nlet these armies
Of occupation remain at their posts, and the havoc
of Richmond will be nothinGcoHpared with that
which will follow In the traink0f that scourge Of
camps-disaaae. Had the Federal army succeeded
in taking Richmond then. indssH, the prospect Of
termination to the mr. would h6ve been distant -
With Kentucky and eonsidefahle-part Of Teunes-
see recovered from the Southern Confederacy-
with New Orleans In their possesson, and the
greater portion of the Mlssssip11 At their command,
l. would have only needed the capture Of the
Confederate capital to have tnabled those who
guide American affnrs TO boast that tho rebellion
was In a fair way If being cruaaed. Not that the
South would have been nearer snkjugatton, bnt that
a large extent OF territory, with the two most im-
portant cities in the Southern C0nfederacy, could
he shown the prizes Of the campaign Assuming
the possibility Of c0nQueriDg the Souh then the
Federal Government might hAys been enabled to
point with little complaeeney uhongh certainly
moi mueh) TO the progress wfkb had boon made.
sshsaouA 3nsvsssf. 1tWIil be Impossible
for the President and his Cebuet to eajoie even
those who most willing to be deceived into the
belief that the slightest advance has been made in
a work which has already cost close On sG200OOO, :,
600
To confess that although but one hundred and
fifty miles from Washington. Richmond stall stands
intact is to confess the most utter pos rlessness to
reduce to subsection Confederacy whose land
frontier alone extends m:ly hundreds Of miles
To confoss inability 10 conquer the neighboring
State Of Virginia is by implication to admit slm
lar inability to effect the conquest Of series of
Stafp In n he tn adm al tai
the lapse of more than twelve months and with an
army Of almost incredible magnitude, IL has been
found impossible to advance more than twenty miles
from the sea coast, is to confess that space Of
time, and with no armies which even the Federal
States can bring into the field, the vast area of
the Southern Confederacy be oyerrun much less its
people be reduced to subjection.
THE LONDON TIMES en- FEDERAL LYING.
The London Times, of the 18th nit, is quite
startled at the amount of lying done by the FEEDER
als "a: iirs about the weeks battles before Ricl
mond. 1t feels itself 'obiged to withdraw all con,
dence in the veracity of the highest officers in the
Federal service" 1t laushs at Mcclellan ''bayo.
net charges paper: :'
Gradually. also, the facts OF General Mcclellan s
great strategic victories will Ooze out and gradu.
ally the facts OF that victory of the 9Th are now
0o1fhg Out-for the american Government
cannot destroy truth forever and must be content
with the advantages they can gain by putting out
a nrSt false impression. Somebody used TO say
that lie sd done its work if it could live for forty
eight hours. In this instance the fa!sehOod has
died Very gentle death. On the % of July, then,
Gen. NcCieian was telegraphed by the Ameri-
can Government TO have stated tha, he had lost
but gun and one wagon, and even this adms-
sion was eased oil by a false report put
about that General "Stouewal" Jackson had
been killed before Richmond Just, however,
to prepare the way for the future, 1t was
admitte ed that the Federal army Had retrcated II
~ Irly nI1 c.o is sid ilra.
peated, and it is re asserted with obstinate peTsis
tency that The Federal forces were not beaten in
any conflict" 1t is, however this date admitted,
fact which it impos =ible any longer to con
ceal that Genera! McCelian's division was at first
overwhelmed, and that twenty-five pieces Of arti,.
iery fell into the hands OF the Confederaies Two
days later a little more is permitted to creep
into publicity in New York, and the newspapers
are allowed to say Il Southern version OF the
Richmond battles, that the Confederates had cap.
tured II 600 prisoners, had got possession OF all
McCleans siege guns, and had taken from him
supplies sufficient to last the Confederate srmy
three months. Ii compare this last report with
thc rst, we probably the fnil effect of the of
fetal coloring.
THIS is 4 good example Of the way in which a
great desaat may be cIeverly teaee down. and the
,,.in3s so gently broken as not to shock an iInpa
tlens people. 1t is plain now to the meanes
comprehension that Mcclellan was so thoroughly
beaten on the 9th, with loss OF guns and baggage
that be would have been driven into the river if hi
gunboats had not been there 10 protect him The
Government succeeded in fals,fying this fact for
short time aud by doing hoislsd the stupid pop
uiace over tiis difficulty into another fools para
disc. But it is only with the of the .lantit
cities these tricks can now avail They could no
avert the panic Of the New York Stock Exchange
! or stay the shploads OF dollars which took, Ugh
for Europe. delay the departure Of the Orieanis
Princes. dfsettiug no longer victorious cause, o.
prevent the people who are running together Il
make demonstrations against the means By which
the Is conducted, cheek the increasing senti
ment tia; there is neither piunder nor glory to b.
obtained by the invading army in the Federal ser
vice, and That all who go South are doomed to mel
away through pestieIce, to fall by the sw ord -
Even III America--credulou and simple we may
there seem 10 be when we say so-truth and honest,
would, we believe be the best policy. 1t is comin
rapidly 10 this, that the greater the victory All
nouUced The more terrible will be the defeat be
liaved In; and The President and his War Ministe
may succeed az last in mystifyng the American
public, that il they really should gain great vic
tory, the announcement OF it will put New Yorl
luto mourning, aud ruin all the spectators for ris
in Government stocks
MOCKERY OF ENGLISH DISTRESS.
| From the London Times. 18th
1t is to be feared that the general anticipation
! "a very early prologatiOn will not be realized. Th
members OF the House Of Commons who locke
! upon this holiday session, and some OF whom
| had fixed the already past 10th day of July tn
last day Of their labors, will probably have to pu
/ off their more pleasant engagements and prepar
! for strain of severe and disaSree;ble work. W,
must share the penalty of the madness of that In
! sensate people across the Atlantic. Like monkey
/ grinning and chattecnG at mischief done in tn
| mere instinct of wantonness, the American peop
| have been triumpaing in the distress thsy Ia "
beer able to cause in our cotton districts. and thei
/ press gains popularity by depating starvation il
| Lancashire. Thank Heaven, the lowest class pub
| locations in England would never dare to attemp
! to emulate such success here by retaiiatng ey
/ pressions OF exulta,iOn over the fever strckel
/ oba . thn AYnay urt,tias hu1-.
| readers in this country for such demoniac expres
/ spns OF Joy over human misery. We believe tha
we best retain the spirit of our common ancestor
when continue to look with pity across the A
! iantic aud with an ardent desire 10 terminf
1 ton of the d. solai ion which now RACES II, how
! ever it be pleasure 10 them to know it, we Wi
not seek to disguise the fact that they have cause
! us great national evil Thousands of industriou
! English families are at this moment hard pushed b.
| want, because a nation we have been true TO ou
sense of right, and would not so in our streng.
and take the cotton which their feeble cruisers kee
/ blockaded. For the same reason, and in cons,
queuce of the strict adherence to thaS rule of lgh
! more thousands are falling monthly out of emplo,
( and there is q dreary winter coming on. If it be
delight to New York and Boston, and Washingto
to know this, be their joy complete, for 1t is lac
Our House Of Commons before it separates has t
make what provision can be ma le for sh;s evil fl
ture that comes striding on.
DEMAND FOR INTERVENTION
From the London Herald
The subiugation of the Confedera,es is quite Ou
/ of The question j. not this at length the desire
occasion for recognizing the claims Of the South
ern States for independence. The present momel
or never, Earl Russell Ths tide is rolling by
/ You are playing with the sfraws on the surfac,
while the vast raft on which the salvation of bot
hemispkeres OF the globe mainly depends, is drift
ing fs,st to all engulhng, irreparable ocean Fo
If nobody will interpose, this detestable strife
still likely To continue. The summons for 300, 90
more men does not look like the end The Conget