Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-06-12
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Memphis and jackson papers, of the ad
vance of jackson sarmy up the Shenandoah
and the defeat and capture Of a part OF
Banks army. We did not suppose from
the manner in which these papers spoke Of
the affair that it was likely to GAUGE any
particular stir or surprise either in the army
or at home, and you can judge Of our as
constituent this morning when we received
the st. Louis and Cincinnati papers of the
9th, containing the evidence OF the much
ado about nothing" that is filling the minds
Of the people at home, and the grandilo-
quent an magnifcenty patriotic 70 lama
tions from the Governors Of the several
States, calling upon the patriotic people to
fly to the rescue of their Capitol, all indica-
ting the existence among the people Of
nervous anxiety for the welfare of that
Capitol, scarcely equaled by that which
followed the Bull Run panic.
There may have been some cause for
alarm, but we out here in The prescncc OF
a running army Of 10000 rebels, retreat
ing in various directions, cannot see any
thing in the advance of fifteen or eighteen
thousand men up the almost undefended
valley of the Shenandoah, who were on
more than one occasion during their ad-
vance held in check and almost repulscd
by a part of the gallant Knapp's battery, to
cause such panic among President, Cab
met, Governors congressman, Legislators,
citizens, women and children.
We regard this apparently bold move
ment of the enemy, taken in connection
with tho evacuation Of the almost improg
nable position of Corinth by $50. 900 select
troops of Beauregard's army, and its de-
moralizcd and broken condition, as the
'spasmodic effort Of the dying ass And
expect in few days, unless the granny
fears that appear to have taken hold Of
the powers that he, shall noaLen the forces
that hare been designed for The accomplish
ment Of these results, to hear Of the capture
Of Memphis, Mobile, Savannah, Charleston
and tho Capitol of the Southern Confeder-
acy, and not only the defeat of the object Of
Jackson and Co., but of its capture ehtire,
before it shall be able again to join or be
joined by the Southern army.
If the Bull Run panic occurring at q
time when the enemy was superior to us in
numbers, equipments, and discipline, pro
duced such severe structures, and 30 much
not altogether unjust ridicule from foreign
writer's and Governments, what can We ex-
pect from them, after this manifestation oI
fear at the approach of handful of mer
toward our Capitol, at time when We are
trying to make the world believe, as well a.
ourselves, that by our superior prowess the
enemy was about driven to the wall. And
what must we think Of our own boastinp
and braggadocia about our superior bravery
and power, when such trivial occurrence
shall throw almost into Mysteries the whole
population Of the North.
We can afford to bear, however, the hu
initiation that must follow this scnseless ex.
hibition of fear, it, as indicated by tho up,
rising Of the people and the disposition
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No o CLOCK on the evening OF the s0th,
marched until ~ p ~, crossed the Mem
phis and Charleston Railroad, passed over