Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-08-15
THE PENINSULA BEING EVACUATED.

THE PENINSULA BEING EVACUATED.
The Baltimore American referri ng to the dis
patch to the New York TribHns relative to the
withdrawal OF General McCIellan's army from
the Peninsula, says:
1--WE have known of this movement Of the
Army Of the Potomac for the last two days, but
supposed II TO be a mater Of which the Govern.
allowed to be teegraphed, we presume secrecy
10 no longer desired. A private note from For.
tress Monroe, dated Yesterday, says:
"fhe army Is now moving away from Harri.
place will be cleared. They are coming down
over the Chlckshominy, learn, to yorktown, by
land. The artillery has been shipped by water
The Pentoon bridges went up to bridge the
river, night before last"
Gen. McClellan's army Is engaged in a very
Important movement, the preliminary arrange
mens for which have been completed with such
secrecy and promptness that its success Is con-
sidered fully assured. The precise nature of the
movement or the destination of tie army 10 would
not be proper TO dvulge, but IL Is asserted that
involves the removal Of the army from its present
location, and that this removal Is already In &C
tive progress. A letter from 4 naval oficer at
tached to the James river dotilla says ssthai
events there are unmistakably at hand, and that
try may expect 10 receive intelligence Of most
important and momentous character. move
ment Is Immediately to take place, which, In the
opinion Of the writer, has been well arrana cd
-,
will, II carried out az designed result In victory
which will erase from the minds OF the people
all the failures and defects Of the past"
rom the Correspondent Of the N. Y. Tribune
FORTRESS monroe, Aug. 12.-For 4 week past
IL has been well understood here that the Army
Of the Potomac was on the eve Of an important
movement; though conce rning Its real character
there was nothing beyond conjecture The num-
thing, and that 10 that Gen. Mcclellan has come
to the conclusion that with reference to the new
base, the things most 10 be desired, and vet thu
most dirdcnlt TO do, was 70 get away from It,
and that he was going TO act accordingly. That
precisely this he 10 with great caution now doing
Is believed to be the fact; and there Is no longeI
| any motive for Disgusting It from the public
For the last forty hours transports, loaded
river, and without stopping here, have gone di
rectly up the bay 20 of the rivers leading into
Virginia. Yesterday the great body Of the army
had orders TO be ready to move from Harrison'i
/ Landing with six days. fations. AZ they will
| not cross TO the opposite side Of the James, W.
get some Idea that the real design of the motion,
rsesstIy made in that direction. IL, a. Is said
| the Rebels were induced to march large forc1
| out OF Richmond towards Petersburg to meet tn,
| expected ADVENT OF Gen. Mcclellan force In tina
direction, presu ole the only purpose he had iI
view In crossing to the opposite of Harri son ),
Landing was achieved.
liz that was a feint, what 10 the reality? III III,
Il rebels expected our army to appear on the rig b
bank Of the James they have been disappointed
| for II has gone In aRLther direction Where
l Before this goes TO the type settlers hands n,
doubt the question viii have been snswered-.h,
i whole thing explained-perhaps written witt
tragic Characters In blood. That the pontool
bridges which went up the river yesterday, &C
| companied by very large force Of engineers an,
| saPPers aud miners arc designed for the Chicka
hominy, 10 not wholly a matter Of conjecture
/ This being so, the inference not only from
| This but from variety OF other circumitance
i and facts--ss that the great body of the ARMY o
l ths Potomac is about 90 tcithdratr dotrn ths p,
| ntHsEIa, while the remainder re-emoarks O.
transports and proceeds down the river. Tha
THIS is the plan now In process Of being executes
is the current impression, not to say oelief--th
l result OF the best information to be had on th
l subject Successfully carried out, II will prov
great disappointment and perplexi,y to The rel
l els, and the restoration Of the Army OF the Pot<
mac to position Of activity and usefulness. FL
the last six weeks II has been little less than clos
1 prisoners.
Moreover, while twill be complete confessio
OF the absolute failure Of the Peninsula eau
/ paign, the withdrawal Of the army intact will b
an achievement highly creditable to &c,
i mcClellan. Once across the Chlckahominy, Oh
old road back to Yorktown will be open to |
though 10 can scarcely hope that It's rear guar
VIII escape pursuit, and perhaps furious onset, b
| the enemy. -
For some time pas, Gen. Mcclellan has bee
sending away all OF. the men, hundreds an
march and do heavy duty. He has disencur
befed himself, as far a. possible, of what woul
prove a hindrance to a rapid movement; and
has, moreover, reinforced Pope and Burnsit
I with some Of his very best troops, who viii
this time have arrived on the scene OF operation
| In that part Of Virginia.
i Grant that Gen. Mcclellan'B intention 10 to "a
l back as far as Yorktown--what and where the
We may safely conclude that the first obje
soughtis the cooperation OF all the forces Opera
Ing against Richmond, thing Impossible
| long al the Army Of the Potomac occupies
| new base" Whether this can be done best
t1nsPorting the troops to Aqua Greek, Ere
L ericksourg, o. uteanna, or by proceeding
transports up the York river to some pol
| where q land march could be taken No, are poiu
doubles settled In the general plan vhich IA
| detailed a. the prevalent copiectura