The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-20


eral persons Sunday morning in Grace Church,
Mr.. Bakers
The War in America Comments
of the British Press.
From the LONDON Times, April 81
But in reality, the whole Of those successes
along The COAT OF North Carolina and ElOri.
south and an evil to their opponentA Let
any one look at the map. and ho will sec that
both districts pea Ridge and Beaufort, n.
OIL are widely remote from the scene of active
BY little towns on the coast, but by great ar.
mics in the field, and on some point OF ground
the presence OF 10 900 men, or their absence,
may decide the fate Of q battle and q cam.
on the coast is to throw II, COZ Southern troops
which were idle into the active service Of the
laid, and to withdrew 10 900 Northern troops
from the fl Id to while away their time In ssa
bathing. The ef3c: 10 TO strengthen the com.
rarative force Of the South on the really vital
point by $4,000 men. Nor Is this all What
10 the cost to tina orth Of branch Of its
operationsf Bnrnside's expedition alone
Of the British forces In the Urimea. It IL now
much larger than the army 1T the Alma and
every man at twice the rate OF pay. And
what will be the position Of these men q few
weeks hence Already, before the summer 10.
gins, typhoid fever and small pox have bro.
Ken ont in the expedition under Sherman,
which IL building hospitals instead Of taking
Savannah.
Thus we ind that the only event which has
occurred mp tn the present time Of serious in.
jary to the South 10 the fall Of Fort Donslson,
before numbers, by Northern accounts, In the
proper ton Of three to one. That, when strip
pad Of all exaggeration. was really weighty
blow and was followed by unworthy confu.
sion. But what are the resultsf A month
has since elapsed at the most critical season OF
the year, for Ia few weeks the Cumberland
and Tennessee rivers will cease to DO naviga
BILE by gunboats. On many &C counts time II
Of vital importaEce, yet, what has been done !?
the people that could nave been found Nash
vile is occupied, and the papers are suppress
ed !; but meanwhile, the Southern forces have
collected at jackson, Memphis, Decatur, and
Chattanooga and the main Southern army Of
the West has never been engaged.
Chattanooga il central position Of great
value. In the midst Of billy country, heal.
thy, and defensiole against two fold numbers,
1t Is connected by lines Of railway with Vtr.
ginia, Charleston, savannah, New Orleans,
Mobile, and Memphis. Hence anlarmy placed
here could send q division at once to any Of
those points: or II it.elf threatened could re:
disaster to the Northern forces that army
would re.occupy Nashville, nor could any
large force pass further South and leave 1t In
the ear We snail q 1sy 70 ma
war, should the So thern forces DO driven out
Of the border States.
1t ID, indeed, true that all pafueG In the
North assume that the loss OF Virginia would
~ cor tain that on tho loss OF Fort Doueison
the Southsrners would throw down their
arms, and 50 strong was this dslusion that
cotton, which had touched forty cents Per
pound, actua' IL fell to twenty. The loss Of
both Virginia and North Carolina would
SILL leave the original Confsderacy intact. It
was the view Of Inany Of the ableet politi.
clans of the Gulf States that the adhesion of
the Border States YOU d b DISADVANTAGE to
them-thas. standing alone, they were Of one
mind ON all points, while the accession Of
those States would introduce. to some ex.
tent. other interests. Further, they held that
the Border States would DO Of more value a.
their natural al1ies, within the camp OF their
advsrsa.ies. than II enlisted ON their side.
Hence, the loss Of tho whole OF those States
would simply bring back the movement to
ITS original dimensions, and to the position
which many Of its ablost men deemed from
the first to be most advantageous. 1t 10 true,
there would be for q time . great loss OF
prestige, but that has not generally been
much considered by men dGhting for indie.
pendence. In military sense, IL would bring
So s.h. Of which their opponents nav. Jet to to
experience the effects.
Many, indeed, believe that the moral eject
would Do decistve; but here the division OF the
country into States, each in ttself thoroughly
and independently organized, and in sixS q
kingdom, acts a. q barrier to the progroes of
moral Influences. TO ~, a. Weread or think.
New Orleaps and Charleston come within the
same neld OF view, but this u not 20 on the
spot. There they are Separ ated BY vast dis.
tance; an occurrence at one Of them IL to the
other remote event. II New Orleans were
t6Toashoat Louisisna. but at Oharis..on the tho
effect would probably be a burning desiro 70
retrieve the Disgrace.
AT tais moment tho chances appsar % grea..
~ that the army OF Gen. Mcclellan win b
arrested BY dihicultss OF transit a. that It viii
achieve any g. eat success. In advancing With
an army which has been transported Oy sea.
he must Of necessity be weak in cavalry. aud
comparatiyeiy 30 In artillery. Tho loss Of .
battle would be 10 him absolute ruin, while
the Southern forces would have Richmond 10
fall back upon.
There has bssn abundance Of time. men.
and material: to rendef the lines around
Richmond strong enough to arrest very supe-
rior numb,rs. while 1t 10 qui.e possible that
he msy INA there forces equal In number to
his oWn-tu the midst CT sneir resources, In
command Of the Southern railways. ana &C.
tuated By spirit which. under IKE ctrcum.
. ances, has seldom been found wanting In
any race Of mon. What would Do the aspect
Of the war II NOZZLE Ian should fail 70 take
Richmond and fail b ,ck upon his .ransports'
What the e6sct ON the mOaey market OF New
York; Such an event y BY NO means ~ i'm.
probable ~ that the MerTtmac in her flrst
sally should destroy two frtgates and three
Cd By returning from 1t . second time 70 Wash.
ington. Yet both these improb abilities have
occurred.
6uch are the opinions and hopes Of the
Southern people. They may b founded on
strength and their advsrsaT'e.' Wsaknoss
bat they indicate that the psopls are reoclute
and con0de1 1t, and that the submisoiou which
the North 10 predicting n In very distant