The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-08-15
Ans,hes Change er Base,

certainiy svacuaslrg his Pos,sIenas Berkeley. II
II bssvsd that hs intends TO carry the greater para
q h. army Va Pores assistance, leaving below
ouAv forcS suAacaent, with the aid os HIS sun
boats, TO keep up the system OF piander which Ne
~ iuassuraaed In Virginia. Berkeley, 1t seems
4. aftse I'll, NO better base than York river was'
81 ths small Napoleon no nearer Richmond
,Aeev than he wss at Mschanicsvnis. eontem-
porsry ssks what In 70 b said now In support Of
TIA sahserfoes he rssorted to when he wished to
eovse M his DISASTROUS and dsgrscefai rout before
RieAuouds We cannot imagine.
The nActs ars simply these; In March he set cut
fton Washington with An army 10000 strons to
taks RieAmcrd On the Peninsula he was rein.
forced By 81 900 frssh troops making l5S 900 In ALL
TAsrs never has been such . Hourishing of trum.
psts - that By which his advance was herslded.
TIE Yankee papers wers filled from day to dsy.
and from week 70 week. with the most p mpous
accounts Of the power and numbers Of the Poto-
mac army, iss music Its psradss, its artillery. Its
horsss It, commlssary stores and the pouap pride,
md Circumstance Of war. with which /, was sur
rounded The "rsbels" formed . subject of ever.
lasting derision. Editors and correspondents
seemed never to tire In rdiculng tina. unhappy
raee. Their wretched dress their sorry equip
ksts, were the eternal theme OF Yankee w.t. They
wsrs brought out on the stage only to be laughed
n They were represented IN wood.cuts only TO
make the laugh more general A. for thsic stand.
ins one moment before the invincible Yankee he
ross, (stranee association Of words Yankee" and
hero. y tia. WAS no. to be though! Of
Being On the Peninsula Mcclellan had choice
Of two routes to Richmond He might either 60 by
Yko agf or
Shirley his base He chose the former He APP
peared in front of York, and there lost sewers!
thousand meu-so the Yankees ssy-by disease or
In skirmshes Gen Johnston evacuated York and
retired to Williamsburg without the loss Of q man.
Mcclellan halted long enough 10 write lying dis
match, In which he claimed great victory. and
then followed promising to 'press Johnston to The
wall" The latter halted at Williamsburg. and
rear guard attack between Longsreets division and
the advance guard of Mcclellan, twenty thousand
strong took place The Yankees were in the woods
and had cut down trees ani piled hem. with the
branches projecting Ia froni, several trees teer in
front of their whole line. Il IL impossible TO CON
cetve stronger position. As soon as the battle
was shout to commence, tho "Iit;!e Napoleon" snd.
denly recolIected that Eo had Important business
below, and off lie rode al quarter-nas speed. Lens
street attacked the Yankees and utterly routed
them, driving them several miles before him. As
Jshnstous only objec. was to repulse the advanced
Gusrd Ia order 10 continue his retreat upmoles;ed,
to the Chickahomipy, Longs,reet of course fell
hack There were about two hundred s.ck ard
wounded In Williamsburg, who couii not 30
moved These of course, We're left behind, AID
fell into Mcclellan hands, when he had plueked
Al
Of this be wrote another lying dispatch. c.aining
great victory. Johnston re:rsated without any far
Their mole except an attempt Ba1ha,pSv
where the Yankees were again beaten into Jelly, and
where Mcclellan again claimed victory. He finally
followed Johnston to the Chickahonlny, where lie
sat down and began TO dig every dispatch alid
every letter from his army showed the highest sat
tafao.ion with his base lie sustained an over
wheln,ing defeat at Ssven Pines aud but for tie
misconduct of Confederate General would have
Loaf all that part OF his army which had e7oaeed the
river. THIS eavs occasion 10 another batch cf lee.
He claimed, once more, E great victory hui this
,tne nobody seems 10 have believed hin. even
among the Yankees. He however, s:ili found NC
FAULT with he tase. He Was, 30 said the New York
HsYala slowly and surely psrtretng the operations
by means Of which the doomed city must fail He
had been now SIX weeks bc lore l.le cry, and not
found out that there was better base on James
river bow did he come to find out that secret a,
lasta The Prince de Jonviiie says his eyes were
first opened by the announcement that Jackson and
Besureeard were come. T hat tale viii not bear
telling He first found out the presence Of Jack.
son By the assault upon his lines. His own tale
about his having determined to change hs base and
having therefore thrown away all the stores at
West Point, Is q sheer fabrication. Enormous guam
titles were there destroyed by his men. bu It was
because In the precipitsney of their aight they
could not carry them away. He was driven, day
sfsr day. from ole point to another losing 81 guns
1900 small arms, 1000 600 worth Of stores and
$4,000 prisoners. He was not defeated, he said. but
chsnged bis bose. He was nearer Richmond at
Berkeley than he was on the Chick ahominy. He
iasued proclamation full of rage and despair, ex
hIbiting himself to the world more like cowed child
than great General He meant to take Richmond
be said at all hazards. His soldiers had the liberty
Of recording their shame the reglmental colors.
They might claim all their defeats as victories and
write the name Of each place where they occurred
ON their bannsrA The Confederates are satisfied.
But what will the world think, He has found his
new base no better than his old one He has boxed
ths compass looking for suitable base. Ia this the
sndisstlon Of q great Genersls Worst Of all, he
has not taken Richmond, and does not appear like
~ 70 take It very shortly.
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