Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-09-27
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There is but one paper In Richrnondx <hs
Examiner-whieh says what IL thAnks. dad
truly represents the condition Of affairs in<hs
Rebel army. II the army has reverse, - says
So whilst tr sas anS the
will be seen by extracts from the Richmond
Wing in our columns to-day the recent battles
and movements Of Gen. Lee are sharseterizet
as victories, 49,
We, however, received last evening q COPY
of the Richmond Examiner or the %, which
after reviewing the accounts given in the
Northern papers, and the rumors that had
reached Richmond, says:
aThere is but little doubt of the sufferins
condition Of our army, WHEN We consider how
much its number must have been reduced By
losses in battle and the disEruceful struggling
on long marches, and how littae was contribute
ed TO its numbers and spirit by what appear 70
have been a cold aad sinister reception In Mary
what had been told Us i'm Richmond, the flock.
ing Of fifty thousand men 10 oar standards. We
may even imagine the necessity Of q retrvas in
the situation our army would ind itself sftef
the battle Of Sharpsburg-two hundred miles
away from Richmond, short Of supplies, anl
in q territory, which, IL NOT hostile, wak af
least cold and averse 10 our troops Despita|
however, the difficulties, we are unwilling tS|
believe that any portion OF our forces have|
crossed the Potomac with the object Of retress|
but are per- uaded that such movement il I'll
has been undertaken has been merely 10 pro-
vide against a flank movement or such new
complications rs the enemy might attrmpt"
The Examiner refuses to believe that 9enI
Lee has fallen back across the Potomac An
publishes rumor that he was pursuing Mo-
Clellan towards Frederick on Friday after II
battle Of wednesday, in which IL places i'm
plicit confidence.
I'm regard to the battle Of "Wednesday the Ed
aminer pays a high compliment TO Gen. Mo
Cleilan which we hope viii receive the arsenl
ton of Governors Andrew and Sprague, an
all those who would attempt 70 dim aud lustr
of the gallant leader Of our armies. We gv(
this portion Of the article entire:
ssOne thing only remains TO be explained.
is the determination and yigor OF McC2eihn1
attack on "Wednesday. IL is admitted on a
sides that the battle ON Wednesday was one &
the most sterDly contested of this war, and
has been seen with surprise that the FEEDERS
troops were capable OF making such an enor
The troops under Mcclellan were the veseran
OF the Federal force. The army that fough
Lee was consolidation Of the remnants Of u
old army of the Peninsula, Pope's beatenhos,
Burnside's army Of upafion, and the euar
of Washington and Maryland. Some new req
were few. The mass Of McCieiIanT aufce 81
sisted Of trained troops; but with all these q
vantages IL must be admitted they exhibited :
tighiing power on Wednesday unexpected N
= uThese troops had been broken by the battis
OF the Chickahominy; they had been complrtAJ
demoralized by the management Of Pope, md
by the tremendous beating lately receives
Manassas, 1t is matter of surprise thai they
Were capable OF an attack so persevering a.
determined as that which they made On In
last Wednesday, and il can only b. explains
on the supposition that Gen. MCCLELLAN n
tanned the confidence of the Federal troopk nd
degree with which no other Federal comknnD19
could compare But IL, as we now bell<vewt0
mnch more assurance than yesterday, this -
desperate effort to retrieve fortune and hnr ~
door to the invasion reeulted In q sanguIDa1
repulse, If not an absolute rent, IL is oAsy1os
that a retreat into Virginia by the whole
Gen. Lees army would be an extraordinnQ
ax,H fnr hon fR
Whilst discussing the true state of the c.
that Lee had retreated across the Petomaa
Examiner says: =
.-aThe news of the great battles i'm Mufylaal
gives to the public ON yesterday, was anythi1
but satisfactory. At the head ofone OF the ~
armies the world ever saw, occupying O.
the strongest positions that could be concec9
chosen at leisure by himself, General 49,
fought tremendous battle. He mAintAanefn
ground; the enemy retired from the ted
from the attack during the niehf. The ~
federate General remained master Of ne
all Thursday, without molestsfisn fro1 -
sClellan.t Then il was said on authority 81
parenfly. indisputable, that GeAerAl Ef
self withdrew from the soil Of MArylaD4
ing supposed rue, the seqpelvas insancr
JUSTIFIED by the explanations proposed; ana
news, taken asa whole. created donet -
easiness." =. $50 ~ y9f =
II then proceeds TO discuss the contrsdsctic
of this rumor, and supposing that General
Clellan Ii in aixht towards FREDERICK :, exciaia
Results, the most SPLENDID and solid, may
anticipated from new pursuit on McS =
and an engagement with his army after an an
{. like that Of "Wednesday. whatsoever their M
terial condition, the morale OF Nortnern
cannot now be otherwise than compie,r9 -.
tered. Nothins so breaks the hearts ofmc1
armies as the failure Of q nnal effort, mace Y.
an force TO sever the links in q chainoi miss
tune. IL, then, General Lee y indeed ~
suit of Mcclellan and has fafien on mm
Friday, as is now believed, we may awnh
story of the result with most jnsfihasAey