Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-09-11
IMPORTANT FROM RICHMON
A VERY SIGNIFICANT kRTICLE-,y
REBELS FOi . BID AGAIN IN

We copy the following S'ri significant art,
from the Richmond EIibls!sr:
Intelligence has bee received from '1''' Va
sources that the sasmy 6S-Sncceeded IN 80 -
forcing the tnss o. sac 31fsduat.s1c. e ssH
ton Heights with the %reek Of his xrmf I e
story lacks C Information, but 1t comessare;n 90
many quarters that fear IL s0ntd ms 6si too
much trafh we know from me North;ts Press
that It was the Intention Of their Generals II de-
feated en- the Rappah nnock, to retire to A. ling
ton Heights. there T. renew tue wEr OF the Ipade,
and reform their broken legions and.n ~ hEes
during the winter. tat IL wdS the hoo. q. a be-
.ief Of the country that the arrdngsm:ntt r. .ss
Coafsdsrass leaders dd been such as ic0Ktd hare
completely f6ttsd THAI plan. II the ewsoT their
| successful retreat to Arlington H.ig hts 10 con.
hfmed, IL tcul be nnoth Of theSe masy disap-
potntn1cn:s roajch tcs hare had TO support, much
resembling and nearly as great az the escap Pc of
Mcclellan after the battle Of Cold Harbor and
Malvern HILL
But II 1t Is indeed true we hore that our foes
themselves will be disappointed in their eXpsc-
sations OF siege Of Washington. The chief
prize Of the late victories is not the possession Of
that city, bat ihe opportunity ra'ch hey T'nLs
seem TO afford for The comm ne.rnsni Of an fen
stre campaign an the sH,ny'S COMFY. Che
capture OF Washington would produce an i'm
MT nse sensation, but IL unattended by an imme-
diate advance into Pennsylvania, AMI a menace
OF the Northern capitals, ii Is impossible to saw
tfat the said sensation would be altogether and
necessarily to onr advantage. It would be
prodgi Gus mOrtifcatio to the North but would
not cost 1t a fatal, even serious loss eff
strength. The moral shock might possibly occa-
sion negotiations for peace; but if the Northern
people possess any real courage. u tooaA more
PROBABLY result IN a general ru 10 arms Pos
session Of Washington is only desirable as the
open door to invasiOnt and II Il is efectually
closed against us by the occupation Of Arlington,
we hope that this precious season will not be
consumed In picking the lock or battering IT
down, while the wall Is full Of breaches through
which We maysIa<s as well.
fnAf nofa hut and NH nrf nj .
Con:ederacy at this stage Of the war Is, or II
should be, transfer Of hostilites to tho eremy's
So1! IL tStS fact matter OF necessity That tcs
should do so. 1t lS difficult to see hou an enor-
nous army cdr be SKbisted in Northern Virginia
during the coming Winter. Everything that II
consumes will have to be transported there from
great disances, for 1t is now lite allry army in
the desert. Few who have not visited II know
the extent to which this unfortunate portion OF
the State has been Gesolated. At the end OF
eighteen months II has been reduced to q condi
ton nearly resembling that Of Middle Germany,
after the thirty years war. Tde drums ana
tramplings Of three conquests have not produced
elsewhere the ravages and waste which the
struggles of the Southern and tie Northern hosts
have caused in Piedmont, Virginia, during the
past and present summers.
Ii tUiH take one hundred fri years to restore
that country TO the condition in tch,ch tbs trdr
found it Deserted as Ii IL by the majority Of its
Inhabitants, 1t Is not easily perceived how the
scattered remainder Of its population hope to
escape starvation during the coming winter; and
toe maintenance OF an army Of one hundred and
NIFTY thousand men there, dependent on single
track railroad, when the winter has rendered
the other highways impossible, will be an ex-
pertinent not less dangerous than costly.
Even II the difficulty could be overcome, Ii
10 evident that our army cannot wait It's time in
protracted operations for the possession OF from.
tier city, ualess 1t desires lose the only oppor
tunity TO make a real approach to the end Of the
war that We have had since the beginning OF 1t
Such delay would be all that the enemy could
now desire; for II would give him just the time
necessary to organize and bring up his new army
OF ak hundred thousand men; and while Wash
prize still at stake between the two countries,
the difficulties Of raising that new army would
be greatly allevated.
II zoe ean"o: tax, Washington by a coup dc
man, 1t must be Eeft 10 take oG-c Of itself Thf
tive goals Of OF, courss are the dsitrerance Of
III ry.and d"@ che tHrdsios of PcHnsylua ma,
aud II we ey3,Hfve an honorable treaty q peace
snsms: sss not ON % our BE so sifnsa on the
War ~ a - q chance, and in al games Of
chance thea ILaccountable runs Of good and
bad iaekaS i latter part Of last winter and in
OF evl! .eia Mishap succeeded mishap, loss
f'llowe. - and disaster pursued disaster in a
melsnc9:> Saies.o lo9E and unbroken, that the
ConfeaesaoyS aSE realize The sensations of Mac
beth, when y s4s2d: SHAH thy line sfretes oxt
to crack Of doonsf"
The tables are now turned, the cards run the
other way. The North has now its dismal sea-
Willie "lhtet VI our ulSc0ntRnt - turned
to glorious summer Splendidly victorious In
Virginia, our first organized advance In Kentucky
10 also marked by success even more brilliant,
though Of less magnitude. The battle near Rich
mond, Kentucky, although ten thousand only Of
the enemy were engaged, 10 one Of the most en-
couIaging incidents OF the war, II the report
which the telegrap brings indeed true, that the
Kentucky regiments which the enemy had raised
by compulsory enrolment, marched over to tina
side OF their compatriOts TO deliver I'D the arms
which their tyrants bad forced into their hands
large portion Of the new levies OF the North
are to be drafted from the oppressed populations
OF conquered Southern States-Marylsnd, Ken
lucky, Missouri and Tennessee. We now know
what these troops will be worth to them and to
Us, and Gun Indulge the hope that they will or
gani1., arm and equip AZ many more regiments
from these States "a the arm bearing population
will afford. The KeatuckV victory appears by
the dispatch to have been complete tina. we
fear the details may weaken the i'm preston that
1t leaves. But 1t IL at least certain that we are
] victorious in Kentucky, and that our troops are
4; upon their way to Lexington. In the West, az
Ia the East, the smile Of fottune Is manifest ana
the masters of the art OF war agree with other
gamblers, that luck should be pushed
nASSES ON THE pnTnMAN