The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-01
The Battle on the Peninsula.

York Tribune from Fortress Monroe. under dat
OF June q, which gives some light to relieV
the darkness of the news from the right wing .
our army on tine Peninsula. The writer SEEM
to have been Ignorans of the fighting on Thurs
day, although the letter IL dated Friday, yet hi
could hardly have given d better idea OF thu
causes which brought about tte recent lighting
if he had written with knowledge Of tbs
event
They who have known the reasons for decay
on the Oh ckahoniny, and have experienced
no disappointment that che Impending battle
has not Oeen fought, begin TO turn IN exEectau-
cy toward the quarter that has 80 long engaged
the attention OF the world. The perlod vi de-
! aY is drawing to CLOSE. The volcanic state OF
things along the whole line denotes lhat The
eruption is lear at hand. The present danger,
or probability, Is that general engagement
viii be brought on, not by direct attack, Or
any movement having that for It's sole purpose,
| but by preliminary step, the selzlng ot posi-
tlon-the shifting and setting of tho scenes, the
immediate prelude to raising the curtain. On
the last act Of the drama. y hlie Gen. dc.
Cellan Is now prepared to accept general en-
gasement should the enemy regard one of these
movements us challenge, he Is not yet quite
prepared to make the unmixed challenge by ia
king the initiative and following 1t ap to the
bitter end. 1t will not be long before he will
arrive at this point IN his preparations, when
there " Ill be no motive Tor turthur delay. We
have IA variety OF rumors, one OF which is shat
Stonewall jackson has appeared on McCiellan's
right, and Is nlenaclng the " hlte House. Ia
king the rebel representations tor authority,
there is some reason for believing That jackson
has arrived IN the peIg lborhoou .! Richmond,
and Joined his with those oil the main army,
though the logical suppositlon Is that ne would
continue to employ tie Union lorcce III the up
per part OF Virginia, as he has hitherto done.
have NO direct shorty tor saying that the
W hite House will soon cease to be The point Vi
the particular interest which il AT present has,
az the base Of the Army OF the Potomac. ye. l
an left to infer as much from variety OF rea-
SONS The breaking up Of tue hospitals there,
by sending away TIE large number OF patients
in that vicinity, may not be proof in itself Of
such an intention, though such fact, taken in
connection with others, might 60 to strengthen
such supposlton, To-day the STATE OF Maine
arrived, with between 800 ami 400 nyalids.
but few of them wounded, . be followed by
| 200 or 500 more. rhis may he simply /.
measure Of reform resulting from new regime.
While it may be that, l. may he something
more.
Prudent men, especially sine. the recent rains.
ha, g felt that the White House Was IL position
too much exposed TO be the depot Of much
property as the rebels would oe able to destroy
by successful attack, general removal from
White House to West Point ls not improbable,
if it has net already taken place. 1t was hold
ing out the hi chest Inducements almos, lmagina-
Bile to the enemy, who. we may reasonably Cup
pose, would omit no OCCASION or effort to strike
at L point SO vital. McClellan's right is un-
questionably hls weak SIDE Whether there is
any real ground Tor the alleged apprehension
the White House, as the base,
We may we'll suppose that, us one of the
moves on the bourd, and among the last moves
In the grea. game now drawing to close, the
rebel leaders may conclude that jackson can
employ his forces in no way SO we'll as to aban-
don the campaign in the Shenandoah, and make
b rapid descent toward the White House On
MeClellan's right flank. The prize which the
immense stores there offer, would not b. the
only motive for the movement would be he
favorable one for the rebels TO attack our entire
line, weakened as they might reasonably sup
pose it would be by the diversions which the
sudden appearance OF Jackson, or some one
else, in our lear would tend to produce.
1T jackson has abandoned the Shenandoah
and is cooperating in the neighborhood of the
there will OF course be no rea-
son why the forces or large share OF them
in the upper part of Virginia, divided into four
departments, under as many Major Generals
should not be at once moved forward to strength
On Mcclellan, Without undertaking to say
that precisely this is being done, will say, the
country may rest assured that In case jackson
has made his appearance in the quarter alleged
ne VIII hnd troops TO oppose rim and their
on the Rappahannock or the Poto.
mac or both would only prove the vigilance
and resources OF the Government in cleckmaunv
W. willy enemy
The next ten days will, in all probability, be
marked with Important events. If plans have
NOT tailed, a sharp and important enterprise
VIII nave been accomplished, AS a part Of the
PA" OF operations against Richmond, before
'hls reaches the pub bic eye, in which the Navy,
On one OF our inland streams, will have PLAYED
Il conspicuous part. The rebel army is uppa-
rehtIy little disposed TO make another retreat
IL may have been largely re-entorced. That
TACT, however, would not save it from the iney-
liable result OF suffering Mcclellan to 20 for
o., slowly yet surely, with sleae operations,
ieaVlng the only question in the case to that of
Time. The attack, therefore, is not unlikely 60
De made by the enemy, and that, too, at An
early day.
LIE CONTESTANT DIrFIcULrY.-Mr. Col.
yer has returned to Newbern, and has opened
the schools agai". The closing of the schools
seems to have been the result of misuuder
standing of the language OF the Governor. Mr.