The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-06-03

comprehensive, and. accurate, neither en-.
cumbpred, with useless and unintelligibe
DETAILS nor emitting anything Of fact or
comment needfu to convey to, the reader
perfect idea of the plan, attempted execa-
-ton md failare Of Hooker's, movements.
The Worh saws:
| cniess all the Indications are deceptive,
the Administration is again in panic res
pec'lng the safety OF TIE capital. It's un-
reasenlng elation and hopefulaess has been
followed by an equally uncaled for de-
precision. Proaf Of this state af feeling. is to
be found in the re,assuring telegrams from
othclal sources which come aver the wires,
and the statement over Secretary Stantol's
own signature that Gen. Hooker is about
to resume the offensive from another base.
Now il is very clear that Gen. Hooker is
not going to do any such thing unless, in
deed, II is his deliberate intention. to hand
over his army to the afe-keeping Of the
Confederate leader. General Lee. The
Army of.the Potomac is composed Of men
like all other armies, and il is not in hu-
man nature 10 endure disappointment of
its hopes, defeat, and suffering, without
loss Of confidence and heart. LIZ General
Horker's name had been their commander
in number Of brilliant victories, and his
men had profound faith in him, defeat
like that which he has Just suffered might
have left the troops ready for another for
ward moyemeat-nay. they might even be
eager 10 retrieve their lost laurels; but as it
is. they would be more than men if they
were fit for forward campaign against a
yicinrious enemy, which they Know are
numerous, daring and skillfully handled.
Stanion's news is evidently intended for
iLee; but as that General is not exactly a
iosl. il will not stop his forward movement,
bat wih'ratheF hasten it--that is, if it is
any part Of his intention TO seriously move
\ against Washington. We entertain no
fears Tor the capital. True, anything in
the way nf disaster is possible with our
present rulers; but even their inefficiency
I is MT equal to the loss Of Washington.
In visw Of the plrasiss delusioRs which
the Administration is now endeayoring TO
propagate, it would be well perhaps to out
iinr some Of the leading facts in this shsrt
campaign, from which the reader can dTa v
his own moral:
|. IL is not true that Lee was surprised
or deceived by Hosker's movement across
the Rsppahannock. From the Richmond
papers nf last Saturday, il is clear that the
Confederate military leaders ,pnderstood.it il
perfectly. and deliberately allowed our
army To- cross, confident Of their ability to
defeat il MT destroy it. Forney, in the
Philadelphia Press, states that Hooker was
I induced TO cross by the assurances Of his
spies and scouts that the only army TO ep-
pose him was one Of forty thousand under
Jackson, Lee being sick and his army scat
tered. The Baltimore secessionists had
the sane report and believed it. General
Hooker. therefore. at the very start, was
I III. deceived party, and walked straight
into the trap prepared for him.
d The great c,salry rad. which was an
entire success, did General Hooker no
goal. because Il did not precede. instead oI
accompany his movements. Lees rein
+ forermeuts had all arrived before the de.
sftuenun ni the railroads and bridges. To
him this il now only temporary incun-
yrnieGce. Had Hooker retained his cav.
I airy with his army. il would have been far
betlcr ior him. lie could have captured
several thousand more prisoners when
fredericksburg was taken, and, more than
all, could have prevented Jackson's ssr-
prise Of his flank and rear They might
have changed the complexion Of the fight.
3. General hooker's division Of his ar.
NV was as disastrous in this instance, as
have been all such in former military his,
tory. Its known that General Halleck
utterly disapproved Of this dispersion o.
the Union forces. and the result proved
thai in this case, at least, he was right. II
Lee had furnished Hooker with plan, il
conld not have been mere TO his liking
Ne hrst hurled all his forces upon HookeI
and. beat him, this was on Saturday aud
Sunday, and then on Monday he repessess'