The New York herald., 1863-07-23

l
upon the in.renchmenS at Eredesicksburg.
vicksburg ard Port Hudson. aud, for The ress
part. the signal repuIses of our troops IN those
attacks, compelled The different commanders TO
resort to siege operations, AZ Mcclellan did at
Yorktown, and for which be was SO severely
ceDsured by those ncsi who have not now the
masnenimity TO acknowledge their injustice
General Mcclellan was Just 0ne month Ia drig-
ing the enemy oat OF Yorktown, which was oc-
cuped BY at least eighty tlousana mee while
General Grant was six n,onths nyestiog yicks-
burg before the garrison, COMPOSED of only
thirty thousand men. captulatsd However
much Mcclellan may be addicted Ia the use OF
Tire spade, he did not thn; proper TO ntrench
himself after the battle of Antietam as was
done after the battles Of Chaacei, orsy lie and
| Gettysburg.
| AS we have said. The motive Of this article IL
not 60 institute comparisons that may detsact
from the merits OF any particular general. Its
object Is simply to have the sane even banded
measure OF .instlce dealt oui to all, whatsoever
may be their supposed pelitica; tendencies.
| 1aE lsGioRiors Icsp or GUhe.fia CnEr-
IAiN.--bi Sia VIC rc'tH -teIIii1s "oii.i norrH
has held the highest rank and been most sue
cessful. His success however, has been limited
to the slave States. No sooner did he try his
hand in the thckiy populated free States than
he disasirously failed. He crossed the Ohio
with some six thousand men aud invaded In
diana and Ohio. and for time his career was
successfal but the population of those two States
70 - Al -
mei, aud 30 surrounded the entcrprisng ma
rauder that his whole force waa captured at
diicreat intervals, with the exception Of about
four hundred men. and from the portion OF it
which last surrendered ho ignoiDinioassy es-
capped with some dozen followers hut probably
viii be captured before be gains the lines OF
any rebel army.
Such ia the end OF this clicftains raid into
Ohio aud indiana; and had the people of Penn
sylyania shown the same spirit as the citizens
OF those two Western States Lee never would
have recrossed the Potomac, and his army would
have shared the same fate az that Of Morgaa.'
1t is worthy OF remark that all raids into the
free States have failed. The former raid
into Indiana was failure, and Lees two great
pulse. The raids Of our troops into the South
have, on the contrary, been emncnty success
full. Colonel Grierson, an officer who 80 greatly
distinguished himself by his brilliant raid, has
explained the reason Of Northern success. lie
says 1t is because the Southern confederacy is a
she'll. Once get inside md there is no serious
+ opposition. There is no population, or it is 50
m, 1,o nfla la1, 4.
| the case at the North. Lee and Morgan in their
| invasions expected 70 find the Northern States
shells; but though have sentso many troops
| to the war, thoy discovered TO their astoDish-
ment that there were as many behind and so
far from shell, they struck upon a solid, living
mass, which rolled back the invaders as the
waves are repeled by the rocks on the shore.
Their rebellion, therefore, must 90 down
from want of Men If from nothing else The
army Of Pemberton. paroled by General Grant
| at Vicksburg, are described as deserting
in great numbers, lest they should be ex-
changed and have to fight agaip. The demoral-
lied army Of Johnston has been defeated at
jackson. The army Of Bragg has recently
shared the same fate In Tennessee; and there
seems no help for the sinking fortunes Of the
confedcracy. The conscription has failed.
The Richmond Examiner admits that the utmost
| IL will produce is one hundred thousand men.
Is not the rebellion, therefore, on its last legs,
and bright prospect opened for termination
Of this terrible war and the complete success
of its simple obicct--she restoration Of the
| Union from the lakes to the Gnlf Of Mexico,
T'tsx.
CoILApsINo.-Ofliciald dispatches from General
Grant to the government bring us the nfor-
nation that Jackson, Mississippi, is evacuated
| by the rebels under Johnston and General
Sherman says that the rebel army will proba-
/ bly, perish from thirst and heat. Gen. Grant
| adds that the rebel army, which was captured
and paroled at Vicksburg, has broken up into
small squads, and that the rebel soldiers re-
| fuse to return 10 their campo or submit to the
authorities. This news shows that the rebel
| lion has collapsed at the West and the deser-
| ton Of an entire regiment OF Mississppians
| from Braggs army, as announced in Rich
mond paper, is another evidence Of the same
fact. IfLee be properly pressed and Charles
\ ton taken, we shall not be at all surprised il
the coniederacy should suddenly crumble
away ut the East also, and the news of our
successes be followed by the skedaddling Of
| the entire rebel government to foreign parts.
Even If, driven TO desperation, the rebel lead
ers should gather their scattered and dis
couraged forces into one army and like Ma
| poleon, test their fate by Waterloo battle
they will assurediy meet with Waterloo de
feat. We are therefore justified in predicting
that, whether JEFF. Davis runs or fights, the
| great rebellion will be over 10 six months
0uR OwN AND THH REBEL LossEs At Ger
| TYsBUR0.-Gcneral Lee, on the last day he
was in Maryland, said at his headquarters that
he had lost, siscc his departure from Culpep-