The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-05-12
THE SITUATION.
The World says, e6itorially:

THE SITUATION.
! The World says, e6itorislly:
The news from General Hooker's army is
interpreted in Official qnarters as being fav0ra.
ble, b1t with the map before us We cannot 30
regard it.
Il is i lie to say that Fredericksburg was of
no strategical importance. II that was the
case, why was q loss Of nearly q tn usaud
brave fellows incurred endeavorine to capture
1T Tne fact lie, it was Of supreme i'm .ortancs
to hold the heights # Fredericksnurg By
their poesssslon L L-s's renr was constantly me.
naced, aud The r .-iros d tow .rd Richmond rem.
d-r-d unavailable for his army.
The my stery in copnec ion with these rebel
movemente on Monday was the silence of Gen
H. ker. The euemy must have detached ov4 r
1900 nan from his main bodv to over y helm
S-dgw'ck aud bb ,ns, yet Gen Hooker ,es
not eeem to have been ab to take advantage
OF or prevent it. Sedgsiek could not have
been more than six miles distan. from Hook-r's
left when attacked by the enemy, yet the Union
c"mmaLder was unable 10 aid him Tn,s can
be accounted for on y on two theories-ei her
Gen. IL 'ok-r's army was 80 crippled that It
dare OF engage the enemy, or it WAS retreat
ing TO the Dorth bank of tn r pp4hannock.
In the absence OF positive Information to
the contrary, a. d Ia the light Of the facts be.
fore MS, we are compelled to beii-ve that
Hooker has been out geberaled-our army
on f. ught. We hear that 80. 600 men, under
Heintzelmsn, are on the r"ad TO reinforce
Hook. r, and that large lumber of troops are
also under way to the same destinAtiou from
another quarter; all of which goes to show
ira the Caion army on the K p n ,nnpck is
tn bad Dor. The reinforc-mehts would not
be neede II Lse was about to retreat
IL is d'ffic"lt now to reeis. the conclusion
that The Confederates deliberately allowed
tn. U ion army to cross without impediment,
conh1ent that it would be crust ed under
Hookers leadership ~ hen once on tne other
side. Stce last Saturday they have been do.
ing pretty much as they plea ed. Either
Lees army largely Out-numbeis Ho0ker's, or
i else the latter is unable to properly handle
s'ths finest army on the planet"
Let us hope that the rews o-day NAV be
more raassuring. Some happy accident may
3es interfere in our favor and give us an un.
expected and glorious victory.
ARREST OF TH1 HON. c L vALLANDveHsM.
Great excitement existed at Dayton, Ohio,
on the 5th, in regard to the arrest of Hon
Clement Vallapdigham, by nrdsr of General
Burnside. A despatch from Cncinua.l SAYS
At dark crowd of from $40 to 600 pro.
ceeded to the Journal Office to. X porse sion
of 1t, completely gotted the uidug, set it on
fire, and burnt it to the Rrcu ID. TIE fire
communicated to the adjoining building,
and all the property from the eou.h eud of
the Phillips H ,nss t. the middle of the square
was Destroyed. All the telegraph lines IN the
city were cut down and Destroyed The bridge
ON the X -ni2 road is reported to be -troyed
A. 10 O'Clock vt night Fede al troops from
Cincinnati and Columbus succeeded in putting
down tae rio,ers, and At half past IL o o'clock
quiet was again restored
CINciNNArI, May 6-P. M.-Daytou has
be-n comparatively quieF to-day, About thirty
ripgleaders in last nix hts riot have been ar
rested without resistance and p aesd in jail
| The Empire newspaper ha- bee suppressed.
Its edit.r uas been arrested and brought here.
TIE soldiars have removed swivel fr. m the
Empire office, and als0 taken possession of
two wag loads Of muskets, stored in the
Light Gusrds' armory.
MT Val aadixham was brought before the
Court Mar ial TODAY for trial. He refused to
o cad 10 ,he charges wnich were road to him.
publication Of which is not allow The
charges were based ON his n unit Vern n
sps-ch. Mr.. Vallandigham 10 ~ tn b ,rnst {
House tonight uud rA rony guard. u yton
and Montgomery county are placed uud I
martial law.
The toll loss by tho conaagrasion at Day.
ton was $4,000.
IMP RrArT FROM EreLAsD -.xcIrrsa psB.rs
The Austraiasian. with Queens-ow dates
to tho % b, reached New YO K Wednesd v.
A spirited d-ba.e had occurred in both
Houses IF Parliament IL regard to the seizure
of British vessels by Fesersl cruisers. Mr.
Ruebuck was among tn. speakers in he House
OF Commons, and during BIS remark, used the
/ following Ian. .uage: Another outrage has
taken p sc-, aud by the s.me men who perps.
trsted the insult offered to our flag In the ca e
of the Trent A vese-l leaves tho English
shore-the Hon. member for London, Mr.
Crawford, aays he has s-en her papers, and
they are perfectly harmless. She was beu"d
to . neutral port. Cneers Shs WAS seized
BY eu Am rIcan m N of. war, taken Into
an American port, aud the expectations OF
the English merchans in his HONORABLE trade
| have been utterly aestroyed by the conduct
! of the American G,ve-nment. ! -ay that
conduct of the American Government you
ought 70 resent. lCheers Bat not only
was his n Tasre Ware persons calling
themselves Ens lish merchants, who applied to
the American Minister for permit to allow
their ships to proceed in ss'ety to its q 3 ina
tion. That permit is xranted, aud why g.
cause that ship carried out arms to the Neri-
cans to be used against our ally, France -
Icheers.l Siucs then, other mea cali Dg th N.
selves Eng ish merchants have applied to the
same ausnoaisy for the sam p ru it. They
have been refused because they are English
men, AID because they are not carrying out
arms to aid the Mexicans in the war. though
they were trading 70 the same port. The per
NIT l repeat, was refused. and now ! must say
thA Mr.. Adams, the American Minister, 10 the
ister for commerce. in Engla d. [Loud
chse.e.] Sir, would put 1t to tn noble Lord
the man who has hitherto sh .wn himssif alive
to the honor and d. gni,y of En.laud Il would
ask him Whesher The Government IT which he
IL tho head has come 70 any dst 4rminaslon In
this matter, and II they have. whether he il
able u tell Parliament what that discrimination
is7 Sir, know the consequences OF the action
hs may take. II mGy lead to xar, and /,
sPeaktnR for the Enytssh people, an prepared
for tcar! Loud cheers, and "Oh! oh RI
l Know that language viii strike the hearts
Of the peass party IN this country, but 1t win
also strike the hearts Of the inaolsnt people
! who govern Amsrica, and We shall have jus.
tiee dons 70 the honor and dignity Of England,
and the commerce Of this country win ne
longer b sutiscs 70 the snessing insolsnes Of
On upstast race. fChsers The question !
Govsrnneat Of which hs 10 .hs hl have
formed sny determination with regard to the
ouuduet Of Admiral Wilkes; WhothsR they
have .ddreseed any rsmoussrsnes to the Am Il
en- @ GIvosnasnf, and wh.thsr he 10 prspa I'd
now % seate the oaarso the 00vssnmsns hsve
detsfminsd 4, pussue dear, hear
Lid Palmerston said Inc H uss wou'd q
onso and -setaad, from what hxd fallsu froa
his heaerabis friend, taAat.s - nsitss 70 Whicn
h,s quessiop Es6pgss4 wss VI tue uta q possi
bls EnpossAaee. Al b eouid say was, sbab 4
M sssstving Ass ssastassaaeo 6sa 0evvsa'