Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-06-09
The Problem Of the RappahanDOek.

The Problem Of the RuPPahanDoek.
The myg,..y that has sn1eIoped rebel
psrsnens On The Rspsahsnnosk Tor two
weeks past Is rot yet cleared away. We
thought it Was about 70 be when We re-
.siged the dispatch on Saturday evening
announcing lba. the rebels bad abandoned
she lie Of he Rsppeh.nnoek- Bat Sun
day evening came along another dispatch
h-aadfog the first as utterly untrue, &C
e..mpauisd By Others however giving au
E; couat Of heavy reconnaissance across
the river, aud another InEfmstiug that the
r$sonusitering force hid returned. The
OBJECT of this Reconnaissance Was undoubt-
ely 70 fsel the euemy's front, discover his
zzsi strength and if possible penetrate his
eesigu. With the usual owlisb wisdom OF
the New York reporters We are assured
these objects were accomplished "By
iiis bold movement" says the Tfnnes' dis
;5ttch 1--WE have demonstrated 10 certain
Il what has become Of the enemy, besides
Owning bis purposes" Well then, why
TSt have made il known to the pub
Is This is exactly what the whole
S,unlry is "dying to know" We would
g2ye fifteen cents this very minute to know,
s3d we believe each OF our subscribers
7Eould give at least that much. There is
rG,thing contraband in news concerning
y e enemy's movements or designs. The
fEct is we dou't believe the reporter knew
sighting about. The crossing WAS effected
s.me distance above Fredericksburg, which
pace We are told the rebels under Long
si.eet still hold. What force of rebels
Ws'e really discovered we are just as
ig13rent of az the man ia the moon
Fc<m the ''confused jargon of kilograms"
W. gather an impression confirming the
cQEjec,uEe expressed some days ago tha!
slS bulk of Lees army had gone South
wSst, that sufficient force has been left
aEng HoOkers front to keep up appear
sSees, and that if seriously pressed il
WEuld give way and show that it is but 9
ssEeil. Of course a very considerable army
has been left TO man the tortificatiuU
about Richmond, into which We con,
ce;ve they would retire If Hooke
were to press forward with his whole force
force left to defend Richmond Woult
hardly risk general engagement on tn
Rsppahanuock. II Hooker is sure NO for
midable flank movement IS being made vi,
Culpepper or the Shenandoah Valley (anC
our conjecture has been that there is none
we cannot see Why this is not the time t,
makea determined and fierce push for Rich
monl. 1t is impossible, of course, for an,
part Of the Potomac Army to reinforce
Grant in time; but that is no reason why i
should lie idle when there is (if there real
ly is) such an opportunity before it, |
could have powerful cooperation from
Gen. Dix's department, aud between tn
two the rebel capital ought inevitably t,
fall. An assault on Richmond now woul,
very greatly discomfort the plans of tn,
rebel generals.
The contest at Vicksburg and Port Hud
son is momentous one, and prodigious re
suits depend on its success or failure. l
the rebels can mass an army there suficien
to compel the raising of the sieges, th,
same army might, AS the Chattanooga RsBe
says twill, CELEBRATE" Louisiana and again
give the rebels the control of the lower Mis-.
aissppi, Grant is being strongly rein.
forced, but eau he be reinforced as strong.
ly as the rebels, if they are allowed unin.
Ierruptedly to concentrate the bulk of theil
armies in Mississippi We should esteem
it one OF the greatest events of the war i
Gov. Peirpoint, when he removes from her,
on the goth, could go right ON and estab
lish himselfin Richmond under the protec.
ton of Rockers victorious army. No doub
he would find friends there, too; at leas
enough to hold the Offices