The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-07-01

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To day ooth lori,sie lad Gettysburg ccouFiea w
s,ron bodies of rep.l troeps ava il fepo 'ea Shat
General Less headquarters are " be- Y are alfef a
tab ahed The psee Is,acbme.ts o cavalry ~fe
oviI Ihward II Carlisle ami eastward irom heys
borg Tho the northern Central iaiifoAa to"
this city Harrisburg STOPPED running last night anu no
trains are running to-day The rebels have hut ne
90 and that Is the destruoiono me raif""s
which connec, Washington and Baltimore with the sorsn
Harrisburg wiki the West
is in view these facts alone and win tue map %
Mary and and penns the observer ard with
the eye fixed tbs territory now IN the actual oocu-
pancy the rebels that the full design Of Genera Lee
bee mos apparent II, on eaving Warrentn, ABOUT uo
18th st General Lee hid moved hnmediateiy on WASH
ipgton either by way OF Centrovie and Fairfax or py
way Of Leesburg, Edwards Ferry and Rockville or
by way Centrevie, Coons Ford ana alahehs-
burg, no might possibly have defeated Hooker ana
CAPTURED Washington. But could he have held the
capital for a single week. Undoubtedly not. The whole
North would have aroused. In ten days goo
volunteers would have rushed to Washington, aud the
rebel general would have been compelled TO evacuate
his dearly bought prize destroying much OF the
city as he could.
But General Lee designs more than that He would
save and destroy, the city OF Washington. He de
signs the permanent occupation Of the national CAPITAL
II is this he Intends not simply TO cut, but y
substantially destroy, the three great railroads which
lead from the whole country TO ia inore, the gateway
to Wlshingon--napey. tho Pennsylvania central, the
Northern Central aud the Philadelphia and baltimore
roads e his In the Of Topogra hca engineers IN
his army men who well acquainted win All OF theso
| roads, aud who know how and where their destruc-
tion he most quickly and eiectually accomplished
This work done General Lee believes that the Union
will obstacle TO his occupation OF the
dera capital, at that he cannot overcome.
Ard in the occupancy Of Washington, he proposes
to fortfy strongly tho north and east that ne cam
be driven from it, II should be necessary or MN
to have troops than those now with MIN, ne MS
arrangements for reinforcements to any extent
which can be sent him. He has taken care u keep
his communication with Richmond by the route over
which he has ist marched Besides this he also holds
the shorter line from Richmond to his own estates at
Arlington Heights by way OF Fredericksburg, Dumries
Centreville and Fairfax, OF which latter place-ony
| fifteen miles from Waahington-hs troops arc now in
| possession.
1t Is whispered by those who know Lee best that he
never was secessionis heart that he has no faith IN
the JEFF Davis oigarchy in the stability OF the SOUTH
conederacy that loves the old Union and the Old
constitution ard wishes to the integrity OF the one
and the supremacy Of the other restored that In the
great revolution through which the country Is now pass
ing he aspres play the part not Of Napoleon or Crom-
well General Monk, and TO effect the restoration
OF constitutional government in America