The New York herald., 1863-06-04
THE AMERICAN QUESTION.
HooEer's Rstrcat Across the Rappannn-
mock Announced i'm Engia and-OpfntOn
OF His Advance, strategy and Losses.

HOoker's Retreat Across the Rappannn.
OF His Advance, strategy and losses.
From the london Times May 3d. N
After series Of defeats caamtous any that have
preceded them In the war; the federal army has retreaed
acrss the RappahanDock and returned po
sition at Falmouth Thus ends the vrgnian campaign
precededRy more than the usual sdsconodirg hare been
7oo,oed byte usual miserable fore Yet the federal
trusting people. The Army OF Potomac is once more
n safety spo longer in the seid exposed 70 the at
tacks Of Lee andJackson Il is not intrenchng itself on
dis strous fight II has placed the river between itsck
and the enemy. Favored BY very dark night Genzol
laired the camp from Whtch duys tecrs he had
gone forth for the conquest Of Ae South.
Sdgck rather op, rtue for retiring real
di appointment General Lee reports that many prisoners
wounded was large; ana from / ,s crcumsts:ce that
Hooker could give assistance " mis- subordinate when
his army must have been too much beaten have any
hope resuming the ofensive He had also left the
ncd the dead and wounded In the sundays battle which
indicates plainly enough that whom thefeder driven
back In the last great struggle their retreat
thing like rout The shattered army consequently had
night It succeeded In getting away the Coniede ates
being either outwitted by the rapidity or the
yinS enemy We caDnos but think sSa, shs former Is
the probable solutien. Much allowance must how
ever, be made for men who had been engaged In Of
the longest and most continuous conflicts OF For
three days be said that the fighting hardly ceased
and u may be that The Confedsraes exhausted
TO pursue an enemy who owed his own activity only 70
the imminsnt danger OF destruction.
The Secretary OF War has proclaimed that the Army Of
the Potomac will shortly resume OF eraons, statement
which those may credit who choose. likely eren
is the superscssiOn Of Hoakr by General Helm
other soldier cho happens be the faore Of the hour
al Washington. The democrats urging the claims Of
Mcclellan: the republicans calling for Fremont. There
are meetings TO denouuce the and there will be-
doubt meetings 10 tho relentless prosecution OF
IT, Words cheap, and country than Amer
will people ock TO hear effective orat0ry whatever be
thing sSohna 70 he sore vanity Of the North IN fsncy
ing itself determined and obstinate beyond the
OF any people whom history describes when agiing
under misfortune. The ef OF this is NOT 10 D. looked
for from any retun 10 ousaess hnnidny-any
conrscisoa that me cause is unjust and ssscess hopeless
There will be any conditions either "
fai.ure sufficient number OF interested In the
tnuance Of hostities and able 10 persuade masses Of
people that with one effort more the war will close go
rously The end By the slo,ccr process e.
haas either of men or VI that real enthusiasm which
aghts instead Of preaohns The next few months must
decide whether the Is TO end with the present year.
drag the close Of President Lnco,n term
later.
From the London Pos, government organ) May %
Ali doubts respecting tho result Of the recent bittes In
Virginia have been cleared away. General Hooker
faction Of reporting the arrival OF the remnant hs army
at its old encanpments az Falmouth lhe events OF le-
cember last have been repeated federal commander
IN chief has for second led his army without
sou across the Rappahannock, surprised the eneny's
pickets taken end prisoners tbsn met the Conee
rate batiaons in the full shock " battle been defeated
and finally ssed the river aud rceutered his former
environments. In their seveia details there may be
discrepancies but In their practical results there
arc between the invasons Of recenber, 1862 aud
Nav. 1868. >
Tho entire loss sustained by the Federal army down
al than fifteen thousand msn; but large
this figure H., IL n probably under the mark In de-
spach by General Lee tochmond ,on the afternoon
of sunday May 3, that ocer claimed 10 have taken up
wards of i've thousand prisoners in the des atch
General Stopewal jackson " stated have been
verely wounded, and General Paxton killed The raid
OF General Stcneman with force of Federui cavalry
to the of the Confederate army appears to have
been successful He cut on thc railway communicl-
ton between Fredericksburg and Richmond and even
approached within few miles OF the latter city.
Is Aocsrer General Hooker heen obtged rsrsdt
,ciiou taking ddaniose Of TIE drs,os thus made IA his
fceor, General So~emdn's erplt hocevsr b1itian and
during, ks been without results. The Secretary OF War at
Washington has published official statement that Ia in
every rsspect worthy Of the Cabinet over which Mr..
Lincoln pre-iJes General Hookerss speratiols have
failed. u s true but without sersous disaster The
orgnn and efhcieney of the army unimpar
cd and will speedily resume interpretations O a
frush II san a Sedrd 10 pstiish afch eats
rrsnf ard a greaf denocrocy Ike thai Of the 1mercdn
Unisn % dccep. Il wth NJ rsyroef.
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