Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-30
The AFEzFes sf Cess. H.ee and REezde-5rhs
COasfHg CaaPaisn ia gfrEFu6a.

FAe ArHziss sf Cseas. s.ee and REezde-rh,
SOwtHg Campaign il Virginia.
a Northsra dispatch, dated tbs 2lst, at Ia.
gsrstOvH Nd, reports Gen, Les to BE checked
/ by tie Fsdsrsls a Bunker Hill, they having
gsitsE il his rear Gen. AveriIl is reported to bs
feeling" Gan. Lees westerly Hss Of rstysal
Cess. EEsll aad Head are re7srled to be within
isirsssn uilss Of WilHsasport, Ma. The Co.'S
fsaeyats Picksts have q froRt extsnding frsn
Hsigssvils, seven miles from 1lsrtinsburg. 10
the Shenandoah river, eight miles from HarBer's
Ferry.
The New York Times has an editorial on the
New Campsiga in Virginia" The fsTowing
is an extract irsm Il:
The iAfarsatisz whieh We as yet hsvs beth IS
| regards Lss's position aRd liEs Of retreat, sns
Atade's line Of advance. Is tee seaHty to eaable
sne to forssasts ths nature of the esziug cana
/ Palza. Ths character Of tbs great chess board
/ Is 50 well understood, however that few
nsTss nGst reveal the general aspect Of the
grsRa gsue
Ii IN asVaRcs sn az lsny msying by tbs
SssHaSdeah valley, We have the eheiee Of TIVE
! lines, and oRly tvs. We csn move either to
shs right or ts the left of the Blue Ridge noun
| talns- If Ws lasvs by the rlgAt the advance 30
esuaas Eere lsllsWing after the enemv. Tbg
esaaees 81 eTeTtAkisg siua-he moving towards
sis sass, Ne tFom saIs--ace Rlesdar; But should
the Enemy detsrRiae 70 make a stand, the iae
81 the OPeqUea creek from CAarlsssaas te Win
ehsster viii sssra him tsroe sr fear capital po-
sitisas.
Il, sR tie ether kaad, il is 6sasrmius5 70 ulavo
by the Iss, that is east sf ihe Blus Ridge mean.
tsias, It bseoHas, en- car part, strstsgic ma
seavsr ts sslEs the lsWer gas thTeagh which tha
rebal arzT Huss dabsuek to sever is eompa77i-
sstios by way Of CulPsssr azd Gardehsvile
| Ii ws taks CUiPepeT or Gsr3ansvilis As what
military writer's sail ias objective psiHt." !" and
It Is syldsnt thst Les has 70 make thia = ev.iar
ss esver bis line sf retreat ta Rchmsn5), il ia
eavi4as that f0rcs, nsviEg to the east ef the
the Blus Ridge saoantsins, Eaa hureing that
| Tssss, viii BE- en- the ssaTtest line, IS esspssed
with fsgcs zsyiRg 5swR the Shsaast3ash val
ley. Lass Touie Rast &c BY way Of WiRekes-
ter, ssrassurF asd FrsRt Rsyal ard Sebsseh
lag e nska Cslgspsr, thrsugh Chester gap sT
Ebarnsea gap We, On the sthar hand, zsreh-
ing By way Of Berlin, WkeataHd and Wsr-
TsEtsa, haVs direct ins. Lee has two sides
Of a great tlissgle 70 describe Meade has but
eRe.
PreviaaH to the Inauguration Of the campaign
last aRf9ME It was al aHxicus inuuirT with
asa. Mcclellan which Of these TIVE lises ef epe-
rsiisR he shsuld take. Hs at first determined
ts Elsvs by TIE SssHAadsah valley, and recon-
seissasee il fercs was even made as far as
CAsrlsstswh This liaa hswever, vas abah
dsasa sad The sther chosen. The Tnevamsnt
was made rapidly sad even brilliantly. Nc
ClsllsR reached WarTsstsR while Lae's army
was stil stretched back ts Wiaehester. Ths
delay OF ten days which ensaad Nhea he ehaHge
sf esmnand was Rsds gave Lee tke tine "a
qsiEed, and whea ~ lsRgih Barnside got the
hsaa sf his esluHa opposite FfeaerieksbuTg hs
fesnd the rebsla occupying ths line Of the Rap
pahaansck.
1his LIS, synaaymaRs with three disastrous
iaHuTes, we pressne Gen Meade win avsid
altsgebher. L sheRld never have been ehsssa.
BY nsviHg from Warrentoa direct On Culpepsr
Court hosse, be takes the RapBshannock whese
It Is an Insignificant rill, afsrdins tas rebels
40 position for seisRss.