The New York herald., 1863-09-09
BAIsInoss. Aaguss n. 1858

A
ne Defence ~ CASvsesss ese Epx 0sfurt~ Hoo <tkst
f,oysdsd ker-hmporsant Mossasx Of 0esroi Lse- n
DsA Son Aaack General Meads sssh Aspevssv Forces
and Move on cstrvsle. with wdshss0tom in Yseso 6c
II u my duty as faithful correspondent TO say tha
the facts which 20 my kuowiedEs duriuK tn
last few days do tbs oduseucs of she hop
tha. tAs wsr is yes its termination me fact
which present below show that tho utary power o.
the rebels Ia stu formidsbls snd that aItAough III,
rebci forces now 10 the aold only amount TO thre,
hundred thousand troops still that their preparations ant
the at their disposal orcry,ng on the war are
such a. 70 forbid us " hope hs> they VIII DO spesd
subdsed. II Is we known here that that which Civ 60
the rsbc government tho gratsst encouragement ani
keeps up their hopes or dnal the fact that he
war on our part is conducted not BY soldiers but by
| two lawyers at Washlnston, asd that lAe admin is
| tratiou docs not pretend to conduct II on military
principles. but solely with political ends in view.
The rebel leaders believe sh.t was~thus con.
ducted By Politicians never BE- attended With dns
success. particularly the their part i conduct.
Cd by soldiers strict military princlpis II Coco.
rsl Mcclellan replaced by ss Presden as tho
successor or Gensssf Soett and General Banks made
Secretary Of War and Mess, HAlock sud stanton
back % California, would dspris the Fsbsis more than
the loss Of both Charleston and RichAnouds
Ihav0some late to-day from Richmond in regard
TO Genersl Leos army. N Of such naturxa warrants
me 10 saysng that unless tbv Standardization 6determin
cd 70 make Geusral Meade ps She role in which Pope
distinguishes himself justa yss ago. aud ualsss shsy
wish 20 the Army OF the PUeoac routed and fleeing
to the capital, shey viii immsdassy either rsnforUs
General Meade wsA fty thousao veteran troops
order him 70 fai back 70 the Centrevirc: II
this not done within week the heights OF Centreville
viii be 10 full pssssson Of GsncrM Eees army BY
st Of September Gcssra Lees paSfov shis moyem sur
~e fully masured aud ws very ue put into
koD. sIIisH& M -2fi.-e
Positive ntslIiessss has boon recevpd =. RichmonS
nom Washingtoo, to'thg escs that EA1dss army will
nos 10 reinorced this fall, except By cnusosipts
General Lee estim iteshs utmost stress of That army
now at seventy thousaud mso. He win, therefore, in
accordance with the general plan OF siss campaign
stated below. worry soou' ssume the onersvc
hundtcd and twenty i've thousand ons hundred and
6fty thsasand troops, with the Intention cf defeating
Generaa Meade, Of getting him Washing
ton, o. q m'ncsuvrng in such -. to compel
Generals eade's army 70 retyeat, Censfevte
to Washington ITSELF n h~n successful in eiser point,
an attaok On Washington viii Immediately follow. u.
According 10 my Information, the rebet military
leaders believe In view Of their rcverses on the
Mississippi and n view OF tfact that the intense heat
will prevent any operations Der Mobile FOR next six
weeks that the vital point or the Is tos round
in tho defeat OF General Meas's army advance ON
washDgon and that General Leo succecdssin either
concerned about the loss OF vcksburg thunder OF
General Giihnores a. Charleston They have Ia
arms nowouy three hundred thousand troops they
do not intend In fuue to have than three
Thousand troops in the fe at But those troops
are avesesans The rebei military leaders boleve this
number Of troops sufficient for their purpose R properly
handed and arrangements have been made 10 keep
ther armies up TO this fgnre Their ability do this
carbe readily seen. They yet called into the
AIR tho Southern States together yet only fur
nssd hundred Thousand men, and thers are eight
hnndred thousand more between tho ages % eighteen
and enrolled In the respective Statc and who
will be ososcrped and brought into the hedms they
Thsaruy at preseas organized consstsof four hun
Afty regiments cavary q one thousand men In each
and 1se hundred pieces Of Geld artillery organized into
There are besides three hundred and forty guns IN
position in The forts around Richmond and Eve hundred
Tss present ssrSasos q their iorces s as iciio~s
Under General Lee on the line of tbs Rappahannock for
Union Army Of the Potomac troops i5o 900
vader Gen Bsanrssasa, Al Cnirieston 10000
Under Gen. Johnssos and At Mobile. 10000
Al the detachAseuts Of troops reosesy scattered at
Of The above fosr grand theatres of operations. - -
The plan of operations agreed nDen by the rebel mai
summer and Ne ensuing s . bassd upoo the folio ~ina
estimate Of the Union forces and the manner n which
they believe Tia. the Union forces consist, or ~il
soon consist Of about 100000 mon, Of whom 5eAeoO
co1sc1ips: con % and negroes and nd that viii Be- .pssss
BILE the North obtain than 280 900 coAecrpss
s ,es: he Ss .n oh
10000 under Burnside in Ksotactey 3oo in New York
and other places on the peousua .. NOsiot and
IN North Carona tina. win b necessary to keep 900
under Banks a. New Orleans 10 10 Arkansas and Mis-
vicksburg and Port Hudson will require % 900 troo
also that so 900 viii be sick in hospitals; that $4,000 viii
be scattered at various detached points that IS 600 will
be used in guarding hospitals and medical stores and
finally that 2s 900 win be absent deserers
Moade (whom they understand T. have 70 900 men)
will be reinforced to amount that will give him $50 Oo0
Tint Gen. Gilmore has Will have at Charleston 90 900
that Gen Grant has 60 900 for operations the West
and that Rosecrans has so 900 for operations Tennessee
grand Total Of $50 900 and this they believe viii be The
utmost number OF troops that the North possibly
$50 900 rs above they regard az be,as yr
tualy out OF the way and they believe that they
.eep snem az sns RUIu n'eo hos py .ns q
localities Thus Mosbys gang Ia prowl around wrsh
ngton AZ they have been doing for tho weeks
4 during which time, IL will be remembered they have
captured several suffers wagons and small supply
Fairfax, ard bave even had the boldness
into Maryland and carry OF the telegraph operator
| Poolesvlie This Is merely an example OF what they
propose do In Arkansas Missouri Kentucky along the
Missssippi the peninsula and In North Carolina At
times supported by portions OF the regular rebel army
which happen TO be In the vicinity, these raids win
assume the appearance Of threatened Invasion OF Oho
Indiana or Pennsylvania, attack Norfolk Cmcin.
| natl Louisville -
Tho defensive policy, however, has been agreed upon
for thor operations during the ensuing fall except 10
regards General Lee a3d this because Is easier for
them and so much the exhaustive 10 the North
They believe that tho last named three hundred and y
THOUSAND northern troops win be really all that they viii
have against and their dispositions have beon
made 10 meet and rcpel them At the points whcre they
are expected.
For the reasons forth my letter of August 49, they
believe that Charleston cannot be aken long as Rich
mcnd North Carolina remain in their possesssn Yo
mqy depend upon II, the North has been grety dcuded
In supposng that the fate OF Charleston depends upon
Fort sumter and that when the latter 20 pieces
Charleston must fall Unless totally mwlnformcd,
Fort sumter orms very inconsiderable part Of the
dsfences Of Charleston, and after u Is reduced the
| work Of taking Charleston will only have begun.
The harbor will st be inaccessible. and arrangements
| have been made 10 reinforce General BeiireQard
| With as many troors as he may need 10 repsl a
land attack Inc defence CHARLESTON indeed copsti.
tutss the frat and most prominent object the plan of
| the campaign the part Of the rebels. But they
believe they defend Charleston by derendnr Rchmoud