Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-06-04


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WIZ does not the Army Of the Potomac I'd
vance against the eDemyf Why has no; Hooker
speedily" assumed the offensive aganl would
that could give your readers satisfactory reasons
for Hooker's strange immohity. Bot that !
cannot do for no such reasons exist. can give
you. however the real reasons. unsatisfactory a.
they will be u the American people IL i not
because Hooker has not troops enough. lie lost
n. 900 IN the late bsttles. and he has lost 30fnu
Of his best troops since. by the expiration Of their
time But that It'll leaves him with $1,000
bravcs. and that Is quite enough. properly hand
lei. 10 defeat Lees army: although IL j. not
enough To take Richmond But although four
weeks have elapsed since the battles Of The Wild
erncss. Hooker shows no signs Of resuming the
offensive His men are erecting for themselvcs
shady bowers Of green trees and bushes: Hook
er's o~n headquarters have been permanently Is
tablished in a cool and shady dell: Gen Stoneman
u in New York GA atwo weeks leave of absence.
dozens OF the field and sta officers at their homes
in the Eastern State on similar furloughs: and
all things indicate a long period of summer inact
iyity
The principal reason for the existence of this
shameful tate Of things H.. that Hooker has Toe,
all confidence In himself You remember seeing
m rrepre-sible and pugnacious burn door fowl
with gigantic spurs and an immense and blood
red comb This cock walks mp and down, hi.
comb erect. scratching 6ercely IN the ground
Growing defiance TO oil corners He u your true
fighting cock A. Mr. Lincoln said OF Judge
fancy. well call him Joe. But on day he en-
counters vival blrd. rooster of another breed
who. IA Mr.. Lincoln said Of Judge Douglas. vel
call Bot: and terrible tusse takes place The
earth IA torn up: the grass j. demolished; the
feathers fly: the spurs 10 what spurs were made
for: aud finally you see the rooster Dob jump up
and Hap his wings. and give loud triumphant
cock doodle dool There. it's all over Where =
the cock Joeg Ali there he ~, relreatng acros,
the--spring house ran. Look NJ him now. His
comb hangs down; hia air of defiance u gone; his
puenncity exists no longer He has got quite
enough of fighting He has no desire 10 meet
the rooster sg,in. That cock j. Hooker He
sees now how badly he was whipped, He sees
that. with 100 900 troops. he was defeated By
10 OOO Confederatcs. for that u every man that
Gen Lee had lie had Jackson's corps. 10 900
men; two divisions of Longsireets corps. ~ 600
aud two divisions of - III Hills corps. 2D 600.
Hooker sees. too. that the whole country Is
laughing at him for stopping short on Friday, and
spending the whole of that day IN digging and
tU'ItNtOiHEs UrVAu VI lN~NiHE Ol the tnFlIll
and for dallying and hesitatng during the whole
of Monday. when a vigorous charge from his
whole line would have scattered the Rebel army
like chaif before the wind.
These blundcts, and NIL the other plumbers that
he made are palpable tn Hooker now: aud the
contemplation of them has frightened him th Al
he hns lost NIL confidence IN his own abilities "a
handle an army. II il were not SO. he would
surely have rcsumed the offensive before now
n III
'thc finest on the planet" They are all dis
ciplned troops. IN the highest state of efficiency
The officers are burning with shame at their re-
cent defeat. aud arc eager Ia be led against th'
enemy And how strong Is that enemy now
Since the battle. Gen ID II Hill his taken OF,
OF his divisions aud gone back with IL to Nortl
Carolina. where we now hear Of him operating
against our forces there. And Gen Lees lps.e
IN the battle must have been lu,OuO Mt least
This then leaves him only 80 900 men now. nm,
that j. positively all that I've has now on the lin
ofthe Rappahannock Against this 80 QUO then
Gen. Hooker does not advance with his 81 .000
Gould the American people desire any more evi
dence OF his uniihess 10 commando
Gov Curtin. of Pennsylvania. and SchenclS
the Nanqushed OF Vienna. are here IN consulta
ton with the President They are both hrml
convinced that the States OF MARYLAND aud Penn
sylvanis are Ia imminent peril of invasion hy th
Rebels. and they have frightened Mr Lincoln b,
telling him that the Capital j. IN danger too
The council Of war held at the Presidents hous,
on the 26th inst had been called NJ Hooker's 70
quest, for tho express purpose OF considering "th
situation Hooker. Halleck. Stanton. and III.
really efficient Assistant Secretary of the Navy
were all present Hooker laid before the Coun
ell his views lie related how he had io,tnct
that the enemy were "hringing mp AL their force
from Charleston and North Carolina" and CAV,
it ~ his settled opinion that their design was {,
make an immediate desperate aggressive move
ment," either toward Washington, or some Other
part at the North Let IL be remembered that
this IL the Administration account of what Gen
Hooker said. and not mine
Hooker il right IN some of his facts. hut wrong
IN Others. and he lfawsvef, erroneous inference,
from them All The Rebel f,rces are not heinz
Withdrawn from Charleston aud North Cafolina
The Rebel force H. North Carolina hus been re
inforced since Hooker's defeat 10y 10000 Of the
troops that helped Ia defeat him General Hill
with 20 900 troops. l. still there Large numbor rs
of troops. probably rs mnny ms 80. 900. have been
drawn tom Charleston but they have not been
brought North They have been sent West. u,
way ot savannah, Atlanta, Macon, Opeeika
Montgomery and Meridian. and will soon h,
heard from laundering ia Grants rear before
Nickshurg II j. known here nov. too. th,l
Gen Bragg will 90 operate in this movement 10y
Withdrawing in.0Oof his troops from Tullahoma
and sending them 20 AID Gen. Johnston by way
OF Chattanooga. .Opeleika aud Montgomery
keeping his other in.0n0 To keep Rosecrans IL
check IL il believed that. il he has done this
Rosecrans. whom the Rebels believe TO have 10
ono men. can not he held at hay hy less than co
600. aud that 400 oi Gen Lees TROOPS have
already been sent West win Gordonsvile au,
Knoxville. Tor that purpose. BY the aid ct
good railroad map. IL will he seen how easily AL
these moves could be made And ifnny Of Gen
Lees troops have been sent to the West, il stl
further seakens him on the Rarp,hannock. an,
shows how idle are Hooker's and Scheuck's fear
OF Rebel aggressive movement.
For my own part. believe that Gen Lee vii
march northward. and either invade Pennsy lvsui'
or attack Washington, but not yet The Con
federates will first endelvor TO raise the siege o
NickSburg. III they do that then look ont for
concentration Of Rebel troops on the Rappshan
mock.