Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-06-13
Dimiput,op Of the Yankee Armies.


Anew York payer, noticing the arrival and agni-
seent reception Of tvoIegments in that city, gives
niorma oa as to the deplsiOn which has been going
on .irce early in Nay The diuinution in several Of
tie United Sates armies and especially in that Of Ger
Hooker from The return Of nine months and two years
men has teen 10 use the admission Of this paper VCr
great Upwards OF 10000 New York soldiers, anc
10 sos Penusylvanans, have passed through Washing
Ton on ther way home The aggregate Of soldiers who
have let The 6sld and returned to private life during
ls. Eve weeks Is not less than $4,000. Add TO thes
tie osses in the battles tie RsPpahr nncek, which, a.
reported BY either side vary from fifteen to thirty thou
ssnd and compare lie results with toe official state
ment Of Rockers force previous to the late battles
u5s GEO. Of whom 10000 reported sick, leaving
l4s 900 tf etive,) and t may be estimated that II,
Yankee Army Of the Potomac numbers less than l0O,
90 men.
Just after TIE battle OF charlottesville we beard that
Hooker had been reinforced by $4,000 men under
Heiurz lmsn and Jesersrs received Wit in day ortE
At sburg say that they belong to the command
of General Dix, uho vii suppose, could spare from
The Peninsula and Suffolk as many men as Reintz,lmai
brought This would uste Hookers force the present
time 100 OOO or II 600 more than he had engaged il
the late battles T. is known that the genuine Yankee
such as Raymond Of tue Tunes, be induced. b,
grCat pressure, toexsggerate Some indeed aver tina
the Ysukee will peivert the truth with or withou, az
incentive for 80 doing l. IS "a to infer that the ar-
pehenson Of on advance ny Gen. Lee might induce Il,
editor Of the Times TO make false end exaggerated
innate of HCOker's strength.
But Raymond is 10 ordinary clumsv liar. Trained
BIZ wears Of babi,ual leboOd it is not be supposed
that be would resort 10 a common plcs and easily DE-
tee'ed Ee How does Il happen that be publishes any
ihrg whatever concerning HOOker's strength? SIef
ortveaions are not customary az the North any more
than uilh Us The recent cavalry attack upon General
Stuart does lot indicate weakness depletion the
con rary it wogld seem evirce conscious strength
Aud if q deception is to be praotised by an old on'
alrot bar ke Ray moDd that surely would DC preferred
which might serve TO draw Gen. Lee into trap. he
= man y 10 has passionate way Of breaking through
traps however strongly constructed or wisely set; bm
il would be amiss the part of the Government o
s RaymOnds urcslled-or revelations to the end thai
Lee may rot braise himself more than necessary in
smashing the gins ard which Hooker has laid or
him. Il pretty certain that the euemYs force in Stat
ford previors to the late battles vas underestimate
and It j. yol to remember what host Mcclellan
brought Sharpsburg after the second series of en-
gageneLts a. Manas as.
The Times Gays there but few more Of the short
term troops 70 leave HOOkers sTmy-ttoUgh there are
sill large number Of nEe months men in the army OF
Banks Shose terms sre about expiring. What truth
there is in his statement it is impossible to say but
there be il may account for the pause in active hos
tlitiss as Port udsOu. As large number Of uine
months men are about 10 leave him. Banks feels it i-
peratvey Necessary to husband the remainder of bis
forces, and so prefers q siege 10 Al assault.
Il Is probable, The Times goes on to say tina. the
greater concentration Of the (Yankee) force in IN,
Southwest has le each Of the tho great armies ther,
-Roseerans' and Gran.s-as strong as ever; and Jh,
concentration, or possibility Of cooperation which
being effected in virginia Fll probably make 'HOOkeri
army also as strong as ever" This seems to confirm
the stories told at Fredericksburg by deserters ano
would indicate GO operation" at that point, in tn,
shape Of determined stack by formidable column
aud nOs a fsiut
The only new regiments that have been raised, cen
tnues abe Tines during the period of weakening have
been coored- the 54h Massachusetts, now on its wa,
to 3 Carolina the 55th Massachusetts, berg raised,
tls Cegps gaTnss Of General Ulluan in Louisiana Gen.
FlOma bsck regiments in New Orleans add TIE resses
I'D General Wrds brigade in North Carolina. 1t i
ltcpatsd, however, that before the close of July, 81
l1st white regiments consisting Of returned soldier
az other volunteers, VII take the seld ''The CEN
nsncsnent Of tbe sOrsei pion will doubtless depend
good deal upon the result Al Veksburg and the suece
Ia rahing black tOops" The sentence just quoted J.
t,....,.,t Sses;vo vi,f,-- - co,,tb.,, $780,, =.
httls lsss sp'tsg on the baIOt-bOIss of the peaC
party the North By southern editors viii play hO
Vi LineOns dream Of empire AID perpetual DICTATOR
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