The New York herald., 1863-07-27

style peculiar 70 him. He reviewed hastily the pre-
sent condition Of the country and bado the people be OF
good cheer cs hs loss Of Vckstry and other less important
places BY diasroas nsiny persons sup
posed He expressed unsnaken faith In the ultimate
success Oh our cause.
The Rebel Situation.
lFrom the Richmond Examiner, July 23l
From the Mississippi have 10 news, which Ia good
news From Northern Virginia hear that tho Of
Lee extend to the old battle grounds OF Aanasexs OF the
Northern army we know nothing, except that II cries
loudly for reinorcements, and has received rho
ting the escape Of Les he Sc. down ,rr ID
the category Of Mcclellan, and tho demand is made
he be superseded BY Grant. President Lincoln makes
ut Wiansport and unite with the abolition press OF
his country in wishing that he had been gratided.
occupation to the Yankee mind to porm. tho escape
Meade" He will either figure Ia another tedious cam
pagn tho Kappa or recommence that OF Mel
Ian, whose legitimate he certaiuy is with
new base, namoy that " the James from some point In
Charles City county. cf N'.N VT.
satisfactory The operations OF the enemy against that
important city commenced when the heart OF the country
the check ut Gettysburg In that unlucky moment many
who ought to have known better and felt differently,
inevitable event. On what reasonable ground such
opinion was entertained We could neyor learn. The
assumption that Morris Isl and commanded Sumter was
an assumption not justified by anything 10 fact Tho
poot the island the fort Ia fourteen hundred
yards distant Who're, in the history of sieges do we
read OF well constructed fortross reduced BY batteries
that dstance2 Parallels brought within pistol shot
OF walls, and neets PEELED 10 within six hum
dred yards before their ire u elective against good forts
Even sumter should be broken fragments, why 10
II thus swiftly believed that .Charleston Is doomedS
That might electually close tho port, and put
put an end 70 smuggling but rnt tho white feather ap
pears among the pumage OF Charleston II
der siege gums II tho place should
invested by and land, aud could not be reeved
mine woalt In time cause is 70 surrender. But such
condition ot things there impossible whe the armies
Of the coniederacy remain TO bold the fields
Happily net ut present called 10 consider such
contingencies. Tho enemy have not secured Morris
Island Tho ground said TO be such to FENDER the
excavation of trenches impractcable being simply Bad
waor. Hence the strenuous elsrt 70 take Wagner
by assault The grand assault has proven disastrous
and sanguinary failure We know now on official au,ho-
rity that the federal loss In that allairkied and
woundcd-surpassed two thousand. Tho reader viii have
already devoured the cbesn9 despatch OF General Beau
ton IL is difficult believe truly mperled. He s
able he is resolue, he fortunate The heart OF the
South trusts him while he lives and Richmond stands
Charleston will stand. 7t.t~t.
the Invasion Ended.
lFrom the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, July 1871
The rocrossing OF tho Potomac by General Lees my
must have been looked for BY ntegeat observers the
probable consequence Of hs failure sgnay defeat the
Yankee army as Gettysburg. Had no brokcn tho back
boDe OF h enemy at that position he thea might have
cd OF communicates with the North and advarced with
mpunity; bat this necessary step his campaign having
failed the only prudent course WAS 70 fall ok 70 the
mountains Hagcrstown where he could prolecs his
lines, gather up hts trophies and recross the Potomac
into Vrsinia Tho announcement, therefore, ~ this
effect has created general surprise and will rather be
HAieu Will Sat8iIctiuA Uy uo SDutDcTn poOpie, VINO
have watched tho campaign In It's latter Stages with
little anxiety.
10 all present appearanc ns inuce policy mus. noso
Be practically didndoad. That the policy is good
under arspcons circumstances rs, believe, do
berae Judgment Of the country, and we think the con
scouspess the fact opportunity had been let
slip the early part Of the which greatly to bo
regretted has had Little TO do with the two subsequent
Efforts OF the Virginia army To regain what had lost
by IN inactive policy in the beginning. Then
stronger than the enemy in Numbers and IN arms aud for
months there we're no rtncatcns between our splendid
O kent chatting n
goal ol tn ir ambition at Washing and Baltimore.
But, for deemed sufficient 10 the authorities al
that time they we're ndugng the happy dciusion that
the Yauxees were a set ~ msrcenary cowards who
would make poace with as win q b ow. u need not
b. answered that everybody took the shall view
OF tie sitnaton for II IS not the FACT as cin be abn
dainty Shown Everybody who IN the country at 'hs
tmo VIII remember with what impatierce the peope
awaited tue advance movement, and could under
stand Why IL was not made Subsequent events
tell US that General BearrcgGrd in his report
OF the battle OF Manassas, undertook 10 sh Nv that
he responsible for the seiayhavinf submitted
plan 10 tho President FOR that object, which re-
kctcd-a the rrcs.dcnt, in message IN Con-
gess ing this report, had that portion stricken
.Uui. This may DO ali hotion, but IL Was publicly stated
tho timo these proceedings are alleged TO have taken
place IN and has been denied
believed thai differences grew out OF this affair which
nave sero ally nseriercd with the since Many
rc cons have boon under tbs impression that
tho President had become unfricndv Gen. eard in
couscq of smc CON let OF urinon In regard
sion 1T The battle of Manassas and Mr. Davis special
friends have taken the pains TO or tho pubiisned
reports OF Generals Ioauregafd and Jcaustoo, 10 which
fhoy colcur h1t was imp nctble Tor an advance
Wilmington Immediately sfcr tho rout Of the anxee
und6r dc oaeli 1ut Il the u bshed ststcments
wc1 or be not brazcny false, IL appears that
these roubes had their at earlier date, aud
uc oscd subsequently, 10 The baltic OF Manassas
whoa General Boauresrd made hn regot and the Prosi
dent struck out the part Va reference 10 h.msclf.
At ait events, since this period IN WHICH Al,
shut out irOm tho actin o. our Congress In than
heather darkness and we're left to tn full enjoyment q
blud mau Worship, there 1--we beca two snguarly M
oppartuno movements Isvasln. The st ended
IN hall succrssfui battle 90 SbsrISb re, Msyand
VIII cur osr5, aburny snder all the Disadvantages oi
series u ,Nnaasng aaites previous 10 that uueQua
cunhict an. though repssns the host under Mcclellan
had nevertheless, after tho nght over, 20 abandon
ia lasioa return 10 Virginia; AMI tho second, III
which. alter turning back helpless vicksbnrg Ia
It's pcrs marching thro Rh Maryland into pennsy
and iang achieve crevning victory at Gettysburg
tbey rotc 20 iIagerstowu the old Aotetsm
baltic guund and thence the Potomac Into vir
einis = rs last Invasive campaign far
from ~ whipped and routed IN Tho former, and
have 40 D. reai cd material fruits; but We have
not been successful. aud, moral eject, u be
d btei Nhether have OF lest seriously. The sup.
plies "a hc ed IN the euemys country the drawn bala
a. un.sys burg, and tne rg aud capturing numbers
ca ial even greater than losses do nj
pcn.a either the apparent triumph o the North by
withdrawal the more remote cosscluc0ce-she fail
Lincoln has already pronted areely by the failure Of
Lees army ~ take permanent E1d hts aomni0ns by
sas ia aiSautt.yu tie 80 ef4 alarm recruit and
eoid,ic hrs 'orces md by the quietus given Tor tho
presents peace party which gust be- inning 10
All this II now dashed the nds, and what worse.
we have vcks burg which II does might have
saved by obvious pocy OF retaining enough Of
Lees army Nir n boid de ensive position. aud
reiuorco 'h-s' h the balances thus enabling him 10
drive Grant from BIZ position before he could ortiy and
starve the garrison out The truth a, bpwever-aad u
a bet he epken al urcethe army IN Virginia hss
been treated al thcB ime as u belonged moro 70 vr
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