Daily national Republican., 1863-08-24
Editi0A.
Tan rALL or sularln.
-FOUR O'CLOCK. r. NJ.

TaE FALL OF sUnHlA.
Win Samtx falls, as h prebablp has DON,
BY Thu tins Grilmors and DaAlsrsa win hav,
accomplished b certain sstsss the openlhe d
the hsrbor. The Idea Of Sumter being the KEY
to the whole position Is not tho fact to the ex.
ssas nndsrstsod BY most peopls. The ship
channel lies nearer, much asarer, 70 Forts Moul.
trte and Bee than to Sumter, and running BY
those works will be matter Of dangsr, to re.
duce them must entail time, az they are built
OF sand, not Of stone. Inside the harbor there
arc other immensely.strong works--somc on
shore, others In mid-chsnnel. Thus the Iron.
elads In the approach to the city Of Chsrleston
viii come within one mile Of the guns of
Fort JOHNSON, the same range Of the iron
fort on the Middle Ground shoal, and within
two miles Of Fort Pickens; besides which
there is a strong battery OF 1oineh 90.
lumbiads In the harbor front Of the city
Itself. We mention these facts In order 70
prevent false hopes with reference to the dcs.
'ruction Of Sumter. Long and terrible work
mus Be accomplished, ere our nag floats vlcto-
riously over the doomed cradle of the rebellion.
out thsro Is no fear Of the result. The rebels
DO not possess such astonishing guns as ours,
their leaders have hitherto been outgcueraled
oy Gilmore and Dahlgrsen, their rank and file
arc no match for our iron.neryed and IRON
willed volunteers and sailors, aud, abovs all,
Gods curse Is on their caus,. Give our cal.
liant army and navy proper time, and the stars
and ttripos will, before long, noat over the
home Of John Q. Calhoun. An,
Reliable NEWS FROM LEE,s ARMY,
The New York H.rald and Times Of Saturday
relieve tho anxiety of Gen. Meade, the Gov.
eminent, and the country, by announcing,
through their columns, the exact position and
strength Of Gen. Lees rebel army. The Herald
furnishes the position az Joiios.
"MR. ,. q. cHAPMAN's DISPATCH. '''
hEADouAnrrRs ArMy or Ias PoTosAc,}
81 have Information from three different
sources which leads me to believe that the
rebels havr lsf our front aud go,.e south 10 Rich.
Y. Herald, Aug. 22. ~. boz
WASHINGTON, August 81 1858.
Information is current here that Lees army
mas been moving OIL from our front upon the
virginia Central Railroad to Richmond buf
officers arriving here tonight, whose position |
ID the army entities them TO know what IL |
gong on, assort that no such intelligence Is IN
We posseeston Of o1r commanding generals ."--N |
Y. Herald, Aug. 80. -
The Tbnes furnishes the styength b" Of Leo, |
10 follows.
"LEn's STRENGTH.
Army officers competent to judge, estimste /
he strength of Lees army at Icss than So, 600 4
non. Within the past three weeks II has been |
.reatly thinnod by desertions.' .'--N Y. Times, |
itg. %. '..r '3af-'n- -
The aspect of affairs Is such as 10 threaten |
new offensive movement by Lee. There is
he 6esf cf evidence that he has been reinforced
" Ut least one corps and one divison from tho
rmy Of Bragg. g."-Mp York Times editorial.
iuJ,et %. r''7'E''Hs -
As the London Snowman, beautifully ssys,k
You pays your money, aud you takes your
hoice )" or, In the classical language Of brother
'unsby, II Lee has left sour 'front.'" he has
not, not. Overhaul "watts' Psalms and
iymns," and "whcn found, stick.s pin In.