, 1863-07-25
THE. WAR m VIRGINIA.
The Positions of. Meade
and Lee. -
WHAT THE WASHINGTON Pa
PERS SAY.

Especial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribun5-1
YAsns8roS, July 2i, 1:5S.
This evenings Rxoubliean contains :h7foi-
loving: -.r-
: The impression that Meade aud Lee are
lying with their armies along the western
banks Of the upper Potomac Watching each
other, and that the headquarters Of General
Meade are at Harper's Ferry, or IN that regtoi,
is a decided mistake. Buth armies are active
aud Meaae is where he can STRIKE Lea blow
when he pleases~
battle is likely to occur at aAy moment.
; On the came subject this evening" Star has
the following:
i. ,""Ne aEprehend tilesc~ca now be no little:
toubt' that on Saturday: morning Inst Lee
c"miperct to move hls nrmS up the Virginia
valley from The position It had occupied since
the rising Of The potom.e. He lad previously
nude feint 10 cross the POTOMAC by sendtpg
Ewezl's corps up towards CuInbrr1and.. !: il
presumed hc regarded the movements Of
Ne:d de's afmy, which has been By no means
Jd.e Of Late, as making it necessary for him to
hu1ly If. fer the protection Of his comnuni-
Cations with Richmond.
We feel very surc Meade has those commu-
nications already at his mercy, where and
how it is not proper TINT VIC should state.
At any rate nc may not improperly say that
Meade Is demonstrating that all apprehension
Of tarliness on his part is entirely grouudless.
Lees advance is represented to have been
at Stzasburg on the dag before yesterday and
We trust, as We believe, that his whole flank
Is being daily felt by Meade's cavalry, 60 that
all bis movements are Immediately known
AID provided againAt.
To these statement Of local papers it need
only be added that there Is u plentiful Lack Of
knowledge Ms to army movements on either
side, and that the deficiency Is being supple
,ncnted by the vaguest rumors.
WAsu1fGToS, July ~ 1t has been def
nitely ascertsined that Lees main army Is At
OF near Winchester. Hc has made no gene
ral advance down the valley.
The n. 7. Herald's n 'sshington special says:
From the relative situations Of the armies
in Virginia to-day as nearly as understood
here, it is apparent that Gen. Meade las the
rebel army Of Lee completely entrapped. He
is evidently massing his forces to break his
wny to Richmond, but will probably find It a
more different undertaking than the one at
Gettysburg. Afser all the delay there is now
not much prospect Of Lee beiug able to get
his army back to Richmond. or even 60 far
as the upper end Of the Shenandoah Valley.
Aspeclai to the Philadelphia inquirer, dated
Chambersburg, Pm, Esd. says:
The enemy, except Ills cavalry scouts, aban-
doned Hedgesrllle yesterday. Part Of Ewe;rs
corps, With 1G cannon, fell back towards Mar
tinsbn1g. 1t is reported that the enemy
crossed cavalry iorce at Hancock this foie-
| noon.
| It is stated that water will be re-almi;tctl
! into a portion Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Caral this week.
Lee left Winchester With his stuff yesterday
| morning, in the direction Of Middleburg and
! Strasburg. His heaviest force is now IN and
/ around Winchester. lie has been reinforced
from Lower Virginia and North Caro1ilia,
| by reported force of 10000, uuder D. L.
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