The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-07-06
Victory! Victory 1.-THE Dying Struggles
of the Rebellion, East and West.

SlctOry! Nctory!-Ihe Dyam8 SruxGlos
of the Rebellion, East and West.
The great and glorious victory won the eve
Of the Fourth Of July by our heroic Army of
the Potomac has, we verify believe, settled
the fate Of the rebellion. The issue accepted
in this campaign by the rebel General Lee
was Washington or Richmond, and he has lost
the game. The success of General Meade not
only breaks the power, the prestige and the
hopes of the great rebel army of the East,
but in its immediate moral influence will be
equal to heavy reinforcement Of our vic
torious armies Of the West. The clouds and
darkness which lately overshadowcd us are
dispelled, and we hail, with Lees defeat, the
cheering light OF the dawning Of our national
deliverance. All honor to our noble Army Of
the Potomac an. its skiliul and courageous
leader.
The alternative now presented to JEFF. Davis
and his ruling confederates at Richmond is the
abandonment Of Virginia or the abandonment
of the Mississippi river and the recall of Gen.
Johnston to the defence of the rebel capital.
We have before us number Of editorials and
army letters from various leading journals Of
the rebellious States, from which it is evident
that the rebel Army OF Tennessee was so re-
ducsd in order to strengthen Johnston in Mis-
sissippi and Lee in Virginia as to compel Bragg
to abandon Shelbyville and Tullahoma on the
approach of Rosecrans, and to retreat for safety
to the stronger heights of Chattanooga Bragg,
therefore, is not in . condition to render any
further assistance to Lee; nor can he withdraw
from Chattanooga without detaching Richmond
from Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Missis-
sippi, by their most direct and important lines
of communication. The rebel goverument
therefore, must now recall Johnston from the
Southwest, or prepare for the abandonment of
Richmond. From the well known opinions of
JEFF Davis as to the paramount Importance Of
foothold on the Mississippi river, it will not DO
matter of surprise should we soon receive the
intelligence that the rebel capital has been re-
moved from its present location to . safer one
which will admit Of considerable contraction
OF the military boundaries Of the so.called Con-
fsderats States.
With regard to the prospects Of Johnston as
against Gen Grant, in the rear Of vicksburg, .
Jackson City correspondent Of the Atlanta Ap.
peal says-"People at distance are beginning
to murmur because Johnston does not advance
and bag Grant and his army. This is big job,
and Johnston's bag is not large enough to hold
the game" In other words, Johnston
army is too insignihcsnt to attempt the
rescue Of Pemberton. In another letter
Of the same correspondence, the writer
sand men to add TO General Johnston's army.
Just at this juncture, when dismsy begins to
spread itself through the enemy's lines and dcs-
pair begins to hover over all their ranks. Ten
or fifteen thousand men to add TO his little
army, and then huri them with the impetuosity
Of men fighting not only FOR liberty, but life,
against the mangled horde Of thieves aud as
sassins besieging vicksburg. VIII the admin.
istration at Richmond send them :" Such are
the cries Of despair from vicksburg for help
from Richmond. What Is Davis to do In this
extremity Johnston is pqwercss against Grant.
Banks holds Port Hudson as in a vice; Bragg
has been driven to the borders Of Georgia by
Iosecrans; aud, while Lee has been terribly
beaten IN PspnsylyAaia, Richmond Is ia \