The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-18
LATER FROM THE NORTH.

GAson!ae, Of the same date. The New YORK
papers know less about the situation thar
| the Washington journals. We give some
terestiog
| isntasArlos AasIysT Tsx .pausIsrR.TIns- cAcsI
or drs LRx's islc nos -ntsrsR Y os fHe RspE
ftass.
Tao Philadelphia correspondent OF The New
York World. wtiling oa the i2,h, sIves tha follow
lag "informad,h' TO that paper. His speculation,
| about tho Confederate furee in Maryland ara
amusing
As the cause and character of the rebel raid In
Matyiand becomes better UNDERWOOD, the senti-
meHt of indignation &c iEst the Administration,
suppressed AT frst by ts sntpsse produced by tha,
eseat, becomes niJre and more intense. Ii Is
clear tD all that this movement could baQe bet u
easily prevented, aud the humiia lion Consequent
upon IL syGided had the men VINO bold the Teins %!
p,wer been endowed with the least aiRoant OF ga
gaei'y ard foresight single gtsnee at The facts
wiiIch preceded AMI attended ibis aai1ctous
ctI!sion of the rebels, will saiFiy any that
do rot advance here anything ! am not fniiy pre-
pared To demonstrate
III understand ,h +; last rt bel inGurson ny IL is
arcPsilfy idf nae Ia revert 10 the seIfs of opera
.sons Ly which Cea Grant ieavirg The hioedy
q Ida Of SPotsyisahia Goud House. eut his way
taFuush Sirsiui =, and after a shof but eangniDsfy
con.ct on the hanks of the tnies ahaminy, hn ally
snccaedet In cTas7iue the iiEies, aud In esiahlia
Ing imseit sr"ng!y t'r son'h side OF that iVer.
buring this peft0uA match across hostile c"un.
ny IL was Thought pretty generally that the enemy
would impede our progress southwark, and PIE
vent Cen tifani t!nn reaching the pOint he had set
doan la his plan as his Objective. But IL cur
great surprise nothing et the Kind occurred. The
roads - III. James were lnviBgiy open 90 us, Us II
the abIrei 0t the Febsis Ws5 to attract Us there
Gen Lee, far tom emerging irom his retreat, AS
coed strategy would seem 10 Indicate he should /,
kcn within his hmpnta.
gtvtng sign OF lite except when We came within
few huadred Yards af them, 0T made a demon
siIaiion sgains, The Eeoei capital.
The cause OF III 1t intcttOa, which was thCI: so
su rpIi sing 10 us all, was, have been informed,
produced by d desire TO attract the Union army
far south rs possible, so rs TO uncover the
northern frontier, which, by this means as 10 be-
Ell accessible to all iDroad OF the rebel f0rccs.--
la the estimation Of General Lee, the cOncen.ra
Ton of all The avaiab forces OF tue North The
south of the James, far from being dangerous 10
the rebel cause, was one Of tha iuckitst events
OF the wat. II compelled General @ sant TO lose
liz series Of Siege operations tige Which
might have been u-efuiy employed 10 active
campaigning, gave 10 the exhausted forces OF
the rebels an opportunity for uniting behind
III. walls of their ioriasses, and opened 10
ihg i0rorn columns Of ihe rebellion CHnside
rible portion nj tue border States. Such il the
conse Ience oi The stIategJ adopted In this sn
stance. on are now going to see win what IA
pidns Of execution General Lee availed hinaeif
OF our mistake
Nc s.usef had he ascertaned that our intcntIon
Ia remain before Petersburg, In fioRt OF which
he can keep " SIX m0HtAs Il he ch OSts, Than his
first Ohyrct was tu feel our forces In The shehan-
doah Valley and try 10 penetrate into Maryland.
this dome I'm eda;ei} aiieT our fret assault
on Petersburg, An attempt W wltci had for result "a
convince tue Eenfederaies OF the sireegh of Iheir
position, hnd OF their power TO employ their
troops upon aaoiheI hattie field. should The iiiBg
he deemed advisable. TIE repnlss e1pesienced
by cur forces along the Tennessee nLI Virginia
Central railroads, lad already demons raied III
tho !rbel GpnrISl The facility Ot su,h an under.
taxing. Tie soon Understood that by hurting back
III The columns We had scattered along that iine
1tyoad tie t0iuac, he would coaipete our de
feat, open 10 his exhausted soldiers The fcitile
leits OF the border States, unmaunt his cavalry,
and repienish his gfdnaries
ln pursuance Of that plan, General Early, who
had for some time occupied The Shenandoah
Rec kilrijgf, who was watching tho sOuihWesI
EN- part OF |Irgtaiai hesser, who had been citing
IN coajuB ctia. with Eart; and the two guerilla
leaders, SiOsby aud fmboden, received The order
TO march forward ,r iilrpes's Ferry ard To oecu-
py Maryland Heights. Some peOp'e tbink u at.
in order 10 make ths expedition sure thing, Gen
Lee has add Il to these forces few divisions of
his aHN d aTaly, unj 7 command OF Cen EWeIi. The
th,ng is not, however, probable. Eweii fs rot
likely 10 leave the command OF hts corps for the
insio,ious occupation Of leading raid. Be this
as 1t may, the whole expedition Was carried GA
with al ACTIVITY and a secrecy truly eimiraba
Gems Hunter, SigeI, aid Wallace weie either de-
feaisd or compelled 60 fall hack.
MarlIhshpIg, WlIliamspori, BooDsbOro'. HageTs
town, xiid etowa, iarPef's Ferry, R0 ivar Besshts
and Fredetick fell Into ttH hands Of tls ie3els
without even O struggle. During all The time the
Administrations instead OF coming to the assistance
o troops Ia that region, lost precious oppor
tuDity in prog!dins for the Ce!ences OF " gshiHg
ton and Baltimore which ia no way threat
Ell I'd, ami let the rebels, who might have been
easily checked. have their oSa way fn y'and.
ImH,tnse iinra OF railroad and telegraph afe cut,
h.idsFs are blown up houses ere bu!hsi, crops
are destroyed, contributions are levied, a large
amount of eiie, ,ho ses and grain are carried aW ay
Bnt what does IL matter ar. Lincoln must be
slyed and 10 that great Gtject the whole force,
the yyhoe talent, the " hole energy of the country
must be applied and that at the eEpsnse OF every
,hins else. is there any instance In history where
self hress and iEearaeiiy are more strikingiy un-
folded
Some people will say, perhaps why Ia IL that Gen
Lee, having ter seme time past cont. mpat, d an
invasion Of the North, had mol given TO the present
expedition the proportions OF regular campa gB
The objection may he ansar red by the obseIva-
uon, that In q pieat war like this everything Ia
subordinate 10 the operations OF your opponent,
aud that when your opponent keeps all your iorces
busy IL is difficult te detaeh fton: them an army
OF invasion Gen Lee has done In this instan cs
all he could do, and his success proves that he
knows what Hr LiRco.n ignoies--loW 70 obtain
great re al lie with ittiie means.
Had our Administration been gifted With par
tcIe of The talent which sfaees tho fete leader III
would have known from The start that concen.
trans all its available force on single point, f.r
trom lis original tase was 60 invite The enemy TO
an ia sasion OF oGt frontier and The only way 10
counleract the eeet Of that strategy was TO occu
~ all the avenues leading To HE North with 3
force suii3itn 10 fepei any attempt Of The enemy
| ON our lines. Having failed In that, we are now
eEoospd 10 the intohyentences of a depredaoiy
tncufsi0n aud 10 The humiiia ton of seeing thr
rebels OIL our cwn sui-tw thisgs which, hope
will be remembered in ihe election Of November
next, when the verdict OF The peopis upon the
acts N sr Lincoln aud his Cabinet will be given
THE FEELING AT THE EoR1A-THE DlsiNc LIN ArI0f
OF THs MILITIA TO VOLUNTEER CALLS OF hi
GOVERNORS, Ar.
The New York World, OF the 18th, contains sew.
erai columns about the preparations 10 sen,
,roops forward 10 Washington. In the mass W,
lad letter from Mayor Cuather TO Major Genera
Sanford prote against sending the militia Oh
of the city for fear Of another "COpperhead" out
break, and a reply from Major Gen Sanford re-
oues,tag Gun,her 10 attend 10 bis own business
that he fSauiord) would be careful to retail
twelve regiments la NewYork, enough TO keep tn.
peoDle down. About The volunteering, the H'ofl
SAYS;
ltcaa hardly he disguised that there Is a goo,
deal of un s.it. gaess among some OF the new TeRl
menis To respond promptly 10 the eau Tor miiili
20 go 10 Washington aud Baltimore. There are
| number of reasons alleged for this Must of thee
mti.tiamea are unused 10 the service, have neve
had any experience In The tented field, and do no
seem 10 understand well as The mofe expefience
membars The nature OF the call ana the siiua
| tiun. They hesitate. aud ASH II they Will b.
| relieved itom the daft In consequence of thei
| oIeytng the call, how long they are expected Il
serve, and whether they will be engaged In garti
sonine the forts aad works OF defence or placed IL
the field The Ieglmeatat commandaBts eIPiai.