, 1864-10-07

! "a as t1e mEnta ausaucedt go !has On tne
the june sun continued to acs upon il, aud
| by tie sDlh artillery could operate with ia
| cill1y. On this dste the General ~telegraphs
| ihat he las .no doubt that Jackson has
heen reinforced from here" Nos, then, Is
Richmond" Bnt instead Of ''perftct read,-
1tss," We hear TIC difficulties Of the coma.
Try" expsti.ted upen-we learn that "by
to GROW 1igot" certain defensive
wp1ls will be = fnished-that the
construction Of these "defeuslve
orisy Of nrmberr," 90 that be can b,iug tae
"ereateet possible numbers into action,"
l. tic etc, Instead Of attacking ssita 1shats,xr
I fire. he Eas"--ipBtcad Of "periect 1eaain a6s''
to act. Though be learns tie enemy tas bren
reduced BY detacoments,) be Is waiting for
Richmord," or doing anything towsrda II
be "Would be glad to hare permission Ia !aT
before the Prsslaent, By letter OF telegraph,
his views az to the pssss;.s :ts!e Of n,;,GrI AZ
Jays Mrerghcut TIC trhelteountrIhi
Bear 10 mind that, two months before, Gen.
Mcclellan had BEEN relieved from position
part CT Bis official duty; and now, after hay
III been 60. relieved. at such moment a.
this, when the President is eagerly scauninr
each telegram to know II the army has really
" advanced" and taken Richmond" be- Is
astounded to fnd only an otItr of ''vie VS.
throughout the whole, countr5," coupled.
| with modest request to kno y sthe numbers
and positions ofthe troops not under bis cou-
maud in Virginia Of ela laewhere'' In other
| words, Gen. Mcclellan, at moment +, crit
ical to hiuseH, and under circumstances
which should concentrate ali his thoughts
| upon lhe wore Immediately In hand, asks
to be Il formed of the numbers and po5ittens
| of all the troops of the United St.trsl
30 neither bfcCn1fe arrival nor fine wen,
| tber constituted "per:ect readiness to au-
| Yanee." all tho steleven'' bridges are fla-
isted-.eEen the "dtftnstTe WORKS" will be
stadg b To- morrow n'zht (yiz, June 2lst)-
Ut yet ne dots not "Muve forwa,d,
ptre Is eomethlpgat least th9t ought to
| sts1t him. Ttua tsr *'all the luf,rmat.ou
r1e,ious to Jure 24tb," &C., (p. 1l9) iudactd
tic telttf that Jackson was ut Gurdoasv.lie,
| Acao q uuc 24tb) Gen Mcclellan learls thut
Jsckson Hss moving to Fsedcsicsha.i with
T lls o#n troops 0pd I'll tnuse ''retnforce-
menrs" thst bad Sopt 10 biIs. fnr the pur-
| lole Of attacking my rear on the eSsh.'
Surely bow is the tia.e, If ever, to 's N ,ya
| 1olWbrc;' 10 tru or thrte days The enemy
| all receive tcaEY re-lnforcemclts. So, at
| last, on the 25th, cur bridges aad tutrenca-
| Il tnts being ut laat completed" {N 3.
TIE hrltees were ali completed by the 10th,
| TIC "GttcusiVa woIbs" we're announced
JuEe Goth, 70 to he completed tomorrow
we're 1eaey enough at any time for an nd
| vance, something is really to ba done. The
| reader holds his breath to know whit is to
| folioW-it Is, an advance q our picket lines cf
nc k:tt rnE1A9AToar to general forward
| OF PREPARATION had been exhausted, but II
60 simple as to believe that the time for prs-.
pairing to do Thing ever ends, aud the time
Of executing It ever commencta, his military
education 9 u1d not have bsen acquired ua-
| tory operation ut any rate must be the las..
But alss! though t'succeestul in what We
| have undertaken," The courage which, la the
| morning Vas screwed up to order ii an al-
vance Of our picket lius Of the left, pre-
bss al ssasss. s. aot ssVes
| coDtrebaDds," I've hope they x:re intelil.
| gently "just ip," announce ~ha: ''Ja:k-
| sons advance La at or nt.r Haaoy4t G. H."
that the perpetual busbs Beaur' gard, 'shad
| arrived" and that tht robel "iorcu IL stated
st c00, Coo men, inclndiog Jaeksoa and Beau
regard"
"GESERAL FORWARD MOVEMENT"
The "generai forward movement" Of the
| norbiIe IL totally forgo:teu after the inter-
view with these ''contraosnd*" acd we have
thts feeble announcement: but this army
will do all tn the poHer Of men to hold tasir
t =i'es'tton ard rcp1Ese any Attack" Regretting
| hts 'infeEtoriEy Of numbers" FOR which he
Is not sresponstble,' ~ be " WILL do all that le
honor to command" (Oo, t1at in 81 such Ia mo. NO.
nctt eure1y every. reader Will espirate snch
m army had 11t a leader and IT destroyed by
overwhelming numbers" !" can at 1eAst die
with it and sbaEe its fate" F.ronee, however,
hsiesls hat "thers Is no use in again asking
Thus in the morning We are treated With
grand "prsparatvTy movement" (Hhat the
particular u cessity Of losing Wbule day,
when time was SO piectoua, In this absurd
manner, the untnltiAted eau scarcely compre-
Eet We tayo this feeble vail OF despair DJes
MY one believe that any such sudden and
pertertous change had come over the state Of
.Nai1e, as would justify such q caauge In ths
spirit Of the General. or that the tales Of
''eezeral contrabanda' eonld 80 completely
then the alternative is to believe tho Report
rell-transpaFent'y tLin-with painful labor:
draHn over the writer's conscious ignorance
OF his own plans. tnte1tibns or situation.
Hegofs on to ea5, (p. Leg "on the 2Gth,
the daynpon which I had decidtd as the II ne
y ou7 il. al adranee." 1T has already been at
least tl1 da5 eince the whole category OF con-
mond has been fulfilled, and Elk days since an
additional condition turned up in bis favor
The reinforcing Of Jackson at GordousviIle,
firm R:csm6,d--tt has been two days since
he learned that the powerful corps OF jack
con, thus reinforced, vas bnt two or three
tntmy attacked our light in force, and turh-
ed my attention to the protection Of our com.
nun1e0t.o7's and dt<fs Of supt9y;;'' both Of
| which, bT the By, were lost, and were e.
peet ICE lott: since be telegrnphs the sscre-
ta1y Of War ''not to be discouraged it Jon
learn that my communlcatlozs are cut Of
ard tsxn fo'ktoten in possession Of tie enensy."
Nov, on the morning OF the 26th, Jac6sou's
main body was yet . jul day'snarch off 1t
vas noon on the aoth, {p. H4,} before the eu-
=. m., (p. 1851 before he had .t formed his
| lIneof battle" TO- attack Mccall, at Beaver
| Dam Creek. The troops which attack on the
Goth we're not Jackson'a but part
IF the er7y force Gen. .ueC2t7an icas to hare al
toekfd 1.@se:E Ihus We Learn the curious
ward movement" or, as styled, ?. 122. s'onr
final advance decided upon for that day."
| was postponed md abandoned in eonsequ.ace
cf az ostdek # the entmg's .oateh took place at
I p. n. Of the sane day!
Now il the case was really hopeless. Wa
/ you'd fold our hsncB ia resignation, only
| asRing why the conclusion was not arrived
! st three weeks earlier; for we affirm that
nothing happened up TO the 26th 10 make .
"moylng forward and taking Richmond a.
| IuOlE IWpIICtCaU1E tuaH H4eQ 1Eu. l1CLlel"
lar, Ton the ftb,) announced that be should
! be ''in perfect readiness" when Mccall ar-
| .ived aud the ground dried-condlttons all
| fulfilled as ear1y as tha 20tb. Even to
| the 25th nothing that has occurred has
,daunted the ostenslble determination to ;sad-
vance and take Richmond,'' aid q grand
epreI Iarstory" movement to "gener.l
forward movement" was ordered. Bus MN
cGnnGt control events, and Hho could for
bode that, almost simultaneously with the
order Tor san advance OF our picket line Of
the lift, preparatory, etc, etc." sererd! con.
t'c1a,d. you'd be On their way With tidfogs
OF Btaureeard aud Jack: oni that " n0al
I et'yatce" 1or tomorrow (tne 26th) will be
utterly frustrated by eounter adyaace made
ny & 1ieoblgicg enemy at O'Clock it, tie AL
.1reon gf thnt ddy!
need rot lose hope, for the General will do
fight the enemy"
: With an army of 1O0,o00 men p.s,ens J1r
dut-an enemy divided into two portions.
even if ''greatly superior In numeer''-we
would fancy sontethi q might be done, eren
had We not Ibis voluntary pledge OF brilltant
eeneralsbip. Indeed it has been cur notion
that these we're just the circumstances that
i.4itiatire en- the part Of General:
Admitting that the enemy really number
cd, {as fs stated on the authority OF the u Sc
c1et seryice.s ISL, 600 men, md admitting
that the "a adyance'' on Richmond had ceased
to be Eaetlc.ble, and that . retreat to the
why m uee us in this official Report Of past
events with the rretsnse, Eept up TIL the
9th, mar, to the e6th, Of "gsne1al for
ward movement? - Such q movement was
eure]y more practicable while jackson was
at Goroopsville, or even When only ,thrle