Desperation Of The Rebels

John W Forney wntes to tbe Philadelphia Press as follows: Mauy of our best uformed observers begin to thiuk that there vvill bo uo serious resistance to our troops in Virginia, and that the polioy of retreat will be maintained by the disunionists, as far moru agreeable than a crushiiig and iuglnrious defeat. ïhis is not (ny opinión. The conspira tors must fight. That Davis, Steplicns, Mason, Hunter and Slidel: bitterly realize their bluuder, I not only believo, but I know it. We haveouly to reeall the reluctance with whieh Davis left the Senate and the Union ; the conservative speeches of Stepheus, up to the very mament of his disgraceful desertion of the cause of his couutry ; the tiniid treachery and double-faced logic of Hunter ; the brag of that immense ass and bully, Mason, whose assumptions of superiority wcre in ridiculous contrast to his own transpareut ignorance- to fiud the evidence of this assertio'a. But these bold, bad men, are already suspected by their dupes. They have also been distrusted by a great party in the South. And as debt, despair, and utter gloom begin to settle upon the seoession cause, those wlio were forced into this cause will deniand that Davis, and hia Directory, shall do soraething or go to the wall. Bear in mind that the idea of a dividod North and a united South has been dispelled. It bas been reversed. We have no Andrew Johuson in the free States, no Emerson Etheridge, no Frank Blair, no Sherrard Glemens, uo George D. Prentice, to divide our solid column, because these men, when they speak an# act in the South, speak and act aainst a foul and festering wrong, and because the creed of the people of the loyal States is that oí honor, gratitude and liberty. But in the seceded States all is distrust and doubt. The othor slave rftates are more than divided, because those who there oppose secession will do it alike with the ballot and tbe cartridge box. Henee a bold forward movement is demanded at the hands of Davis aud his set, to save themselves You see that Davis bas at last reached Richmond. He il there in bad health and worss spirits. He is thure a brokenbeartcd, bankrupt man All bis chiefa are sick or sullen. ïbere is not a man in tbe whole cabal that is not ashamed or disgusted witb himself. They look upon be moveraerits of tbe Nortli with terror and witb borror. They behold tbe awful power of tbe Goverunicnt of tbe United States, now rapidly developiug, witb aniazement and wonder. They kuow that tbcir only safuty is in figbt, and iight they will, even if it be but oue battle, and tbat tbeir last on eatb.