Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-02
.GEY. NELSON'S VICTORY MODIFIED

GEN. NELSON'S VICTORY MODIFIED"
Under the above heading the Cincinnati Gaz,tte Of
the l6h tells the facts in regard to the brlsan. vc:O
ry" achieved by the F,dsras at Piketon, Ky. The &C.,
zstte says
"Details of the battle at Piketon Kentucky given in
our special corespondence sho~ that General Nelson's
victory slightly exaggerated by the early reports
The number of the enemy killed fedrc ID from four
hundred TO twenty-five at the last account. With mod
ern improvements in the material Of war; great victories
are now much less sangunary than formerly The num-
Der OF prisoners taken s not two thousand aud fifteen,
as was exactly stated in the dispatches to Washington,
but will be when General Nelson takes them; and as
there than two thousand and fifteen rebels a.
large, to be taken, the report only little pema-
ture.
General Nelson's strategic combinations the b3t l.
fed were not correctly stated at first General Nelson's
army was not formed in the shape Of a letter V, and
Col Harris did not feign retreat to draw the rebels
within this admirable arrangement. They left before
they received invitation therefore did not close
upon them like trap. In point of fact they wer, on
till and few shells from our guns put them 10 light
This slightly varies the strategic points of the battle
The rebel General Williams not shot through the
head id fact he was not shot through any part hav
ing had call to leave the ground carly IN the affair
This nodifes General Nelson's great victory somewhat
The killed and captured rebels were Sin buckram."-
But it glorious victory, and has reo'cad the heart
Of the nation aud g.esty cast down its enmies. And
we correspondent shows, il has broken the heart
OF SIC ssi in ern H mt cky and closed the te TO
supplies and renforcsments TO the rtbels the public
mind will be relieved that much has been accomplish
ed at so little cost Of blood"
JOHN CocHRANE FOR ARMING THE SLAvES-EN.
DoRsERENT OF THE POLICY BY SECRETARY
CAMERON.
The Cincinnati Gaz,tte of the 18th publishes IN
special despa.ches from Washington the following:
"The marrow Of John Cochrane's speech, the whole
Of which Secretary Cameron unquslfedy indorsed, is
in the following paragraphs, which We quote verbatim
"'Tnis Is a war which moves toward the protection
of our homes the safety Of families the continuation
of domestic affairs and the protection OF our iresdes.-
In such are justified, and are bound to resort
to every force within our power.
"'Shall not seize the cotton at Beaufort, the MI
n;tiors Of war; 'Aud il you would seize their property,
open their ports and destroy their lives ask you
whether YOU would not their savesp whether you
would not arm their slaves great applause and carry
them in battalions against their masters! Renewed
and tumuItuous applause II necessary TO save this
Government, wond plunge their whole country, black
and white in one ndiscrminate Of blood so that se
should in the end have a government which would be
the vcegerent OF God.
"Yon have arms in your hands, placed there for the
purpose Of exermnatng enemy unless he submits 10
law order and the Constitution IL he will no f1pio1e
every thing that comes in your way set re 70 he cot
ton explode the cotton take the slave and besto" MN
the nOnkItvehonuer you ptenScs l"ieos oPP'"N'I
Do to them as they would do TO Raise upa party In
terest against the absent STAKEHOLDER. Distract Their
counses and fhis should not be sufficient take INC
slave by the hand, pacs musket ip Il, aud IN Code
name bid him strike for the liberty OF the human race
Tmmense applause
The Cincinnati Enquirer Of the lslh, in rePublshiug
the abovo extract says:
"Thi speech Of NJ COchrane has gaddened the hearts
of the radical Republicans than any thing that has
lately occurred We do not ourselves regard 40 much
what Mr.. Cochrane said lis endorsement by the sec-
rotary of War Mr. OochrAne himself and what he may
say are Of very much consequence. He aseys was
crotchety vscating and uncertain. lie one OF the
concoctors Of the Bnr,lo Platform, and has vbrated
since between that snd extreme pro-slayery. lie has
now taken the bsck schultz and hss gone clean over the
Buff o c0ntrvaDce and ia for placing arms in the hands
of the slSvss and bidding them IN Go!s name strike for
the liberty of the human race" His uncle, Gerrett
Smith, the notorious Aboliionis now rejoice that
he has nephew In Mr. Cochrane Who bids fair to out
strip hms, II in his antislavery views."
The Louisville Journal can't go Csmerons indorsemen
of Cocbranes views iha. the should be vaged for
negro emancipation In lis issue of the l6h the Jcnai
says: ra y
Never during the Act has there been period less
calculated than the present TO tnggfst resort TO ef
IRENE and des perste Never has there been
rod more fitted than the present TO awaken conf fence
in the perfect ability Of the nation TO achieve succefs IN
the ordinary of warfare. Yet this is the Nom mt
sez d ny the Secretary Of War to speak with flourish
and with no little ambiguity Of what should be done Il
te nation we're driven the wall and reduced 10 the last