The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-26

While We are sill in doubt and uncertainty
with regard to the exact whereabouts of our
army, We entertain neither doubt nor nncer
tainsy with regard to i,s weli-being. Had any
thing DISASTROUS happened to it, we should long
tho wings Of tbs wind, or, we should rather
ssy. lssves the wind sightless distance i'll the
sea. If we were to say that it beats the tele-
Fsph, We are not sure that We should be far
in the wrong, although electricians tell us that
lightning can throw girdle around the
earth twenty four times in the space of a
second Good news, on the contrary. is slow
Of foot, and halts in its gait; but when itcomes
=, las,, is all the more acceptable for It's tardy
appearance. Let our citizens possess their
souls IN pescs, and wait with patience, rs they
have often done before in this haraesiny. ,e.
.iioue. vexatious war. No news IL Uf itsels
good news We know that car army is i'll Elk
ceilen4 health and spiri:s. We know that ii
has never been beaten i'll 4 pitched battle, al
though it has fought innumerael- actions
Of tina, dignity. We know that they are
opposed TO foes whom they have defeated
m twelve general engagements within
less than TWO mouths, and whom on
last Saturday they drove into the Potomac with
unheard-of slaughter. We know that they
are under the command Of General in whom
they have uuhounded confidence. and that ne,
in his turn, has untounted confidence in them
aud in the officers wilu serve under him This
Il as much as we can expect 10 know for the
present. and ii is 4 great deal 10 knew Hui
we know, farther, that he has fully accom-
piished the hrst yreat object eli The advance
into Maryland, which was TO capture the army
that held Harrer's Ferry. and which the Yam.
KEGS tell us numbered II ,5s2, lin roand mum
befs. l., 900 men, exclusive Of body Of cav
airy which they allege TO have escaped When
before was an army of 1900 men ever cap
tured with the loss OF less than one hundred
On the part of the captors! A force of 81, 600
lnen surrendered ut Tim, but the loss on The
part of the victcrs was, in the various actions
that preceded the surrender, at least 2,lOa-
MantaM surrendered with ia,Di1-ahout the
eams number having died within the walls.
But It cost twelve pitched battles and sixty
combats, besides siege OF Elk months, to re-
daee II. Dantzic surrendered after siege Vi
several months, during which the garrison was
rsdnesd from l6, go 10 300 men; bat itcost the
besisgers tho lives Of several thousand men.
Bsd.jos was taken BY storm; but the victors
Succession Of murderous combate, running
through sixty days, and scarcely ever ceasing
for moment; but tho French lost half their
army in tho enterprise, while the inhabitants
bst $1,000 persons Of all ages. Sebastopol
W. carried by storm, after a siege If eleven
months, during which ii Is said that several
hundred thousand human beings lost their
Hvss But the capture Of Harper's Ferry WIS
slEeetsd with the smallest loss of life, we ven.
tuss b say, ever known, where the capture
wo % important. Yet, instead of regarding
tiis splendid result of whole series Of bril-
liant operations in the proper point Of view,
~ ere permitting the Yankees to turn our
attention from il By the lies which they man.
ulAetms for the European market. 1t seems
sesanss 70 ~ that any human being can be
blinded by such means 10 the true state Of the
caos.
We assure our eitizens-sueh Of them at
least - ass not obstinately determined to be
nbssxbls-that the army could not be in bet
IT, hands II General Lee, and his Generals
u corps, DIVISIONS, and brigades, most Of whom
would hsvs tssn made Aarshals of the I'm
pdss b. tlss Aryt Napoleon-H General Leo
md thsss 0snefals, with Tho Colonels, Majors,
CapAina. and Ldentsnauts, every one Of whom
AUhh - though be carried Marshals baton
IN his knapack-if General Leo, with such
oisssn = thess, and an army which need not
t1n - bssk upon the br,ayest that ever trod
the saeth, eannot take care Of himself, and Of
aDem, snd Of tho cause committed TO their
hssptns. then wisdom 10 folly. and valor no
bc3sr than arran& sDwardiee. For pnr own
P0t, W trust in them most implicitly. We
I'D sssursd that they are. one and all, doing
: t6s very bsa that eau 10 done tor the country.
and sAst = win not ~ long before We shall
ssessvs striking testimony 10 the fact. Gen.
ssaa Lee win not move uutii i,s 10 ready; but
whsn - i ready, aud does move, we have no
doubt thai the result viii b Of such si,arsc.
tssss % defy ~ the lies thst Mcclellan eau
mvsns--atrocious and untinshing i,zr ~ he
hAs psossd hia,sslt IL be.
Ths war.
OF I'll ~ wars thst hss ever ra~ed ano.
this Aehtfng plApst, IdpsoIs,s war 81 i.vai;on
y - aaseeas md vilsst, - wsll = ~ most
ahsrd ri nausessAary. o. ~ lsAter. 1.ys
fhsss - - isaUsr - any dla1rales - opip-
~ ssen anaae 1osthsfl MA lft56ulh Car.