Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-06-13
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LITTER FaoH DOCTOR Eo71.

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D;sE Fcs>y,h Day after day, week aI..i
weeS, bsve been spent in marching a. i l5Ga-
tes9ascnEg by tho iwo armies mere, AMI sI,:.
sni sgair We ha7c confidently expected
pitched battle ia less than tweaty-*9ur hours
The Doodles, with their characteristic tlnld:;;
and prudence have been spading Their %aj
aioug u Sa;ds Carinlh, and reinforcing u-:
they LEvo Lcw an lraaielIaa EfuIy ct loulnisai
with III Tho appliances tho alechsnia arts .s.
yiTe, aud ali Tue AbundaGc. TL.Gl r..i, pid
vision country chn furnish.
II il nov understood that G,.i tener4.s a..
stout t. efacuate, AID leave the CONTESTED
ground IL Tie eelnY without giving battle.
This will doubtless cause surprise iG sl sfeaI
disappointment 10 tho sangninsiy, aid c,,ise,
loud and deep Arn0iig cerish hre-e4tci. 81 -,
nense Sisibrn, who haso done most III Ito il,
rious talking since the Esr began, aud CO.'S =.
the fighting. iou will soon to satisfied, how
ever, that il IS wise move, sad It's most Al
astro1s blow to tro aHsny at this tlu. that Z,
could strike.
We mar yet h.Te bsrd sight neicr? &c e,
CT, for It is presumable that th: enemy, whca
they discover it, will attack Us vigorously snt
attempt to cut our army 10 pieces We isarr
from several exchanged prisoners that tres
think they hd7e us il q position from ghlct
We cannot retreat, snd confidently c1pset t:
bag our whole army. They take it for granted
We shall attempt to retreat b. the Mobile and
OHIO Railroad, and .ili make desper: q.
tempt to CT. Us of, but our Gensreis knce
what they ere ABOUT, and tia move will BE-
succ ,ssiully made, and Ti,n more less % "a:
enemy than US II 10 aot prGdsn; non Go
speak Of OFT plai oil orsra,CdI
The main reasons Mt tbs evacuation ui -
rinth are the following
lst. Water is very scsTc5 sd oar, All CT.
arruy is suffering greatly with sickness.
I'd. The enemy are, more adVantsg. tusiy
posted in point Of hselth, and have received
very large reinfo:c.neois.
sd II ns SHOULD DC defeated, II mluil l.
the destTarIipa Of .hr 4rmy Of ,te Alssi.!r
pi
&c |; ns %zie IL vic d LAt;is IL "oaid u
utter such desperate struggle, ,bst 1t would
cost us lar moro than We GAG now afford. -
Oar army would be cut to pieces, that 81:
should have nothing left to operate a.slns; L.
enemy's troops On the Gull aud tGe ii ss:ssiYr
riVer.
5.h Th5i= Is nothing l:f II Ucs.n!L
agh, for. The railroad &c the Est is c.: CT
trou us The enemy can take Fori F.ilJS
whenever they choose to take tho matter 49,
.rinusly IN hard. The whcla, country ior q
ty miles around Is forsged 5ui By 90: armJ.
and the enemy can find nothing but 5ise.s:
and starvation in our rear. They cannot POS
sibly adYeace into the interior in an dlr,-
ton whore they could 20. be SURROUNDED b
enemies. -,
II we c.E Esep SUCH "a Lc1y " - e..
nnw, we en-, 10 the Course Of the sCnne:, cI
up In detail any army they may st:om2t .
send out OF rsash Ct their guubosts
Tue Fabian poic5 is csrtsi1ly the ra5: c;
US iH Our present condition. Tee UrI@i
States Government is wasting a1sJ u2de- l..
cllicns Of expense day, end TIC ~ ce1.a'a'
ly defend our fresidss longer tsea ihey e'1
Keep up such a war thousand miles ircI
toeir RESOURCES ( isry hucd-ed nlle: thsi
come increases their eTPsr1 6 IN seonai:icas
ratio.
Oar ;ieaeials G.il 90 ioG,; tst- =fe.,
nesas Of impeding their progress and .Gcti
ing them, and II they will te.p leT hundred
neu scattered along the railroads ttej t.'
render them worthless to the enemy.
There is much Of interest that might tel
you, but ALI not al liberty to DO So ro-uct
row may 10 az eventil:l dsT. Our Tetrest will
probably he .6mmsnced, unless the eneE,
choose to come up ard sttsck uS Oar Pi "a il
now Tor tia whole army to Csrcb OFT a1i
bi7ouac in front of the cneny, and offer t:I
battle. II he refuses. cp1 march iii. pronaclJ
commence Southwark.
now, II A. 81, hear eanao5 booS'i7s "l;r'
in three miles Of my Office, and general eh-
gagcment may come of at any moment. IBIS
IL 3 turning point in our affairs
Yours. DC. &c. j. C. Eo--.
Nctc.-In q postscript Dr.. Mott enjoins Il
upon US not to use the foregoing, uotil We hai
learned Of tie evacuation, Passengers sad let
ters bring that information, and re accordingly
give it 10 the p1tLc. Tnc1e:teF has been IL
our possession, IS its date ipdicssss, for seTe
e-sl days. -.- ----.z---