The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-05-16
From Richmond.

line article below from the Richmond
Eron,;ner IL worth reading ca,aG,,ly.
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..a. creu.' my ~ NV" W 'ne universa
oa,,,s frn,,, tbe Pen;ns,,Io - p c;ers wne
s,ar,sriav ,ha aaa;r 49,. u, ,,,,i OF
which General Johnston,s ,;.u n,'alnsourg
qualified ma .bandsnn,a y ..opa'cn orleny
-tant and bloodv battIa 49, 80 81, i,npoi
81 attack nsa;,r ' ar,,s, ~ as ue.erm'n
rotreatinofrom Yorkiown i, ~ eads 49, ~ =,
Of the EederaI 49,, os Wy anye
ren,,lsa ond dscsay - opoeu III 'nei'
The cbooi ~ H. "s' auu .ne resu,e WY wy.
FIJI con,nIat;os w." 20 e .i anu eno su9csss
bv tbe ConSaao " .no niosen,e, H., "ros I,Su
loss tn o,,u s;ia ,s,u, -, ea.,an ~ noa,.,
twelve hurdrad ~ ~ H., ,a,,,,, ~,
nrobablv not H.. ,bo, ~, tbn,,s,,na 'N y
ThA Coyesda.atas taoL n Ganor.l Iwr,or5
ed - roIonsl s;sother officers a.J ,J,rae
.I,nn.,red aud fftv nrisoners Who wore
Yesterday brouoht 10 town bv n troon ~
cavalry. Thew were Yankees OF the zen.
uino blue. rurts in statue. ,,ean and villa
in physiornomy. md. as n snecin,ep -,
the material TO be encountered in tha
Peninsula. were very incouro,;r, -
Southern observers. -
Little is known about a snbsoo,,e,,, az
pspement which took nlaca On Wadnns.
day near Barham. in the ne;,bhorhnod =,
West Point. where tho cnenav have iand :
ed forces for q flank n,oven,ert T. ,an,,s.
to have been a comnjeio rennlso 70 tbar,
They are said IN have beer ,,y;oa i,;,,a,
under shelter of their oun heats boti,
times with terrible sIau,bier T,vo -
dred and forty nrisoners ,aLar i, ~ :.
flight were last evening close 10 tho c;,v
and have by this time nrohabiv taLer
lodgings with their brethren y. -
What Is more encouraging than either
of these combats. is the condolences in
themselves and their commander now
we'll established in the army of the Pen.
insula, The soldiers and officers feel s,,re
to whip the enemy whenever the encoun
ter comes. whether at Barhan. Williams.
burg. or on any other point along the
whole line. Their moral condition Is an
element of incalculable whine in war
Seriously refiectine on the annroocb,nc
event. we cannot helm sharinp the conf.
dence of the troops. The Confederat,s
Governments seems to be aware of the inn.
portance of the issue and the value of the
stakes at hazard in the Peninsula. OF
all our generals, not one il probably i,et-
ter informed in the profession of arms or
of better game than Johnston. There il
not man in his army that does not know
that the fate of the country and his own
individual freedom depends on the cour.
age, discipline, and obedience of himself
and his comrades. Whether the numbers
are equal cannot be certainly known !.
but we are satisfied that there 10 ono ~
the largest and best bodies of troons in
the world. in good order between ih;s
city and the York riyer-an army s,rong
and brave enough to beat anv other that
could be possioly mannuvred in thar
piece of territory which thew occ,nv -
Here there must be a real fi9ht. and we
have vet to see Southern men 90 down
before Yankees. where circumstances
permitted an approaoh TO equality and
fairness in the terms Of the tlnel
five can gain n decisive victory de.
stroy Met leiIan's organization or ever
crippie it in such wav as 70 render the
CAPTURE of Richmond an indefinite and
Improbable event. there will he foreicn
intervention and treaty Of nnoca in n
very brief space of time-a period no
longer than required for the transmission
of the news to Furoua. If the engage.
1oent should not prove favorable re ns
then there must be another. and another
and another. while q single r.piment We.
mains. before eyocuat;ng RiobmoYdg for
we repeat. things have Come 10 the mass
when such an event would be disastrous
;n-tLr,Iost' -,iryr,sp and would he Inc, no,
Ginning of n Struggle for which even the
most sapruine could not nropoise a con.
clusion.
Not because the houses and FORTY thou.
sand Inhabitants of Richmond are worth
more intrinsically than any other forty
thousand. is this remark made. Not from
peculiar regard to this city do we desire
The position to be maintained at all baz-
ards. On the contrary. If the sacred cause
of the country conld be secured bv it
not a moments hesitation should be lost
in bprninc il TO tl,e around even If every
man. woman and child in ii died then
and there. But because the safety. tn.
success. the fortune of the Confederacy
is indissolubly linked With its preserya-
ton at this juncture, is it certain that 1t
must be defended at the cost of all the
blood and money that the Confederacy
contains. in the face of every risk and in
spite of every misbap that can be con.
ce;ved noss;hle 10 the army
No one has soraotten That tho ,nan;.
nous on;n;om of tSs would OF Inc com.
rosnosnpeni ~ tb,s war that il was ona
which would nrod,,ca and he conclnled
bv foreign in tervention. Events have de.
laved IL Until many began 10 think that
the intervention would never take Mace
But like oil universal ideas. the original
.cpinion was based ON solid facts. which
have now become palpable. The prom