The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-12
Al ~ l1sn VIEW 81 - U9esos1on
From the London Times Jane IL

tEIOm the k4ouuOu 1lulees JWOo IL
esrsest sass over the American battle 6elds i
Ike peerinS into thick dsrknesa whrre We hear msl,
fighting. Nothipgtis ysit-s exrept nuvv end. then
when fash gsvssa nsTs.sIsnad uus~rtain light.
We then see columns retrea ,n 4 and advancing, DO
dies Of infantry and cavalry nyng end putsuing bus
nothing is certain except that lssen are killing each
othsrs and that certain 6ags are Tying up~n csrtan
fortresses War secrets. were never better kept
than they have been by the SouthernsF1 Secrecy
was never more perfectly accomplished than by the
Northern Government since Il has adopted the plau
of dressing up Z hundred false images Of truth
Great defeats appear little skirpshes, aud little
skirmsshes are nagnifed into great victories.
Even that great battle Of Plttsburs Landing has
appeared In as many forms - handful OF glass In
y Kaleidoscope. It was great Federal victory; II
was Confederate stampede; Il was drawn bat
tie it was Federal defeat Again, It was en- on.
gagement in which 50 600 men were slain it was q
battle In which the Federal loss about 500 men
Then the Federal loss in killed, TQundsd, and miss
ing were allowed to amount to 3u0O. aud now II is
said, upon the authority of q private letter from
Ger. Sherman, tina, $4,000 have Reen lost to the
retreats are always at first disorderly routa But
after while the Federal officers demonstrate 1t
having their work represented a. 70 easy, and q
second verson appears describing them AZ in the
highest degree orderly and the resigsnce as being
most desperate. -.,...ss..sss
Different flashes of official light show the ssms
transaction as victory and defeat There was
" Gen. Franklns victory at West P0inAn which
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but retired from sight 10 como ont - defeat un-
der later illumination 1t Is quietiy admitted
now that Frankhs force ran, at crcditseie speed
to their ganboa,s- Above the hurlyburly aud
through the darkness we can see, however, q few
things, distinctly. We know that the Stars and
Stripes are at New Orleans and that tn re- IL Gen.
eral there SO intoierant of the saucy tongues of
American ladies'. that he answers q scornful
phrase with brutal outrage, and replies to . sar
cssm In much the same manner q revolted ne
gro would punish the p-euioas scoldsnss Of Ats
masters daughter. -
We know also that the Mississippi has been gal
lsntiy swept up aud down. and that, so far as the
guns Of the iron ships reach the valley Of that
river Is in the power Of the Federals. But the
principal fact is that after the great invasion had
seemed to have almost completed its work, and
when the United States had just resolved to cele-
brate the Fourth of July double jubilee, every.
thing goes back to it's original condition. A Fede.
raj army has been once again in full flight across
the Potomac; Washington has been In its old state
of paric and Boston and New York have been
again hurryins of new armies to save Washington
from hostile occupation.
People who have the power of making for us our
facts, Of course have the power Of ten fe1ing
our conclusions Bat what do they themselves
think? What are they doing who, having the
power of seeing the uudistorted truth, can Judge
rather better than we can ! There are men in the
Northern States who can tell why 1t happens that
the darkness is made so thick ab many transac-
tions. Some people know how it occurs that we
meyer hear any repor asto the health Of the troops
or the state of the wounded. People exist who
could, ii they cared. say that shiploadS OF fever
stricken wretehes daily come northward to die and
who could repeat the tales those paid wretches tell
Of the condition OF those they have left behind -
The secret explanation OF the new call for fresh
leyies could be given by those who know what 70
happening In these hoaptels where wounds ne yer
heal, aud where fever aud ague 50 Seldom give
up their prey If ulen fight In darkness ouly fit
fully lit up, they die il u gloom which no ray ever
penetrates.
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Lincoln chooses to tell us. we know of The sweep
ing ravages of disease nothing bu: what comes Ia
mysterious whispers the hushed CONSERVATION of
surviving Gieuds This silent death is, In all pro.
babiity, as active in the Confeder as In the
Federal camp, for Of tue Confedcrases we know
even less than we know of the Others. But how
shall we guess what the knowing ones on the Fede-
raj side really think of tue prospects Of their own
cause and of the decisive successes they proclaim
Their words have proved to be worthless. May we
not, however, put more faith in their actsf When
New ure ans fell aud the ports We're opened, the
world was told that the cotton famine was stayed,
that cotton again plentiful and that the world
might return to its ordinary industry.
When intelligence reached New York. the credit
given by the spectators Of that city to this
ance was shown IN this-that cotton rose l!c a
pound Every one Of these spectators, in all pro-
babity, declared in public and In private that the
rebellion was crushed and the Union restored -
But, FOR his own proper profits sake he acted on
the snppositon that those events were further of
than ever. Would we seek further sign of the
real belief Of the better informed men Of America
let us - the great commercial facts Although
Amesieaha almost ceased to import, we see the
pren;pm on gold gradually advancing, the ex-
exchanges gradually rising, and the price Of provi.
SONS gradually getting Up
- These facts, occurring 1ir'cg the frenzy which
makes the populace drive = lt6 stocks up TO nomi
nal premiums and prefer Paper TO gold show that
izing. and making everything safe for the crash
they foresee These are not signs that the really