Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-08-07
YANKEE YESDACIrY Exposed.
[Frou the Londoa Tines, July1el


We sadly want Homer for thus Aneric al Troy. The
accounts we have OF these battles before Richmond
still very hey. All that We can safely eItrsc' from
them il that the Federals have sui red defeat
aud that they have attempted BY frantic boasts and i'm.
pudent iasehoods 10 palm il upon the world as ycto
~ Ii is OF the mos remarkable circumstances con.
nected with this savage civil war that il seems 10 have
DESTROYED in = common ruin, all the finer feelings Of
those who have taken part In it. We judge only from
the universal and unconadicted testimony Of the Gov
ernment the Congress- and the press when We note that
pecuLiary honesty was the first qualify to go. When
General Butler became popular heIo the Federal States
nsy renowned the reputation they had ostentatiousy
cultivated fJr gallantry towards women Alter the let
ter from Gen. Bsauregnd which We published yester-
day. we are obliged 10 withdraw all confidence in the
yeracity Of the highest mill airy officers in the Federal
service There led 10 be pecundry honor, manly gal
lantry aud clnd yerScity among Americans. WHAT
hEs become OF them since this commencedy Even
previous General Beaursgirds letter there had been
suaen evidence OF the cart essness or reckessness
With which III, Federal Generals made their official re-
porte.
After General Mcclellan, for instance, had officially
described several brilliant bayonet charges was aroi
/, discovered that there ONLY one man on the held
who had died Of a bay0net thrust. But that two
Geaerals should positively and officially announce In
despatch to their Government the capture OF 10 600
prsoners aud Is 600 stand OF arms and that the fact
solemDly announce should 10 be utter fss
hood is we believe altogether unprecedented in
rome aud even n America. General Beauregard lot OF
" denies the whole story, charac crZng as ament'
able dsre poet for TRUTH but be sssers that the whole
of the Losses suf red in his mastery retreat 500
damaged mus kets overlooked in the camp, twl
huadred strsggers and four sick soldiers babarousy
burned by Col lott 10 railway station. That Gen.
Beauregarl has giEe tn c)rr ct version o. the affair
evident from this that Generals Hileck an Pope might
have readily coufuied him by producing the prisone
and the arms. But 1t is not suggested that any
has ever seen the the other After the despatch
had produced its eject said about this
cesding important capture OF Confedrite army. Al.
ter this oerence, We must have some testimony other
than the cffcia report OF an American General before
We can place confidence in the result belief In
| the existence Of any operation be may describe.
But II the Federal Generals sometimes boast Of what
they never did the ose OF the Secretary OF War seems
to be nothing moro than vorkship for fashcauons OF
the cumsiest kind Commanding all the telegrsphic
communications of the country, absolutely prohibiting
the publ ason of sny independent accounts Of military
events Mr. Stanton seems 70 have adopted IL a. rule
Of official routine that first report OF battle shall go
forth to the American public which "a not ntrnsicay
se aud that even fasshood shall not pass unless it be
exactly cut TO tho official pattern TIE coalition Of the
men who are so and sprtess as TO continue TO
conduct euspapsrs uGder such thra1om Is necessarily
miserable aud degrading. The public yesterday in
our columns account written by Mr.. Charles O. Full
tom agent of the Associated Press" aud purportng
b, description OF the events which had happened =
fore Richmond II bora its character upon 1t. IL
| was q romsncs written to order. 1ts tex. waA We
have the grandest military triumph the enemy ard
chmond must fall" The dissertation worthy Of
the text and the whole performance bore an srtifca
| aud untruthful sr. As gather from the published
correspondence Mr. Fulton-Who it seems was then 10
the Federal camp-hid been sent for by special train to
communicate with the President and the Secretary Of
War; and had drawn up under their instructions this
voumnous piece OF fa,e intelligence. He had. in isc
given TO story OF fictitious victory little eoulsT To-
Gale and had settled 10 consultation the only intelligence
which was 10 be allowed to go iorih. Forthwith, Mr.
Fulton printed he victory in the Bsimore American
and TO his iatease asionishment he in few hours al
ter yards found himself arrested and bis road Fort
hcHenry
Exposul, ing against this strange reward for having
published tho Secretary of Wars own romance Of vic
tory Mr. Fulton s told that he is punished for pub
fishing the satemVut but because he had been dscov
cred in betIayiog 10 private friend In private tele-
gram that he had 60 hts news from Washington. The
President and the War Department had resented this
outrageous breach OF confidence and ssnt Mr. Fulton
to Fort hcHenry accordingly. Perhaps they right.
IL Mr. Fdon betrayed Q confidence Teptssd, no one wi
pity him for bis temporary Incarceration. We mentit
the facts however not for Mr. Ful:ons sake but in
der TO show the condition Of the American press under
the iron hand OF the American Governmeund the ,ys-
tsms c manner in which contemporary history is fasfe
by men whose conspicuous poson ought to mako them
lenacious of truth.
Under these circumstances, il ID TeesoDsble 10 tale
ev,ry stat, oiesrsphed IRON the Federal tids 50
strongly possible against tie Federal interest," With