The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-10-24

he NOhTHEEN FtI SIS Ok TfiE KENTUCKY VIC.
TORIES -IIRtD OF WAR
tLe Irl5AAs eeat,n1es 10 s. sum5!o-t is a ifes
praEs--of the conduct of the visa ia lie aeia 1t
quotes fFoia dspsteh fro.1 Indianapolis in Tie
Cincinnati Comm .etat declaring thai Kirby Smiths
mics h:.ve been driven bel neoa car army and t,
Ohio river; that engagement. is :lluine1lt that
they cannot escape, ard remarks:
It strikes rs thai the loyal public has already
.>.t: something too much q! tL:s" Cen Mcclellan
on Sunday teleetaphed TO Washington tia. stu.
arts cavalry, who :n2de TIC boId rsid into Peun.
sglsania would certainly 10 lazssd; but iiuy
~ecsn't. We have had promise eaoGeh ircla Bleil;
where is the petoim maucsS
On Wednesday, TIE e'h iis.t he allowed a par.
ct Bis amy 20 ba attacked u overwhelming force
~ the rebeis They eye hn:.iiY revEised, bu: rot
Iii! 'hsy haa disabled twelve hundred tc fifteen
LuLdEed Union soa;era !r>iu;iii..s several Of oar
hest Officers. It il said thai i:.a rebel loss wa;
larger ihs11 oITs; aat vihsrH :3 J eG:2clecf Bid
tso taho any rebel gGnst D..i wa nc; iose soiGel
Ii w&s report ID that Buell. IN full force Tough.
Bragg next day end beat hia baaiy. That is now
admitted 10 bs fals, Then Il was reported that q
great battle had been fought and graas Union
vietory won Oh Saturday; but that proved q no
such thing Ditto IS to Sunday.
II IL plain the; there has been no SECOND tat.
tie and decisive victory. but The rebels have
captured part CT one Of our lrSios aud $50 men
losr Frankfort.
No - " Lea.- that the rebels cannot possibly es
;2po We predict that they viii escape with but
,hi!e loss !ong as Buell. leads :Le Union armies
~ al EVENT., let Us have nc E.0re victories al.
nou.:ced beforehand. Le; ~ win them Hrst and
herald them af.elWars.
I'VE h&yr had about enough CT his is re-
mark aoIset4oa lesrd OF lsta sSya he Boston
IfeascTii:, the meaning Ling tha.. have had
sboa. enough OF war The It.sStsn: slen ,emarEs:
OF coulse we have; for 1he simple rea.on that
We did net want any of it. VA waa forced upon
C5it will hardly do even to Gag tbs leSsJ OF TWO
evi!a; rather must i. be said the only allowed
escape from calauities vastly greater than Itself
As tbs conflict has progressed ts terrible character
has been revealed, and the old love Of peace has
naturally shuddered at ne hasGshpB and Losses III.
soiyed. Still there il No change IN the issue. IL
is as true to day as it was year and more ago, that
however s.d the Struggle, vigorously prosecuting
it * be only means Of at oidiEg dshOnor slavish
submission. and unimag1ed disasters. Nay, the
matter may be stated 10 far stronger terms For OF
vous reasons, any anxiety fer peace, accepting any
compromises involving disInembercaenf of the
country and al, acknowledgment that tho Federal
Government, sastaine ty tie loyal people. has not
the power 10 ASSERT its authority against rebellion
would be opening ths door to chronic treason, to
anarchy, to a perPotua! temPes,uous chaos in ali
departments of life which would turn this fais land
1to wilderness to its prosperity into Pande.
mt ninin as to its social condition. Thoughtful
courageous and principed patriotism should re-
member, that now is just the moment,
Rather to bear those ills we have,
Ihan fly TO others thai we know moi of"