The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1862-07-26
THE LATEST NEWS.

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pres Las, week We received dates from v.eks.
burg Of the llth. The intelligence OF the Wing
CT that dsae. 1t will he remembered had some
shs; narrowed down the great victory. Instead
of capturing thirty'hvc thousand troops with
Mcclellan himself, anninilasng the fcdersl ar
| my And tax ing possession OF all the arms and
munitions OF war, belonging 10 the grand
army Of thc invaders Il vas announced with
on, any attempt 10 explain the previous &C
coant, that re had SIMPLY taken seven thousand
pris'' eis' l'op stana OF arms ana i1p pieces
q cannon. iha' heViensh was resting uhuef
the shsdo" OF ms rahooA'-' ~hie hoDoNeh'
Shields, Fremont ana perhaps haiiceS' were
hast aing To reinforce MN II ts "a' UHe'
Of course The tsh' "a no' over larger anc
NON severe battle had yet 70 - foush' before
inc enemy were 'fFen ifohi. ifg'n''' WI he'u
regard : movements We were nor F'ec''y 'u
Tl'''i' There was report 'hat MS troops were
CONCENTRATING IN the vicinity OF Vha's'hooga'
and That The enemy we're also moving r'phy ia
the same direction ana battle was expected
to take place somewhere IA mat vicinity
onr no.l,ion VA. far from being satisfactory
Lett In doubt a, to whether any very importan,
results were TO follow the victory in Virginia
IL siupcndous proportion. 80 diminished that
We Jolt slmos, A. II 1t were deieA,-ve waited
with anxiety for reliable Intelligence from the
seat OF war. Since then. yet strange to say. not
a single newspaper or passenger has reached ~
from the other side Of the Mississippi, prepared
to furnish any further intelligence from Rich
nond. Letters have been received however
from the army At rppelo and information ha.
been derived from ether sources. which furnish
+, vol grounded bel,ef tina, the frs, account re-
.oivea NJ tho hath. ,.,, p,cb,,ond VA. no, far
from, the tr,,b Re,ort .t,tes that while the
dts,rac,ad rcmn.,, nj Mcclellan. army wa.
covering under the cover Of the gunboa,s on
lanes River awaiting the arrival of g tran.
mort, 10 carry of the trnops our commanders
had plantel ielab,,, cries below .seetuslly cut
ting al, .nnnles and tran.,ort. and every means
| of tr,nsnor,a,ion. Thatthe sunboats could no,
90 To tho ,..ist,pee of tho tr.p.ports for II
they IA they INNS, necessarily leave the army
! unprotcctra and to be destroyed
| Re these statement. trnc or falae every cir
cums,.nce. zoe. 10 ,snre d. that the victory
before Rebnona will proyc far more brilliant
than has hea, t,sii.v., That, i,votve. nothing
less than the distraction and Generalization OF
4 Mcclellan magnificent army, 50 recently mar.
shalled for our suningation. with the destruction
OF capture Of all It's splendid artillery mum.
tions Of war, immense numbers Of arms, &c.
Every intelligent man will understand and ap.
preciate this victory. II 4, should prove a.
signal "a we have every reason to believe i has
been, II VIII change at once the entire charac
ter OF the war. let i be borne in mind, that
the Federal army has been greatly diminished
WITHIN the last six mouths that the highest
estimate Of IT, numerical strength reaehe,
scarcely TO 800 goo men. and that much th'
lsrger portion OF this available force WAS nndei
Mcclellan That y was the best appointed and
mott thoroughly disciplined Of the Lincoln
troops Then Imagine ), destroyed, and what
] must be the result Nothing " wanted but
ylyOr and energy Il fufu tho ttHe Of war in ,,t,