The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-10-10
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~. or. harpy 70 perceive that our late re-
Il. NJ. had very little effect upon the public
p.S of .iishearsenine character, in this part
' y. country at least. Our exchanges speak
aisssier OF course, but not such
-, ss does moi admit Of remedy. The
A.. well aware that in such a struggle
F,s;. IN which we are now engaged there
So ~ ~n..esssrily be alterations Of good and
30, ,,r,une and they have accordingly made
:. their minds to endure both sxtremitiee
T:,h sorsuimi,y As they were not shaken
-. missar,unes of the last spring, 10
usre no, unduly exalted by the victo.
@.' =, the summer. although the series was
-. MOS, splenaid of which history gives any
..,,,p, Beating or beaten, the people of the
C,rtsaer,,e States preserve the came compo-
,nye, rejoicing Of ceurse in their success, but
,,;,h = temperate Joy; deploring their defeat.
I'm, .lvsys with II hopeful mind
o,,ss cxteut OF the disaster to which our
Arm. have been subjected, we are as yet una.
Ie 10 form al adequate conception. With
,hei, u.tu.l propensity 10 frantic exultatien, the
ysuLees arr already mad with JOY, ~ we may
,uaee from the specimen which VIC published
from the New York Herald yesterday. 1t is
leus. however. since we placed any faith in
ANYTHING coming from that quarter. The very
fset tha, any statement appears first III its col
.uus is sufficient to render it doubtful. The
telegram itself, however, is sufficient TO show
tha. We have met with considerable misfor-
t.ue. TO have our chain of victories broken,
!. indeed, of itself, n sufficient misfortune,
Though the broken link be Immediately re.
sored But s;ill we are all aware of the
proneness OF the telegraph to present the case
a first in the worst aspect i, is capable of
wearing We have very great hopes that
when sufficient time shall have elapsed to
c,,her together all our different corps, it will
,e found that our lcsses are greatly exagge-
,zre,i. both by the Yankees and ourselves.
/, was So after For. Donelson. when the Yam
lees said we had lost $1,000 prisoners and
when il tuned ont that the exact number ia
ser was 5,oe9, exclusive of prisoners. So it
hss teen IN every instance. They always make
ou, our losses Al least three times as great as
hey actually are, and set down their own at
about hall. The arithmetic Of Pope and Nc.
Cielliu is even more liberal These gentle.
men ninge the creations of their own fancy,
with the calculations of the exact Gums, in
manner which it is quite edifying to behold
They have an aptitude for invention which is
altogether unrivalled, and it is quite misfog
tune 10 the lovers of fiction that neither Of
them commanded at .Corinth We should then
have bad a narrative not 30 entertaining per
haps, but quite as verdical as those of the Ara
bian Nights. In their absence, however, their
places will be abundantly supplied by Grant
aid the letter writers, who will give us stories
oi the .ftc, far, fun order, until the Yankees
'henselves will cry, hold enough!
Il s not by lying newspapers, however, or
rouancing correspondents, that countries can
b. conquered, or the fruits of victory gathered !
AZ far as we are able to see, we have been
defeated but not conquered. Our army still
EXITS, and still has the power of resistance.
The enemy himself has been so badly crippled
By the bloody three days battle of Corinth,
tha. he can be III no condition to follow up
bis victory. Every moment OF delay is gain
for Us There can be no doubt, from the
character of our Generals, that the most
arenuous exertions will be made to reorganize
our forces and TO restore our affairs. That
these exertions will be successful, there is
every reason to hope. The whole State of
Mississippi is Oh foot. Guerrillas swarm from
ole end Of it 10 the other, and they will never
let the war die ont. Defeat will but stimulate
exertion, for submission were woree than
death 1t will not be thought of for mo-
nent. We may, therefore, regard this blow
AZ mere postPonement of the liberation of
Mississippi
We cannot close this article without warn
ing the public against hasty judgments. Gen.
NanDorn has been unsuccessful on this occa-
non sut we know nothing, or next to moth
IN, Of the circumstances. Ill success on q par
''ealar occasion ought surely not to condemn
suy nan, since the greatest Generals are liable
toN Let US hear everything he has to say,
before We pass judgment. Let us not make
another Sydney Johnston blunder.