The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-28
MONDAY NC APRIL Is. ssa


Fat Of n. W Qriseas.
The fearful ssa,e Of susreuse ia which this
city existed for two OF three days, hss at last
ended New Orleans il in tho possession OF
The enemy. 1t was evacuated by Gen. Lowell,
VINO hss removed his forces 10 Camp Moore,
on the Jackson railroad.
This Ia a heavy blow 1t lie useless 20 deny
1t, Ba, we were anticipating II, and the pub.
''c mind had airesdr become preraeed for it,
before tbs truth RAD been fn''y aee-rtsiaed It
is heav~ blow be- II Is very far from he'"s
s. fatal oiow. we may expect 81 hear Of dts
s-'ess " es-ever the eaemys Aunboats can he
hro,aat 90 sear. OF ali the points still N err
possession. Give him all of ther-evcry ene
-asi sill he T. 81 far from his object rs he
We tais time 49,, year. Ha.teras fell, Hiton
HsaG fell, Roanoke IsAnd fell, Donelson fell,
Nee Orlean, has fallen Bat cur great srn,ies
sI. Atiil In IN. field. They have not fallen
,ney nsve not been vorstrd-~ihev have slwsys
hsa,au ,hs enemy, wherever they have Ell,
,,ri.'cred him When they shall! have been
heaisn SID dispars.3, 80 tina. they can never
rs'r again, hen Il may hs time to feel gloomy
-
s,ri ed. It ~sss uuma4ly to despond, far less
10 t.iak Of abaudcndIng the eense Even then
me as. resource of a brave nation. resolved
cot 10 De erslavsd. remains 70 us We can
ever .hen, a. other nations have done before
Ca resolve ourselves into a guerilla force, com
POE OF the whole country, and fight the bat
tie *,r life or death, throGghou, a million Of
sQusrs miles, Bot that time 10 not come
1heg have not beaten our arniee In pitch
ed tst,iee. nor do we believe they will ever
dc it. B.suregard. with a powerful force,
u sill the guardian Of tie Southwest
Johastou, with u fores stil more powerful,
faces Mcclellan q: York, ktopewail Jackson
pr.s-nis an cndauntsd front In the Valley. our
s-m=. In Georgia AID South Carolina are IN
scbane3 and we continue to bold our own In
tie D d North State. The ensmy has never
bees able 10 obtain An advantage over Us, OK
e-pt by means of his gunboats. Take him
avHy from them, and we can always defea a.
him
BIZ the loss Of New Orleans ws are sepa-
rated from West Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas.
md Missouri. Bat many of the brave troops
trosa that side Of the river are with us, and
those tina. are there will>stilI keep up the fight,
in spite Of their isolation. They will thus
constantly employ a largs portion of the enc
my's army, and serve az a powerful diversion
in cur favor. If every seaboa,d town in The
C,nfedsraey, aud every river town which ean
De re ched by gunboats, were In the posses
sion o, tie enemy to morrow, it would not
rave she slish;s effect upon the issue of iris
confess Il would DO, lie - disastrous or !
defeat Of Beau ssards AMY, or give half the
same cause tor despondency. Fortunately
they took nc prisoners our troops remain 20
rsirforce Bsauregard or 10 GO elsewhara aa
they may b ordered
Tbs event CT the war s etilI as i, och La Inc
,an.is Of our people 30 I; was before thu fail
If Nsw Orleans Having made hinse lf.mas
ter y; ,hs river and s0atcard towns, the eUs
nv. II he yisn 70 eouqoer Us, mus. come Into
tn. interior. There ne will have 10 beat our
e.ui4s, ~i.ho,s. the aid Of his iron clad boats,
before be CAN boast Of having s1bdued tae
country. Ia txs meantime the occupation u
&C many paints: must necessarily tend to tie
weakening Of ais strength rpon those points
Oh whish the 1, . al issne IL to he decided, and
.hHs fag his snccesa is scarcely q dissdyantags
q, L. Lss our countlylaeu initiate ihe lriG
AZ nSsnau3mops conduct Of oar slres in The
revolution, aud We doubt nos 10 sas our cause
a'cfiou sly ti1umphant