The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-07-23
OUR TROOPS IN THE LATE BATrIFs

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OUR TROOPS IN THE LATE BATTLES. !
| We have been, all our lives, devoted to
that species OF literature which consists in
the description Of battles and sieges. We
can safely aver that we never read Of any
single feat, or any series Of feasts. either in
ancient or modern times, that can al all
compare with the exploits OF our army on
the Ghickahominy, during the week ending
with Thursday last. The storm of Bajaos
was an achievement Of unriyalIed splendor
at that day. The Britisi army has frequent
ly, in India, accomplished enterprises in the
way Of storming that appeared impossible.
But when, before, did any army ever storm
twenty miles Of redoubts and entertainments,
all constructed with the utmost skill and
defended with the most obstinate pcrtinaci-
y? Our brave troops went on from redoubL
TO redoubt, and from earthwork to earth
work. without hating or looking 10 the right
or left They lost heafily, ii is true, but
they accomplished far anore than is to be
looked for in the immediate results of their
victory, enormous as they are. They es-
tabllshed for themselves 4 name which will
be Of everlasting service 20 their country.
The prestige Of inyincibility is theirs, and
will remain theirs in all future time. The
moral is 70 the physical, saws Napoleon, 10
the proportion Of three = one. Their enc.
mics, in future. will be half beaten before
firing shot. The very terror Of their name
will DO as much for them as their bullets aud
bayonets. Even if they had not succeeded
IN routing lhe enemy :at all points, they
would have gained much by the incompara-
BILE bravery with which they fought.
But they did rout the enemy at all points.
This is fact which ali the lying bulletins,
and all the newspaper correspondence in The
world cannot succeed in suppressng. The
world can see that the enemy had line ex-
tending from long distance above the Mea-
dow Bridgesin Hanover 10 the Long Bridge
in Henrico. The world can see that all the
formidable positions alohg thai immense line
nave Deen a0andOneu.- TiTr wUlfd enn zee
that the whole route is strewed with the re-
bris of a broken and routed army. The
world can see that the York River Railroad
is in our possession, and that the formidable
position on this side Of the Chickahominy,
which was TO be the base Of MeClellan's ad-
Nance upon tue city, " III our HaHus. Inc
world can see the evidence Of unparalleled
disaster 10 the ruin of wagons. destruction Of
commissary stores, the REIMBURSEMENT Of
tents, the abandonment Of hospitals, the cap
ture Of 10000 prisoners, the dispersion and
disOrganizstion ii whole divisions. the piles
Of dead abandoned to our forces, the retreat
of Mcclellan 10 Westoyer, aud bis reliance
on his gunboats, after all his braggadocio, TO
ensure his safety. Yankee newspapers car-
not lie tie world out Of lis senses. The
world will see all this in spite Of them all,
and il will ask, II this be the fruit Of Me-
Gleilan's victory, what sort Of fruit would
defeat be expected 10 bring iorths
Ii may be that Mcclellan may be rein
forced, and make another effort. BE il 50.
We are in the hands Of General who has
Just proved himself a master in the art Of
war, and who his taught his countrymen, in
the last fortnight, to place the utmost conf
denre in his skill. The city ard the coun-
Try generally feel safe as long as he is known
10 be at his post. lie will be found fully
able 70 deal with any crisis that may arise.
Richmond Dispatch.