Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1862-08-16

~ hard in heart, cruel in spirit, and
crafty in word and act az Robespi-
erre arrogant, tor, as was Robes
pirrrc, when ne decrecd that men
should cease TO believe in the God
Of heaven, and that the symbol of
! Divinity should b. 20 woman Of the
town plying her ayooation," and he
hor viCegereRt-imagine the trio |!
Dismay, we arc SD had alnost
seized the people of Richmond, and
bitterly did our soldiers chalc at the
sight Of the insoert io3. Through
out that long Summer 5 day, Long
street, Bethel Hill, and other gen
erals. stood with their arms await
ing tho signal that Jackson was in
position Events had rendered it
i'm possible for oxen sold Stonowaii, }"
! (perhaps The youajer Major General
! in our army,) 10 tequitt up to time,
| IS tho sun was dec9ndilg Long
street made L fierce attack and car
ricd Mechauicsvillc, which had been
powerfully fortified by the @ncmy.
The 2Tsh Of June dawnel. Slowly,
| but ga!lantly, ogr men followed the
attack. They encounter " greatly
superior force. BY this time our
whole army know with electrical
effect that the invinci5ln jackson
,ciil'ds on land 1hey Sec u column
Of orr troops aud think it.Jackson 5.
Eat no. they are longstroct's men,
aud, united thew pus!' back he cn'
eny Again they cHcountcr vast
odds, commanded by Mcclellan in
person, .nid are Brought to II stand.
At that mol4ent booncl the signal
which told shuJ 6toucwa,. Jackson
" a. throwing his column from Old
Church upontthe rear otthe enemy
Then Jhe thunders of hrA"on aud
tue hurricanes, hot With light
n.rrs, burst upon Nee siIan'a ~.
my. Frpt, flank nj rear, logiona
wero poured upon him more .lrolc
Chan Cnear 5, and drove him back.
Operations were very active and
succesara. tho 2ctn YnS Z9th,
fSanduy,) } it raiued, and we gather
ed ourselves for the final conflict
On the Both Mcclellan WIS driven
to bis last and strongest entrench-
neents, and ropuls,u oar attacks,
until the crowning honor was re
servol for uGud'a leXas Brigade 10
routa him with Tho bavonet. Ilrnc3-
forth, il was II rout, the questions
BEING only, how nIaMy could Dc say
cd, aAd wl..Gh of'the Fellows left
to colamand the broAen and dcmor-
allied fragments We cannot now
f,ilow events further, Whilst in
JoAmon wuh our people We yieid'tp
the report that Che young Napoleon.
aNd the greater part 81 A!s army
h,;d been captured, We remember
now, that sucA ali event atone blow,
would have been without precedent.
Napoleon 3u0,UVO who entered
kusi4. cf w..onl 30, 900 came back TO
F2aaec; OF his 800, ,1Ov which ho
ag,.i.4 aSsenhiod NJ Dresden, and
only brought buck Il rennant,' some
80 $50 70 dDienl Paris, teW prison
ers we're taken IN iaRsSc. 1t Is dis
ease, want, descttiUn, dcnoraiiaa-
tiun, tho easY yielding 70 repeated
attacks, that destroy great armies.
lilnAing * q brisk business to the
pursued, stripped to she glrth for
the race, and mimic rifles aud bloody
bayonettS make "too murh weight
behind. We are weak ia cavalry,
and this makes stra,egy essenliA 70
reap the harvest OF present death
richly. "oh, for one hour ofpan-
dee, now,1 exclaimed Alontrcse,
@Oh for one good day of tive regi-
ments of Texas Rangers upon Nc
Z elan rear" wothlnk would h4vo |
been the exact prayer for tbs ocoar
sion. That his army is almosttn
tirely dernoralized, It's stores Of AL /
kinds generally lost its prestige
broken incapable for the gressnt
Of further aggression, and heavier
disasters yet impending; that Lin
coin has called for 100000 more
scoops, and. to the dullest mind IL
Ail the North, al this stage, the
sonthoan invasion Is a tern ible iaii-
ure, are obvious, The course Of fa-
ture events we may not forcsee, bat
their cad breaks ra1iant upon the
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