Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-07-10


While the grand four days battle was but
half-iought their journalists thus strive To
give hopeful coloriug to the event. Says
the Herald" OF the 4th
I'VE are satisfied that Cen. Lees army,
with all the forces that he can rake aEd
Scrarc together i'll Pennsylvania, IS CONSIDER
eli Inferior III Strcngth--ln cavalry, artillery
and iniautry---to ours and We have no DOUBT
that Gen. Mcadcs reserves arc within haii!:..s
distance.
We think it evident that Lee was not seek
in". but cnucavurIng 10 AVOID, our advancing
army. IL order 10 cover the removal beyond
the Potomac oi the immense stores Oh his
Pennsylvania r,unlcr We believe that lie
has been compelled 10 fight at some di'''u''"'-
tlyc, but that, is fighting was MS "il'H utter
native, he has met the emergency with iIc
courage. resolution ana terrible CLERGY vi "c
>u.I.r. lie has thus, however, been cuiHpc1co
to meet our Array OF tue Potomac, n"t III il
snare 10 our Commanding hencraI oi Il Will
,i.,uc,s Of woods, undcrbru,lI and raylncs III
winch only third ot his troops could he
Lrou siu into action. but in Il fair llcld, where
all u;.r forces may be called into play
|, seems, then, that charlottesville WAS Il
"sr;,rc' INTO which unsuSpccting Hooker WAS
ba>c!y cutrapped iy General Lee, and where
he could only bring II third Of his troops into
action. But on this last OCCASION, the finest
army on the planet had Il iair field, and was
all called into play
They did not like the play; and many per
sons may think they have got enough OF it.
But not yct--wc are only III the beginning ol
our peace movement; and other such diplo-
matte protocols us that ut Gettysburg, will yet
have 10 be formulated before the end COMES
We hail with joy the inauguration OF the new
era, the opening oi the true path to freedom
and TO peace. We arc proudcr than ever Of
our heroic army and of its illustrionS General,
Of whom it is the highest praise to say that he
is worthy Of the troops he leads; lirmcr than
ever in the belief that peace will come to us
only in ono way-by the cd re Of the sword.
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TIE YANKEE ARMY IN RICHMOND.
1t seems that we are to he dclugcd with
prisoners. Nearly as many Yankees US there
arc citizens Of Richmond, are to be thrown
upon our lospita!itieS. BY a General Order
oil the beaten General Meade, the prisoners
t4kcn by Lees army refuse to be parolcd
Oh tie field; and must be brought away some
sch.,r under guard. Tie meaning Vi this is
plain the enemy cannot drive our army
from Pennsylvania i'll any other way they hope
10 yet rid OF it 10y crcalinS the necessity OF
dctalinga large part ol it us u guard ~ the
prisoners Oh their way through hos
tile COUNTRY t. Richmond. 1t is truly
Il smart people, this Yankee nation: it cal
culatc> ON gaining trchly by this method
first, diminishing our force in the North
second, burdcning lis with such multitude,
Of mouths to be fed: third, giving Il chance
for their cavalry 10 recapture the prisoners en-
route if too weakly guarded, and cut oil tn.
troops who guard them. In fact, it is possible
that this surrender en- MUSE has been deter
mirel upon and their new General Order is
sued in contemplation oi it, with the very in
tcnl!un of embarrassing us and crippling our
army i'll It's future operations through
are aware Of the Object Of this trick; and will
take the best measures 10 Illustrate il. One of
those measures, we trust, will be to supply the
guard largcly with cartridges, and send Il tew
light guns with thcm-so that on the first sign
OF INSTRUMENTATION the prisoners may be slain
without mercy. Another advisable thing
would be TO make each prisoner carry with him
Pennsylvania provisions for two weeks at
least. But why bring those prisoners to Rich
lnund III All Some sac encampmcut can
surely be hal for them among our mountains
ziaus1M iuchester, 50 situated as to be easily
every pQiut by batteries; and
Dehcr weather they will need no
'S!!eit5f-thcy were not too soicitous in prOvi-
ding shelter lVr our poor unfortunate people OF
Tennessee, even i'll winter.
They have certainly been able. this time,
If not to defeat, ut least to. puzzle u.s.
1t is hard 10 match the Yankee nation
i'll any department Of military art, except
lighting. When we get them before us On
tar field. then We have them.