The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-06
The battle Of Ge sTseu .

4 "a ]lticn|t 10 say, from the accounts
which we rub.isn today, (a'i Yankee, Of
,ourse gshat portion, Or Whether ali Of our
army wes engaged. We pre,uns, however,
,te. Il was oaiy a portion, Ga the main body is
.,,ooias nol a., ia id the immediate neighbor.
lid Il Uetfy sbnrp.
l. IS s-.isat 10 us 6: any rate, that or
i;-arc have estSsd g great -ictory. The
Th:hAaipn,a I~f fGi-e~ cannot con eesl the fact,
e'thorea II lies with m ardor and An earnest
-e-s that de"nr-ed better s-sccss. We are
toli, IA tho h,ss place, ,ha. "ou, troops"-to
-g,t, the Yankee tfoops-main.a aimed their po-
stjon in G.ttTsburg 6 in spite of the moet Oh.
etnlte attempts the part Of the rebels to
c8rlCre It. a paragraph or two lower, we
sre told that at the END Of the battle the
.soel cavalry made dash through the town,
-,al3afiug al!the lick and wounded, stores, s. C.
Now, dashinQ through "A town, which the en-
eny hsa held during a severe battle, TO ordi
uasy e2mptehsnsions, certainly means that the
Town was carried aud left in the rear by the
victorious party in their pursuit OF hying
eneny. Again, we are told that the "rsbsis
were tsst.nlphaasiy beaten back. But little
fartber Gu see discover that towards the close
of the ac,ion thess same "rebels' made an at
tack upon one Of toe enemy's fanks, and that
he fell back "A mile, fighting valiantiy, Oh
q cGurss. as Yankees always do--0n papsr.-
s iaetIy, the Yankees ray the affair is ''inde.
cisiye. which is proof enough that they have
been badly beaten. Had H. renify been inde
,isive, yhey would have claimed decided VIC
tory. II is only necessary to remember what
81 Clelan did at Snarpsourg to be convinced Of
tl,s That affair WAS nything bm iudecisive-
6cCi-ian was teaten with immense slaugh-
ter He lstreated id ths night, and the next
aay Gsn Lee cond hear nothing of him, al
though be sheed all the woods in the neigh
borhood 10 g:art him from his covert. Had
Uon Leo followed bin, beyond a question he
vgoud have continued hs retreat But the
t.r.7 Of ilst General was too feeble, in com
tsti+1u With the enormous Yankee army, TO
ia-t,ly She Iisk. After holding the battle field
4euiy fonr hours he Withdrew, and McCi3I
iti. learnine the fact by his scouts. sneak sd
MP. occupied It. aud wrote II think ] may
aoe say that We really havs gained victory"
Hs was crippled in the meantime, tina. be
would not follow, and was removed for not
doing what was impossible. Can any one
doubt, alter th.s that when the Yankees FAY
81 ,1t,i- is indecisive, thsy are in fact badly
whipped?
Bot if thoJ arc net whipped, why do they
tr as so vocifero asly for reinforce L. onts
Tie baltimore Ame1vcan tells us that up to
Inursaay they had captured 5000 prisoners.
bat il accounts for only 800, although General
EclsGci announces that 500 moro were to
come on. On Thursday there was no general
rsItls, bn; heavy akirmishing, in which S 600
rrooners. making ii ,o0G in ali, were captured.
iEe gallant Dutehmen who distinguished
'isosr'fta by running 40 at Chanceilorsvlle,
it seemp demoiished Longstrse,'s corps and
,afiu.a1 thousand prisoners. These lies are
IT,, eloss oven for Yankee crsduiity.
III. fast seems to be that dIvaSlCn of the
armg has kept the whole Yankee forco At bay
leo days, and that Gen. Les is rapidly con
centratinG in tho neighborhood of Gettysburg
u fow days we expect to hear tina. Meade's
army nae been defeated, and probably annihi-
lated