The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-13
The b Or Gettyaburs

The Yankees ~ distinguished themselves
in thiswar IS the great lara Of The Universe
They seem to have received from their master,
tho "Pr!ncs Of Liars, double portion of his
infernal spirit. They have 10 rivals upon the
face of the earth. at lie Eclipse iifnt, and III
rest nowhere" At the beginning OF the war
H&leck advised Lincoln TO claim victory al-
VIA, 6. no matter how badly he might be beaten
Ths Yankees have porsisientiy acted upon that
advice
Oar people know tbis propensity OF the
Yankees perfectly we'll Yet there is some
thing 90 pleasant in bad news, something 30
delightful in having subject TO eroak upon,
tina, all last week they were moaning and
grooming over the most fragrant batch of les
shat ever issued from the Yankee press, Is
though that press had never pc. forth anything
hut Gospel The truth begins at last to make It's
appearance. It. is prover5ialiy slow it Gate
in its grit bnt it never stops Ia its march, and
1t always overtakes falsehood, though the lat
ter fy on the wings Of the wind. We have no
official account of the battle Of Gettysburg,
although, we should think, the suihoriiits must
surely have received ons before this. Bat many
wounded Offcers--some Of them men OF great
inteiligerce--have arrived, and from compa-
Tison Of their statements we are enabled 10
make out the following facts
The battle of Gettysburg was, on our part,
= triumphant succees-an overwhelming VIC
tory. We beat the enemy GU all three Of the
days. On Friday we drove him FIVE niles,
ascaulted bic Notifications, and c0rried them.
lis was utterly beaten and discomhtted at all
points That Gen Lee did not continue to
told those Notifications was solely due to the
fast that they were in that mountainous coun-
try, overlooked by Il lofty range of heights
which entirely commanded them. To theee
hsights the Yankse fled for protection precisely
az they did to their gunboats at Malvern hill,
aud Gen. Lee withdrew his army for he same
reason that he withdrew frOni the range of
the gunbOats' 6rs. That he was repuised in
his attack ln tho entertainments that he ied
disorder--thst his army was demorazsd-
sIe Yankee siea Of the first ma sni,nds They
were not believed at Washineton, however
they might have been here, for that city was
in state of uncomfortable terror Oh Sunday
night. That Lincoln did not believe them IL
evident from his calling off all the troops from
the neighborhood Of Old Pcint, cave mere
handful The slaughter of The Yankees was
terrible beyond all former example, and the
telegraph operator was not So far wrong when
he said we had 10000 priGoners, as has been
supposed We brought away 1900, ana thou
sands were allowed to Escape Every house
in ryshurg was filled with Yankee eoidiera,
who had been left behind when our troops en-
tered. The soidiers finding out'that they were
within, generally in eoncealment,j rushed in
and dragged them cut of their hiding places
The enormous encumhrauce inflicted by these
prisoners wac ona causs Of Gen. Less retro
grade match. Every officer who has spoksn
ON the subject says that this movement. WAS
not determined by anything The Yankees Lad
done or could 10. Gen. Les had won the
ground and could have held it, bat he choee,
for military REASONS, to fall back, after having
utterly broken tho backbone of the Yankee
army. Apparently, he hae No intention 10 re-
croes the Potomac, and Washington is nearer
70 HGgerstown than it is to Gettysburg.
It is stated, upon good authority, tha, our
loss, in KILLED, wounded, and nissiug, did not
excood TO- 0G3 If, as the Yankees asseri, We
lost 4, 600 prisoners then our loss in killed aud
wounded was only G,0OD--a veg small losa,
considering the number Of combatants and tho
length of the battle. The Yankees took no
cannon, although they clam to have taken
five Two pieces Were abandoned hecaeae
they u -ie diaabled and lie horaos attached 10
them were killed. Thee fell iuto their hands,
and form tne sole dismal trophies OF W hat
they pretend to consider a great triumph Oar
army lie in splendid order, and sesdy for auo-
. Their ooliiiet. they havs nst been pursued as
The Yankees falsely stated, for they were in
no condition 80 pursue, aud it was, in fact, the
very thing that General Lee most OF All de
sired. Meade SCENE to have gone to paris un-
known.