The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-03

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THE ENGLISH paEsS on the 16T1Ie cF
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The iaiss. American news received II Eux.
la,.d was up "a the tsh Of Jsiy. .Thsir accounts
did not include the falling back of 0en. Msads
and Of Gen. Lee, both Of which svsots had
occurred, but were not there kuown. Wssivs
solae highly interesting extrsess from The con.
meats Of the Eagiish papers on the srsas bas 1
tie:
lsrein The tan&on Tiuss =,
The whole result appsArs 10 b. that ~ Fed.
erals in the second sngagsne1s I'D ess rseov.
the conflict niue, have been, . Ga Msads
describes 1t, severe. He norN than 016os neo-
sions tie heavy losses biz troops hoxe aa6lain-
cd, and infers that the Confederaaeo Uust
have seffsred equally. The spropoxtaap Of
ttticars - again aausuAlly large. zhIse
Fedora! Generals have faiisa. saa tom
dovernnsnt haa seen enon2h o. spkOm&s' h
$50 sorHsctcs the ssc0ha ~ . i1l1t1t Ao
President ID oeing m addyoss % ~ enhIic
on the event, his Words seom saddonsi By
sense Of Y loss among the troops too bsavy
for the slight result thsir courage has pur.
chased. A retreat, drawn battle, and an
other, probably = greater engagement, inevita.
ole, there was scarcely enough Of eueceos in
,hs Achievements Of the army to snabie the
President to riss to the full sof ooaetssr.
lati0n.
Tue few sentences be addresses 10 the coun.
try on this Fourth of July must have read but
sadly, compared with the feryid orations that
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anniversary. The "pIoniso Of q &reat sue
cess has been so often made before, and been
30 oftea beiied by events, that tho bl0Udshed,
which is u certainty, must have oase = luYit
shadow Oh the day. Surely, never was tha
ovsrweening pride Of = nxtion 20 awfuily 70
bukod. Well may the President claim the
''coadoience IF all for the many gallant AL.
en-, ;, and prepare the public for tie srore By
sentence that brestnes much more despon.
aenoy than triumph
lsrom tas Londoa Herald
Isia curious that after an interval Of twsuty.
fons hours no lnter nsws had been received
from Gen. Meade, although ths Fourth Of July
demanded An effort from The Federal Govern.
ment. L. is reasonable to infsr, therefore,
either that no success had been achieved, or
that no ffesh engagement had taken plaoe, or
that some n eat disaster had BE- .iten ShO OEsd.
srsa asms. Tho next mail will boawaited with
fearful anxiety, snd we dare not venture 10
anticipate its news. - Ia the meantime.
if I.se has attained no ether object, he Aas
succeeded ia provisioning his army for siz
mouths al tte eaesty cost, and has taught the
N3gsl, sopl swhas eli tbs losses aud sacrifices
i,s cruel poiicy has inflicted on the ,uthsrn
Statss>
fgssrs ,lis Losdon Nsxsl
Whether the Confederate army was In
position to renew the attack, it Ia Of course I'm.
10 Rus of hAiny lnAd NJ
every point for two days, there would sssm
10 b. little chance of their doing % with any
prospect OF success II another item Of noVe
can DO reiisd on-that Gen. Sedgwick's corps
mad pushed through York aud got 70 thsrear
of the Cor fsderste army-Gsn. Lss would In
any case have hsen compelled to retreat a
once. q sn Meade has already fulfilled the
high opinion of his military knowledge and
ability his rother officers were said 70 enter
tssin ani vindicatsd al appointment which at
first seemed, even in America, to have filled
sImost every one with surprise.
lFfom ths London q ossl
S., far Cen NJ sade made up for the loasas
Oecaeiuu I'D bc ths impstuosity OF Gen. Rsy-
fohsgs lie had kspt bio grouad ana fougft6
def neive action with steadiastneSs ana skin.
Aud hero the narrative ends abruptly. The
issas ws he.vs yet to learn. Il will Gs hard for
either eide to claim victory. That victory had
vet so be won. Whether there was more fight
isg. depended upon Gen Lee calculations, not
only of tho chances Of succsss, but Of obtain
ing afterwards tins re wards OF success. III II
we're Ssue that Gen Couch was showing mon
in the Cumberland Vaiioy and Gen. Sedgwick
or tAa TaSi from York-al,honghthe thesa bodies
were only lIiIitiamen--and that French wan
husryiex his men up to Gsttysburg from Har
pers Ferry, Lee unless he Made one more.
and that u deeisiveiy euceessful onslaught
| upon the Fsderais, probably fell back over tho
B'ue Ridge, or sodght upon its slopes strong
defensive positicn. On the other hand, the
calling I'D Of French and the rumor that an
order had bsen sent to Gen. Dix to abandon.
the Peninsula and hasten to Warrington
these are eigns Of weakness IN the Federal
camp, and imply that NJ Meade had suffered
crest .0sses. aud with difficulty held his own.
But conjecture, though attractive, is profit
less, and we mus. await tie arrival Of ths
next mali for knowledge
fSron the karshsst.- Cusr5isr.I
There ia a special difficulty in using our past
experience Of cifi1iai bulletins to assist us in
| estimating the true Significance. Of the scanty
intelligence which we possess respecting thta
eyentful struggle. Gen. Meade is new 70 us In
the chief command, and we haze no means Of
kno wing how far his notions Of policy and pro.
pristy Ia ths preparation Of d0cum snts iu.snd-
ed for public alton coincide with those OF some
Of his predecessors. Judging from the prece-
dents afforded by the reports Of snch men -
Pope and Hooker, We should be justified In
expecting that the next mail would bring III
news of crushing Federal disaster. Giving
Gen. Meade, on the other hand, the credit das
| to an nntrisd man, OF being fairly modsss.
truthful aud te mpsrate, IL may be inferred that
| hs bag sGecseded beyond expectation In bring
I ing the trump IA .nt career OF the COnfsderstsa
| to pause, and possibly in providing them win
| good reason to rCs their tsmerity. Each II
| in q position in which complete defeat may be