The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-14


We once heard IN snsedots which We con.
siAsr 70 applicable 70 the present condition OF
affairs In the Confsderacy, that We hope to be
!excussd for repeating IT, A most worthy and
paous clerRyman-a man Of strong nerves ana
undaanted courage-had met with An scci
dent, by which several Of bis bones were
broken, and he reduced 70 such CONDITION
that bic friends and even the attendant phys
clan thought it impossible thss he could sur
vivs. A brother clergyman, hearing OF BIS
ssd plight, felt II his duty TO call on him and
Offer him oil the consolation that could b de-
rived from recalling his well spent life, and
the great amount of good he had done In his
calling, delicatsly avoiding all open mention
of what he conceived TO be bis rapidly sp
preaching end. When he had concluded, the
sufferer sail: Gan you have said 10 very true,
and every man ought to bear 1t in mind, in
health a. we'll 40 in sickness But you seem
me 70 think that l am IN e1trenis. Now, 30
far from thinking 30 myself, l believe that
stall, by ne blessing Of God, recover from the
His faith made him whole once more, and he
Ia to this day bright and shining light Of the
Church.
We observe that many Of our contemporaries
arc addressing hortatory proclamations to the
country, cal ing upon our people never to give
mp, but TO fight on to the last man and the last
drop of blood. All this IL very well in its
place but We maintain that the cause is in no
such desperate condition as to require the aid
of these powerful stimulaRts. We have lost
Vicksburg, It is true and the enemy are ad.
vsucing upon Jackson. But it ia 10 lie hoped
that General Johnston will nom feel the ne.
csssity Of action, although he never seems to
have felt it while the enemy was besiegiDg
Vicksburg. He has. il all accounts he true, a
very considerable force, aud the telegraphic
statement that Grant has Ion, 900 men we take
70 bs sheer exaggeration. From the best
information We can gather, he has not now,
and never has had, more than GO 900 men. We
trust in God, then, that Gen Johnston will
take into consideration the great intereste
which arc in his hands, and the utter ioss of
his military reputation that must inevitably
follow premature retreat from jackson with
out Offering some show Of resistance to the
enemy. 10 be sure it will be much more diff
cult to offer etfectual resistance now than il
would have been had he united in an attack
with Psmberton and his eighteen or twenty
thcussnd men. But there is still every reason
to hope, if the commander will only lay aside
his quiescent attitude and rouse himself to
true sense Of his situation.
In another quarter our affairs, 30 far
from being in straits are in the highest
degree promising General Lee gained
tremendous victory at Gettysburg. OF
that we cannot see the slightest reason to
doubt. He took u.s. 600 or IL, 900 prisoners, and
he has secured them all lie fell back purely
OF his own will, and from no compnlsion Of
the enemy, Heis five miles nearer Washing
ton than he was at Gettysburg, he has not tbs
slightest intention, apparently, Of leaving nj
ryisnd; his communications are perfect, he is
receiving achievements every day, aud the
indications are that he will yet make move
upon Washington.
From Charleston the news lie encouraging,
and upon the whole we regard our situ.tiop
as very hopeful