The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-09

n PAN q vickssass.
Amer defence which will b remembered
- long - valer and paariotiam continue 70 b
sAjsets ofssvsrtnss among mankind, the heroic
garrison Of visksbarg he's bssu compelled "a
yield 70 The nsas prospect Of starvation that
which itpsver wou.d have yielded 70 the pro-
wsss Of The enemy. No helping hand wa
strstehsd o1t to them In the hour Of their
need-no encouraging voice came 10 Thorn
from beyond The snsuy's linss-nos IN effort
was nads 70 relieve thsn-not IN attempt 70
afford them suceor Shut ont from oil hope,
save in their own valor and The resources
which lay within their lines, Il was theirs, from
day 10 day, and from hour 70 hour, TO expert.
spcs that drsasy sinkipg Of the heart which
arises from hope deferred, when they knew
tbas friendly army was lying within sound
Of their cannon, and that relief or assistance
svss not 10 BE- expected II om them.
We know no. what nssy Rave beer tis situ'
alton Of Gen. Johnston. His friends complain
that he was mot sufacisptly furnished with
men and the munitions Of war. He may no,
have had the half Of the force which even the
Yankee sssinats places q his command. Bu'
this ~ do know, thaa Vieksburg was . place
Of the utmost importance; that it. capture, Ia
b. 1sa0wsd, ws presume, BY the cspturs HE
wise Of Port Hndson, rsdaess our cause In sha
6outhwsst 70 great dif,eulty. Uuder such cir
cumstancss, Il doss appear t, % that some Itt1e
risk might have bssn run, some attempt, how
Avsr feeble. might have been made to relieve
IT, Bat Gen. Johnston thought differently,
and We suppose hs 10 right. Doubtless he
thinks the sane thing with regard 70 Port
Hudson, and We may therefore make up our
minds 70 . catastrophe In that quarter
From all the information We can collect
Grant never had more than 10000 mon around
yicksburg He went there with that number,
and was never able, with all his reinforce.
msnts. 70 swell HE army to larger size. The
garrison had II 900 men whom they surrender.
ed, and Communication was constantly kept up
with the army outside. The force of the latter
must have been dspiorably small indeed, other
wise combined attack would surely have
been concerted and executed. For the honor
Of the Confsderacy, We cannot but wish this
had been tried, even though it had been unsuc-
cessful. Tie most notifying part Of the whole
affair lie, that the surrender was made without
blow etruck by the army without.
The blow IL severe. Itisindeed griesus
ono to the whole Confederacy, which had
learned not only to admire but TO love Vicks-
burg. Its gallant and successful defence for
10 many long months, against the concentrated
assaults Of 30 many gunboats, and finally Of
combined attack Of q large army in the rear,
and heet Of floating batteries in 'front.' had
impressed the public mind with tho idea that
it was invincibie Had it fallen directly after
Nstchez, As everybody expected, no one
would have been surprised. Bot to the gen
eral surprise Of all, it successfully dehed and
defeated the enemy, and had become our cham
pion, our pride and our boast. Our heart and
hope was with it. Its fate, however, was not
unexpected by many; nor is It by any means
irrsparable. Not unexpected, for It was
known in this city ten days ago that no attempt
would be made 70 relieve the garrison. Mo-
irrspsTable. for although il may not be a. con-
venient for us to maintain the blockade of the
Mississippi without Vicksburg a. with It. yet
if our own army acts with the vigor the stu
alton demands, the navigation Of the Missis
sippi, % far from being restored, will be so
completely bloekaded that nothing but gun
boat can 70 from st. Louis or Louisville to
New Orleans, and gunboats do not carry
freight. The Northwestern Yankees are fight,
Ing, they say, for the navigation of the Mis-
sissippi They are a. far from it now as ever.
r. S.-Since writing the above, a telegram
from Martinsburg says that the Baltimore
Caste, Of the 9th, reports Grant to be re-
treating from Vicksburg.