The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-08
" EDNEsDAY MORNING. .JuLYs 1863
The Battle Of Gettysbsvg.

We are without farther information from
the great battle ssii TO have been fought O,
Saaday than that which came Tuesday morn
ipg, AID which We publish In the prore,
keoiumn The report OF The retnrusd prisoner r.
4 who overheard the officers ut O.d Point aay
&,hay hsd sustained loss OF 80 GOO men,
,houeh otherwise Of liile value, Ia useful IA
eobiismssofy evidence. We have no means
of tegsipg the accuracy Of tas dsoateh fro m
Marinsbnrs. Correspondents s-especiaiiy teie.
gsaPhic eorrssPoadents-with tho hes. inten
ious are oi'en led es,ssy. They are obliged
In the sbsenee Of official intelligence, to de
pend Oh The cvidsaes Of persons from the
seeDe Of action, who are often bat i.upsrfsciIy
iafofmed 'h-mselyes, aud sometimes Oh mere
Taror. They therefore, in sueh cares state
ther authority, and let the phblc Judge Of the
& vsns Of their Information. In the pres ant
|S ibs Auce, tie very ebormity of the Ioss liz
u rrisOuers attributed 10 the enemy excitss in
81 #efedaiisy, although no man doubts that the re-
e porter slated accurately the prevalent belief
q ia Msftinsburg at the Tins We feel as we'll
50 ssared that Gsn- Lee, If hs has mel The
8sa tef'ibe defeat upon theta, as we
s9do that We arc living, breathing, seutieni
beings. " hether the details be pre- isely such
!Has the telegraph gives us is another matter It
slen Lac has, after ii iIard fought battle, taken
~ u'n prisoners, he has gained one CT The
most complete victories On record lie has
utterly des;roJei the only obstacle that atood
tft q. eg md It..
quo feaecn why lac should not bs in that city
before 10 MORO" night. Ths force 30 defend
@it consists entirely Of militia, lDaly of them
Gsbat III affected, and they have Within the city
y deadly enemy, as numerous as them solves
9antin8 for revenge and ready 10 rife on the
DrsI opportunity. In the panic wLicl, mus.
s1oli,w such an astounding overthrow nothrg
Frau he easier than 10 uiafca liz aud lake poi.
1seesiou.
We are confident that den I.se has struck
seonis great blow from the strong beii.s gener
Islly enierts iaed that be has all this time been
|HeLinK nPon certainty. lie would never
have ventured upon II march, apparently 80
hazaiJods as that into Pennsylvania Lad hs
hot we'll calculated ali The CHANGER beforehand
What serves - convince us that a battle was
fought aad victory gained OH Sunday. IL the |
accom-, given IA tao telegram of the move.
ait nl made by The corps OF Gen iiiIi. 1t cor. !
ieapOuds with the accounts given iii the Yam |
kee ewrpapeEs, that he had been iepulsed -- !
lac Truth gsems To be that he made retro.
FtAds movement pursuant 10 oiiers in order 10
iudlcs the enemy to follow him. They did 81,
according 10 The telegram, when the wings OF
Geu Lee army closed upon aui euveioped
them IL was a repetition OF lhs mai.r ivte
p'hcticei BY Hahnioai al taur.a, which ra |
rdited III lie giins hter ui ~ 900 Romans and
thu capture @; / 500 oht uf an army of 81 600
ilInnibal killed the enveiopsi Romans Lee |
f,toidlu. TO ihla account, only took tho Van
ktei prisUneft.
II thi5 telegram states the truth in its fail
eaent not ouiy Baltimore, but Washington
likewise, must speedily fall. Baltimore once
IN our possession, Washington Cannot pos
uhly eusan Itself We shai then have re-
deemed Maryland sDd rendered her an etiicien.
ally nate;sd of leaving her in the hands of tho
enemy. She can idiniet tis with 81 900 troops,
equal 10 any Ia the world, burning with VA
tied, aid eager TO asenge The countess
Wrongs aud indignities which they have euf.
Tered ut the hands Of the Yankees The war
will then be permanently transferred to tho
enemys territory, and III few months we
may confidently expect to see The Confederate
banner waving in triumph over tue city Of
FAIadelpha. We already beg 10 see elinpDes
Of peace If this Telegram prove only half
ltae 81, let us have TO peace which wo 10
not dictate oura5lv5s.
iae le'd3al of The Captain Of the u X boa.
to ie, any Yankee papers go on shoge IL proof
ampat positive that they have sus,ainet some
great disaster