Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-14

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Special csuesposdesce Of the chisego Times.
wAsBrs.rDS. july 6
Gen Meade. movements during the last Eve
dsvs h,ve justified he good opinion EXPRESSED
Of m IN nv e'ter OF July Al his ii-posi-
tinns Tins fsr hive heen ~ rkesl hy excellent
iud ment coolne-@. and m en- ordinary mill
tary saxaciiv Relneed "a il Is ia numbers the
Armv 81 the Promise - by no mems the vast
bodv Of mon titt II srs IN the Pefinsular c-fn
D ign; and a is nos-ible tlai with he eSnerienee
which Gen Ne de has gained during an active
camp,gn of tvo YEAR duration. he nav re ,hle
t. u1aneuvsr il sd~re>sfuliv H il f.rtunafe in
posses-'ng the confidence ard esteem ~ oil the
comm.n ers Of cHps and General Of divisions
and the fact thst he held courcil Of war with
them On the bsttle field On the nieht OF The 81
inst Thursday. and the result Of that council.
to Shich viii ailu y emily. show that nat
tiers sre moving along har moniousv and in pur
suance OF n well dge~ied pl,n. Still, il * too
mach to say that Gen Meldes success j. certain.
He e fighting the most wiv aud astute OF he
Confederate Generals who is in command Of a
DD0N OF troops prpnaDiV superior I'D Ms IN mum
bers. and certainly their equ,is i'm discipline And
the movements Of Gen Lee for the last three
davs are such rs mty well give rise to grave ap
prehensions
Nv letter of the 81 inst. brought down the re-
lstion of events To the previous evening it vas
then evident that Gen Lees movements toward
Harrisburg had been feints: that his columns were
moving on Getiysburg; and that the troops with
which he would first into contact would
not be the raw and undisciplined levies of Penn
sylvania militia under Gen Couch but the old
antagonists Of Longs'rPet and Jackson The vet
rams OF the Army OF the Potomac II was evi
dent. too. that This circumstance what Gen
Lee had desired above all things and that for
which he had heen msneuverng for the last week
or ten days Had the Army of the PoiOmae re.
manned ut or near Washington il would ha sc
formed serious, perhaps An nseDersble barrier
to HE enfersnce into this citv Whatever
mics he might encounter first he would still In ve
IN fight that IT tie last All his maneuvers,
therefore. have been directed 10 one object name
". IN draw away from Washington the only army
that could he denended on tor The defense Of the
canital. The developments of the last three dsvs
show how fir he his succeeded in this DESIGN He
has compelled Gen Meade 70 bring his army intu
Pennsyivsnia. eighty mills from Washington.
There. nj Geuyshurg. for tie last four DAYS Gen.
Lee has been operating against Ne de's army IN
such n manner ~ to weary and hrrasa the Union
troons. without bringing on general engage
msnt For have the facts which ensble me IN
say that neither on Wednesday. Thursday. Fri
day nor Si'urlav Of last week were there
more than ~ O0n Confederate troops engaged;
while on each div. except SATURDAY, the whole
Of MrHde's army has been either fighting or
marching.
On eich nf those DAYS IN was the Con ielernies
who assumed the offensive. and I'll that General
Me,dc dbl 90 act on the defensive. and 20
rnintsin his ground In I'll biz disp,trhes
(which. b, the wsv. are marked with admirable
modrSty and entirel, free from hombast. he
uniformly srepks of having "hands mel, repealed
the attacks of the encmv:" or "Ou each ncc,
sion the enemy we're rennsed with great -lnugh
ter ar language of similar import On no o.
casion does he spr'k Of nnr troops ndv ,ncing Ia
the ch rye. or seeking 10 drive the enemy from
his positions The only exrention 10 this WIS on
the first ina' when Gen. Rrvnolds wns ndvanc
Inc to take up position. He del then seek Ia
bring on general engagement: hut his conduit
WIS rash he exceeded his orders, and hc paid the
renel,v of doing And sev this IN sadness.
for knew and highly rcsreried him He wa
brave and gallant officer. aud his lose will not he
easily renlscci In hi. disp,,chcs OF the ~. NJ
y NJ den Meade snvs: THE enemy oneue,l
from ! ~ guns and then assaulted nv lcfi and
center iwre being Handsomely tcpulsed Alter
t.pellng the ess,ult." Gen Meade Thought tho
enemy might he ,eife,iing. hut reconnosnnee.
he saws found Gep Ice siill w fnrcc ~ hls front
On The iih ~ A NJ Gen Meade saws The
eneiny hns withdrawn from his po.tion Of Frii,,"
(nnt that hc hnd driven him Al noon he ~
rotis 1--WE now bold Geiiyslnrv" ono, that he
bal driven tho enemy on, ~ Gcn, shufr HID
,hia hern tie c,se. he would have had Something
a. stt about The villnnt conduct OF biz tfuops Ia
m,hing The assault
II we teeoftei here Yesterday, On Tho author
", af The Wnr Denrftment.--nnd The statement
WIS pr,hshlv ,e'errsnhpd 81 von-thai go Su
u'dnN Ice was IN hll retreat toward The rntn
mie. having been entel, defeated Thnee ~
not - wnfd ~ truth ~ she Whole story The fact
L., during Saturli, Gen Leo we eneated IN
ma,ine his ,rnep- 10 point go The South M,un
ihihs fifteen miles southwest of ueltyahnfQ. where
he ls concentrating HE whale army, md whrIp
hs esrse,s tiet Meade will advance ~ attack
him u IL = position of rrna' natural sirensih
ami. during the time Gen, Lee has hran ~ tletiYs
hnfs. his engineers have heen Purifying u H.
lust an the renns,leanli State line twenty mites
North of The battle field ~ South Mountain Va
Sepietahef iast
The results NJ The fighting Of The asl h,utia,s
have heen ifumne'ed ave. the landa Great tnian
victories fhes mis 30 80, hut No. IN he sense
That the VIZ nonfflment means ~ imniV They
have hul even Resulted iH efnnline usn tse'=
army in any deffee, much less Ia biz defeat On
the olhef t,ud they have greatly weakened auf
am, ouf loss ~ officers his hem view preti,
and this circumstance render. man, ~ he hie
ades AMI regiment. much Ices efficient We have
lost sefs heavily, too, af the rank md ale On
The either hand lha pnhllshel aronunis IT the
lps-e- on hoth sides afe pras- es,eeertiinns y
l. stated that our loss u 80 hn0 and that ~ he
euems Is 80 .0nn, and hat ". have taken aOnn
rflsnnes The fo H. The la.. ~ the enemy
excepting prisoners anil kl'lsi Il not known ~
all We have esp'ufei n0n prl.oner.--no an0
mufe ~ less We have lpsi quite ~ many wbn
hase hseu taken hy the enemy or the iith
corps alone more than econ we're taken Cur
iusa w killed and wnnndel IL about N n0n-nni
a man more than that We have hurled seversl
hundred OF the enemy--ee,lainl, MOI ,Onn ~ al
II u ptohihle thit Tho ebems's loss Is abau,
equal ~ our ON have these facts from the
yefy highest authority
There u ~ indication that tien Lee |. feffeaf
Ing, az lhs, he will do - nresew The lie
'hurton ~ he pnntpon bridge NJ Wilnmspnrl
la matter nt ~ concern 90 him ~ he eaffies
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