Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-06-16

prlscu au tuutcS scnulng MIN poetry. AS Tor
the Strings" and the intilnatcd hanging
we have neither time nor inclination to 60
down to Abc's locality but we can wait
until Abe's return, and then, at his leisure,
he can indulge in the pleasant sport Of
"stringing" us.
The Battle ON tie ChickaIiOni-
Hy and its Lessons. ..
Our principal army correspondent having
been gobblcd UP by the rebels near
the city Of Richmond, and two others beng
sick and disabled, we arc compelled, this
morning, to make use of u portion Of the
very admirable letter written by Mr.. Will
linn Swinton of the New York Times, Civ
| ing an account of the battle of the Chicka-
hominy, which was fought last Friday. -
As this correspondent writes for an ultra
administration paper, he, of course, will
not be suspected of any desire to put u
worse face upon military matters in Virgin
ia than the fact would clearly warrant 1t
will be seen from his account that the bat
I tie Of last Friday was virtual defeat of our
army. General Grant attacked after care
ful preparation, and with the distinct pur-
pose in view, of driving Lee into and across
the Chickahominy. Our men were led gal
lantly to the assault, and captured portion
Of the enemy works, but were ultimately
driven back, and the attempt was abandon
ed 1t is distinctly understood that, in CON
sequence of this reverse, Gen. Grant will
make no farther attempts in that direction.
but will be compelled to take some other
line of advance upon Richmond.
1t is noticeable circumstance that since
Gen. Grant crossed the Rapidan, he in no
single instance has beens able TO drive the
rebels from any of their chosen positions.
) The rebels have every time successfully re-
sisted his direct onslaught He has out
manoCuvercd them, however, frequently,
and has, in addition, easily forced back their
attacks They have been compelled to give
up chosen positions by his Hanking move.
ments; but they have now reached place
where tlanking is out Of the question, and
= where an assault upon their lines would be
, simply wholesale murder. 1t follows,
| therefore, that the attempt is either to be
abandoned, or else II formal siege on Rich
nond is now to be opened.
of Sebastopol will strike the most casual OBJ
server. Richmond is on one extremity Of
the Contcderacy, as is Sebastopol of the
Russian empire. 1t is defended by earth
works made III the same way. Its communi
cations south are intact, as were those Of Sc
bastopol north. 1t has this adv antage owe
: Sebastopol, that is i'll railroad communic;,
tion with every part Of the South, whi
Sebastopol had to be supplied by the differ
cnt dcpots of the empire by wagons, and i
: is to'the exhaustion produced by the Difficult
ty of supplying this distant post that tn
acknowledgements of final defeat by Russi
is mainly due.
Gen Grant will be compelled to open
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= mond-ethor ON the north side, where he
ut present operating, or from the south sid
!, Of the James River 1t is well known thu
" General Mcclellan, for obvious militm
reasons, preferred to operate against Ricl
mond from the south side of the James Ri,
- er, and would have done SO in the early pa
lie of his campaign We're it not that that rive
3r was closed by the iron-clad Merrimac.
X The advantage of operating from til
- south of Richmond was because the ASSAULT
ing army would at once get possession {
VI Petersburg and the railroad running direc
If ly south from the rebel capital; and woul
d menace the Danvillc road, thus cndangcI
Il ing the communications by which the reb,
~ capital and army would be supplied. o
IS the north side of Richmond the Union III
my fights under every disadvantage, 1t
compelled to hold the country between til
tlh W CSI l. OlIi, ~ tlo
have a secure base of supplies and thus
d unable to throw around its right wing so
le to guard against an army marching up Il
$ Shenandoah valley upon Washington.
f. leaves the southern lines Of communicate
70 open for the supply Of the rebel army, al
- in midsummer the swampS OF the Chick
)e hominy are Il potent aid, in the diseas
i'll they generate to the rebel bullets and sh,
Sc in decimatlng our army, as we have alreaC
h. discovered by bitter experience. As, Il
" cording to the Times correspondent, it
d. impossible to carry the rebel intrenchmen
. on the east bank of the Chickahomin
ac General Grant will be compelled to ado
,o one Of two courses; either to advanC
~ ~ around the rebel left, and thus endangcr h
II own communications with White Hous
- or else change his base, as General Mech
al Ian did, to the James River, with the vie
w da Hundred. General Grant is fertile
he resources he is enterprising and tcnaciou
ed and if one plan fails he is ready to adopt a
va other The silence of the War Depar
as ment for the last two days probably meal
90 that he is executing one Of his strikil
IS changes of position.
While the result so far is not satistactor
there is no real cause for discouragemcnt.
Gen Grant is not intcrfered with as W
"s Gen. Mcclellan he has an immense d
an ciplined army, as good subordinate Gene
ID ais as any in the world, and can order I
IN. all the reinforcements he needs. We C
w W easily feed and supply an army by t
=; James ana. voyk. rivers; hut it will tax t
nd recources of the rebels to tine ulri35Sto
EN- keep their vast army supplied so far mort
in If Gen. Grant has won no decided victo
mr. neither have the rebels, while the balal
",s of advantages are certainly with the UNI
.he army. We confidently hope that the he
OBJ of Vicksburg will yet prove the captor
zen Richmond, but it will take a long and bloc
blv siege.--N y. World. .......
INK There is an establishment at TauntC
100 Massachusetts,, at Which | 500 tons of taC
net are manufactured yearly. 1t pays als'
bos large amount of tax to the Government
Italian. journals assert that the Pa
Government has interdicted the entrance
the Duke of Sutherland into any OF
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