The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-30
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avs LOST.
correspondent Of tho New Yosk M.,s,, wss,sas
from Fredericksburg nfser ths heavy fehsias be-
swees 0ens Lee sod Grant, and altar the latter had
sissn W daahins hIs men against shs Cousedersse
isres, dfsalpassa al the pretty stories of Victory
which were In citcu'stion. We give his letter:
The army Of tho Potomac IL resting and rreupe-
railing LIS ranks RS0 shattered, hut is spirit Ia un-
Mokes Il has gained q few miles OF enssuauiaed
so'a End paid for Il With the biond Of many theu-
II haa aesugsled against tsave Bnd esubbotn foe
Low advancing, u0g fetisinR, now dasbinR With
x'i'd recksesscess against the tmmovsble co!amus
o. tns sny, aud ussn IN iss turn meeting, break.
Ae:cS Rstsxontst. Through ten days and nl:hu Of
sceseiing heat and draDs6ipg rain u has bsttied
hraveIy: Rsrer a'nchins xhea 0sdey.d 10 attack,
BSvet dsspat:!nS ~hsa failure fell u2ou 49,
A:ef lie terrible lahore, reduced In numbers ca.
stxo1g In spirit and tssesmiGaiio0, Il II now rest
ing, and tiuy II nocds rcst
Before proceeding to review our failures and our
euccessss viii explain an eysor In my letter OF
The i3h II was therein stated that after the ter
fia.e eau6Ict Of Thursday iast Ceaosal Lee evaca
ata3 bis position In front Of Spetsyivania and ro-
tired To aus.her ;ina tsyoHd that place, and near
ths Ia River. The stStement WAS based on tis re-
pfsis OF psnscss arriving here from the font, and
wss generally credited in official ctsc.as; bot ii
Eow turns out that the story was EOthlnHkEt
fabrication from beginning 10 end General Lee
stir holds hts lines between spossyivan,a sad
0slefai Grants front He still hc.da the si6s Pits
aad b'eas;wosxs ;aas were charged By evesy corps
1E Grants srmy, He hollis the entseucSn ents
thai were captured and afterwards 6sea9oaed BY
Hancock, 1a1 also the positoas attacked Ly Hlsa-
aide, Wright, Snd Warren Positions ae bis whole
could 20, hold thsn. His preseas pnal,ion Is owl
6eQty os,s s{ bid sssorgest aad MA persistent and
sUccessaii sieymfneuea to hold 1t proves thai ts
viii ase 0en Gsht long and desperately before tire
dle:s
Whsn the peopI. OF iha North t,tes themselves
70 bs.sses TIE pcpabss Truth IT'S: Gen Lee's army
Is siSss ir D.ncess, brave IA spirit, and free f.on
En.,sn; sasoriH7 Of d-snHrsiie eati'n. they will 60
preei 10 bs LaasEti.Ae OF ti:s Uass EaG.takon By
Gsa Grant Esfn.a .bs secsEt battles were
sei the; sa 'onfedssa,cs were h1uSry, na ssd ard
6i9gcs,sj, Inty wsTa eisi 90 Ae deserving by the
hundred. and sis 9oos, craven hearted ones who
iRta ,Ties represented t!lG comrades they
lsit behind completely dcnofa:acd, tised ot re-
heGioa, and guile Ing to lay dawn thesy arms
We row find by experience tha, tho Z, beis d.
tassiasa 10 i Il out 81 ts b'si es.i, tist lheis
nalsbers sfe almost equal 10 our own, that they
SEA nsi,iET hunsiy rcY naked, aad tint .heir or
esrz iticG snd spirit are sts3gS T. day a. they
@szs tsso yeas aSo
In the aeiser Of sosses 1t very evident .hat ou.s
ksS be.1 S..ale. L.an ths oi the eAeiay. Troops
6ys,iGs from tehlad bEs orss are nos iasly -
sUifas 50 muck ~ ,hos9 Eiaking shs suncs. Lac
fought us4fS favorable circumstances Ia syery
EsssDens al the H:6osaeeS his cian Woks aah-
ce3ej IN assa: woods aau the usosGent q si.se.j
and steT cha ses INC! kpi:;Sdtstsy retired ASaJ
. shelter. In tbs succeeding sSsasssssras, snd
ps,te Uissly al ssotsyirSna, tnsY we're ;so.sosed
nv riaa pss snd eseas:"osss, cur n.ea had 10
&C srss Oh thsss pastians C;i.E bsaus expese6 i0
destructive enG -sing Gre OF esassshe, and cao-
mister In Ibis wsy tsey Is1s moved down ~
IA gSands Wccn Surnsiie htteG,p pea ~ cary
n. enamy's works on 1hursasy, hIa msH wess es
SaA IN IF e c..sU
they fesisd, staggered, aud feai In heaps. They
sVtHced su!atssiy Qualities OF the highest order
bar their ssss wes .o" great, aud after furious
stsEsj they were forced back /, thetY own line.
p EsloE cs The htta ccTps met siTNay recep-
Cd. T6sy also charged iaS saieTys Tide pits and
although iaey toashI bIeveiv "a mon eoRld n,hs
they were iepaised with fearful slaughter. Bat
res opened on IT, en- on font a6 :iaak until lcey
were diEen ficn l toe ground ;aksa by rem In
.u. nrss orarse. honecsk, ':o1ga successful in
sls.risias ;hs sneay and making Ra ;1DofisIt
oaEtif cau,i, act ,lsiatain s.s sdvantas. aa.rei
as siso Lad 10 Ietfe. tiosirS CIT n.s prisoners bot
iSavtEs ba.iat esvsrsi # ii.s guGs captnred. Ca
h:m, 81 en tie 5:8eFs, bat.e:es opened from many
In.s, thiaiaz 5;s Tal.as and driving hin back be-
;-o3d Faase.
Ws have suffered ro1o IN the ;os. OF otactss
than the eaemy ti': iney have not iost &C.
viii soou br In ,ne Geld again while we have !os:
forever ore Ct the best 7sis In the army. AZ.
O hs1 brave aaii capable E;an. but not 90 well
kno"u a. esdz z"iek, fell and was harisd by ths
enemy Two ofcsr Gsnsrsis hhvs gcre 70 a.ch-
mGnc, ctseEs we're killed un the spot an.a sevefsi
were badly woCnda<; Bad takes. from the fsj-
Against bis sscoaas We Gan place Johnson and
Stuart, captured by Hanoaca, aud few others
wounded. and ,hea try 70 balance our books I
think We SaEno. Go I.
At ssls close o< lie teEih days he.tie the Caa.
fetsfaaes 6ssd snei' own eia Grants army was 50
exhausted he determined to rest ecd strengthen his
cepe;ed carcs. ! en- sure that Lee was alec In
need Ct rest, ha: Te ell know Grant had odrre.!
baths Ga Friday Lss wou have accepted. (, ts
,f<,fS~ ltsth
10 Lee as Il is 10 Grant, as IL gives him al oppor
tuni.y 10 rrpair the railroads said TO have been
broken by Sheridan. He can also bfiny Up sup
piles Of whieh he must stand in need, and rein-
iotceaen II tae:e are any to epare fr0Ca cthex
points
The cause Of Grants present delay Is the ncces-
sstY ct establishing q Hsw base Of tapp!ies.
pn.nied this out whea the 6fWy moved from Bran
dy 2aslion, and mentioned this place most .ikciy
10 TO made tae temporary bssa. The Eaiioas, for
ass, etc, taken by n;s Iaen when they csossed ,ns
kn2:dan Wese exhausted Fl tho oi0ee OF The series
Of bottles, and 3 few days mus, eispse before
enough can be esoashs osfe 10 furnish the a:my
tos smother mach si;e. Las, shoad ne retire icna
his present iiGe. Lee Is eatraSchia3 ESw, aud
Grant Is Rot wasting Eme To ta:eness. The iaat.s,
net ready 70 advance, IL sl ieas; pscrasad 10 70
slst IL attack. ARers
TIE New York Times, which went into vic.ofi-
ous convusions over the rout ana retreat Of Lee,
ss teica,apbed when the Fes,erals captured twelve
guns, and Hancock annouacad that, having da-
ished up Johnson, he was about sobhns up Early,
has changed its tone uad er more recent sdviceG.
and Is q lite surprised that anybody could have
expected the poat Of lee. I, says,
No reasonable man could have ever looked ioE-
ward to any :hiay Eke r0ut OF Gee Lees sguy
any more ihar to that cf our own svhsn such
veteran corps as hoassuess aud hnrnside's inset.
g ,hsy have done Gu maSy bi0e&y Geld, there II
M thought ON either side Of raat or eight ~ a
thing which could possibly happen. II is SO With
other veteran corps tr both nfmies Wien tic ?
arc beaten they Amply withdraw 20 much Of their
men aa6 arlkry as they can save assd reesess 10
the nsx, commanding position where tsey can
uaske etAE6.
10 such oosn:s5 y vusisie .n AMY can nsvs1
be entirely broken uV ~ Sas se;sst. Thefs ID 10
opportunity fHs sIch Psrs0il by cassifS as we
rted Of In European battles. Artillery, and TIC
sso5g postsioCs peculiar - toe country. can al
way. ,sss,a sss Ps.sSos snsuS an'n The defeated
Iiis only by some foftuaate double attack, HE
saat which y tbs peculiarly OF tis campaign, THAI
large rctreaiinc amy In AnlEziaa can bs brokea
up. Un.sas Butler shouid bs peculiarly tostunsis
OF tsa James, We may expect weeks Of stubborn
eonssst between ths gradually failing army Of Lee
and MS fHS HSsesstayiy sH"ns and tsHaetaus opp
nari fos IL toust Do rssneObssed ths, Grant has
YET 70 fdd 10 bic right wing The t@1os1ant e0sp1
uadeT Slaei, fsH,n The Valley.
No l'nmedsasa OF startling end Of such q struggle
can es expected. Il msy Be q iOes and tough con
will kC GA tfiai against SouthsyD srdos Disasters
an detsys nadst fss Suentlr oecur sae difficulty os
sufp.srs TOT Gfanl's enormous army must be ex
casdingty great tsf tho q1estinn will bs narrowe4
down to Sn as0luta Gnd hnai d, zgss oi, sn eaua
aeld between TIA resources and ,5e spirit os the
North and tise south, Il 10 well thzs ths ae.a,
contest between s.s tso c.yihsss;oss sscuid Be
thus Gaauy ss.sisd. Who esa doubt tbs tssus|
TIE ersgsxalDR ~ fEs \. :. Woalp AND SorsxAl q,
ooA4ssox-~rnky Ara A0AlN Po0u ECO pao-
c8opaaas " T9S oASs-A AAA111oas gAysA see
HounxD.