Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-26


y -, sarIous 70 SEE what explanation the IAnEssS
y, ~. Il ,Als change q bGIs, II Il shAn - Aaas'
p, EorsAsEu papers attempted to denensEAs tnA'
Grrnt had nAdo mastsry move whea ne 0ro'see SVor
ts sOashsids aud pAOad bis army 10 tons OF Fssrs'
y, We reocll-Os that short time ago, come CORES
.,r, ssD, from tho army elaborate and carefully
-,,.n s.ssr in which il was shown, TO the apparent
.,s,od IN Of she writer, that this was "integral
Of General Grants plan for the Ospsuis Of Rich
d, 8. This document vas circulated far and vide
through the Yankee prints. Il pleased the Yankees
ru ,ssgly. Toey had been abOnDg uudSr the dslusOn
10. Grants Stubborn and desperate sighting from the
KAPidAn 10 the James indicated determined purpose
70 IL directly forward 10 she "Tsbel capital" and take
Il But thlI very knowing correspondent sR'oluAiy
dsspAtsd tiis deuaiOu. He showed that GrAot meant
no such thing. He had plan, and that plan was 70
take him South OF the JAmeL The hshtrg he did
along the route merely by play. IiWAs but thing IS
n ala not cost more than hundred thcusAn6 men.
TIE aeres Ell cement As Cold HMbor deliberately
brought on by Gfnt 70 convince the YANKEES nation Of
the lrPosEiblty Of taking Richmond IRON tbs North
side.
Thus valuable conviction WAS wrought upOn the
nSrd By Opsratls on Ihis side. Gran, SlSayS rlei-
snled ShAt 50, In order PlasS ia absG d,y BE-
ycAd al dSpUts, be made powerful AasEu. uDOH e
at Ooa RHbOr. Toe experiment resulted In The iOsa
Of SONS hassn or twenty thoasAEd usn. This EAs
heavy sasrass and for EWsi.s the snkStS SOald
nothing 10 sOmpelsAts fOg Is Bat IIsF the luEiaSuS
sGpiG-suon Of tins correspondent from Grams ArOy
they seem 20 be perfectly SAitASd. Giaut hsd sEoEh
tAss ale theory ia rSgAgd 20 AsOaRs plan Tor takiOE
4. mODd va eOuseL 1his great achievement
Il would cave Ioa 81 credit upon O. ar Frederick
or Napoleon
Alter thu brilliant isAt Grant pashsd forward 10 HE
base On tie Bo1th-siis. lie reached iG Ia sSisJ.-
Fns was the poins be had been aiming At E the tine
de slSAys knew that tie proper nay or Iskirg Rea-
mond va 70 syPyOasa from Ihs South-sids. NJ
ROW on the sOu.t-n6s, and cons, Qasnly the "R bel
Cso.tsI" Vas doomed" Thsro ovLld be DO doubt
aOOas j. this ns. l. il lruS, Graft could have ;aksn
has position a. hrss, !Oss easily be could have
aoTsd 10 Ihs RApdsa. Bias theR 30 would oLlJ have
| .aeWu that Richmond eo,li be captured Ia isG way
In IN 20 6IEJ VI taxing Acy OiLsF way NCud
Os % cor was determined 70 sboU, Eot ely tLGy
paI,cu sr PIN would ueeesd, bus IAat a, 0!hcrg
were .b,usd-
AL iais YES fully aud satisfactorily s1p Ared 10 the
Northern public They then ErsVsg told the. thsy
lad ory 70 slsess hIle patience; hat the reatn5sr
Of Grants grand campaign would soon b deY=lop pee ;
thss the heart Of tho = loyal EOrL" would soon b.
nais 20 r., ice BY sterling By Giant. ThI
excited the s1peetoss OF Yankees and COnis deraes
Ike ne waited AnEiouEly 10 see What Grant WAS 60
| ias 20 do. We vailed in vain. We saw nothing but
an exhibition Of WAno rOarism ia the Wsy VI BON
b,r3i, Petersburg By ths means GIANT accomplished
SIC iup5r ans rssuls Of occasionally knocking brick
zoo, he oCrGer Of house There no,biVg start
| /" or brilliant" In this Il alarmed nobody in the
s,lis. ana the n6aotonoui Announcements made from
--7 Gay in Ystkse papers, that tn ,shir &"
Grants army be! end iso usual Smelling" seen
sags very d'y residing fer the North. Tue inps.sce
r G.suts Startling move" bseAms 70 great that gold
4.--ns very rsItless l; VOaIdn's keep down.
! 34t 6rSnS Is thought 30 Rave made or 70 DO making
v55s a. last We have no dOubi shAI some IagaeiOus
95res9osdsHI will ShoE !hS the change Of PositiOo,
-st.ysr Is may be, was FArS And parcel OF Grants
sr,g,uA campaign. This val bs made perfectly plain,
s tls Yankees vii 1hereupon consider that Richmond
GOOD taken. Harper will brush up the old wool
see which used two years age II us.rsts the
,-h.s Of Mcclellan and bis arny in.O Rishmond and
pr,ss piourts illustrating ths triumpLL march
e Grants army through the streets Of tbo "doomsd
i.,." Tho pic viii, doubtless, DO advertised as
ron skstSh taken upon she Spos ey special artist,
10, Bsrper'I JoSrNaI Of CisiIiESrOS.
70 rsaly seems TO that il will puzzle even Yankee
1, liiy 50 give plausible sKpl NATION of G ants
,a9gCArALcs Forth Of the James, should fueh be- the
,.- Tire Yankee nation have formally admitted she
possibility Of taking Redmond from tia. direction.
rasy we're iIlaO,ant 20 make the admission. GrArI
knew it eli he zine; they nSreddlOus Until hua.
dred thousand nsa bad oeea lost Taey thea saw that
Graas EAl right and they we're wrong. Bat What will
Asy ell say now ? What vii Giant Say' WHAT vii
be 'sid By Newspaper scrbtlas writing from the army
W. at will the Yankee rSbbls think How Ia gold to
De kept down. Grant moved s,uth and vent away
beyond Richmond. Il he noE moving North directly
the trGckY Il il expo ed that he viii csp-
,ure By dsrting back and for,s K, shuttle cock In
front the city!