The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-11


o..s ane 80 steamer viss.ais, iron Lissspss1 - he
York On the 9th o. - -
re'issaer, the Duke ef lga,.ko1, = 49,
ee,,ss nns s,:s ss e. e ne :':ss s..ss :.
satioa 10 al RasiaaA, esd the people no sssor-
l:bea at the magnitude OF the l0sses. Tbw neoha.
Die result 0f ths bleOdy cnstesl - eaee6yy cas.
sAssrd. Ths C0ntedeSatU loan secsde thSee per
cent, and eos.on was weaker under sisA asMs
The London TiMs says: "0en Grant has fully
sustained his reputaren for uacosqusssba oessei-
", and If he did not O6tain Absolute suecess, hil
Tor II more desperately and sppsoacAed Il nsose
Resriy than any Of hls predecessors lt tkiaks Il
hard TO discern the tncIinalon uf tAo 1Aiance, q
evealy do the scales Of oastle appeas = Do eouss
ed
The Loadoa Aorniag Pbx secs no sppsectah,e
advantages Oa either side. bat On Tho foalowlug
day expressed q conviction that the Eo1essb had
sustaiaed crushiag defeat.
The Lonion sfas shisks that Gsnfsal Grant paid
very dear ios his victory, aad reSasda hs success
The Losdon Asvnfao Herald proneusccs she a
vance On Richm0sd Q failure, and h0pss the sousl,
mas parsed the last Gerry Osdesi
The London 0loas skinks Cea Lee has Ssi.y ssc-
eeeded In barring the road Of Gea Grant % Rich.
An RSaLIsa APoLoOv ToR a hIe.
The only 'eference TO the fact thaa ahe "Repost
"t Mr. MALLORY" Is forgery. vet made hy the j.Hs-
MAJ which FIRST reproduced the report IN England,
Is s""'cienfiy curious 70 be placed m sseosd As
s"tediy It II most ingenious atteMes 10 Aislil
precious medicine fiom noIsonse weeds.s We copy
from the Daily Ntsus, Of 22I u,, /:
To 0e Editor Of the Doitv Nevs:~
OIL. ~ appears cett1ln that the alle1ed fepost Of
sne etsoa!eAeseee SDesesasy of iAe uovy 3s<kseesy.
no WORDS of course can be too strocg 10 expsees
the cftminali:y OF such m imposture, or ihe
amsitnt "f damaSA which Il does 10 the caE se
whith II was intended TO serve. Rut the veil Of
txui!ati"n which Is raised by the enemies Of Ame
ea mere, as lhongh the uendacity Of tho American
'o'erhhte NJ ana nation and the antrc cstwoJhiuess
~ everything that emaAates from them stood con
iessed al last, though not unnatural, is entirely
misplaced.
The American nation must be Judged, a, the
present moment, not BY the standard Of peaceful
times, wnen the moral peace ptiOns vi men are IN
disturbed, hui by the standard OF civil war when
an teat Is most violent, basest, insane In hu
man passions Is stirred up from, Its depths at the
same time thar the higher qualities, at least GER
tala class Ot them. are manifested, perhaps, with
more Intensity than ever. That was, In erect
eivii war Ui which the greatest Observe. OF anti
quity said that IL changed the moral vocabulary Of
Greece, and made tAn0cence mean crime aud
crime Innocence where party was concerned. I'm.
der such circumstances the acts OF deptaved or iu
fahated men are bv no means to be taken. without
further evidence, As tests Of the character, much
less Of the ordinary character, Of nations.
Let ls look at the period Of cur own history
which bears The closest analogy to the present
CiloAo nuueuCus IdulOu9 ''lc00 d B3S1tlke" Il
unquestionably forgery, committed for the oh
vlous party purpose OF stirring up the feelings Of
the nation In favor Of the F0yai Martyr. Ii was
the work, In all probability. Of an ecclesiasc Of
some emfnence, who afterwards founded on IL
claim fOr reward. 1t had great currency and pro-
Guced great effect. The proclamation which pur
ported to emanate from the exiIed Court sf Charles
the Second, Offering rewards and honoss fos the
assassination OF the Protector, was also In all pro-
babiilty, forgery. tn the genutneness Of which,
twlthstanding, both parties seemed to have be
ueved
These fOTgefies, committed by INSCRIPTIONS mar
tisans, and rendered current by the public excite
ment, do not throw any doubt In The eyes Of h,sto
rtans the veracity Of the authentic State papers
Of the period, OF cause US TO mlslIust the Official
accounts Of Naseby and Worcester. Much less do
they lead us 10 set down the English ss nation Of
hahitual liars.
After ALL though the authenticity Of the report Is
denied by the Confederate Cove Tnent, The deslt-
batioa ct the vessels Ia the ersey the only charge
u which, so far rs appears, II the object Of the
f"rger To give currency, EOnains Unte nlcd, aud m
ther receives confirmation from having been 80
pOintcily brought unter the notice Of the COufed-
crates, and allowed BY theu, to pass without repu.
diatin. am &e,
Coz nWfS SMITH