Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-06-08

gO0Q a!nf'2t FnllH'
The oljec. of the enemy . cavalry was prob,
ably TO mask the movemcnissef Grart'ssin-
fantry behind them but the manner in which
they were defeated and driven by our cav
alrymen compelled Grant to show his other
force.
4 Northern Accom-; of Matters in Eir-
g,nia.
Tie New York News. candil'y admits ;hat
Grant has accomplished nothing in Virginia.
In. Speaking Of affairs Ill and around Was
ngtou, y correspondent Of ;he News says:
Washington and vicinity is now one vast
hospital. Upwards OF three hundred buildings,
most o:thcm wood and built for the purpose,
are now filled with our wounded from tie
late battie-ie ds i is estimated that twcn
ty thousand have reached this city, aud many
lnoyr nre at Aexand.i;, and Frederick kshurg.
The gathering Of 50 many diseased men into
a city like tlis-at no time very he:ithy-at
season Of the gear which under the rcry
best circumstances is unllealthy, docs not ap-
pear very diattering tc the citizens. As a
consequence, those tlat can afford the outlay
and time, are departing or making. ready for
their derartu-eto more congenial and healthy
localities.
Tho New York "World" Of recent date
in speaking oc matters in Virginia, says:
lfLee succeeds in beating back Grant, or
Keeping him at bay, as he has done kereto-
fore, all the subsidiary movements become
worthless and a waste of valuable military
power. The dread issue is yet to be.decided,
and between the two great armies. So lar
Lee has kept his great antagonist at ba5; and
if he is is successful iur the next two .geclis
as he has been for the last twelve days, this
last paignagainst Richmond, and the Chief
rebel army, will have beena more signal, be-
cause larger and more imposing, failure
than any that has preceded it.
TIE Fredericksburg correspondent Of the
News writes thus:
When the people of the North bring them
selves to believe the pa!pable truth that Gen
eral Lees army is strong in numbers, brave
in spirit and free from anything savoring of
Generalization, they will appreciate the mag
nitude of the task undertaken by General
Grant. Before the recent battlts, we we're
told that the Confederates were hungry, max
ed and disgusted. They were said to be de-
sert;ng by the hundred, aud the poor craven
hearted ones who came into our lines repre-
sent the comrades they left behind as com
p!etely dcnoralized, tired of rebellion, and
quite ~illng to lay down their arms. We
now find by experience that the rebels are
determined to fight it out to the bitter end,
that their numbers are almost equal to.our
own, that thew are neither hungry nor naked,
and that their organization and spirit are as
strong to-day as they were two years ago.
1t the matter OF losses, it is very evident
that ours has been greater than that Of the
enemy. Troops fighting from behind breast
works are not likely to suffer so much as those
making the attack. Lee fought under favor.
able circumstances inevery engagement. AT
the Wilderness. his men were concealed in
dense woods until themo!ncnto OF attack; and
| after charge they Immediately retired again
to shelter in the succeedpging engagements,
and particularly at Spottsylvania, they we're
protected by rifle pits and breastworks. Our
men had to charge on these positions, often
being exposed to destructive enflading fire
of grapeshot and canister. In this way they
were moved down bv thousands. When
Burnside attempted IL carry the enemy's
works on Thursday, his men were exposed to
this most destructive of ali fires, until they
reeled, staggered, and fell in heaps.
We have suffered more in the loss of eff.
GERS than tie enemy did.
AT the close Of tie tenth days battle the
Confederates held their own and Grants ar
/ ny was so exhausted lie Getermiped 10 rest
and strengthen lis depleted corps.
a correspondent Of the Imesacknow'edgea
1;utler's defeat, but says he moved forward
tincrely to feel and fl'i out The strength OF
the Confederate deicnces
The Ncws Of May "a, states that accounts
from virgi;in ale lrlly gloomy enough
ssgSr We !g'.n that tho oaIton Factoryat Law
rcnccvle, Gl., waG dvrroyea by fire, Gu las!
Monday pighs-.lho work of inccndjRries