Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-08-13
FROM PETERSBURG
Shirt of the Morning Press.


The SsatinsI ridcues the boltfu! utterances of the
Northern papers over Faraguts naval victory in No
bis Bay Il compares, or rather contrasts the strength
Of the two aaesl aud shows the comparative insgni6-
canoe Of that Confederate squadron which contested the
entrance Of the Yankee armada with much gAllanry
Til re is certainly no reason Is our information
goes to doubt the inrepdity Of our naval heroes in
soc recsnt engagement; to suppose that they did
not accomplish all that their limited resources permitted
Faeir defeat entails no humiliation on themselves or
their branch Of the service. We only wish could
say a. much Tor the garrison of For. CARES.
Tie ENQUIRER looks around the holiz)n and finds the
ospeoi bright s3erman it thinks, will be fooled in
his dssagus on Atlanta; Grant, having abandoned the
Orsive, is awaiting the result of the new Potomac
e.mTaigr; and the plan Of the Valley campaign seems
to be well ma ntained
The Dispatch shows that the capture of Fort Gaines
does 10; by any mean involve the faL Of AObie neither
would the capture Cf Fort Morgan. Says the Dis
patch:
And the city Of Mobile MAJ likewise be saved, If her
de endsr vii only determine that sbe shall not be slr
rsndersdI II they have the mora courage 20 stand
saslng. as Charleston has been doing for more than
twelve months Petersburg has Deen doing for two
mouths aud rs Atlanta has been d)ng for the last
thirty days; he Yarkecs may Kill few uusrmtd oi-
z,5E-thy nssy knock down OF burn up q certain Eum
Der Of htuses-ttey may compel the women and chill
dren to take the cellars for tee curty OF their lives
they may furnish fne food for Hrper's wood cuts
aad the army correspondents oil the Yankee neWspa-
pers- but theY more take Mobile than they can
take Ric mond. True, the outer defeDcss have been
taken or rendered useless. Fort Powell hiss beentloED
no and Fort Ginss has been surrendered With strong
sizp'cons tf treason. Trus. F ut Morgan, iFoAted
aud surrounded may be taken or blown uo. But
there are still formita able deienees md ebsiructOrs
before the sheing pout can be reach d, and then
and net l tten Mobile will be put upon her mstte sbe
afforded so opportunity 10 rival the glory o. Charles
ton Of Petersburg and Of Atlanta Then she viii have
"a opportunity to sho-, what has been often shown
10 this war tha bold heart ia superior % all mechaui
cal contriyarcss ard that determined courage and
resolution 20 win or die, are t6Sn equal to the
argsst physical odds For the present. she is not 30
bsdy eff as Ri tmoDd vas two years ago. when Norfolk
hsd been iskcn when YoTkt( wa rad been aoSndone',
when the Msrrmao had been blown up, and when the
james and York gave access to the Yarkee feet almost
up 20 her very doors Fortunately, too, it ia under
stood he toe policy to give up no more cities TIE
Csc o. New Orleans will not DO repeaed. II the
Yankees get hobiie-Ouless there be more trsaso,.
breWi1g-hey will be compelled to igh: for it few
sh-s or q great msny Of them, vii not do the work.
They mus land and storm our bAtteries-must crack
the M. before they get possession OF the Kernel
The Ezamiaer thinks that LineOlns chances for re-
the failure Of Grants colossal csmpsgn against Rich
mond Here are the Eransinsr's conclusions:
One cannot but srTVe at this conclusion from several
Indications from the greatly inorsasiug szoisement At
the NOrh touching the Chicago Convention, which 10 to
nominate Democratic President; rom the daring VIC
ence Wish which newspapers counsel resistance in
arms against the draft OF halt a million of men; and
from the singular movement Of come Of Lineolns own
Black Republican supporters in the Washington
Congress, % yesterday detailed in the ErGniHer.-
They Wai ed for the moment when their soye-
reigns fortunes were declining from their "ape1" to
give bin tlelcherou3 shove down the hi. Two CT
bis ms vehsmeI and isent allies ohaiEmen respec
lively O. tie Sapste and House Committee the
rebelious ates Wade, If 0dio, and WLtee Davis Of
Maryland give hin tots blow under 6ftl rib. They
present ia th,ir OficI capacity, what almost
10 legal impeachment save IN mat O. OF form against
their fond and too-ind geht MASTER now lettering to
his fall charge him wth arrogance, usutpation kraVe
~ in Withhold ng his assent TO bill touching the iu
ture status If Ihtle Confederate Ststesa mater which,
though OF small importance to u.s. isOf the deepest mo-
uent il seems, in that country inasmuch as he has
plan Of his own for readmttng States to the Union en-
the application of One-tenlh Of their population; and
this would they " give him the control Of the Pres
ieHtisl election. So they aiorm him that an election
carried byths arfce must be resistsd-and that he is
ia uzuratiYg vl war for the p Adency. Ii Grant
had oGy tSksn Redmond, would they have dared to
ct the nAmes 10 such document az thisP AL the
sOrd suddenly within one week-n short, sirce the
elov up Of The c.mpag1 At Petersburg-seem 10 feel
Justine ivtlg that AorAhlm's game IS PLAYED; and the
Nav York HsrGd Al once celia for new National Con-
Vsntop, al BaialO, TO nominate some other man IN
stead OF The oa5,oo Of II nOis and the iaOr OF Ten
nssse; and 6nes on. that sho very winds have been
Nhs pering it for Weeks"-hat is for two weeks, since
the Petersburg bl5W up.