, 1864-05-13
Gs}icaao Ir11uhe.
FRIDAY, MAY Is, 1864.

TIE SE4TE OF THE CONFLICT
Tie eyes Of the nation are etraintns IN
eager and hopeful, but anxious, watch OIL tne
operations in Virgins, as day succeeds day.
and the glorious Army of the Potomac, SLOW
ly :rd against tremendous and desperate
resistance. but as If fully inspired bT the
m ~onorerallc tcnacIty and vfgor OF its
1cnder, fights aud struggles onward, tried but
victorious, bleeding and suffering, hut tsium-
phaut. Our. very hearts seem to panse In
f1,cir beating IS We listen, breathless, for the
most ncagre news Of the conflict
The case seems to stand thus: Grant has
given the rebels q "close hug'' for eight
days, during which the losses on both sides
have been heavy, but not 50 unequal Al to
give either party any known advantage We
have lost several prominent officers, but II,
Us reported, 1ongstreet has been mortslly,
and Lee seriously, wounded, these losses in
addition to Jones and jenkins killed, and
1egram, Pickett and Hunter wounded, would
cmbarra8s them On the field, while our. losses
however seriously the nation would lament
The deaths Of Eedgwick, NAds worth and
Hays, and the temporary loss Of Getty,
Gregg and Owens, would still leave the eff
cheney and morale Of our army unimpaired.
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