Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-16

is our city; and that 40 living creature
must be permitted to enter it against our
willard that II any enemy do come in, II
cannot be saved over our dead bodies; and
that now, even as In oldItime, It is honor.
able and even delightful Doth dulce and
decoFun) to die for our country. What q
contrast is this we have sketched between
the spirit aud attitude Of the two people
now in presence upon this soil | The one
race crazy with greedilos8 and intoxicated
with \ sense of brute power in their nun.
bers and material resources, furiously
striving to crush ont Of existence people
IOs0 hGue neUer tUroagOA theps, and exulting
with loud senseless 1ee In the near ap
proGch ofths day that i1it eroiOn NTH sUccess
the foulest national crime In history. Ou
the other side, comna6ItSo of high. spirit.
ed treemen, seeking nBthink in the world
that is not theirs, dosgs and aiminy to do
neither hairt a9F. !tarm q JeltoI0 creature.
standinR M "a dSIepd 6f their own hearths
aud homes sternly silent in the simple
might Of their oRu manhood, with the an
tique hetoiSmlthat ID an ge6 have impelI-
ed brave msn TO endure and dare all things
for country and honot Looking upon
which contrast, and deeRy penetrated With
its significance. let every man say with all
bis heart, My God dstsid the Right!"
DoUBrTtL. - - '.'
The subjOined itemsfrom Richmond pa.
pers may be or may no be true-the read
er must make his owa estimate of their
value:
NRws.-We have received note from a
person in the city of Washington, who has
more than ordinary Intelligence, and bet
ter means of arriving at the truth than
those through whom the news from the
enemy's lin 3 are generally received. We
think that the statements contained in it
are in accord with the actual facts.
"May 80, ls64.-TheY Yankee army num-
bered one hundred and fifty thousand,
cavalry and artillery included, when il
crossed the RapidAnl They lost sixty
Thousand, killed, wouided and missing, in
the engagements terminating at Spottsyl
vania Court House. Reintorcemeuts to
the number of forty thoasaud have passed
through Fredericksburg and by way of
Port Royal. This leaves their army one
hundred and thirty thousand strong at the
present time.
"The unanimous determination of Lin
coin, his Cabinet, and The commanding
generals is to concentrate the whole avail.
NAS " WV O4lbCu lUE lu6
capture of Richmond. To this end reiu.
torcements will be sent for weeks to come.
This information comes from the highest
authority-GeD. Meigs, the Quartermaster
General of the United States"
We repeat, this letter Is an authentic
statement of the enemy's intention and
plan; also of the force now in front of Gen.
Lee. Since the battle of Spottsylvanis,
Grant has lost considerably by skiFmishes,
and . very much larger number By strag.
glers. But this loss has been fully re-
plu5sd BY ButiUr. TneHFuly engaged with
Gen Lee, under NO suppositton, can be
considered less than l30, 900 effective men
at the present time.
YANKEE PRIsoNERs AT ANDERsoavILLE,
GA.-There are over 1,5OOYankee prison
ers at Audersonville, Ga. The editor OF
the Albany Patriot says that upward of g.
900 have died since the removal to Ander-
sonville, the mortality averaging, daily,
35, with every prospect Of a large Increase.
On the night Of the l4vh, 80 died.