Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-08-15

Grant inaugursted his campaign against Richmond,
and for the eOmplee overthrow OF the defensive re-
sources and power Of the Confederate States in the
6rss week Of Aa Nay quito 100 days ago with such
an lmmsEss army, sqlippsdfor of nsiVe operations, a.
vas never before seen in ancient mod0rn imOs- He
took the field in persC n with the resOlue purpose Of
forcing his way over all Obstacles by the direct road
ON the ,pidan to Richmond through the sheer
msntum OF superior numbers Az Fort DonelsOn aud
viekskurg he had seen this course triumph under
faV0rng circumstances and win for him the reputation
even abroad, Of strstegiss Of genuine worth. He
Wa, therefore, ecrrea OF his feet msed into slse
- iuste Of his actual capacities aud made to for
gH an Incident in his uiHtsryS career which af-
fosds a jus. measure Of bis aotusl abilities as q
soldier. We refer 10 his surprise and route AZ Shiloh
on the 9Th Of April 1862, BY General Sidney Johnston
a uFpri which, in al its delais has parallel 10 the
annals u war There s no other instance, We assert
IN which sn srmy o. over 50 90 mer, in broad day
rsb, approached, took and occupied a position 70;
uuiss fourteen hours within one and half miles OF the
headquarters Of the General in charge Of a hostile
force and then attacking that adversary, found him
ierly unaware Of Any impending danger, and unpFe
pared for battls, a. was uadoniaby the case
with the Yankee army a. Shiloh. Thst under
such circumstances gained more substantial re-
suits than did on that occasion ia not doe to any
reused latent martial qualities in Lieut.. Cen. Grant
either on the 9Th or 7tl of April 1884, but mercy to
facts and circumstances which il is no. necessary 70
enumerase here. We shall only state thai, 10 fact,
be did not hold the JaioH Of command in the combat
Of the second Gay at Sh4oh, for he was so nue. de
moIaEzs5 thai it fell from his hand snd was assumed by
Buell. his junior who, with the aid Of over so 900 fresh
troops including Waacs'5 division Of Grants force
proper, was able 70 make US rel0quish most Of the
fruits Of our victory over Grant and return 70 CJrnth
Bat Grants success a. viCksOurg be- driven all this out
Of memory for the Gms-has transmitted him into a
master Of the art Of var, in Yankee estimation, and
has placed him in command Of al the Yankee armies
Grant brought so near abstraction As soon as his
srps crossed the Rlpidln, a. al know, was soon
forced to turn aside from the Ps;h mapped out By hin
IN the beginning. His numbers were Of avail though
applied mereisssy; and in the course Of the en-
pign, his army tafi3d at al points appeared on Che
north bank OF the James far practically from Rich
mord SFo.s lVania O. Il. Nevertheless BY peculiar
creation Of the YAnk ntele t. all this has be N COR
yertsd IN due OdF into foFsseen operations sure to end
IA To.ory-ntO 80 many desirable phases Of E
mastery planned eAmpaigO. Then the fOiled as
saa On the Ines Of PstsTsbug-1nd with that defeat
there found the consolation that our General in
Caisf had been taken By surp iss and was no ready to
meet the master Of Yankee s rategy except with q
small force. Ne1t followed the confessed and bloody
"a lure o. tie Nine ard in the meanwhile the humi
stng incidents Of Gen Eary eamfag in Maryland But
after all these patent unienabe rsVerses thess faurss
70 achieve any par Of the promised plan OF operations
and after loss Of human lo almost beyond belief even
recorded in Yankee chronicles, No Cad tie Northern
Press taking az slnguns view Of tae fell of war as
tie Cay It known that Grant had pointed bis stand.
ards 10 earnest towards Richmond Hence We see joul
nails, ike the Pn3del9hl Iaqaircr on the h day OF
August 1854 declaring TO their readers that the he
bsliiOR IS is last legs his been stricken to the
heart and ID the verge Of suppression" Such atui-
ty ineGPeable and without precedent exeeps in the
course Of thiI var. DID it inspire our enemy With
truly martial spirit might dread toe coasequ snces
But fortunately, il does not; only begsts con usion
Of purpose; serves to disturb p1as fo7 grand con-
bined employment OF the Yankee army and, in the
end, should aid generals and government. 10 defeat
Grant and his generals in al quarters, a. we feel su
viii be shOsn BY the Issue Of operations nos projected
or on foot on our side.
heAnHhils, cur adversary may draw all Tos-
sible consolation and compensation from 4 sort Of
general average" What mater Is it to W that tae
Yankee Pres in this way and a. this sage OF operations
thould deducs eyiden el Of Grants coasummate sill
aud sagacty and assurances Of bic persistent aid III
tmatsly triumphant energy, coupled With the sonyc
ton Of widespread di=may and despondency amOog
our people l. only coTc1rns Us that our Gsaerals
should cont skiliu aud rescllte, and cur sol
ders as brave hopeful and intelligent as herstolore-
That they will SsO should dub. on either bank Of tie
Potomac
The Arrest of Mr.. Eagill.
Late Yankee ,pers ,ta.e that Hr. W. D. NugIl has