Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-01

pleasure caused by G.n. Lees despatch was very NC
iceable The crowds which gathered around The Dull
latin hoard, were large AID enthusiastic IN 'her
Ssmonst,s6oss than any which have assembled sines
The o,mn.isu opened. To the officers and men who
h.vs consummated this good work. the Sarmest thanks
80 rendered and the CHEST pTa.e accorded. W. II.
+ Lee Hampton, F.tE Lee and Malone, With their gall
liant onmauds, have rOng hold on the gratitude Of
che country, which We Iust and believe they will never
reIrquish.
Raids come home TO the business and bosoms
Of every man. as regular battles do not They involve
tbs honor Of wemen the lives OF grey-haired men and
the safety of Innocent children Rsidng, as Practised
Oy Yankees Is net war ID piracy on land, and excteS
even more horror and indignation than piracy on the
seas The capture of solitary merchant ship win the
destruction of her passengers aud crew, Is as nothI
compared to the wholesale desoaton the diaboica ana
vide spread cruses of the brgands on horseback, who
have of late hurried through Virginia. II Wis felt
keeny, and With no little sense OF shame, tina these
outraRes upon women and children had cOntnu long
enough, ayel too long; and until Hampton stru that
manly blow at Trevians, the fear was that We Sho1d
never see the end Of them. Hence the crate ii joy
with which the rOut of Wilson and K ,uz was b lie
But single regret was expressed. Why are 10 many
of the villains captured? was asked on all sides. Apart
fr:m the retAiaory justice which shoul be meted out
10 these scoundres the practical question OF sub
ssence was seriously esnvsssed. They destroy right
and left provisions and means Of making provisions We
capture and feed Our country people are starving
while the very men who reduced them to the starving
point are comfortably housed and fed bountiiuuy on
Belle Isle. Fair women, who have endured nsmeless
wrong arc weeping in lonely chambers ever their blast
ed existence and some have died Of their shame and
suffering; meantime the accused brues who did this
evil thing are nourshed in health and security, kept
alive carefully until they can be exchanged, and agan
return to the indulgence of their passions upon the
persons of the most delicate ladies' 10 the land 10
Gods name how long will Southern consent toses
this thing go On'
The defeat Of Wilson s TIE begnnrg of the end but
not the end Stung by this disaster, Grant will doubt
less equip Sheridan for raid grander tcae than
anything yet projected. Sheridan is man o. AFFINITY
Wilson ia not. With ten o, twelve thousand men,
Sheridan would be difficult to handle AID it would De
next to impossible to ilercep; tue whole of his fcce
he would, unqusstionaby, co ia some Garage. LAP
PLY his prestige gone and his men no longer enter
tain contempt for rebel cavalry Wholesome lessons
have been tau got the raiders valuable information has
been obtained on our side We can hardly fail to profit
by the experience We have gained of late. While their
hands are in Hsmplon aud the two Lees may as well az
minister thorough druobDg TO Sheridan, taking care,
however, not to cucumber themselves with prisoners