The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-23

ne Las gisen 40 sign of exeellitg il
the higher qualities Of General lie
seems to understand little more Of the
art of war than consists in hurting his
masses on the foe. His movements are
Of the simplest kind, and exhibits nei-
| Their variety nor invention We can
haralr think that the North viii be
able 70 and the drain of men which
they must bear while a General Of this
stamp forces bis way to Richmond by
dirf Of mere brute lighting :
The Index adds to our uncomfortable
situation By The assurance. on the au
thority Of q Confederate dispatch,
that
The affair at Resacca was a plan OF
General Johrston % catch the enemy
Sneafl g % sTas left open, troops sent 70
1 the rear OF i, and everything prepared
to meet him 10 front 1t is not yet
known whether the enemy Is bagged.
Gen. Johuston's army is believed TO be
sixty thousand strong, including fifteen
thousand militia. Gen John Morgan,
tiae celebrsted raider, is in command OF
2 brigade Of infantry. The Confederate
troops are in good spirits, and no fears
are felt for the result.
OF Grant the index has also a very
poor opinion The heavy rains before
Spottsylvania came fortunately for bis
reputation"
Grant cannot turn the Confederate
position; he is not strong enough to
force Il. But it is said ty Dir. Stanton
that he viii try, and the more essays he
makes, the more effectively viii he
serve the Confederate cause. 1t Is,
1 therefore, a great error to describe Lee S
march upon SpottsylVania as retreat
IN one respect it is an advance, because
it brings Lee across the direct road TO
Richmond, instead Of leaving him in
search ofan enemy never likely to come,
at Mine End Run.
~ ANothing but hard fight
ing, then, will force Lee from his pre-
sent position 1t is rumored and ere
dited that ne has been joined by Beau.
regard with a very considerable force,
and reports of severe reverses have al
! ready reached Washington.
We can hardly conceive it possible that
after seven days of fighting, after their
unsuccessful assaults, and after the
grave losses of trusted leaders, the
northern army can have sufficiently re-
covered from its depression TO be ready
TO resume the attack
All this is very deplorable-for those
who have TO read it in England 1t
does not hurt US; though it is well
to know that the great Times conde-
sends to deceive its readers with false
reports favorable TO its faTorities the
shareholders, which appear to be inyen-
ted in this city by its New York cores
pondent The Spectator tells us that
the Times correspondents kilograms,
which are apparently freely constructed
out Of his own inauguration, say the
General Grant also made an unsuccess-
full attack on Lees position on the 18th,
with q loss of one thousand two hun
dred killed and wounded; but of this
Mr.. Reuter- has 40 confirmation. The
same TINES Telegram says General
Joseph Johnston ION the great southern
failure of the war; is General Sherman
into Georgia, where the federals have
occupied Rome and are advancing on
Atlanta. This means that General
Joseph Johnston is retreating as fast as
he can after the serious defeat at Re-
sacca. Beuregard is said to be pre-
pairing for a great assault on Buffers
lines on the James river.
We have quoted the remarks Of only
the weekly journals, who may be sup
posed TO examine the news more care
fully and to discuss it more correctly
than the dialies. But they appear to
be given over to the connection of gal
ley-news. N T. Post.