Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-11-18
Grants Intentions.

n, ..i.ek which Grant made upon or ines on 'e
VA OstOber, so far fron being = mere rseohnoiSAloe'
a. Ia could fam have ths Yankees I'VE, Out \ nc
..Dpo. make us believe, uAs designed 10 De mOs'pO
-.,.h. Ain. IL vas only Wien it failed eomPieSsJ'
md Ia had suffered the penalty Attached % al unsS
y. Gal undertakings that be endeAVoIea 70 give A'
=, The amount Of the punsAnsnt ne recei'ou ia
80, hsan ss,ertAinSd vi q entire accuracy Out We
- E,,ls doubt that he lost . least lO,OVO men ANe0'
-ou,dsd and prisoners. Toe prisoners AoTuGly Orouso'
- M, citv cane fully up to, If they did not e1oeea'
O., ,oo man. and, but Tor the sudden WithdrANA Oh nA
in the uishL be would, the ntxt Gay, nave suS-
-t-.a =, anil more disastrous defeat on hI lett In PROOF
49,, ,hs attack on Ibs 27.h NAs sengatd 'S' ASsnefA
- - h. st,fd the iAcs that every nan uho could
- from die usreaes vas Wi1hdrAHti mat even
5,rm ,sr, md musician we're armed; thai the troops
and earned u,lh shsm so days rAnonS ndthAt
49,, vsr. pratsnsd OF everything shi0a ii vas nos A-
,oln,sly Indispensable 10 esfy.
That sssavl. having isisd so sgresioa'iJ 1" Is nos 70
- th.s he uI throW away What is len OF she
an The indications all point 70 another ana Al earl!
nan osr Inca .Hs tIoOps below this ely are
.psaaed strengthen ng cd fort heAToos ana
.,.oaog M. ones. Doubtless me nH'au0n S 70 MAKE
La.lst ssiIeauy iDPrssnsbls Al POss'e'' ana 20 en-
-, 70 push arOuaG - 7 gl1 50 a. % enter d '''
f.o.,hle.in tia. direction, Or SAs' = secure : O~Se
- y,k Rysr Railroad. o. bis lei' h' AM VII
- ,st uosssss;ol VI The S1c'hsiSe h"ioAu' A''
..a.nord,n.s ol Northern papers all e0aesf "Pe-
s-I H.. TO o,ises 10 have ben the moving
s,..so 81 M lats assault, aud the general direction Of
tbs movement seems 70 prove that 'Ier sA'emenS AZ
.,.. whatever hs intentions may be, tOSeVer, il
seeus 10 DO generally eoEceded h-' ne VIII h'' DC
Jo,z in revealing them. There Sr' various ramors VIVID
card 70 announcements arriving al hs heAeqlAF'et'
Che su,b of shioa We sro 10, abs 70 ascertain. No
dopbt tLsy are all true ~ 10 the general lac. that DO lR-
,vs5 reinforeemen,s, though 'here may not be mue
d. tb,p speculation With regard 10 the particular
sroops said 10 constitute saem'
Wban.vs, Grant may come, or whatever ioree nc
NAV bring Wth him, 90 entertain 10 AIPonen7'on uaA'-
- NJ ous ability to rePel any aud every a sAuI NE
nav think proper to make upon oar hnea As lar
~, aha 10 ascertain, such seems 10 DO the Gea''
,,IAsntimsut of tue troop themselves. A. LEAST "e
b.,s heari uonOof then tNps,Is tho least doubt upW
the subi,c. The tone 81 the Northern papers, Iesign'd
70 buuy and ovsrsHs us, aud 10 encourage 'heir oEu
man vith tho sH.etatou o. i~nVincible power, has no
Lad The sReu,est n C.. upon the troops. They ash, are
these the men whom We Il eyed al Spring, from The
R.ui1su TO Pelsrtburg-tO whom, before Petersburg
- administered aogg ug after q kgug, until humanity
s.eksped a, the slaugh;eI-Who have never, bet o.
40 occasions, been Able 10 obtain the sfghtess advan-
age over Us AID we're they-she t'ggej, kicked.
di-zrascd. beaten, bloodhou d. Of q saVsge iyran;-the
instruments by whom he eIpccs to drive US nov iron
our ]pOsiioIf
We believe that shsaoVer Gan. shall make the at
tempt, he sn bo repealed with a slaughter to which al
that he has heretofore been cut eeted vas mere ehEds
LA. When he shall have failed in This last trial Of tue
ssason-asf fall no undoubtedly Whit is a matter Of
much speculation, what ho viii DO mex. Some think
hs vii continue the inevitable and everlasting move
mspt b, his lef. a ak, which brought him in front o.
Petersburg. q Wilmington, os Charleston, or Swan
nah. or the gulf. h evidently, having al enchanted
Lex. ike the Du.ehmAu Of the legend Who could rot
STOP travelling ustil he had trSelsthi"selt ia.o the
Nor;b ga. Oilers b leys tia. he ill stu continue to
=. peg away here, vhA he 6cds W0 get reeru Is in
Attendance, 10 crafty hs t2s.e for blooS. We are Of
this last opiniog, aud ue would Eager a small sur, that
in every attack he makes on our Hnes, be will Iu! CCFs
a - a IA a1 Al tho Crater. |