Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-06-10
Rebel View of the situatinn.

As hitherto during the progress of active
movements, tho rebels arc now very careful
about permitting any of their papers to pass
through the liuea, lest information may be con
veycd to the Yankees Of the real situation of
Affairs. But the arrival of dcseriers, or capiurc
Of prisoners, with Southern journals on thoir
persons, afford us an occasional Insight of tle
COuiederaey. The latest batch Of rebel papers
thus received are of Tuesday, the 3lst of NAV.
Tho Richmond Sentinel OF that date forgels its
part Of huster and brayado, and informs the
people that Grant III m enigma. IL eayB:
"Now Grant has been teireating on Pradoricks.
burg, aud anon hc Is at Spottsyyania Court
House. Now again he meets with a disaster
that would have sent . reasonable man hacI to
Lincoln, hut quickly he is ilauk marching for
Richmond. Now he crosses the North Anna and
conironts Lee, apparently for battle but night
comes and he stees away, and starts for the
Peninsula Now he crosses at Hanoyertown in
his supposed flight for his now base but last
and latest we learn that his face is ngnin turned
toward Richmond, aud that he confronts Lac OH
the Tolopatomy Creek, with prospect of immedi-
ate fight.
at is time for US all to cease speculalions as to
Grants mavements an1 attend to the facts. IIo
hns been offering fight when we thought he was
rutrcnling, and retreating when wo thought he
was offering fight. lie has been advancing when
he had every reason to hurry down. He hos
gono by the rule of military contrariness, aud
has always disappointed us Whenever we sup
posed that he was acting sensbly or consistent
ly with himself. We suppose that be has come
to the final fight at last, though, warned by cx-
pericnce, We express the opinion with becoming
doubt"
The Examiner, few days since, informed tho
deluded rebels that they could now with good
reason rejoice, inasmuch as tho Yankees had
been whipped at every turn. But the Sentinel
Is not quite 10 sure that the rebel soldiery have
been 30 unilornlly successful, aud socks TO
bJl,tcr up their courage in this wise
"Our soldiers mud Generals will have every
motive on earth to animate their utmost prowess.
They will fight in hearing, almsst in sight of
their capital. The eyes of their loved ones of
the country. and OF the world ore upon them.
The stake is awful-ihe liberty and indepen-
denco OF their homes, country, their property,
their personal freedom, their lives are all in
issue The rewards Of brilliant success are
foil of delightful pTomise-,-all the above bless
ings secured, and crowned by peace. May God
strengthen their hearts and hands, aud give
victory to their bAnners"
The Petersburg Express coolly informs its
readers that ninety thousand OF the Yankee
hirelings have been placed hors de combat since
Grant crossed the RapidAnn. II has been
aseertained by actunl count that he (Grant) lost
more men on the 18th, in the terrible contest of
Spoltsylvania Court House, than Napoleon Bona
parte lost on the memorable field Of Waterloo.
The people say that the worst feature of tho
present melancholy condition Of affairs is that
the places Of the recently slain aud MANNED can
not be supplied. Every garrison aud outpost
has been swept clean TO replenish Grants deci-
mated ranks; and il is asserted as an absolute
fact that there were not men enough at Fortress
Monroe last Friday to garrison tho place II
also derives much consolation from the SENIOR
nous desertions which prevail in the Federal
army:
"lhe dcserllon and stragging Is without pro
cejeht. letter was received in this city on
Saturday from II member of Moseby's command
well and favoraby known in Petersburg This
writer states that he and his comrades, with
their daring chief, have been in the rear OF
Grant since he moved from Culpepper u0ur
House. lie states that from the Rapid Aun ant
Rappahaunock to The Potomac the country Iitor.
ally swatms with straggers. These men do mol
hesitate 10 gay that they are from the Army ol
the Potomac, aud under no circumstances will
ihoy bc carried back alive. Each man is armed
aud says he will sell his life As dearly as possible
before hc will be taken"
Ii is stated that the rank and file are demoral
iged, aRd cannot ba made 10 iaOe'ihe Confederate
steel
"GrAnts present army is greatly dcmOralized
The threo years men are very much disconlent
ed ut the bad faith in which the Lincoln Govern
ment has acted toward them, and the new
cOmers, or veteran reinfoTcements as StaHtoI
teleeraphs to Dix, cannot be made to face Gen
Lees gallant gray backs Four tines durinl
the past eight days'did Grant attempt to brinl
on another euch fight as he engaged in at Spott
gylYania Court House, but each tmo the mei
refused to be led to the slaughter. They ART
like Burnsile's whipped at Fredericksburg
Once is all sufficient. Altogether the entiro in
formation from the enemy's county is of ih,
most cheerful kind. We verify believe that ligh
is breaking, and that peaoo is not far distant,
God be praised"
During the past year or more our soldiers hsv
been peculiarly fortunate in escaping from Dixie
We learn from the Express that one hundred
Yankee officers escaped from the cars on III
Charlotte road on the 2lst Of May, betwec
Charlotte IN. g and Columbia, (s.C)
NetV York Com. AdO,