The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-08-30


al lo decline On Change the -four market Was dul''
heavy epd S0c SOC lower. Wheat dull and &c. a 3d.
lower Corn and oats dull, and lc a &C. lower
Pork was decidedly lower. Beef and lard duh and He
lower whiskcy quiet Freiehts Inactive aud rates for
the most part nominal.
According the City Inepocors report there eST
deaths in the city curing past week-a decrease OF
% compared with the mortality of the week previous,
and "a during the corresponding week
asst year. There 4s0 native OF the United States
10S OF Ireland Al Getmany OF England, and tho
balance OF varors foreign countries.
Hancock's Battle at Nea ms Station--The
Richmond Papers ON the Situation.
We give day a map o. the battle fel at
Ream's station on the Weldon road, the scene
Of the sanguinary struggle Of Thursday last
the 18th inst, with very satisfactory account
of that battle. Hitherto the accounts from the
army had not MAGE us acquainted with the real
significance Of this fight and from the imrlica-
ton Of the dispatches that our forces had
abandoned the field, e. well as the enemy's
forces, it was feared that Grants hold on the
Weldon road must be weaker than every one
recognized that it ought to be. But the ac-
count Of our correspondent sets this straight
Ius battle was not fought at all at Grants
proper position on the Weldon road bus at a
point some miles further down. General a an
Geek had been sent out two days before the
battle, with two divisions Of Infantry and one
of cavalry, 10 continue the destruction of the
road that Warren had begun, and while he
was engaged in this LABOR the enemy fell
uron this isolated force with q considerably
larger ore. O lF line was formed almost In a
circle The enen1y bit 1t near the centre, and,
alter hard fight, gained slight advantage
and captured nine guns; but he gained this ad-
vantage at such tremendous cost in men that
he was compelled to make precpitate re-
treat abandoning his wounded and leaving
his dead unburied. Reinforcements from the
Ninth corps were sent to Hancock while the
battle was il progress, but got up too late to |
be OF service. Had they arrived In time to
take part in the acton the rebel force nigh,
have been destroyed completely.
Our recent .,erat;ons have very percepti-
BILE effect or the spirits Of the Southern
reople, IS reflected in the Southern papers.
To the R chmond press Grants activity is in
comprehensive. Having made up their minds
that Grant was TO sit still on the James while
the summer heat ard the autumn fever should
destroy his Amy, the Southern editors do not
know what to make of his failure to do
80. They lad published programme of
operations to she world, which repre-
sented that the great campaign was
to dwindle and die out in that way, and they
implicitly believed every point Of it. But since
Grant hes proved that he does not mean to sit
still, -and since his occupation o. the Weldon
road, and his strange operations on the north
side Of the river aud at Dutch Gap indicate the
most restless and resolute energy in the prose-
cutioa of the struggle, they are at loss what
to ely. The Sentinel makes bold step and at
tributes II to insanity. Grant is lunatlc who
"betrays ulmistakable s;l,ls OF DESPERATION"
and so on for nearly column. This must be
very cold. comfori FOR the respondent chvalIy,
especial'y as these luna,ic blows are called by
some other Of the Southern papers Yankee
"successesn O..e OF Grants little pieces OF in
santy, according to the Sentinel, is the detach-
n snt Of "small force 10 occupy and hold the
Weldon road, where any sane man
would have known they would be COB.
Dieu WE'LL tucuI utS sucy
not gobbisd up. On the. 10th, on the
2lst aud on the 25th iostanss, gebel forces were
ordered to "gobble up" that small force scot
to occupy the Weldon road. Ia those three at
tempts the rebels lost fifteen thousand men at
the very least. They 'gobbled up" three
thousand. Five for one is trade that even the
Yankiest Of the Yankees might be satisfied
with.
TIE Sentinel Of the 2itb calls the rebel re-
pulse Of the 2lst"our little reverse Of Sunday"
In the events Of TIA, week 1t finds some cause
for satisfaction, but far greater cause in tho
slow, silent lapse Of time that wears out all
thing-.n The argument obviously is that time
may even wear out the Yankees. II Is the only
hope the South has. Here, then, is one rampant
Southern journal that no longer relies for
Southern success upon the achievements Of
Southern armies.
Grants occupation OF the Weldon road has
shaken even the wonderful confidence In South
ern success that has hitherto Illuminated the
columns OF the Rich rond Wing 1t entities an
article III the subject Grants Late Success"
In this article ID declares that II IL not disposed
"to rraerratr Grants success y but 1t finds
comfort IN believing that this success he's cost
Grant dearly, though it is constrained to admit
that at bas also cost US dearly pr.yi.us to !
this acccess 1t believed that its cause was Ia
danger; butt now believes that Grants achieve
ipent has saved the consederacy, because II has |
put Grants troops where they are exposed |
cry much TO malaria. II counts upon the |
fever, and expects II TO 10 more than the "cus.
toraary incomplete victories" ofSouthern gene
rails. Here is another rampant Southern jour
nal inclined TO depend upon any other power |
.han that Of the Southern armies.
The Ecaminer o. August %, that had not yet |