Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-11-01
Tns LAie BATTLE.

-. y.rksss. no doubt, will call the IhAr Of lat
80 r,oouro.. auos In force. Grant will TEX
- - s,sp,o. thai It Vas nAas for tie Purf Oss OF
$500 ,hs ,peny, and that the o jeS! WN com
.l.,,t, ana a. isso.1rly obAnsd. Stanton viii tels"
s,,nh Inc zane Wilh Improvements; th' tHo or 'nfSe
Irr5,.s p,lcners taken viii be called I've or IAise
.,,ns,ns; tbs shGuo Of difgFASsisl tspase' ana
-. lo.s of some Thousands OF men, VII Aas b
.,o0,,srsd up; al YA1ketdoE vii burn powder ana
-, NIL, Lneo,n viii scarcely meet win the Eh0st o.
: o,oosou On Tuesday nCXi; AID Gaus 1hs hia1SRJ's'
ill have bsss ss0CUPisEeS.
al ,bs comes the SCeond and main o..
-, Lincoln Is No. only 10 BE- d.S.sd, By All means
:. fen. bu. Redmond 70 70 Do @Asn. E'An' VII sey
.,,t he Object OF Es TeecnrohtAnee ~ iuly Cd
80 WpAI vas hat eljeeIr Was 1t not 70 mud
=, ,bs rne.us OF tskiIg Richmond, and LeSs Amy
.i,A,,, And hss he AglA.ned that Obi CT No eouet
bssn mercy 70 eie0, Lincoln, 40 might say with
-, ,ruh Il 4. lie lad suScssdsd il doing hat Which
-,old have been sols without his alsisia1ce
,y,bs,fir otIas. Tkur.dsy Vas il Truth ArtSonoif-
th,p II was certainly The gges: Reconnaissance,
-,,v.r hard Of. Grants Ubele army upon lie whole
~, immense line, il .n,T! Lr:,Ty and cavalry, s6-
-, IN srdsr Of BAIL, Uith IhSiE receives, tHSc.iy %
tnsv vers ssou. 70 ergsga IN desperate ard eeci-
10, battle They cid net attack IS though thsy wished
-. ,o5grpeni in seme particular pace or 70 Try
A.. s,rsrg,h OF scne particular ccrPs 6u: Is though
H. ,re engaged in pitched battle Il Is vain for
c. % atts d to eCros 81 tie ie. from the OOnieGer
.,., bsvsyer he may succeed in throwing Gust in the
.,.s Of he Ysakeca Tbs no mere Reconnaissance
any more than the a-st Manassas, which they attempted
40 pass Sf e. sreh, After tbey tA4 been
Ssf atsS. Il vs. q grad 5ttsck along tie
,,bols line. With sn the fCEes he had 1t com
v.,,5 Had ,htrs been the e. Ei,sst symptom Of
v,y,ring N any portion Of cur line, re would have
,u,hed column Efer Ctlanr upon it, until is had either
iven way or had shown Tvch capacity TO resist that
Ia would have ben Gbigsl 20 withdraw. We Is-
nsa. IL the battle last Thursday vas great general
h,,ls in which 81 the ersuys forces we're engaged,
AID in which he vas tTumPAsaty r9golsd. Or oar
l,ss on the occasion vas 50 Sigh, that il is hardly
vor,5 mentioning tu. fer The VAiue Of the lives that
wsre Loaf, each Cre OF which was worth more than
Grants W ole army.
The prevailing opipicn seeas 70 be tia: Grant VII
no, make another assault beiors the Presidential
election; Or mere probable s no. This winter At all
II IA not ours. We bei.Va tha. hs viii Try i; OIL
more. a. lesst, sd re bIieVs that tho uA will be
made belore two weeks OF this month sre out. He
will think that q ezns;aueCs hsvs Lid .to vigilance Of
our army ss,ep, aid 10 I'll hcP, to derive from thai
Circumstance "a advantage which ks las never teeu
able e OBJ ain ircm his numb.rs, or his vAlor, -
skill. l. bsccmas our Generals 70 r -'.'1 . ~
..,t and 70 avoid tina u tbs Fort HAr'i'en
Ann, WI,bou. So each ele1're-c' he eAa no mere
-. LA be Gao gss 20 h'sTsn-anj, We bops it Is
40 profanity 10 soy, IA IS impoEsbe. Els only hore
L 20 extend biz ., AID 10 Gu. u a s,m ha S,pth-
side Railroad which hs thiaEs will 5.srTo Is OuG Even
Abss he sGano. d, it properly watch. d.