M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-07-21

the troops who, under Early, whip.
ped Hunter 80 badly. So soon a.
they haG driven Hunter across the
Greenbriar, they put immediately for
MarliRshurg aud Winchester. at
the former place two large trains OF
amuuuiticaanl Immense stores were
cppturrd, the whole amruHting to
near tEu millions Of dDlar- in value,
all Of which vas imm2lIarey par in
wagons and sent to SiadAtOn. TIE
presumption ID they cane Tor no 9th
er oIj ct than t. ct Government
stores, horses, 90 IDS, AMI other army
piund. r. Like all other ruds, this
one will have 10 eli lctipn on lhe final
result. It will scare, harea5s AID in
iuro qriva,c persons, aul that ID about
all any rad Las yet lJne, except
great loss u the payucs making them,
Such, ~ least, has OG1n .he gXp, rieuce
un onr side.
Many Eers think this raid Of Early
is & rrconn oS5aucu in force, ;he ay1at
can,icr oi Il heavy force about tD
pounc1 upon the CRY, | d. net think
80. Tne timg has not arrived for
LJa to make such administration
lhlve M doubt nc has been prepur
int for It IJra month pas; but Graut
is npt yet satf 'ienly weakened to
make il sale iur Les ID lcav. the
nejshb,rdJol Of Hchmond. Ey,ry
day. however, is working for nee. -
On Stndly last, Grant made grand
assault Oh ths envmy'5 works before
Petersburg, snI WAS badly repul=vd.
GHnt is ROW arranging ms Ina! pro
grAnme,' e,'|Ilch he uuptS will D3 sue
ccs,iui. Snoard Grant fail. lie, will
then heel himself az Ibary 10 move
Oh Washington; bat Mt bs,or5. Such
Is the intelligence rrG1,vcI hole. b.
lorc Grant snail have male his haAl
move, ErY Will have rejniuUd Lee,
to await ;ho result y! Grants demJn
5trangns.
Nothing his been heard from Sher
man since rh, bulletin issue; o.
S'antIn 5uy 81, wh'ch stated that
Shermln was in possession Of ksno-
saw Mountain, near ,larrietta. AS
nO'hiug has s.nce b,en received con-
drnalIury OF TINS dlspatch, the gener
at impression, is tu&t there was NJ
ruth in it, 1t is needless t. say that
mucn su.jcllJe is felt for Sherman
an his command. rne report that
Johston had transferred portion OF
Ills army t. II chm)nI is not credited
here IN army circles. rpe object OF
Johnston is evidently to weaayn Sher
m4R rs much IS possible before hn
snail yyach tho UAatraho>chee river,
50 that III Case Nv Fedoral5 shall be
defeated there, low 0fthem can escape
death o: capture. Secretary StSaton
is entirely satisfied Sherman is in
good position and condition, aui thai
he will certaIRiy capture Atlanta -
Mr.. LncDin also shares i'll these
views Of his War Secretary.
The destruction Of the Alabama
has caused much ri icing. 1t is
about the only decisive victory we
nave achieved this year. And Slngu.
lar as it may seem, it is not consider.
ell 50 much victory over the rebe,s
as over the British Atg. Il is gener
ally treated as victory over J0hny
Bull, since tie vessel WAC fitted ont IN
a British port and manned by Eug-
liSh sailors and gunner5.
Tho President wi !, | am advised,
Issue his proclamation soon for day
oi humiliation AMI prayer; also that
he will make "a call for some hundreds
Of thousands OF new cDnscripts. -
Howard, the proclamation torger will
NV, IN rre than likely be released. -
Iie but anticipated events a couple OF
months. Gold went up, under hiS
bogus proclamation, TO near 200 1t
now ner 250. Grant has failed,
more troops ara to bo called for, aud
"a day Of humiliation and prayer IS
ordered. That is Just what Howard
said aud ordered. lie sinply prepar
I'd the minles OF the people for what
was soon to come, aud wanted to be
paid for it. Instead oi5oing paid, he
is paying for it