Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-05
The Present State of the War.


That tne prescr, ecniilOn OF tGITs, compared Win
tina +, sS-'Or7 var at tie cams season a. least
sur. lsc- i ~ vo:, We think can hardy
:, d. the pressni eAmPaga,
- = did d, ring tie cam
-,.gu of Is6. ..Ie DoRel IN, as Ne" Of'''ni'
R,sroke ill.,. -. 4. Norfolk, If the abandonment Of
t1s la,,sr Ctg ~ SOIegOno conclusion o-n % called
.As.stsr. re A.vs lost no large body OF troops oy
..D.rl.op A. We did in vlcksbu in lS6S, SD A'Porl
4,d,on- And Wa have, during tie year, sets'ed but
a. aF,,s, of any conssQ asucs, and even they have
been greatly exaggerated.
In Ipe meantime UEsG have We rot achieved IN tais
.na e.npaign that va Wi.ho the reach Of skiI and
eOsrAg In he beginning OF Nay, Wnen Giant o0eu-
ped zoe Ipsdan, hs EUlSeI-0A called Tor force Of
RISOOO men, has blsn sscsr.alned, osyola a0uo1
nv persons in the service II The Confederate s'Aes-
Tpsfs ia Aluays difference Of about one-thiEd oe.Heen
tAs mustss-rol aud me elective forces 50 that 1t Is
robahls that she whole Receive foEes dd not greatly
sxsssd' $50 600 mer. Tney we're the dover OF the
Aoe force OF tbs ClGd AEs, called with the utmost
carr from al Ae armies, and vest Before 1t crossSo
lanes rvsS-Gaat is 10 say, in htlS more than one
ruonth-this Mighty host had loss At least 100000
men by she casualties Of be, - say nothing oil s'rA'
elsrs si,k and dad CT disease l. bad been several
times lara civ reinforced. Had il been OthsrWhe' II
,vould have been ukEy snnihlAtSd before 1t reaensa
4bs James Since has been 90 the other sids Of the
river &c has been beaten in nsAry every a r PoS to
Which species CT warfare, enormous - lie numbers
lava ssain beSoms by reinfO,CsmsAts ID has strictly
ouausd Itself The operations in other quarters, de-
Eigasd 70 aid those sSanl Richmond ware Ill defeat
"a and brought - grief aad she grand o. TO Rioh-
Ioadn Of Grant fAlsd - that Of Mcclellan lad done.
So much for Vagina. EserysheEs else, except
alone in Georgia our armies have been tueesstlL-
Dick TAYLOR nearly annhIA,ed Banks in Wester' LOU
isEaa and she result OF hs operations seems to have
en- the entire rsleass o, that portion 81 the State
from the hated prsSnce Of the Yankees. Forrest hA'
.sEept cit tTIryJhing before him in Tennesaee
Prics Is on1s mere in A4ourb at the head
this tine Of 30 900 men, and volunteers ere R'ekiog to
bis standard from al qlSzters Of the country. Sherman
has involved himself in . nest Periloui difficulty IN
tis1rziA His numbers are reduced-he Is hundreds Of
niles from his 6Asa-bis fur her adv. CO Is mPoss ble-
oc IS amy recovered from is deiel: ana burning for
revenge s in Lis iroat-and Forrest 10 IN bis rear. Il
opiy With .sqee. 70 tic situation around Riotmozd,
az Tsa tie cCs vssk-kused snt,r ain any fA what
ever, aud If the people continue true 70 themselves,
there Is no cessation fer s.aTm even here.
Tia. General L.e can keep Grant out Of Redmond
rom this time u1til dOOmsdIy il he should Dc tempted
% keep up he trsl % jorg confident a. We
raa b. Of anything Wba,sver. Cant gill rSver get
h,!t sven oulh Lee should Lot receive another re-
craft The latter beta en- aud Wil keep him out with
hs PRESENT cIce. Bus that sli TIA. il dssirsbs.
The r.sssn, fcscs Of General lie 10 to- small for
vigorous offensive We Tlsh mt rally to bod Grant
a. bsy, tu 70 tea. bm on. CT lis prsson. posison-
h. md In
orse. to it. Ge1sla L,e must be reinforced. II IL
be asked whelec tho rem o.csmsnts ars TO cone, We
rsEer a. once tina. this IS the mos. important Poiai
Ia tie C5aisdeI eJtnas tie enemy believes It to be
so-and ,,ss he Las 0Ocoenra,ed bis mos. poWertul
army here, 10 The leg o. may other posts SsO o.
great importance to In. j. Is gas always 20 draw
instruction from she v,uslts OF the enemy. We
o Of wat importance he considers thj1 city, by hi7
Z. cas- % axe t.. thsn in ini,aj0a Of Tie enemy,
' houd Eeaksn oIher p0u to strengthen this, We
s ID &C, in sgr,. sccosd2ues Wi.h : known rule OF
Z ca, prachsed We 0oLCye by al generals who d.
20 the raHe, vkeEeysr On ofPo-.uUity rrezents il
6 We have Eaay troop il various paris o. the
c eds-acy, and hsyng hsm, i. r. 80, enorsa 70 asJ
a. d. seFV.c5s sse sd Shar5 troy ase. Fls Ia =
ert Of the enemy IS aer - AMI here oaglt 60 o, ne
Z Obstacles to hs oorq 1885,. Ta9re - 40 Poi-t co
lortans o. Richmond. Te tr ss our authorities vii
:. the m-.,er IN tLis Igdt s-d act as bssesms SO
ave an occasion.
A e-srespolden. c. the New York World.
ding p m LiucFo LAST spcCg s.sssd thai certain
s,-iueu Of a.lsr's bai made Inn : report OF the
u.-.,oit ~ .1aiJ --... "a C Ecauoad, aud the Ca
D tes fc 1ais-.e p-'. el y the country generally,
. that I, y all -eu-ssa representing Ger s'a
1 e on toe Ds-by.O~U OF Uersgsl road a. the $40;
which formed she key 10 Redmond. Toe same writer
stated TIA Grant recessed operate in THE qasier be-
cause Mcclellan bid designed 10 do it. There can be
no Soubt that Grant is vel Of the existence Of
ths survey and report BE has tiled every otssr, aai
been defeated in them all We believe it 10 bs in on
power to ieiel. him here more sigaaly thar he hA1
ha.n defs.ted srv vhera ess,