The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-09-24
slruapAy MORNING. SEPTEMBER ~, 1864

TIE facts with rcgssd 10 the battle near VIM
chester are becoming better known, and "a they
gradually deveisp themselves, the gloom which al
frs; settled down upon people aispersos. Il is
evident that General Early made desperate resist
ane-that for several hours he had the best OF the
hattie that the enemy lost enormousiy--that GU,
troops were finally compelled to leave the acll by
n si.k movement, executed by very superior body
Of cavalry, -aai that the movement in retreat was
exceeded III the most exact order and without the
slightest confusion. The statement Of the Yankee
general, that he killed or wounded five thousand
men. and captured half that number is evidently a
fi'scheci for had the less been so great in an army
no lager than that under tho command Of General
Early ~ caS: halt ;hs train OF artillery would have
been captured; Whereas We lost but three pieces
The man who makes this statement it is to be 70
collected, - Shesidan--;he man who claimed a
victory ut Trcvilhan's depot after having been more
shsIaefnlly routed ihan any general of the war
who stated that his whole loss ON that occasion
less than two hundred, killed. wounded and prison
ess whereas, four hundred and eighty -seven, taken
in that fight actually at that time prisoners in
this city; and who tclegraphed to Stanton that the
object OF his expedition had been completely accom-
psaed whereas that to destroy the tunnel
and unite with Hunter and lac was routed and turned
back Jeiore he had gone half way. 1t is stated by
otheTs that General Early lost in all, about two
thousand five hundred men, Of whom abot
five hundred were reported missing, and even this
We believe TO be an exaggeraton. The Yankees
appest TO have paid dearly for this success Their
loss, according to Sheridan, is two thousand We
sui.lo>c it is at least that, and some five or six
thousand more. onr men were in position, and
wen attacked by the Yankees. 1t is reasonable 10
infer. therefore, that they killed and wounded vast
many more than they lost. Six or eight thousand
Is veIy small estimate. We speak sincerely when
say that We have no fears for General Early
The TACT that the enemy did not attempt to pursue
him after the day of the battle is significant Of
another fact, and that is that he awfuily Grip
pied, and did not feel IN condition to improve his
victory He must get reinforcements before he can
push Early, and in the meantime Early is i'll posi-
ton ard country iii which cavalry oani do very
little service save scouts and patrols We hardly
think sheridan will be able to play his destined role
Of capturing Lynehburg and the canal, and the |
Sonthside and DInville railroads, this winter at
least lie has but six weeks more TO do il in, and
his movements hardly rapid enough to accom- |
plish it by that time.
In this campaign notwithstanding the two small |
Tevefses at Atlanta and Winchester, the balance has
been greatly in our favor We have frustrated the
most tremendous combination formed against |
any modern city, and in frustrating it, have slain OF
otherwise put hoFs de combat, at leas,
two hundred thousand men, of which number Grant
himself lost under his own immediate eye at least
one hundred and fifty thousand. That general him
self Acknowledges that he has been awiully beaten
When he calls for one hundred thousand fresh troops
to finish the JOB Khich he expected to finish last |
une He Is conscious that he does SO, and endeavors
10 explain it away i'll conversation with one of the
o ldics that stuck to him like a leech in his late |
Quincy from Iiarper's Ferry to Philadelphia. He
,niy wants theln he says, to make the victory more
complete, aud to diminish the efusion Of blood
Those the very objects for which all commanders
eek overwhelming numbers, To state that object |
: merely 10 confess that his present numbers arc
nsui- eht ~ effect the object Now taking in Hun
cI'a army and Buffers army, Grant had at least
hree hundred thousand men engaged i'll thu
nterpsiz,, If he still wants one hundred
housand more, it affords the strongest proof |
hat lac has been signaliy and terribly beaten We |
AZ, then, that thus far the advantage in this cam
aign has been prodigiously on our side We have
illed enormous numbers Of Yankees, s,slld that is
WY h'fiS rest W tficif IL
far better, indeed, than peace congresses at Nj
CARA Or elsewhere. The Yankees are the most
aercenaIy Of Gods creatures II the ministry of
ar Saviour had been among them instead of the |
ews, instead OF lasting three years it would not
ave lasted three days. Some Yankee Judas would
ave sold him III less than half that time. And vet
lie Yankee loves his life better even than his inter-
st; ahd when the universal nation finds that | I
othing but death is to be gotten by coming here
hey will conclude that it does not pay, and will
We 1t up. The best road to peace hes through the !
God Of the Yankees. The more we kill, the nearer
c approach to peace Such being the fact, we must
admitted to have made vast progress in this | O
inpagn. They have been slaughtered awfully Il
'ie and everywhere else. n