The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1864-05-19
From the New York Day Book
CAMPAIGN

The long expected advance OF General
Grant uponRichtb ond has begun. Ou " ed
nesday the 4th of May, his army crossed the
RapIaan, throwing Itself npon General Lees
right flank. On that day there was bnt litte
fighting. On Thursday the battle opened IN
earnest, and night closed in upon the comba-
tarts with no decided result upon either SIDE.
On FrIday the contest was renewed, ara the
day was evIdeatly enc OF the most bloody
that has yet occurred III the annals OF TINS
most cruel war. The Confederates fought
with more than their usual desperation aud
valor, rou led the righl wing Of GeAeral
Grauts'E army. intllctlng upon 1t a loss o.
2 500 in killed aud wounded, and loaO
prisoners among whom were two Generals.
Iue night, writes the Tribune correspondent
closed in gloomily for us. In tho morning
at 5 o'clock General Lee was not there nav
ing swung his whole force around in the lace
instead OF on the FLANK OF Grant, at SpoltI
sy yania { our Hsus at which piont, at
last accounts, he was. This is, briefly the
substance OF the reports which appears in
hur news columns And which appear in our
news columns and (which are compiled from
the letters in Republican newspapers which
seem to be the most autheutlc aud reliable.
The Abolition newspapers claim this as a
great victory but it is somewhat remarkable
that they dll not make this discovery until
they found that Lee had changed his position
They confess that The battle Of Friday ''cls.
ed gloomily," and il was not until nearly
noon of the next day that Gen. Grant threw
out his skirmishers to ascertain the where.
abouts Of Gen. Le,, Not q word has corn
from Gen Grant to indicate that he consi
ders it a victory. lie is too much OF a mill
tary man not to knew that if Gen. Lee cal
thus repulse his entire army, reserves anC
all, in the opea field. that he has no child
play before HIM when he mt cts that army
before Richmond, and behind the most for
midabIe entrenchment which scientific skill
can construct.
General Grant has unquestiOnably com
menced a most desperate and determined
campaign. AS a soldier, he is notoriousl
regardless of life, in order to attain his end
/, and he evidently expects to succeed by til
sheer torce of superior numbers. He ha
. cut himself offfrOm Washington, taking wit
him only six days provisions in haversackI
|, and ten days in wagons. Already Ii
t , onfed rata cavalry, lowering in bis rea
, have forced him TO send his wounded
, Fredericksburg, instead of to Washington
where soma $4,000, it is said, line the stree
! and thoroughfares of hat city at this rat
G he will lose an army before he gets to RicI
: mond. Ii the wounded, which at last a
@ counts ave put down at the above humble
! be correct, he could have had not less thi
= rs, zoe or 10000 men, counting prisoner
g placed kOrs du CONDUIT in his very FIRST OF
] cagtment. But hewill have other bat:l
4 10 Fight before he gets to Riohmocd, 70 8
nothing Of The determined opposition he W
meet when he gets there. Gen. Butler's
j. vance by the way of Petersburg, does. n
2 seem, thus far, to have amounted to mnC
If he succeeds in permanently holding I
!, line Of Petersburg Railroad he; by no meal
l. closes acces, t. and from the South, as the
e. is another road by the way Of Danville,
r Gently completed.
ps Alter carefully reading and scanning
ID the most reliable accounts, for a great ma
ht are mere iroth and Lumbug, put cut
lnovcs for stock jobbing purposes, we