Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-08
TEEeOEsTIFBFIOEsTAEE EIsRTs.
RICHMOND WING.
KRIDAr mORNING, JULY $, 1854.
The Situation.


OAisd BY Chase, who Just before resgning, wrote let
ssF urging the raising Of four hundred lions addition
y taxss this year. Washington correspondents Who
Ire not In the pay of the Government, declare that
OSass las dsuded tho public as to the debts contracted
daring his term. There are myTiads Of accounts out
sAldng which have nos appeared In the published bod
ssi bat are yet - be settled. An aVahd like Fesssn-
A. 4 BY no means competent to cleanse the Aegean
sabIes deserted By Ohase the moment tho seeaOh be-
.ao nsuRsrAbls Is is true that the bare announce
asn, OF JsEenden's appointment and tie passage o.
.ss gold bin caused gold to fan from 2s5 to 22S; bu
,his vas merely the clu,ching Of drowning men at
,Nva Gold has already mounted 20 2SS, and, at las
s.csants, was still rising. The suppression OF gold
soscnlatcns viii avail nothing; indeed, 50 soon as the
sopss b,gn to understand the drft OF the new eHps
dent they win DO anxious than ever 10 heard gold
Thousands Of contractors and shoddy men whose val
Lts are stuf with daily EeeunuiatOns Of grsenbacks
vii haltaa to transmue the deprecated rags into eOiU,
Nrd to Place that coin IN safer vaults than ere to be
found in the United Safes for there il no telling What
dsy the best government On earth" will md L eonVe-
ept - lev vioen. hlnds all the gold in the country
We nav safely predict uBprscsdeL tsd shipments OF gold
60 Eagland sa1 tle Continent But in any event.
whether Fsssudan's abilities b or be not sdeqlsse to
che tsrculsan task be has undertaken, the New York
Herald sldms that his election TOD (Eho was LIN
eolas ohoice) triumph OF the Chase faction over Old
ABE; ard he patching Of the 6caness, however iuc-
esssu for the moment only to breed dSeoro
in the Republican camp Yet il Is impossible for Fes
Ssuden 20 dam the Nile with burushss" Tbs psns up
ws.srs viii bars. over his puny barriers and himself,
his government and people be WhslmSd In the wild sea
Of Ia kruptcy.
Wilson and Kautz have sJScSeded in rsschi5g Grant
With the remnants Of their broken down cavalry They
elsim to have destroyed tWen'y-hFs nies OF the Dan
vile road very efsetuay, bul say Aat, on their re-
tuu they encountered the enemy 10 strong force and
q heavy hgSt was the resus, with considerable loss On
both sides and soss captures Of men, hoEsss ana gans"
Tie Is very cheerful way Of regarding disaster, Sc
oond only to Forests deiss: Of sssrgiG. They LOST
some" msn-thss Is to say, oHs thousand or twelve
hundred men, Two thou'snd killed and Vouadoi (aoW
many killed and how many aided, sc do not care to
tslD "some" guns-nAmey, iisess, eVsy solitary piece
tlsy bad romsn horses to VII, about three thousand;
say nothing Of smbuanoss, WsgOns eight hundred
oas thousand negroes With counties stolSn vehicles
and no end of PGntefed wearing apparel ETC. Con-
dsrabs loss on both sides - tFss she los In kahOnes
Infantry vas enc killed and Ons EOundSd Wh.O the
sGsaAls:S in the cavalry and nhgniscAnt
compared 20 those Of the snSGk osi.s 50 sewers
biAting has never been administered 20 Any bSdy Of
raiders in Virginia and if the Oshl report Of WilsOa
70 Grant admits half the truth, very much doubt
whether the Lieutenant General VIII be sgsshsr salts
ssd thsrsui b. Bu. on one point there q no doubt
NhA,syer-hersafter the bravny tsgsnds q SlSI dAn
AID Wilson viii not be half 80 ready and vi Ling to 90
AgyPseylng as in the merry dsys Of S,OnsmAa AID XII
patrick.
Ths PAslage Of the enrolment b: providing for the
Fesspaon Of substitutes, repeating the eomnutai1n
clause and requiring City days notice Il a draft muSt
bsregArdsd comproGiss between the administration,
Which an1ous TO- obtain absolute eOnirOl of the lives
~ veil the property Of all citizens, and the Con-
Eeznsn, Who have sndeavored 50 slrues.ly to evade
s responsibility Of placing thsir sOas6sueuAB 1t the
mercy Of the cOnscrp. officers. The act Il exc ,dngly
weak and Inefficient, as will be found on trlal
Pity days notice Of draft, a. moment wen Grant
aid Sherman are elmOring for reinforssmsuts, when
veterans are returning home By the theuasud, and
AaDdrSd days men are berg driven from the psrna-
nSnt works, which they expected to garrison, into the
trout rank Of battle sorry way Of strengthening the
h4ads ct the GOVsnnsnt, and Offers poor encourage
nsn. to loyal men WAC feel the necessity Of speedy
CrShirg Of the rebellion. UadeF that law, whatever
maj be Lneoln's emergencies daft cannot be put in
process Of execution until the first dsy Of September
II 500 900 men are SoRserptcd a. that time the whole
SAl VIII be consumed In mustsring them in, and arm
l1s, squppng, organizing aad drilling them and vale
tins e going on, the great hubbu6 Of he Presidential
election viii occur when bayonsts viii be needed
a. he polls than on tbs field Of battle. From the V,ry
nature Of the Ae the inference irresistible that Goa
gees BY no means eager 70 comply With the wishes
the Rigging dynasty in Washington. Gave doubts
q The preparation Of the Lincoln rsgins seem to be
sater.slnsd and apPsehensonH, sss grave, Of the
utility Of further efforts suhjugsts the South. Ger
Siny the Wlfulness and Independence Of the Irsssnt
ocsSrOSs Is IA glazing contras. with the sbso sub
sSrvisney Of previous Congresses aud in this ooum
sAnCe even than in the defiant return OF Vsaa-
ageAn and the election OF Peace delegates TO the Oh
e'sO Convention, DO Ne aad encouragement for eur
cause.
- the ielegrsrS from Georgia Il win DO seen that
Ssosza Johnston has retired cm the position ne 20
l01s occupied It Ksnusaw NounAir, and has assumed
Nv one rather nearer 60 A lanlA. Az We under |
sAOd this movement, Il constitutes the ghattahOOehie
river General JOhnston's new line This portion has
always been represented to be the one selected for ts
auL stand In front Of AtlsntA Il Is zid to eGer |
es' Swans ss VT SsteI0s hAAA @Ny 0'nei sn@' |
ooa.d DO chosen.
It stated that Northern dates OF DE Sh have been
70 s''sd sp'rsng gold a, SIS. The Herald ssy' tha.
sen'EAi larry took MsEsinsOuEg Sunday las. There
va garrison in that ElsoO, amounting to- PerhspS
SaoQ'and or 500 men.
a.s tn'HIs nOvsnsns IN Mississippi does not resm
serious sHsrt As invalsu or occupation. Tele.
s'APoe SonmuneatiOl with Jackson ha, besp ,a.,or.a
Bold Speech in the Yankee senat.