The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-07-06

rHAsgs TO TIE UNION soipIfRs AND SAILORS.
The House met At ten O'clock when
Mr. wAsasuaSx trsp1 Of H. offered the following rsso


rHAygs 10 TIE UEIcS soipIrRs AND SAILORS
The House met At ten O'Clock, when
Mr. wAsasuaSx, trep Of H. offered the following rsso
tuition
Resolved That before the adiournmcnt Of the prescn
H e &c Sr r. our on S Sa s
proper the .,iyes q the eGps to e
sent struggle for OF the rebellion aTsn st
% @ our shs r ss Gs
graduate them their and irnmph' and % en
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Mr.. wAsHBuRsy, Offering this resolution, briefly
coutras,ed our present situation with what on the
last Fourth OF July Although vicksburg captulaed one
year ago day yet the Mississippi river st clcsed
the rebels holding Port Hudson, In Tennessee we only
held 10 Nashville or Murfressboro The changes which
the last year had brought TO In the military sua.
ton should Gil the country with hope and courage.
Lee, instead OF advancing into Pcnnsylv enia, had
been driven to Petersburg and had either got TO
retrea. 70 tns Caroiinas or 70 be cso?ed w
Of vielogy OF the Northwest. had driven Lee for
sixty miles through bis ntrenohmcnts, outgonerans
Wae Tho country concerned at Losses Il cid
not ace IL consider the immense losses inflicted upon
the sns,uy The rebels had lost in this campaign
slxty thousand in killed ard wounded and sixteen
Thousand prisoners. Our losses did not exceed
srssnerS the enemy had osi twenty general officers
ID killed wounded and prisoners, twonty three guns and
ialumerahe baiSe aagt aud STANDARDS. We nad ,osi
de5roycd sons niteen twsny small pieces TO prevent
,heai from Ealing INTO the hands OF the euemy. Wehave
LOST seyoneca general officers in killed, wounded and
prisoners Az 10 railroads leading 70 Richmond have been
sc destrovss that much time will be required TO repair
hem our forces hold possession OF the ictersburg and
Weldon road willie Wilson, in his recent brilliant raid
taT deatrove5 nsarly atty miles OF the two roads-ths
prnvo road and The Petersburg and lyIchturg rosn
arutar had achieved immcNe success ~ sonthwes,ein
virginia in destroying railroads. cutting csnss captut
pr iarges uAas ssnnton, and destroying INC immesse
detnts OF supplies there, and nnctng irreparaole
damage upon he enemy generally. Richmond was now
entirely out on from railroad communication, aoo wss
shnrt OF supplies, aud Grant had reay u nn
Petersburg and Richmond ny The throat. lue
spirit OF our army was indomitahe sna every ,nu -
IN fgl Of hone aud courage and entirely coutdent 2.
success The aHero Of the Mississippi, trssh nom .
glorious succceses on the old "Father OF waters nhu
snaohed victory from The Of defeat at Chattanooga
fought battle at Lookout Mountain above the couus
and o,snsd the gateway to Georgia. Tue neiol,
Sherman had advanced fer into that STATE cePtureu
Important and immense stores. driving sne ere%
ali the time before him. I'll no yesterday asscl NJ
dispatches from Marietta within eshieon mis- 81 49,
auta,be very heart and soul Of the rebellion N tne
southwest The whole military situation hsa ncvel
before looked 90 promising and he believed We we're nov
rapidly approaching the triumphant enc 81 we e,sa
| struggle with all the peces~ry LEGISLATOR pess"N y