Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-06-16
9rlrupnt Chronicle.
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st. GIairsviIfe, Ohio, June a6.

cannibal who presides over the columns
of the GazetteP During the last few
weeks he has eaten up, without salt,
the o. S. Presbyterian Church, Gener-
al Butler, Governor Morton of Indiana
and the editor of the CHRONICLE, and
last week, with an appetite unsatisfied,
he attacks General Grant and Secre
tary Stanton, with view Of demolish-
ing them also; and we may well ask in
view of all these destructive demon
strations, and the apparently insatiate
appetite of this giant man-eater, who
will be the next victimp
For fear our readers should become
alarmed without cause, after reading
the above paragraph. we shall as brief
ly as possible, show them the manner
in which the destruction of the last
victims has been accomplished, and it is
possible they may not see as much
cause for fear as the above notice
mlSnG OCucfWlSe lHuuce.
In speaking of the official dispatches
of Secretary Stanton, giving the move
ments and operations Of the army, as
reported by Generals Grant and But
Ter, the editor propounces them lies,
falschoods, &c, without citing any au-
thority, but expects his readers to take
his lies for it, He says:
First, May 9th, he tolegraphed, Grants
dispatches are not fully deciphered yet, but
he is on to Richmond. The rebels are in
full retreat for Richmond on the direct road.
Our headquarters at noon yesterday were
t,centy miles South of the battle field" On
the faith of this twenty mile official false
hoed, gold fell for few hours to sixty-eight.
Nu,c there ,tdS not a cord of truth IN dnJ
part oft Yet the CHRONICLE says it was
perfectly reliable, ,ohiie cce'ybody must k,to,o
1t ,oos lie. Lee was not in retreat, but
having forced Grant to 'change his base"
was moving to accommodate himself to the
new situation. Grant was not ION to Rich
nond," and his headquarters were not
twenty miles South of the battlefield !"
nor three miles. They had been in the
Wilderness, West of Charlottesville, and
| six or seven miles South of the Rapidan,
aud we're then several miles cast of Chance-
lorsville, between Spottsylvapia Court
House and Fredericksburg.
When our army crossed the Rapidan
and formed in line of battle, its right
rested on Germania Ford, and its left
on Charlottesville. On Friday night
the rebels were massed on our right,
forcing it back until the rebels were in
possession of the Germania Ford road.
On the Sth of May, Cen Lee sent the
following dispatch to jeff. Davis. ,
HEApo'Rs ARMY NORTHERN VA,
| May s, 1864
Preuclem Dnuis-The enemy has aban-
doned his position. and is moving toward
fredericksburg This army is in motion
upon his right flank, dndo adUance is no,o
at Spottsylrania Court House.
(Signed) r. L. LEE. General
Any map of Virginia will show that
Spottsylvania C. H. is 15 miles South
east of Germania Ford by an airline,
and by the road travelled by Lees army
it is fully 90 miles, and is less than one
mile East of an airline to Richmond
from the former place. Now Lee says
his aduance, on Sunday, the Sth, was at
Spottsylvania. The Gazette says it was
East of Charlottesville.
Lee was on the airline to Richmond
at least fifteen miles closer to it than he
was on the 9Th; and yet the Gazette
says he was not retreating, and that
Grant was not on to Richmond, and
that Lee had simply moved to accom-
modate himself to the new situation -
Well, this may be SO, in the peculiar
theory Of che Gazette's school of reas
oners; but this kind of accommodating
movements, repeated frequently during
the month of May, has resulted in Lees
army being advanced from the Rapidal
to the entrenchments in front of Rich
mond. la-E
In speaking of the dispatch Of Sec
retary Stanton, giving Gen. Butler
dispatches of his movements South o
. Richmond, the editor says:
This ras all a he, yet the CHRONICLE say
it was perfectly reliable. No,o, 1t is ve,:
,ceU kno,cn that Butler never whipped any
body (except the women in New Orleans
and never cut the direct line Of railroad be
tween Richmond and Petersburg, and tha
, Bcauregards forces passed up to the latte
place without interruption, after Butler
advance.
I'm answer to this we copy the follow
. ing from "The Southern Confederacy,
y Of the 18th of May, printed at Atlanta
Ga, (which we have in our possession,
al, taken from the Richmond Examiner, c
lie the 14th Of May, which, we think, SCI
ties the question as towho is lying
= the Secretary of War, or the editor {
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