The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-11-10
The Late Victory in Virginia

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Readers of the Courier, will ,enent ,na
fer IN place of much that could be cn]led fron,
other sources, the following from the trustwor-
thy and eminently accurate corresnondnnt ,,f
the Savannah Repabticon
RICHMOND, October 90, 1864.
The details as they come in leave M i}onht
that Grant made his grand assault on Thurs
aay, the Zlth. tie may make another effort
between this and the day of the Presidential
eiectlon out that he took his measures and
| prepared ms plans with view to the speedy
capture OF klchmond or the Southern Railway.
or both Of them, is now manifest to tho d,Ilo,t
apprehension. As it is, he took nothinu bv
MS INST move; on the contrary, his defeat was
complete at all points, Oh the right on the left
and in. the centre. The importance and rx.
tent:of our victory do not appear 81 much
from Gen. Lees official report, as from trust.
worthy persons who were present and nart;r;.
pated IN the battle Indeed, Gen. Lee has ~,
inveterate habit of undertaking the losses Of
his adversary and of refining away his own vic.
tories; whereas it is the practice of the enemy
to magnify his triumphs, and not unfrcoucutlv
to claim victory where he has suffered de-
feat.
fhe effect of these diverse policies is as DIFF
ferent as the policies themselves. In the one
case the enemy is encouraged and the war
spirit stimulated; in the other, neither our
army nor our people receive the encouraoe
ment which should be derived from our suc.
cesses: The republication here of the war
bulletins OF the enemy even have bad effect
Notwithstanding he is known to be q GREAT
asonomlst OF truth, and in many instances to
ect up claims which are as prcposterous as thew
see unfounded If the positions of the two
armies had been reversed and we had been tho
arsault'ng, and the enemy the assailine, party.
II the whole North would be ringing with poeans
:t now seems that our success beyond Pc
tersburg was quite hs complete as it. was below
Rlchmond:: The enemy got possession of the.
Boydtou plank road at Burgess mills, on Row
anty Credk, when Malone moved against him
with three brlgades in front and Hampton took
hlm IN the rear. Though he was not then
d'slodgcd, Nlahone took over four hundred
prisoners, three stands Of colors and six pieces
OF artillery The latter could not be brought
on however, the enemy having possession of
the bridge over the Creek. In the attack snb.
sequently made by the enemy, Malone broke
three lines OF battle and inflicted heavy loss
upon the foe, who retired during the nuht
nom the plank road, leaving many of his
"o"'"eu a"u pct"ecn Two and three hundred
dead on the field. Including those made on
the North side, quite thousand we'll prisoners
were taken during the day.
During these operations on the extreme loft
and right, considerable demonstrSs;on wos
made on the centre, between the james and
Appomatox. This was done to prevent rs;n @
forcements from being, sent either to the r;aht
or the left Having failed at all other noints
and supposing doubtless that Gen. Lee hid
weakened his lines in front. of Petersbnr,s IN
order to reinforce his wings, the enemy, abont
nine o'clock at night, advanced against A'our our
works on the Baxter road, and. took possession
OF them but they were soon driven ont, The
two armies, therefore, now occupy tho same
relative positions they held before the. 6obt ~
AS \: already remarked, Grant took nothing bv
ms move, but lost more than Thousand 1noy
for every hundred that Lee lost, in other yvords
his loss will not fall short of six or scvon thos
sand, while Lees does not exceed five or u"s s;x
hundred. D w "a Dix
METnUsALEH's' DISREGARD OF L1rs T. e
written in quaint old Jewish manuscr;nt II, now
IN the British Museum that the oldest or man "nn
klnd' Methusaleh, did not live rs lonn &c 10
might have done Tho ur;tor - ~ "