, 1864-06-27
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MONDAY, JUNE II. 1861 /
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From reliable. soaecss of Information We
arc saAehed Of the, trtttt iof certain heading
iaete bearing on Tho present prosdccts Of
Grant against Lee, which are full oi,signia-
cAnco and hope,S Tbs eattt .Uf The builsh-
ment which Grant gave tho rabel armies In
the battles Of tie Wilderness, has been made
more and more apparent In. ever. &ouutez
since: The rebels no longer aoak .thk battle
with y their former. ,cagernees, 7'nor fight
xlth.1thsle- former contdened' apd ,ardor.
That battle proved the. fact :that the, Army Of
the Potomac under Grant MAS fully Able to
whip the rebel army under. Lee in any en-
counter, and both Grant and, Lee have since
con1ucteo tnelr opefat3ops Hath reference to
that one icading and Al important fact.
Grant Steadily boldly, "ita; grand and im~
pSeasNe courage ana commence 1sas a!e soo-
lime, moves ms ainS 1ron poin1 ~ peRn'' "'-
way. lnF'tlne pa1te !ee etouo"s tu' ANAye:
aeenane ~ aeeeps ~, nv e , Ao1e us oupet4oSS
aty ol tne s,ounu w ueNs' ~ .ol 'saa' feia.
w" .n'sioJ - ~ -,t,,s "usn Tug s'eas
,s IGN ooSs oeeae M g" nas9nsas maoe man-
nee' I'e', ne" pun W nuen 'f9os
moves u mo1e aangelous 10 isienmona' ana
!.aN !.uus.s :. W. ~ e ~ n a., s1 tmpIla r,
1Ne w .ee ~ ~seams tAo uuen.ne, WHICH
Leg 90 coaeAs oseinee ~ ~ VI - 30
casny "ots'eo IN ene a''e'np'' toat " amounts
only ~ reconnaissance l., -
epo'tsS1Fan1A Ice. put 1o1'n' "atn NJ
mos. hes5 ana tenement energy sna MS
moet aespe4ase Aao pefelStnt ,mas.on u,H
" 14e u.aaoe' nsu'ns susun 1.s =. ne n..;. =. ~.
-. a..': p ~ ss :" 80. ~ S sa1
a,n+ rrfth ths -s.dv' r.-+,1e .ahst,1.+s w.
e.va,fno and nnrYfou.1v vtctor,o,, r1nt
81 c-s,t hold ~. nos;,,on snd r.. vho
hs5 he.n oh1,ord to rrtre,t from hJs cn.
trsnchmepts M thu R,n5d.n To m.at Grant
~, .he Pr ron,d h.rr,1 ho1d III. own IN !,
cor,,ct n vh,rs he ,,tker mat a1ire Grant
hsct tn cn1nenn.r from vhenc, H. st.rted
~ corc.d, II. avn defeat Before!Iae,s
,r,nx had reste5 fr,,,n mi. t,rst sayer. f.,,nn,
Cr,rt a,nted .het snottav,x.n,s entrrncb.
,ns,ta and Jre -etfrea tn tbr North Ann,
~itr INT feeh1l ,tttm ut IN ANAL Grsnt ~
b,s new position. Immediately Grant danks
the North Anna by crossing. the Pamunkey,
and Lee apain retires, ntiu renewing With
feeble efforts, no where marked by the despo-
r,tn courage and confidence displsyed 1t
snottsylran!a, the attempt to a.tyo Grant from
II. nrx noxttIon. =:
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~ - ~ 49, r,ss.4 s.
eAPeeD1u g. ~ -@AAe ',~no rN t.onA - ro1tu
e'oe' ane4o ""o, .o"e'st, one .n.'us5 -.
~nca "oua lAe tenoe.eo ~ poe.,ple,
Coulo no aase 'nouceu Lev ~ nA's al'tueo
nis stny De1neen lne not.4. ano oou.n elues
OF tee calckanom1ns, as "ee1ensn o1d 1or
montnss Grant coaio nave asezueo II III deaA
aespne any s'fens'n o' pos1ion' *ao csn4aeo
II mo hacomona' Inc oA3tls o. coal aaf"
Dor Was reconnaissance o5 1ran1' 10 sseer-
taia "netne1 als euo11s 10 ACCOMPLISH tn1s
nao sueeeeoeas .tea minutes ngntln8' no"-
ever, proved that Lee had nos committed the
error. -,
Hsd Grant succeeded In driving the rebel
army through Richmond, leaving their re-
{Nf4t open to the west and south however,
sHkXouldl not havs accomplished all at VI hich
and might still have involved =
1@efhy and fndecislEe campaign, Lee could
have retired 10 Lyuchburg or into North Car
pnna, p. "nste Sian' eoulu s,t,, nos ~ nen pen
- Di.h..s - 80 60.
a"s go - ~ a's.moAo' .a "Ae.e o'Aet lnteA1
a,s, LIE "nonJ ~ oee. hSee soln'nun1cAl,ons'
.u "as ~ o"n' 1oo.
~" 80 Il. sue W - pieeeu'
paa a.e-ss@s. y. = 1s n..,u ion1 1ns'ousn
0l. ~ 49," =. -; - s1'sns " Lee oo.l'
~ VIZ ~ en1-' ~ upp4'e'
~ ~ compst 1ee y A.glae Inc oaenA"e' 10
su1 o'a oeA. w W .a' ~ enfo"'nS MS OWE
army agAnst Graots entrenchments. by
cutting or Lees limo OF retrent It VIII, As In
the CASES Of oonslton and VicksbnrE. leave
no. other resort to Las but absolute victory
over Gr1nts army, Or the unconditional sur
'endcr and snnihilstion Of his OWN. Now
that Grant has moved to tho south and real
OF Richmond 1t il plain to III, that In no way
: but by such strategic plsn could the result
Of ofGrant's campaign be made 50 overwhelm
tDgly decisive. II successful.
We ART now no longer in fear Of Richmond
being reinforced from Johnston's army. o.
Johnston from Richmond. Grant is now be
tween Johnston and Lee, as At Vtcksburr b,
was between Johnston and Pemberton
The Immediately future movements o
Gen. Grant will doubtless be dreete,
to getting still moro completel
the control Of the Southern and Wcater7
communications of Richmond. By his las
YnnFemert %hA Pefayzbur,r nuI TJo1,3o,, p.:1