Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-08-08


mistake: dhe conduct Of these troops to
RhomMas aasigued the glorious duty y1ofl
carrying fhs snemyid positions WAS As dis
graceful as II proved disastrous 20 them
selves. No sooner, had the moment Of 'St-
tack arrived than ltheJfrightf blpnder %
employing aneh matsrial became appArenk.
The poaition 60 be carried eouldl only be
Won BY an advances made at the e1Inoment
Of the shock of, cOnsternationr caused By
the explosion, and marked hy. the utmost
PrDmptitude, impetnoSity and elan. 7Itre-i
quired that the attacking columpi should
Fush roVeF2the ibreaehT and at the, pas De
e0tvss, .puGh on 20 thaimAin rebel line. This
GaBion the crest of the hill, whose eOuIJ
minding Importance haRl been before tmen-
toned. Bnt inDplacel Of this, the III diseip-,
lined division, which had the, advance hud-
died into the crater made By the explosion
ofgthe fort, and before eNeu the aemblance
Of atfa6kt ftiA5 amadeS allowed the enemy
ample tine 10 recover from the BprpIise
and direct all his ensrgias TO- thu defence.
Thond followed TIVE or three psendo-Eb-i
sGUlts, made fsebly, without order or esIal
SSm6lsy or) any character Of reality. The
suppOTtin6 division onFthd right indeed
carried q partial outer line. weakly held,
and took q isWGpkisoners; bnt this 10 the
l0ne bright spot that lights mp an HfiAir
otherwise of iblacknsss All compact b isds|
Hi After the repulse ofthe ,coloFed diyieion,
all gsemblanc6 of OtensiFpl effort ceased
blseks and whites lthmbledl pell-m6n into
the hOIloV1of the exploded eaFthN Nork---a1
-sIaughtsr-peu, Ia which shsll8s and bOmbsr
rained from che ensmy O. lines, did feArtnl
haVoo.J Falling 70 sdTancey IL aoon proved
almost equally dil5eult to- FetreAt to the
line they had formerly held. Parties Of
teis and tWentiel icEaWIed and ran back -
bestthey could, lIt was ,noOn5 It appears,
fhVe or six hours after the evident failure
Of the attackl before thS order to retire
was given, but it Wastlhsn too latSs The
Consequences was the lmsiOrity seen 70
have been. .tAksn prisoners; how many no
IpturpssYp sPeoify, d -The total loss, OF the
rebels is counted at abont > thousand.
,il-81q 20 GdIsusiaII.s aiT
In thus analy1iugothe foundation Of the
public dssp6ndeAey created BY the fePulsel
of last Saturday, il has been impossible 70
shut out tho Acknowledgements that it is,
ID part at least, only too well grounded.
But perhaps one Of the most dlseo1fagipR1
aspects Of the mStteflattaohss not o-mpeh
10 The Immediate results of the engege.
iment &c TO the uIiefior Consequences As
they are likely to appear In the action Of
the enemy. The rebel logieiAut who have
been trying the Issue Of the fGte Of Peters
burg will not fail 10 draw their own In
Ii1ctions from the 1pshot. q UndeF lhe most
favorable H6fr9umstanoes, with the rebel
force fedueed BY two great detachmsuts,
We failed to Garry their liue8lu Win they
not conelude that the twenty five thousand
men that held GFantih cheek are sufficient
70 garrison the works of PeteFsbufgf Win
they not eohclids that, II they were ablel
thus to hold their own with the force Of
from eighteen 70 twenty thousand imen /
sent % the north side OF the James River /
neutrAliEed, thit force iSi aVailAble for a6-
tvs ,6pefationb elsewhere; and mSy We not
expect 70 see Il Join the column Of BFeek.
infidee and Rarly With vieE 70 attempt
still mbre audaCioh6 ehtefpfiEes on the soil
Of the loyal States7 t--T '-i .aI ln Dl i
Perhaps, on the other hand, we may hnd
our adyantsge ID the temerfty which the
late rebel success is likely to inspire. Lee
can 90 much by prudence and boldnesg,
but he must Commit no faults, for if be
does there is an enemy W&rily watching his
opportunity. .-.--- --4 tl'iL
. hee's entire force IA Virginia to-day
does not exceed sixty thousand mem and
he cannot hope to add to It. With q
faultless management he may be able TO
hold the lines of Petersburgh while be-
anpoysi the borders with hostile incur
sions. This may dictate on our part the
abandonment Of the greater military OBJ
erations for Q time; but to. infef, - ssmanY
do; that the action Of Saturday has ended
the summer eampaign,sib tOn0yeTpas6 the
warranty Of sound reason! sITh be scene of
action may shift, but the aetiOn itEolf will
90 on! But hrst Of all therels needed the
expulsion Of the rebels from their posi-
tion in Northern Virginia and Maryland,
and the combinRtions afoot seem 70 indi-
cate this as Gen. Grants main business
w ~ ~ l,.aL Ia .sls-l-.- III 1gi II