The daily Chattanooga rebel. [volume] (Griffin, Ga.) 1864-1865, 1864-07-12
MORNING EDITION.
The Siiscegens COMPOUNDED.

~ at Philadelphia, that Grant AMI Butler Row "c-
euPy position from which they cannot Ice 'lis .is-
cd, until Richmond falls like all the vain boasts OF
this Apish Monster, is on the eve of being fas:i-
ed and he is playing his favoritc 'oIe of pan
ic-makcr and tyrant, trembling for his own safety
and cndeavoriug to secure ii by martial law. sus-
pension tho kaJeas corpus and calling ont the mi
litia! Grant and Grcenbaok, his Chief Aids de
Camp, rapidly going np, to use cant Camp
phrase Chase has taken his farcr ell
Butler, tho Beast, has proven poor comforter.
and his loigmcnt the Appomatiox has afforded
him an uneasy couch. Like the mirage in the
desert, to the wayworn traveller, >Hchm"nd-ihai
gliitering prize-wbch has lon, attracted his
capdity aud fired his ambition rccc,ies from view.
just ss his imag inaiiou persua.ics him that j, is
within his grasp. Five times have his fcvrre iil.,
touched its cooling waters and IA often has lac
nouneed in advance its certain canturc. IL. has
never yet slaked his thirst from tho fun, aims
which dow at the foot Of Washinytums Statu,-a and
he will. Like Tania!us. lac is loon,el To.
eternal disappointment.
Tho lghtnines dash along the wires another aud
. revelation. The warehouses at the C"nf.d-
crates hs,. qucnchei their thirst fr"m the waters
of the Potomac. Early and breckenridge lead their
eager and unconquerablc heroes the soil Of
Maryland, and I,rsas forward s"~-r-s- '"' f'"''n
r.u-houres Of Pennsylvania and ti.p' i! . time"
when Richmond is be-escd by tic hosts "i G,.".
and when Sheridan. Wilson anl k.,ut:, ~
ding their raids over the Old Domini"n, anl
sewing at the hands Of the Cavaliers Of Nirgini.,
sad South Carolina, mcriicd rlIlst.,.nrni tor their
auiacity.
Military strategy has never evolved m"r" sIi,u
did diversion, OF which has been cxc-utyi I'll,
more dashing rapidity. The genius Of L." >is,scs
fort, more resplendently than before In ir-cr
ding campaigns his diversions have hc-ii un.IrlJ-
ken after the defeat of The enemy. anlE'4 !.c r,
pose of preventing hs return. iLs-frcSrnt diver
sion has l'evn made in the face az, surcr,f force
of the enemy, confronting his lnircpcitu c,l.s u
Richmond, aud with immense h"r!c< "i r.., Airy
frettng the suriac. anI the substance VI, mi.,.
plunderng its population an,; cuttim., oil Il, rail
road communications.
large army in the Valley, under Hunter ti,,i
Sicgei, quickly disposed al. ts .li-.,, eel
cenaries driven flying and confused. acres, the Pa
tomac, its wagon trains destroyed with tsis stolen
booty, and its ~ ale diminished. Tn. i'm
portant military posts along the Potomac. with
their stores and masahiuc$, successfully r:,r-
Iurel and the victorious columns "f E.,.y and
BreckinrIse enter upon a new campaign ~ Mary
IaE and P-nns destined To- transfer Lie
Of operations from wasted AMI s-:rrcd
land the fresh fields of the North and si,c and
fertile meadows hitherto scarcely touched by he
iron of invasion.
The desperate boast Of Grant that he "w"ud
fight it out thi. line, if it takes the whole .un
mer, has been, in every sense, fals.iied whether
the line of the Rarpahannock, of the York and of
the Appomattox be considered one line three
The clustering Ulysses has found that wa, he pre-.
which has already defeated and dissraecd all l.i.
predecessors, whom his devoted soldiers with al
feetionate simplicity call ..MarS E"i.ert"
II is true that Grant has repeatedly been driven
back discomftted AMI deinOralized from the en-
trenchaents Of Lee, yet lie WAS not di-l"lsc'i. L"
carry his strong Entertainments ami drive him FROM
tho soil of the Old dominion by main free might
have been accomplished at an immense sacrifice OF
life. His splendid, and no less solid than sI',ndi'i,
genius and his humane and sympa'hizirs hcar'
planned the brilliunt diversion which has appalled,
Lncop, stirred up the great yankee hive with irepi-
dation and mort probably compelled Grant 10 re-
linquish "fghting j, out ou this line"
1t would DO idle to indulge in speculation as 10
the results, immediate remote, which must
spring from this grand movement. Their rapid de-
velopment will satisfy the public curiosity II
would however be pap.blo omission not 10 observe
that the great result has been already attained oi
sorely disappointing tho Northern expectation, ~
seiulously famed into q flame, Of suddenly ending;
the war by tho capture Of Richmond and slius re-
moving from the North the financial, social aI,lpo
iitcxl burdens under which they groanins- with
au impatieucc Of spirit, which is evident t" the
most casual observer of passing events.
The con to Richmond" dream has finally failed
Lineoln's capacity to conduct the war; AMI Giant
have proven most gross and dishcart.nins Illusions
Tho candied promises of Il speedy conquest Of the
South, and coming peace with the Appearance vi
the sere leaves of autumn, have been broken. The
pledges to foreign powers to decide the contest by
bringing to b.ar all the energies aud r,sour,es "i
the Government, have also proven nu-2.,ry and
must be- met. The public credit n,,..nw lille sinks
lower and lower. BANKRUPTCY, rrisai. and piblic,
begins To- obtrude its skeleton grin IN tho unwcI-
como doors of she people of the North.
Troops may be raised, in large numbers, for home
deCenes. But where a-c the resources and nicans
to carry those troops into country, ngaih de
vasta.e and destroy. Our G"vernment, 81 course
will advise tho Northern people tha, they du not
invade to conquer, but to get peace. They sili pre-
fer to give up lincoln and his crazy schemes :"
subjugation. To undertaking "ihe: raids into tbs
South, which have thus far. for three year disap
pointed all his honiei promises ana br"u;l,' r,l.n-
ity upon themselves. =" may it Ice.
no negro man WAS arrested III il,s ,icn :,
yesterday charged with making Indecent lr"p"-i
tions to u white lady, AMI ursins compliance
upon the ground that tho two race would ICON I-
upon equality and that he would then project her
He was lodged in, the guard house here and hi,
examination will take place this morning
90 The transportation train "f the :rr,ny "i