Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-06-15
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RICHMOND WHIG.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE Is, 1854.
Grant at Malvern Hill.


The con stilutona croakers Of this city making
capital out Of the fact TIA, Grant las occupied Malvern
Hill With Jenny TWiieher, We ask, 'vsT VOt of IT,
Il amounts 10 nothing Grant is six or eight miles
fur.l sr from Richmond in position no whit stronger
than that which be bAs jus, abandoned and, If We are
not mistaken in no danger whatever Of being attacked
The Onus pugnandi ia On him, not upon Lee. Grants
business is to enter Richmond Lees to keep him cut
II Grant thinks proper get further and further auay
from Redmond, Lee will make no opposition. II be
chooses to sit down at Malvern Hill and dig up seVera
miles Of dirt Lee will not disturb him in the least
Climate, Innssuraly cool weather, water air. all are
fighting for Lee Intestinal disorders fsvers and Agu
are doing better work than our cannon. Why should
Lee kill up his men, W. en- allies potent are at WoIk
for himl
"Bas II We had occupied MdFsfn Hill, Grant could
not have made base James River, faysthe eroaker
Possibly bat What difference does /. make whether bis
base is on the James or the P.munksyS "Aars
Robert is As well or perhaps better informed in regard
70 the strategic Importance Of Malvern Hill than any
erOaksr In the land and if he had desired to maintain
pose SIGN Of it, would have done The hill, being
exposed 70 flank FIRE Of the gunbCats was deemed OF
no Importance; heDee he mad no attempt to hold Il.
The opposition TO the passage of the ohickAhOminy was
prevent bin from getting too far ahead Of our army
il bad no reference to the occupation of Malvern Hill
Our strseteorner Generals may rely upon it. the best
thing has been done in this all previous Oeolions
from the crossing Of the RapdAn the bloody repuss
ct Gold HArbor
Ah might have been sid Il Grnt in possession
Of Malvern Hill bu when assure the erOAkers Lat
later and authSOto intelligence places Lee at Nal
vsrn with Grant several miles beOH him. trust Tie
dssOusn. and despOndhg voices Of TIE iAnt-heaTsed
qadnuncs will be silOneed least until some otb,r
Imaginary trouble shall occur. Grant IL under
stood to be at Shirley, nearly opposite City Point tue
hst resting place Of Mcclellan after be driven
from Malvern Hill
WIt will now be Grants effort to precipitAte large
body Of bis forces upon Petersburg which he may iarey
Of As much importance to Richmond Grand Gulf
to VieksbuIg. Herein, he again errs bul to what
extent shGn not be in haste to inform him
There are contingencies which may serve ere long
TO snlighten bin, and that very sadd My. Around
Petersburg, there are Notifications superior 10
those which he'd Ulysses in check for tao
months before ViekSburg. Behind these works,
thsS iS no incompetent leader With army disgused
and 6isLCntensd At his bCeity. The first engineer
Of the age and fed captain equal to any in the world
u thsIs hs troops have unbounded confidence in hin
be has proved than and tRsy him On many fields he
AWaksns enthusiasm none other awaken il; and
when Grant comes in contact With him, be viii find
another mater nay Two masters for the day which
sees the bulk Of Grants army the SouIhside will fad
the two best heads and the two braVest Purest and
most mAgnAnimOuI hearts this continent opposed 10
him and that viii be a field day indeed.
Grants soldiers complain that thsy have been forced
iatO slaughter penL Do they wish fair, open 6ght
with The odds tUO TO ere in their fAVOri Let them
pitch their picks and padsI into James river and draw
ois their line Of baltic on the SOulhide. They shall
have entertainment. which shall satisfy the survivor
for the remainder Of their natural iVes Gu; word for
is, their appetite for uil from that time.
Bat they have enough Of battle diet already Leui.
Russell assures Us that they are tired buting their
heads against fOracatiOns aud viii gladly hail the day
when they sit down and dig Whils the batteries do
their sighting. II they prefer that game let them try
il The struggle will last little longer, but the cad
viii be the same. Iu lime AID blood, shall max,
them pay rOundly for svCrV ilch they gain ana If,
eventually they get possession Of the COekads City ian
Improbable event. they will have buried before its wal
twice many men as Grant had in the beginning Of
tie campaign, and four times a. many the Ysukses
afford 10 lose.