The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-16
Borgan,s Raid.

. MORGANs raid into Kentucky has
proved almost as disastrous to the great
horse-thief as his former tour through
Ohio. 1t now appears that he brought
into the State about $500 men. How
many he recruited we do not know. At
Mount Sterling he lost in killed,
wounded, and prisoners, eight hundred.
At Cynthians, his losses foot Hp seven
hundred, including five hundred prison
ers. Thus 800 out Of his original 900
are used up. Our dispatches yesterday
morningreport theremnant of MoRGANs
forces scattered and demoralized Gen.
BURBRIDGE himself is st Lexington, but
two brigades of his cavalry are in pur-
suit Of MORGAN. Prisoners are being
captured continually and brought in.
The siege of Frankfort has been raised
The damage to the railroads will be re
paired in a few days. Soldiers, of the
I6Sth and l7lst Ohio, captured by
MORGAN at Cynthiana, were paroled
The paroles are worth nothing, and the
men will return to duty. Under the
cartel, paroles on the field are not re-
cognized by either side,
Character OF General Grant.
Grant is brave man, not only fear
less in all necessary exposure of his
person in battle, but cool, calculating
and clearly administrative in danger.
A splendid horseman, and Of great per
sonal endurance, perhaps he is seen to
best advantage on the field Of battle
directing the movements
lie is a true man; true in his aims,
and in his adherence to them true in
speech and in act. He has no tortuous
policy, no subterranean movements He
does not parade his thoughts, indeed,
but he does not mean one thing and say
another. He has no talking gift, and
he oultiYates silence, which, if speech
be human, the philosopher has declared
to be divine he is no boaster, no tenn
porizer, no dreamer, he builds no Area
dian castles. He is simply straight
forward actor; between his thoughts,
words and deeds there is an exact ac-
and very often the thought
and deeds dispense with words-always
when possible
He IS man Of strong will and great
mental endurance, not disheartened by
disaster; always ready to repair and
retrieve it. Vicksburg in especial de
this. Repulsed at the north
he tried the cutoff When that would
not do, he landed on the south.
Threatened by the rebel armies gath
ering in his rear, he besieged the town.
Repulsed in his attempts to storm the
works, he pushed forward the siege, and
1t length Vicksburg fell, because Grant
to his purpose,
lie is a generous man, ready to give
'ull credit to his co-woFkers and subor-
iinates. He scorns to receive praise
which is their due, and tells of the in
aid and cooperation of Sher-
nan, MCPHERSON and others with no
tinted eulogism With such a general, |
men can work; for such chief they |
will do all in their power
He is ambitious man. This needs a |
word of explanation, Ambitious men
eek, as the great end of their labor,
Grant has thus far
Torked for the good of the country.
Zach battle has been for it without ul-
erior view. Ii God sends honest fame
$ the reward, he does not disdain it
ut it must be a sequel, not an aim.
Ieaven preserve him long from this
last. infrmity Of public minds 1t
lins all it touches 1t has already
aralyzed some of our best men.
In a concluding word, he is a strong,
on, living, busy, honest, capable, self
commander, who will plan
isely, fight terribly, follow up his veto
es, and leave the rest to Providence.
] whom, after all, must be our trust.
lie has large and varied talents. He
as what Guizot calls 'thegenius of
1mmon sense" and withthat the
over and determination to Ego
head" which we have lacked more
ian any thig else in this war S
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