Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-05
THE COEsTIFUFIOHsTGTE RIGHTS.
RICHMOND WING.
TUESDAY gmORNINe, JULY 5. 1854.
NE Situation and a. Nav..


pretty correct idea Of the situation The report from
Petersburg that Grant has been reinforced by $4,000
nca, must be taken with many grains of allowance
uO.wthstandpg the "cOuds Of dust" which appear to
have found Judgment in the eye Of the reporter We
do not believe thar any Yankee corps not even "he
le;h numbers $1,000; and although Yankee prisoners
should swear 70 it. We should still feel At Liberty in
dugs doubt a. 70 their Vsrsci,y. Il is much more
Hkey that The clouds Of Dust front Of Petersburg and
tie reported movement Of Warrens corps to the north
bank Of he James, intended 70 screen movements
ia another direction. The probability Of Grants retreat
not here hnied and yet the chances are that IN Ad-
dillon to Burnsdss corps which passed up the Potomac
lat week another corps has been called away. Saga
olous readers viii not need to be told Why this depe.
iior of Grants army should occur just at this time.
The description Of the battle of KsnnSsaW Mountain
taken from an Atlanta paper wi be read With ntetsS.
Nilrbe seen that Gen. Johnston's despatch did not
s1sggerste this affair; which APPEARS to lave been
serious attempt to force our lnes Our estimate Of The
Yarkeo less Is fully sustained BY the admissions Of
Northern journalG They confess loss Of 500 in two
CORPS only We may infer that the total OF casual
1es Is AZ lssst 5000, ard more probably 5000 The
oOuatry will hear with pleasure that IN Johnston has
cautioned the coussPOr dents who accompany bis army
sgsns sensational and exaggerated accounts Of the
osses Of the enemy. HsttofOFe has been impossible
% read the letters and tie dispatches from the scat
Of war in Georgia without emotions which are any
thing but agreeable.
The Northern news Is meAgre but exciting. Mr.
Chase, following The example Of Mr.. MsmmiDger, has
resigned, and his resignation has been accepted
general all delivery of the Yankee Treasury Depart
lasnt was attempted, bu. Lincoln put his fOOttoWn
a,uy On Il Evidently the clerks OF Mr.. Chase were
MOI attached 70 his person and fortunes than these OF
ths Iate Secretary Memmingsr. If they had been in
sbs field AZ some Yankee Bottoms bridge at TIE time
OF his resignation or Il they had stood in awe Of Con
oritt o. e may be doubted whether they would have
drpa,sd 30 much allelisy in following hisNxIm-
pIe Of resignation. Ex-Governor Todd, OF Ohio, has
been nominated as Chase's SUCCESSOR but his nemsa-
don has not been confirmed. Compared with the Con.
edera.e practice there indecent hsats in Yankee
land ia filing impOr tant cabinet Vse1noes Here, the
more sraEy machine gets the less anxiety We feel to
set = competent man at work 10 repair it Indeed,
saere are o. wanting persons who declare that the
shols government would Iua much more smoothly ii
there we're 70 head whatever We have the satisfaction
Of knowing that In Richmond only has deserted
che ansnoAl ship While in Washington there is gene
"a
are % wild; terrific storm is hand, which the
,trOus lie about the negotiation Of hundred million
can with Dutch bankers may delay a moment, ba a
moment Otly THIS 6oion about the Dutch loan is
eesd'nsy clumsy snd prePOsserOuS Il argues power
81 OF msndaeious invention which could only beial
Yankee in a state Of s1 RENE panic.
Papers Of the 9s.h reported the repeal Of the com
mutation elsuse Of the CONSUMPTION so., BY the Yankee
House, on condition that the quotas of the several
States we're not 6uSd BY Volunteering a. the end OF
l1ty days alter The proclamation for draft. TIE
Senate reiutes 70 concur ia the BILL and So At last &C
counts, the whole maaes is sin a mudds again"
Within very few days from the LIST Of July, Tour
attest Northern dates this muddle viii disappear and
sbs repeal Of tie Communication viii pass almost b.
0amaon Il is almos: certain that this event has al
esady occurred WHAT results viii follow the repeal We
pretend not to know. The subject is of no little mpor
nos T. the Confederate States and dsaerVea discussion
u = separa.e article.
The little item in regard TO the sick in Grants army il
sogtby ofspeoil notice. Six thousand in Geld hospitals
wAsn ambulance boats are running every day Fortress
Monroe is q very good showing. The Agues which the
Yankees hoped ondy they bad escaped when they left
the unhealthy Deigh6orhOOd of Cold HArbOr seem TO
have followed them TO the SOuthsde. lin perfectly
dry atmosphere, Grants suffer 10 this extent what
nay they nos eIpecS when the storms Of rain
come the aid Of the torrd rays of the Southern sun
And II they wait until the all and decay Of the Leaf
shat ihanr A fate WoIs5 Than thas which bsfen the
French In Jamaica, the British in Demerafa will be
theirs. Sooner than permit his army to melt away in
z1rioasy in the trenches, Grant will make many des
DsrAte assaults. OF this We may be very sure The
retention Of SO many sick and wounded in 6eld Lospi
Tib Indicates ample employment for al water trauspot-
Aaon or some mos. urgent and important purpose or
slss an unEilngnesi amounting 70 fear Of permt.ng
taem 10 recover .. a distance from the army, where
assertions would be comparatively easy.
Lneslu's letter accepting the Baltimore nomination
e considerably more Of middle than the eOmnata ion
clause Seward mrs. have ndi.ed that portion Of ,bs
spisss wren in 3 state OF inOrdnate after dinner OBJ
asCatien He aimed doubtless, 70 DO non-cOmmi,Al
be succeeded In being utterly uninellgibe- So much
ts better the dsnssr the fog the deeper the delight OF
he villain.
On the whole, the situation and the news are alike
cheering. Lee and BeluregArd stAod last the bill
Johnston holds his own lsss sIeadiy Giants men
seksning like sheep wish the rot; Shernan's AZ
being slaughtered By the thousand and Yankee finance
sssm IN fair way to go TO pot