Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-06-02
From tho Delrol, FREQ Proas
THE Sources OrOur war Ne WIS.

people distorted pew5 from tee theatres oi
military operation, that tho expression, "false
as n wax bulletin becsme provrrhiel In the
recent war between England md China, the
progress Of the British was scarcely impedei,
md the Chinese we're invariably, and with liz.
te difficulty, repulsed, yet the Chinese war
bulletins sent TO Pekin. always spoke Of drv.
log the "harharigns' into the sen with immense
slaughter The history Of our civil wer strik
iugly illustrates this tendency 70 official eSar
rera,on on he part ol bolh Federal and Con
fedcrntc authorities, or deliberate attempts 20
deceive the people ~ TO tho true military alto
alton. We purpose devo,nc brief space 10
q consideration Of tho aourccs Of our war
news, that our readers may estimate il at itf
true value. II should constantly be borne H.
mind that these "specials,' whose stntements
aud even apeculniious and conj cturts ar,
con inually telegrapbed ever the whole cnun.
/ try, urc generally from professional and hire
I lirR uewa.mongrrs most OF them hangers on
about Washington; and that oven those OF
them who are wlth the army, are Obliged 10
write under fear and frequently to suppress
the truth mud publish ta-ehood. And the
matter Ia often m de worse by the selection Of
had and unrel able sources Of intelligence
! Many Os our tehErams are copied from the
Washington Republican, q mere calch-penny
concern In Washington, not even ~ reepectu-
bic NJ Doug Wallack'a "EosRiHg Star In.
! formation or prptt nded news from this aOurce
waya needs confirmation. A great number
Of "specials' are from tae PhilsdelphiA M-
Qgirer and ButiciH, papers who ly unreliable
as to their new., aud nOtorioualy addicted 10
seiisatunal ialsehoods Little, II any attpu.
don, need be paid to newa from these pourcer,
unlpos fully confirmed in other quarters
We regret that even the so-cal ed official
information IS no often little better than that
from the sources already indicated II IL
notorious that Secretary Stanton has frequent
" revamped the stories OF the "specinls' rnd
sent them forth to the people, with the lnain
uation that they came from tho commanding
Qeuerala ia the field or late he has not seen
Gt 70 give us the Official reports Of the com
nanders Of dppartm meats with whom be 10 IN
constant communication, but Cat the suRRes-
ton, II is said Of his new asals ant Mr.. y ma
u wel.known abolition edi,or,) he takes the
official dispatches AMI writes out whatever he
pIeases from them, together with hints from
newspaper correspondents, and sends it out
over his own name to the country. The peo-
PIE are not tn be trusted with ANYTHING but
what Sinuton sees &c, in his wisdom, TO tell
them. The Secretary evidently has great re.
lance on the Fuilioilty Of mankind and
thinks no one will question that TO which be
gives his sanction. Let "a test some of his
Official dispatches while We are in the midst
OF the pause which ho announces rs 10 con.
tinue for several days, while Lee develops his
intentions
FIRST, May 9Th, be telcrraphed, Grants
disIa ohes are not fully dcciphered yet, bot
he Is Of, 10 Richmond Tho rebels are in (utt
retreaf por Richmond on the direct road Ga,
headquarters at noon yesterday were tpeHty
miles 4uuIh Of the battlefield On the ia IN
Ia thin twenty mile ,fiieiaI ialsehood gold trl
for lev hours 10 sixty eight Now there was
not q word oil truth in any part Of il Lee
ssa not in retreat, but having forced Grant "a
"chauye his base" was moving TO acc0mmO
I jale mself TO the newrituujiou GCgut wac
not 'un Ia Richmond" ard his heBdcuarttr'
Wpre not twenty miles touih Of the battle
held" nor three miles They had been il
the Wild rncss west o ChRncelorevlle auc
,ix or seven miles south Of the Rapidsn, unc
were then several miles east ol Chaneellors
vile, betwepn SpottsyvRnig Court.HUuge aud
f. sdtricksJu aud etill only Elk or sever
. mih south 90 line d. avn from The Rapdsr
.Second, on the 10 h Stanton tel aphec
in the name Of b +. Butler, that Gen y II
Till had been whipped at Petersburg thul
b B.aureEnrd WAS cut of below that city an
that Grant would not bp troubled with auI
( further rtiuiorcemenls 10 Lro from Braure
+ gard = forces Aud soon sitter he annou Gee
hat BGlev vas brsiegini Fort Darling an,
. bad carried tbs two outer lines Of works aLC
{ all was 'setisiactoy" ----.---.-.
+ Nov it is vrrg well known that Bulle
never whipped any body ( xo pit ia New Or
q Il Ansl ana never cut the direct line Of rail
i road belw, en- Rlcl IN md and Petersburg, nm,
ihat"B auregards forces" passed up to III,
latter place without interruption, after BI
er's advance.
, 7hGd On the 10th, Stanton teleerapbe,
|, thai Butler lad breu attacked by the rebels
but had re, n d oil assaults, aud then lelsur-
a iy Ietu,d 10 bio ulrenchments Now, /
: was well known to s Ruton that Butler hat
! been driven back to Bermuda Hundred, 81
or il hi miles, md with a loss Of from 3 00I
! to 900 men IN NJ led, wounded and prisoners
, There he has h-en ever since, in what b
4 uehr y equivalent 10 o ate Of siege,
: Fourth, Stanton tel, Rraphed that Genera
Sheridan had mHde a grand raid around Lee
, ear, done immense damage, taken the hrs
a line m inIrenchmenis at Il chmond, aud join
= ed Bdiler with the loss OF hut few horse
!, and ony $50 men, IL nov uRnsrires tina
! The damage done by Gen. Sheridan WAS re-
paired within forty-eiRht hours, aud tha, h,
? lost large number OF horses and nearly on,
: thousand men khled, wounded and missing
Fun, 0n the l2lh Stanton telegraph'd d I
great victory" thousands Of prisoners, lortJ
guns takeu, Lee in fall retreat, and GrRpt il
e hot puraut The whole country roc know
f that no victory was gained at that tune, that
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