Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-23
From yssirdey's BssRing Edition.
Shirt Of the Morning Press.

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The Enquirer says that Mr.. Fessenden and Mr.. Tren'
holm, the Two rival Secretaries Of the Treasury Itart
under equal circumstances, ss thus:
! Bob have an enormous war to carry Cd; crushing
losd Of debt 20 sus ain; an immense issue of PAPER
| money to embarrsss them; and people loaded with
tsxes 70 please Neither Of them has any real mouey,
or much substantial credit among 6nAncers the hard
money system. Mr. Trenholm has AsuperabuodsIce Of
cotton shss in BY the blockade and Mr. Fesssnden has
no cotton. Whatever Of fsreigu trade Nc F.ssenden
nay have 10 support aud sustain hin. is about
teroslaneed By the high prices which Mr. Trenholm
eeives for the little be bas.
Apr0pOs Of this subject, the EngEirsr very justly
gu(s that kr. Trenholm will be greatly embarrassed
By Ire effects Of the e1orbitAnt sCheduls Of prices
adopted BY the Virginia Commissioners. call is made
on tie Secretary Of War TO the Commissioners
together in order thst they may reldus the schedule
Tee Eramiasr reviews the Federal finances and
comes to the cuuclusicn that the entire obligations of
the Federal Government amount at this time, to four
thousAnd million dollars. According to the statements
scbni.ted BY Secretary Chase, tho funded debt was
two thousand million. Toe amount of greeDbacks cur
rent in tho community is about eleven hundred million
The NaiiOnl Barking system increased the circulation
BY three hundred m.On Adding other forms of p per
money, the total amount Of currency would be Aiteen
hundred mullen, beioIs the var. Exports Of specie
fram New York. from January lsr, to Jups lltb, 1854
are A2S 10000 The problems presented BY this stu
aeOn Of aDausal sfAirs, are thus pFe's, ted
WtGtcc .urrer ces NUT tread upon the heels OF the
present situations marked by ScuUercy inflated 10 NJ
en- hundred mill Ons OF dollas by loss o. sp'c:e at
rate OF ore CT two hundred u lcns year, With 10
CON D. nsaiirg supply from California and by sasing
public expenditure, Increasing 6nsEcial aAudn, and in
CIR As ng popular dstrust, will very $3.50 be knoUn.
Toe BxaaiRSr Is convinced that gesa, potion Of
the people of the North Tired OF democratic FREE
dom acd tie vulgar old rights of person sQd properly
AID aye craving the "strODg Government" Of Ablcu'e
IuonoIct v. Says the Esaninsr:
IL. ia y. ere 49, Louss being Liz castle, or
OF citizens having the rget'to personal liberty, or
liberty OF speeeN, has become lresome TO them is
disgusting; IA tried al thai. Sad found that there
IL nothing ID it, They essentially an initiative racs;
and their COVE ming passion as nsion, Ia to show thst
whatever any other people in the world has ever done
CT can do, hey can do better. Tbey have JUS b.;
d IN nsraDg 20 T. 6Eiverse-ior the eyes OF the Sat
verse are always on thsm-tbst they can send IN
Vas'sr and re costly armies thsn Others, aud slang
o. be slaughtered on gTsndeS sctle. They have IN
10 larger 6ett in sho,ser time than soy Ger
nalioa could get c,eiis Tor. Tney can huils more
ships, and larger shps, and faster thp',. Q. an
all c-eaicu. When London produces I gSn-
tie sWiu6er like HadsOn, New YORK lcsss her ts'p Tn
ul he turrs sui more hugely fraudulent Schuy-
= HiaiDgd D. Thus also The res'steas, relentless
poser OF re 'slr0ng governments" with heir sbSo-
Lts d, uiniou over men aud m ans over rouls and
0ociss ta- ssd on the excited Yankee imaguGliop
al 9. vi 20 hard bus they will improve upon the re
sIeIdtnt tOurt Of Louis latOrEe and the sem.-dvne
hrcne Ct tie Car Of all the Russias. For what cay
they, What after al is court CT throne bot upho-
serJ :? Wat is poser but bsyouets sEd foTtTesses
Aud who is moro cunning in vSlVet aud trimmings,
Who more undsniAbs in carving AID gliding, than We
Who can call Gu. more bayones-wbO Can hng their
gspiyss into deeper duI geOD5 under the icunds-
u IF gTinmer toFtresses, than we, the Yankee ma
toLy Go C; let also erect Poser that shall daE-
na cIUsl; and M he the soveregrs OF these deere
p d old monareties gre With envy.
The Sentinel ssys that this capPliLn Of Lees army,
In liz eouduc, snd rssuls IA, much resembles lhe
famous Italian campaign Of Napoleon Tae most itrik
log points Of resemblance rave no. been stated by the
Ssntins, which is unfortunate We shall endeayOr 10
supply she emission. Napoleon invaded Itsly-Lee is
trSng 10 repal an invasion Napoleon laid siege to
Hanlu,; Lee is ing to avoid bsug be legged In Rich
uond. Nspolecn attacked lis advsrsaries WLImfer,
Beaueu and Avi IL and defeated them At OssiigiOne,
Lodi, In Fayoris, RvOl ArcolI ard other battles
Lee uas attacked by Grant and defeated him in Gseriss
Ct BLOODY sDgAg men s. from the Rlgiia1 10 Peters
burg. How striking the parallel
AasN, T.n3 the complaints thst Lee and Forrest bad
not been mt to ocoyeas WITH Johnston, the SsHtineI
ssyS;
In fac, however, LIE, and Forrest have al the while
been 6ghUng JobnstO1s battles aud saving his army
from initiation But iOs their spleadid achievements
10 defeating and dFV NJ bsok, With terrible lose the
a.ge rtis'Orcements on their way 10 join SSsFman hs
(Iohrs or would have long since hsd much Of his
sup, IS cut Cd and beea overwhelmed By superior nam
tiers.
TIE DispGte6 asks What Great Britain can dos The
question is asksd with reference to tbs DSuish var,
concerning whoa the DispStc6 thinks the aforesaid
Great Britain csnao. d. much D tn 10 tSa and l. 9
Of no Consequence to he TOOtsIsn wOhl whether she
do much or ltls
The Dspateh hnds comfort in the fact ttai che Yaa-
kse nation, sO far the Presbyterian Church thereof
may be supposed exercise any huence It, has
by solemn set Withdrawn its cause ard itself from the
keeping Of the Almighty" which ls shOTn By the
lection Of resOlu ion to propose day Of fasting and