New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-16
.vom TuE Army OF THE Porons
The Explosion before Pe'efS"a' Ats Ef-
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GEN. BUFFERS II no. a.. August II. 1864.
The aai Of Saturday, July Sd, in front of Peters
sursh, has already lone to seem almost old a
ching as either b. al Kun. That there was extreme
S;sappointmcxh, and for time, great depression
throughout the army, may not be denied,-better
face the fact. And better face, too the one alarm
sue element Of that fact; that the disbeartenmeh'
was altogether disproportionate to the eaahh'!
which induced it. Men asked each other II SIN
pie repulse with loss small compared with 'ha' Oh
sny one of half dozen other days of this campaign
could new produce such department. would not d
creator disaster utterly break the power OF the Sfni
for immediate offensei Some reasoned mus, "ho'
from their rank, should, at least, never nave eX-
,ayessed such fear These must, by thistime have
.staycd and quoted" oil such misgivings, else they
have not noted the present feeling in the ranks
and over tie ranks.
1t required but few asys for rejecting men
and none others affect at oil, or help 10 constitute
She morale Of an srmy-to begin TO suspect Na'
they had been Attic infected with panic LOOKING
ut il cooly they that the rebels were no strong
or and we scarcely weaker for the one unlucky da!
wor., that ws had lost nothing ct position Tue.
despite the rebel Iaiding north coming right Oh w
heels Of repusc here, there seemed 10 ia'e''uS |"
the purpose to fight it out on this hne-that mere
the army was planted and here its great leader was
aoteruined il should hold on. They knew also
and hotter than the people of New York, the des
perate strait of the rebels, tho strait they can
escape only by causing this army to eteo TINS Aou'
Weld this vantage ground, whether by direct O"''i'
or by the ruse of grand invasion OF Pennsylvania
And looking around the horizon they saw what
Sherman has done, and dwet on the fact that he
had inflicted losses three times great as those he
suffered And now comes the good news from Mo-
bile, and the later good news from Averil, till there
is spontaneous cheering an the camps. When these
men cheer of their own will, and with WILL foi
victories far away, know that they crave one more
for themselves and Will fight for 1t. Letters como
here from all over the country asking if the army
asn't going back to Washington-isnt going here
there or elsewhere. Now there is not a soldier IN
all this army that has any such notion. Not
one intelligent man, even at his heart-sickest
moment on account Of hopo deferred has dream
cd that e4ing-thst the campaign is to be
backed ont of. Vestigi Nulla retrOrsan'-few 0
them know the dead language but they al have tf'
live idea
troops known to be brave and effective, as "caGel
for the FRAY" "burning TO DO led against the foe,
or less elegantly, "spoiling for fight" Writers
who indulge in the use Of such phrases, know no.
th;ng of armies. or do dot state what they know,
or rather state what they do not know, unless
Indeed they know it TO DO false. Th' soldiers
themselves laugh at these expressions when the!
see them, and none laugh heartier than those
of IiBos OensPiouoos for the chce1uness VIII
which they have gone into battle and their steadi
ness and pluck under whitening fire. They are no
conscious any particular eagerpessfor the fray,
Observation-Disclosures toward bullets, anypencheH
for meeting shells half way any longing for shoi
sleep and a shortened limb under the surgeon
hands, any especial haste to be mustered out in this
and Il be mustered In in another world The mai
who affects any of this fine parensy is coward
Let it be understood that troops never rush fran
tcally to the front" for the kcve of the thing-a'
least not after they have been in one fight After
that, they are sure 10 know better Hence ii is
that the first battle does not distinguish the brave
from the cowardly. 1t is the second one with the
recollection Of the carnage and narrow escapes OF
the first before him. which thes soldier and tests
his metal-and his mettle. One who was reckless
iy unthinkingy brave on his first field, has learned
toreaze the peril on the second, and msy away;
while another, who ran the first time, now plucks
up courage having seen that it is quite safe TO
60 ahead, or having, through pride, mastered his
fears.
But If there is no beautiful, sentimental itching
"to be led against the foe,' on tie other hand
men do not 90 IN sufenly, doggedly, or with any
sort of apparent reluctance. They go to an encoun
ter with something like solemaity now, with elias
sic step and cheerfuy, but with set teeth and
est faces. Set il down to the credit of pluck-shee
pluck clear, clean, square, stern, quiet, solid, hon
est pluck. II was this which fought Antietam, not
outstanding the Seven Days, Gettysburgh, not
outstanding Chaneelorsville and it is this which
would yet give to this army the clarions Of victory
notwithstanding twenty 3Os of July, like the last
That day has ceased from troubling the army AID is
become like any other of the defeats of three cam
paigns-to be offset, when thought Of against some
one Of the successes of these three years. and de-
pend uponit, the successes are oftenest recalled.
There is no repson why we should " bate one lot
of heart or hope" but there is every induconent
and warrant why We should "stil bear up and steer
right onward" CAP.
The late RxpAosiss at City Point-Tweivo
Bodies and 20 Bsgs Of Kraxncnis I'm.
neutrality-suspicious. and Incidents.
From our Special Correspondent.
CRY PoNr, Va. Wednesday, Aug. IL, 1864.
The grave diggers report is in, and twelve
whole bodies and twenty bags Of fragments have
hAen inferred hasi9as fhoae that NAV nat -.