Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-06-20
The Situation.


As We suImissd would be the case, Grant has def.
uiey established himself on the South llde The scene
Of immediate assault is transferred from Richmond to
Petersburg. The mass Of the Federal army Is now
south of the AppomAttoX, aud about fifteen mics
farther from this city than when it made its As effort
on the north side Of the James. For one thing we
must give Grant credit he be in JUST as NJ lch
Of a hurry Is We are 10 get through with this cam
paign To be sure be is Fastening to very difiers1t
conclusion from thar which be had hoped reach; but
after all il is conclusion. He has at bis command
certain number Of men, and a definite amount Of re-
sources. He has sort of hesitahOA in sacrificing
the and expsadng The within the short
%. possible space Of time When he Las solved this
hitls problem nothing mOrB can DO done. Richmond
will still stand monument 10 the skill and oOnstAney
of Ihe side and to the unrelensng but irutess
dietivenes Of the other and-VOiia Ia 6R. But
Grant viii At least have done thing in which hia
predecessors have failed. he will have exhausted tht
means Of the Yankee nation. He is resolved dher
IN something from that long list If ugasiOus ehei,aus
Who educated the Army Of the Potomac to defeat and
safety. II the beginning OF every Yankee cAmpGgn in
Virginia had Tor It's object to capture Richmond, the
end Of every campaign had for its purpose to Gave the
base; when Burnside reeOiled from the heights of
Fredericksburg; when HOOKER rushed iraloally bacg
across toe RagpahannoC the Yankee Papers could sag
vita so ne truth that those Generals had accomplish,
their objse.s-Jhey bad saved the army. GrAht evi
IDENTIFY thinks That il Richmond eO.not DO taken Q
army is worth saving With logged resolution lie
led It TO slaughter the Wilderness at SpOsyyAla,
and At Oold HarbOr and managed in tbes0 iruess
saultS to dispose OF many Mcclellan took
ABsy from the 0bickahOminy, Hooker saved from
the shamble5 OF charlottesville With the battered
remnant he Il making his las; EFFORT On tho south
side Of lhs James. LaEs Dsol when that ia OVss.
Grant Aal the Army Of the POOnae will pass away into
the depths OF history together.
Bat 10 ths mean time no will doubtless strike heavy
and fuoas blows The Assastss lines Al Peters
burg In the early part Of las week. bat preure
10 A more isrOsOus Aitaok Friday Il appears that
on the morning of that d.y tho enemy gained partial
success in the capture OF Of our batteries; but
heavy and repeated charges on the others SUGGEST
fully rspslled Ia the evening general advance was
attempted bus was met BY troops with their rese
late courage, and after severe fighting the Yankees
we're driven tom ths found they had gained and our
lnss we're re-esAoshed in tbsis original integrity. Of
the operations OF SATURDAY in that quarter have, at
the moment OF writing. definite information. Ru-
mOrs we're eurrsat yesterday that there had been Vey
severe 6ghdsg; O9s up TO lac hour, no official or
even authentic uaOica information to this tsci had
b,sn reOsiVsd We imagine hat after tho rePuse oil
Friday Grant took least day TO ret his forces and
modify bis plans.
On The line between this city and Petersburg the
,sbemss Of the enemy have siguAIy failed twas, no
doubt Grants Intention and bis hope 70 inserPose
force on our line Of con nunicAtiOn before sufficient
number Of men could be concentrated in Petersburg for
&c protection against the sudden assault which ne ned
iatsd It vas for this object that the Yankees ad-
VAnOsd from Bermuda Hundred and occupied the lines
which We had temporarily abandoned. Bat there must
have been some notable defect in this part Of the
SOhsms for very slight effort sufced TO eject the Yam
kSss from their threatening position and 20 fOroe them
back nto their works at Bermuda. When Grant
marched against Petersburg In force be Ound Of course
mach 70 bic modification and chsgrin, that he was
again confronted By the redOu6tAbs troops who have
so ID between him and Richmond, ike wall Of brass
Il i useless TO try strategy, Lieutenant Gsnsrs Grant