Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-11-04
rRR NEWS
yIRS-'Ipr GENERALS AND DRY-LAED coMGopoRTa-
Tnnnuaon. In one Of his sweetest poems, says:

Il FIRN-'IpE aKNHRALs AND Dkf-LAhD ooAAoDOkAS.
Tennysop, in one of his sweetest poems. says:
"Tksy, are poems tsnvrittsn aud songs UNsung,
Srestsr than any that evsr DsTS heard"
of course then there are poets Of the bOrn-kind Of
whom Horace wrote, Who have never written single
sspu, TO let the world know Of the poetry which is
hidden away under lock and key in their souls. Why
then may We not have born Gsnerals-pregnsnt with
martial Are who have never Jet found Il convenient to
leave the hresdes of pleasant homes for the dangers,
the dirt and the rough fare Of the camp and battle
hsd II surely rsqlres no great stretch Of analogy,
We adops TsnnysOns theOFyto reach this conslusion-
For II this be not 50, how pray can We account for
the learned criticisms which daily hear az the cor
nsrs Of the streets In the mArketpASes and every man
nsF of nprOVissd RiAltO, upon the general policy OF
The Secretary Of War, E1rys conduct Of the Valley
campaign and the military movement In North Georgia
Ffom this data, to our mind, the conclusion that We
have fire. side Gsnsi ala "asONg rs" who viii keep their
military talents forever hid IRON the enemy, Is a.
reasonable as that wild geese should hy SJuhNaTd In
winter, or prudent qutsrmastsrS seek the rear when
fight Is imminent.
While these sell-COnstitutsd military funetlOnaries
give special attention to tie short COmiDgs o. Secretary
Ssddon, there Is . nulhtudinous corps OF Dry Land
Oommodores who never for day fail 70 supervise Mr..
MallerJs Management of the Navy plrtnsnL These
are au fat In the history Of every naval battle, from
sLAuis 10 Mobile bay; they know, to sail, how many
vessels tho Spanish Armada numbered, and think they
could have done better than Nelson Al Trafalgar.
70 satisfy than, M Mallory ought, in our judgment,
TO possess the magic power 10 create turreea Monitors
By the mere wave Of his ofaSia wand, without going
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aud plating, which enly serves to C0nsum' time and
weary ard war thFssdOAFs the patience Of his dry
land supervisors. Each Of these Monitors, too, to
avoid al esvil, should, Ia EE,, strength and armament
b. fully 20 Jour Of the lsrges: Yankee ron.clads
aeoat' Were We . istAliSt, however, We would say
what L. IL bound 10 be right and that the Secretary of
the Navy entitled credit whatever for the siren
uouS and unceAsipg d Fis be has made 10 build up
Southern Navy, under dif ,utes which will never be
fully known or appreciated until tho complete history of
our present struggle il written o1t According to the
same doctrine Is s equally right that no mention should
ever be made Of toe TACT that the Naval 0d4Ancs BIZ.
rsau a. & chmond has en- conducted with fkil, en-
srey and success by Commander Brooke and mis- assist
prOninsnt among uhcm hsKCEVOy Of this city
that has oaAsnEed the comm sndStou of every scen.
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lions; and that Of the large number Of B,ooke guns
made here BY the Navy Department considerably over
one halt have been sent to the army where they have
done most If ctiVs service.
service that car, even In its infancy lay claim to
such officers AS Matthew hlury, Buchanan, L 9,
Forrest RSO's the Minors, Mitchell, Brooke, Lynch,
Ssmmes, NJ ait Mason, Parker, Robb, Jones,
PsgrAu, Red, and q host OF others, 10 whose
veil earned reputation q reference would not add an
oss need not fear comparison With that OF Any mari
time power on the globe. We know that our naval
f,rs have sorely WdIhsd under the stern necessity
which has confined them TO pent-up rivers, and de-
orVed them Of the rsDgs of the limteas ocean, but
shsneVer they have had opportunity, in toe
Of the Alabama aud Flcrida they have shown that the
Southern spirit upon the water, a. upon the land, is in
domltAblS.
FROM ATLANTA.
The Macon Intslligsnccr learns from gentleman who
resides 10 FAyeto county, Ca in whom 1t places 'svsry
reliance" that on he "a Instant early in the mOI-
log, General ITsr,on started for the nsghbOrhoOd OF
Flat Sloa He ALO states that, from intelligence
osived from q gentleman well and iAVorsby known,
Who resides in NcDonough and who left there the
% inst that our forces had fight With the Yankees
on the DAY previous near to BJthsl Church, between
Atlanta AID Fiat SHOALS and drove them back, but the
scouts did not know nything about the loss on either
side.
TIE IateLigsHcsr sgrses with its informant, who
thinks that With energy and resolution, Atlanta will
oJn be in our hands.
FROM MOBILE BAY.
A letter to the NeR Orleans Era, dated Mobile Bay,
Oc,ohfr II aays UThs army "A very active but slill
No movsmen. il 9eetcd 10 take place for time
70 come" The writer then says that all details CT ope-
ratons w ua be information to the enemy, and there
fore he rains from writing est his letter should fall
into ''uufendly hands" rs a'sO says that it is "er
by scky" in Mobile Bay, and that many fl ,ers and
mon are sufsIirg with remitsent fever.
HOW THEY DREAD FORREST.
Yankee Ifh;er Was asked by 9 lady of Oxford,
Mss, Why General Grierson with his largely superior
numbers of cavalry did not attack General Forrest he
saId "Mad,m. our entire force of seven thousand cav
sry would not fight one of Forests brigsdes unless
our infantry WAS there support them. No of
bgsdes you'd 6ght one of bis regiments no regiment
company, and no company would charge pair oil
Forfssts cid boots they were laying In the road"
FROM EoRTH GEORGIA
The Appeal learns from pretty good authority that
on Saturday ass the Federal cavalry, under Gen. Kill
patrick attacked Wheeler, who is protecting the
Of Gen. Hood, and was rspulssd with loss. We could
learn no particulars further than that the prisoners
captured reported sherman's main army only three
ra.les in their rear, which vas not 0-sdited.
Airport also reached cur city yesterday that cav
airy raid had reached aladegs be; needs confirms