New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-06-07

ts r"inary action unaecounted for II must be al
lowed that has never come before US ID shape 81
asiling Perhaps the Americans may be proud OF
az nreeminence but they have certainly nle
Sesperatey for q longer time and win morc vi eau'
II world not be impossible to match the results ol
anv one days battle with stories from the wars OF te
Old World but never, should THINK IN the hiSso.!
ofman we're five such battles as these cohpresseu NV
81, successive DAYS IL is hard to conceive how nature
could have supported the exhaustion ana ihe h,
We have been told that after single Gay haIu ss
ing the lassitude and reaction IN even .h ;ts
army are such that any fresh force might slaisn Us
laurels from it, whereas here are Two inles c If
gagged in the work Of slaughter " 70 lne nunIy the
THURSDAY till the night Of Tuesday with scnSy
intermission of an hour. On every day except
there was pitched battle contested win te and
fury; and ever Saturday was ue'otou w
Nor xcro these predictions operations divided among
Immense numbers brought into hellon ,nG ooo mn
Natber army numbered apparently above lVOVoV n,en
Neisi nn, ery man seems 10 have been engaged IN
every battle Indeed are expressi! .Viu .nu' IN.
Federal reserves we've brought w VII '"0 wy '
Gay desnerate srocity of the fighting may be inferred
fora te fsct now reported that the slaughter was pro
Hna5 I,itbont tbe aid Of artillery NO rlhed guns or
uau Ss she,ls aid execution among crowded masses
The great battle of Friday when Is suu 10 haNe e'
the Fcderals alone upward OF 10000 men, was hand
apo vco5federates were posted in the well known
woods in the vicinity Of Charlottesville where Hooker
once received so bloody repuse and so dense was the
thicket that cannon could not come into pay kegi-
enf against regiment and man against man, the com.
baants fired and hacked at each other IN this tangled
swderness until night closed in; and an intercepted re-
por from Gen. Lee actually tells us that on his SIDE
the heaviest loss in men killed outwrigh and that
he had comparatively few wounded II tins be cor
rect version of the dispatch gives more impressive
idea of the fury of the conflict than any other OF the IN
.cidenis reported.
Ii is clear indeed that whatever may be said OF the
composition OF the Northern armies and of their ine-
rority in this respect TO the patriot legi0ns OF the
South they have fought in this campaign win vaor
as obstinate that OF their enemies No mere inii
or
from battle like that at Wilderness to three hore
such battles at Spotsylvana BE the Impulse VIVA. ~
may the Fedorals fighting in stern reality ana
with spirit resoute TINT OF Their ad'ersaies'
IL is remarkable that in all the battles OF this civil
the original estimate Of the losses saneieo ~ .ns
contending armies hrs been O. least yeiIhed. IL was
supposed at first that TIE Transatlantic pioPonsi!
TO exacgeTation might have magnihed these oalnoas
figures but the statements were ipvalap! cohhIheu'
and when therefore told on the present occa-
sion that Grant who opened the campaign on the morn
inc al the 5th with 100 COO men, had lost 30 OO OF this
nun Der by the night of the 10Th cannot altogether
refuse 70 believe the tale. We may, indeed AK our
selves what state people could sustain such warfare
but we have no right t. dscredit the report 49,
More directly, too may INQUIRE N what condllloh
or with what forces he expect 10 appear before
Richmond even in the event OF his success II TINS is e
cost paid for the first Two stages OF the journey 1et
we think it probable that the last furons onslaught
of Lee the 10th may not have deferred him from re-
newing the attack on one OF the following asys. ne
has IA nped new character the tactics OF the Fed
erals 80 other General would either have advanced
upon Wilderness after the severe battle OF the on or
after the siil harder fighting Of the 9th None but he
again would have attacked his adversary so resouey
on the sth and the 9th or held his ground so tnaoi
Under his command the Army of the Potomac has
achieved in invading Virginia an amount OF success
never achieved before except in rePelling inv VISION
The Confederate forces once arrested by McCel-
Ian and by Meade but that was when they hougnt
TO carry war into Northern territory Grant alone has
done more than this. he has advanced toward Rich
nond ana though he has made but little way and has
Lost half bis army. he has not been driven back
Whether his position can be retained or ms success I'M
proved. is question which the next mail VIII resolve
From Tie Live-poo, Post. Mays
The papers are full Of comments on the campaign
which has been 30 fearfuly inaugurated in Virginia
Their is generally hostile to the supposton thai
any advantage viii accrue 10 the feaeiais nom the
while this the justice Is done to the ability ana
perseverance which have hitherto been shown oy Cen
Grant. The Telegraph which IS not usually remarkable
for prasing q Federal leader says That impartial
critics viii recognize in the Western tanner many OF
the elements Of greatness No vulgar man. no mere
idol OF the hour is tbs Ulysses Grant who by sheer hard
work and honest fighting has raised himself from po
sitiOn Of Obscurity OF almost Unlimited command
who has If some reports concerning him be true.
achieved the rarest Of all victories. mastery over
himself and his desires-aad who, virtue not often
possessed BY the military celebrities OF the United
States is still modest and unassumng.
The Telegraph also pays weheaIned tilDuie 10 the
bravery Of the Northern army. "Never,' II says,
"haye soldiers behaved moro gaanty than these last
Ieyies of the North Of suggshness half heartedness,
indecision their leader absolutely intoerant; to
the men who pleaded that their term OF service hsd
expired and that they wished 10 quit the neld ne
grimy answered that If they left The ranks legally or
illegally he would shoot them down like dogs onward
he marched along roads often traversed before put
never BY more determined host or more daring
leader" 1t is indeed beyond question thai the arnes
which are fighting out the fate OF America on the
fields OF Virginia are commanded by the greatest and
most accomplished generals which AoIth ana oou'N
can produce.
THE DANO-GERMAN QUESTION
A Vienna telegram published III the Berlin
aper assers that the representatives OF England and
FRANCE have made declarations to Count heehDerg
abandoning the Treaty Of 1872 agreeing 10 the union Of
South Schleswig with Ho!stein separate State In
Dependent of Denmark and absolutely rejecting per
sonal union with that State.
q The London Daly Ncvs says: The Queens Govern
ment II Is said. abandoning the treaty OF London 10
maintain which the Conferences was ayoWediy a.
sembled il prepared to support scheme for dividing
the Danish Monarchy whose integrity II had pledged
itself 10 support According TO this scheme consider
able portion of the existing State is TO be cut OH rom
Denmark and formally handed over to Germany. sup
posing this result be arrived at the impOsing ma
chinery Of q conference would have been called into
operation merely TO receive orders from Berlin and
passiyely register DenmaTk's DEGREES.
" But for the British Government there would have
been no Conference at all Nobody wanted the Con.
ference. Denmark might have been dsmembered
without IL. The Danes could at any time have OBJ
tanned peace with Germany by cODseDDg 10 its terms
Our Government has received no commission from the
partition of Denmark. II dare not propose such
policy In either House OF Parliament. by what right
then does IL pursue in its foreign negotiations
which is condemned by every national sentiment and
by its own reiterated professions.
A deputation from the town OF hGdlng arrived III
on the 2d 10 request the King not 10 pro
long the armistice and In concluding peace TO uphold
the rights Of Denmark. =,
Several similar addresses expected from other
towns IN Jutland.
IN pfah &c ordar n GODpn-