Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-21


he sontees hesnsen tie Bnlen uha rsssl
ksces Aas nup waked Rssrely 81 snessshhn
60 aaya. 2za ssilI Il b he decided bni
enough b known and hiss transtl rsd 10 show
that the Fsdsral array win srinnph. Tha
szCssesusns thst hes silea the public nlind
ssr tks last ssn days has nss Ahs1g ln Is
inseasity. Al sorts cF rnnaers have kesn
naoat. giving fsFeriah unecrtaiaty q he
exeitenent, but reAaile dispatches fsoiatha
escrssary Ct War have quisssal she pahlis
mind. and 4 ksSing q esn6dshrs every.
where prevails.
Ia Virginia, La and Isoaestteak hare ep.
pesea Grant With She visisnea ~ . 80 81
anperadoe< conscious ofrAln ka1 dsagrnse,
and they hare opposed TIE Fsdsia seFess
With every nan thor eoald sollset non
every quarter Hasier, who j. good fighter,
and IN ale NAN, has besa cpposea BY
Boamrsgsra south 81 Riehmond. with largo
forcs, bat tie Beast g0t the better e. tie
contest, and dfoye the rel,ess baek npon
Petsrsbarg Rstier has he key 70 Rich.
naona ia bic haaas, and Is likely e be into
the trAitoroas city "a sdsaaee ef 81 others
Sheridan Las destroyed The RAILROADS south
Of RiekMond, taken the cater workaaronad
Rich.aosd, and farsaed junction With Bat
lsFs EFarytAing looks well IN that quarter
Butlsr's operations on York and Jauiss
Rivers have been mastery exploits. ana be-
hss oatvittsd The rebel General. who 20
mors expected 70 hear shesaana Of BatlarsI
cavalry bagiss in the siresa Of Pessrsbarg
thaa they did blast Erprs Gahr4els tram.
rhet
The Opening e. the present spFins cam
psiga y Virginia ard Georgia hns proven
% be he most stapsndoss war movensnts
which have taken place il modern times.
Ihe prsyioaa battles Of thia war. terrible -
hey have beer. both IA he sane aae the
wees have al bssn evsrmatelss nag,
thrown in the shade. By the gigantic spsra.
sssIs Of The present campaign. Nebiy hare
GRAFT and Sherman sustained their Su<nsr
.rsputasiona, asoaaeea OF sonsammato ahility.
ana faithfully hare they kept the tFrzss
which the EDvernmsat and the people hSes
rsposed in them. AZ the seil i gradually
bang Efted from the battIe.asld. The psople
are enabled to catch distant and satisfactory
glimpsss Of the grand and soal-moTing tAe-
tics Of The campaign The plans o. Grast
as they srs now being developed, are j.
grand in their simplicity a. they have prnE-
ed glorious 10 their resRlsa, when carried
cat Bat both Graas and Sherman hare
beer most fortunately ard AZ, seconded BY
the Generals under their own eyes We
could name list Of them. bat rofrain from
any inTidious ,kistinstioas. Sherman is
backed -zFeSn GeeFgis By surh men -
-R1SnAs, Mcpherson, HooksF. seho6eid and
etoneman, and as fne al army % srer went
into the Geld. They hare now been Sight,
Ing for week, and thousands have been
killed and wounded. We have taken Dali
ton, and have, I'll the time, been driving
Johnston and he rebel farces before a, with
fsarfal lsses to themi
The great fighting haa been done IN vlr-
RiniA Grant has thus achieved. briliient
and decided victories over the Aorer Of the
rebel forces, under commend Of the ablsst
General 10 the rebel service. ReAa5 e Lea.
From the Soash, Nersh and East, 10 have
been advancing on Rlshmond, and there
has been no rscpli. though great sIaughsss
on both aides. Our losses, thus far, are e.
timatad At $4,000, langs PARTON Of thsm
being eighty wounded. On the ether band.
the rebels have suffered Aiors, and 70 have
taken tWepty ti.ousand &C tbsm prispnsrs,
Destroyed their snPplim and eapfarsd many
Of thsir gpna. The rebels have ben aghs.
ing more desperately skan they sssr Aid,
snd Nth acouraes eqasl % q, e efAny arny
hat ever entered the fsid. Butnohghtlne
can sa~e than. They wilI b sisher eaptarsd
or aahihllased. Rlehnpbd silI b laksn.---
The hardest sighting nay yss take plses ID
the satrenehnenta hrpnnd Rlehmend The
Applications 81 Hiehmond re s1rone, and
the hest engineers in tie ssbsl nrse9 have
Iong hsea engaged 10 prsastina fham..-
Bot Grant win eHtoR al spppllss noa Asse
snd thsn Be win eit sawn hesusa fha rsl.e
capital - he dc bpfsrt vlehsAarx. ssa
sssher Whip or ssasfs d ians.s lnss anus.
reader.
Finally. ths raAalllrE = apos IL lsss lsea
and the weakness Is the sslnns fsaeys Is
been dsysIopse. ~ tts sinalsneeaa IS.
vsnen TAI hsss kssa aaAfs - epr
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