The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-01
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From an article attributed, no doubt iustl,
"a Forney. extracted by us yesterday from
the Washington Cl.roa'css, it seems plair
tia, notwithstanding the professed sa,is
fglon OF Lincoln with the condition an:
: ospects of Grant and his army, very scri
Gas alarm is felt ia Washington for the re
su. OF tho cImpligu against Petersburg, -
I 20 article is addressed ia apeorle evidently
starhed and agitated 10 the very bottom
e iaeir earts, and tiading no relief either
In 20 bulletins OF Htan,on or the apoehrs
lAal rtporte OF letter writer's. IL has leak ed
oilt, ia spite OF al attempts 10 suppress IL,
tar the slaughter around Petersburg has
been terrific beyond all example, and 60
We! Ia The truth understood By all partiee
That rSrney contents himself with attempt
irgtn pallia.e the ct he knows it must
~ q ace, Instead of boldly denying il, His
.ntu topic of consolation is that the slaugh
uis been mutually heavy, which We know
10 ~. utterly without fouudat ion, for our
own losses have been light beyond all for
me, tXSmple, or fini 4 parallel only in the
hat'les of Spotsyivauia or that OF Cold liar.
boz While, therefore, he lets us into The
secret of the Yankee losses, We console
ourselves 10y contrasting them with our
own.
Mr. = FJruey tho only witness 10 the
troub!ea that have besc: Grant in his hazard.
ons and disastrous march from the north
side OF ihs Rapid,n to The south side OF
James river. A correspondent OF the New
York ks,"s, wftingfrom Washington on the
l1,h Of June, does not hesitate TO say ia It
h. believes the "!ilnk movement" which
placed Grant on the south side OF James
river is the foreruuuer of a great diss5ter.-
Hseays that it was, on the part of Grant, 4
com ulsory movement, and that, in exc
cutigr it, he was compelled to take the route
he actually d.d take to avoid the necessity
Of lighting three desperate battles, the last OF
which, had he been victorious in the two
fist, which hs (the writer considered eX-
tremely predetermined, would have left him
IN no condition to prosecute the war after
re- hing the south side. He says Gen. Lee
know as carly as the 10Th OF Juu9that Grant
was preparing 10 cross thG riYfr, from his
ha.ilg torn up the ok River Railroad, anu |
thus manifesuy cut himself Gil iroth |
ii Whi.e House. He expected, how ever,
Ia ne would Lave made the attempt hy |
way OF Bottoms Bridge, since by that route
II IS march Of only ten miles to the river,
pa ming the roads which Mcclellan took in
his threat two years ago. From the mouth
Of bailCy's Ran tfourMile Creek only
thirteen miles above Hsrrisou's landing, be |
go aid have approached Richmond from the
So b ,ast, encountering the outer works at
n pgint three or four miles west oi
BeVen Pines, which, and no other, he
thinks, is the precise poiat al which the
fighting ai4t terminate. should II he
taken by siege aud 10 which Gran. mUst
cone at last, though he avoids il for The
present Gen. Lee supposiog, as already |
SAT-, hat Grant would try that road, made
svH preparation TO resist his advance; aud
har Grant advanced, desperate battle,
pa 1Aoiy resulting in his defeat, would have
cnsge1, Bat UrLnt had some Of McCiei-
lGa's o.i engineers with him, and, acting
n J' tlc.r advice, he esrhewed the short
Lhe long and creuitons route by the Forge
Bridge, and then by way 0! Charles City
Court House 10 James river. The writer
says that Gen Lee did not modest Grant on
as march although he was perfectly aware
}! TIE progress OF that movement from day
o cay, simply because the most formidable
Preparations bad been made 10 receive him |
% Ice Southaide, and he preferred that he
houli so there. According 10 This core s.
1ondent, Grant marFayered throughout the
whole movement precisely as Lee wished, |
nd did nothing which Lee did not compel
lot i-il TO have It's inHueuce 10 aroue ing the
snK ees 10 suspic! IN that ths trnth has L,
lot been told them with respect 10 Grant; |
NJ that Y ils they have CHASTITY evidence
geIY hour OF the day Of tae valor OF the
oe he is expected To snbdne, he has made
10 progress III taking Richmond aud crush
No tic rebellion.
Ia the meantime goid-that most euapi
ons OF all things, natural OF artiGCiAl--.e-
nsel TO be restrained aE3 iongeg in its up
ard fight. It has hitherto been bound TO
afth by the cords OF the Treasury, like 4 |
alloon inf .tei with gas, laboring, straining,
i;ching, and ready to bound into the empy-
can. The cords have at last been cut-it {
itchrs into spice-it is rapidly dwindling
on. sight. Excelsior" cry the specuIa-
,ra, anl "aky high, "sky high" suileuly
4epond the Coniederates. Let Chase stop {
il he can, even by the notable device re- :
commended by the Hrald and other papers (
'''returning to specie payments and specie
rices IA thing very easy to do, Of course, {
, country 10 which S60, 003 900 in green :
acLs are circulating. and constituting the {
ntlre currency.