New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-10

Buckner hastons 10 respond ,,..,,.
a. nsap,d esHgs Of eSn@Spe and force under
your cownd compel me the s5Ir, su r VI
you propose" lGreai laughter and sTplausel ~ r.-..y
Fort Doneison with $4,000 to $1,000 prisoners 40 pieces
Of artillery and large military SorSs len INTO me napSs
the laws OF chiyalTy tAppausel
PITTsBURG LANDING.
You find Grant at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee
when army Of $1,000 troops, commanded by Al t
Sidney Johnston and Beaurcgard attack him early III te
to make too fine point ont, they were badly H o
the first day Beauregard dispatched from shhoh az
complete victory, aud driven the enemy IRON m
points Indeed. under any other lender put udno Vhe
held but Grant like Gen Taylor never knows when he
is whipped Laughter and applause Ln essrves within
organizes his troops, orders all the Iesel a.
reach, aud at O'Clock the next morning os ne that
ofensiye and so vigorous and suoed SI his lost
ground but had converted With his
victory johnson was Killed aG Tetpaed TO Corinh
Fifteen thousand killed wounded ana aod SUIdoe
crate troops attested the invinclbie coulaso az" e
tenacity OF our great chieftain lApplauseJ
~, oroonient Of The Rebellion vicksburg
had Icr REGARDED ns the Gibraltar Of the C0leuelcy,
aud DsVs had publicly declared that its possession was
ntroi Dostion and strengthened immensely by hilge
foracatios constructed with great engineering ' sh
& immense labor it's frOwning batteries c0mlnanCeu
he Mississippi and had defed tho utmost efforts OF our
combined land and naval forces Tor us s Il, d.
remember Grants incredible ana glGanliS asoIs 10 d
yertng channel Of the great river MS huge canni ~
and his hercuean euOitS pass
ire capture Grant was as fertile resources as e was
tact Then came Commodore Porter's brilliant passage
of the batteries with his gunbOats under cover vi
ness Grant then commenced that mastery serIeS VI
movements resulting In cutting his way through oil 0p
posing forces until at last he reaches the coveted location
doomed fortress is completed Now let atten
ton 10 tho events which at this time were TRANSPORTING IN
this city Fourth of July, 1863 was gloomy uy TOT
our country HOrato Seymour announced as the orator
for the day this city 1t might have been supposed
"a, hat hnur0 M
Empire State would something to nerve the arm anu
Words Mere uttered He launches forth the seyeres de
nuncatOns against the Administration ana tne Union
party lie approaches them with the fact that VcEsburg
which had been promised, was bidding them defiance;
taunts them because Rebel army had INVADED fehsy
vanIa: tells them that ships burned 10 the waters
ruined the country AT the very moment he wac
these dismal and achrymOse denuncations althoughte
telegraph had not Informed him OF the fact Vlcksburg
with It's 81 900 defenders had surrendered to Gen Grnt
soldiers were I'm the streets Of Vcksburg raising the old
Stars and stripes upon the Courthouse and singing
more one the celebrated battles in the history
OF the w9rd-the battle OF GetSourgr rdn6 I9en n
Of Virginia. routed aud driven back, with fatai
wound from which the army never recovered was re
treating the soil Of Pennsylvania which was meyer
more be polluted by their presence liz was on una.
gallant SON Gen sickles great applausel had Periled
lis life poured out his blood. and left his manged nD
dous applause continued again and again1 oh what
contrast IS In the conduct OF Daniel r. sekes
Sinte opato sevmouri Before he would have uttered
any unpatrotic sentiments m that dark and trying hour
have ceaved TO the roof Of his mouth. CheersI
shake fR ,S more ns. il sss,cn and earth Horuo
nauO s s s sppIaSe our MoTao has correctly
erpreted the handwriting the WALL and gualls before
the coming storm. lie has recently committed an at OF
political HarKar and thereby avoided another verdict
by patriotic people, upon his conduct during the war
ippiausel Returning from this DEPRESSION permit me
TO add that the results accomplished BY the siege and
capture OF Ycksburg thus briefly stated la Grant
The result Of h campaign defeat the enemy ia s,
battles outside Of ylsbu tue OCCUPATION Of Jackson s espt
and @aStol. Of Tsf q 8 pJ.oae
.so T s n S 5s T sSnau and feea add huTsds per
bsps never be collected md IeorFad
and munitions Of Tor Of 70 cc men hs,s fallen go oar
railroads. locomotives ears, steamboats,, cotton, etc
HIS CAREER IN VIRGINIA.
Let us follow Gen. Grant to his new theaer o. opera
lions. The Army Of the Potomac while under the com
msnd of Mcclellan, although composed OF n. hne qua
sodiery body Of troops as were ever mustered mo
secne u e hnscopdS Of our Young Sapooon which,
we were told would coil itself around the body OF the
aud torpid beast passing his time in pie holes and in
practicing lessons in civil engneerlns
sickb Meanwhile the rising fame of the gallant General
FROM Illinois had attracted the attention of the nation
the Union should be subjected to the control OF his
great genius. Congress responded and IN February,
1864 an act passed creating the once or Lieu
tenantGeneral and recommending Grant for the posi-
ton He was nominated ana no, e Of be
Army of the Potomac. Early I'm May he gave the com
ward movement, from which the brave heroes were
return, until they return az victors and CON
uerors. Applause Lee, the most accomplished Gene
raj IN the COnfederacy the alert and as soon as
Grant entered the Wilderness, where his artillery would
be useless and he could be attacked at DISADVANTAGE
great adversary hurled his whole army against him.
and then came the life and death struggle which TSs might might
OF battle hung the mighty combatants for six days
mn yno n agony At Last there came from Grant to Lin
coin another Of those eectfyRg reports containing m
expression which has served to give him an immortal re-
1--WE have now ended the sixth day very fshtus The
well Of the think the losses q The enemy %u Be
taken few, except stIaEs PROPOSE TIGHT y OUT
reme5dous applause The battles around Cold Hsr
Dor spottsyvana Court House at the North Anna River
SeTC Ihsn same ne S% back from one set Of
formidable nfrenchments 10 another closely pursued by
his ns and e and s Os RG a. SSc e
shelter for the last time, behind the defenses OF Rich
@ lime RSspg his poson on the south Of The
James and across the Weldon Road from which Lee had
upon the throat Of the Rebellion to be unclasped
until the Rebellion itself lay stiff and cold in death at
Character Of this Campaign When we learn that tie NUM-
Der OF killed. wounded and missing on both sides nom
May November reached the enormous ngure OF lJOO
men Grants vindcatOn for this necessary loss OF life
Is contained in his official report concerning the military
the Potomac and Is regarded complete by the judy
nent Of the people After sketchng the posture OF AZ
determined s 20 ID. greatest nnmsr oiroop p
tcb preventing bin from The
ssme force sg 6r and then another Of
possibility cepoe for rehng and producing Necessary
S0nd 10 hanmT continuously
soaHa and Ms nnhl BY rre at
should be nothing Ten 10 hta hut an
sQual s byaI section Of oar common eoaHirg ht
Whether these views nil have been better
conception execution for the people, who mourn The loss OF
friends n and who have pay the peeunisy cost to say Al can
y that done eoEenoui 70 the best
Ofmy ability and what conceived be for the best interests Of the
whole county,"
The remainder Of the story told Soon after the
opening Of the campaign in 1865 Grant gives the final
cdanf na1v imam hQlQQOuprpd
events that followed wildly photographed the ap
pallng dispatch from Lee TO Davis:
Ne he