Show Tl imes may it 1 AMERICAN oler t CAN AFFAIRS 1 rue THE tue tse lse our oar recent anticipations of an in important imo iro campaign camp CROP aign aien in vrrginia virginia V a have been heen bl confirmed meli mell bj b y a succession of me fhe mosi most and nary battles batties which have signalizes signalized even this age aze g of war stain F in aft to io the we present month 0 irao irto credit yeat reat arini armies eia tia were ivere incessantly aly u conflicts 0 so o nie fie ace as fo 1 sur sat apals tn n carnag ti cil r mcfie same ame groan gr oani a d I 1 L ao so inanc lna ina cr eive as 0 to o render it difficult ta ay at thi 0 p present besent moment to which side i balance 0 of inc cines inea inta it WAS hi until the r eung aring fung of friday thea fihs ihs 5 bit b I 1 ai at je lie li e acci ped thes battle kattie to which grant was pres pressing sag bag him then the F fe eral cornea comai el advanced and fell upon the entire fron i te ibe cou reffer aterine aine line with an onslaught as frd impetuous and as etugbo n as f r on the swedes at leipsic like i N however he be was re pulsed uis wah dreada i 1 loss joss hor could he by repeat dass kaita aalta in changing the fortunes oc of tha the day bo manifest irdeen ii deed had 6 bl een his hig failure that in n b Q afternoon lee discerned the 0 opportunity p 4 rig alve himself and au ai an cin ed in gis lis turn upon the vedera Federa labut without wit c ut any material success til tit I 1 might bight was losing i 1 1 when he turned the right af 6 grants anny ana and drove love it the thie center with a loss luss or nearly seven ee en thousand mer that the th adva adra oage page at athis this time rested rather with the con fedel fedei thin than the federals Fed erali is not sot denied bilt but B u on the night of the oth lee retired once onre more and took up anew alvr anvy position at shott sylvania court muse to thi this point grant lost not an hour in following him and an dafter after some sharp kirmish skirmish ln ingan oa saturday be he again assailed the confederates fefe fele federates rates with unmitigated fury on sunday all through that sabbath day all through monday manday and apparently all through tuesday the battle raged with little itt ait ermis ermia lon ion slon hut but what the dar darkness knees of night and ghys phys deal real exhaustion imposed upon th combatants still SUU however ho we ier ler there was no decisive result when the wit uit dispatches left the geld field lee retained his position and wag was said sald to have been while the aggregate losses of the Fo deras up tip to the evening of tuesday ware were reckoned in killed wounded aud sud aud sud mis sir bir 1 at forty tho thousia usaA A tj ats als critical point we are lett lert to wait wali in suspense for fresh ln in ulli gence nver never di did d american mail brin brid bring b information more mote important than may maybe be lok look iok aj j for by the ibe next arrival on the tlde side of the tha K orth it must be owned that the expectations of granta prowess have received more ami girma firma tion than has usually attended the sanguine calculations of 0 the federals if tle lie as has not achieved absolute success be he has hats wd bid for it more desperately and approached it more mora nearl nearly than any of hlo hio hi predecessors in eom gom command gomm tomm mand aind arnd ile he bas has fully justified his deputa tion for or dogged and unconquerable tenacity after one breaking breaking up from his camp be he has march marched ed straight on incessantly closing with i hla hia adversary always offering ofT kring ering battle neve never r declining it undismayed by losses undeterred ly by the most imminent danger for the first ume in the history of this wear weir a great battle has baa been followed by an immediate pursuit bringing on another battle equally obstinate and bloody drant grant though slightly worsted ia in the actions 0 of the geb gib refuted refund to quit bis his hi 3 hold upon the enemy or to plead any of the excuses for 11 suspending us pending the operations of the campaign it was this stubbornness of sae ift wirl wint gained him his bis success at purpose VieS leks icks esburg isburg burb burg and his hia favor with the northern people they hever never thouy thought ht him a military genius but believed him to be a moat mana man who would bring brin everything fry thin to ahe the he immediate issie issue isaie as is of hard fighting and who might eithier beat or be beaten but who would never be hesitating or iR inactive active this estimate of his bis character he axa kuks lias it nily tally justified ile he hits has f dougl a singly and has fias lung clung lik e a bulldog bull buli dog kcf his work I 1 nor or can it be added addel that he has fought altogether in vain tor far h he e has advanced as be he proposed to advance adv ahoe aboe ard is actually a few miles further on the road to richmond 0 i 1 the other bandit now appears beyond all doubt that the successive retirements 0 je he conf cont ed eifrate rate commander w were wera ere era but bubb BO sa and operations of the tha the whole road toad to richmond be it remember edia a serks berks of positions which have hava lont lonk ong ban ben studied and strengthened by the i aerates I 1 terminating in a capital fortified by al at the he defenses defens ea which modern art could deviak devise through tigh il a period of three years lee if he be taris alls back ia only falling failing back from rom one poat post to ano another titine till he elt elf in the strongest post jast of all grant if he falls back ever so little gires gives up the game while it tt ho he persists sta in avancing advancing be dis dib discovers covers covets hard q work than ever before bim him at the th e ell end rii 0 of each days dayt mareb aud ard separates himself his supplies in the saina sami proportion already wet we are told he has found hia hla intercepted intercept ed by the toe confederate dairy cavalry ca been compelled to change the base of his supplier ao and itla lils it la intimated indeed thay a action C of the loth nth was waa not sou sought bought alt ait by him that he faa had intended to postpone it for a hours honra until hs his supplee s had come coma up undoubtedly grant ia is in a more difficult siua blua tion than leey leei for fori it if he friis falls back which if h he cannot dislodge his big adversary axer ary aty be he roust must do it will ba be amder and it if he advances either by force or upon tb the retirement 0 of the confederates it IV will be under disadvantage still but bilt he Is invincibly obstinate 7 be has hab uncontrolled command he has exacted the unreserved support ot of the government and ho he has bas seen the south ern general retire before birn hirn he will per haps a renew thi tb it taik hwn bno leeb beeb uit ulf bo he ever eyer reaches leaches ric richmond with an effective army he will hav have achieve cra a 1 miracle of military ta london Globe Glo lard EArd palmerston Palmera tona tont area l the telegraphic reports of the great actions actions been in virgini I 1 leave eave us in doubt as to the advantages gained i oy felther either elther side but as asto to the a actual actu al oc occurrences in a district the topo topography of whick 13 so little litto known conr or and battles had been fought between the ath and lith very considerable lowa iowa were incurred by I 1 boto bides sides and the net results appetito appe appear aito arto tp have been that general lee had fully succeeded I 1 in barring the road to richmond through spott 1 weije grant had I 1 at great riser nir brought his hig forces into a position which ee iw cured to him the road to fredericksburg in I 1 his hia rear these were the result of a weeks I 1 marching and fighting among the woods and swamps about the sources of the which Is the great northern branch of the york niver river esuary es cs esuary uary froin the fiarn eg rig post argand Org ti I 1 much mood blood has baa ben split spilt but no appreciable advantage appears to bave have been gained by either side the consequences of battles battle such as these those are nor not however immediate na mediately apparent from the lbs tb star stir Lt barall if the federal losses have been correctly reported orant brant has baa paid too dear f for lils ilia victory but even if it the advantages gained had been at a moderate 00 cost the though great would have been an i decisive suc coAs the thew TheM lorning horning herald derbys Derby ys organ thinks binks it knows almost elou enough b of the campaign in in virginia to declare grants advance on rich mend a failure and to express repress a confidential hope that the last fiery flery trial of the So southern luthern lathern confederacy has haa been safely passed the morning naming post of or the feels convinced sed fed the federal arms have sustained a crushing defeat i the globe thinks that lee hab haa fully succeeded in barring the road to richmond |