Show from frain the jae tame IS GEN GRANTS LINE III egl 1 I propose to fight it out on this line it if it takes all summer 21 these were the words of gen grant when near court house the line from spotsylvania Spot sylvania comb court house to richmond would pass through spot sylvania hanover and henrico counties bet but the line he followed passed through Caroll caroline lej lei king william hanover new kent and charles city to the deep waters ot of the james river eighty miles by water and thirty by b land from richmond lila lils his ilia army is st it west westover and harrisons Harr isona landing ile he tried hookers Burnis burnsides Bur ideS ldes and lines combining all three and now rests on the james river at the ery spot to wilch ife ate clellan Clel Clell lai was driven just two years yeara ago ha ile might have reached his present position by water without opposition and at least 75 stronger in men without the demoralize tion consequent upon so many repulses hla hia generalship has hag inflicted far tar more injury t to 6 his own army than to that of gen lees and has not accomplished anything toward the object of bis his campaign ile he may unite with butler at bermuda hundred or abandoning richmond start a fresh tresh campaign against petersburg both of 0 which he be might have bave done unmolested in may way and with an army nearly stronger 0 than at present his ilia battles in the wilderness and at spot sylvania court hoube house were upton dpn his hia original oil oli ginal line for reasons best understood by b h himself insela he off that line down into lato hanovs Il anover county and at cold harbor a place very familiar to the army of the potomac pot PoS omac h to au fought g bt several battles and many but bt again gain for reasons and causes which bo 14 doubtless fully appreciates he moves inores away betwee between it two sims suns lle ile lie like a thief in the night throy new kent and charie charca 3 city countless counti count leis eis eib to the he james jamss river gh at st of or tell us ug is this strates strater the 1 I he raidar raiding parts party under geo gea hunter harder bag baa ba a met mat with some gomo s uc c ega eta in ir t the talley vailey having defeated gen J jones ones it brt bae marched arched ra to L x ington and end ts now commuting commit ing depredations in the lower loer valley the erutti western portion of this sate state rray IT ay be the object of thra thia raid I 1 much moch t damage to in iby y be dolie doie ba b fore a sufficient force torce can be guht to away Sheri dans cavalry day dav alry airy de lve feared rr ay require still lull the th attention of GB GOB hampton the latest infer information matlon mation from fron the S ates puts gold 1901 12 1 2 and frat grgat dissatisfy action existing turon hout hont tatt thet corb try ry with tb the nominations of lincoln aad sad johbson johnson gea geo grant r L decoln en cn tha the fredericksburg Fredericks burg barg LINE it wag waa true his arnsy array was wag far away from that line lire nhen nhea noon nomis at alons were frere made nade that the public were deceived with the reports of S anten antin that th t sound of grantas grantis cannon could be b li hr sri 1 richmond tich lich mond to day no cannon fired b by 1 drsata army can be he lie lic berard ard bere here gen gra graut grant at li in fix away and the abandonment of lino line wil wll send gold up to in new york is declue ialo at fit teho the raam ruan of f per jear year la in tue tle tl last lasi aim elm hlo his Is Us f r |