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wi'jjng wio owiu qi nvor ana varying in di*tanc« from 0 to 12 millt;« of Ricli inrmd—both tfing* *trongly fortified ; ihr right wm beginning to cut off all communication with Hirhtnond from I he north, tml had already interrupted (ho roil road toOordoimHk. Tlifin part ol their arAiyman in oommunkintion with the Pamuukv and Vorfc rifWf, while the left nuBvp-piled through the Jam**The flrat effort of our foroea was to driv** them from north of thn ehiekahoHdny river, and thla tu effected in the fight of Friday the 27th Juno. This era* a inraf bloody and desperate light, and rftiullrtl In m compktevifttory to tfe* tkmtedwate arma. The enemy were driven acroe theriw in gmt cooftefoft. largo numUn of guuH -mna Artillery owe oeptnrwdvJHtli■ronoy itoiw of every kind, ilut the W of life wat heavy pn both mid4* The Yankee low ww the greats but ou» waa conrtdmhU. Their artillery wa» wrll •served, and the Kono of the battle-field for the next several day* wu awful hr*. yond description—men and hone* were lying dead in he*}*. But I will not dwell on the borrow of the eoenea—the grand tehme* of McClellan, for the prr-sent at tea#*, V* completely fnutfrai*!, and hie great effort aitme tliat time haa been to «YC hi* army by yetiyt to him gunboats Thw have been heavy battle* nine*, but these have been nuuln by htoCVllan tn order to cover hi* fytmt It i* to ho re grrttmlon om* dde that, from the nature of (he ground. and the long extent of Mr CleRfctfr lino, no gtftirsral engagement it. open field Wild take place, Suoh an an*, there can be no toosn to doubt *lt;m)d hare nsulted iu a complete Water too lo the boosted ycuug Napel**}. TIm fight of Kridav, w». hawovar, on a-gnmtf «ff fcali- than any that has ever taken place before on this cotitiueut. approach* ipj in tnfl^tiilwde tyo great conflicts oJ KtttjkaH natfor.-.; About fifty thousand nteu aa v/toh aid* were engaged, and I hrit U too early to epmfcte upon the effect* of thU victory upon th* future of the war, anti the general rwilii of thegreat struggle in which wo *ve engaged.At the pwrfut writing we ai* uwibte to teU the exact extent of Modal but'* djaiw-ter or ot our triumph. But it may »fbl ha assumed that tho on 10 Richmond” i* indefinitely postponed, In foot, I doubt whether it will again be attempted* The ncvrn will fall like p p*al of thunder iu * clear t\iy upon the Konlicm ear. Sot a doubt worn entertained among** them of the ap* fitly occupation of Richmond by their smites. The public had been no as-lured vHUt rod* repeated emphasis, and from web source* of authority and Intelligence. that it will now U iuipowibie with*H finiUldty awl lying (mm•*d by their newspaper* and public man,To«Snee«1 the faet. that ifiey havesuwain-ed n bumiliatbg defeat—that tfet grandolject of tin* campaign h further ot! ihon before, and that the work Of subjugating Uni South Iihh to be bogtm A aem. What will bo the eflcctf Will It eaua* our ene-tmcfi to Utteti to nm»on, and abhafion their inmno attcaipia mi our fon.jueit, or will jt etiuiulmo theb to ph*milt;y and in duct them to pul forth more gig.inliocl flt;)rta (holt Over for the ftdnVrcnu.Ht of tbm diabolical purp^cm You will find th#M ^uertiona in all tb»k »M «ringi« dU-WMfd to your hind by the beat perm iu the country, go l will not bore you furtherUum ioe*y thah m m\ boiuMe opinimi,ht lh»? fir-t place it m-^urw m of nj^Myf*yWlgn In l«v eniWh, anff ? n iIulo^oi. tlt; rrcudon ot noddntomtjiuw, 1 **\m» int althiiaio indo|endoic*, no matter whether thq North l«e filled with dnspond-«oey or M to de«|«iai«in( I tbould not neglod to vtetc khat in (lieroeeniimt-11* the lt;x»ndurt ot our offfccMwae all thatcould have ciijiofted of Wi?ah*ipjd-an», rrnd «ot afoo, witn few exoauiten^ of the num. Odl. Tcmy waa wouml»«d iu the.i1 L-.... _ .... II, 1 ,1 •
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The Eastern Clarion
Paulding, Mississippi, US
Fri, Aug 01, 1862
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