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The Southern View

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Day
18
Month
July
Year
1862
Copyright
Public Domain
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Washington, July 14. The Eichi.iond Examiner says of its own goveniínent : " Thero l.aaulready been enough of tiifling and abuse of the public inind by the suppression or rtwervation oi fucts on the part of tho governnient. If the commanding General could write a dozen linea giving theresiilt oi the fight at Gaines' Hill, why euch subaequent day or night have we not had a bulletin of equal length simply ata'.ing results. Itwould have oost but a trifle oi time, and would havo eoniorred an incalculable benefit on the wholo country in oom posinj public anxiety. If the first official display had noi been fully sustained by subsequent eveDts, and if the public expeotations are to be reduced, wo boüeve thut tho people can boar tho disappointment without waiting to hear facts drip out through tha alow and forced confussions of thoe in authority. lí McClellan has eflected eommunication with the river, why was not the fact boldly stated insead of trifling with public mind. We know tho valor of our troop-t has so far prevailed, but what ma y be the strength oi the remnant oi his anny, whether that remnant is held in check :y our linos, or has escaped our grasp, or has been reinforot9 for another grand battlo, are que8tions which everybody has been asking for the last week, and which the govermnunt plainly refuse to anewer." The Examiner says the scène of operattons has bcon removed to such a distance from Richmond that it is generally, undurstood f rom the sïtuation it appears to admit only of the severo alternaiive of an i inmediata assault upon the enemy of thu fulliog back to onr linea The Examiner also says it is since'Oly to be hopi'd that tho ability of our Generáis and the dnunll ss courage oi tho Southern armies will eoon relieve ihis portion of our Sta'.e froin the pres ence of an army. In them, ander heaven, ia our only hopo. So long as the eneniy holils undtsputed possession ol the lower James River, so long is [ tho capital or the Confederacy menacd. The Examiner says that oat of about l,50Q oacried into iction by General i Pryor, 814 rere killed or wounded. The Examiner thus heads its account of MuClellan's having secured his dosirablo new position : " TheKicbmond Lines ;" ' The Enerpy on a BBW Line oí Dtff'ense ;" "A Oritical Situation." Th ut a pestüence is dreaded in liirhmond just now wil] bo comprehended from the following brief extnicts : " I he health of tho city vvill suffer unloss some meuns aro cinployed to neutralizo the unhealtbiness which so inauy hospital brinüf." üenoral Beauregard'a wife d:ed in New ürleans, a few days ago. Baliiir.ore, July 12. Presidunt Davis has issued an order to the rebol army,sayingthat, although the}' were greatly outiiuinbered by the enemy, thoy have won a great and glariotis viotory. A.srand and final battle wa3 expucted up to Tuesday morningf, but reports wero fhut out from the lines and nothing could be learned. The Petersburg Ezpress of Mondny say.s from 15,000 to 20,000 reinforcomenta had reached McCUoüan, and that the James River was almost bridged with trausport8.

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