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," and did not turn from it. To have been equal to Napoleon, Grant should have got in the rear of Lee, captured his whole force, marched upon Richmond, and entered it without resistance. This was whorced him to call for one hundred thousand fresh men, he would then have done to him exactly what Lee has done to Grant. In 1806, Napoleon threw; his army between the Prussians and their capitalhe battle of Wagram, gained a great victory, and made the peace of Vienna. If Grant had defeated Lee, driven him across the James, seized upon Richmond, crossed the river and annihilated Lee's army,Lee's army, he would have done something very like what Napoleon did in this campaign. If Charles, in these four battles, had defeated Napoleon, turned him off from Vienna, and landed him on the other side of the Danube, he would have done what Lee has done to Grant. The Herald ought to wait to see what object Grant is going to accomplish. In every instance, Napoleon destroyed an army and took a cap
ave her a salute of eleven guns, to which she in the same manner replied. And there she still lays, and probably will continue to stay, unless some dark night be the closing era of her career; for it hardly seems possible that she will be permitted to go as she came; which, by the way, was rather mysterious. As she must have passed around by the western bar, and in any event necessitated passing by several blockaders, and as the night was bright and starlight, this adds to the mystery. Admiral Lee designs taking all possible precaution, and will to-morrow leave this post to visit the blockade off Wilmington. It would seem as if still another was to be added to the rebel cruisers. A few nights ago, a large, fast steamer, carrying at her stern the English ensign, at her foremast the rebel colors, entered the port off Wilmington. Fort Caswell and the battery fired a feu de jois, She is supposed to be a new rebel cruiser, or to have had on board some distinguished, welcome passe
nkroad by Gregg, whom he defeated, bringing off in safety all his captures. The line traveled by General Hampton was about twelve miles long. The following is General Lee's official dispatch: "Headquarters Army of Northern Virginia, "September 17, 1864. "Hon. James A. Seddon, Secretary of War: "At daylight yesterday her's Mill, on the Jerusalem plankroad, but was repulsed and driven back. Everything was brought off safely. "Our entire loss does not exceed fifty men. "R. E. Lee." The prisoners mentioned by General Lee as captured on the skirmish line, belonged chiefly to the First and Second Maryland regiments and Fifth New YoGeneral Lee as captured on the skirmish line, belonged chiefly to the First and Second Maryland regiments and Fifth New York heavy artillery. They were taken in front of Wilcox's division. Persons who have recently visited City Point inform us that the locality would now scarcely be recognized by persons who knew it intimately three or four months ago. An immense wharf has been erected by Grant's orders, extending from the old steamboat landing
Beef for the army. --A large number of cattle and yearlings were driven through this city yesterday morning, on their way to General Lee's army, on the south side of the river. They were a portion of the fruits of General Early's recent engagements with the Yankees in the Valley of Virginia. There need be no apprehension of a scarcity of fresh meat for our soldiers this winter, for already, we have been assured, there has been enough captured from the Yankees to abundantly supply them.
Dispatch: At the suggestion of some friends, I send herewith some account of my treatment while a prisoner in Fort Lafayette; and will state that what is here written is strictly the truth, without exaggeration. I was captured on the "R. E. Lee" and taken to New York. On the transport we (that is, all the prisoners captured,) were treated with great rudeness; the trunks and clothing of some were stolen, even my own cap was stolen from my head, and the officers refused to have it recoNew York we were marched through the streets, some forty being in irons, and carried to the United States Marshal's office. I was asked where I belonged, and upon replying Virginia, without a further word, was set aside for imprisonment. Of the "Lee" party the entire crew were released except the purser, pilot, first engineer and signal officer. Of the passengers, only myself, out of about twelve, was retained, and that without the slightest suspicion or reason, being simply a private passen
A Canadian Eulogy of General Lee. In the New York Metropolitan Record of July 22d we find an admirably written review of the Federal campaign of 1864, copied from the Montreal Telegraph, from which we extract the following: "So far, we repeat, the campaign has failed at all points. The Federal armies have been hurled to certain slaughter by a hardheartedness worse than devilish. No general ever exhibited so great an indifference to the lives of his soldiers as Grant. It is imposthat his army has not fought well, and endured all the hardships, dangers and labors of the campaign with heroism and docility. They were directed by a butcher, and opposed by the greatest general of this or any other age. Posterity will rank General Lee above Wellington or Napoleon, before Saxe or Turrenne, above Marlborough or Frederick, before Alexander or Cæsar. Careful of the lives of his men, fertile in resource, a profound tactician, gifted with the swift intuition which enables a comm