The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-06-09 00:00:00

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AMBRICA.—The rinses' New York torrespoodent
writes. May 21rd, that there ban evidently been • swim
of bard struggles on the forty miles of ground between
Vicksburg and Jackson, and antimafia news therefore
from that region is expected almost with feverish
anxiety. But it is Confederate, no Federal, news that
is desired, for no one believes Mr. Stanton's devpstsbes
until they are tionfiroted by private letters and official
documents.
"Manhattan," in • posicript, says;—" Mach is said
about Grant's victory, the danger of Vicksburg, and all
such trash. It will probab/y he contradicted to-morrow;
if not, so mush the better. None believe • word of the
news."

--neetber letter say. :—" In regard to the new call
for troops, the Provoet Manhole hare instructions from
Washington to burry up the enrolment, that a cell of
300,000 men will be made some time in June, or by /Mr
let of July.
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"STONKVALL" JACllloll.—There ia mourning and '
lareentation over him through the leugt4 and breadth
of the Confederacy ; and they may well mourn him, for
they will never look upon his like again. He was cer-
tainly by far the most remarkable military man that
this war has brought into notice, and probably the only
one for whom it has made a lasting reputation. He not
only made his troops dashing, enthusiastic soldiers, but
made them pious like himself, and frequently preached
and conducted prayer meetings amongst them. His
Merrily was so evident, and the fire of his teniperameat
so great, that whatever glowed in him he communicated
to everybody around him. He prayed and groaned
and *readied with the Lord" in Ins tent the night
before each of his dashes, with seri loudness and fervour
that he could be beard for some distance around, but
Instead of seeming ridiculous to the men, they only
found his fervour contrions. Aad be fought as lustily
es he prayed. His Mere were simple—to move swiftly
on iof ii-wr r.l the .0.....000.1a •
long fury, and elm not at its defeat, but its dereliction ;
retreat if overpowered or overmatched with as much
celerity *.h. had advanced, to turn up • few days later '
at some other point, as ardent and impetuous r ever.
This constituted his whole skill ; and, simple as it
seems, the books even add nothing to it. If be could
have applied his system to the whole Southern army,
the North would have by this time been estingaislied.
But to handle • hundred thousand men in this we
ally sts a great genius might find it in Europe, is in the
thinly populated forests of this country and over its
muddy roads, not porble. Jackson was able to wary it
out with ten or fifteen thorned men, but it was only
In action that he could bring hie pruner energy to bear
on large mares. As it was, be was the right arm of
the Confederacy. Davis and Lee probably plan sad
scheme much better than be, for his force did art lie so
much in his bead as in his heart ; but when the osesnesit
, came for execution he to aered head and shoulders above
' everybody else. His will ler so strong that nothing
was impossible to him; and his heart was so thoroughly
in the canes that, possible or impossible, he recoiled
from nothing Met its success seemed to require.—Drly
Naar' Correspondent.