Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-11-24
The News Of the Week.

signs of the times portend that in a week or Al
two W. may expect the abolition armies TO Z
make desperate attacks upon our folces ct
several points. The enemy has made no ;
advances towards Richmond, but on the con >
traiy, there are indications that he is with Il
craving his forces from Northern Virginia c
with a view of renewing his attack upon :
Richmond from the south side. The large !
force he has been concentrating at Suffolk c
and their recent movements, Indicate a juno :
| ton with the army now in Northern Yir-
sinia. !
In our State, the armies operating on the
Tar and Neuse aireIs seem to have gone 10
parts unknown, their whereabouts at present
being urannour ced. 1t is said, however,
ttat a large army of 30, 600, or upwards
has been massed at NeNbern, preparatory
to a trip up the Neuse. The frequent recent
attempts to cross the Blackwatcr, would
seem to pregnosticate an attack on the Rail
roads that i~ntersect at Weldon. Wilmington
will also probably receive their attention
also, as soon as the yellow fyer dissppe IS.
Charleston, Savannah and Mobile are
marked objects for the wrath of the Eandals,
and their Commandment may be locked for
soon. Determined resistance TO the last ex-
%tremity is.the determination OF commanders
and citizens.
The expedition fitting out against Vicks-
burg will soon be ready, so the yankees say.
1t is to be a heavy attack by land aud water,
and they are confident Of success Lut cur
defences have been greatly strengthened there
since the former unsuccessful a.tempt t. re-
duce the city.
The situation Of our armies in the west,
commands the deepest interest at this time.
Gen. Joseph E. johnson has been assigned
to the command, and it is believed that in a
few weeks he will be encompassed with a
yankee force of three hundred Thousand men.
Buells army, $4,000 strong, will be in Mid
die Tennessee, o~ccupyiGg all the territory
: between Memphis and Charleston railroad
l and the Cumberland river, ravagiug North
:, Alabama and threatening Chattanooga and
l East Tennessee. Even now an immense corps,
represented as 60 or 70 900 strong, under
!, Gen. Rosencrantz, is advancing upon Holly
| Springs. 1t is likely that another heavy di
g vision under the command of the same willy
general, will proceed down the Mobile anC
Ohio railroad. Brute Butler is to be largely
: reinforced, thus enabling him to proceed "
the Mississippi river, accompanied by hi
= Aaaf ~ ;,,ooo, .,r.h~r of -,aL -.
+ being built for operations on the river. Vicks
). burg, the heroic city, is to be invested by vas
Q land forces in conjunction with the powerful
fleet under Porter.
Recent advices from Nashville represen
Il a strong probability that that city will beth
!. theatre of active hostilities within a very few
W days. There are said to be about eigh
At thousand Abolition troops in the city. Thes
are under the command of General Negley
% the hers of 'Heg Mountain, near chattanooga
t. His reinforeements are represented as bein
-. cut off on the Louisville and Nashville raj
road, by our bridge burning guerrillas.-
i'd All the roads leading to Nashville arc rep
resented as being strongly invested by OF
n cavalry and we have large picket force
K infantry advanced from Laverne. Gener
to Breckinridge's headquarters are at Murfree
boro', thirty miles from Nashville by the Pill
-.r road, twenty eight by railroad. 1t wou
it appear from this account of the ~situatio
- that the enemy in Nashville is cut off fro
supplies, and is altogether in q light place
k. Hon. VIM. Ballard Preston, one of t
u Confederate Senator's from Virginia, died
,er his residence on the 18th inst. Il
re- The Legislature Of Georgia has elect
Hon. Herschell Y. johnson Confederate Sc
ator from that State.
=. The abolitionists from Suffolk have ma
several attempts recently to cross the BlaC
90 water river and make their way into the /
terror Of the country, bat have been beat
back several times. The last denonstrati
: was on the 18th, when they attempted
! cross at Franklin under cover of shells FRI
/. their gunboats but after two hours res
lance by cur troops, they retired. We c.
tured Il or IA of their men--no loss rep
ted on our side.
Notwithstanding the repeated a~ssertie
that a feet of the eneny's ~vcsse's had
tered James river, persons from Brandon,
=, the 18th, assert positively that there is
fleet in the river, nor has there been.
!" The enemy is making vigorous efforts