Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-08-14
Army correspondence Of the ohar,.,,on c.

ne ueA' sixty days VIII PROBABLY witness soroaoFu
ucst important events in the history of tbe OotGe
racy. Affairs at home and abroad bavo oonlede.
magniud9 which is not to be lightly considered rs
eWed IN connection with the results that seem
impending. La the South we look upon a vornny
tlon strong in every sense, and conscious of its I'd
auou' en.ieing upon an offensive policy which will gu
teach our enemy the bitter lessons of Invasion W.
nat OF the Chief has already gone FORTH aud the
are mastering. Where the blow will be srncl, "a
moi for the present hour to reveal At the North rs
paraytlc stroke received by its boosted armv 'ae
ncnnon1 IS ye' qIi,Verlhg IN everylimb sBGncss
at stand still gold Is ebbug and flowing In the
of SPECTATORS but rising with every tide mno|os
lions have ceased public confidence is shaken "
eminent measures are viewed askauca ;recrutn' CIV
on but slowly, and principally under the jmne,s'Ss
the almighty dollar the conservative element q oas
beginning to assert itself, and the demands for So,
ment OF the question without resort to further SI
are made IN higher quarters the tolies of Tho FJ,
Congress are just bursting in iu force upon the %
and for the first time the country realizs the tGPT
able obstacles that prevent the accomplishment of b
object towards which they first 50 blindly startaS vac
The Federal army in the Peninsula aumbers nroh,,,-
not more than seventy five thousand men. Tbo+ y.
Pope and Mcdowell conformity does not exceed o,.~
thousand and there are probably not more than tl
thousand in the city OF Washington. The three my
dred thousand fresh men called into the field bv tho I
requisition of Lincoln will be useless Tor at least on
months to come, and in the meanwhile or own well
disciplined veterans being concentrated preparaor
TO further aggressive movements 10 Europe the nroS
ects of our national recognition are more encourarn,
than overland it will be the honorable WHEREBY
it occurs because at the point of the bayonpf
Although Southern accounts of the late battles have
not yet reached Eng land and France portion OF tho
gratifying truth is already apparent to our allies and
they have discovered that their hopes of spse IL t
mutation OF the war are without the slightest 0unda
ton. Judging from the tone of the English press The
attitude OF English statesmen the demands of a suH r.
nor WACO ,tinir>o hr,
iesut-interference. A few weeks will probably brine
to willing the intelligence that the molten +,
this end promised to be made in Parliament by Mr.
Gregory, has prevailed, and before ninety days have
elapsed may have laundering before the gates Of orr
bOckaded ports the guns OF the French aud glsb
laets. For more than this we have no desire Omen
ports, give the necessaries OF life Qt which vp
have been meaSuraby deprived reduce the eltravag,n
prices that are now depressing the peo le aud aodu
an outlet tor our pent up productions, and ak no
further odds. We have fully demonstrated cue ability
10 take care OF ourselves in all other respects and before
another twelve months has rolled around we shall have
added half dozen fresh examples OF our proves to
those already upon the record.
One evidence of our remarkable success is that The
seige OF Richmond has been abandoned and the enemy
are upon the defensive. believe l hazard n1hing in
saying that Mcclellan is now stealthly evacuglnp
Berkeley and WestOver. Over one hundred and seven
ty transports and menOtwar In the James River in
his i'm mediate vicinity. What is their object unless il
be remove the Federal troops and to do it as rapid
~ as possible What can be gained by the YankQe
Commander by keeping an army Of seYenty-fve thou
sand men cooped ~ a few hundred acres of land,
when further change Of base" to Fortress Monroe
Newport News, Norfolk or other points secures him
advantages by far superior to those he possesses in his
present situation. Still urher General Pope is srv
ing might and main to strengthen his position at ad
Court House, and to this end is ga herring all avail
able reinorcements. Who is more valuable TO hin
than McClellan or who mere important 10 Mcclellan
thap Pope. 1t may be that they are preparing TOR
demonstration at antipodes, and that elr attacking
columns will erdeav0r TO advance respectively from The
| North and South of Richmond. | believe however,
that our chiefs too willy to permit such diversion
of Federal forces, and before such movement Can be
made the other of these armies will he IN our
clutches
Much is daily transporting that should not find its
way into the newspapers. Life and hustle are manifest
among the troops Fresh men are rapidiy flnI up
our ranks and changes Of an important being
made daily In every view Of affairs oar prOsp cls
never looked brighter than they do the present
ment.
The features Of toe war in the West are not less
encouraging The recent advance and successes o Nor
gan and Forrest Significant indication OF the aggs
sve policy developed here, and may be regarded
premoato"y symptoms Of the vaser operation that viii
soon follow. yesterday heard prominent Statesman
and soldier say that III sixty days from there would
MT be left vestge OF Federal rule between the OdiJ
river and the Gulf of Mexico, except on the border Of
the mississippi New Orleans is useless already Mem
phis will oe equally as base of operations. When.
ever Bragg COmme ces his tour OF inspection tie
destruction of the leading rail roads and lines Of
muaicatioD, will compel Buell. and his army to IA.
rapidly back towards bis own country flr subsistence
10 regain Nashville is mere matter Of time Fede
raj rcnorcements will pour in there very slowly. The
capture OF Cincinnati is almost certain, and thus we
shall, in measure, be repaid for the loss Of New
Orleans Such good fortune will, at least give Us a
hostage for cur Crescent City and bold in check The
atrocities now being perpetrated by the Yankee brute
Butler. These fOreshadowings not half so clmcrl
cal as they seem.
Speaking of Butler, it is strongly inimated that tlt
President will shortly issue proclamation den0uncn-
him as an outlaw, and Indirectly counenancng BIZ
assassination by man, woman or child he origin d
the statement unable to give, and mention it only
for what it is worth. Pope is also under the ban Q
popular hate, and should he fall into the hands OF GU
soldery, especially those who come from the peighbo
hood in which he is pursuing his tyranuica eXos'es
he will probably meet with short shri without til
benefit OF a clergyman. Society has use FIR sue
men. Batter, Pope, Grant and Geary, are names tia
will go down to posterity only because they ira
nous. There is probably not one OF these men WI
will not come TO violent death. Certain parties hay
already volunteered to exterminate them the frs
opportunity. Both New Orleans aud the Federal arm
in Virginia hold men who will not hesitate to give
God speed to the balls they aim at the hearts OF the
heDtS in human shape.
Everything is quiet on the front Last night aboa
midnight We were entertained Tor an hour and Ia
, with heavy cannonade in the vicinity OF BeIk t.,
but the cause has not transpred. The general supp
sitio1 is that the gur boats engaged sheug ID
woods, supposiDg that our troops were about to int
, fere with their process OF evacuation. PERsONNE-
MCCLELLAN's PERsoESEL.-A Misrepresentation exists
to the personal appearance of the Juvenile Napoleon
among the many who have had an opportunity
Looking at him, except paper. Instead of black hi
moustache and goatee, those copous appe1dsges II
sandy Order the hair of the head being shndc darker a
that the lip He is unblessed with whiskers exce
Of patchwork order which he usually keeps out of X
tence for srategca purposes, being always inclined