Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-04-01
The Situafion-The News.


The situation-The News.
There is every indication now that the campaign
will speedily open in the South West The enemy
have evacuated Pensacola, retaining possession only
Of the navy yard, Forts Barrancas and Hyacnth
The bulk Of his force at that point has been sent to
strengthen Banks, who, since his late repulse at
Fort Hudson, has summoned all the troops within
his reach to aid in another and more formidable
eort to reduce that stubborn barrier to his on to
yicksburg." The situation at Vcksburg remains
unchanged. Grants army still occupies the penin-
sula opposite the town, absorbed in grand scheme
Of internal improvement deepening and widening
With nick and spade, an artificial channel for the
Father of Waters On the 25th inst, two gunboats
endeavored to pass down the river one was sunk
ornosite our batteries and the other, seriously dis
abled. was towed away to prevent her capture by
o0r pupboats. Grant will doubtless regain mac
five until the fate of the Yazoo river expedition is
fully decided This expedition is quite formidable,
consisting Of Aelve or fifteen thousand troops and
ten or twelve gunboats. 1t was,ftted out with the
view of cutting off from Vcksburg supplies from
the rear, and destroying our defencessop the Yazoo
and its tributaries The latest intelligence is quite
gratifying indicating as it does failure of the
scheme Beaten back by our batteries at the mouth
Of the Tallahatchie stated in our last ISSUE this
Federal hotiua has sustained, it seems, another
severe repulse. Dispatches vary somewhat con-
corning the locality One states that the battery the
Yankees endeavored to pass stands at the junction Of
Deep Creek with Sunaower river thirty miles above
its junction with the Yazoo; while another speaks
Of the enemy being foiled in his attempt to enter
Sunaower river" However this may be, three of
their gunboats were destroyed and several barges
captured.
In Virginia the situation remains unchanged.
From Tennessee we learn that the enemy are Still
in possession of Mu:freesboro'. Rosencrans was
moving heavy force ON left flank in the direc-
ton of Columbia, with the purpose apparently of
/ ehectiug TsiSaeIou with Grant and causing our
army to fall back on Bridgeport. We have no It'd
ings of any counter movement on our part but
presume our Generals are wide awake. The enemy
have 5000 infantry stationed at Gala tin to guard
the Louisville Road-were laying waste the coun-
try north of the Cumberland, and had destroyed
the railroad and turnpike bridges Stones river
between Murfreesboro' and Nashville. In Florida
fight is imminent near Jacksonville. The Yankees
had advanced towards the interior, burning houses
and tearing UP the railroad, but were fired on by
our troops and retreatcd to the town, which they
ssA occupy. The quiet that reigns along our
Atlantic border may be broken at any moment.
Conjecture as to its duration is idle. At Savannah
two captains and six privates of the 48th n Y.
Regiment were captured on the 25th inst.
The Richmond Examiner thus speaks Of Charles
| ton: "The military authorities are alive to the
crisis, and the movements there have been directed
with great activity and vigor. Until the proper
time the people must not know what preparations
satisfied to know that al is well and everything as
favourable as could be desired"
We can say to our readers that we believe that
they may cherish their best hopes Of the result at
Charleston, and that they may look for exciting
news from that quarter at any moment
Later from the West.
Dispatches to the Progress state that Gen. For
rest captured eight hundred prisoners and seventeen
loaded wagons at Brentwood, on the 25th inst He
also burned the railroad bridge and destroyed a
large quantity of commissary stores. The rumor
mat Gen. Humphrey Marshall nad captured the en-
tire command of Gen. Samuel Carter of East Ten
nessee notoriety, has not been confirmed. Morgan's
late fight lasted six hours. He had driven the ene-
my two miles, when they were heavily reinforced
and held their position. Our loss in officers was
heavy.
From the North.
Maj. Gen. Sumner is dead Burnside has gone
! West to succeed Gen. Wright, with authority to
have headquarters at St. Louis. Gold declined to
145, closing 1883. Exchange $780,
:. Advices from Europe uninteresting.