The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-05-26
The Summer Campaign.

The Richmond Eaqairer of 18th
inst. confirms the following editorial
article
/" There is evidently to be mn active
SIMMER campaign The plan Of the
enemy seems 10 be to keep our atten-
ton constantly excited At every point
al once, so that no part Of our whole
width Of frontier may be freed from
the urgent immediate apprehension Of
an attack, Tbcn they can strike
where they think ON line Is the weak
est cr whore orr defenders are least
prepared and if rcpalsea, they can
retire and direct blow at some other
quarter. Ia The meantime they can
bag much plumber ard cause much
sorrow and hear; breaking to our PEG.
pie by expeditions through thinly peo-
Piled regions, destitute Of troops. -
They can also force more and more
on our people within their lines the
hated oath for quiet life and 10 save
their properly from confscation.--
Thus they can both demoialize and
rob Us within our own borders, pre-
pairing all the while for serious assaults
delivering them just when they are
ready and where they choose. 1t is
hard 10 say at what point they are
most active just now. If one looks
soulhweslward, it would seem that he
State Of Mississippi is the region Of
most extensive operations. Immense
armies are gathering around Vicks.
burg and while preparations are in
progress for new assault upon that
1 place, the back country is devastated
aud the people plundered 10y cavalry
raids but at the same moment Char.
lesion is kept on the q,a rire by en-
ergetic preparations for another at
tack. by sea or land, or both ut once.
The object may be TO prevent Gene
raj Beauregarl from sending away
any Of bis troops which now defend
Charleston.
At the same Instant General Burn
side threatens East Tennessee, ami
General Hooker, largely reinforced.
is expected to cross the Rappahannock
somewhere or anywhere from Cnlpep-
/ per 10 Port Royal to keep some OF our
forces employed in th. defense Of
Richmond. Re-inforccments are sent
to Fortress Monroe. The gunboats
are harrassing North Carolina" In
the Raleigh Progress Of the 18Th we
read "The gnnboats continue to
prov up and down the Chowsn and
Parquimous rivers. Five or six
thousand Yankees have arrived at
Plymouth and several gunboats are
on tie sound. There is 40 enemy al
Edeuton or Elizabeth City. They
recently burnt a mill on Gowan river,
The property at Mr.. Hayes, situated
a mile below Winton. Some persons
entertain the idea that the force at
Plymouth mediate an expedition up
the Roanoke river. The great mum
beers Of the enemy's forces and the
multiludes Of their shipping make i!
easy for them 10 carry, on simultan-
eously, dl these operations, and they
do not care for delay. for Il is our peo-
pie who are suffering. not theirs. The
longer the war laals, TIC greater will
be The mass Of plumber obtained, the
more Of the mills, machine shops, and
railroads they will have destroyed,
the more Of our national resources
I they viii have ruined and wasted, and
/ the better chance they viii have for
an irresistible advance al last.
They are in no hurry. Last year
indeed there was urgent haste 10 gei
the rebellion crushed il 80 days Or
ID 90 Now we hear much less Of
that vehement urgency, aud the whole
Yankee nation seeas - baye lad oal