Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-03-27
forming tho immediate ARMY Of RoSesranz'
considerable foresB stationed in

forming the lmmeo1sss etus Va
there are considerable forssu stationed IN
many town. Of Kentucky, and along the hnes
Of railroad to keep communications open
On thu whole, from the Chesapeake VEST
ward to Cairo, there must be in our imme-
dia,e font, sw.itine The spring campaign,
about 300 900 men in arms. At ossro oeg'nS
that n ,rtion Of tbs line which stretches DOWN
the Mississippi, partly Oh the river ara part
IL ON either bank, sAoat or ashore, on Inc
Yazoo Pass. or the various ,tber sluggish
cid. streams which flow cut Of the great
rive. snd into it sgsir, oil shess forces 'end-
in, :, concentrate up"n Vickssurg and Fort
Uuason sai 20 cpsu tie way to New dreams
vh,re ar Amy waits t. co-'peIs's' lee
,,;ee n, the river. in Tennessee. Nj sias'pp
Missouri; A,k.npas and Lou;sisns, u2'er
Grant. Sherman. McIlsrnnnt, Banks can
-. =. oz;in.,et at less thsn 300 900 more.
| They asve been diligently e"p'"y.d IN eS-
,,or,nr routes, sccumuia,iag supplies, open
Ing new "passes" Of wsssr communication t"
bring guneoAts upon every iaan > p'arss''oa
and now, with the opening Of the spel7g snd
The drying o! The roads 60 az to cradle land
troops to cooperate With the river forces,
We have nothing 70 expect but a renewal OF
tho asss lts on our fortified ports
As for the blccksding t-ess On the Cult
| and tho Atlantic, We have lss to fsar f"' Z"
| RnmherS
pcnbo.ts Ehcl enable the enemy TO hover
around and da,t in, by ,iver OF iagoon'
wherever they find our people untrepsrad.-
On that side also they ha7s not been idle
they have expl,ie1 Tie rivers f North Caro-
Iino, an6 th. inieta which indant the coasts
of Georgis and South Ca olins: in florids
they have chased away tas Inhabitants
hons sless and half naked into the interior,
ard have provided eunbcAls &c ravsse plan
ta;inn- I'D support tbs -t5nciaes OF negro
| &c .ioi.i..a." Anothe: great army - now
,h.estpning our c"mm 1Hicstious distributed
! as.vsrn S,ifAk, in Virginia, and New bern, IN
North C.roli.a; it msy amount. in the whole,
T., sixty thousand men; End is INTENDED to
take poseeesi"n Of the rsilyoai sons~here
bs;w.en Gyldsbarc' ara he Virginia line,
thus c;utiag u Contamination With cot
Day. 81 The ION feiarsey. This last ssny,
with is attendant fsst may he ssid to com
o!,,e his c:.cia, 81 it slrnoss touches the
.c-ani am cf &c ,Pct'mcc" on tho
Ohssapsske.
suca is Il, ;,nu.ns. rnr ~ If wsr which
we have to face. ard all 81 "f ca eli rccnd-
1t would DO poor policy to pndervalue the
resources or Tho courage Of our enemy; it
ia safest to dsSelievc in the stokes OF "de-
mnrslzatiun" &c, a0d to assume that these
armies o. men tr.ns, lsnt' d from their homes,
and r;acsd nnder the cent-nl nf Generals,
will act 50 c:h,r masscs q! men n s;'n;.sz
ci,cu INST ,rceg have evsr j >ne; and will fight
when ordered They prnhsHl7 care little
more about the pesce+pscn!s:icus Of their
politicians at home than our soldiers care
about the corresponding bsbsle Of theirs
The c.mpaisn now opening will BE season
Of heavy and desperate fighting; and it is .
gall.r. sight to see bow ch-esful'y and gai'y
on. noble troops wslccmo tie .ri:i Wher-
eves the enemy BIS yet put himself il no
ton h. has found moro than bis match to
meet him. Fiishugh Lse's csrsi:y, with the
artillery OF glorious Pelham. rent the a'st su-
daciors expedition hssdiopg Access The Rap
p.asnncck again. The >hund:rs Of Fort Penn
Der ton, d. living back tie bia,k gunboats up
into tie Cclipate-. bsve besn ecSosd by the
rosr Of Port Hudson batteries, beating back
toe fset enc Amy If Banks and Farrsgut-
Vickeburg site silent on be. bills and waits,
while Mobile, Savannah and Charleston seem
to securely defy all attack. For, so far, the
ring CT our l;nss is unbr ken. When bToken
we believe it will be Eom witoiu, outward.
Tho Confederate people bave borno the bun.
ADD seattle f way lons eaough t is the
turn Of Illinois. Ohio and Pennsylvania.
In any event. ala visions of pesce had better
Yanlsh; We are a5 nut to hsvo tie hercest
campaign Of The ws..