Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-05-21

the Chowan and Parquimols rivers. Thev
steal negroes. silver ware, jewelry, and
. everything they can lay their hands on
and have broken up number of fisheries
They stole some $4,000 worth of iewelry
from man named Cook, breaking up his
furniture and committing other depreda.
tons. In one instance they entered sol
dier's home and broke up he furniture and
crockery, &c.
Five or six thousand Yankees are re-
ported to be in Plymouth, and several gun
boats are IN the sound, There is no enc
my at Edenton and Elizabeth City. They
recently burnt mill on Chowan river, the
property of Mr.. Hayes, situated mile be-
low Winton. Some persons entertain the
idea that the force at Plymouth mediate
an expedition up the Roanoke river. The
great numbers of the enemy's forces and
the multltudes of their shipping make il
easy for them to carry on, simultaneously
sii these operations, and they do not care
ior delay, for II is our people who are suf-
ferlng, not theirs. The longer this STYLE
of warfare lasts, the greater will be the
mass OF plunder carried North, the more
OF the mills, machine shops, and railroads
they will have destroyed, the more of our
national resources they will have ruined
and wasted, and the better chance thev
will have for an irresistible advance at
last.
They are in no hurry. Last year IN
deed there was urgent haste to get the re-
belllon crushed in 80 days, or in 90. Now
we hear much less of that vehement ur-
gency, and the whole Yankee nation
seems to have laid out its accounts for war
as the settled business of life, rather than
consent to peace and separation. They
are perfectly willing to fight upon the pre-
sent system tor 20 or 40 years. They are
willing during all that time to go on sub
mlttng to such defeats as they have sus-
tanned at fredericksburg and on the Rap
pahannock, because by these defeats they
loose not foot of ground. They lose
nothing but men, and men are of less val
ne to them than to us to kill 1000 South
ern soldiers they would be willing at any
time TO sacrifice 5000 dessiaps to sus,ain-
repuise, which they would, however, rep
resent as mere retreat tor strategic rea
sons. and rather honorable than otherwise,
and they would regard the transaction as a
rather paying one on the whole. One
thousand gallant Southern lives lost to Ms
are III balanced by the killing of 5000 of
their base hirelings. Jackson alone is a
dearer loss 70 US than Gen. Hooker and
his whole l50, 900 would be to them. and
then speculate that it may be Lees turn
next, or Longstreet's, and that, at any
rate, they are killing us slowly off, and
they are in the meantime, stealing much
and running more, and their women and
children are safe al home-many of them
dressed better than ever before, in the
spolls OF our homes: while the Confederate
women and children are routed out of
house and home, and dressed like wild
beasts. In short, if we can endure this
war Tor the next half century, they can
and they will wish us joy of our victories
and our glory. We urge nothing, suggest
nothing, want nothing, only state the facts.
Sach 3 the policy of the enemy. Such is
his calculation, such is his interest and
intent.