Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-04-22

The last mail brought US several letters from
friends in our regiments near Charleston. One
says, naler date ths fsst. snd-T-s1A a.--. s ts.-
est The Yankee iron clads have MI left. Nothing
but few blockaders to be seen off the bar. 1t is
very hot here at tins time" Another friend, writ
ing from James Island, under date the 18th, says:
Lam greatly obliged you for the attention you have
shown IN tUrwardnY papor here, without receiving
any oi The change Of stain ." our brigade
We ulen change suddenly, and sometimes with such
uncertainty l." the pHnt Of destnAn that we do not
have time or thought In give notice Of it and utter having
become tented in camp ag1n. we feel That we may s,'n
be IF point and look it useless TO
hav. address changed You H. therefore. under
these crcas aHres We'll imagine how grateful the sldIer
feels when he binds his track fDuwed surely and
whe that track lies iaud whose peple their Drin
clples aud sympa.hes.. little III unis:n with HIS
own, ard Well calculated to make him feel like ~
stranger strange ANA
Since the attack Yankee ir,n-cadi nnthing has
tra>ptel here Of n,,'re< Whether thtt attack has es
tablshed tie lmpregna'ty Ct Charleston t. any similar
attack may be considered snlved, but whether would
b. inScgnabie "a twenty Mniters, n$eVd OF ten, may
pos.b bly, still rest tor solution At distant FL ure The
Attack, however, has developed this truth to advan.
tage, and to the great. OF the Yankees.
that Monitors not Hrulerab!e, aud with the arma
they have carried, not destructive they
have been represented IL do not like To dispauge what
is regarded great acinereuint IN This rcpu OF the
Yankee Monitors. BIZ, arprehensvc thai the sniy
eci it viii produce upon The Yankee government. will
be the couv,cto that The Of a lure in reducing
For, Sucter and cnp'nring Chsrestun, was, that their
armada not sufficiently formidable From what
have Of the land defences. and trn information OBJ
tained from Intelligent sources. with troops sufficient to
them. IL would be ain iinposs:blity for the
Yankees take Charleston BY land attack. This Island
is literally covered by single bLterles, winch DIT the sur
face IKE lhe compost heaps plantation beid besides
the long lines Of eartwrkS c,nnecting other batteries
that extend r'n end Of the Island the other OH
points Of land approach equally we'll defended The
vas, preparations that have b.su and that still
going on To extent defend the City ought TO in
spre its cze> with Of utter security and it il
said that has had thai ect-at least that impression
they strive to make when questioned the subject yet
1t docs nn exist IN my opuiun, IN any stronger degree
than the feeling entertained BY the citizens of Viii
miugOn when Their Ci,y threatened. 1t is trne
large number Of The people sf Wilmington are refugees
bul II owing ,nalny To Gen. Writings repeated and
persevernx efforts induce them to luke refuge else
where 49, 4.
We recently had several days of beautiful weather.
TIE and win basmy halo that QaddenB tire
heart and n,skes bear hpef " the and shrub
berry putting forth rapidly, and bLsnms
nuse the with fragrant ods, ye; the land scape here
dull and aaeasng and Vii those pleasant inspirations
cannUt make nsensole the desOation which ap
pears throughput this prosperous island In every
part, destruconwasefu the spats
where ir.ps have beeS; and With the Abandoned
hues, make desoation ptabe aud eorrowfnl in the
extr0ne, =,
When next get the Staadald hope it will convey the
joyful tidngs If the capture If Washington called tv our
Charleston friends tppa Cay in North. Carolina