Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-06-11

Tup FAYETTEVILLE Observer of yesterday has arti.
Gle of some length headed Parties" end devoted main
" 70 sore remarks which appeared last week in the
IournaI in reference to the Virginia election and the
introduction of party feeling into that election We
are willing to let our first remarks go for what they
may be worth If they right, they require no Dol
STEERING up. If they are not right belsering up
will make them We only refer TO the matter at all
for the purpose OF setting the Observer right mat
ter of fact. 1t says that the Richmond Enquirer the
Richmond Sentinel ard " others of that sort had
dered the people of Virginia to vote for named
MUMFoRD candidate for Governor On the contrary
the Sentinel supported Gen. SMITH and there wee no con-
cert of action whatever between the papers of that
Sort the Observer snesriDgy desgnates those former
~ attached to the Democratic party We saw IN the
Lynchburg Virgintan, the Richmond Wing, and other
papers of the party, appeals for support for MIR
FLoURNoY based upon party grounds 1t to this and
not to Mr. FLoURNoYs former politics that we objected
AS outsider we had nothing to do with the election
IN Virginia, but one can wholly dlVest hlnSeil o
feeling in any matter occurring In his sight as II
were and thus it was that almost unconsciousy we
found cn.selves,-nOt a MUMFoRD man, but SMITH
That is to say, e1y preferences we had were IN
Mr.. SMITHS favour they were not very strong how
ever. The Observer must be aware that the Raleigh
Standard referred to Mr.. FLoURNoY as Consesva-
tive, and very ready to raise cry OF exultatlen
on account of his triumph the Destructives -
But-Ba as it turned out that cry wasn't raised No
Daily Journal 9th INST.
GENERAL GRANTS movement against Vicksburg was de-
cdedly the boldes operation of the whole 1t re
future to show whether ia not to be oassed
under the head reckeesness desperation Ii ne takes
Vicksburg viii certainly acquire high position in the
estimation Northern people and Amy. If ne falls
think he viii fall he will fall harder and sink lower
than any military der the continent, Pugnaeout
JosePH BOOKER or Braggadocio PORE, not excepted -
/ GKANT has the very hlwer OF the Yankee army
81 Of the West, sGd has contriyed already tc ge
/, between thirty and forty thousand of them kill
ed or wounded. Unless he takes Vcksburg in week
be cannot take it at ALL end he will probably lose twent!
thousand men in addition those already gene Appar
entity Gen. JOHNSTON confident and have many
troops as he deems since he has sent back tc
Tennessee RKECK1EnIpGEs corps of BpAGG army, which
had been ordered 10 Mississippi OF course we do no
know what force General Johnston has, but we do kno"
that he has some picked not only of orr we@
tern armies but also from the BE has gradus
fed in that great school soldiers The Of Northern
Virginia. GRANT is receiving reinforcemens daily. Hi
army pretty fair army from the specimens have
seen al inclined the opinion that the Western Yam
kee is near or looking than the Eastern Yankee
Mississippi decidedly spe
cmens OF the genus homo Our private impression
of that section of country known tire great North
west" are to tl, effect that it h Inhabited By people f
whom, general thing, We have no manner Of use