, 1863-06-24
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE "a; 1868.
TIE NENS 9.

1Mmedi0tcly IN Inc tc2f o1 Ala loF- Els |
position is claimed to he irnpregnable in
tho rear. In front, be says. himself, he
*thas $4,000 prisoners, who are temporarily
boarding themselves" We shall be en-
1irely willing, however, to see Gen. Grant
assume the part Of boarding them. Ac-
counts relative TO Jo Johnston arc con-
dictingg, but do not point to any immediate
prospect Of his attacking Grant, aud still
less to q prospect Of his SUCCESS in that
line. It will be a good rule for our read
err, however, in the face OF all that pre-
sents itself In Mississippi, to keep up
moderate anxiety in behalf OF Grant, it is
70 easily disposed Of in case be succeeds,
snd is IN excellent safeguard against any
sudden shock Of bad tidings, :,
The news from Pennsylvania and Vir-
,ginia is still mudd1e, where it is not q |
znazc. Gen. Hooker was in Washington
yesterday, and returned to his camp last
night. There is no further light thrown |
on tue situation. The Penngylvanfans |
were in the midst Of another scare yestcr-
day, and this time 1t was Pittsburgh that
was to be destroyed. The inhabitants Of
That smoky city have fallen at work dig
,Eing like moles, and the hills round about
their many chimneyed town already hustle
with preparation and will soon bristle
with cannon. The rebel cavalry who ven-
1u1e up the Monongahela with an idea Of
taking Pittsburgh by surprise, will return
shorn Of that idea, even # they return at
all.
"John," said careful father, what are
you doingf" "Nothing," answered the
lad. "And, Jim," what are you doine9"
*'rm helping John" was the reply. The
rclels gre bowling at Bragg 1or doing no.
thing. It lily becomes loyal men to growl
at Rosecrans, who is certainly helping
.B,cw. The presence and high state Of
readiness Of our noble Murreesboro army
is holding Bragg idle with an immense
rebel army, and keeping them from CO.
operation with Johnston against Grant.
IF the latter succeeds, then will be Rose
Grams time for blow at Bragg. In the
event Of a nislap at Vicksburg, Rosccrans
is far enough south, and his army should
be fresh and ready for any emergency that
tie new crisis may present hosecrans Is
hclping Bragg do nothing most efectually,
and cannot just now be better employed, =
The Kentucky scare has seen the bottom
fall out again. John Morgan has led his
horse thieves back across the Cumberland.
An enrolling officer in Lawrence County,
in this State bordering on Southern 1ndi-
ana, reports startling aspect Of affairs in
Orleans Just orcr the line Of the latter State,
both from the presence Of rebels and exist
cnce Of rebel sympathizers. The thing
will be attended to promptly by the au-
1honties. These rebel raids may be Of
good service after all, On the principle Of
m eve stone, that, travelling round under
1he eyelid, collects upon itself foreign and
pcrnicious bodies. Let few rebel squads
drop in upon the border tiers Of counties,
and give our Copperheads chance to be-
tray their af1initcs, and then we can clear
both styles Of rebels out altogether.
One Of the most brilliant and decisive
naval affairs Of the war is chronicled in
full elsewhere. It was previously reported
that the famous Savannah rebel ram At
lanta had been captured by one Of our
vessels. It proves to have been the Wee
hawken Monitor that was too much fol-
the rebel iron-clad, formerly the steamer
Fingal It is the first decisive victory o1
iron-clad over non-clad. The rebels havc
not been happy in their ram speculations,
and the encouragement is very poor for
them to return to that kind Of mutton The
official dispatches Of Admirals Dupont and
Lee are gwen elsewhere
The question Of Emancipation in his
:sou1i has been wrought into q tangible
form in the State Convention, now il
session at Jefferson City, and the people
are to vote upon it. We give elsewhere tlt
TWO proposed schemes, one. comprising {
plan for Emancipation in 1876, and tht
other for liberation at once, and appren
ticcshlp afterWard Tor the peiaoa un1ll LII
year above named
An important elmpSo 'o'o tne secie
history OF tue reoelhon is 1e1erreo 70 o. II
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