Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-04-30

.-.-, 60 a. we find them, the mora espe-
sisly as in The Iops INN, We "es' 90 50, "Hei VIC Inv
n, at Things are consfcersOy miAeo up LII Genei
ard although generally favorable, are net uniVsr
eaAy ..-.s
Th.y have gone quite we could have desired,
.ther in the South wes Eastern North Carolina ana
vi gina Tho high sage of waeT in the western I"ers
especially tie Cumberland and the Tennessee, mas peen Ia
feurshs To the enemy enabling them to pash down into
ro-h.- Alabena and Mississippi and threaten lines
. points Inaccessible to them Their land forces
,s have exh bied than usual activity and it must al
n he that the fact of many Yankee roncads
getting past Vcksburg, well calculated to give us serh
ous uDessfness since Civ FAERAGur sufficient force
TO virtually contr Mississippi River between Fcks-
hnr. and Port Pudscn cutting of rendering precarous
our with Arkansas Texas Western louis'
Ana an souri, and subectn Matches and other towns
70 b. ent while the plantations on ard near the V
s wall be exposed destructive raids, and n manv cases
INNS, be the time and the carried in
to the interior However unless transports be run
past our batteries there viii bs troops to make land
ing sufficient force to operate at distance from the
aest and little advantage IN military point OF ne" can
be derived by enemy beyond the power OF nteuptng
sur with the trans Mississippi Department
Perhaps getting more clads past cur batter
vicksburg FAREAGuT be reinforced to feel
himseH able to make combined attack upon our Port
hudson batteries, from both above and below.
The movements Of the enemy In Tennessee anc upper
Hsissppi are also becoming threatening as they
haye alveys been aboat this RosKCkAHz evil
IDENTIFY receiving large and some means Will
bs tried to JOHNSTON and ERAa9 to fall back and
leave road open Chattanooga, whereby the enemy
hopes to strike Of the Confsderacy, and
fAus il in Nothing has actually been accomplish
"a by the enemy sufficient compensate then
for their failure Charlie ston, and indeed nothing at all
any great importance In sef has been done but is
be denied that the tendency Of things there has not
been favorable weeks The running of
batses-he destruction recapHre of prize boats
the DIANA Indiaroa and Queen of the West the daring
operations Of parties Of Federal troops operating beyond
their lines all indicate bold and determined effort by
the enemy before the seky season. and the time for tie
expiration Of the term of enlistment of great number Of
their soldiers. We will, between and the first Of
Jane have opportunity of judging Of the
Of the reported oppoGion to- sickness of the in the
" Great Northwest" by observing to what extent the
officers and from that section the Federal
army. We think that great many more Of them win
enlist than Bangune friends at the South have any
idea Of We do trust that turn out to be Mistaken
but fear that viii not Some wlgo ont and stay out
and considerable movement and change will take place.
doubt, but there win be permanent dsban
nsnt Let hope that there may be-in fact let
hope for the best but look out and be prepared for the
Befst.
The great Yankee failure Charleston put Foster
in position to hold his ground in North Carolina
and wsuld though the Yankee reenforcements
sm South Carolina and elsewhere had placed them in
position to be able to bae the efforts Of LoNGsTREET and
HILL, measarably at least.
The fall Of the Southwestern tributaries of the Mississp
pr viii force the enemy to fell back before midsummer,
while the sckness the main stream will either compel
the suspension operations against Port Hudson vcks
hlrg sweep away the attacking armies to the grave
This viii compel change Of the main field of operations
and transfer the seat eff hostisE to East Tennessee
Eastern North Carolina ard Virginia, the Kappa
hanneck the Peninsula and possibly to Ken
tucky and Western Virginia The coast eouth Of Cape
Fear the shores OF the Mississippi the lines of the South>
western tributaries Of the Mississippi WILL in all probabi
ty, be abandoned by the enemy for tine, and the great
battles Of the be fought the plains of Middle
Tennessee the rolling ground of the pedmontane