Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-07-09
The Bane and Antidote.


Manchester Railroad and and heard mngng of good
and bad that produced strange effects upon those
who received it. The passengers from Wilmington were
jubilant LEES reported victory in Pennsylvania
while those Knge depressed by the idea that
Vicksburg had fallen Our first impulse in presence Oh
any startling news ia to and VICES
burg eu fallen? Somehow did not think SO, although
we had the word reabe gentleman for the laeg
ed fact for reliable gentleman was on board and we
saw him with eyes, both wide OPEN The reliable
gentleman knew that had been teegrsphed to the PRESS
and he further graciously added that General JOHNSTON
Auant General Vouched for the statement Now this
not SO, and the reliable gentleman was somehow mis-
taken or misinform ed-relabe gentlemen apt
to be There is nothing impossible. Vicksburg may
have fallen but do not think has, The account was
sent North Friday, for some purpose. Gentlemen
who left Jackson Friday, heard nothing of it. It
comes in questionable shape.
Still there may be something in it. We fear that there
The from that vicinity be unsvourable and pro-
baby unfasourabe, but have every to hope
and that it is nothing like bad the fall of Vcks
burg would amount TO.
The glorious news from Pennsylvania andote to
she depressing from Vicksburg. ia true have
no official information from General LEE, and differ
may be made in the details but the fact to be
upquestionable that there has been battle rather
battles between the Confederate army under Cen
eral LEE and the Federal army under General MEADE and
that the struggle resulted in victory for the Coned
SIDE exceeding in its decisVeness and its fruits
battle war. Our loss in killed and wounded
has heavy-that of the enemy enormous, while the
number prisoners taken by must have been something
than comIaOny surprising since report persists in call
ing forty thousand. Why the prisoners refused to be
paroed the reports state, must for the present.
Iaan mystery and is the only thing that appears to
throw doubt upon the ofrepeated statement of the
render Of forty thousand Federals Why forty thousand
men should throw down their arms unless they tired
Of the and wanted to home, to inexpca-
he yet their refusal to be paroed puts the only
sonsble explanation out of the way
The capture of forty thousand in battle, Or indeed
in any way hing almost inconceivable NAPOLEON
never that many At the famous capitu
Iaton Ulm 1903 General MACK, with nearly thirty
thausand surrendered to NAPOLEON being completely
in by the forces of the great Emperor
and this capture of MAcKs army is looked among
the greatest achievements of EAPoLEoNs whole life. He
never elsewhere took as many prisoners.
Gettysburg in the vicinity of which place the recent
great battles sad to have taken place the capital
Adams County PennsylVsnais ten to fifteen miles from
the ne and has heretofore only been known
the seat of obscure college, The county, which is
about half the of New Hanover, contained in 1850
some twentysix thousand inhabitants land fertile
and largely cultivation. About Gettysburg the
country is rolling and generally cleared, in this respect
differing from almost all the other batefelds of the
war, giving the commanding General a chance to sur
vey the whole field and work out great combinations
under his own eye. The impossbility Of doing this
has accounted some for the indecislveness
OF previous Confederate victories This victory
not to belong to the former category Of barren
trumphs and, if much has been done, may
be sure that still Will yet be accomplished
The end is yet, General LEES calculation is not
yet worked What it may include in its resulting
consequences know not !; but this much do
know-that if the accounts have received are true,
MEADE played out sooner than HOOKER PORE
BURNSIDE and not only MEADE but MEADEs army esv-
ing actually army stand between LEE and his Objects
for hardly say that there number
sylvana New York militia that could arrest the march
Pnia.
We await news from the North and from the West with
almost equal anxiety.
P. S. Vicksburg fell the 4th-and JOSEPH E. JOHN
SION is great General-to DO nothing
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