Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-03-07

of the West so be it but the vision we
sec on the Mississippi does not look very
like exhaustion or despair on the part of the
foe just yet.
"And again, look to tho mouth of the
mighty river. New Orleans is not maiden
city, alas the base rag that has so often
been rent and tramplcd before Richmond
and before Vicksburg flies from all the
towers of that dcflowercd city. Hordcs of
hungry Yankees, armed to the teeth, sit in
the shade of her orange groves, and station
negro guards over the mansions of her no.
blest citizens. All her best and fairest have
to lament every day that their goodly city
had not been laid in ashes before it became
a haunt of obscene creatures. No sign of
| relaxation there And, but short way off,
Mobile, by the shores Of her spacious bay,
keeps diligent watch and ward, expecting,
in the light of each morning sun, to see the
thricc-nccurscd stars and stripes cleaning
| through the smoke of n bombarding squad
ron. All along the Gulf, and round the
coast of Florida, this omniprescnt enemy,
who is said to have just been playing his
last card, is shutting up every river and
planting his guns on every strong place.
Savannah shut in from the sea by Fort
Pulaski, in the hands of the same inveterate
| Yankee listens for the first boom of the ar
tillery that is to level her walls with her
sandy soil and Charleston, grimly calm,
but with beating heart, stands waiting the
onset of the great armada. Those few acres
of old Oyster Point, it seems already swept
and devastated by conhagrations, are to be
the object and prize of the most potent ar
mament by far that American waters have
ever seen. This very moment, it may be,
the black Monitor batteries are stcaming
| hni S,,,,, ,tpr nd No eli upc pt
relaxation or of encouragement and despair
in the enemy here Pass further, and you
will find the whole coast from Charleston to
Norfolk, and every river to the head of
tidewater, and every creek and sound form
ed by the sea islands, swarming with their
gunboats and transports, ready to pour in
masses of troops wherever there is a chance
of plundcr, bridge burning and general
havoc.
"From Norfolk all around by Chesapeake
and Potomac we are guarded by gunboats
and no living thing (savc skulking Snug
glcrs) suffered to enter or 90 out. On the
Rappahannock two hundred thousand mer
wait for u drying wind to move 'on tc
Richmond' once more, led by a gcnninc
apostle Of cxtermnation At last the savage
aboltionists of Massachusetts, have the right
man in the right place Heretofore they
, nave rather wished the uC[Cat OF l4lnCOln
, generals on the Potomac, because they
, seemed to be soldiers and not thieves OF
assassins but with Hooker they feel al
F home under Hooker the count upon own
ing southern plantations and giving law tc
, southern vassas. To possess himself of tht
+ property of others genuine Yankee vii
perhaps even ,fgIt.
n "And Northwestern Virginia is desoateC
: by Milroy and his men, and Kentucky anC
the half of Tennessee, the richest and faircs
lands of all the West, are entirely in thu
clutch of the enemy, while the rivers bring
! them up fleets of Transports and Rosecrans
,, with another large army, threatens to SWEEP
: all opposition from his path and join tn
!. other brgands who arc crowding upol
, Vicksburg.
: where, in all this wide circuit, does tn
, invasion seem to be fainting or givin.
. ground2 All round the border, and i'll til
. very heart of the Contcderacy, the foot o
! the enemy is planted and his ielon flag flies
- and it means subjugation and determination
y 1t is, indeed, the third stage of the war, an
> we believe the last but the struggle will b
-, desperate. IF it be the last card it is on
= on which the stake is life or death, honor O
= shame-either our name and nation will b
eXtinguishcd in q night of blood and horror
or else a new sovereignty, the newest, faires
: proudest will take her seat among the pow
r ers of the earth with the applause Of ma
:, and the blessings of Heaven"