Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-06-29
From the Richmond Examiner, June 10.
The NituatiOn-A Etcbci View of IL.

The Situation-A Rebel View of il.
The news from Port Hudson is cheering, and
imparts a promising aspect to affairs on the
Mississippi. But the situation at Nicksburg still
engrOsses all the solictude of the country IL Is
known that heavy reintorcements are pouring in
to Grant and that large installments from the
command of Rosecrans have been transferred to
the great army investing Vicksburg. Whether
Johnston has, at the last hour been invested with
authority to concentrate the troops of the West
Is the anxious topic of inquiry and the vital ques
ton OF the crisis Ii full powers have been con
ferred at the last moment and if Vicksburg can
hold out until the concentration can be effected.
then all will be well The folly of attempting
to manage from Richmond distant campaign of
infinite importance, has become most painfully
apparent.
Surely We are not at liberty to suppose that the
long period OF warning WAS left uuimproved, and
that Nicksburg is not stored with supplies so
abundant that she may laugh siege 10 Scorn
All that engineering skill and enterprise could
accomplish seems TO have been achieved upon
her works of defense Her garrison is ample
to hold the place against assault: and the only
doubts about her fate which exists re er to the
authorities at Richmond, viz: whether they have
taken to provide within her magazines am
pie provisions TO sustain 4 protracted siege, and
whether they have supplied Gen Johnston in
time with authority to mass n force adequate to
cope successfully with the heavy bodies OF troops
which the enemy have concentrated and are
bringing TO bear against the place The country
have viewed with modification the necessity of
organizing an army. with its transportation and
and commissariat. in the rear of Ncksburg. after
the crisis had set in, and before the very face of
the enemy. But all things are possible To heroic
purpose and indomtabIe energy, and the public
are still actulted with lively hope that the new
army organizeli IN Mississippi will meet the great
occasion n0bly. and strike the decisive blow of
the var with GROWING success
Meanwhile a splendid diversion in favor of
Ncksburg is made on the northeastern frontier
The troops. led by the companion of Jackson.
are III the ysn and, il We ourselves are filed
with anxiety concerning the situation on the Low
er Mississippi. We are con>Oled and amused by
the nervous aud fantastic trepiation which is OBJ
servabe among the Swabians of Pennsylvania
For the irSt time in their lives these sturdy peo-
pie view the ample dimensions aud packed full
ness of Their great barns with dismay and indulge
the nnaccusiomed wish that those ostentatious
editices we're less conspcuOusv situated, less
compaetly stored. and les captivating TO the ewes
OF strangers. Recollections Of the sackng of
Jackson. and the burning aud pilage of Freder
ickSburg on the Peninsula. and in every region
ia which the Yankee vandal has set his foot are
for the first time unpleasant 10 the citizens of
Harrisburg. of Cley Gland. of Philadelphia aud
Cincinnati. The diSorganized army OF Hooker
il following they know not where or what; but il
i legitimlte to presume that the troops OF Sedg-
wick will be in no haste again 10 encounter those
of Early. nor the fleet corps OF Sigel their Chan
cellorvllie acquaintsnces under E~ell.
Although the war Of last wear is curously re-
peating itself IN this; although we have another
storming of Nicksburg. another breaking up of
the campaign against Richmond. another with
drawal from the RappahannOck. smother march
down the Valley. another campaign Ia Narsland
and beyond although Kentucky is again open TO
Bragg. aud Bragg possibly Is too inert TO secure