Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-03-21

Wehass rrceired the Richnend Exsn,n.r.
Whie, erd Dsspsfeh. % WEDNESDAY Ia, ras
pfaneipsi para cf tuteiugsncs shey con atala IA.
ALREADY been anticipated by tAe <s.xrAeA !,
ATTACK on roRT pxksKR TOW srse,esrrrt
AcsiLE Msrvh IA spcca4 tispx:es 70
% day, aysthe 1DiiU1iss aeaI ass.a,ss as,SS. 90.
y. ieeeived from GsasFal rsorine:
folT fsnskkros, March 40 "A r.n.-fners
nas asen terrific IRE hy The enemy, sai.trr-
ssvy eaaere gums On .Kap bosu, two he~,y
suns on lsnd, and one nortsr. Ar Of th~tr ~,
nrias ana ne sssssr, sssrs one, = h.ss 10. c....d
Ena. eight hundred yards distzat, shewiaS
TIE .,,s srsss'. sssse... .ea s.s-si-. w-r.
eot,on We're .irprk from thcn-v We, have ssrs
svne ysiussie grnnrfs and aYe " ofhsr.. ON
,esst. ts-r s small 60 Tar The eney loss must De
LATkR.-March "a, p M.-g6st ss 1 sent or
my last dispatch 30 you she enemy opened upoa
, ss, sssm with the guns d one ganeoat, ne
np the frs with great spirit until Alter suns.t !.
Inc amm nIinon Tor our heavy guns has Just.
fkert PemSeTtea n sitaased q sA~ meath ar,
the Tallahatchis river, which sapt,es 40 ths
1azoo rfyfr in CarroII comfy. MixsissinIl
about enc hunered miies northeast 81 Wen,
rnr yxzoo xxpxprTrox or rprr
.fEknxErgH-raE ksENsas nuSrxrx1sS v
.AoBlLk. march Je.-A speclsl dispatch to,
ne Appeal, dAied Panoia, Mississippi, N.rchS
says that tyr foruida asse esnb boats, the t,n,iis.
cothe and Dekhlb, two more with cossoa de-.
isnees, three gun boats, no, dsemed fosnidasie,r
thonsand men, com prise the Ysnfef force in
Some boats not loaded accompany the es..-,
cotton; hey are at HeIena win enc aa,,s ra.
uone on meet plenty OF bread and other sun
pits They riy upon the resources OF the
eophuy ior meat, which tsey are ssesiiae =
Ihe Appeal ssys gentleman who witnessed
the heht at fcrt Pemberton, staies that car
troops wndcd 20 thrfr waists 70 get a chance az
lhe snsmy. The YANKEE fleet consist. OF thrse
goneoets and rams, with an Infantry force of
nSs 10 eight Thousand The enemy's moys-.s
ments indicate landing higher up ths river
., 10 ,9e - opposite p bank Our ofncers were prs-
,i xoyEAEsTs on TEE RAPrAHAsxocK
l,bI Prom the ExaminerJ .vil8 TlIf 81
active operations Of the chief Federal sru -
s.ss. sfaa nncsr Aooksr.sre now eommenced, and
commsnoec ~ Ire must be the speedy couss-
qeence. The latter contipgency IA pce,ibl.
6nt not At ali Probahiei and another heavy
may be safely anticipated. Significant move
ments OF the ehsmy's forces intimate, witheyru
more emphasis thao the repeated declarations
auons Of military expediency or pol,tir al ne
cessity, that the great event may occur on xnv
oay-eitner to-morrow, or the next day or The
next-ahd certainly will trsHspire wftnoutfur- !
ther delay than the ndtion O. the eoiI co1,pels
-Ihe plan OF the enemy. 30 Ear deyslsped. Z
q EMS 70 be an engsgement with me Confeder-
axs ON lhe old ground near Frederic ks burg.
Whif large army passes the AappAhannoS<
iar nleners ana keeping the uplands on this side
"a me tueam, comes down on Lees rear. The D
Nasl l1ofcts under Hooker viii at least enailsf
hlm, 10 undertake this movement with some
chance cftueoess. They are more fhan he needs Z
or can manage in one held. Bat AZ 6eaeEsa
Lees army is as lar. as IL was in December
noielhe ,sn can be it AIRED from saeh q division of
III, however, the Confederate sienrral,s for..
3 lot sufhciently numerous toEpreyent the
co eouIs sc reHaips but 70 fall back on some
point nearer Richmonds and give the enemy I
odttie al ert ater distance from has hase Thix
: the " oTst that - even pose ble and AZ would
oe no a1saster even IL il should occur some
III ssfer, some defeat, i'm the enormoasly en-
!, .,hoeo enml aign now opening. viii OF coarse
All IN our lot Thongh we have had NO such
Hemesfo mon as Drains Vile for tue least Of tfis
'ear, ana though every omen has been uneouiy-
cally propltous, yet we cann0l expecf that
lie chanee OF war VIII run " ifhout -yarisfion =
n cur nyor throngh the hundred casts Of the
r0h oice winch must be thrown on the field OF
b5 But THIS country has proven baroad n =
'eradN venture its capacity 70 support An al
erse hazard with fortitude, and 70 redress the
ame with spirit. In all wars, chance A soms-
Ints caprlcious; but in all wars. IL falls mostly
n y tne sice Of courage and cOnduoL Fortaaa
1t would now seem probable thai the Presi- y
ents proclamation for a day Of tasting as.a
Iayer might have been appropriately <alad a
ttfe GARNER. On the twenty yenth Of Mareh, 4
appendix may be necessary fer huminai,on
Ner oefeat, or thanksgiving for a victory