Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-06-18


faces and over again. They toll not
neither do they spin, Goldman a his glory did
make money East SIS they do
We GIVE TonAya mass of telegraphc matter from the
West. that unable TO derive any def
mite idea Of .be position Of thngs from anything therein
contained. We GER sec that Yicksburg still Stands
shat GRA army hes au red severely siEoe Eta land ng
and advance upon Port Gibson. We learn nothing Of
the strength movements position OF N. JoENsroE
Perhaps this is gbt and pruCeH Why should be said,
it is in dispatch, that all eyes TUNED K1RBY
FI7a, his movements depend the fate of Port Hud
ard VcksbuTg,Why this should he So how it can
be puzzles extremely. Il is evident that The 81
zion o. ID ugs in The IVES. IS critical in the extreme and
Rha: the enemy huyDE up all the force he draw
from every quarter, order to strike decisive blow
as airst IN The Southwest There be little doubt Of
tns fact that large part OF HUNTERS force from South
Carolina gone 70 reinforce BANKS, and that some, at
least of the ni'os also thcg way for the same
purpose IT, indeed hey have lot already arrived in the
Mississippi.
Whether everything been done by authorities
that that might been done, unable to
say evident that deficiencies have been discovered
Of kind that i would to might easily have been
supplied We need make no secret of referrinsto fact
that has long ceased to be secret, namely, former
weekneBs field artillery the department of Mississippi
q deficiency which, trust no longer exists, Gnd which,
with the great abundance of in Virginia, need
have existed at al.
Although ia easier find fault than would be 10 do
better, show how better could done, yet
be denied that there has been much prompt
conduct the Southwest the coun
cry would have liked to and the result has been that
she situation of things that sectiSD has almost uniformly
been uuayorah contrasting strongly with The position of
things Of the battle fields of Virginia We would
cot yield % dependency, indulge in queruous
planning past past. would be folly fo- Us
pretend that consider Vcksburg Of danger. We
aope and believe that it aud viii be held, but
not that feel any confidence amounting to certainty
We must await the events with what patience and
tranquility command. OF courge we receive re-
ports through Norlhera channels the capture Vck
burg every other day According to
beeagoered city has fallen at least eighteen times. So
Tar she hiss fallen into tie banda Of GRANT army Tie
story the d,spatch from PEMBERToS oHYsT0N traitor
ous'y conveyed 10 tt enemy by the uniahul nesseDge
DOUGLAS appears TO be worthy Of very little credit
We think it Yankee invention.-Dotlgy ocgaL, 1911.
EaEEr SKINS captain ABcHea Ordnance officer at this
point, hdverses for sheep tkins They are absolutely
essential in order that artillery should be kept
oUgb order and ccency and their spCnges properly re-
pared.
To get the Bheep-sIus the ordnance department here
must depend upon the farmers IN his DeigbOrhood aud
Is earnestly hoped that tbs dependence will be
VIZ be seen Governor VANCE has Issued his ro
oamau9n calling the General Assembly together the both
instant The proclamation assigns financial question az
she for the reaFsembUg Of the Legislature. We
pretum that reference had the Legislation the Con
drare Congress- regard to the currency especially that
concerning the issues prior to December 2nd, 1862.
Tar steamer B4ushse Nassau arrived here yester
day The Gladiator, large steamer which ha6 /
crossed tie bar sometime before also up yesterday
The steamer Eugeae from Bermuda arrived here rhs
morning All these yesses bring some freight on govern
neEt acc2 amt. Tie EHEeDie is wholly On government
Journal, I5t5.
TIE EHFERoR OF France ATTY five on the 22a day Of
ApEh.
FoE Tie last three weeks I've aud HocEaB have been
PLAYING game Of hide aud Seek mai Ceuvrrg up anc
10, the Raj paE.uao &. Now the first moves of that
jaime are Ei8yed ou: HoCEER has lef the Stafford Hills
md has taken position hiusef between Wash
ngon City and RES army, while portion al least OF tie
latter oI has drown tsef upon Winchester and Har-
pers Ferry, not with the view OF going Western Mary
land in The vain hope Of finding friends there bnt of visit
Ing PeDns lyaIa n tie certainty of finding rich plumber to
reward for the dspredaons OF the enemy The Quaker
City may be sate and then egain it may not
We trust TINT interior cot uporaries viii a: t stop
blowing and talking about M FALLASDoHAM. There are
oms things OF which the SAID the better and aprre
sting tlsr have far nothing nbou. the 7avp.
neus OF his very clever gen eman Ohio We vo1ld
low state, however for the benefit of whom nay con-
eEn that Dir G l. Vail s 10 longer within the
POUNDS of the Copfede.acy also that he is the Democrat
candidate for Governor CT Ohio; that he is strors
Union man, but does think re- onion can ever he
e"0sd by but goes for pe8ce hoping that Union
hay result but at he gees for peace referring
ven separation TO sahjrga'ion or extern nation.
GENERAL GIANT is said 80 have crossed one hupared
aonsand meA below Grand Cult We doubt that We .
nk ne crossed eighty aousand or even seventy.fye
hoosand nsl was ahe did But Ae has been
siVf rein orcene1 all the time since. Ever since the
Net got into the Rszoo above Snyder Bud GRANT
IS nau '0 Communication with Memphis, Cairo, and the
hCle HoTthTes yet with all his endorsements very
onofui whether the Federal force the rear of Vckg
org now exceeds sixty thousand men, Wado not think
does Now, in regard TO JOHNSTON force most peo
Is 'ak as though JOHNSTON ha2 force sufficient 70 sat
up aud The only question seems TO be why he don't
. 4 uP suppose We we're 70 SAP THE only reason 8,
aoh ear GHAhF mp Is that he is not able He vould dol
WIN pleasure ana VI" do jast as soon as he gets tie
use, bat lot before.
We HAVE PROM 5. a. GoKTzEL Co.. Mobile a vorr,s q
s age octave pages Of type Of the largest sz spd
ne Journal It is entitled Raids and Rop,snces =. az
sA" and his Men, by Sally Rochester Ford autbores a.
"AeF things Why don't the woman call herself Ci
' ~ name by which she chEistened, at leas, on
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