Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-07-02

panic the North evidently increases, the On
ederae North of the Potomac becomes better known
What General LEE intentions are, of
Go than guess and mans guess is about
good another mans. The General is somewhat
teou5 inasmuch he negecs to impart his views and
plans to the daily papers for the deectaon of the curious
We will have to demonstrate with him about it.
The idea of GRANTS making his ape through the va
bottom begins to be discussed The Yazoo bottom
understand to be the portion of low grounds North of the
Vcksburg Bluffs and between them aud the mouth of tie
Yazoo. Or properly the low peninsula between the
Yazoo and Mississippi North of Vcksburg. GRANT must
BE- pretty hard pushed he conemplaes escaping that
direction. There however, too little authentic nte
gence from that direction to specializing up
the probability OF GRANTS wishing to escape at all
He to be pushing his offensive operations against
Vicksburg with all the energy he can command,
fight last week between portion Of the commands OF
BRAGG and RosEcRAZ out not to have been general
engagement We without sufficient particulars to state
definitely the result the fighting which did We
presume that it indecisye.
T1E CRoFs.-F'rom ali we see, hear learn
incline to believe that the prospects heavy crop
were better. The late rains have brought the
out finely; at least such ia the along the whole
line of the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad end in
everywhere else, 1.-THE associated could
hear from during short visit to the country The only
fear is that there may be too much rain. If the rain will
only stop eff row, co1re itself to light showers occa-
sion ay there will certainly be such crops this year
have been known BEFORE and the aggregate yield
will large ore there has been very little cotton
planted the folds being devoted to potatoes peas
The fruit crop does not promise well it did last
year. Peaches have commenced ripenDg and have
made their appearance this market, bringing
fabulous prices $50 per box OF less than bushe High
prices have also been obtained in Charleston.
LosT-Two commanders of large armies recently oppos
ed TO each other. Sometime during the present month
ROBERT LEE and JOSEPH HOOKER suddenly disappeared
from the vicinity of fredericksburg, and their present
whereabouts is anXiCU slY endured after,
Euch anxiety felt by the friends of the respective par
ties especially as hey are known to have been accompa
MED by pretty large armies, in the ranks of which
in whose safety deep interest is felt. These armies
seem also to have disappeared.
good many men believed 10 be il army sup
posed 10 be somewhere in Mississippi under General Jo
E. JOHNSTON. That army all, seems
to have Disappeared and anxious enquiries daily made
where is JOHNSTON ?-where ID his army what
doing " hat is he atter These are questions
answer JOHNSTON and his army are invisible intangible
and Inactive
All these armies will be found cut after q while, sup
pose At they playing hide seek with each
other and with the public.
morning before we had got up we were reused by
considerable talking humping and plUngng around gen.
orally AID finally 10y the report of gun 1t that
two men taken deserters lad broken from
their guard and had got into large Or field
the of our residence. One of the the guard
caught he other the guard fred but whether
hit not, did moi Learn We think he got away We
heard the shooting and being half awake did know
exactly what to make Of the whole affair half suspecng
that the Yankees had taken the town without letting
Know about it. which we looked upon as uncivil.
Daily Journal 30th UH.
IT would seem that cavalry reid started from Tun
stalls Depot on the Richmond and York River Railroad
Friday morning and made circuit through Hanover
County destroying property but aiming especially at tie
Railroads and Railroad bridges object being doubt
10 interrupt communication between Richmond and the
army of Northern Virginia operating partly in the
aff ba on6
Pennsylvania They numbered about twelve hundred mea
and for time may succeed in doing good deal Of damage
But IMBoDEN has more than paid back anything they
do He hos blown up blown down the expensive
works Of the Baltimore and Obi Railroad those works.
too that took the longest time construct and viii take
the longest to reconstruct.