The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-01-22
NEWS FRO TIVE SOUTH.
What Arc 10 Prospects Of Peace, and
Hen 1t is to Be Attained.
Ip< MOVEMENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA
WHAT is the Position Of the Rebel
Cause In Tennessee
&c. &C., &c.


Richmond IVA Wing. jan ID, 10
Raleigh ~ CO Progress January "a
Savannah ga Republican. .............. January 3
Milod geyille (Ga } Recorder.
bite ala Register .,....................
Jaeescn Miss Nssissppian. :. .............
Vieksburg Miss Wing JAM 10
Chattanooga Tens Rebel. January =
Cha-pston Is CD Courier. January
Charleston Is. c) Mercury. january
Tho Prospects for Peace-Do Not Relax
the Energies for War.
From the Richmond Examiner. Jan. IL
Il may be premature TO suppose that the ~ ap-
preaching end and 1t would certainly BIO runous to
relax our military energies In such an idea 7aoeive
months ago ne Soah sanguins Of carly
peace than ao,o leading Cabinet officer having
sdeDty asserted that II would transpre In sixty days
Within that sixty days instead Of peace came series Of
DISASTERS ending with the surrender Of New Orleans,
which had well nigh placed the Southern in extreni
ties me prevailing expectations of peace may DC equally
Sstve aotc; and IT Is certainly the part OF wisdom TO
shape our measures and policy with single reference to
vigorous prosecution OF hostlties and enduring
But t1ere y radical difference between the
which encourage the expectations of peace prevailing
md those or which like expectations based
Ago. Then hey founded the idea Of Tie oano-
tnce OF cofon ana the supposed necessities OF state
which would coerce European governments into
worse than dstase They not only not realized. but
NE consequences OF relying upon them had like 10 hare
provo aetactate 20 the Southern They were pcr
sisted in an. within few weeks of the disbanding Of
armies by tho expiration Of the twelve months term
OF service. At the last hour they were dismissed and
the oonscrpt law enacted. looking TO permanent
prosecution OF the with permanent army. Until
then he not considered orthodox in the southern
faith did believe that peace was Immediately at
hand from cotton and intervention. Now on the con
Gary M eAs1tlon u inter oetton is entertained, fam
mud II the South has settled down into axed and deep
seated esoulon to owe independence to ourselves The
war has proceeded for eight months this plan, and
with all 63anroinments II DO denied that the
go era result is decided Improvement in affairs
Tie saneunarY battles ,oSch have rendered taoss eight
adcos'aes 2 nc cortedsrccy They all resemble
lees, N one count, that OF Fontenoy, where 1t
LIS sss nsd Bod Is an maS a. h soSa
has nos bsa poured out in sutn. No nation
win Ions coutnue such dreadful contest unless forced
BY tho strongest human motive-the preservation
tence Tie Soh has that motive TIE North is ioithotA
1he utter country sru cease 70 gat phsnevr he hone
Vspee'iy rcoyy le1,drs from The carnage OF the
eight norths though without any military profits 10 u.s.
at least achieves this result that the enemy
our power ana determination fight. We have taught
she enemy LAT subuSaten Is holiday soldiers game
or ninety day. task. He thai, after years Of oar,
witch have est too bao,as Of money and ha1 non
Of msn he c,ua Is srcncrr and 6esr oroani.ea and
armed than she at the start. This is the
sny safe ground on which Of peace can DO
built AMI tis 10 foundation on which they may be
safely based now The great task Of the South is 10 teach
the North ne Qos,tlity Of s,biugaton-to teach the
Impress II BY such cogept physical arguments to
vey the knowledge OF It homo TO the minds and
roughly accomplished, then all tho rost follows, and
nothing moro Is to be done. VIM TIE North comes
frposa, ,R not Dc long beors hs q,eioas .ota arise,
Why ces'us ia ,oarf Why his gratious ioaae of life
and bea~rel Why As enormous drain upon te ealM Of
The cohntvy aad this fTigh3M decumttd ton Of dett and
ofprobrsnnp
year go had made little progress in establishing
Wholesome oonvicion OF capacity for SELF defence
The pet,e vi Manassas ard those Of the first campaign
had proved hn could light we'll but they did nothing
10 establish conviction the rover tho resources and
the endurance the South The second years. campaign
his bsen chiefly significant In reveangs the world and
oven 10 Ourselves The vast capacities OF our
q "a ta hrl viz n
tho hst years capaign splendid they were, did not
remove the impression which extensively prevailed Of
the evaIesconoo OF vigor. Even bur best friends
al cad feared that tho splendor displayed tho opening
oamIaign y :hc war was like that OF the meeor, as
trans ent as dazzling. When IL found that the
North withdrew from that encounter only organize
hundred Thousand troops, nayy'd proportilnato
should aspa every part of confines at and
the came time, the outside observer could not resist
Mo conviction tia, The youth TOO feeble to Withstand
- formidable IN assault But We have proated by the
very strength of this general for proportion
as the means brought to bear against and
ormidabo, H. that proportion does successful
resistance Of them csoso the power Of the South be.
We hGue frored 10 the uorld and ighat important
" hars to 20 ne North hsrnires that ~ royssss All nv
eieae ITS or on uoonqerabe ,llary pco r. and we have
convinced thom Of this fact not by display OF stats
not by array Of verbal argument, but haze demon
&ydtd the fac. bv The stpord and the bdlonet, w artillery
and n'ustry, upon Tie persons Of eir d9eaed sod.ery
We drs notc on the true and high rod peace This
. II ladrection. wo pursue 1t whcs relying upon
thorough organization and hard fighting, march
look beyond Our own excrtlons for tho means Of
ending the War. Foreign inerpsrtion may INDEED be
enc Of lie formales attending s coc.rsi II peace but
peace, whe1, cons, U'ti come only ne consequence
Of an established ccnricfton that the South canno,
be conquered. This conviction has made tremendous
strides AT tue North In tho last three months aud is
daily and hourly extending We are therefore, infinitely
narer pcacs IN Januarv 1863, than Jdnuayy,
1892. Then, although confidently predicted sixty
days, far from 1t possible TO be- the
North being at the time absolutely certain Of their prey
from carefully dges,ed operations Of their SIX hun
MAJ al
armaneass These utterly failed TO accomplish the
OK ected OF them, and still another half million OF troops
have met with better The South has proved
that she ia not 70 be conquered by this enormous
pecuniay and mortuay outlay, and the demonstration
vindictive enough to pursue OF hatred and spite
Indefinitely but is not In human nature, much less In
thought which teaches that peace Is cheap and
war expensive that peace mine Of wealth and tho
grave OF all prosperity.
important Movements In North Carolina.
From the Richmond Despatch, Jan. H.
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
The latest information which reaches from the
North Carolina dispels every doubt that the enemy
concentrating in heavy force, with aview strike blow
1t the line OF railway connecting Richmond with the
Tar south II Is stated that their forces at Ncwbern and
liorehead City, on the coast number from $1,000 to
10000, and that they evidently preparing Tor a
ward movement II IL also rcprcsented that powerful
beet is IN rendezvous at Morehead city with viaw
10 an early naval attack upon Wilmington II is believed
ihat simultaneous movement will DO made upon Weldon
Or other supposed Accessible point the great
soeuicIh carolina papers indicate
nat est unoaslIess not only for Wilmington and tho
,ou-try east OF Raleigh, but even FOR the safety OF the
ar .tal tacf.
.From the Petersburg Express, Jan. I5.1
Tho news from Eastern North Carolina is pretty much
ne same that has been laid before readers or the
Two % three days and gives assurance that The enepy 10
triyr19 for attack Wilmington and perhaps GoLfs-
bfo Tie force al Netctern rurlousiy es,tmdiedsops
ptdetag as hqh Us 10 900, and others low
5000 Inore are two iroe clads Bcaufort-onc the
Passac leaking badly, with two fee, or wator In Der at
ast aocouris ON "Wednesday last thsrs were about
.ooOo federal troops at Moorchead City, and we're
c1leCt,d
xbo man, ~ 80, ~. an