, 1863-08-18
Gl)ira9o @ril>unt.
TUESDAY, AUGUST IS, 1868.
TIE NEWS.

It is due from rs to our readers that we
cndcayor to moderate their expectations
in regard to the immediate fall Of Charles
1ou. We have no doubt that Gen. Gilmore
is NOW pounding away at Sumter or Wag-
= ner; nor have we any doubt, either, that
both these strongholds will yield; but
when they aro in cur possession, much
more remains tobc done before the rebel
nest will be At our mercy. Cummings
Point battery, Fort Mou11ie, and Castle
Finckncy, to say nothing Of the newly
erected earthwor1s On James Island, must
be taken, some by assault, and others by
bombardment, before Charleston can be /
occupied by our troops. But Sumter and
Wagner are the keys to al the other posi-
lions, md when they are given up the rest
is easy. That next week or next month
Will see the accomplishment Of what all
loyal men desire, we cannot promise but
the question ig one Of time; and in solving
it our boys are letting no grass grow be-
meath their faet. /
The news from North Carolina is vol
luminous and Interesting. The rebel cause
in the old North State found -uncongenial
soil at first, and is even now whitening.
The tokens arc that the olden time Loyalty
still lives there, and will soon stretch out a
hand to regain its old associations. The
importation Of five hundred Of the old
stars and stripes means something, and it
will cause quaking and fear at Richmond.
Our Army below Murfreesboro is on TIC
march. has been for some days, the troops
in the highest spirits, al eager to meet The
enemy. The dispatches arc wisely silent,
but this mitch our readers may be told,
That presently and anon they will learn
more from Rosecrans' army, which, ,gIikc
John Browns soul, is" marching on"
The foreign budget Of NEVIS By the new
steamer City of Washington is interesting.
The tone Of the foreign press toward the
rebellion is measurab2y chnnsed by the
present aspect, but only waits an improved
look for the Contederacy to give it the.
same favor Us Of gore, success being the
prime Writ qe with those honest folk over
The water.
We hive now pleasant and satisfactory
exhibit Of the ma-ket tor exchange on
Dixie, inasmuch as VIC hnye $1,000 Of their
prisoners md paroles, against one-tourth
of TINT number Of our men similarly held
by them.
There is to be L formal and rigid invcs-
1igatiou into the burning Of the steamer
Ruth, On the Mississippi, to develop the
mystery, If any, attaches to the catas-
trophc, from the fact that the boat had an
immense gum Of money On board in pay
masters aands:
The Wisconsin Indians have had talk
with Gov. Solomon, and talked we'll JUS
lice and Mercy should not be allowed to
zurn theft backs on these unfortunate men,
nor should greed to dispossess them Of their
lands be allowed to cloak its baseness un-
der any false pretence. The Indians are
not to be slaughtered at wholesale because
the stray acts Of outrage and violence
some Of 1hei. bascr fellows may commit.
drawn on by bnd passions and worse
whisky: And, by the way, that Indian
scored agood pomt against GOV. Solomon
when he said it was easier for the latter
10 prevent bad. white men from selling
whisky to the Indians, than it was to pre-
vent bad lndinns from drinking it. The
rclatioos Of the redzn to our people en-
tails mutual duties which nothing has as
get transpi1ed wholly to dissolve.
The draft. IN New York is announced,
and this time with no postponemeut On
account Of the weather, the squalls Cop
pcrhea1s may attemptto evoke