Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-06-29

1 pect TO affairs OH TIC "'ss'o'pP''
the situation at Vicksburg still engross-
an all the solici!ude OF the country. II
,s Known that heavy reinfcrcemen,s are
pouring in to Grant, and that large IN
.,aIments from the command OF Rose
erans have been transferred to the great
amy investing Vick-hurg Whether
Johnston has, at L G last hour, been in
vested with authority to concentrate the
troops of the West, is the anxious topic
II inquiry and the vital question Of the
crisis. II ,ul powers have been con
tered at the last moment, and II Nicka-
burg can hold ont until the conconira.
ION can be effected, then all will be we'll
The folly Of attempting TO manage from
| Richmond a distant campaign Of initiate
| Importance, has become most painfully
apparent.
Surely we are not at liberty to sup
pose that the long period Of warning
vas left uuimproyed, and that Nlcks-
nurg i, not stored with supplies 80 album
Ian, that she may laugh siege to scorn.
All that engineer G .k'l! and enterprise
could accomp sh seems to have been
achieved upon her works Of defence. -
Her garrison is ample to hold the Iace
against assault and the only doubts
bout her fate which exist refer 10 the
authorities at Richmond, VIZ whether
they have taken care TO provide within
her magazines ample provisions to sus-
! tan protracled siege, and whether they
have supplied Gen. Johnston in time
with authority to mass force adequate
! to cope successfully with the heavy bod.
es OF troops which the enemy have
concentrated and are bringing TO bear
apains, the place. The country have
viewed with modification the necessity
d Organizing an army, with it's trans.
lportatlon and commlssarlal, in the rear
If Vick-burg, after tho Crisis had set II,
and before the very lace OF the enemy.
But al things are possible to heroic pur-
poso and .ndonithble energy, and the
public are still actuated with lively hope
.ha' the new army organized IN Mlssls
stppl will meet the great occasion nobly
AZ d strike the dec svc blow Of the war
with browning success.
Meanwhile a splendid diversion III
favor Of Nicksburg is made on the north
eastern frontier. The troops, led by the
companion Of .acktop, are in the van,
and, il we ourselves are filed with anx-
lety concerning the situation on the
Lower Mississippi, we are consoled and
amused by the nervous and fantastic
trepidat on which is observable among
the Swabians OF Pennsylvania. For the
first time IN their lives, these sturdy
eoplc view the ample dimensions and
packed tulness OF their great barns with
dlsmay, and indulge the unaccustomcd
wish that those os.entstio is edifces were
less conspcuously situated, less com
pactly stored, and less captivating 10 the
eyes of strangers. Recollcc,iops Of the
saoking Of jackson, and the burning and
pilsgc of Fredericksburg, on the PENN
sula, and in every region in which the
Yankee vandal has set his foot, are FIR
The first time unpleasant to the citizens
Of Harrisburg, Of Cleveland, Of Phia-
delphia and Cincinnati. The disorgan-
lzed army of Hooker arc following they
know not where or what but it is
iegltlma 0 to presume that the troops Of
Sedg~ick will be in no haste again to
encounter those of Enly, nor the flee,
corps OF Slgcl their ChancclnryllIe &C.
qualutsnces un6er Ewell.
Although the war OF last year is curl
onsly repeating itself in this although
we have another s,ormiug of Vicksburg
another breaking ny OF the campaign
against Richmond, another withdrawal
from the Rapp.haunock, another march
down the Valley, another campaign in
! Maryland and beyond although Ken :
lucky rs again open to Bragg,and Bragg
| possibly is again TOO inert TO secure the
inviting field, still the situation is more
advantageous Tor the South at present
than II was twelve months ago.
The iron clad Monitors of the enemy
have proved failure, and the Yankee
navy has lost all It's fictitious ,errors. 1t
is now on Z capable OF ANNOYANCE and
nc ING AS y convenient auxiliary to arm
les of occupation. If we had particle
II energy in our own Navy Department
or few Scmmcs, Mathis, aud fuckers
IN our home usvy, the blockade would
soon be raised, and nearly all our rivers
cleared Of gunbosts. Even as il is the
blockade is not much better than nomi-
nal. An immense maritime trade be-
tween the South and English ports is
growing No. and arrivals aud departures
OF vessels are matters OF daily occurrence.
Charleston is no longer threatened Mo.
TIC 70 safe from the Gu'f, and there is
even hope that, By the aid of yellow
fever, We may again secure New Or
leans.
AT this period last year the enemy had
succeeded IN oyerrunnlng large addition
Al districts Of Our territory. But, for
twelve months past he has made NJ, pcu,