Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-02-27
INTERVENING STAR.
Com for, for lhe r:reaiers


=. u thfnx worthy OF note that, while the
sr,.t fr. q ne Nor n com plain Of the inefflcien-
a. = az NIB ia The war has been managed, the
.,ssel. 4s-se, asree with them. wshafe before
x. ~a.e the Teoet ris~ 81 nc question il given
:: EBsth. md we daefn It iapor amt enough TO
- rsfcTe ouEr readers. y.
'''- az sir D sTAGE OF THE WAR
1--WE have fairy entered upon the third s.ass
n heated ty the President In hi. message,
.amAir: that OF n war for subju sfion and ex-
r-.nlD alton. fie pcop.c Of tbs Confeaeracy,
-sclst-d And shut ny from all th- world, have
row - eEct uE;sr he most horrible dennoatac
Effort fer tie nsxasinatIon CT 4 whole race that
history has It recorded, or lieye Will ever
c.lY 20 record Iii history Srovs gray. For II
: not -y-ry Century, j IL not every ec-, mat
s.ows The wct4e 7 ankee nsticn. Yes the Goa
|-aera'e pecris Las now az last % "Trip for D -
-. = i p-"pi- tSai must ihis tin, very liter
mo routt /; would b- AGREEABLE 10 baiieve
S2. Isis Il a. stays Of she yill soon % over,
aid ;Eu,i end i'm The speedy destruction OF our
-.ci S4oS III rCIfe-S- But iof;k -StEc the .uap
"a q e Cen t-aic3 acy. ard Judge ~ We eau sootae
cer.ri,ee With this belief. In III very heart o.
shr cUun ny our gallant e-ntire; Of the hi-si-ip-
.t-heTotc iittisA SisssbaTg -:Ias sus.at.sed, ia
q. and SsS,;sT two ire nIeIito,Ts s@ses but
=. To me her CO; seI.s sec pouring al around
~ N frcTn ifr Ncrrh ard rhe est enormous
c-s,fcs O. zee EeeSzncr:LE TOO isor fCatIEg
.e,,--ies again crowd down upon her; and.
a. yea red there words, two hurdred
-srSy gus riss p tn .IuEts ring upon her de-
L. 40 iEs storm % her Ta,ap.rts. Again she
wif drive them ca, perhaps. and remain :ne "a
@5cs Il aiG n:ci'y u This hemisphere. II e bull
III OF :.:e West: be il bu1 the vision we
- oGrahs Mississippi does nor loos very like
hsasSion or despair on the part Of th- To- just
"Andagais, hook 70 the mouth Of the mighty
-:vsr. Nav Orleans Is lot = maiden city. alas.
re tase rag tEat has so often been ceiIt and
I-anpied before RIcnmo1d and before Vicks-
l0r. ties fToGl all tue lowers Of thai d-1oTered
SiLy- Hord-s -fhHnsTy Iank@-~, armed - III,
'setn, sitin the shade OF the orange groves, and
s.arIon nero guards over tha mansion Jf her
coo.est c;;fzeEs. An her best and fai.est have
u Hr-ent every CAV that theIg goodiy Clsy had
.sct sPen lad III ashes before II became = haunt
c: Cbs~eEa Creatures. No sign of reiaxation
:;.-re,
And, tut short way OF, Mobile, by the
-'O-Ts oi her spacious bay, keeps dEig-nt
~si~h ard ward, expecting, III the light of-ach
EcIninE sur, 10 see the Lnr;ce Eccursco Stars
lad stripes cleaning through the smoke o. a
comoarding sqUacron. All along the Cuff,
ard round the coast of Florifs, t1is oulnIprr-
enemy, " no is said 10 have just been
ciay1ng has last card, is shutting up every
aver and is planting his guns on every strong
,.iace. Sayann ah, shut IL from The "
FCrt Pulaski, III The hands OF Iie same il ys.e-
rate Yankee, listens fCr The frs. boom OF The
sTiilrry that IS 10 level her walls with q
sandy soil; and Charles ton, gTimly calm, out
with beating heart, stands waiting the onset of
the great armada.
ssThOse few acres of old Oyster Point, il
gems, already swep. and devastated by con-
Iagrarions, are TO Re the object and the priza Of
IT, most pct ut armament by Tar that American
E-;.iers b. re seen. This very nIoInanf, II
hay Do, the black Monitor batteries are steam
iuF hetween Sumter and MOultrie. No signs OF
~ AVIATION or Of encouragement and dee pair in
ihesnemy here Pass further, and you VIII
End the - nCle coast from Charleston to Nor
ok: and every river TO the head of tide w ater,
aid every geek and sound formed by the sen
stands swarming with their gunb0ats and
transports, ready 70 pour IL masses or troops
heFcvcr there is chance of plumber, bridge
ETDiDg and general havoc.
from NORFOLK all around by Chesapeak e
erc Potomac, we are guarded by boats
sEd 40 lBIng thing {save skulaing smugglerel
euCered TO ecter or 90 out. On the RsPpahan-
Toe 4 2Cts0ta men wait for a drying wind 70
hove 'cn 10 Richmond once more, I'D by 4
genuine apostle Of DETERMINATION. At last thu
wage abolitionists OF Massachusetts have. tna
rIght man in the rig ut place. Heretofore they
have rather wished the defeat OF Iincoln's
Generals on the Potomac, because they seemed
C bP-sSid;ers and not thieves or assdssins; put
with Hooker they feel al home; under Hooker
they count upon owning Southern plan -atiors
md giving law TO Southern vassafs. TO pos
ssss himself OF the property OF others 4 gen.
U-Hs Yankee will, perhaps, even fight
" And Northwestern Virginia a. desoltted by
n lroy and his men; anu keDtucAy ana tha
LalfOf Tennessee, the richest nd fairast lands
& all the West, are entirely in the clutch Of ne
ereniy, while The rivers bring them up fleets of
transports, and Rosencrans, with another large
amy, Threatens to sweep al opposition from
- path and join the other trigand5 who are
orowdfng upon NiCsSburg.
a. " here, In all this wide circuit, does the in
yasior sem 10 be fainting or giving ground
: ~ roUrlc TIE border, and IN the very heart of
hrConfederacy, tht foot OF the eneIny is planted
u III feion flag dies: and IL means sn5jaga-
% q nd e&teImiEaton. Its, indeed, me third
F,J-r-Cf the " ar, and We believe the last. Do,
re sGpgsie y III he desperate. If il b. the
'a>t car d.. IL lie one on Will h the ST ,ke is life
q teath. honor OF shame-eiih-rourn name and
atlUn VI w be extmguIShsd IL a niyht OF blood
I'D horror OF else new sovereignty, the new
rs-tairett-- proudest, will take her seat among
- rcwtrs Of tbf earth, with tie applause Of
81 end The tiess ing of Heaven