The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-13


The Atlanta .dppeal, ,af tho ID INST, has the God
lowing encouraging view Of alzS1ss In the ,rans
Mississippi Department, whissn before the report
of Stceies surrender to Price:
II our iassl,leencs ffoa tho Vest be true, and w
are doing their wsrk up nosir %. ths west side q
the Mississippi river. Tue campatgn Of 8aaks iG
Louisiana has proved complets failure, and he ii
represented as having been driven on the nonf
side Ut ked river, and is seeking refuge al Natchez
on this side Of the Mississippi. THIS leaves al
West Louisiana free from the enemy, and vii
play hob with those Yankees who have emisratet
n,tne. NV, WIN te view Of raising cotton and .usar
course, aud ~ emigate TO the North.
Gen MagrudeS seems to have no Zoe 10 contend
with tn Texas, and Gen Smith will remain idle
during the spring and summer as Il will be impOs-
sibIe for Lincoln to supply Banks with new force
sumeiently suOng to renew the campaign.
Gen Price, too since he has been relieved Of the
incubus Of Gen Homes, Ii beginning TO loom up,
and will again sgnalfze himself az the deliyerri
OF Arkansas and Missouri. His victory oveI
Steele seems 10 have been a complete one, aud VIZ
doubt whether Steele will be permitted to remain
long In Little Rock, even Ii he should get there
NOW that the work has commenced, and Gen Price
has his face once pOre set towards the North, we
may rest assured he will not remain Idle. His
army will gather strength as he moves through the
country, and we predict that the sualmer months
Will ind him once more within the borders Of his
own state, ralyiHg the people 10 action.
These victories will inspire the hearts and nerve
the arms of our people west Of the river, who, we
doubt not, will rally to the support Of the army In
such aumbers will Insure that country frOm fur
ther invasion. Many Of them, probably, will be
enabled to cultivate the crops which the Yankees
have planted and reap the proceeds before Lincoln
will be able TO send another effective force against
them, even If he shall ever have the power Of do
Ing 80, which we do not believe W II be the case.
He now has his hands too full on this side OF the
river To give much attention 10 the West, aud Gen
fnP plaG1vc tint
greater probability is, that this Individual viii bs
called to Washington 10 give an account Of hii
steWaPdship.
These victories and triumphs in the West will es
far to teach the people OF the North the utter lJ
Of attempting further subjugation Of the SOUTH
They will teach them the imp0ssibillty Of holding
the country and turning 1t to advantage, even aitel
they have once made q conquest Of it II there
was any portion OF our COunlfy which they cOnsid-
cred to be firmly within their grasp, II West Lou
isiana; yet this has been wTested from them, and
we believe without the hope OF recovery. 80 IL
will be with Arkansas 80 with Missouri Ten
nessee, aud so with Kentucky. The return wave
Is now flowing back upon the North, and no
earthly power can stay It's progress Ii will roll
crosses, until the entire SOalh Is redeemed iron,
the despotie tread Of the Yankee invader.
Our bastard and unprincipied foe have had their
most JOvtal revets ON Southern soil. From this day
forth tney will be made to feel more infnriaLne
sting OF Southern steel than they have hitherto
felt Our people, long oppressed, are now thor
Oughiy aroused, aud soldiers may be said tn be
just beginning to fight. The Yankee will no longer
find the South an asylum iOs him. lie ia now re
Quired To "take up his bed and waik." and "go
home where hs be:ur.s;. .stsa- battles thu. ias
fought this spring have had a most powerful and
persu ,ssve effect upon him In this direction, but
nowhere more 81 than In the West The great
Uni0a slider, Banks, would now seem 10 be On 1.
big slide himself, and no doubt thinks the ghost OF
Stonewall Jackson IL after him. II he has not al
ready discovered, he will lind cut before the
mer closes, thar Massachusetts ~ more heaihiul
place Of residence for him than Louisiana
Altogether, the Trans Mississippi Department Is
IN u most promising cORditi0n. Ii Baaksts driven
ON this side Of the river, we know Of no other Fed
erai troops In Southwestern Louisiana. Masfuder
has little or nothing to contend with IN Texas and
We may rest assured that Gen. Price will give Steele
no rest until hs gets him out Of Arkansas. This
leaves the Western department comparatively
clear If the enemy, aud, Is remarked above, we
do not think the people there need live In any fear
OF their return Our 0pinI0n IL they have started
home, and will not stop until they get there. AS
the West Is clear, let look the East, give
our best attentiOn 10 Grant at Richmond and DAi
ton, and the war is over, at least 50 far As ths
South ls concerned.