New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-06-02

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Unable to remove the obstacle the threshold OF ms
proposed campaign nothing was LEFT but 70 apandpn
and make his way down the Valley OF the i1pPaia.,
mock 10 the head waters OF the fork-a ~ th
cult 10 reach point where he might have ahasa On he
Let OF May had not his head been added py MS veto
ries Pemberton and Bragg. once. 10 uue 1 nc
turned aside TO Hanover junction, put iouha lily
repetition Of Spottsyyania House IN readineSs
there ..s.
Now, we suppose. may have another decisive pat
lie OF Cold Uarbor unless Gen Grant has become so
much eramorcd with his left flank that he will continue
it from tho York to the James and form junction
with Butler. If he does So we may cave iohg ouin
day Perhaps he will d nrhao, Se thinks and himself
back at yicksburg II is true we believe that the
officer who surrendered yicksburg has lately been
placed with modest title In high command ot aar
off, but Lee and Beauregard are ao close al manu. anu
Richmond will never be circumvallateu 80
From The Richmond Examiner, May ~
| The Yankee warfare is becoming desperate.
The press report from North Georgia declares that IN
their advance through the country, tney pst new!
contributions as they march and burn all inc ms i.o
tories and resid,nces" One can imagine the dcVasta
ton. What stealing Of spoons and forks what chop
ping up Of pianos; what burning Of libraries aplro
priation Of pictures and wearing appnre,, won aa
with their little ones and looking ont from their covert
upon the blazing rooftrees OF their own houses Such
the great feature Of this campaign everywhere.
In the Peninsula also and on either bank OF the
James and York Rvcrs destruction Of private property
and outragcs upon peaceful citizens have been reduced
perfect system tnan ever Dclorei anu tnc coh
slant Of negroes in these operations OF war
has given them an additional character OF brutal eroci
" which is grateful TO the Yankee soul in It's present
mood Seeing TINT aa oa4no' 'aIssg sue quns
and ashes they happy in the thought that they can
ayenge the slaughter OF their troops In open battle ny
torturing the helpless unarmcd people along tem .e
fight they can them ut least 20 burn murder cru
CITY and ravsh This We call desperation.
II must be that they have given up all hope OF con
States. and that feeling the
effort Of this year 10 be their last and that effort fail
ure their malignant hearts can devise nothing better
than 10 hurt and harm 10 the very utmost extent IN
their power, and make our independence cost US dear
Ii is very true that they are making It cost US dear ana
the cost Is the very btercst we could be called on 70
paythe agonies and errors and tears OF our unpro'
tected people II ii be any pleasure glory TO tLem
we may freely that have been deeply hurt in
our affections and IN PRIDE on hearing the contin-
ually recurring tale Of noble and devoted people
subjected TO the brutal atrocities OF that oiiscourng OF
creation which makes up the Yankee armies.
II is sad enough TO have our people burned out and
pilaged our women bullied and insuted; but II Is
douby humiatng suffer such evils at the hands OF
people have always despised 1t does indeed cost
US heavily 20 rid ourselves OF all connection Win the
Yankee nation but then this radiance ID worm the
cost.
And perhaps We should never have set the right value
upon the independence fight for II II had not cost US
50 dear We might never have been ~ fully and deep
y conscious Of the great necessity which upon
for our own honor and chidrens wen being Ia cnt
of that abandoned nation from our society II had not
points and for so long time al the dark depths its
hateful character. all its bastard cruelty and mean
thievery and unparalleled fertility OF fasehood
Now We know fully from what n rotten carcass we
have cut ourselves loose and TO escape is pollution no
price 10 too great. Rather than submit to.that foul
embrace again we would bid higher. and still higher
until nothing LEFT 10 the few SURVIVORS Of US but
bare life.
In this sense we may almost be said TO be in some
sort obi gcd to the Yankee nation. II has more than jus
tilted our secession and has l In the regions 81 our
country which have fallen within its military
lines. certain bitter and burning memories which in
ages 10 come will cause mothers 10 teach their little
ci idren 10 thank God their nightly prayers for the
r,.cuc Of their native land out OF the clutches OF an
evil generation
visible In this years campaign-the employ ment OF
Grant himself with absolute dctatoria powers because
lie was known 60 DO the who would either effect MS
purpose throw away his army-the insane drunken
ness in which he drowned the senses OF MS troops
before hurlng them up against The mnzes OF tonicd
crate csnnonte reckless and nnsparing erocity with
which quiet country places devastated and covered
with smoking ruins and soaked with blood OF unreslst
ing peopeal these things ought 20 encourage they
consist well with what the enemys public press has at
any rate plainly avowcd; that II the grand combined
movement Of le64 should fail then all lost that
sion; that anarchy and financial ruin would break up
their whole social aud political system, and that the
United States would BE- no more nation.
And that campaign may we not already say has
failed IT. force IL expended and broken. OF its four
grand armies one. IN the Trans Mississippi. is no
longer an army another IN BeTmgda Hundred has no
Entertainments. in rear by feet the two other armies
and the two greatest have advanced indeed with tire
which Lee and Johnston at the head ~ fresh and eager
rOOps say tO them: mo furthc- hitherto shalt thou
20" All the dan. all tho drunken yeor Of the opening
campaign il gone the pluck Is taken Of IL; and the
nvncibe Yankee hosts what Is left OF them do
no better than turn upon the already pnndered popua
ton ~ their rear rob few houses ravish few women
cruelty few seccsh' planters. aud 20 home.
IL this be indeed the last grand effort Of the enemy
as We hope and believe then. how dear socyer our
Independence shall have cost us. shall still say it
cheap. We do not envy our enemies their plunder. |
Such wealth will thrive with theu let them keep
the spoons and the jewelry Hereafter any Yankee
We were about TO say Yankee woman, but let VA say
miscegenitrix-vill be afraid 10 wear diamond In
reputable company, lest persons should compliment her
with mischieyous smile. upon her good taste in
brliants As for the choice books and pictures which
connosseur thieves had packed up and carried
the North 10 adorn their libraries and galleries and to
give them idea what books and pictures good
might admit into decent house IL il doubtful whether
these acquisitions will do them much good. When n
nation has grown thoroughly corrupt II never learn
anything more-only unlearn what II once knew.
On the whole well afford 10 make the rogues
welcome to all the profit they have got out Of their nva
sion especially with tho last day Of their last
paign cost ends and theirs begins Nations having
future state always expate their crimes in this
world" and no nation ever yet up so long &C.
count OF crime amply earned he'll upon earth;
there shall be wailing and gnashing Of teath.
Prom TRASS-MIssIssIPPI.
CLINTON, La, May "a, via Summit, MAY &c.
Banks has escaped from Alexandria by way OF Sims
port. A j. Smiths Corps has gone TO Eatchez and
Vicksburg. The balance of his army is in full retreat
toward New Orleans. being now at Morganza, on the
west bank Of the river.
Major-Gen. u. X. S. Candy has arrived and assumed
command Banks having gone 10 New Orleans.
IL Is reported and believed TO be Trustworthy. that
Lieut. Gen Dick Taylor is crossing at Atchafaaya
River. IL miles below where Banks crossed. Dankss
troops reported good authority to be very much
demOralized.
Within the last six days the batteries belonging 20
Scotts command have fired into five Yankee transports