Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-07-28
WILMINGTON, N. c., JULY FL, 1864
Grant or not Grant.

Grant or not Grant.
Some high officer OF the Yankee military or naval
forces near Richmond has been killed. 1t may not have
been GRANT, bat it may have been. Flags would not
have been hamasted two days in succession for any
thing short Of the very hghest-either GRANT Ad-
miral LEE, possibly MEADE, who appears to be
Captain of the Army OF the Potomac, while GRANT
hoists his flag aboard the concern as Admiral
Probably it is GRANT. There is something out, since
the Yankees strictly forbidden to exchange papers
with US.
But even supposing GRANT ead,-what then p
Something, perhaps but not very much-nothiDg like
much loss to the Yankees the death OF SroNEwA
JACKSON was to us. The great Athenian orator re-
buked bis people for their foolish reocings over the
reported death of PHILIP, though others would not
rise to take PH1LIFs place, or as though the death
OF any ole enemy could secure Independence to peo
pie, unless they themselves determined to win and
ito have it and defend it. The result proved
the truth Of DEHosTHENEs' warning.
The people of the Con'ederacy are no light and vol
atile Athenians to be unduly elaed depressed by
such thing es the death of GRANT, even supposing
that it should be confirmed. They not people to
indulge in any unseemly exutaton over fallen enemy
who may have pershed by the casualties of war; al
though indeed GRANT in lis death deserves little of that
respectful remembrance with which we look back to
chivalrous foe.
We do not really know whether, even should the re-
ported death Of GRANT prove to bs true any great ad
vantage could accrue to cave, perhaps, in the dis
couragement it might at the North where the
war party seem to tave get him up their idol, and
based extravagant hones upon his expected perorman
ces But, with the usual ickleness of the Northern
people, we may rest assured that they would raise
up idol revive old one, and, in the language
of Mr.. LINCOLN, keep pegging away"
We SEE that Mr.. RENEoLA, the head of the great
firm Of JOHN FRAzyR & Co., of Liverpool ard Charles.
ton has been appointed Secretary Of the Treasury and
has entered upon the duties OF his Office. Mr. TREN-
HOLM enjoys the reputation of being able and suc-
cessul business and skifu fnancier, and to the
administration of the fnarccs of the Government be
may, and doubt will bring an energy and practical
knowledge of details not possessed by bis predecessor
but it must be evident that, far tie latvs and
principles upon which financial system, want OF
system is based, Mr. TRENHOLM must be bound.by the
legislation that tettered Mr. MEMM1NGER, and
that therefore, really great or radical improvement
can be expected at his hands nor ought the country
to be disappointed or indignant at Mir. TRENHOLM
should he be unable to effect any great or immediate
change for the better. II there have been
mittedf there be faults still lin existence, it should
always be borne in mind in Judging of the conduct OF
the past present head OF the Treasury Department.
that these have mainly been committed by Con-
gress and that for the faults still existing any real
and substantial remedy must be Looked for from Con
grees.
The destination OF the expedition from New Orleans
with the troops under General UANBy the successor OF
BANKS in the command OF the Department OF the Gul
has at last been ascerained 1t is stated that CANBYs
troops arrived at Fortress Monroe Saturday night,
the very day on which the battle Of Monocacy
fought and which revealed to the enemy the danger
that threatened Washington Ordered by telegraph to
that city, it arrived there on Monday in time to pre-
vent the capture Of the city, and to hold its deences un
til the arrival of additional corps from Petersburg had
rendered the storming Of the works useless.
CANBY was on his way to GRANT, and 50 il turns
out that the fears of the Mobans, who dreaded an at
tack upon their own city, were groundless
Evidently the policy of GRANT is concentration. To
strengthen his ain armies in Virginia and Northern
Georgia be has stripped the Trans Mississippi, left
New Orleans bare of troops, keeps up only show of
strength along the coast, and even left Washington
City so weakly defended that accident alone saved
it from capture. Would that we also could OR would
concentrate as rapidly. few thousand of DICK TAY'
LoR's troops to help armies in front, and few
rushing squadrons of FoRREsr's horses to break up
SHERNANs communications in the rear, would retrieve
the campaign in the West and send the great raider
bowling to the place whence he This done, all
minor losses could soon be repaired.