The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-04-22

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- ~ hst have The pos,tive intells-
esoce that plymouth Is taken. 1t VA
eeormed BY Oesesal Hoke, Of North
O,eolinA On Wednesday. Full twenty
or Aopn before Il w. captured We had the
q evS here thak e ~ CARA OF course, the
premature report grew out Of the move
ment upou the plaee and the conviction to',
4 uast hA The result 10 sr'esm h""o,.@
prsaosvs, twenty ave cannon, Proo@O'
s,aes paeces) large amount Of email A"s'
aad valuable stores, commissary ano 9"
tsrmAstes. ..u I'm.
he aeeaih are not yet very io", u"'
sooueA 70 chow that the work % co'.p,
Il 4 9vaGlfying that this nrst reoemp'.oa -
Moth Carolina ground from Yankee oee"-
pesiea-L q, tho t,rst fortihea pos, a.,u ~ ~
the snsny-h achieved ct least en'sny W
NORTH Oarolinians, under one Of their own
0e>sr,,s. This sort of national satistact'oh
a ~ MT al would be delighted to accord
"a 80 Of the generous and intrepid State
parsne, and participants In the struggle
nov conducted by the Confederacy for all
that 10 hold dear on earth. Whenever the
occasion arises, and it 10 possible to SO order
t. the eons Of the immediate soil should
bear OF the chief honor Of Pitching the hated
Invader, neck and heels, out Of the land.
Plymouth Il situated on the Roanoke river
near It, junction with the Aloemarlc Sound,
a,A y about one hundred miles from Wei
don. On tho ,orthern shore of the sound,
some filteen miles or 80 from Plymouth,
stands Edeuton, the largest Of the towns on
tho sound, and - BY the taking of Plymouth
. Confederate iron-clad 10 liberated from the
Roanoke to patrol the sound, Edenton is no
longer safe place for Yankees.
Albemarie Sound communicates with the
psmNco Sound, which became SO we'll known
70 nsWspAper readers in studying Burnside's
expedition and his capture of the towns and
ielands Of the sound. Roanoke Island is the
point Of division between the two sounds.
We cannot anticipate the course Of the gun
boat thus new let loose, nor Of the Confede-
rste movement Of which we suppose this
Plymouth triumph is only part. We may
veil imagine that staunch gunboat OF light
dran AMI guns of large calibre. once past
Roanoke Island, could initiate grand ball
on the amber hued waters Of the Pamlico.-
The transports employed there by the fan-
ken 70 scrve the wants and purposes OF
their asrrisons ct Newbern and elsewhere,
would be - much terrified by her appear
snce among them q would be school oi
tst. delicate panflsh on discovering shark
in thei. midst busily engaged i'll guping
them down.
Nevbern, on the Neuse river, near the
point Of it, entrance into Psmlico Sound, is
by land nearly due south Of Plymouth, and
shout sixty miles distant from it. The wa
ter commu nication between the two places
through the two sounds, is quite circuitous,
and must be near one hundred and fifty miles
long. Warrington, on Tar river, another
stream that loses itself In Pamlico, is d.
rectly on the Land route from Plymouth to
Newbern, and half way between them
There the Yankees aie posted, it Is cup
poseA with some show of strength. With
Plymouth taken, end . gunboat on her er-
rand In tho sound, Washington would be-
come very unhealthy for them.
But We will not anticipate. II The events
to follow the capture of Plymouth are it,
deed to be important, the fact will soon be
aown. But whether they are or are not,
:ls taking OF that town is an event highly
7aeering, and In itself Of great importance.
Ne recover the Roanoke valley entirely to
AlbemaEle Sound, and that is great DEAL
It ID needless to speak of its Advantage
They are understood and appreciated by
our people.
We should add that the Chowan river,
which empties itself into the Albemarle
sonnd near Edenton, has for Its tributaries
tie 4eherrin. Nottoway, and Blackwater
ssvGs-the latter Of which, at least, the
enemy has employed to his advantage in his
movements upon Southside Virginia With
. formidable iron.clad to keep guard in the
aound. tho enemy cannot safely continue HE
>quatic performances thereabouts. Nor can
Ae carry on With IMMUNITY his commerce for
military purposes through the Dismal
Swamp. via the PasquotAnk river, 10 ana
from Elisabeth City, located on that rlVer'
also tributary to Albemarle soano'
Il may be inferred that no YANKEE sea-
going monitor OF iron clad can enter either OF
tha eoupda. snA that the Confederate boat
nov canvassing these waters will have Ger.
tainly, Tor time, . triumphant career. Let
~ u les. hope good deal without expect
Ing too mush-good policy always. Let us
NOT run into the error. since our recent
brilliant successes. Of being disappointed
unlens Ne take . fortified town every day
Yhev come In very beautifully - 1t is.
Afl@ writing the above the dispatch from
ca. Taylor Wood, noticed elsewhere, was
rocslsed, which shows that our forces OBJ
tanned naval - we'll ~ land victory.
The 0saDblers.
Whesl-hosses ore Invaluable In their true
oGace, which = 70 hoA back the wagon and
prevent Il iron going down hill toe rapidly.
Bat, tlsn, whsel-horses to hold back when