Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-05-26
From the Petersburg Express, 2lst las.
TIE e FFPaIGe ToyyABD DIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PLaHs EORETOEU

PLAHs E0RETOLD.
The y ashirgtcn correspondent of the New York
Times E7vp"s to he the who iOrcshadOwed the
Oil CO Of . rnan's expeditlon urGer cox some time
ago, in iot;or TO that paper, TO map out" Gen
Gran is plan the capture OF Richmond. Subsequent
d5vtI 1puc1ts have Hoyad that this writer was well
posted
rrsisss 'hat Gran rot only aims TO take Richmond.
taken must BE- ndecisiv hat to TAX
degtroy the ebei army, it is iRdis psUssbe
dat there De dCTbIe adsa the ennEyon his front
AID rea~ur movement by direct line. ard opera
by line Of the Peninsula or souhsde Of
tue ma8. The military objection division force
80 1.o.F a. pcc1InI # the fortified iine ST - q
Eapiantlo strongest tho Continent-2nY emplo di-
: Eic mond promises leFs success than any
liz IF IT, REDan significantly rer1er Bed tha he had o
notion Il IN ttTg his head against that fort"
lie Times correspondent concludes 6y saying
posed prepared 10 look ct the Hypothetical
paEu whole. Is c-Owning characteristic Is, that it
Ike Rvbmoud another Vicksburs II the rebels shoold
IRE - 1d be 1h1F a p2loy Ie hao S On the
Ding me passages OF the rivera, to the f0rfcaoDs
South b. be column EovioR up from Petersburg; from
the " by the Shenandoah CO umn and fIom the north
by niain my Grant would then be II position e1th
mpt "ic mgni o. de man. IS The circumstances
N determine. ]: u. ces=iul, il woul1 q complete
81 ceRs Lees army and OF
th- ~cClteTB Conf GeraCy Retreat souhWard woGid
~-si0e, both account of the f0rca entering en-
N ION that eide, AID Of the their
back with the BRIDES DESTROYED. Retreat westward
ut be tQuaIy impractc8hl", both account of The
s.ie side, and from the Other that
tree Is lire of open that direction for
up the Virginia Valley would end by bringing the
bel- isCe with sclJ il Tennes l. is under
rrec seJ such this that "
bee m1s ildi.p eHsabl,.'
aot NOV, from Culpeper Courthouse on the 4th;
H. he enc unteTed Genes Lees n0bc army OF
GermaUa and Ely Fcrds, and after terribly
hard igh,iDg-tke severest Of The War--he now finds
himseI: co0psd up in fredericksburg, Only fifteen miles
from the Fcds minus 20 600 men, with G q. Lee
fronting, and between him and Richmond. H is ut
terry IOWe ald unable to move, be has remained
1nouOnI So TO- nearly geek.
lie operative movement on tie South sidI Of the
james. prCer Butter, has also to grief Butler
essay.d TO odvaLca Oh Petersburg, and thsn Drew
Iy's Buff lie has bcen driven back ron both places,
win leavy less il and ARTILLERY AID is Row baking
in the san al rmuda Hundreds, under the protection
OF bis gunD 1a-e*
The Shenandoah column, under SieGG' has bean met
By B ecluricg-, aud the Flying Datchman hurried
back towards Winchester, losing many prisoners and
artillery, and only saving his army by destroying e
bridge hard him, wnich cut off further pursuit -
Suto he aspect OF aH4rs today-MAy 20. With
the same succ ss hw long will it take Ulysses 5.
E. Up the Spout y Hrent, 10 reach the goal 81 Yankee
ambition cL3cS Z edmond.
*Eeregra to say that sin Express published this
IichmDLd, Frt dericksburg and Potomac Railroad
II nilss 18th Of fredericksburg and 10 miles North O.
hn!uud We trust that Gen. Lee has before this routed
I Ii nom : i}fCrd.-JoURNAL !