Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-05-26

A1uI@E, '4- 9 inStaA', some len day3 ago neFe IS
10 Ii owl ghat It Is nov not lower, certainly.
AT = daylight begins to break and the anxiety
nd fluac ci the last week two to be dissPatcd.
We t14 hear from LEE, and know where be is and
wi lie Las been doing. We know that Richmond is
sin safe :r,n the attacks directed against it from the
North. tie South ard tie East.
Taa. The advantages in the recent c1couuters iu
Northern Virginia have uniformly re ted with General
LEE, seems beyond o razOaabe doubt. lie has uni
formy pulsed the enemy, frustrated all bis attempts,
ard itHcIcd severe less upon him. Still, the fact that
the enemy yet shows fght or, in the language Of Mr.
ILACoLH, sill keeps pegging away after the pua-
,slI1ept h3 is admitted to have received shows the
subb9russ5 Of GRANTS tactics, well the great
nerica force which that andar must have control-
ID in orGcr 10 bring UP fresh troops to take the place
Of those defeated and Gemoralzd in the repeated uie
attempts upon LEES lines GRANT has heavy reserves
AID lopss yet, By messing them opposite to the ia,
trugd s4li-Es Of LEE to the latter out cOmpel
item to leave the fd We have reason to believe that
he will fad himself mistaken in this calculation, but at
the same time are pretty Wei assured that he will
uot d.sist EOm bis tfOrts until the calculation has been
fully tr-d and as fully failed.
Things on Tie Southside are progressing favorabIy
We mly lock for pretty tough time, however. 1t
will probably be very hard to dsodge the enemy from
is ptHti-n on the James River, between Richmond
I'D 2 ,.ysHu.g, us'aiued lie will be, by bis gun
boats keeping his communications always open. But
tIe my be reudr red Incapable of doing harm
eau be confined TO the shadow Of their boats and be-
come practically useless for any of the active purposes
Of he c.Tpa;gn. Tbs may cause them to obandon
their position any moment and will certainly compel
them 10 do so in the event Of aGy important and deci-
sve advantage being gained by LEE over GRANT.
n T4iling upon our roads is great nuisance but
cau4oJ be haIped for the present. 1t is game that
twocsn ll1y Al aad at which two have played before
GDl probably vii do cgaia.
Ih5 n-ws rom General JoHNsToN's army is good, so
ill as it gs, but it decides nothing All what has yet
haPUcu,d IS simply mar covering for position
Tue gard contest is yet to come. We are confident
in the ability of Cen. JOHNSTON and in the vaor of his
m~n. Bat loI al that we do not look for any imme
dia.e results any brilliant victories. We do not think
rrat JolIHsToN in sufficient force to Justify him in
assuming tie tersive or il sacrificing anyzmen with
cut the ceare5 necessity. lie will fight Tor The
plga aud not 0r any mere isolated or temporary ad
v4n,age which cannot be secured or retained.
Is lot strange 10 think of the number of reports
"a. .,acl Us isou, byoad the mississippi After that
81 Luve Il. ard there sbe only thing that we can
suy vii an absolute assurance is that our troops
~, be-n successful But Whel We leave this, and
Igesamc seeud TO particulars find ourselves Cd
doubtful ground. We cannot actually say that We
< oar anything We canGot Put OUT finger upon one
incident OF Item and say-this much is certam 1t is
strange that tie thing should be SO, but so it l.
be rapid rise in gold ct tie North is the best proof
{, .u7 suoc,s=es, even in regions from which we our
selves have as yet heard very indistnctly. Why so
ve.y DIS nc,, We eaunot pretend to say. The river
Mississippi s9eHs like the river Lathe. Those who
cross i-d,lLE Cf the waters Of tJrgetulne5s. We 10Y
All tue t4cs tDa they may have heard the other
sl. aud invent any number OF facti0ns take their
place.