Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-06-02
Iha EAfuRiiOn.

The Richmond papers Ct Thursday setm to agree il
the opinion that great battle between LEE and GRANT
is imminent and that we may lock for news from tks
felG at almost Gny moment.
The two armies confronted each other On the North
Anne, prepared for the desperate struggle which is
consid ered certain to There is nothing that
would seem to cast any doubt upca this, except thai
GRANT is said to be destroying portion of the track
of the Fredericksburg Read III kis rear, and moving
his army more rourd to cur right. This would seem
to indicate intention to change his base 10 the Pen
Ursula. GRANTS vanity ard p.ide alike engaged
in opposition to any charge in his programme far
as to take up The lie of bis Gecapated predecessor
and rival G. B. NCCLEILAN This circumstance leads
Us to think that he may st longer persist il his efforts
to reach Richmond by the Fredericksburg route, and
thus verify tie predictions OF those Who look for ire
mend GUS battle On the line Of the South Anna River
All 10 await Ike issue Of that battle with anxiety
certainly, but without lear for tie result. The Dis.
patch 70 slow that, fECm various causes the
great numerical superiority possessed BY the Yankees
at the opening of the campaign no longer exists That
the ENEMY lave received few veteran endorsements
to up his depleted Ks while it hints that LEE has
we'd accessoEs which, be they great Or small are
good troops worthy 10 stand side by with any that
ever drew q TamIod.
All seems to have been quiet when our last mails #
Petersburg. Butler Ltnnled il On the small neck
of land between The james and Appomattox, in the
vicinity ct Bermuda Hundreds Some firing there was
between cur pickes and tie Yarkees-some firing be-
tween the gunboas and our c1ks ct Fort Clinton on
the Appomatox, but ncjbing more. Noting TO dis
pei the quiet Of Petersburg furnish an item for the
telegr aph. The feeling prevails in Petersburg
that to exist ct RjchmJa1-th consciousness OF
coming etorm-tbe sense tkat tie present calm is
OMNIBUS OF the impending hurricane. We may hear
by telegraph.
If auy one make anything finite cut of the de.
gpatches f, tie Southwest, we are free TO confess
that lie viii be able to GO something IN at!emptiUg
which ave found ourselves perpIexad in the
sxtre me-" Il is so hard TO know what to mike of any.
thing that cores Gin the oner sid Of tie Mississippi
that aly think it labor in vain to attempt it, All
that certan 81 that BANKS has made monsrous
failure but hos no. been captured end that upon The
whole, things aFPear 10 be working well for US -Hos
well we cannot even pretend to guess.
Dailas, rot from which place the armies Of JOINS.
sToN and sHrRNAN have beer, aud may now be in col
hslon, IS N Pduiaicg county,-Pauding county is or
the Alabama iIe that i8 TO say one o. the Western
Tier OF counties. Tie battlefield is between Dallas anf
Marietta, ard is, therefore, probably about 80 miles
NORTHWEST CT Atlanta. .iarietta is 20 miles North o
Atanta' on tie We9,.ern and Atlantic Road Tb
paltlened ls "es. of Marietta end Of the lire of th
haLioao. Mar.etta is handsome town, capital Q
Cooo c0unf and has fifteen LuLdred to two thousand
Inhaeitar4 ts.-Dday Journal, THIS morning,