Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-05-05
Rebel victories-Thc Capinre OF Ply
mouth,
From the Richmond Enquirer, April Q

tue hiShiuOhu April ~
From the headquarters OF Rel river to the
coast of North Carolina. the hnriz IN is radiant
with Confederate victory Forcing its way
through the darkness of Yankee conce,lmeut
Banks defeat tells all j. well in the Trans Mis-
sssippi Department. Forrest at Fort Pillow,
undoes the Years work OF Grant aud obstructs
the tree navigation of the Mississippi Confed
crate hOrsemen career conf ently in Western
Kentucky, and white flags are hanging out at
Columbus
IL was proper that these brilliant nff, rs in the
" est should be furnished with a pendent in the
Est. aud nobly il Is done by Hoke at Plymouth.
There. too, has stOrming been the order OF the
day. and success has been as complete as at
Fort Pillow. Hitherto. though often led against
held works. Confederate soldiers have rarely
been called upon TO assa permanent fortihca-
lions These brilliant examples fully test
their proves in this mode of warfare, and
e'lnre That striking superiority Ot clan which
most sgnalty elevhteS them above the Yankee
soliier. Not an instance in the WAT can be
mentloned of the Yankees having driven our
men from intrenchei positions
These cheering victories coming in such rapid
succession from many different quarterS are
auspiciouS ot hnal success They resemble those
minor combats which ST. often, on the eve of
great battles. have seemed to cast the shadow of
I
ct future victory While the two great armies
are collecting their strength and prep lring for
decisive spring. these hopeful augures cam
iaIl 10 INSPIRE the one and throw gloom over the
other nus lar, the year has been marked, by
series OF unbroken triumphs for Cpuieier, e
arms Should the stream continue I'd SET n liz a
longer in the same direction. il will sweep aw =
AL lmpedlments III the course of our youthful
republic
Inc facility with which we have achiev ed these
trumphs Is encouraging in another point of view
The enemy must have weakened his armies OF
Occupation ia the various districts he has over
run. DIS garrlsons are mixture OF whites and
oiacks-eDough. probably. OF the former, 10 pre-
vent Air cans from following their own nclna-
uonS ana guaranteeing ut first summons By
such disposition. 1t is thought th.t conuuesis
might be retained and negro soldeIy he made to
serve useful purpose. The event has dsap-
PORTED these expectations. They have lost their
hard won conque>ts. aud "a vet have tailed to
strike any compeusatng blow by means of the
concentration for the sake of which they have
weakened themselves elsewhere
The details of The affair AT Plymouth are not
vet fully "~certained. Ii is, however. safe to
pronOuice 1t one of the most brilliant AFT tirs of
the war. Its lmme'ii.te fruits are important
THOSE which may ulrim irely flow from IT, the
possession OF an abundant country. and the DOS
slble comm md oil the inland waters of North
Car"nn enough as vet the subject o. uncerta N
snecnntlon) may well excite high hopes tor the
future
General Hoke, judging from the large number
OF his prisoners, does not seem to have made
such thorough work that bv which Forrest has
az shocked the tender souls and frozen the warm
blood OF the Yankees The resistance he en-
countered was. probably not de -perate aud
the blood of the vicrors not SO he tied: though in
iorhcation carried by storm the loss of the
garrison must inevitably be large
The strict laws civilized warfare acknowI-
cige the power of the victor To nut all TO the
sword IN such cases. However severe such VII
example would seem. IL would strike "a salutary
terror in the Yankees. which will I've useful to
Them in the end. AMI their melanchply whine AZ
meeting part OF the punishment their bubArities
merit is absurd
In the rapid fall of these positions which the
Yankees gained 80 easily. We see something like
Revision oi the gunbUat IN, mia. A. that period
they made most OF the acquisitions which they
have since held apparently IN a firm grasp The
retux OF the tide j. no les sudden than its All
vance The year le64 my undo the work Of
1862 and suggest solution Of many difficulties
which seemed aim ut insurmountable