The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-05-05
The Wnr in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. News.
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Washington May 3.
The announcement can at last be made
with certainty and safety that the Army Of
the Potomac is on the eve of the opening Of
the Summer campaign. There is ground for
the belief that the commencement of often
sive movements will be Immediately follow
ed by decisive events, and that if Lee ac-
cepts battle when Gen. Grant offers il, gem
eral action may occur in the course of a few
days. The nature of Gen. Grants plan of
operation is already plainly indicated by Ger
tain preliminary movements i'll this army
and elsewhere 1t will be found as remark
able for boldness and ingenuity of conception
and for yigor and rapidly of execution as
the movement by which he carried his army
to the rear of Vicksburg Here as there his
main reliance will be upon hard marching
and hard fighting.
SPIRIT OF THE REBEL PRESS.
The Richmond Eramiaer, of the 22d, un
der the caption of ga Stupid Report" says
that but for the fact, that many we'll mean
ing people believe it, we should not think it
worth while to contradict the report, that
Richmond is to be evacuated. The sole
foundation Of the report, was the proposal
to remove one Of the bureaus in the Treasu-
ry Department to Columbia; but this has
been reconsidered. The EXAMINER advises eve
ny unproductiye person tomOve to the coun-
try, and thus render the possibility of evacua-
ting Richmond more remote, by enabling the
Rebel government to feed one soldier more
The EXAMINER has long leading article
applauding Forests atrocities at Fort Pill
low,says "'rhey diffused warm and sooth-
ing glow through the veins of every good
Confederate. The whole country will APP
prove and applaud his action, so it is hoped,
width Confederate government" The Elk
ANnNER publishes Longs recognition speech
with commendatory preface, under this head
ing.
Longs great speech in Yankee Congress-
The Richmond ENQUIRER Of April both
has information that Burnside is moving
The intelligence is brought by a scout, who
conjectures that he is going to Alexandra.
The ENQUIRER thinks more probable that
Yorktown Is its destination. His force is set
down at II, 000 and 5000 negro soldiers.
The same paper says the great fire at Viii
mington has fallen heavily ON the blockade
operation Indeed it may be considered to
have put an etfectual stop to running the
blockade for sometime. The difficulty Of pro-
curing transportation for cotton will pre-
vent for several months the accumulation of
sufficient supply. The destruction of prop
erty is estimated at from So, OO0,0 600 to S.,
100000 in gold.
The ENQUIRER has lengthy articles on the
Fort Pillow massacre, sneering at the indig- |
nation Of the Northern press and saving if |
confederate prisoners are executed, double |
the number Of Federals viii be Immediately |
put to death.
The EXAMINER Of the 29th, concludes an |
article on the military situation in Virginia.
as follows 'Ifwe hold our own in Virgin,
Ia till this summer is ended the North's pow
er for mischief will everywhere be gone. I'll
we lose, the Souths capacity for resistance
will be broken. The Confederacy has ample
power to keep its place in Virginia if employ
ed with energy and consistency and this is
the last year Of the war, whichever wins"
The same paper says most serious scarcity
of provisions exists IN Virginia, both north
and south of the James River and not only
IN cities and towns but throughout the inte-
rior
The same paper says four army corps have
been sent from Chattanooga to reinforce
Grant. The rebel General Writ Adams tel
egraphs from Iazoo City that he burned the
gunboat which he captured on the 23d after
taking out her armament.