There is some animation at the polls, this being election
day. It is said Mr. Wickham, who for a long time, in the Convention, voted
against the secession of Virginia, is leading Mr. Lyons, an original
secessionist, and will probably beat him. And Flournoy, an old Whig politician,
will probably be elected governor.
A dispatch from Gen. Johnston, dated yesterday, says in
every fight, so far, around Vicksburg, our forces have been successful, and
that our soldiers are in fine spirits.
Papers from the North have, in great headings, the word Victory, and announce that the Stars
and Stripes are floating over the City of Vicksburg! They likewise said their
flag was floating over the Capitol in this city. If Vicksburg falls, it will be
a sad day for us; if it does not fall, it will be a sad day for the war party of
the United States. It may be decisive, one way or the other. If we beat them,
we may have peace. If they beat us — although the war will not and cannot
terminate — it may degenerate into a guerrilla warfare, relentless and
terrible!
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 334-5
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