The Daily Dispatch: July 12, 1862., [Electronic resource]

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The enemy's movements in North Carolina.

The news from North Carolina indicates active operations on the part of the forces under Burnside. It will be remembered that this commander some few weeks since visited the Peninsula and held a conference with McClellan, with the object, it was conjectured, of co-operating in the ‘"on to Richmond"’ movement. The desperate straits to which the ‘"Army of the Potomac"’ has since been reduced have foiled the plans to ingeniously laid down, and Burnside now seeks to cheer up the drooping spirits of Yankeedom by shelling defenceless towns in North Carolina. Viewed as a demonstration upon Weldon, an important point in our railway connections with the South, this movement may cause some apprehension in the public mind. We are not prepared to say what measures have been taken to prevent the accomplishment of such a scheme, but our information assures us that the necessary preparations for the emergency have not been neglected. If the Yankees are going up Roanoke river in search of ‘"Union sentiment."’ they will return disappointed, and the expedition will have no other effect than to increase the hatred of the people for a Government sought to be imposed upon them through the medium of a noted entrap of Lincoln by the name of Stanly.