Show PROGRESS OF EVENTS the latest dates d vies kies from the east received by mail are to tho esth dinst and from california to thie ihie from which it is mide made to appear that the war movements in the states were progressing more rapidly than during the fall and the forepart ot of winter and more fighting has els been done since the first of february than durin dulin during the three months previous the federal troops in nearly every battle having leen victorious and the stars and strip stripes es now BOW float in many places where they did not four weeks ago the burns de tion the ad verses versea that seemed to attend its ita first movements hab has been a cbs ces as so far as the taking of roanoke Roan oice olce isgard the occupying of elizabeth city after it was burned by its inhabitants on leaving it and the taking of edenton and a few other places and probably on being 6 reinforced general burnside will mahe make bome big moves in the old north state and in the ad adjoining j bining portions of the old dominion and even norfolk and the confederate defenses in that vicinity may not be exempt from attack and capture by the forces under his command in missouri the federal troops under commend mend of generals curtis and seigel have hare ben benn in the and have succeeded in driving the confederate army under general price olt out of 0 the state into arkansas under general lial ilal hallecks lecks administration of or military affairs in the department of 0 the west the federal cause has been b gaining ground there of iafe lace but secession in that state has lot not become extinct as recent occurrences fully attest the union to fo ces in western virginia lave been victorious wherever tuey they have met the confederates iu battle but by far tar the most disastrous delcas have resulted to the feces zionists in kentucky and Tenne tennessee the victories gained by the federal forces over the Confederate a at forts henry ad being bring among th the most important everts events that hare have transpired since bince the commencement of ille ilie tul tui a war the only point from which a forward movement has not bem made within the last conr weeks beeks to is the potomac the federal and confederate te which ha have ave keen been encamped in the UK vicinity y aty 0 of th ta 0 stream bileam dividing tiar lidid nd from rom virginia virginial since twe tle be battle cattie battie of bulls run seer seen greatly at attached to that locality and there are no DO indications that an adva advance nce lii will ill be made bythe by the union forces stationed d there very soon there is a mystery attached to t the he war movements in the vicinity of washington tori torl not easily explained pla pia ined for while the federal arms have been victorious in Misso missouri url kentucky tennessee western virginia and along C the coast of the carolinas Georgia and of the gulf states the confederate flag floats within a short distance of the national capitol and the potomac from alexandria to chesapeake bay is blockaded by confederate batteries at every point and no effer a hae hale been nor are being made so far as a known to remove the obstructions to the navigation of the river by causing the confederates to abandon their works and fall back to interior points the operations of general genera burnsides expedition which some have supposed would cause the to move southward from their lines extended from the Alle alie ganes to the atlantic has had no effect thus far to induce the abandonment of a single post occupied by them but sh eh uld he advance upon norfolk some change of position may follow but it is not probable that they will abandon their strongholds strong holds along 0 tho northern boundary of virginia till compelled comp eilea elleA by force and arms the recent successes of of course hive a tendency to defer the reco recognition of the confederate states for a time J but how I 1 ng rig cannot now with certainty be determined in the event that the tide of war should shorty shorty tavor favor the there would I 1 be strong inducements for some of the principal european powers to acknowledge their independence that the seceded states have been or will soon be conquered notwithstanding their reverses no one believes at and I 1 d the fortunes of war may favor their armies in future conflicts but whether so or not the progress pro ress of events event will lot rot i ot be impeded and all that the prophets have spoken concerning the things now transpiring will be literally fulfilled and peace may not be expects to b bt enjoyed by the inhabitants of the Ame american cican clean stat states es for many dab daz dab to come |