Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-04

The Baltimore correspondent Of the New
the following interesting news relative to the
Southern Army:
| have learned to-day some interesting
news from Richmond, the dates being up to
Monday last, the 29th ult. During the whole
of the preceding week the trains of cars
which left Richmond for the North were
loaded with variety Of stores for General
Jobnston's army at Manassas. Among them
were blankets, woolen clothing, shoes, both
of canvas and leather, flannel or wooden
shirts, wooden socks (home- made6 bacon, po-
tatOes, salt and various other articles. The
boards and lumber for the construction of
huts for the soldiers had been sent up a week
OF two before. II was understood at Rich
mond that Johnston's army would spend the
winter in their present position, or at least
until the Upper Potomac froze over. What
the precise signi6catlon of that expression
was my informant was unable to ascertain.
He understood it to have reference to mill
tary movements across the Potomac, on the
Maryland side, in the direction of Corn's
Ford and Rockville
1t is evident that all tie stories of destitu-
ton or suffering on the part of any portion of
Johnstons army are totally unfounded in
truth. Not only are they abundantly sup
only have they fortified their whole line from
Leesburg or Goose Greek to Fredericksburg
but they are well provided with provisions
and with facilities for cooking them properly.
The people of the Southern States from which
those regiments come and particularly the
people of Virginia, appreciate the services
that this army has rendered to the South in
preserving Virginia from invasion for six
months, and have seen that they have
wanted for nothing. The railroads from the
South have afforded a speedy means of car
rying to them supplies of all kinds, and thus
they have got along SO far pretty comfort
| ably.
The detachment of fifty thousand troops OF
| General Johnston's army which was with.
| drawn from Manassas about the end of Sep.
temher (and which it was supposed had gone
| to Kentucky to reinforce General Buckner)
| only went so far as Abingdon and Chat.
| tapooga, between which points twenty thou
| sand of them now remain. The object Ot
| this movement was to protect the line of the
Virginia and Tennt ssee Railroad, the great
| avenue of communication between Virginia
| ard the rest of the Southern States, which, il
| was supposed, was seriously threatened a.
that time. The preservation of this railroad
is as vital to the cause of Secession as tbs
spinal cord is to the life of human being
| If the Union men of East Tennessee or O
|
ing completely a few miles of this road, i
would have broken the back of the rebellion
JEFF Davis understands this and hence, a
soon as be was satisfied, from personal in
spection, that the line of the Bull Run de
fenses could be held with one hundred ant
fifty thousand troops, he detached the re
manning fifty thousand down this road
Twenty thousand of them are thus statione
in Eastern Tennessee, where the creates
danger was apprehended, while thirty thou
sand was sent up to the Cum berland Gap, t
reinforce the Kentucky rebels.
General Msgruder was still at Yorktow
when my informant left Richmond. He Ia
strongly fortified that place and Big Bethe
and it was understood that as soon as tn
Federal feet left Fortress Monroe he woul
attack Newport News.