The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-10-07

The GRENADA lMiss.) Appeal OF the 23d
of September contains the following
article. We isPuii,iish II as much for its
absurdities as Tor anything else The
idea Of concentrating the rebel army
in the Valley Of The Mississippi is simp-
" ridiculous, as their Generals in order
to keep their soldiers alive are compelled
TO scatter them over 4 wide area Of ter
ritory to procure food. Equally amusing
is the statement that BULLS army is
retreating slowly before BRAGG, when
every body knows that the latteris using
every antilice 10 avoid an engagement
with the army Of the North, which is press
ing upon him. We earnestly hope that
BUELL. may succeed in forcing the rebels
to do what they viii not do ifihey can
retreat fast enough, and that is, b .6qh
The APFeoi says
ID is almost impossible TO keep pace
with the advancing movements Of the
| various Confederate armies in the Geld.
80 rapid is their progress; 30 complicated
/ the plans Of our able Generals, and So
astonishing the events daily attendant
upon their operations. Yet every reader
can see new policy has been adopted
IA new species of warfare inaugurated;
or, as the Richmond Examine, remarks,
" ihe spade and the ditch have at last
been discarded-that legs have been
substituted for entertainments, and that
the happiest effects are witnessed upon
the health and spirits of the soldiers
and upon the prospects for the success Of
our cause
In the West the features Of the cam
paigu, as seen at present, are highly in
teresting, scarcely less so than the gigan-
tic movements in Virginia and Maryland.
We have in the Valley of the Mississip-
pi an army that would be of magnificent
proportions were it concentrated; but at
present its different divisions are each
performing a work scarcely less impor-
tant than that which viii come before
them when united at the termination of
the scheme they are engaged in. The
journal above named refers TO the situa-
ton west of the Blue Ridge and Allie
ghanies, and without exposing aught that
could be Of service 10 the enemy, makss
a highly encouraging statement which
will enable our readers TO follow trans
piring events more understandingly.
The excursion Of Gen Morgan into
Kentucky six weeks ago is regarded only
as a reconnaissance or leeler, and il will
be recollected that as soon as that wary
officer had explored the way, and return
ed in safety and triumph, General Kirby
Smiths whole command, of which Nor
gan was a constituent part, advanced
along the track he had explored. But
I Gen. Smiths column is, ITSELF but part
, of a great movement. tits the vanguard
:, of Gen Bragg's army, the main body Of
which keeps in immediate contact with
the retreating army of the North, under
the leadership of Buell., who retreats
slowly before Bragg, while the latter
cannot be moment off his guard il
presence of so strong an adversary.
ROsecrans commands the extreme right
;. wing of the Yankee force on this side Of
C the Mississippi; that is to say, the por.
E ton of the army nearest the river, Will,
e Price commands the adversary column
a on our side. Rosecrans is not foe TO b,
e tempered with; and hence il is, that th,
5 greatest circumspectiOn characterizes al
$ our movements in that quarter.
d Further east we find a large COnfedc
rate force watching a similar force o
!. Federals fortified in the mountain gorge
5 of Cumberland Gap. 1t is the popula
: belief that this Federal force is surround
= ed, and cannot extricate itself. They
. may be starved into capitulation, but i
e is not probable that they will be taken il
/. any other manner.
e In addition to these we have the force
:, of Generals Humphrey Marshall anC
: Floyd, both Of which have so long beer
s in Southwestern Virginia, but who ar
- now understood to be cooperating in tn
0 Western campaign.