New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-23

R,v.lInv Green, Nv, did not numh-r 6,oD men 10
lie or,rcc..c. and could have bv-n succes-iW'v
NOD ~ az the leisure of the j'ehcis. The psr
ses.in, ~ a.. N. and G.. r.. r.. between Huotsriie
and tie Mi .ssIqIi line Sas nothing comp red viii
TIE risk IT. 1.-Two we'd osing oar base al otirtions,
otG Of the i.nleasura 10 cOnet qucrces of u scond
i,vssion Of K,utucky BY Rebel army, and accord
nsly s,cps ere tafeD 10 SCARE the greater IN pre-
ereiice 10 tie MINOR object
Gen. Nelson was. frti ordered, upon sfe news OF
the Muricc .borcs ,iSassry, 10 collect his division
scattered hetwoh Decatur and PULASKI, and repair
with the greatest possible dispatch via Nashville 10
Aiurfreceboro. With his usual energy, he made
forced marcfks from Athens 70 Pulaski, to which
latter point trains WtSe rUnllng On the tcineSee
and Alabama Rsilroai; took the for Nashville.
ant thence hurried ia ward overland to hs drs'ina-
uo6, occupying less than week IN the movement.
! VI the ssms tiue Cen. WOODS Divisr5n WIS or
dsred 10 move frsIn the vicinity OF linnisvile, Dy
way Of Sal,Gn and New-Msrset, TO Eincbe-ter-a
s'aiion on the NASHVILLE and Chattanooga Railroad,
some fifty miles sDdth OF MuTreeSbori. II reached
( there about tho time Gen. Nelson reoccuped huF-
free.boro.
had been ord RID before the occurrence OF the Mar
ireestcro surprise 10 advance, va BfownsbOrO
Point Rock, 'Noodvile, ard Bclle'onc, TO St'r H.
SON. distance of over ~ miles, snd had arrived nj
the isst oued point after Nelson s and WOOD
divisions h1 assumed their new rosi'iors.
The oivhion of Gen. TDOinae WAS relieved IRON
duty at as q to the east w'rt Of Inscdnieia, on
last w elk of Jny, hv tie division OF ten olie
frem the simy of the Mirsiesfi t"en. Ao'ecra'is
D command ubiil lien rncanied on clear t''r1' u"
trtes s. nth OF CorUtb, AID ordered 10 nIifch "Vei
/. the ron;e followed by Tie nan body ol i:e army
Y end i,ir Gen Woods ut Winchester. ~ Ma upon
& this ma rch that Il e gallant Con Robert / Mctook
: rgas sc foully murdered by sueriias ~bh'e ,l0h'i
I in an ambulance, Frustrated by Cise"se' ne me-
II been urged both 10y surgeons and Ia brother ON
Gers To remain at Tuscumbia until he IL fnily re
covered his health; but Ire could not be r'he ihoueh
o. Leng even temporarily separated it'ni us com
~ maud and thus came 10 meet cruel thl'h'tN en-"
I TIE DIVISION of Gen. Mtchrl, az ue tnia 81 Tue
q a oven, Of the Amy of the OH" IN ASit'cih A't
3 hama was distributed between Decavur, Stevenson
p and Bridgeport on the Men lhis AID Char sion
and between Deckerd and Stevenson, on ttc Ned
J, Vile aud Chatt 'nooga Railroad iSe l',Hnn" - !
:. that excited the dI-p OF Gen. bueli ny wen
!, alleged dcpredatory warfare under tie refine I"
D, Geu Mitchell still doing penauce Tor ihelr .'s
IA oft nser by guarding roads aud tehting gherr1uS
J. but the bulk Of tie dIr!,ion has orcn eo-Oteia,HS
l. since Gen. ho-ecians assun 60 'oMmand WIFI Hot'
d of Generals McCook and Crijteudon.
}. Sirce the br.iuung oi The present. month, az II
j. we'll known, Gen. Nclsou bias made a icIwafc
movement from MuriIeesGor0 and occupied Me
S N,uuyille forty miles 10 4 e east. Gen. " ood
j. civl ion hae rlo advanced abou; a day march Il
. he east Of Winchester. tie ID. Sd, anu 9TH divis
j. ions temporarily pisc under TIE chief command OF
r. Mai Gen. McCoss, likewise shifted their position
r from Stevenson to the vicinity Of the junction OF
III
= half miles TO the northeast VI NInclestcr. Cen
V Ihsmase division has undoubtedly joined Gen
is Wood ere this
u Glance at the map will show the character Of
j. the rev lne Of oyel1 oDS occupied by Tic army Of
e the OAio after the movements JUS deserted Of III
"a several divisions 1t viii appear that liz front ii
II been totally changed l. faces 70 the east bstaa O
the south Instead Of fiom the east io tie ~ssi II
exteuds from ;be north TO the south. It's night has
become the cener It's center the left, aud it, .et the
# ,obt From the nature Of the change II is evident
e that il was made with view 10 the protection OF
e Middle Tennessee and Southern he fucky from III
vasion by the Rebel armies in East Tennessee 10
= the advantages and disadvantages OF the new me
, propose refer at length Ia Gfutue letter SuN'e
il 10 say present that II Is pre.emihehtly dec-
sive one, ana that as long as the army holds II, no
4 Offensive movements need be looked Tor; Ntt ltt
assumlion involves, ju-t the withdrawal OF ou'
!. TROOPS IRON the Mem. Lis and Charleston Rilf a.
"a bet cen Corinth and Memphis entaed the ors OF
the most important fruits Of the siege OF Corlnth II
le Northern Mississippi and Eastern tennessee, th'
re abandonment OF the road III Northern Alabama
r. and win the reeults Oi weeks OF marching, re
d. pairing ioriiy ng, and que rrila fighting snce th'
10 retreat of Bcauregard and that had the Army o
" the Ohio taken its present position last March, a'
lain perfectly still III II since instead of movin,
se all The way around through Middle Tennessee
Northern Mississippi, and Aabama, reach il il
h. III, coure Of five months it would at least be better
" oil in point OF numbers ana general capaeny OF actor
81 ian il il nOw-or in other words ell it has done
}. since 1t narcted from Nashville TO the bloody held
e oi Shiloh has proved a waste OF time and mill
tary Ngor