Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-12-15
THE CONFEDERATEs PROPOSE To- STAKE
ALDCPON THE DEFEAT OF Burnside. .
THEY BOAST OF HAVING DEFEATED THE
PLAN OF THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN
BY DETkCHISG MCDOWELL THROUGH
FEINT UPON WASHINGTON -. "a.

We have copy OF the Richmond Rraniasr,
OF December 10th, from which We obtain the
following: ..r.
In 4 dispatch from Murfrtcsboro' on Dee sth,
Gen. Bragg claims THAT in the affair at Harris
Vile. Tennessee, Gen. Morgan captured l,su0
prisoners, pieces OF artillery, :, 600 small arms
and all other stores at the position, and thai,
200 Fcderals Were killed and wounded He
also claims the capture OF fifty prisoners near
Nashville, and OF 4 train near Corinth on the
5th.
Dispatch from Grenads, dated Dec 9TH,
says:
'sGen. LoyelltIas defea ted and driven hack
the enemy at Coteeyillc, killing and woundips
large number, and capturing thirty five pris.
oners. Our loss Was eight killed and forty. ;yo
wounded. Gen Lowell brought the eu tir. train
OF his corps safely TO Grenada"
The Mobile Advertiser says that the advance
South, on both sides Of Ahoeyille made il
necessary for Gen. r mberion 10 withcrsp his
whole force TO Grenada; thus preventing the
enemy from gaining his flank and rear Gen
Lowell was lett 10 check the advance OF the
CGemy's column.
The Eromi,er is much troubled on sccount Of
the great scarcity Of coal, and uSges Immediate
measures for obtaining an adequate supply for
the " inter.
lot of trunks, containing contraband goods
70 she amount OF fully ten thousand dollars,
We're recently captured in Richmond. The
goods csne by way of Norfolk and Petersburg.
hut had evidently been packed i- .',r north. as
tue Trunks r,rs-rered with the cards Of
Harndens Express Company.
The evident scarcity Of corn and smaller
grain in the Confederate States il = source OF
no little anxiety in the South as an editorial in
the K-omiHer indicates. The breadth OF land
sown in wheat and corn falls far short of the
usual average; owing, II is stated, to the high
price OF seed, and the opportunity for specula-
lauon offered by the high price Of hour.
The BTdmine-, in an editorial, thus treats OF
Federal operations at fredericksburg:
1.-THE result Of Burnside's forced march 70
Johannesburg cannot be contemplated with
ont ansxs ment. Mcclellan having been dis
graced Tor inactivity and hardness, his success
sor stcilnea down TO the Chatham bridge Al the
hrad or an enormous army and an endless
uaan, bent ON coming 70 Richmond sy Ii.
direct route, In the pace of y locomotive The
whole Northern people, Government a nd army
SITTER an their failures and disappointment,
weYr fully persuaded that thi. mo Nener 4 vould
result In tie fall Of Richmond before ten DAYS
from me TIME OF its commencement were past
Inc MAJORITY believed that he would be here IN
I'VE days while moderate and iudiciors men
coniented that The trip could not be made in less
than ten. Now, what is the fact! Burpsida's
Whol. army eneampod on the Stafford hills
more than y month ago, and have not adv anced
one inch since their arrival. They have bniit
railroad; their tents and camp fires cover th-
oaHh VI tue rlNer iOf tlgot miles, and thai
Two huge srInlee spend week after week in the
quletude OF Sabbath. They stare at each
other across the yellow waters of The Rsppa-
hammock, without even a skirmish TO break The
monctOny Of their days.
." If the movement Of Burn side WA An iSola
ted effort 10 take Richmond by way of Frsd
ericksburg, II WAS one Of the greatest folks of
THE war If IL WAS part OF a general plan by
which several other armies, which have not ~,
come Forward were intended 60 operate in con-
cert, IL ws- rendered sborti,e by the fsilur, 60
seize Fredericksburg before the Couteierate
Amy arrived and il the Confederate army Gan
succeed in keeping Burnside the other side OF
the Tver for some time lon-er his entcrprxr
may be considered definitely ~ y n,isoarriage.
involving q shameful RETREAT, great demon alizS-
lion. prudigious expense aud loss Of material
1T Is more than probable that Burnside
movement was indeed an important part in the
general plan OF campaign 10 be executed by
the whole Federal iorcs in the coming spring
Il Burnside could have gotten bic army safely
into Frederick-burg he could have Hyiate.ed
with great advantage In the Valley Of the Rap-
pahannoek, and brought his organIxslicn 10
great perfeeuoR before the marching season
again csT1c around
"rhen. If the Federal Govrrnmer, pu. IN
motion Two hondred thousand msn On Mctfi-.l-
lSn's Old route, BURNSIDE and ais column night
have made has way ~ fiei-ntiy hear Richnoie
TN effect .1S junction W hich Jackson's menace
OF Wsshiaftan pn,vrnt.d Nc Boreu from exc
cutting last June But the whole OF this d%-iga
tails in ihe waters between the hills OF SpoSsyi-
Nania and Stafford, II Burnside fsiis 70 take
Johannesburg. Prom this ncint OF Ntsw pos
session 81 .hat H. tar more tInpor ;snt than
tae pab@ic fererS.y supposed ~ 20 bc. Ii
Hmm ssie's force In coiidemne-s 70 winter An .he
barren wastes OF Stsrcrd, :: viii c-sse TO exist
op-rasIcn Is possible No expenditure of ltfe
and srsrry IN too great % b. cSm pen ate.i nv .
Ie.eai A. burnside. should he s..-topt "a c,Soe
10, pa eeage Of tss rivrr" " -