, 1862-03-31
TnE:WESTERN SEAT OF WAR.
A GREAT BATTLE IMPENDING.


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a GREAT BATTLE IMPENDING.
The cut we present includes q region to.
wards which the eyes Of the whole country
on both sides Of the border Of loyalty to the
Union, are turned with interest. 1T comprises
the entire rebel line, the purpose Of which Is
the defence of Memphis and the Lower Mis-
at Islaud No. 10, where for sixteen days Com
modore Foote'S cannon and mortars hare been i
operating with no large amount Of SUCCESS as
yet, it must be confessed, and that too {the
failure, not the confession, for causes beyond
the control Of the War or Nary Department.
Considering Island No. 10 as the left Of the
rebel line, it will be seen from our map that
the line thence stretches southeasterly to Cor
NTH, Mississippi, in the extreme northeast
corner Of that State. We have designated
with black parallelogram the points between
The Mississippi and Tennessee rivers, where
rebel forces are-at Union City, twenty miles
back Of Island No. 10; Humboldt and Jack
son, on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad; Grand
Junction, fifty miles east Of Memphis; and
Corinth: on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.
TIE largest force is supposed to be at Corinth,
where Beau1egard commands, and in this ri
cinity the first battle will probably be fought.
In the impending battle there wiu be more
troops engaged than met at Waterloo or Boro-
dino It will decide the fate Of the rebellion
III the Mississippi Valley and settle the future
policy Of the war. Ours is strictly rebel
map. We won1d not designate it We could
precisely where and in what force the soldiers
Of tie Union are That is nothing to do with
the question, since the public are not to be
taken into the condolences Of onr military
men, and-the editors go with the public,
Of course. It is not contraband to write that
yes, precisely that number Of transports
and men are up the Tennessee, had landed at
Savannah, where Gen Grants headquarters
were, and have already done some little skiE-
mishing at Purdy, and burned q railroad
bridge on the line Of the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad, between jackson and Cotinth.
And Of course Com. Foote is ut Island No.
10, and Ger. Popeat New Madrid, and his bat
teries at Point Pleasant and Riddles Point,
several miles below. The Eebels hold posi-
ton, thus marked cut in our map, Of formida-
ble strength. It is traTersed By railroads con
Meeting them with all parts Of the South. The
river is theirs, and by such means, with unin-
teruptcd communication, the enemy will only
succumb to hard lighting and defeats beyond
>asingle days rcverscs. Bcauregard and Cheat
ka1n, Polk, Clark, and their lesser and greater
leaders, arc in command in this field, and
many soldier sees the Saturday night in
which we write this, who will notcomplete an
other week The very Sunday in which some
Of our city readers will peruse these lines may
be the battle Sunday, for thus imninently and
nearly impending is this battle.
and now one more reference from our map.
Every Soldiers Aid Society in the West
should see its duty laid down upon it. The
boys that ne have there On the Tennessee are
cur brothers, sons, husbands. There will be
tens Of thousands Of wounded men to care for
while April is yet new, and hospital stores
never so ample will wane and grow light be-
fore this coming call: Let every noble hearted
woman fal1 at work and remember that the
Chicago Sanitary Commission is for the mauy
thousand readers Of the TRIBUNE the best
channel Of communication. Do not wait
until from up the Tennessee comes the news
Of battle fought and the preparations O
humanity yet incomplete. The map doe!
! not show nor shall We inaicate' what has al
ready been done by way of precantion, bu1
We suggest these hints as worthy to accom-
| pany our engraved answer to the just now uni
| yersal question, "Where is Corinth-''
Mr.. ". Rogers, the Hospital Steward q
Nelson Furnace, Nelson county, Kentucky
publishes in the Louisville Journal the follow
ing list Of soldiers who have died at that place
and offers to furnish additional information 4
the request Of friends Of the deceased:
James Rector, private, 50th Ind, co. G, Feb. f6-
Cbas. Hoover, private 36th Ind, CO =. Feb. u.
MotI ps1sat sR 81, IT. IA CO FL FL
| David Stout, private, 18th Ind, CO. E., Feb Is.
John v. Ncwland, ffer, 84th III. Vol, CO. T
John 4: clampstt, private, stth H. r.. CO. {
Wm; Hntchins, private, ssth ILL., v, co.
] n Driekill private, a6th III Y, co. B, Feb. 2
Josiah Simmons, private, ssth III. y, CO.
H5nE Singleton, private, 47th III. T., co.
L Mach II.
James G.. Baker, private, 47th Ill, T., co
| March ~.
Eli Lewis, A1;h III. T., co. Z, March g.,
70 The gradual decline IN the trade {
| Boston for few years past, is directing ntte1
ton to the necessity for improving the railwn
connection Of that city with the West. II
Boston Ibst urges immediate action. 1t says
s'Givc us forty-iye foot grade instead
: eishty-four, between Boston and Troy, ar
shorten the route twenty miles, and the VOL
is nearly done-''' Though in respect to d1
tance, Boston has the advantage Of New Yo1
in the trade with Liverpool, and has extensi,
local manufactures, she fails to maintain h
relstiye Importance as commercial city.
J l. B a Southern paper says Gen. Beaurega
| has aurnaled tn the rl1anters for their bells