Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-08-15
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rco,cts:ssoadeuce Of Richmond "Enquiref.')
CAMP NE.2 TuPELo, MISS,
1870

,.,...oodeuce Of Richmond "Enquirer."]
CAMP SE.2 TuPELo, MISS,
July 2!:h, 1862.
Niece. ss:-.An old friend essays to
~ ,.o,;- readers some account OF
ssar;,o ~, sff.;r, in the Great West. Tho war
- Santh-wes: hes not been SO distin-
m,;s.,J i,r brilliant victories, sp!encG
So eoh;.'rsrents, and overwhelming 'rnmpts,as
49, nna i,ann r. The East. The sutaorit1eH in
p;n ntn attach SO much llnpaFtance 10 the
1afsnss nC that city, and, attic sarne t'm'' pos
sibly undertaking tia power q the enemy
hare. left this section III compara'Ne'y a~
n,-sa,.ss condition. The Fel:rgHs nade no
sect Of their projected hanE movements isst
S,rine. bv means Of guahoats and transports
IN rhe Cumberland and Tennessee rivers
Tho Northcrn papers ior months before le'
;tera,.d the plans CT Hallcck for his great
Southern EXPEDITION, which PROMISED SO much
The Cumberland was niserablJ defended,
bv miserable iortiGcstlOn, in alnlSeTab!y
selected nosition. Fort Henry, for Ike rca-
| aons offered out feeble resistance to an
ovsIwhe,u,inr force, projected and assisted by
;ron-clad punJca.s. The consequence OF al
! th;s VS.. Inst johnson had to hurry with in
decent haste olt Of Bowling Green, 10 avoid
being cut off by 4 heavy !oree IN H's rear ad-
yancips up the Culn5eI land, "!;a bueil fhena-
cling him i. ais front. io'! WALL observe 'E:'
iro,n Fort Henry the Tennessee Is almost PIT
raIlel with the Mississippi, As lar as PittsnNTs
Landing BY advancing ny the Tennessee, the
Te6erais To-ced us u eVacuate SaocfsS''!y
Columbus, Island No. 10, and Memphis liSe'i;
A series oi disasters followed the iaii Of
Fort Henry, which nothing but,thn inuoiiiita-
bic MUCK and patriotism of the Southern PFo-
ple could ever have repaired. Thousanos CT
dollars worth Of army supplies, collected from
the fertile rcciorS OF Il csteru Kentucky and
Mid. lie Tennessee, were captured or destroyed.
Ten or fifteen Thousand CT our heSt troops
were captured, great amount ol heavy
ordnance anu s,oan arms, she isaor OF nohthS,
was, in til. space u :" i:i' wc-r:s, transferred
from US TO tho possession OF tha eneDT.-
Nashville was in their possession, the arm'ry
Ct the Vest. The Cumberland, the leDncA-
zee, ADD the Missl>i ppi, rs lar a, MeLhph!s'
could not boast oi single Confederate Graz.
To use rather i;Ie!e5nnt &aw, "our hlntt-s'snE
are alway, better ihsn 2cT .,'rc-signta. "o
can sce now hor sll this could bave been pre-
vented, ifobstruclioms had hioc!;adcd the len
n,ssae and CuInberlsrd-if Forts Henry and
Donelson had been made imPrcSnaoie-lf We
had hsi eight or ten guuboals On the MISSES
sipp!, such as the A.ka1>ss, Grant anc bu.-
Ter would not this day ne Eliminating tueir
infamous aad brutal orders :roul Memphis
and New Grieaos.. The poor women srd DE-
f.cseless little children would not be driven
from .bc;r own doors, 70 wande7 abroad witt-
out The protection d fathers AMI brcthers.-
TIE laa,.s Of New Orlesu8 would not
nov tie compelled to smile az the oetestAoic
brutal ho1des froru up the 1!ve-, for iesT
OF being treated BY them as har!o:s- m
dew Johnson, Nelson ana Ethoil1se
! would not have dared % return to Tennesset.
Three months ago desponderc: vas deFic;ed,
in the face of ever one The tirnid sud
waves inc weT. almost ready to s'Sn al iacen-
,urs OF eternal SLAYER? 70 thu YsnAee inra-
.lers. Tie mos; cca!i5er, LTD hopeful were
| in doubt, and l:,any thought that al 'rse lost.
The scene has changed. paylign: has broke
| forth uron long night OF darkness Nash
vile is now held BY 3 InYst uucertala tenure.
M.'rtreestc-G', ;h!rty-t:Ec miles ron Nash
! viir has been taken With l,-m FrisonaES, m
GLIDING Two Er'gadisr f'caefa!,, - q gallant
| dash @; the iHmit& Die Forest. Curtis, wiia
| a large array, Las tael caased oIt ci AfEa2-
! sas, sitter E7e.: loss AID extreme suffering 10
| his command, The Federal fee. las teea
crippled before Fici;saarg, and that deTo'ed
/ CITY has proven her :Dlresnsai':iY ~ wa
Ter attack. Euti is ";l T. LED q lAorDs at
| New Orleans, in fear OF = spontaneous revolt
| of the people against the tvrant- NorGaa has
struck the Federals in kentucky with terror,
! aad even Cincinnati, Nett a! ba1T and Iener-
aonvile ure t!cd with alarn. The ctAt= ar
! ch!yes are being removed North from Frsnk-
fort. Prisoners, railroads and srmy stores Of
! che Feds " are sor,a Of the trophies of Mor-
! can = trumphal, march. The Blue Grass re-
| zion is in open revolt, and it l. belie"e! :Gar
Kentucky Will strike an effective hiow, which
| she has already withheld TOO long. Cur psr-
| Iizans are sweeping over Missouri lie IL hur-
! rcane, and the poor, deluded Garno inll!ia
! are venting their fruitless cries ia. aid from
| the Federal Government. Southern mcn,
last summer, sought covering 10 the InCun-
( tain Businesses and the dense Ticket and
now the Union traitors glre forth wa;liags
| from the saue places. Forty Federal shc.itfs
J in Missouri are said to have biz the dust for
| attempting tt enforce tie collection at the
| Federal war tax.
The ranks Of our army here are beng rap
! idly filed By volunteering and c0uscrption.
| Our ARMY is j.. excellent health and spir.s,
and only asks 10 be led against the enetny.-
The Federal army st Corntn has been grea'-
| II decimated by disease and desertions. They
have considerable force, say 10000, aoou.
twelve miles South Of Corinth. Wallace, with
ten or fifteen thousand men, lett 1--WE or sig
weeks ago for Memphis, and 1t is SUPPOSED
has gone to Virginia Bdell, With thirty
Thousand men, has gone il TIE direction Of
Chattanooga, where &c will probably catch
stroke Of lightning. Logan's Illinois Be-
gadc aas its headquarters 8; Jackson, Teup.,
and the troops are garrisoning the country
towns of the Western District, swearing
those who are willing, add irnprisoniog tL3se
who decline to take their odirus oh:h.
could :e.l much more OF these gen;r-,
but have already written more than : IL
tended. Oar amy, under tna administration
OF Gen. Bseg, is being well disciplined, dill
ed, and effectively organized.
North MrssorN.
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