Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-06


The Right Wing ssd Cssfss Of The Grand Uaioa
Army Esgsgsd-Nsr or Nsrsr ruth fhe RsbrLs
-Adresee ~ fh,m isfe Eest Tensessee--The
Bsffle Of Bslicsr- ViIiipiyss menaees ysekssa
ruth 10000 Msn-Priee iHsssfisg Boiir~r Nth
a Large Fores-7Ae great Battle Of Chsns-
nooga.
CAIRO. Sept. 2.
Events Of such a startling nature and on such
a gigantic scale in Eastern Virginia 50 monop0-
iize the public attention At present. that it u
scarcely known, or at least realized that the bat
ties there saging furiou-ly are but assaults
uuon the lett wing OF the vast Union army
stretching from the Atlantic TO tie Mississippi.
every portion of which is being Desperately en-
gagged bv most desperate enemy. The war
shout n fact seS,Iunts across the entire country /,
and the din OF batIle is as ince-~aist here he
right or in the centre, a. on tie lett, Though with
the prvl,ortiouate lesser amount Oi noise and
smoke incident To the smaller bodies engaged
The rebels IL. whatever else tier nay have Iailed
here oiore, have not made failure ia de'e' mn
iny their time To strike. That it j. 'nOw or lie
yer" with them is no clearer TO u Than 10 tie
rebel government at Richmond They plainly
see that iher armies w"uld disappear Ike grass
before tie or. were tie, 10 allow ns quetl. To
reiniorre our columns 10y six hundred thousand
men With million and quarter of loyal bay
Onets set against them. the, are conscious that
persistence ia rebellion acre worse than Useless.
Hence il IL that now one grand. simultaneous.
pow eriul effort j. king To overthrow the Union
fOices. IL must be dome now, or rebellion Is Tor
ex er dead.
Thei efore il l. that the contest now so iereely
raging along the entire extent of our lines par
takes OF the nature of desperation. Desperate
lighting is not confined tn Virginia: ia Kentucky
IA Tennessee. in Alabama, and la M-ssSippl.-
wheI e, er thee Is Union force Co oppose the
,reh of u seditlonary army, there there Is 4. hit
ing.
have telegraphed Won such meagrc details OF
oper itioIIs ia Tennessee or theIebouts a. la, e
been able To gather. There is a careful scrutiny
practiced-nOt So rigid here AIN glad To say
lest some information should reach the s,yal
people of the North concerning the inlpenuIug
great struggle Aud then, too, II had been deem
ell exIe'iient Ia fOresO the u>e Ot teie-rIph III
certiin localities for the present, lest inform ,tIon
should drop from the wires ihro the rebel ears
that would be OF t0o much value I'd them.
Hence are shuI up here to reports of travel
ers, corners and gOers from and To the btttie-
he'd, like the press is in the vicinity OF Wash
lDgton and cab only give statements as We hear
them.
Hereahouts-tnd this expression includes the
district del ending Cairo it, base. comprising
our forces in Western Kentucky and fenhes-e,-
in this region matters are ia very precarious
stuation; not that there il any tear Uf a Union
de. eat when tlis coup dstaf OF the rebels hats
been brought to all END and the result shall lac
summed up but are threatened and asS.il Ell IA
various directions; i"ieed at all points: and the
rebels, 80 fully prerarei for this movement, anJ
80 PEI eetly acquainted with the localities and
ruutes. and having such seemingly we'll la,i
and we'll understood plan to work from, move
Their forces With such CELEBRITY. mars them al an.
required point adroltly and call up reinforce
men,s 1T any required moment with such certain
". that 1t requires the most unceisIng vigilance
aud hercule.n efforts To meet them Indeed
and the TACT can not be cons dered cOntrabill,i-
they outnunbered us. We are fighting at every
disadvantage When we fought at DonelSon a
reDrl regiment WAS mOtie, rabie of from twu
to five hundl ed men. Now, when meet a re-
bel re .iment We lind fully organized and we'll
disciplined force of vt least one Thousand men
All the regiments onpos.d 10 u are quite as nd-
merous how they we're then. ! Ire secret Is
tile rebels have been reinforcing their armies by
CONSUMPTION or draft anti instead OF embed, ing
the new levses i'm organizations they have
ii. led up their old regiments To the maximum
STANDARD, thus placing raw recruits beside 'ete-
rams, and equaIzing the standard of perfection IN
military drill. 1t the same time the elevation oil
the standard Is rendered more easy and speedy
This secret we should have acted upon when our
new levies were called for. which, had We done,
H would have given ~ an available and Weld.
force exactl, three hundred thousand men strong
er than the Federal army now is.
] hts l. such plain tact that any school boy
can zee il. and why the Secretary of War did
it l. "a question that he will Vet Ina, e IL
answer to the American people. Had he seen il
it his duty 10 see it, how manly OF the
thousands of brave men that have lalen in the
proiracted struggles OF the past eek would have
been SIniei,
But all this is far from my purpose in this com
muncation.
! As early as Wednesday of last week it was
known that the rebel General Viliipigue was
moving nor,h~ard on the Mississippi Central
Railroad with IA force ct ten Thousand Oii
| the above dav he passed Grand Junct OH With u
portion of has force the reminder movIn. upon
the following day On Friday he appeared in
tile vicinity of Bolivar HIS force was mani,
IN united Iniantry-am organization admirably
adapted To rapid movements and operations III an
extended region. On Sttur,ia, he was assaile,I
10y reconnOltering p'rt, under Lieutenant Col
onel Hogg, OF the al Illinois cavalry, when oc-
Cured the brilliant engagement, of winch you
have heIrd all the pirI'cul,rs that hive been re
ce.ved here in which Lieu eIilt Colonel no. .
lost his lire.
Saturday night other rebel forces were brought
up. aud. throughout Sundn, ami Suud " ni3ht,
the railroad north OF Bolivar kept HnceI>Ins
J., busy IN Transporting rebel soldiers. In The
meantime, NIilIpISue quietly iored the ia che
river At Joint a short distance west ri Bolivar,
anu pushed On hUrthward with column. making
his first manifestation at Medon Station. lts,if
WAY between Bolivar and Ja kSon, thus effect. Z
Il disruption IN communication with Bolivar by
rail. and nterpo>ins his force against the
march OF relniotcemenis To that place. SutSe-
quenily, il WIS aScertained that P.ice. with IA
lar amy. WAS behind Vrllipieue. and. soon
~ tie Latter hid crossed the II dche. the iuimer
stepped into his old camping ground. where his
forces reruezvoused. Having brought up his
army. Pilce proceeded 10 dispose OF them ~ It's
etiectusly ana completely to invest the little
town OF Bolivar.
Villipigue. in the meantime. pushed forward
from Men,lOn. threatening Jackson, destroying
the r.uiruad IN his march, ami burning &c, eral
loads Ot cotton that we've found standing
upon the track al way stations. Yesterday two
regiments OF Illinois troops. the 2hh ami 3flth
stationed at E>tanaula, wete sell out To attack
NIliIpisue in hl> rear. They came upon him
about seven mieS from Jackson ami. after a
short euga. ement. a.ed at most wonderful odds
in Ityur al tile enemy. gave him severe druD-
bii'-. putting him To an 'ngioriOuS rOut. We lost
ahoat half dozen VA killed ia this affair, and
less lh u fifty IN Wounded. The success oi the
engage cement reflects the highest credit upon Col