The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1862-09-20

N{ {lrH armies are now stronger than they ever
were before. as we veriIy believe BY one hnn
,ldred per cent. if not more Our men are vel
Iclothed in the main, we'll fed and better
armed than ever before Odr|llafrillerJ i
abnpdahtI and we are almost daily supplying
ourselvss with both artillery and small srrns
! from the euep5f We have exteh4ed. in sew
enteen months, tile area of our territory
greatIyl We have swept the eIietny out Of
Eirgini|s slInost entirely and hAt recovered
flre srest Kanawla Salt " orks. d great acqui
sition tP ls at this time Our Troops have
passed into Ohio. and there gaptured Eve
Thousand stand Of arms. according 10 ltele
graphite dispatches We now pckupy large
p9rtIoiE-of Maryland where our arliy is es,aliusi
astiealy reeeivea and provisions Ire Eiili dan,
and flifap. We now have an jIssiIienae army IN
/ Keitufky. in the vary heart slIf that Ficl,
State. where our armies are abnIldantIyl sup.
piled Tifh the very best articles iiof food. and
have rFeoyered large part Of dur own be-
loved State OF Tennessee. Hill
|. And shove all. the public dptnion Of the
South isl consolidated and confident. aud we
have now mere than half a -rlilIisln Of Voting
po,PnlAtion now for u5 han weElah six mouths
ass3. tie ellief increase being IN the States Of
AiaryIa'id. Dflawsre. Kentucky ana Tennessee.
THESE States are now for US plobt decidedly
az the ballot box.
The New York Times says they (the Sonth
chi States havk beater ns in the open field
and II siaeI f5flitcationk everywhere and SAYS
i ha4 been fhe result Of generals.
Fhf New York Tribune sas iey have been
iylflipef by che sodth, so far everyty.ere
TlIst paper ssys that their arihy are better
sei9thkd better fed. have more An better guns
lhAn ours. aIid our armies are inferior il mum.
5ets and riiaterial Of war and THAT their men
Ale brave as tl,rs Land attfibhtes Their dis
asEefs 70 tlreir Inferior generalsl4p.
We hAvq beaten them efert where We
adi la 9izfeti1isd oar credit, au4 placed our
IGRffrnheilF Pn a firm fouIFdsii0fl i. has been
j1frqiqspllshfd BY the supl.ricr tIrayery16f gur
HIenl wie ride bettet and are bdi.er skii.ed IN
ttEle Z of arlns, and LED by bdtier generals.
I14Id suose al. sis4 AlEnigAlyl Raler Of the
pllfiFe'sr +. makes mel, bTsvl s4l ietsrinited
ard saccehsful II 4 righteous cause of self
5Jse5nsileilii
Itte1 49, At'aDii t,t'l il ID iktL .Ntfs j
NH iT MIDDLE 1'fiNN Z. SCR;
l-Ale learn that'iri folis8 instAtce4 judgments
RafeI bedn rendered, e kecuti3ns Issued and
property sold during tlEq occdpation of Mid
ile 1eiilessee by the lincoln troops Thesq
IActs wars dong By lne4 who bad tA.en th9
IohEEh df slfFee npd4r NE mill lhry dqspotisuI
Iatl .sFhH Fle IN evety sHdi, met nces III I
lJsiEigAA ellIEs aud e ec4tiohs IRE Wild fht
Isa - HhI3alffq I'd thu r; ;hlsH4 hssEbeen fib
ItrklisfarI u. the rigit Of pHifrs5. ana il j
sldiy .tlits:sl;'sabie wlre,hef thesse who haa
:iffytitt1fE 70 10 With these lfhirlgs have not
laliEtl5eetfl theislselKes to he4yy penalties
/. II i elqAr that II act Of Al Officer of tie
1Hncolnl tioyernm ent i void II T4nnessee,
did ihcfe vino too k he oath 20 sup port the
I qfnstitua5on Of the Quilted Statesl in order
h retain br hold Offices, alsarl.y u 4 them.
fslre Officers Of that GeHsfnnae ri They
BecanFe, Hy their pwn act sitlbut compel
siop, aliens to the 6 ohfed4Fate States. and
fHething but az act of Congress eau restore.
Ehdin q citizenship, This il sIuna Law and
epIlinen sense, and viii, We feel secured, be
so Eteeided BIZ ou+ courts " AilsaSsse Shall
p9tIutge extreme me; suEez ss3Iiihst l,neDT who
have takeli the Duh. aui4gt EeblupEiision. We
shall insist that thos who have Voluntarily
done 50 are no lpnge r citizens of the Con-
ifedeTate States, and are Oily entitled to the
ipririIiges 81 alien ed etaiea We hope Con.
gress will NOT pass any act granting amnesty
tothose whp have taken an3active p art against
Us, but willIleave them to the law as it now
stands Judges, sheriffs, rbsgis,Sates, con-
stables and other State pficers. who have
held once under and By virtue Of commits
sIopss from. Andrew johns ION, snd have taken
the oath. are not off cers DE- the State of Ten
nessee, but are officers of Johpsos' s military
government. They have chosen their idt-
they have selected their friends, and no-
llet them 20 with them. Southe rn men are
forced to leave their homes ana families, o.
80 We imprisoned in Northern duagepbs
where hlapy of them now are, and We Say
i the least that those men who haF e been OF
the side Of the ensmyIOnght % ask, is to e,
with their friends I
We are happy % state, from the best in
formation we have been able to obtain, tina
there are but lew such As We have described
liz Middle Teuhe ssee. NeFet have mer
proved 80 true and deyoted 10 the Southeff