The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-08-27

Trr m the Nashvill Unior.]
Plan of The Rebe . for Tenn see ana
F<entucf ucfxy.-Desertc. s-Spies and he
cru ting Officers- M SIN Judgement
In Tenncssee.
Some six weeks ago we gave brief out
line of what we felt satisfied was the plan
of the rebels to reco-er their power in Ten
nessee and Kentucky. The article was ex-
teus,veiy opied in the newspapers, and by
the LoraI portion was probably regarded as
piece of idle speculation, intended either
as a sensation article, or to I'LL up vacant
| column. The events of the past few weeks
! in this State aad Kentucky, at score OF
points, and information conveyed by hun
! dreds of reliable persons, prove clearly tnat
the plan which we suggested had prooao'y
| be-n adopted by the rebels, is exactly the
one by which they are now operating. we
are satisfied that large majority OF those
persons who have pEofessed 10 BE- deserters
from the rebel army, have cone among US
merely to give aid more effectively to the
cause of tresson by placing themselves IN
postiou where they could watch every
movement OF the Federal authorities, tie
course of local events, and the huctuatlonS
of public sentiment. MultiudeS OF them
, are also engaged in trading, through the
medium of third parties. and are sending
arms. clothing, ammunition, meat, salt, and
other necessary articles, to The Southern
: army. We feel assured that the Confeder-
a,es have large corps OF spies, recruiting
officers. and traders, distributed at every
point where they can be made available. -
. Our own observations are fully confirmed
/ nv those of a very vigilant and efficient OH
), Ger in the Federal civil service, who has
n been with the army in the Southwest ioi
II some time, and who, being on intlmate
terms with some very intelligent Sou hern'
r. ers. gathered om-them vast amount O
y information. He communicated to US som
very interesting facts, which 1t wouia o.
well for the country to know. Fernaps t'
- :. impart them may be the means OF cofrec'
% ing the fearful carelessneSs OF the UoVefh
' ment in some quarters. ...ae.. =
q The leniency of the Federal authoritie
in Memphis, in permitting ageherai re'u''
" of so-called deserters to that CITY, mas exer
70 ted most pernicious lphuence on tn
nc, ITrion cause. Instead of keeping trade j
the wake of the army, the authorities iss'
- ed passes and permits 10 thousands OF me
- who had already peIJared themselves liz
crantlv. and had no hesitation in doing s
oe- again for the purpose OF gaini ana VINO 10
ual resdiatelv carried out great quantities
), All kinds of supplies far beyond the Unie
tines The traders of Memphis thus fur
ished the needy troops of the Confedera'
with the very articles they most wante
X and the capture Of Memphis under these ca
red 80 -..s.. hscoa,e M, octtnL esfynufcce
To- he rebels They gotour salt, they got me-
! By tbey got clothing, end they got gold in 9
$. change for their cotton, which they sold
larger prices than they ever obtsin
~ before. Deserters, too, who had return
the and voluntarily taken the oath of ailel
em ance were known in several instances
ma, ma carry off recruits for the rebel army; a
ater every thing that was done in Memphis
communicated with remarkable celebrity
:. the enemy. Rebel captains, rebel lieutt
Az ants, and rebel sergeaD,s, walked ronnd
IS. streets of that city, telling Union men q