The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-18
THE SITUATION.

ment. The first great gln in the opening
campaign in Middle Tenne sseei is looked FOR TO-
day. A column of The enemy have been re-
ported on the Lebanon turnpike. 1shosc point
Of destination is SUPPOSED 10 be NurfrecsbOro-
Preparations are ia adtiv Q progress to give
them a warm reception IN ihe latter place.
Morgan's brigade odeup pied the most ad-
iacent position to that dF d be enemy. whom he
has Been accommodating With great success
Forrest guards tho main AT enur on the left
On receiving information Of thcs advance o.
the enemy Gen. Breckiuridge threw ont a col
umn to meet hin ah,lH a branch of this col
umn, seven thousand strPrg. encountered q
force of thirteen thou sand at Layergne.. Hea!
! Wy firing followed, and reinforcemcnts were
sent for, but up to he hput of going to press
W. hive no details. II was understood that
Gcn.lcheatlam's divisidp 1Fas ordered down
from 'Tqsllaboma.
Confidence is felt in1 military circles that
Breckinridge viii not oily bold his position,
but viii be enabled toldrFveS every advance
back upon the fortified EHoaI tionk in and around
Nashville. Il
There was~a run4 Inat Gen Bragg had
ridden down TO the foft, but is not
credited.
The. situation in iirgi4ial is quiet, y far
as MCLEAN from our leB1 dt,hess saltl1OughVhe
-Sorihssp rarfrs spea K of eleral5reveIses, Y
North eafeiina ilie,1esSe thetks the. enemy 3
advauoe An III dis iron t,e streets allades
10 tlre capture M Poll 4rd s. alton on the Mobile
and Glib ,RaiIroqsA is boz cotfrrnei how
ever and We DO eEedit Tie report.
or lotiee bas leeR aud cted . / paragraph
wltl edcprrsd ia Ills plkee ofonr i-sue FOR
surdgy which n,ishth folstrued into , re
aectTen urenale rcr PIN est. hfoute gents
Of dis dflal,n.ent We explainNwiih great
pl,a,,:re .tatA sre inc rerc9 was hster'dcd.
Tie stte,liilstc 81. frs lie streral rs ,ali4
mott aic inlo WY tfsl q s.tle. Ye feela4sNsH
sd.serileeei iaui ~ lisa. Me cot senl
Head Quaiiers:a.ll NSe ii pw ofs.e moro fi.er
: eetie err. li.lle sfke.s ti.p Afessls. Ford
Renihifasal Nec,y. Gre ocshdse Eeisld men
Si,.f-tns Il. ilat tl:e tollbgo ofihe NAL F.foT
Middle Teirestee. i, Ilirg tfc last fox weeks
was rei Is ereer Of { department at Ricltl
nerd. tat by Tie MI Etary AS we arc willfnE
toei,e even tic dc yil LIS due. we 30 STATE
to Tic credit Of the tst ONCE Department.
f=-. - +--- III
The removal Of y Mcclellan opens as pretty
theme for speculation as the ups ami
downs of the men qE tho New World cvdr
+ offered From the dayF of Captain JohEi
Smith, the first fibnster, to those of Wi
liaal Walker. tho laEt n9thing has equhlleH
Il; the status of no lnar has been 50 het4I
worthy aud the neral of no career hds
been so suggestive IL isn little curiouE
however, to mark the resembling features u
those men, wko haSe suddenly risen and IL
suddenly passed odt Of existence somEl
times they have delighted, often they hads
perplexed, and always they aisappoint. Mdl
no sooner begin to marvel, than they disaf
pear down the back stair and dark aliey
of time /; thence sem n more. It isIve4y
true that the dogs Ii war, the world oTeE
like other dogs, have their day. But ii
day of these seems to Be especially brief
nor only brief, but fcklc and April-likdI
closing in dusk asE forBidding as it IS early
"A still more curl us familY likeness is
be found in this, that the borrowed liodi
I skin, which tnany Of these men have al
sumed, has invariably fAllcn from them, n
vealing the snirk Ia fpce Of /" Snug Il,
joiner, and no lion after all Thus Itdr
bide, !" the Hannibal Of Mexico and Simlr
Bolivar, q the W4khinE ton of GolunIbiaE
and Dr. Fransia, u th4 Cromwell, of PaIa
quay and Patyidk 0'IIiggins the T Oh
Hickory Of Chilli I4all had their day, suEl
as it was, and spcee ksivsly went by n
board. Poor Mcclellan caps -the wofp
catalogue, and now sta pds, weary and WoFi
with service, stripped Of power, stripped p
place, stripped of sword, and belt, ah'
plume, and above All, stripped of the lip
skin Of /" the Little Ma poleon.'
1t istte old, old story, and for the sax
of the lesson it caches worthy qf attfntHs
study. II
The hattie of Manassas crsnvlad III