The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-27
THE SITUATION,

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papets from Cincinnati, st. Louis and Nash
vile, up to the Goth inst The ''latest intel
lgence" reported in the telegraphic columns,
Of these. is about as stale and stupid, as that
which we publish ourscf every morning in
the same department of the Rebel. Things
political, now that the elections are over,
and the first fever Of speculation has afated
seem to be coming to quitsn as passive and
upinteresting condition as the movements
Of the military; and as for foreign news.
there is none at all.
The Nashville Daily Dirty Onion Of the
18th. is made up pretty much Of the usual
array Of slang, falsehood and indeeency.
From it, however, we Iearn that Ed. Cooper
has been exchanged for Turner Foster. with
the understanding that both parties are to
be permitted to stay at home, on parole
,t.The gallant and heroic Gen. Rousseau" has
especially delighted the editor Of the i-dirty
onion" by his arrival in the city, "a timely
event." as that individual observes. AColl
Robert Johnsop son of the great patriot aud
hero" is at Camp Dsnni son, Ohio, with his
regiment, the /" 18th Tennessee cavalry. ? lie
is much lionizcd. The /" dirty onion" is
highly delighted that tie Louisville and NASH
Vile Railroad, viii shortly be open. What viii
be the emotion whes John Morgan tears it up
again. "Brigadier General Robert Burbridge,,
Honorable Horace Maynard, and Reverend
VIM G. BrownIow," 1--WE spell the names and
titles in full as printeds9 were in Louisville
on the 18th, stopping at the Gait House
and expected to start for Nashville in a few
days. II Dick Mccain only knew Ithis ne
might stop the stage containing these hope
full worthless.
Corruption" says the, cincipnati Gazette
of the lIih. lis fearfully Prevalent 2, ard
adds
a defalcatioa has been d'scos cred in the
New York Custom House. Tic amount si.pl
len Is Sl50OO9 certain, aud probably 500,
O00. IL behooves the Government IL loot,
carefully aud speedily into tic afidrs Of Off
GERS who, from moderate salaries, are txhibst
ing signs of accommodating wealth. ID wonld
not require a great deal of-enqniry TO find
such exhibitions throughout the county"
Aswriter FROM indianapolis to the CincihI
naifi Commercial, under date Of tie l6hl
inst says HI
The Union State Central Committee will 9n
Monday issue a circular pm the result of ths
late election in this stsfte, showing q lauge
fraudulent vote in the State, and that there
were sixty-two thousand voters in the army
at the time of the eeetion,ssqf whom nnpr4 tll4t
three-fsurths are shown is belong 10 The J15
ion party that the Democratic vot4 at the
late election wasr~in1 6fty-seven counties, Iat-
ger than It was two years ago, although these
same counties have 10000 yolunteerss in the
service; that the State has sent into the fieIa
$4,000 volunteers yet the Democrats vote ID
the State is larger than il was two years agp
whenal those volunteers were at home tlatIu
number of the leading Democrats in the, Stals
sustain the Union organization. 1t shows
clearly that the defeat of til. Union party was
the result of frauds and the absence Of Union
votes in the field Hi.
This absurd piecc Of political husnbug i
completely smashed by the fact that q resOlut
ton was introduced by the Democrats into
the Legislature to allow the soldiers to vote
and was defeated, every Democratic member
voting for il and every AboIitionist against.
The Louisville Journatinsists that there shall
be ''no winter quarters this year eYeral o.
McClcllan's staff officers have been arrested
and dragged to Washington. A letter to the
Indianapolis Union organ says. If the friends
Of Mcclellan are not more prudent, they viii
get him into trouble, as many of his military
household hare done for themselves" Tn,
upper Mississippiis closed by ice. A giea
Ere occurred in Chicago on the 18th, destroy
ing $500 600 worth Of real estate alone. fh.
marine preparations in the New York, Phila
delphia and Washington navy yards are o
the most immense character rail road
bridge over the Long Bridge at Washington
has been completed. "Mr. BnelI's case" say,
the correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette
@dOos not improve investigation. Parties
who are best informed. say he viii be cash
tered" Buell. is another Norfh4rn Democrat
The Abolition majority in Minnesota, is re