Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-01-24

ty, and We want no better evidence of it than
the history Of his military career in Missouri
The result Of the investigation of Gen. Ere
mont's case may (and we hope it WHY reliev :.
him FROM al charges Of corruption in @ IN
tracts, but it can never satisfy the public that
he conducted the war in Missouri VITA anv
degree Of sagacity and foresight.
The Bright Side.
Many people are grumbling because, as
they say, the army is doing nothing" If
we are to believe them, no progress has yet
been made towards putting down the rebel
lion. The following cheeriny side of the pic
ture, however, which we take from the Louis
vile Js.rnal, shows that not only much has
been done but that our army is just ready to
strike telling blows in the very heart of seces-
sion. Who can read this truthful exposition
of the situation Of our troops and rot find
strong reason for hope Of speedy and sue
cessful termination Of the war?
On Monday next it will be six months since
the Bull Run affair, and before the half wear
expires we may expect Q full movement Of the
Federal forces npon the Confederate rebels
The Mississippi expedition By land and water
has started from Cairo, under Gen. Grant ::
Gen. Buell. is all ready for an advance beyond
the Green River; Gen. Thomas, with a for
nidabe force Is at Columbia; Gen Schoepff
is ready to attack at Somerset; Gen. Critten-
den's charger is impatiently champinp the
bit at Calhoun; Gen. Banks on the Upper
Potomac, Gen. Stone below him, and Gen.
Mcclellan before Washington City, are pre-
pared; expeditions from Annapolis under
Cen Burnside, and from Fortress Monroe
under Gen. Wool, have been supplied With
every necessary; Gen. Sherman has the
Charleston and Savannah Railroad in his pos
session; Pensacola can be reduced at the pleas
ure of Major Brown and Fort Pickens: Gen.
Butler has possession Of the Delta of the Mis-.
sssippi and all the avenues leading to New
Orleans; while Gen. Halleck and his brave
subordinAtes are doing noble work in Mis-.
souri,. The heart Of treason SIS surround
ed by loyal steel, and the circle is grsd.,.0v
decreasing to crush it. Expectation ID now
At its fullest height, and everybcd DIV feels that
during the present week SOM terrible blows
will be struck. Opinions an vsrv var;cd 40
% Tue precise R@nss to be assaulted, but
nr,aans ~ . IN lie. Memphis and New
dos;ae., , AZ =, ~ apprehensive that they are
srmiss ~ the spots to which the Fe -eral
Gra" W -, be directed. Manassas, Bowling
he Cumberland Gap aud Columbus
o" vffer no impeachment to an onward
o. arch, for they will all be left on the tanks
Of the advance, while held in check by pow
erful detachments. Aqua Creek and the
York or Rappahannock river in the posses
sion of our troops will render Manassas
untenable. The Tennessee river offers every
facility for avoiding Columbus, cutting of
its supplies, and precipitating On army upon
Memphis, while from dozen different points
concentrating columns can march towards
Nashville.
Since the experience Of Bull Run, our SOL
diers have been perfected in the art Of war,
our preparations have been made on an i'm
mense scale, discipline has been every where
enforced, and We have between six and seven
hundred thousand men IN the feld, with q
navy Of about two hundred and City vessels
and twenty five hundred guns. The rebel
lion will be speedily arrested, and the Union
men Of the seeding States released from the
tyranny and despotism which have crushed
them down. In about Eve weeks we shall
have the anniversary of Washington Birth
Day, and we hope to announce many Union
celebrations on that occasion throughout
the States now in the power Of the rebel
leaders. We have no fears for the result Of
the coming crash of arms. While we have
been perfecting our military organization and
bringing to our aid I'll that science could
suggest, the Confederate troops are reproach.
ed IN their own papers for neglect Of duty,
lintemperance, characterization, and general
Generalization. While hundreds Of thous-
ands Of loyal volunteers have rushed with
alacrity to the protection ofths Government,
every device has been resorted to in the ef-
fort to I'll the rebel ranks. and many of those
who have been forced into service are paying
large sums for substitutes. The army of
the Union has no lukewarm soldier in it,
while the rebel ranks are full Of dissatisfac.
ton. Every omen is favorable for our cause,
and every presssge is cheerful.
EH-The South is fighting us with our own
money. To New York city the South owes
$3.50, SOC, 900; to Philadelphia, ga, GOO. 900 j.;
to Boston, 81, 600, 900; to Baltimore, 3d.
100000. The entire indebtedness to these
four cities is $sll 900, 900, and it is estimated