Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-29

THK Wan IN TIE WKsT-CzAEaKD AsP1of OF AfFAiRs
-Ths intelligent special oorrsspoHdsnt Of the New VI.
leans P,iyun, "a. p in hb lstier dated Memphis
lsih inst.. say:
The battles OF tie Oh aud 7th have completely dis
enc rtej toe enemy From tie fennesses 20 me MS
ss.ipp their movements have since been MARKED oy
ub hestAioa aud confusion. There appesrs ns hef
70 De plan or uni$oa Of action anywhere ms PfuaP'
l. dls partly 10 the great l0ss OF general Cheers and
ptIy IA the crippled oJndou o. the army. bu; prinei
pAll, to b. fac. at they ind the reb 10 numerous
TOO str ly poste-, % de ermnsd and too ably Led
A, every point they nt's been c'nPis'ey
aad no II thu mselVss ch ckmsted eTerJWhere'
On the Tonnes they have been o)rapeiied 10 aoah
dan their old p2ei,o7s snd move doWi as rPer. Toe
"oa 10 New 0asans" by Gay oil Coen;h II, therefore,
V.ru ,ly giyei up. This Ess made necessary oy ta-
CT pal and dem oral c0ddiiop OF the army. IL Is
dsuotful, indeed, ii any nider'b!e Lumber oi them
coull now bs Drough. up az Ilut our pEilon thefe,
should their lesd'rI 50 4, eide.
The dash at Huntsville aud Decstur was, douotes',
male to coVSr up tui5 retrograds moVeneht' 10 aIy
e,s il avsi-d ,hsn nOihaT, IS tnsy haV9 already osh
CO p del 20 Abandon tim A. the 'am9 uhi' tHej
dud sir rear tareIeaed 81 Nashville, Whnc9 they are
report d 20 b. moving asay their etoes The city Is
csfanly expose iics the removal Of Blsls army AID
No b. p. will sooH tgaia ein our pose siSa
d - d ,l.l1 ~ ul.o road aoove, as vel a. on The
hisssp the enemy si'o Ind themselves check n@led
" movements wAi5i may not mention here.
r.s at H. tbs oGeny ni ;hsm selves nHc1 le's sble
20 con wlth US here Ihau they first Exp 81. tn
no,s rsspOass o. the Soashwes. 70 Gsn B-aurosird
40 zeal haa saved us Tne to!cs OF ths enemy, deed
mas been greatly mag d from the ginning, AID ntw
they 20 thems lves able 20 sugmsns It. Tue 20 COO
they are bringiI FROM New II ,dii and above, SGu
oly FL the plloss Ct ise 80 900 killed. sounded a1d
missinR" Ut SailIh We o. ;he osher band, can aGy
tine be reinforced By u Do'us and Ptics's eIesen,
onuu au6s Wherever they nay move, therefore, We
shall be G !u mstel for them.
D,t,n has Ia hair NsNg
subiusste us They cannot lie idle. Thsir army won
not endure sha. without u!ter demorz ,ticl the p,o
pie at homs permitted it. Their c'y is ION to Nsw
Uriesns"
TbJ probability nov ia, that they will try to eoae.n.
tra.e their shattered ald catered forces som
tween Durdy AID Bolivar With the o. O. Of turning
army at cosnlh sues attempted 10 turn Us At A-n
assI4 Let then try Is and will be another Bal,
Rua.
Tae engagements Of the Oh ard tn have completely
cisaged me aspec; VI the canpsiga. WricIev,r way
the enemy move Ger. B 'u:egud will d u.liF Cbsca
N ,.e ,h,m. And il they give him sl, fight in a.
oeen fell he will beat inem
Araif beaten here enemies will hardy be able II
eIry o. the war much logger. AL the let era picked
q vi the battle f,!d ,xp,es DISCUS si.h l.: aud teT
IL wish il eadej Lite Wesefn papers, also, speAk o
rszt eisrsss north Of tbs ohl. wbica vii. no. any
~sy De lssss.Cd by lbe return Of 10000 killed wound
ei and missing" TaeSs sIns papers led Ni.h the
N st egfuest tppeab 10 the peSPe 70 CONC lotWAru an1
cplifolte Of tber snS.Hrc to- tbs comfort of their
rave men il the h.d" ~,ll a. Ia TIE Hospitals,
y the Goyernneni was unable to supply.
"a. enemies cllnj, carry on this huge war much
longer Every they fad ID mselves confronted by
tore nearly ,ql4l 10 their own, Ga1 by far
determined il the meantime their subJGnce is fat
giving op.hs Federal treasury was long stree empteo
and the people show q IN 'nies iSdi'posion to con
lls the bOotles5 Uggle much l1ugr Tho dafel; and
ut.sr rout OF tbs great Western army here will ed it,
Auo her pull strong pull Aad pull aossher will
briag us cut Of the woods.
/ had the pleasure of eonvers.tion to day wi h a
&c Iteman fourteen days ago from s.. Louis. he "a,
tlst wi hstaading winters Ieverses In the Wei,
We have gst as many and friends there in u
bsgnnol hat half OF the peoPs Of the city, and nearly
ah Of the country, arc for u.s. snd oaly wAag tue
ny Of the tide il tas favor Tnere bu. lev Federal
troop, In So. Louis They have al been drawn q
q the river btow reinforce the Tennessee Iped
an And my iniornanE believes there would DO :.
sing there TO morrow # The people otl5 hsd arms,
which carly 10 the they Wtre systematically dspr ed
p.