Cleveland tri-weekly leader. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1854-1885, 1863-01-13
News from ReBeldnm

We have received from Captain g. W.
shurtliR, now on staff duty in the Army
Of the Potomac, copy of the Richmond
Dispatch Of week ago, the 6th)- 1t is
printed on a half sheet Of dingy paper,
about half the size Of the LEADER. Much
ofits space is flIed~with copies Of the off,
cial correspondence which was brought
out on the Mcdowell Court Of Inquiry
From the RappahannOck the Dispatch
learns that all is quiet, and from the Val
ley, that the Federals are reeOnstructing the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. From North
Carolina it learns that an expedition has
left Newbern, probably for Wilmington
The force at Newbern it estimates from
10000 to 60.OOO, and "a negro who es-
capped from Newbern brings the startling
news that the notorious Butler is in COM
mand." The arrival Of thirty Yankee
prisoners from Petersburg is noted. Three
hundred exchanged Yankees were to be
released on that day.
By the Southern Associated Press the
Dispatch learns that Bragg had fallen
back to Chattanooga with 1900 (?) Fed
eral prisoners and 5000 stand of arms
Much of the telegraphic news is made up
of extracts from Northern papers. With
sublime audacity the Dispatch says that
the Federals acknowledge loss of thirty
thousand killed and wounded at Murfrees-
boro'. It then explains Bragg's retreat
by saying that ho probably "became
alarmed at his own success and ran away
from it." It is not at all jubilant, how
ever. over the "victory," as it mOurns
greatly the opportunity thus given to Rose
Grams to enter and hold East Tennessee,
49, ..L;AL 80 anna nnnnniad 100000 mep
could not dislodge him. The Dlspstch
adds: aAnd East Tennessee is precisely
the very portion of the COnfederacy which
1t is most inconvenient for US to lose, since
it cuts US completely in two"
ave wish we could see any just grounds
for believing peace near, but we confess
we see none whatever" 1t says that the
rebel victories around Richmond were fol-
lowed by call from Lincoln for 300 900
more troops, and that call succeeded by
another for 100000 more. After dedueting
9 large proportion for the killed, sick and
dying, or absent it says that this is q
tremendous army, and as thus far the
Yankees feel perfectly safe at home, they
can send it all here" and further remarks
that peace will not be obtainable until half
these are slaughtered There is a notice
able change Of tone from that which last
year characterized the rebel journals
Then they secuted the word peace, and
would not even dictate the terms of one;
now they dismally acknowledge no hope
of one. But to whip this Yankee army
"ths oonscriptiOn must go on as if we were
in the most desperate circumstances and
keep the ranks filed.
The Dispatch quotes scripture" Cursed
be Canaan, SC" to prove that LincOln's
Proclamation is void. It says it win have
no effect in the slave-hOlding States be-
cause "slaYery is a good deal older than
any earthly Government and will last
longer than any throne or republic Of the
earth" 1t says that if it is carried into
practical operation by the blacks, the
black flag will be raised against the
black barbarians who will be punished
by the State laws already in existence for
such offences.