The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-02-19
The English Press ON the Battle Mt
Murfreesbor0.


from the Times, Jan. 2Ist.
Ifhard fighting-coptinued through several
DAVIS. with a heavy loss in killed and wounded
a great battle, the engagements
hetween MurfreesboTo and Nashville may rank
among the chief military events OF the Ameri-
can war If decided success is required to give
a conflict historical importance, that ele>
NON, Is wanting in the actions in which the ri
val armies were engaged during the last days
of the old year and the first OF the new. But
has been gained. The determine
ton with which the Federal troops continued
10 advance and attack, after their serious repulse
OIL the 29th of December, when the operations
began, speaks well for their qualities as SOL
dieTs.
From a description Of theiI endurance through
the severe fatigue of FIVE successive days of
action IN he face of a Sinful enemy, we
shoulGsinfer that the Union troops in Tennes-
see are composed of better men than the regl-
ments recruited from the eastern cities. They
seem to have shown more of the "real grit oi
the Western American thanrhas been displayed
III the campaigns i'll Virginia Eye witnesses
have described the conduct of some of The Oh@
100 divisions at Fredericksburg in terms not
catering to the military qualities Of a large
portion of the Great Army of the Potomac'-
Nothing of the SAME kind appears III the ac>
counts of the recent actions in Tennessee. Here
the Union regiments seem to have been OF bet
ter stamina and spirit. -
They also had the advantage of going lnto
action without the encouragement OF previous
defeats. They had not acquired tie fatal mis-
TINS Of their commanders continued reverses
always inspire. And il is possible, though the
details are TOO imperfect to warrant a decided
o~uinion, that the confedeIates were rot led
with the military skill of Lee aud Jackson.
From the Daily News Jan. 81.
The stake for which Rosecrans fought was
great ard the ~rpsolute manner in which ne per
sisted in fighting il worthy Ofal commentator
Had he been defealed, he must have beer
utterly ruined. Nashville was his nearest de-
not. and even there it is doubtful whether ht
conld have maintained himself; for not only
would Bragg have been enabled to cut him OF
from the North, but the Ccnfederates, by re-
storing communication with the East, woulC
have been enabled 10 draw any quantity of re-
inforcemeuts from Richmond and Virginia.
Nor is this all. The defeat of Rosecran
would have set Bragg free TO act against Gran
in The Southwest, and that portion of Grant
army which is now engaged before Ylcksbur,
would have been taken III the rear by the con
federates. As matters now stand, the who'll
Of Tennessee is in the hands of Unionists.
But Rosecrans knew the meu underthis com
mand. The armies of the West are filed b,
the elite Of the American people. Those VIII
have travelled in that country know that tn
Great West is filed with the most enterprisinI
of the emigrants from the most intelligent an,
active of the Eastern States.
They are the strong yeomeD of Illinois ant
Wisconsin. They have a fervid passion 70
liberty, and come what may they are determin
ed that the great outlet of the Mississlp pi shal
remain in thefr hands. 1t is to be remembers,
that throu : ut this war these Western armie
have suffered but few, if any def eats. Ever
Beaureguard when opposed to them, was no
able to stem the torrent which threatened him
Its certainly a remarkable circumstaRc
that Rosecrans should have persisted in tn
struggle for three days, but his resolute pru
dence is justified by the fact thatin the end tn
confedefAtes were obliged to retreat
The Murder Of Negroes at MHrfreesborO.
From the Daily News, Jan. 81.
The wantou murder, near Mulfreesboro,
twenty negro teamsters, who were in the sci
vice of the UniOnists, appears to be taken as
matter Of course by the advocates Of the SOut
i this country. We must presume that the
know their friends, and see no reason to he su
urised. ID yet there are circumstances i
this case which should make them anxious 10
a reputation with which they have so far III
vowed their own Thesesnegroes were not kille
IN tie lersuit of auy military purpose. The
were NOT on tins battle field they were not ms
king armed resistance. They were OH tn
tu~rupike~road, driving their wagons, when til
Confederate party came up. The train whic
they were conducting was captured, and It wa
after that object had bean gained that the ms
groes were taken out and shot III col
blood.
l. IA l,nportant to notice that this butcher
} was perforated not in come corner of Seces
-, by agents out of the reach Of authority {
Iblic uginion. 1t was the work of officers
the great confederate army of the West, unde
the orders Of Gen. Bragg. There was nothin
in the attltude of the negroes to make Il sudde
resolution necessary; we must therefore assum
thai their murder was the effect of a previol
determination.
We tor bear to anticipate the apologies til;
may be fered for this acrOcious slaughter
men VII" have committed 10 crime to deserv
! death. Travellers who have visited The slaS
Sfafe7 say that if ever England should recog
nize the South, aud cCme into close intimac
with is people. we cha | be astoUnded at tt
character of those whom We have chosen
patronize. 1t seems that we have not to Wa
for that contingency. The inevitable hour whe
the true issues Of this war were to be disclosed
mas come, and the South unfurls the black fla
Its own lsg-accordingly.