The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-11-17

q9efe. However, We were Then quite
,ouildrt. o. the uoriblessness 81 lhs
report q oar spy 20 Bragg. betaas,
be bod nothing else TO tell him. Fol
fiv days did orr spy keep him I'll
% +kcl il d private room III the poles
building At Nashville. Ills meals
wrfe carried % hm by iraiy serr
ant lis dour was a,haduwed1 con.
stanily bY orr best detectives. and sc
were III, steps II hc teulared apou tic
street for lc@ mon,Hts after daik.
II was cold ard bleak winter weather,
aud be toasted hiusrii before his com
Portable fire. read books and papers,
and conferred offen With The ebief u
police and Bis assistant, aiiordlng them,
Strangers as they were to that region
Of eounIry, fund Of valuable hfor-
nation respecting the Rebels in Ken.
tucky aud Tennessee. lie was man
Of me adireSs aud Good iat,llccDual
ailainmcuts When our maa conclni-
e,l il va. about time for llis return TO
baga's army, he was politely escort
I'd By our mounted police to a proper
point beyond our lines, and b roale
where he would see nothing OF our
forces. The reader will nos appreci-
afc e grounds Of our confidence, we
doubt not, in the woril,lessness OF at
least one of general Bragss Spy re-
ports.
In dnc time hi, nameless gentle
man again eiters our lines, aud is e.
coried in hy our pichets TO he Geae-
raj commanding, to whom he reports
in person concerning all that is tfans-
piriag ia Bagg's army NJ Murlrees-
boro, Md thea he resumes his pleas
ant private quarters At the army pu.
ice. buihliag, After a brirf iay an
other trip was made by our man to
Bragg's headquarters, We using the
same precautions rs previously. In
fact, our spy desired and even deman-
led such attention at The hands OF the
chief of police. Said he: :" ! am a
stranger 10 you all. can give you
no guaranty Whatever Of my good
hth. Il i alike due 10 you and to|
mi ,plf ihat be allowed no opportu.
mites fpr derri, Ing you.
The SOFT lie carried to Bragg on
~, second trip del gated tile latter
His oilirrs talked with onr man free-|
81, and. after sta ~ al Aluaiiresboro
tGo or three days and riding and wal
king about Ia the most innocent aud
uucuurrrnrd manner, he was sem
hack 10 Nashville 10 tool that slow
DGc',man. R0srcians,' Il. one Of ihe
Ieb.l oilicrrs remarked. o. the i'm
iariaacr Of the report now troueht to
Ibe slow Dl Gilman we need not
stale lutther tian that it contributed
It's due wei4ht to 4 decision iraughi
wiih tremendous con>cqu nee 10 tie
army and 20 the country. Marching
orders were soon after issued for the
advance o the Army Of the Cumber
Land upon Murtieesboro. !.
Now cammenc i period of eXreS-
>ive lah.r aad peril for thc namslss
spy. Generals RnsecranS and Bragg
cacll wanted instant and constant in-
ormatian a. Tie armies appro sched.
Tie minulia Of this mans work for
tour o. five days We need not stop toI
relate it is easily imagined. Within
hat time he entered the rebel lines
and returned three tmes. He gave
the ouiline Of Bragg's line Of battle,
close estimate Of his force, IN accurate
account Of his aetiilrry and bis earth
works. tie movement OF the rebel
aason and rail oad trains. &c, &c.--
He was t,ry earnest IN assuring Ro-
srcrans that Bragg intended 10 give
severe battle with superior numbers.
This Information proved true mall
essentials and its value TO the country
Vas inestimable. We had other spies
piercing the rebel lines al this time,
but they did not enj y tie facilities
possessed BY The namelrss one. Al
most ia anguish i'd he cxchim against
himself. in the presence Of the suthor,
Tor the severe manner IN which he
was decei, Ing tie Rebel General and
inv Il ing tile lives Of his thousands
brave but deludcd followers.
Afier the first great battle The work
Of such a spy is ended, or rather it
ceases when tie shock 6t arms comes
on. Tbeucrlorih the armies are moved
upon lh instant. as circumstances
may require, Our man, who during
tlie four days lad been almost inccs
sanity iii Tie saddle, or wish bis ears
and eye- painfully eb>eryant while ii
the camps, took lcaye Of our army on
the battlefield, ana retired 10 place
of rest.
One incident occurred during hi,
last visit 10 Bragg which Is worthy OF
men,i0n Tlal General took alarm
IN consequence oi his report, and al
once started special messenger to /
Gen John II Morgan wa then
absent With bis cavalry in Kentucky /
10 destroy Iosecrans railroad com
On which Morgan sue |
rrc,led) 10 return instantly with Bis /
command By forced marches 10 Mur
ireesboro. ThN same hight cur men
reported this fscl 10 tie Fede Al CON
mandcr. described the messenger and /
what route be Mas 70 take, &c. Tie
information wSs telegfaphed AZ once
10 Nashville. Galiaiin and Bowling /
Grecu, aud a force wa> sent from each /