Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-10-22
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The Situation.

claim to have unraveled the mystery in
which the recent movements of Gen. Lee
have been enshrouded It seems with
a single corps, OF part of a corps, he
chased Meade back to Washington,
while he was quietly and expeditiously
shipping by rail the bulk of his army
from Culpepper to the Southwest This
explanation places the generalship of
Gen. Meade, in saving the Army of the
Potomac from flank movement by
portion of EwelPs corps, in a new light.
1t certainly required military talent of
high order to extricate an army like that
under General Meade from the danger
threatened by a single corps
We have been told that the with
drawal of Meade to Washington was de-
termined upon weeks before the thing
was accomplished that it was inexpedi-
ent to maintain such lengthy lines of
communication, and that the retrogade
movement was not on account of any
fear of Lees army, but in accordance
with predetermined plan. Now, how
ever, we are informed that the rebel ar
my is in full retreat, destroying the rail
road as they go, and that the Union army
is in as hot pursuit as the reconstruction
of the road will permit Lines of
communication seem to be lost sight of
altogether, and no apprehension is ex-
pressed, if entertained, of any interior
ence with Meade's supplies In a few
days complaints will be registered against
Providence interfering witty ASKING.
eon strategy, by pouring down his animal
fall rains and renderipr ~,
rassaUIei wnife the people viii be encour.
aged by charming stories of what would
have been done if the weather had con.
tinued pleasant
Gen. Lee has again outwitted Meade
as he did on the Potomac in July last
By feint he induced the army of the
Potomac to retreat to Washington, he
being well assured that the weather
would prevent its advance again to a
point where it could 10 the least inter.
fere with his plans. In the meantime he
will hurry the bulk of his army down the
Virginia Central Railroad into East Ten.
nessee, for the purpose of attacking
Burnside, driving him out of that De-
partment, and thus flank our position at
Chattanooga. This, We think, Lee contem-
plates, because the rebels regard the pos
session of East Tennessee as vital to the
success of their cause. JEFF. Davis him.
self has been at Bragg's headquarters
for the purpose of settling disputes, it is
alleged, but more probably with the OBJ
Ject of assisting in the grand coneentra-
ton of all the rebel forces for one mighty
effort for the recovery of Tennessee.
While these movements are designed
BY the rebels, our Government is dis
eOnraging the army by changes in its
head. 1t viii take Gen. Grant some
time to get his new Department well in
hand, and we much fear before he gets
his armies under his control and in posi-
ton to concentrate them readily, the re-
bells will De upon him. The removal of
Gen. Rosecrans at this iuncture is
fraught with peril, and a disaster in
tennessee will occasion a terrible cutlery
against the Administration. The re-
moval of Gen. Blunt in the West and
Rosecrans in the South, has been pro-
ductive of the greatest dissatisfaction.
The Administration had much better be
told the truth in this particular than fat
tered with false tales of approval.
sg GEN. BURNSIDE appears to be
stirring up the rebels lively in his De-
partment This may account for his
suPercedure. Several days ago we were
shown private letter from Col John
Foster, announcing that he was about
starting on an expedition of considera.
bic Importance, and that the next we
would hear of him would be among the
rebel salt works in Southwest Virginia
sure enough, we learn from rebel paners
that from 1900 to 1900 Yankee Cav.
airy and mounted infantry attacked the
rebel forces near Greenville, Tennessee
on the 10th inst, and drove them baol
into Virginia. The rebels lost in two
days fighting, according to their state
ments, 800 killed and wounded-the lat
ter falling into the hands of the Yam
KEGS. Not satisfied with this success
the Yankees we're advancing in force
on Abingdon, Virginia, which is located
in the great salt region upon which
the rebels depend almost entirely for
their supplies of this commodity.
Should General Shackelford succeed
in his undertaking and utterly destroy
the salt works in the vicinity Of Abing-
don, another blow will have bean struck
The rebellion which will contribute,
greatly to it's ultimass overthrow.