Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-05
RIGHTS.
RICHMOND WHlG.
THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 8, 1893.
me Sitnation i'm Northern GeOrgia.

"The enemy has gained important advantages within
the last fory-eght hours which, unless they cou-
tsractei in some way, will place the question OF sub
ssng his army in Chattanooga this winter beyond all
/ doubt
"He now holds the south bank Of the river, and the
railroad f,om Bridgeport TO Browns Ferry. From the
nearest point on the railroad TO the ferry is one mile
and from the ferry across MOccasin Bend to Chatta
nooga is a mile and halt The distance, then, the en-
envy will have haul his supplies in the future, he Is
suffered 10 hold his present position, will be two miles
and half The distance have to haul our supplies
from Chckamauga Station, over horrid road Is seven
niles The enemy has TO cross The Tennessee tSce 70
reach his depot we have to cross the Ohickamauga
once TO reach ours"
An account is given of the midnight at ack made by
jenkins brigade, which threw the enemy into oontu
sOu, but did not dislodge him. Three days heavy
lighting oowed but the enemy silt holds his position
as We learn by the dispatch of Nov. 2, from Atlanta
OSng to severe rain, general engagement has yet
taken place but the Knoxville Register, of Nov. l,
paper which may be regarded as an orsaa OF Gen.
Bragg has the following omiuOus paragraph;
There are rumored movements Of which it may not
be advisable to speak Whether Bragg falls back or
6ehts the people have at length learned % condde in
has care torethought and caution. He will move so a.
20 save the army IN East Tennessee well his own
whenever he fuds tue weight OF artillery and numbers
| against him
This does not tally with Gov Watts (late Attorney
GeneraD sangune quotation Of the Presidents assertion
that Grant would be driven out OF Tennessee before the
close OF October It true, the editor of the Register
says he has heard nothing reliable to Indicate Bagss
purpose TO change bis position nevertheless, the para
graph taken as whole suggests retIea; rather than
an advance.
The Atlanta CoHtcderaey of Oct. 81, believing that
"our lives and the lives ofall we hold DEAR and and
their fortunes are in imminent peril ventured at the
SIX of being accused of giving information to the
my" to make the following expose Of the situation
"BrsFg remains as the incompetent head of the great
est army Of the Cobiederacy placed the post Of vital
| danger. On two ocoasiOus-once to General Bragg
himself and once TO the President all OF the
general officers Of that army have given expression, in
writing, TO their belief of the ncOmpetency OF General
Baeg as a commander. The Press has everywhere
spoken manlully its dstrust Tue people, with hardly
dissenting voice. have asked for more assuring lead
ership
president Davis, serene upon the frgid heights OF
an nppeTturbabe egOtism is deaf 20 the universal call
of the country and will be driven into any step
measure necessary for the common safety.
"What are the results They persistence in the
same mill arg blundeTs which have cost US Kentucky
and Tennessee Napoleon says the art Of war consists
in knowing how to separate to subsist, and how TO unite
to tight The art OF Bragg has been to unite TO stasVe,
and 10 separate TO be whipped. He has held his army
united before Chattanooga until movement or starvation
sarts him 10 the face. BE must fall back to subsist or
divide his forces
Therefore to-day We see the astonishing spectacle
of Wipg army Sent into isolation in East Ten
uessee and The other ordered TO similar position west
Sard aOng the Tennessee river The weakened centre
and isolated wings each left 10 meet unaided at
tack from numerous, powerful Ad Vgilant foe. IL s
but the repetition Of the military policy which gathered
Tor US the fruitless results Of Peryvile NurTeesbOt
Shelbyvile, and TulahOma. What, from THE,
Georgia expect? We reply that she has TO expect the
results that to-day Witnessed IN poor desolate,
down.uodden Tennessee"
The CoHfedsracy selfor this plain speaking
on the plea that it had been reueent long there
vas any hope OF action the part Of President Davis"
but he had departed "without taking any action ade
auate to the emergency" and that there was hope
OF saving Georgia but by acd through the immediate
scto of The State authorities and The latent energies
of the people" which the CoHtedsracy proceeds to in
woke with all its energy. And prepared to
appreciate the ruthulness and force of the following
statement OF the correspondent of the Dispatch:
Olly the cavalry videttes, and not Law pickets,
we're surprised the night of the 26Gh, when the en-
cmy elected landing and threw bridge across the
river Ut Browns Ferry. There but one brigade Of
inisnjfy (LAws) picket at the time, and that was
-trugg along the river from Lookout Mountain 10 a
point i've miles below. IL impossible Tor small
= force, thus widely distributed, TO prevent landing
IN Ihe night"
still clearer appreciation Of tho danger with which
Brsggs army the Sale of Georgia and the whole Con.
federaGS are threatened will be obtained from the sub
Joined from the leading editorial in the New
York Times of October 20. The Times is commenting
on President Davis speech at Selma in which he urged
the conscrpts to gather their guns and 60 10 the
rescue being confident that in this way Rosecans could
be Crushed dust" which would be, in his opinion,
practically the end of var" The Tunes says:
Looking at the subject from the rebel sde and ap
sreeiang tie position the rebels appreciate It, we do
not see the ground of JEFF. Davis confidence that he
can crush RUseorans army to dust. chattanooga was
fought Chiokamauga the 18th aud goth Of last
month and the rebels lost it, Since then they have
made several efforts flank the position, but in each
instance they have failed. They Jailed against the
army OF Rosecrans alone unaded by any OF the other
great forces that existed in Tennessee its Dor
der Now that a change in the G mmand of the De-
uarment has been effected, by which the forces of
Thomas OF Hooker Burnside, of Sherman and other
bodies ia West Tennessee, will all either combine or
operAte under Gen. Grant for the achievement OF the
one great object the rebel prospect looks infinitely less
hopeful THAI before ROsecrans had not sixty thousand
Electives in the laie action while Bragg had probably
HftesR thousand mere than that number. We suppose
The battle reduced Brsggs force something less than
sixty thousand bul Geo. Grant can certainly without
difficulty bring tbs action, concentrate Tor
the next forward movement twice sixty thousand sol
der and We do not believe that it IS in the power OF
the ConfederaoY reinforce GsRSRragg TO any such
/ extent We do doubt thee 4sQuick concentration
and speedy by Gen. 61sl would result in the
retreat OF Bragg aud would enable US TO seize Atlanta
which being DONE Gen. Grant could a1Td TO rest his
army till spring, and then resume his marSh to Augusta,
on ths asannah river and this certainly would solve
the Confederate problem, Charleston and all"
If the Tines tells the truth, the cdds against Bragg
are very greatnOt too great perhaps to be overcome
by an able Commander, who has the confidence of his
officers and trOOps but under the circumstances great
enough to excite the most serious Epprehensons The
endorsements which have thus doubled the arensth of
defeated Yankee army in the faoe Of victorious