, 1863-03-26
INTERESTING FROM THE SOUTH.
Tho Rebel Campaign In the south.
Wekt-What has the Rebel Army Acc
cOmpliahed4


From the Richmond Whfg, March 1871
II, as some contend, the people Of the South
west are more inclined to pence, especially
with the Northwest, than the Atlantic States
Of the Confedercy, the fact should excite no
especial wonder. In the southwest the for
tunes Of war have been more ndTerse than
with us. Indeed there is . remarkable and
more apparently unaccountab:e difference In
our favor. For tTo years the enemy have
been trying to reach Richmond He, has
spared neither money nor men to accomplish
capital would hive given him more credit In
the eyes Of foreign nations than the capture OF
all other Southern cities put together. He has
sent his best generals and Ills 1nrgest armies
against us, and, though they once succeeded
ID getting within Ave miles Ct Ricamond.
Ior1id slaughter. The only victories deserv-
}nr the name Of decisive have been won on
The soil Of Virginia and In the Seaboard States
Of the South Disasters we have had IN this
section, as at Hattera., Roanoke Island, New
bern and Fort Pulaski; but in the main we
have been marvelously successful. =
Far different has been the fate of war in
the Southwest. Early In the war our lines
were established at Bowling Green, and might
hare been advanced to Muldraugh's Hill, not
only with impunity, but with positive advau-
tage. In Missouri, Price carried the Conftder-
ate banner as far north As Lexington, md
might hare captured st. Louis, had he been
supported. But the winter Of 1861 saw our
standards driven out Of Kentucky, Tennessee
penetrated, North Alabama occupied, New
Orleans tamely surrendered, Island No. 10and
bloody but decisive fight at Shiloh, West Ten
nessce eabandoned and North thA1ississippi perma-
nently occupied by the enemy, who boasted-
and, as We then feared, not vainly-that be
would soon cut the Confederaey In twain,
and hold the entire length Of the Father OF
Waters.
The second summer Of The war witnessed
change, which promised to restore not only
what We had lost, but to carry our victorious
bnyonet6 into the teeming fields north Of the
Ohio. Beauregard's skilful retreat from Cor
NTH bore al1 the fruits Of great Victory. It
nonplussed Halleck. threw Els plans into con
| fusion, and subjected his army to the withcr-
| ing effects Of a hot climate and inaction. The
streams that had borne the enemy's gunboats
| In triumph through the heart Of Tennessee,
dried up. Bragg's arm! was suddenly trans.
fcEred to Chattanooga. Kirby Smith pushed
forward almost to Cincinnati, Buell. WIS
forced to beat hasty retreat in the arc of
| great circle, the chord OF which Bragg WIS
expected to follow and cut him off from Lou.
! ls7llle, which city was given up as lost, and
everywhere In the Southwest the Confederate
colors were seen advancing in triumph, revl-
! wing the dormant spirit of Kentucky and crc-
| ating CONSERVATION among the Hoosiers.
Within few weeks our crest was Tolu1ly
| lowered Buell. vas permitted to reach Lou
| isville, and to receive reinforccments. Bragg,
who had been Issuing admirable proclaim
tions, and installing Governors with great
! pomp, was compelled to retreat. Kirby Smith
was recalled, the brilliant but inconclusiyc
! battle Of Perryyillc was fought, aud the army
that WAS to redeem Kentucky and capture
Cincinnati thought itself lucky in getting back
| 10 the mountains Of Tennessee with some
| wagon loads Of jeans.
The useless attack Of Van Dorm on Corinth
and the heroic fighting at Murfreesboro failed
to retrieve Bragg's Encouragement Of the
! Kentuckk campaign. We we're forced to re-
tire our lines, and the Yankees now hold
Nashville more firmly than before, threaten
are not dislodged from Northern Mississippi,
hayengaiu entered Florence, and make prom
1se-not altogether id1e-of entering Georgia.
THIS is the painful history Of our arms in
| Tennessee and Kentucky. If We cross the
Mississippi, and inquire the results ofour ef-
too humiliating to be read at length. No man
cares to hear the story Of the Confederate
cause after tue fal Of McCulloch and the join
ing Of Prices forces to those Of BeauEegard
The chronicle is not more sad than It is shame
ful. It may be summed up By the dishearten.
ing announcement made III our latest cxchan-
ges, that the armies Of Holmes aud Hindmau
have dWiudled from thirty ~fye thousand down
to mere brigade. In Texas and in the Indi-
an. Territory the story is much the same
l:rge armies raised aud nothing accomplished,
Concerning Arizona apd New Mexico We haye
ceased to 1laye anything whatever. Perhaps
they are 10 longer considered a part Of the
Confederacy. When the fortunes Of war have
beenao uniformly adverse, it is not surprising
that d people who see In its prolongation not
snbjugation, but the further rayaging Of their
fields, the loss Of their slaves and the burning
| Off CHI f$s NJ
the earliest moment, and perhaps be willing
to make concessions which others more for.
tuDatc would reject. It is not believed that
the Southwest lacks faith in the ultimate sue
cess Of the cause, or is unwilling to make as
In the tide water Of Virginia have done; but
when they perceive month after ,nonth'pass
| by without any headway being made by oul
armies, and with only partial resistance tc
the enemy's advance, they naturally enough
distruEt the arbftrament of the sword, and in,
cline to the cxpedients Of diplomacy.
1t Is not tor the want Of braye men that the
Southwest has suffered SO. Men never fought
:. betterlthan the soldiers Of the Southwest al
nh and Mueeabeqo s09 Thefe a 5cea
want Of gcnera!s1fp and corresponding
want Of confidence, increased by the bcliel
TINT the Confederate Government was inditn
rent to one Of the richest and truest portions
: |. Of the South. This is nov. happily removed
Generals in command Of the whole South
west. He has sent Magruder and Kirby Smith
| to aid Johnston, in the subdivision Of his de-
par,ment; and lastly, he has entrusted Prict
with the discharge ola special service, fol
which he Is SO well fitted. Already the bene
west have been felt. The repulse Of tho enc
+ my at Ticksburg, Port Hudson and Fort Penn
and liz splendid aehievements Of Wheeler's