, 1863-05-13

MCHrnEgsnoHo, Any s. 1858.
Rapralannock, Hooker, and Fredericks- |
barg arc the only things now talked Of. Yes |
terday's news pretty fully prepared us for to-
days details Of terrible defeat, but the
morning papers hare brought nothing addi.
tioual to the Indefinite, uncertain, prcrari- |
eating dispatches Of yesterday. +, for one,
am not yet hopeless Of the result. I will Jet
believe in hooker, putting aside the thousand
accurscd doubts, which his desperate strug-
g1c has forced upon me, aud arrange my house
tor te deuns at his success.
TIE CUMBERLAND ARMY WATCHES.
The army Of the Cumberland is watching
that Potomac Star, that struggling army at
fredericksburg, with the intenscst interest,
for In its rise or tall depends, in measure, the
character Of the contest that is to take place
here. 1t Hooker prove successful, not many
days will clapse before the army marches out
for fight; If he prove unsuccessful, guard
aud picket lines will DC doubly strengthened,
and within entrenchcd lines the attack Of the
masscd forces Of the enemy will be awaited.
This may or may not be, Of course only gire
1t as my Interpretation Of the Cumberland
ar1ny's immediate interest In the Potomac
Star.
"sT1LL HARP1SG."
I have so frequently tele4aphel and writ
ten about the "situation,'' that am forced to
the apologize quotation, with tho explana
ton, that unless one "harps" Of the rebels
and their coming, ones occupation were in-
deed gone, for just now there is an astonish.
ing dcarth Of news within the Federal lines.
There h1a 1apr M eh4 nf a,nT
since my last letter. Scouts, dcscrters, and
refugees, are daily arriving from their lines,
bearing generally about the Ea1ne story, the
| burden Of which is-that the rebels are ore-
| pairing to attack Rosecrans. will fill page
Of the TRIBUNE, if you wish, with memo
randa Of these daily stories, but Of which
a"stick full'' will give the substance. The
rebel base is upon Duck River, the heaviest
reserve forces being st shelbyyillc and Nc
HooyeF's Gap and Bellbuckle. Brags com.
hands the army. Hardce and Polk are In COM
mand OF corps, and Breckinri1ge, Clehu-nc,
CLcatha1n and McCown command divisions.
The same superior Organization, ID fact, OK
lists, which they have hid from the beginning.
Heavy reipfotcements hare been received
some say from Mobile, others from Vir-
ginia, and others from Vicksburg-numberlns
frsm five to forty thousand. Many incomers
still talk Of tho difficulty between Bragg and
Bseckinridge, asserting that the rebel papers
give full accounts Of it. The "rrry latest
| arrival" with whom talked this uorn;no
but whose ycracity, By the By, shall not
vouch for, says that the Chattanooga Rx5e{ Of
last Sunday gave full account Of The killing.
cosTRADAsD's STORY.
have just obtained memoranda Of the
statements Of negro who left TuIIahoma
abent ? week ago. The fellows general ob-
actual situation, SO that his story, perhaps, is
10 be relied upon. He confirms, Of course,
the grand advance Of the rebel army, and says
that at Dug Hollow, on Wednesday night,
there were three regiments Of infantry and .
large cavalry force, awaiting the coming Of a
bincd force was 10 attack and capture Resdey-
: vile. The negro counted twelve pieces Of
aiti1lery. He says that Morgan is under ar
rest, charged with lusubordination- refusing
to fight under Wheeler, and an insufficient
J defense Of Mc,finnYiile.
THE 1101u AND e2D.
, I hare an explanation to make regarding
my Telegraph statement Of the consolidation
OF these two regiments. For a week back.
upon the petition Of large majority Of the
| officers u the tTo regiments, Gen. Palmer,
commanding the I'd division Of the 3lst corps,
) and to the ID brigade, OF whose command the
! ll0th belongs, has been tndeayo1ing to effect
, Il consolidation, an6 at the time my first dis.
| Patch regarding the matter was sent, the
thing had been fully agreed 1pon and the or.
) der Issued. An after aud close examination
} OF the rolls, however, dcTeloped the fact that
| tie 110th could not be compressed to size
] | necessary to a union with the I'D The con
!. so1idation, understand, was to fall primarily
e to the benefit of the ed, whose name and
blessed memories were to be preserved
!, | seven Of its old companies remaining In tact
1 ard the other three to be furnished BY tat
e 110,h. But the examination, TO which have
c alluded, showed too many names upon tht
muster roll Of the 110th' for the necessary
compression, and the "ordercd'' consolida
= ton had TO be given over.
I RE ORGANIZATION OF 110TH.
The disbanding of the 10th Was, however
! still agreed upon, since Its reduction By deser
i dons and casualties, had rendered n regimen
tal Organization really fa7cical
+ I COL. TOM. CAsRT.
Then, again, Its Colonel was determined Of
). | quitting the service, and having Giled In q;
0 | atte1nps at resignation, the opportunity offer
: | ed bF the consolidation order MAS not to b.
5 n. elected. Don't understand, though, tha
l tIet- 20. .oyrurfzs4for haa hcan ordered fi,r III