Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-08-13
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HE MILITARY SITUATIoN.-The Washing
ton Star OF last evening says 1--WE are able
to assure the public that the military prospect
| in every quarter is all that can be desired.
nj - r,,-etion ti,at has reached here durino
| the last torty-elght hours treats almost exCIu-
| slvely 0t details that cannot prudently be pub
| liShed, but we have no hesitation in saving,
that at no former period of the war have our
military affairs been in so promising condi-
ton as at present"
BRAGG SAID TO BE SUPERsEDED.-A deser-
ter from the rebel army reports that Gen.
Bragg has certainly been superseded by Bish-
OPP Polk. The Nashville Union is inclined to
credit the first part Of this rumor. 1.-The
news we have had for some time Of Braggs
gross drunkenness, and his great unpopularity
among the soldiers, especially among the
Tennesseeans, makes it not improbable. No
doubt to throw him overheard would greatly
soothe the irritation of the Tennessee soldiers,
with whom Polk is not popular"
DEsTITUTIoN AMONG MISSISSIPPI PLANT
ERs.-A Vicksburg letter, dated the I'd inst,
to the ST. Louis Democrat, says:
"a very important movement is on foot in
Mississippi, looking to the bringing of that
state back into the Union. Some OF the best
and most influential citizens are in the move
ment.
"Mr. NJ >ntague OF Lake Providence, ma
tive of Louisiana, and a Union man of the
strongest kind, but who enjoys the confidence
of many of planters who are on the fence,
asserts that the Union feeling is growing won
derfully in the state; and this is but one of a
dozen different sources from which comes in
telligence of the existence of this feeling. 1t
has its origin in the general impression that is
obtaining ground that the contederacy its ex-
hausted. Gen. Grant himself believes this
revulsiOn of feeling in favor of the Union to
be very extensive.
There is great destitutiOn among the plan
tiers for twenty, thirty, and forty miles around
VickSburg; and demands upon the commits
sary OF Grants army to furnish them subsist-
ence is more than can be met with justice to
our own forces. The families of many wealthy
persons are literally in starving condition"
DECENTRALIZATION OF LEES ARMY-The
following incidents, related to us by an eye
witness, give uumistakable evidence of the
feeling in the reb army. wounded soldier
belonging to federal brigade at Gettysburg.
which was retreating before a superior rebel
force, as he passed to the rear saw rebel de-
| tachment OF two hundred men suddenly sep
arate themselves from the pursuing force,
| rush IN and JOIN the federal army. Confedcr-
| ate soldiers for several days after the battle
| were continually coming in, bringing with
| them as peace offerings wounded federal SOL
ders, others made stretchers and brought In
wounded federal officers and remained with
our army. Men who passed over the field re-
| port conversations with wounded rebels, near
| ly all OF whom asserted that they ardently de-
| sired the return OF peace.--BoSton Traveller.
A company of citizen-scouts, numbering
about sixty men, organized in northern Ala
bama in June last, are resisting the rebel con-
scription, and have thus far evaded every eff
fort to capture them. They report to Gen.
Dodge, at Corinth, that their number is in
creasing daily. They have either captured or
driven out every officer sent to that region to
enforce the conscription.
1t is reported that the guerrilla Richardson
has returned to West Tennessee, with the re-
quirements to carry out the conscription. 1t
is said he is instructed to Conscript all light
colored negroes between Is and 45, to serve
three years as soldiers, at the expiration of
which time they will be manumitted but re-
ceiye no pay for service. The efforts to exc
cute the rebel conscription in Western Ten
nessee have been pretty etfectually broken up
by the vigilance Of Gen. Hurlbut's army.
Twenty deserters from our armies delivered
themselves up, after listening to Il speech from
Gen. Logan, at Marion, day or two ago.
Deserters are being captured daily in the
southern counties of Illinois, and forwarded to
their regiments.
The main force of Lees army is on the line
of the Rapidan, and Lees headquarters are
at Gordonsville. Intelligent persons say his
force is not so large now as when he crossed
the Potomac, though he has received fifteen
thousand reinfOrcements from the cotton
states.
Admiral Porter has been granted two
mouths leave of absence, and will visit the
north after making the necessary arrange
niehts Tor the management of the Mississippi
fleet during his absence.
Inc new fractional currency is ready for
issue, but will not be put in circulation for
one or TWO months, as there is still on hand
large amount OF the postal currency to be
issued.