Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-10-23
The sItuation-Anairs In Virginia,
Tennessee and CharIeston.
From the Richmond Examiner, Oct. 10.

From the Richmond Examiner, Oct. 16.
A veil seems, for the moment, TO cover
the operations of war. In Virginia move
ments are in progress which must develop
their results in a few days. The enemy is
retreating, and will probably continue to
do SO until he reaches the cover of the in
trenched lines established for the protection
of Washington. Meade is the most mod
est of Yankee commanders. So far be has
issued no bombastic addresses after Pope,
nor has he tried the feeble dilution of the
Napoleonic style in which Mcclellan was
accustomed to indulge. He evidently ap
preciates his army at its real value, nor has
he Welded to any illusion upon the subject
of his equivocal triumph at Gettysburg
He cengratulates himselfon his narrow and
accidental escape from destruction, and
is not disposed to imperil his delicate
reputation. His slender sprig OF
laurel is too valuable to be staked
on the result of u struggle with that
Unsuitable army of Northern Virginia,
whose capacious nav has engulphed SO
many promising Yankee generals. There
is no doubt, too, that Meade has been
weakened to aid Rosecrans. TheNoid thus
created has been partly filled by new leTies,
but they are undiscipIined and diafected,
and il would be the height of rashness TO
pit them against Lees veterans. II is,
therefore, improbable. that Meade will
fight. II is not likely that he can be toTc-
ed to it by direct operations in the front
Should he burrow closely in his hole, the
field will be left open for some other move
ments, which may ultimately compel him
to accept the wager of battle, or else yield
US, without a struggle, the possession OF
great advantages.
Chattanooga ia rapidly becoming the
focus around which the main strength of
the two nations is concentrating. No eff
forts are being spared by the Yankees to-
enable Rosecrans to hold his position-he
can hardly hope to do mOre-during the
winter The spade has, by this time,
strengthened his position SO much as to
render it unas sailable in front. Cavalry
operations upon his communication, or
threatening flank movements, may force
him 10 retreat, aud then will be offered the
fairest opportunity in the West since the
commencement of the war. Tales of mis-
conduct and mistakes by which the battle
of Chickamauga was rendered incomplete
in its results are plentiful. Such stories
always follow battles, and accidents in the
executions of great combinations areInev-
table. 1t is much more likely that inert
ness In the prosecution of victory is the
cause of its bootless results than an ire.
mediable error 10 battle. Unless our sub
sequeut operations shall be marked by
more decisive advantages il is difficult 10
see that we have done more than intlict q
certain amount of material damage upon
the foe and win another of those barren
fields which have attracted the attention OF
the world to their indecisive character. If
allowed to remain in his present position,
Rosecrans has secured good base for his
next campaign, and obtained possession of
country whose acquisition is especially
advantageous to him and, damaging to US.
We certainly ought to be able to concen-
trate a force sufficient to render his posi-
ton untenable. b
In the extreme southwest the, wal, lRn-s
into the common vortex ofTennessee, Until
the result is settled upon that important
point, Mobile will not be attacked, nor any
enterprise of magnitude attempted. The
invasion of Texas will also slumber, ii,
indeed, it be not indefinitely postponed
The enemy would encounter greater diff
cplties in occupying the interior of that
country, than any he has yet met with
The transportation OF a large force with its
supplies, in country offering SO few ad-
vantages for that purpose; would exceed
anything the Yankees have 1oundsi other
regions.
Charleston quietly awaits the coming
bombardment, and the terrible "Greek
fire. The enemy can crafty his malice
by the destruction of empty houses, but
the progress of the siege tends to reassure
us as to its ability to make good its defence.