The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-07-04

We -hsEvs HHhssg ~hst,t as'pslwFa b sEi-
ciaIy tsitshl .ss fks itsa8 ia sssasaiaSsy.
except tlis sx.sfsers Issslsiis NAB Hpasis Of ne
army .-si y 8ssasa .Sesi' /. =. p
Passengers sirsTsrs the avssssasiea Of guiaa-
homa b, Gus sssea 'Ehlbsss ~n ARE soe posi-.
tirely advised Of shis. bayoadIh tho xsasaEsaf
the hOar, W klIss 10 dosf& ofiak easrsesassdBs
If |, be true thas R6vshslis b. sood one. 80
VIII meet the iszssioh If tbs Faa't aud aIs &
the army, nu4 " I'll whe h:how anything about
the nature Il shss segion Of country.
Our hrrt and iast dnsy r. 81 vhir Rosecrana.
That the mind of Cen Bssge has this intent,
no more. seems cssaz asawhasinss the Ehrssh.
ing comes ct TuIiabS,Es ,rF tszns other point
involving better pcstAoaFis gsessica to be
determined by thsss fssesais vhe ssssposs
the military family sf ikei,ss=aanaer izrohisf,
Our mind is, and has sluays been. that Tel.
IahoIna is no place at all.
1t is low and msrshy.. Il inay be tusued On
either hand by half dozen different routss'
II is the funnel of no considerable tract of ter
ritory. nor the defence of any signal point.
There are many points along the line of the
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad moro
available by far, and Whatever induced the
erection of fortifcaticus there has slways been
a mystery to our mind. We locked upon the
e.
led our brain abont IL. The rssult shows-if
these works have been soaadoned that o
mud heap is no scarecrow, and that it is as
idle to try to catch . bird when he seep your
net, in cur day, Is it was Tn the dsys Of king
solomon.
We-viII not speculate upon what win hap
pen next. The movements of the srpIy and
the plans of its direction are topics less fo'
newspaper disquisition, than for close con.
cealmout After the disclosure Of events and
tho result of operations IL the time fot
criticism. Our heart, meanwhile, beats
high with sanguine hope, and We look
to General Bragg, his army and his off
ers with earnestness, but with confidence. We
are glad that Gen. Bragg 10 resolved TO tax.
his time, and select mis- own battle ground
That he means to fight, and to fight we'll, is a
conclusion forced upon un by every oircum-
stance Of the lAss few d.ys szd indsed by
the indubitable evidences of months; so tn 81
the country at a distance can rest easy o.
that score.
We trust also that Gen. Bragg will continue
to mingle with his men, to cheer them by his
presence, TO let them know that his heart il
theirs and TO eradicate those already flying
l'rejudices, which we're perhaps based upon a
wrong estimate of his character, sad will van
ish altogether upon better acquaintance.
Rumora were current on the streets during
yesterday, that thirty thousand Federals wer,
moving down the old. Nashville and Chatta
nooga aud Pelham stage road
Parties immediate from ths front, state tina
it was reported that only elk thousand yankee
were on that route, but it was believed the,
had been driven back by Forrest, who wal
watching them on the right. well-knowI
officer Of our army who came through from
that section yesterday states that there is no
yankee between Decherd and MANCHESTER
and it was believed that Eosecgans discover
iHg that his flank movement had boeu ansici
pated, had fallen back
Our cavalry we're skirmGshing with the enc
my day before yesterday about four miles tn.
other side of AlIisonis. The enemy thougl
close enough to our iinss to give battle q
Tullshoma, and ct Decherd, for our men wsr,
in line of battle all day yesterday at the lAtte
point, awaiting his sppreaeh, manifested No
desire to come 20 time"
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