Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-01-07
LATE SOUTHERN NEWS.
THE RICHMOND PAPERS UPON the EAT.
TIES IN rESNEssEE

From the Richmond Examiner, Janua-yo,
TIE GEEAT BATTLE IN TKSsrssEK-The
palnful Suspense and anxiety occssioned by
tLe non arrival. on wednesday, ', OF the expected
dispatches from the West, was YESTERDAY much
r,heVed by the dispatches which welay before
re reader This morning. The agents Of the
!tss gave favorable but vague accounts The
ciai dispatch of Gen. Bragg 70 the Govern
ni' ii u eq uaily positive and satisfactory Four
Ii tfsanu prisoners, TWO Brlgadiers, thirty -ope
ices oi cannon, and general rcpulse Of the
'heny fiom all points save one. is enough to
constitute claim 20 one Of the most signal of
all toe victories Of this war, IL the combat can
De considered ss definitely concludrd. Unfor-
tnEatly, There Ia a sentence in the dirpatsh
which renders US unable 70 say that the bartle
Is quite over. Gen. Bragg says that the en-u,v
On the left successfully resisted tiss Con fprnts
assarit, and retained the position at the end OF
Ten hours fighting. Since then, and IN 70 the
present lme OF writing, there is no informa-
ton.
If Buell. was still in command we ,houla
r, msmb.r Shiloh, and entertain the createst
uneaslnees relative to the unknown eeouel
ihat I'rtinacious and determined spirit would
noi iali 10 iorce every man OF all his reinforce
ments up 10 the line OF fire. and either recover
lost fortune or perish in the attempt But we
doubt whether has clever successor is quite an
10 that desperate work. Considering the char
acter OF Resecrans, and remembering his past
ktyis of action, we think il far more probable
that he should attempt retreat. III he does SO,
hoih ne and his army are lost In 8 retroerasie
NOV ment, without supplies, and com pietelv
dtmoralized, his regiments will become one
enormous mob, and fall a helpless prev "a ths
pursuit The whole OF Tennessee will be an
suf power IN less than week, and the army
fshtirg before Nicksburg will never touch tn,a
'oii Of the United States again Except az paroiod
prisoners.
II our information does not hermit NJ q, i,
ouier In me triumph OF an assured victory. it
3nthorlzes most ssngu hopes Of affairs in The
Southwest II those hopes are fulfilled 10 the
extent which now seems probable, the country
VIII owe an incalculable debt of gratitude 20
General johnson, 10 whose gc Mus and activity
~ great change which has lately come over
The prospects of the Confederacy in that ouar
unfortunate Army Of the Southwest was in lust
mar state Of confusion which renders disaster.
inevitable. The Generals were uncertain the
sololers dlSheariened, and the country entirely
hopeless OF the future. Whether the rapid ar
rangements OF troops which his orders effected
tanned.
But SO far as we know the result, IL 4. much
beyond expectation, and permits the induI-
eence Of the strongest confidence in the future
Nor should the due need OF glory be withheld
from Gen. Bragg, who was the actual fcld
ornmander in the victory Of Murfreesboro' IL
victory II Is. The merit Of this brave and able
officer has been obecured by his late campaign
IN hentucky That campaign failed, and failed
because Gep Bragg was not IN oper person
10 manage such movement. But in his prop@r
place, the Confederate service affords no better
oineer than Gen. Bragg. Inferior 10 others as
Commander-in Chief on a large scene OF ac-
ton, requiring extensive powers of combina-
iion, the country ha. no better Lieutenant for
field of battle or a singleArmy.
The Eadm'ner, treating upon the "armistice-
and ''Peace Convention" talk in the North,
says that the time for Peace Congresse. Ia.
PASSED.
ish 70 People peo ssa OF IL the North il says who
troubles must, first of all, agree to recognition
of the Confederate u Government Without that,
the war must 60 on forever. Even an armi--
tic" supposes such recognition. Northern
speculation upon General Con yentien cf
SJatfs is, therefore, mere moonshne, so long as
The South remains unccn4uered. If the armies
OF the United States were 10 succeed in
driving the persons composing the Confedera.s
Government entirely beyond their territory,
and destroy all hope IN the people of the resto-
ration of the Confederate authority, General
convention OF the two nations, without regard
70 the constituted authorities of either, free to
form any new relations which they thought 1T,
might become a matter for consideration with
the individual inhabitants Of the land.