Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-12-03
JEpE DAVIS BLAMED FOR KEEPING HIM
IN COMMAND,
AN ATTACK ON SAVANNAH ExpECrEB

The correspondent OF the Richmond Dispatch
with Brsyg's army, writes TO that paper from
| Missionary Ridge, Nov. q, despondingly, tina.
1.-The Federal General Sherman does not suffer
| the grass 20 grow under his feet" that the Con-
| federates had not believed that he would be
| able to form = junction with Grants army
! At Chattanooga before the first of Febru.
| airy, whereas he had reached Ohattanooga
early In November.
On the I'D November, the same correspon-
dent writes that sths condition Of affairs in
East Tennessee is one Of much gravity" thinks
the FederaIs are only m aking a feint OF moving
At thattanooga, to divert the Confederates at
tention from East Tennessee, "ths real point
OF danger"
BIaGg, Judging by this correspondent must
have been in "A delightful muddIe OF doubt Is
20 Grants Intentions.
The Atlanta COM edsrar,, Of the oitb, has also
an article showing that the impression pre-
vailed that Grant was reinforcing Burnside.
The Atlanta Register, OF the same date, SAWS
that Burnside has supplies enough. SO tha, his
stronghold cannot De- reduced by famine; but
says that Longstreet HIS the advantage of guns
OF heavier calihre than Burnside and thinks
a!so that Lon sstrret will "csrry Knoxville
by storm"
hSuis.ST,
visited Memphis lately, boasts that smuggling
is carried on on Il large scale At Memphis by
the c,nfederates, and says, "there is scarce a.
house within radius OF ten miles outside Of
the lines from Memphis that does not afford
shelter for struggled goods.''
The Richmond HAt9 OF the 3Oth Ia furious
over the defea. OF Bragg, and says that 1t ia not
Braggs IT, uit that the Almighty did no. ri We him
brains enough to command Al army, bu, that
II is JEFF. Davis's fault for keeping hin, in COM
naDd and oven refusing to accep. his rssisua-
ton. The Wig says:
i.ln the judgment OF some. Il mi CHI IA vo.,d
policy to endeavor 10 belitls the 10 portance OF
this defeat. We do not recognize the propriety
stake
eve are frank to confess that we sre flied
with very grave apprshensions "a to the con-
sequences that may fow from this reverse. II
the army IN der Bragg could not hold Lookout
Mountain and Mission Ridge, we arc forced to
ask ourselves what position Is there between
them and Atlanta, or the ocean, they Gun holdl-
The Richmond Dtspatch Of the 2etA is quite
as lachrymose, and says
"Frona the very moment when Gen. Bragg,
III the full career OF an unparalleled victory,
ordered his men to halt in tho pursuit. and
employ the time that might have suffic.d to
anDthilats the enemy in picking up tho arms
that ne had thrown away, the very air has
description. Nor were these dark anticipations
IN any degree dissipated by the quarreie among
tho officers, their distrust OF Bragg, bis nuIusr-
Gus arrests, and the general Dissatisfaction OF
soldiers and men, followed as It was, and
necessarily must have been. by general re-
Taxation OF discipline, and the absence OF that
vigilance which prevents surprise and is es-
sentlal to the very existence Of an army. Tho
public hoped nothing from that quarter, aua
they have not been disappointed" z
The Savannah Meas says Yankee monitor
appeared of Wilmington Island, near that
city. on the Goth, and came to anchor about
four miles below the batteries at Thun derbolt.
This Is the only one OF the enemy's vessels in
sight at that point, and is probably on recon-
poitering expedition.
An Attack On Savannah Expected. II
The Savannah Republican Of Sunday, says:
IAN impression has very generally obtained
that, having failed at Charleston, the Yankees
are about undertaking an expedition against
Savannah. We hear that Gen. Beauregard ia
also OF this opinion, and, II true, il Is mere
guess. work with him. There are, also, ind.
cations that such result Is regarded IA not
wholly Improbable by our military AUTHORITIES