Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-03-26
REBEL VIEWS OF THE WAR,

in Tennessee and Kentucky, and adds;
We Cross the Mississippi aud inquire the result OF
efforts in Arkansas and Missouri the record is too
Aumliang to be recorded at length No man cares to
hear the story Of tn Confederate after the fall of
McCuloch aud the ung of Prices force that of Beau
regard The chronicle not sad than it s shameful
1t may be summed up the dsheartenng announcement
made in latest exchanges that the armies of Holmes
aud Hndman have dwindled from thirty-fve thousand
down 10 mere brigade In Texas aud in the lndlan
Territory the story much the samearge armies raised
aud no. hing accomplished Concerning Arizona and New
Mexico have ceased to have any thing whatever Per-
hap they longer consider part of the Conede-
racy When the fortunes If have been uniformly adj
it is surprising that people, who In its pro-
oneaon not suhugaon but the further raysgng OF hrr
fields the loss OF their slaves, aud the burning OF their
houses should desire its cessation at the earliest moment
aud perhaps be willing make concessions which Others
more fortunate would reject"
The Richmond Enquirer, also in respondent
mood, discourses as follows
"AN reasonable men have by this time probably come
the conclusion that have at least other years
before perhaps two The peace deusion is blown
away Neither from foreign intervention nor from mpe-
rious DEGREES of King Cotton nor from Imagined friend
ship of Northwest from stupid rumor about demorai-
cation the Yankee armies does any hope Of peace beam
upon us We must fight submit. What halucination
may be cherished by politicians the soldiers
in the field at least want to know and ought to be told
the psin truth aud the truth is hat We are right in the
middle Of the war; aud that during the coming spring and
summer that war is to be more fierce and unreenng than
before The Yankee enemy is only beginning to fight
To buy provisions for the army current rates would call
for the imposition of debt upon psteriy such as would
make children curse us in our graves Great Union
meetings the order of the day at the North The
| nd hraa2
are making favorable and verdant battle fields and firm
earth beneath the hoofs Of cavalry and wheels of artillery
Battle buds and will blow long War is in and
! peace is out Of order"
The jackson (MississippD Appeal has the fol-
| lowing remarks on the war in the Southwest:
Prom all accounts that reach US, led to the
conclusion that great while Gen Bragg will be forced
either to engage Rosecrans IN battle or fall back upon
Chattanooga. The country would depore the neceessy
which may force him to the adoption OF the latter aerna
tive tits all important that continue to hold Middle
Tennessee aud North Alabama, otherwise We shall find
ourselves in stratened circumstances for army supplies
another year hence The Federals devastating the
country as they advance rendering it impossible for the
formers to raise crop this and to blot out Middle
Tennessee Kentucky North Alabama and North MISSISSIPPI
ri from the producing sections of the Confederacy would
be more seriously felt than the loss of Richmond Charles
ton Savannah or Vcksburg 1t would prove long step
in the dire cton Of subjugaun by starvation We sin
cerey hope that Generals fully alive to the
sty and Importance of holding Middle Tennessee and that
the hands of Gen Bragg will be strengthened with force
sufficient for this purpose Our own impression is that
the OPP ration of the enemy about Vcksourg is
nt hold army there aud at Part Hudson while the
enemy sending most Of their reinforce ments to Rose
Grams To surrender Middle Tennessee to foe
over would place US TO great should negoa
ha intu
1t our policy and should be main effort not only to
hold all we possess but to reclaim much of South
ern territory possible We could not treat for peace
on any thing like equal terms with all the Border States
Tennessee included, in the hands of the enemy"
The Richmond Examiner of the 18th instant,
in speaking of the prospects of the opening
pagn, says:
"From every quarter where armies massed-
from Vicksburg Tulahoma, Charleston and Fredericks
burg-we have the most gratifying accounts Of the
dton Of our troops aud their certain ability 10 cope with
any force that the enemy may hurl against them. The
only point upon which there for apprehension is
that forces may be forced by want Of food for and
horses to relnqu The sr nghods from which the enemy
could dslodee them and that tis is grave and
pressing danger have many fears for believing 1t is
TACT well known to the enemy to ourselves that all
the country in the vicinity of armies has long been
stripped of its provisions and forage and that these armies
depend for their existence and maintenance of their pre-
sent positions upon the railroads These being which
none think will venture to gaInsay it bchooges the
Government keep post 10 the condition of these
road and to provide that they be kept in state Of the
utmost Efficiency The better the roads the better sup.
pied would armies be- and conyt queuty toe more
certain the resistance TO tie extraord nary efforts for
our suhjugaon which the enemy proposes make during
the comi campaign. The railroads If this State
the point # giving cut They have decreased their speed
TO ten miles hour ixmum rate, aud carrying
twenty-five 10 fifty per cent less tonnage than formerly.
This change in their rate Of speed and quantity Of freight
has been made thr, ugh necessity The woodwork Of
roads hay rotted and tue machinery hiss out md
owing to the stringent enforcement OF the conscr w
to railroad emp yes the companies have not been able
with all their efforts, to supply neither he tie
utber We not informed of the actual condo of the
railroads in the Southern States, but conceive that
they Little better Of than own, kept perhaps in
the matter Of labor The slaves along their
may not have had the facilities for escaping the
enemy this State. We have yentured 10 oal atten-
ton to this subject because vital Importance and
from Knowledge that owing t. the great of
finance, impress ment DC. weighing upon the Govern
men il has been overlooked 1t necessary for the
Government to take possession Of the rods But should
supply them abundany with the necessary labor and iron,
snd then nsstun their being kept 10 rsate order ard
being worked efficiently To this end the Government
should appoint inspector OF railroads Rail ods
part, and indispensable part Of military system
and if thy allowed to fall through from any
Government and people may prepare for the retreat of
armies and the surreuder # much of the valuable country
now ia our possession.
| GEN. STEyENsON'S CASE.
The favorable decision at Washugonin the Of Gen.