Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-11-10
Late from the South.
JERKYIADEs OF SOUTHERN PAPERS on
tHE CONFEDERATE SITUATION.

The Richmond Wig, Of the 5th, has lengthy
leader on the situation in noi tbern Georgia III
which il holds JEFF Davis responsible for the
state Of affairs there. II gives the folio wing as
the bstance of a letter addressed 10 General
Bragg on the 7th ultimo:
ut is evident that admitting Lees move
Rn san Rhve a6d dfys I'D forsr sersss The
Potomac, Lee cannot prevent Rosecrans from,
icing reinforced by about forty or fifty thous-
and men from OHIO, Kentucky, Indiana, Mis-
sou1i and The Mississippi Valley in about on
month 8 time; hence sTppostng Rosscrans has
now Gl,GOo men OF all arms, he will then have
about 10000 men, against probably not mnch
more than half that number. War being a
contest of masses az ainst fractions, other things
beirg equal, you would be defeated you must
tberefore be reinforced, or middle Georgia
i'll be lost, and the Conf deracy now cut in
TWO Will then be cut in three Meanwhils
Meade having been reinforced by the new
lesies, and having organized and drilled them
Won1d be- able 70 assume the offensive ani
drive Lee back to Richmond, or q large army
might be concentrated III North Carolina and
marc hing to Raleigh or Weldon, again subdi-
vide the Confederacy.
The question arises, "Can these calamitias
be avoided, and in what way!"
1 wonia say act entirely on the defensive In
Virginia. Let - thousand men be sent vou
from = and = thousand from TO enable
you to take the offensive forthwith and cross
tne tennessee 10 crush Rosecrans before he can
be reinforced to any large extent from any
y
snemy'S reinforcements In detail before thew
could be concentrated into strong army
fear any other plan will sooner or later end
IN yonr ffnal discontinue"
In commenting upon the above, the Whjg
says :-"These views must have accorded with
Gen. Briggs own opinions, and were doubt
less urged upon the President during his late
visit. IT, then, Bragg is defeated, the fault will
not be his. X y x But, after the RESPONSE
bility is fixed, what will be the fate of GeorTia.
and, indeed, OF the Confederacy7"
The Richmond Whig, of the 9th, thinks that
"The solution OF Lincolns mysterious call for
100000 volunteers in view of the utter failure
OF the last drart, can only be found in political
nece ssity having reference TO q Black Repub.
lican triumph In the next Presidential tlec.
tion.n
Thinks 'the cunning and intrigue OF Seward
traceable in the whole scheme. He is in
dilemma: but he rides each horse in turn, and
fully preserves his eQuipoise.''
A telegram in the Wig OF the 9th announces
JEFF. Davis arrival at Wilmington on the 5th.
In the oourse Of his speech jeff said he felt the
importance OF the harbor-the only one still
open for trade, and would do all that could be
done for its defense.
Chattanooga.
The movements OF the enemy At Chattanooga
are still uncertain. Their occupation of Look
out Valley is of importance. II demonstrates
that the enemy have recovered from their de.
feat at Chickamauga and taken the initiative,
always one OF importance in military move
ments. 1t may be useless to inquire why the
enemy were permitted TO regain strength
morale, and organization, and begin offensive
movements In the Immediate front, under the
flying enemy, whom Gen. Bragg reported to be
''pursued by our cavalry" have turned upon
the pursuers and have occupied q threatening
position upon the flank Of the victors. The
enemy were out Joughtat Chickamauga, thanks
TO the army, but the present position Of affairs
looks as though we have been out-generaled at
Chattanooga. We hope these, our apprehen-
strategy Of Gen. Bragg may prove equal to the
prowess and gallantry of his army; but we
must confess that the country will be as much
surprised as pleased should success attend our
arms at Chattanooga.