, 1863-08-29
FROM TEE ARMY OF. TIE
-~>. CUMBERLAND. -
General View OF the Sltuntlon-Skir~
uatshinx at Chattanooga.

1AVQsA NC HkAu ~ ONGAI$ <AtAAut2 AuA lAA%
ION. nc can do SO In spite Of Bragg, and the
posses sion Of these points By our armies, to.
gether with that Of Chattanooga, would in
yelye the fuiu Of the rebellion, SO that eFen
lts desperate and determined chfettians would
abandon 1t as 1opclees, throw themselves up
zefnge IN tight: For ihe occupation Of Chst.
tanocga, Atlanta and Macon By the Union
armies is the final --tcpnratiou Of the Gulf
States ftm Virginia. the destruction Of all
possible communication between Johnston
md Lee, and. the HcrtEanee Of what remains
WAS divided by tho capture Of. .Vlcksburg and
Port Hudson One great reliance OF the re.
bel leaders Is, that Us our armies close around
them, diving all their troops Within circle
whose diameter becomes continually less aud
less, their opportunities fol. concentration
win become more and moro formidable, ana
they will be able to crush in detatl the vari.
Gus portions Of our more extended limo. OF
coufse, it will be casIer, too, for Us to con-
ccnt1ate as the circle contracts, but as It win
ating upon their interior lines, to effect any
desired combination, our opportunities for
knowing their Intentions will continually d.
minfAh, nud ne shall be cyer less aud Less pre-
pared to battle their concentrated armies BY
counter concentrations Of our men. But let
the Glf States Of the "Confederacy be
severed tiom the Atlantic, let the armies ralty-
Ing around Johnston be cut OF from those
whose Inspiring soul is Leo !; and the whole
scheme By which the rebel leaders hope even
n ne most desperate extremity, to bi1llc and
dtieat m na, NIl @ fan It onee to the ground; and
wlll become apparent even .o themselves.
Johnstons army cut on from Richmond, and
the ztbc1 Goyernmen Mt will inevitably 70 to plc.
ces lee.s aEmy deprived Of lis supplies from
the Gnlt States, must disperte or 6tatyc aud
the armies ef tte' Union, encouraged aud .c.
breien md dlsointed trsgmsnts @ Of the H acon, sc
federaten hotts, will scatter them like chaf
before tic Whl1lTird, Or slsughter them like
sheep.
These Views, slightly modified, arc the same
which, not 1enE since, heard expressed by
IN intelligent rebel officer, who was prison.
Ct IN ous hands, and With whom, through the
was permitted to converse.
knoT of but one way In which move
ment Of ours, having In view the occupation
OF thc three great railroad centres I hare
named. could be checkmated. Should John
sion resolve 10 leave Mississippi and Alabama,
abandon Mobile 10; It's fate, march rapidly
northwsld, destroy the railroads, etc, behind
him, 20 that Grant could only follow slowly
and with difficulty, form junction with
Bragg aud BuclncE, and then fall upon
General Rosecrans-slou1d he resolve to do
this, l Eay. only the most energetic operations
on ourpart could prevent him. Should ho
succeed II cfccting the tuHctlon, the bravery
the genius Of Rosccraus, could alone saVe 1t
from defeat. Superiority in numbers would
no longer avail 1t; that superiority would be
transferred in all probability to the other
1ide; ioE Joanston's ad 5000. BEsgg,s q, ,ooo,
faas fSap'ys an sS2 I'd o hrik1s afs5 SesS H4d
rebel forces at Char1eston and Savannah be
Teleanea shout tho same time, Johnston aud
BEsgg wonld find themselves at tho head Of
100 COO men.
All this it ia trne is mere speculation: but
speculatiens are frequently unactcd facts.
should not for > tnament lose sight Of 1.-THE
rebel Generals are now reduced to such straits.
That they will eretyHhere be willing to give
up territory for the sake Of winding battles;
and Iossetslon Of territory 10 Us (eScept snch
ns Middle Tennessee, whence the enemy e1-
whatever, unless NO win battles in acquiring
1t. Tho strength Of the rebellion, to-day, lies
wholly 10 the rebel armies. Amongst the
peorle'ot the South, secession and treason
are dead dogs. The "unconquerablc spirit !"
AND the eternal host tlltr." Of the South, are
rebel armies now in the field, and the war viii
be oycr throughout the length and breadth Of
tho CoLfederacy.
While We are waiting for the ball to open,
we do not spend our time either In tdleness OF
In gloomy anticipation.
scene than tho Deche1d and Stevenson, or
Winchester aud Stevenson roads for miles ind
miles along Crow Greek Wiley; md eatfs-
He'd, hopeful. buoyant, absolutely Joyous
srl1lt, seems to peryade the entire army.
u the way Of news, there is not much to
Of Chattanooga yesterday, resulted in drawing
u tew shots from some Of the rebel batteries
on the other Side Of the 1iyer Our artil1er-
lists threw some shell toward the town; but
l, the hnng "as apparently unlmrortaut on
A slight sklr1ui.hlng With rebel pickets
across The river opposite Battle Greek, was
also one OF the events OF yesterday, These
things, tr3hicg In themselves, have q real sig
ptticance and Importance, which, however,
do ret, q present, consideF It altogether pru-
It is reported that Gen. Rosecrans narrowly
escaped being shot, to day. Al along there
mas been sort OF taclt understanding. be-
tHeen cur piekets at Bridgeport, and those oi
the enemy on the island oPpoistc, that neither
ridiculous stories hare been told of conydrsa,
ttoLs between o1E boys aud tho enemy. Some
ot these reputed conversations exhibit little
Wit. most OF them were exceedingly flat and
Silly, but all Of them were manufactured By
TIC persons pretending to rc1nte them. New.
sfcnolly exchanged between our boys and the
enemy across Inc Tennessee. To-day, IL Ii
ea1d that while considerable number Of ous
soldiers were bathing IN the river near Bridge,
Eost, TIC fcbela shouted aeross that sttne
Yankees were gctttrg little too damned nu
merous over there and that they Intended
to obscrvc the truce no longer. suitiug thcll
actions 10 their words, they forthwith Opened
fire, produced q prod1glous " scatterlnent''
amongst the DathefH, and sent bullet deer
Into tree, very near which Gen: Rosecrnni
was Standing.