Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-12-05

2 less We are 70 receive the e'u41tlctllI SOB
Of the telegraph this morning o be trust
{ worthy. Okt that It may be 30 4 Hi
pressure on BnFnstle has. pna9qbts aly
4 while the absence pf this YhQle eOtps from
the oohfsderate line st the tins, Of sher,
man s aFrigal in the Fsfleral host has giyer
4 the enemy 4 great ppportnnitys 1t wa
Il during the parallel campaign Of Lougstreei
-tRgatnsI Sdffolk that Hooker made bis eptF
lat GhancelloTsville ]. but there he found
Jackson, while Grant had to do with Bragg
alone. ~ j,
The result IL, that we have lost on Look
l.ouI MunutaJn The advahtaees gained in The
great aud blood ybattIe on the Chiekamanga
That battle must be fought again, either IN
i the next foFtptght { or Ia the SpFing Of 1864,
I Nov, win 4Fs JeifetsOH Davis Any longer
4 persist 10 maiataiRipg Gen, BragB 10 the
lcpmmRud Of the army on which depends
the tlte, Of the. Gplf States y This u an
itpqqIIy which vi be apHtQusl 4ae ~
every citizen who reads tue 3uaWe this
morning and who really desires the success
i'ok this ooufedeFaey. If that General is
he Is thefWrOng man for such q business,
It is possible the Confederate army may
incur q disaster. on the hanks OF the0 Chick.
amapga eommensuFate with ita former
victory. But We refuse 70 believe that the
consequences, even. Ola defeat inia general
battle there, will be anything like those
which hasty minds assume. They would
not be the loss Of q State OF penetration 70
The Cali. The Federal army could not
adEspce; i've miles further, even if Vietori-
dns without rislSing humiliation /; nor will
the Gulf States be suhjugated by the loss
of one battle or twenty battles, unless they
are inhabited BY q, very different breed
from that which peoples Virginia q lOogl
CHATTANOOGA AND oUR ARtrY.
"a lrsa From tie Whig, nov. a.
; The smeagre details that reach hs from
Gen Bragg In no degree lessen the mag.
nitud9 Assigned t0 his disaster by pablie
opinion on the reception of tbe htst news
OF the reverse. The loss Of i've thousand
prisoners IL q painful Rddendun 70 the loss
Of the field. Other particulars furnished
compel us, TO think that the defeat was
little short ora rOht, and Il is probably
due to the failure Of the enemy 30 pursue
that IL lacks any feature Of that most de-
ptbrable calamity that can befailaH army.
Il is far from pleasant 70 have TO countess
thatthe largest army we have owes its safe.
" 20 the want Of enterprise In the enemy,
butin this case We may do so With0ut dis
paraRIng the courage that has been dis.
played on too many helds to be d6gbtsd, |
A more fatal want than want of courage, |
want of confidence Ia their Commander, |
unnerVed aud paraliGed that army. An
army of towards, well disciplined and |
trusting In their leader may tight well, bat |
en- army of brave men, feeling that they |
are ia the hands Of an ineomP Petaht COM !
mander, will fight badly, This truth has
long since formed itself intO the adage
that ssan army Of asses led by . lion e
bitter h1lt4ftf t.Ell. q Gas TED 0yf ~
ass
Butst5e s1fety Of the remnant of BraFg's !
army Is only temporary, uuless the com.
mand is Immediately changed, aud rein- |
f6rcemauts ar2 semitic It's relief Tue least |
afOidable delay In theifiFst Of these steps u |
{ criminal triaing with interests as i'm.
p5stAnt As were evee Committed % the
keeping Of mortal man. II Wehfe not mis-
lead b. reformation that no one would be 4
apt to diseFsdit, the army now under Gen.
Bragg, disconnected almost 70 mUtiny be.
fore the late disaster, cannot be Kept to-
gether under his leadership. It ts'a mat
ter about which the OOmmander.in. Chief
cannot now be cohsideFSaa as having any
discretion. Circumstances more imperative
than even the voice OF the people demand
1 change. Fortupately, the service Affords
II
as. 70 be aVailable for this daty, who's
transfer the country aud the army viii han |,
With delight Il e UNNECESSARY % name
them. We think Il necessary only ID te.
mark that the Value OF any effort 70 re-
IrieVe the calamity that has resulted from
Gen. Bragg's ineompeteney will depend
mainly upon the PromptnesS with which u
is made.
The pFopFfety Of reinforcing the army on
The Chickamauga does not need discussing;
The best mode Of doing so Is hardly fit
lubieet for the newspapers. There are
vari0us bodies OF troops that Il il obvious
san be made Of more use now ~ being
with that army, than 10 their
present fields Of service. O0ueentFati0n
lffords the readiest and sutest relief. 1t
Instantly and vigorously set shout, aud .
new commander be placed ct the head 90
lie d6labfned forces, We may not only re-
triavs the losses We have sustained, but
Visit npbh the foe q vengeance that viii be
reEnem 6eFed while the world stauds.
P.Ss9LhteF informltiOn raises q doubt
as to the 6ccuraey of the statement that L
the enemy ate not pursuing. Grant Is said
70 be following up bis victory. with char.
acfeTistiG energy, despite the u IS OF ltHeGl-
~ thonsandp men, 3 easid5s, which, As the
reader will perceive, eomes from AtlRatdJ /
the 'headqua Of the Press Aqsociatl loo.
THR BAFFLR N YRoNF OF. OF.CHATEANooGA.l
81 TF6ut the Richu9nd Wig NoE, So
For the Gfst time 10 q great battla Con- |
feaeEats treoPs heys 9seni PIT 70 tilEhtI tpy |
the enemy. There fsi no doubt re e,EsEe |
greatly odtdumbeEed, but this dfsadgan-
ti9e was largely com pelsated by opr slps-
fioFtty Of ground. We, held Look0nt
M6untaln aha Ms zion Rid dge, pos IDEAS very
str0n & naturally nd rendered, Ne presume,
stili sftopger py CsleEai lsragg mast
have colsideEed then wen nigh tmpfeg-
nabIe, else he would not have chosen the
oceasi9n when The enemy, al along slPe- |
FiOr 70 him s. numbers, had beep heRyily
reinforced, 70 ssn d of q laFge fetae ehment
Of His own AMY on q distant eLpedftions