Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-09-05
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Fh. n .hele Relieve that City will be Seen
y Atsneksd-GraHt Playing'a Deep Game
lee Johnston TO Meet him at Phiilippi-
;.greet fsfidse - be Made Lieusenant
General.
Correspondents OF the Mobile Trihune.1
A painful Iumof TO the effect that Gen. Lee
had resigned from the army had been in circu.
lation here for several days, and caused no
little excitement among the troops. Although
there are no grounds for believing it. SO far as
! know, yet it is singulariy unfortunate that
such report should have reached the army
here At this time, when it had just recovered
ahe enemies Of MI Davis do not believe that he
would be SO. blind 10 the Interests OF our bleed
ing country as TO force one Of our greatest chief
aims to resign, when the enemy are pressing us
Neither could Gen. Lee with credit to HIM
self reeign, without the greatest reasons Tor SO
doing. He belongs to that army which he mas
from the field on account OF personal difficulties
With the President, it would be blight upon
the good name he has so fairly won But 90
him to do it. Gen. Johnston has had far better
reasons for resgning, and yet has stern sense OF
duty and unwayering fidelity to our cause has
There is evidently work ahead somewhere
for the army soon, as Grant Is playing deep
game but Gen. Johnston is fully advised in
regard to his movements, and will meet him at
Philippi. The military men with whom have
conversed are fully OF the opinion that Mobile
will soon be attacked, as troops are being sent
down the river rapidly; but hope that more
than ten days pro visions will be found at that
post when the time comes, which will not be
long. No excuse can be made in the case of
your city, and have as yet never heard q logi-
cal one for the other, although / suppose one
has been given which was perfectly sati.foa
tory to the powers that be, as I understand
that Gen. Pemberton will still command his
old corps.
Among the on dts current here is one that
Gen. Breckenridge il to be made g lieutenant
general, and the army is TO be divided into two
corps, Hardee commanding one and he the
other. I do not think there Is any foundation
Tor il, although it would be nothing more than
q well deserved compliment to good officer,
who has proven himself worthy OF any position
in the service. But unfortunately he differed
with one Of the pets OF the Administration, and
we all know that this is q serious ahair and in
tsrferes materially with promotions.
It Is difficult to understand what position
General Hardee occupies at present, or to
what duty he will be assigned. The general
supposition when he first came here was that
he would relieve Pemberton, but, as have
already stated, have good reasons for believ-
ing that Penn beron will not be relieved, conse-
Quenty suppose he will command his old
corps and Hardee the present one.
The mortality among the troops at Vicksburg
is increasing, and the greatest CONSERVATION
exists among them Steele's division are pick
citing Big Black from Edwards Ferry to Bird
songs, but none OF their pickets are more than
q mile this side. Sherman's headquarters are
about one mile from Edwards Ferry, and near
where Osterhaus's formerly was Their troops
are engaged in cutting our roads through the
country between those ferries.