The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-02-10
Exhaustion Of the Rebellion West
of tho Mississippi.

ed condition Of the rebels west Of the /
are furnished by the official
correspondence Of General Hindman, re-
Gently captnred at Van Buren,, Arkansas,
by our forces under General Heron. The |
dispatches Of Hindman and his officers,
ranging in date from the middle Of Mo-
vtmber last TO the middle Of December,
tell an unvarying story Of starvation and |
distress, and finally merge into despair |
Ii any further proof were needed of the |
absolute extremity Of Hindman's army
and the virtual death Of the rebellion 10
the whole region where that officer has
held command, IL is given in these des-
patches. We give some Of the leading
passages.
On the 10Th Of November last, Hind
man wrote from Fort Smith TO Major
ADAMS al Little Rock
"There are no wagons in this country,
and cannot detail soldiers. Impress
wagons. These delays will starve my
command. Why not send up alse half
the transportation of the troops at the
Post? They need but four wagons. I'M
less you and Major Palmer can give me
more will be compelled by actual star
walton 10 leave this country"
re, Newton, Hindman's Chief of Staff,
pleads thus
IF there are any boats that you can
control, General Hindman desires you 10
load them with corn Immediately, and
send them up here, nothing Major Cum-
miDgs as each boat starts, and what il
brings. II is Of the very first import ance
that you use extraordinary energy
in tho matter. Our all depends upon
our getting the very largest possible sup
plies of corn on this rise. IL is our only
hope--much depends upon you. For
Gods sake move Heaven and earth 10
send every grain that can be gotten here"
Hindman says again:
@Surely the Secretary is not apprise d
Of the condition Of our troops, and the
almost utter exhaustion of the resources
Of the country. In this corps | could
show him 1000 men absolutely in rags,
without counting the almost naked In
dians. What you are sending me dis
iribuled pro rata among them all, but that
comes slowly and in small quantities,
and the great majority continues TO suf-
fer exposure, to sicken and die. | sup
pose that it is the same with your other
troops. Unless these poor men are com
forlably clad this mouth, not half OF
them will live through the winter An
other army cannot be raised this side Of The
Miss'ssppi."
The phrase in Rallies is a sufficient &C
acknowledgement Of the utter ruin of the
rebellion west Of the Mississippi river.
This letter was followed by another pite-
GUS appeal from Hindman, containing
these passages:
Il complain of nothing. The de6ci
encies are great. But unless you send
supplies in larger quantities and far more
rapidly, God only knows what | am TO
do"
Here is another and more fatal admis-
sion, made by Hindman in letter dated
in December:
"Whenever the enemy gets south Of the
Boston mountains aud establishes him.
self, he can press you down to Louisiana
or into Texas without difficulty"
These statements should impel the Adj
ministration and its Generals to push for
wal d the war with tremendous energy.
If those who stand at the helm of State
do their duty, the rebellion will be RUNE d
before next summer. There is we'll
grounded dissatisfaction among the peo-
pie, at the apparent lack Of unanimity,
energy and stability on the part Of the
Cabinet in the conduct Of the war. The
people are, loyal, and will sustain the
Government heartily, if it pushes on the
work of defeating the rebels vigorously.
But we have had far too much vascila
ton, and change in high places, Of late.
Let the motto henceforlh be energy, in
dustry and consistency. The rebels are
destitute and suffering from the want Of
necessaries should only make us more
active and determined than ever. Strike
the monster of treason as he staggers
and totters.