The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-17

By =. o. n. y, HAPPY.


CATION " rassa
1 By J. q. n. y. HAPrY.
| The ydked question" ~ % the military
s1oation at victsburg should sntisls ihsa
stsbbosu city Of bis6s ~ ne usw sppssls'
ton Of yex-burg. iandsf hosds have %
saNltsd Il a I'll siAss until they have become
e1hsustsd and are sow engaged In excessive
Preparations to usdsssnins q esd sssault i.
sso1 tho botten. The entire cdnannity oi
Chastsno"ga 10 Oreathless with suspssss. fus
Tear tho telegr1phic operator ct JsckDep
should make . mistake and send ~ some.
thing Ineligible from that quarter. The
whole thing is . mystery. aud no other enter.
prisihg military sauan Of the age having -
yet undertaken to clear il up and enIightep
the public, aud relieve tho anxieties of iudi
viduals who have heavy bets on the result,
the subscriber proposes to do it himself.
What have you got from Yicksburg
This interrog~tory awaits you at every
corner. Men do not now, a. in the halcyou
time, ask you to imbibe immoderats quaint.
ties Of ~ Tsssonic--you are no longer invi-
ted to smoke cigar. You are not even
asked. How are you, Happy ?" before some.
body eays, :" Well, what do you get from
VicksIurg
get nothing
l form my own conclusions, (which are
generally 10 correct that I am requested by
the military authorities beforehand not to
open my mouth for fear should say some
ti'ng) l refuse TO le suppressed any
longer, military necessity" to the contrary
twithsianding. The situation at vicksburg
is simply dis:
Grant is digging big hole under il! 1t is
the most important under taking II Iii. life.
By species Of engineering the most skillful
known in ancient or modern wsrfa re, he will
eventually come UP ont of the earth, imme-
diatsy Ia the centre Of tho fated city-lif he
don't come out at "the little ond Of the hors.' .
But Ulysscs, if reports speak correct is a. good
ut horn" as ANY other man." There IL but
one thing can save us 1t Vicksburg; and Of
this the community may rest assure,l. If
Grants army, digging under the city should
happen to strike gold mine, they will become
completely demoraliz,d, aud give Up the Siege,
aud take to trading in nuggets for agreen-
bscks'" You never can get them to 6ght any
more. But, il, on the other hasd, land the
reader will mark the Significance of the sug-
gesfion. they do not strike gold mine--we
are, to quote the language Of the sublime
Shakespesre-"goneu up" In such IN event,
Grant may even dig quite beneath the city
and come out at the river on the other side,
thereby. not on5y hitting enough water in to
water his horses, asd his soldiers, (which arc
has jackasses.) bat he will also DO enabled in
reviving his men. to revive the oapal.idea Gan
idea worthy Of the oa~aihs) of turning the
current Of the Mississippi, and may run his
gusboats under the city and bring them out
on tho reverse. side. Every sensible reader,
will stooce co .csde the wisdom II this fore.
thought Why may not Grant establish
underground Railway comm ufjication from this
side 70 that side! Why. after making 70 big
. hole and 9awlipg out the other eide and
pulling out tho heb, after him, may he not
have dirt enough 10 6ll up the Mississippi 80
that it may b ctnplesely damned. echo
be d-dD
The refined reader will excuse the prefaue
digression. It was not the intention Of the
undersigned to take 20 curse-ory view Of
ths situstion. Like my friend the Hop
KwoRf KHe. (At present, regret 70 state, on
10 large drunk with tho balance of the delegates
at Wipchoster) when required by tho FeAsral
commander 1t Nashville to take IN oath. and
knowing If he did it, would materially affect
his Congressional prospects, simply complied
by saying 'd-n it - and received his parole.
But 20 return to vicksburg-and tho reader
will please not because Of the incol,erency OF
its style, mistake this epistle for one of DR.
Lemoiuea. at whose published productions
l invariably aud enthusiastically. and in the
convulse Of the momentary surprise, always
calculate, Go in lemoincs!" The principal
parties interested in tho opening of the navi-
CATION Of the Mississippi, are the Mississippi
River GalDblers," to whom this unnecessary
blockade % serious Inconvenience in the
matter of trade aud their dealings with their
tsllow-mel'. Tho consequence 10 nothing to
them if viehaburs fall. Bot "a sequence I"
after it docs fall "sgin two par" 10 Of vital
Importance to "the perfcssion."
II Vicksburg does fall, che will fell in (!
Grant will burrough beneath it with his "sene.
diggers," till lite paved streets resound with
the roll Of artillery - tho gods used, Ia my.
tholoEic story, to rattle wheelbarrows over the
brsss arch Of tho tkies, to make artificial
thunder. !icksburg will then 10 hollow -
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