The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-11-11
The End Approaches.

Unless all sigus are delusive, the Re-
beiiicn caupot hold out much longer.
The dearth Of food at the capital, and IN
fact all over the remaining territory, Is OF
itself symptom of approaching dissolu-
ton Think of city of fifty thousand
inhabitants, like Richmond, wherein a
beefsteak is not procurable on any terms
Yet such was the fact not long since ID
that city, according to one of It's Rebel
Journals Aud the outcry Of Lynchburg
against the proposed sending OF three
thousand Union prisoners to that place,
is equally in point. 1t is not possible
that where coarse food should be abso-
lutely waiting at this season but nobody
wants to sell it for the joke that passes
for money in Dixie and it is well under
stood that acquisitions must be made for
feeding these prisoners, since no one sells
ANYTHING to the Rebel Government who
can help 1t. "Shoddy" at any price would
be goodsend to that forlorn concern !;
but nobody has shoddy so tiimsy that he
can afford to exchange it fer Confederate
greenbacks, even 'cord for cord" " Yet
JEFF. has some Three Hundred Thousand
men under arms, and is dragging every
one who can shon der mnsket into his
tattered, famishing regiments so fast as
his bloodhounds can run them down.
How long can THIS last
For some DAYS the heart of Rebe!dom
has been titIlated by the hope of a defeat
and destruction OF Burnsides army now
holding East Tennessee, The plan was
to dispatch two corps from bragg army.
with like force from Virginia, and rush
upon him SO secretly and suddenly as to
ensure his utter destruction. But both
Gen. Grant and Gen. Burnside are long
apprised of this clever plot, and have
doubtless taken steps to frustrate it. The
concentration of all the Westean com-
maDds under Gen. Grant ought of itself
to preclude the success of such scheme.
If the Rebels advance to Knoxville on
such an errand, they will have Gems.
Grant and Thomas on their Hark and
rear, and will hardly return iu safety
But NE receive DO evidence from the
West that they have even made the at
tempt Their main army in Georgia
badly need shoes, blankets, and almost
every essential of camp life. They can
hardly hope to win these by placing Gen.
Grant in their rear.
Recently very good device for ap
preciating their currency was tried-that
Of having every holder fund it, SO as 20
be entitled to interest on the debt owing
him by the Confederacy. Due proclama-
tions were made, due appeals uttered by
the Councils but nobody funded They
preferred paper whereof 81, 600 was worth
ne, would understanding to that
intriEsically as worthless, but which
would bny nothing at all. So the Rebel
Currency remains unconverted, and Is
the chief nuisance among many great
ones. 1t is detestable to have and i'm
possible to do without.
We know how utter is the desperation
of the Rebel Chefs-we know how COM
pletelv the masses are at their mercy.
The former will, of course, hold out to
the very last, but hunger will break thro'
stone walls, and we cannot believe the
armies can be kept embodied while the
soi idier's families are being starved. We
don't know that "sixtg" or "ninety
davs's' will see the end of this foul Re
beIlicn, but we are con6den: that it draws
nigh. Tribune,