Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-13
THE REBEL PRESS.

The Cincinnati Commercial, of Wed
nesday, contains copious extracts from
the leading articles in late Richmond
papers, in which we find much that is in
teresting.
The Examiner of the 5th inst, under
the head of Disagreeable News from
Chattanooga" gives an account of our
recent success in opening the railroad
from BRIDGEPORT to within few miles Of
Chattanooga 1t attributes the rebel dis
aster to sleepy sentinels. Sleepy senti
nels, it sharply insinuates, are to be at
tributable alone to sleepy commanders
1t frankly acknowledges the immense
advantage the Federal army derives from
their successful maneuver Itsays: "In
a word, we have lost the advantages Of
Chicamauga. The battle of Chicamauga
must be fought again
The Dispatch, of the 9th inst, re.
views the situation in Tennessee, and
quotes correspondent of the Savannah
Republicans geography of the country,
and the position and strength Of the Fed
eral armies. 1t says of the latter:
"We have the enemy's force in this
quarter distributed as follows: The main
army at Chattanooga, under Thomas,
exclusive of cavalry, $4,000 men; the
left wing at Knoxville and vicinity, I'M
der Burnside, $4,000; the right wing,
consisting of reinforcements sent from
the Potomac, under Hooker, $4,000;
other reinforcements from Grants army
advancing from the west, under Sher-
man, to form a junction with the right
wing, $4,000 Total, $4,000. Add to
this Is, 900 ca galry, and we have an army
gathering for the invasion of Georgia,
under the supreme guidance of Grant,
of 1915 men.
To meet this army, to defeat and
overwnelm it, will require the best skill,
the highest and the most perseyering and
united efforts of the Confederates.
The reinforcements-two corps d
armee-sent out from Meade's army un-
der Hooker, are at Bridgeport. They
number about twelve thousand men.
One corps is commanded by Slocum, the
other by Williams The river at Bridge
port is divided by an island of considera-
BILE length. Two pontoon bridges have
been thrown across from the north bank
of the island, and at last accounts pre-
parations were being made to lay third
bridge from the island to the south bank.
This latter work has probably been COM
pleted by this time Hooker's pickets
SO S1 t. 80 "a y :.ss' '4sssen.s u
"Sherman, with other reinforcements,
supposed to be fifteen thousand in num-
Der, is advancing along the Memphis l.
Charleston Railroad from the West, re-
building the bridges and repairing the
track as he comes. AT the last advices
he was at Tuscumbia Johnson's cav
airy is in his front, tearing up the road,
/ burning the stringers and cross-ties,
heating and bending the iron rails, and
destroying the bridges. At this rate, it
is not probable that he will reach Bridge
port before the 1st of February. 1t will
require several weeks to replace the
bridge across the Tennessee at Decatur.
Meanwhile, Burnside holds Knox
vile with force of $1,000 men. 1t is
believed that he, too, is engaged in re-
pairing the railroad bridges in East Ten.
nessee with view of opening communi-
cations with the main army at Chatta-
nooga."
It is quite evident from the above thai
the rebels are not guilty of the mistake
SO frequently made by our officers, O
overestimating the strength of their op
ponents. We take it, however, if theil
Generals act upon information like the
above, they will catch two or three yer,
| remarkable tartars
The Examiner of the 9th contains
vicious notice of Gen. Butler. We cop,
it in full:
"That the military authorities of tn,
United States had fallen back upon tn,
plans of Gen. Mcclellan, and were abou
to try another peninsular campaign
against Richmond, were rumors so Otter
repeated from so many different sources
that they almost gained the certitude o
W0IL-GcteDLoAcQ AdCG Lucy QCElfc'
strong confirmation from the movement
of Fosters troops on the south side G
the James, and in Eastern North CAROL
: ma, where they were lately all on tn
march. But the announcement tina
Benjamin F. Butler has been promote,
D 10 the supreme command in Foster
military department, again plunges tn
public into sea of doubts and specula
!. tons. Certainly, the enemy does ne
!. mean fighting here. The business of thi
;. General is to steal, to hang, to torture
!. to insult the unfortunate, to grind int
the dust those who are no longer able
!. raise hand even to ward blow. 81
business is to illustrate the old axiom
that the coward is always cruel, and
be the representative man of his natio
This business he has done, and does d
with degree of perfection which b;
concentrated upon him the admiring a
tention of four continents. But he h'
at the same time given such satisfyir
evidence of his disinclination and inc
pacity for fighting, that his appointme
renders it quite clear no such thing
intended on the south side of Virgini
The list of Gen. Buffers battles is she
Big Bethel, and a nameless comb
with boss mason in Massachusetts.
will never be heightened. His work
Virginia will be confined to his own
Dir culiar line He will render the weepi
women and miserable children of N
folk little more unhappy than th
i. have BEEN He will feed the gallo
IL and the prison with many victims fir
the class of remaining citizens. But
:, will not be able to perform one part
'ts 'te his recognized profession. He will !
Tho fill his pockets from their property,
RS they have none left to be stolen, cit
by him or his brother.
The great question of food, howe'
. overrides all others. We cannot th