The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-08-12
scarcity of Horses Amone ,no

One by one witness are multiplying Of
the failure of the Rebel rtsprces. The
cavalry raid of Colonel GrieTson through
Mississil pi demonstrated the great scar
city Of men, as also the insctiOn of
Johnston, whlls General Grant was dig
cling his slow way into Yickeburg. The
doloroas lament Of the Richmond Wing
over the loss Of flrty locomotives at
Jackson, showed how rapidly their
means Of Communication BIZ railroad
were wasting away And now we have
brief statement from the Richmond
Eaqairer TO show hog scarce horses are
Ia the bounds Of their COnfederacy.
can order has recently been promulgated
in camp disRlOUHtipg al Of the Quarter
| master and CommIssRTy attaches This
il done not so much 10 put these employ
te3 on foot rs =, get the horsos, t0Rici are
| ;ust a0to VeTy much needed
The price Of horses fcr months past
has been enorm ,us, aoco dog g. tho tes-
| iimony Of the Richmond Examiner, Ia
January last. Ii said then, that The
price of ordinary mules ranged from three
hundred and fifty 10 five hundred dol
lars; while 1t further asserted, "hOrses
are not TO DO had .at practicable pri.
ces." OF course they must, even st thai
period, have ranged above the high prices
at which mules were held. The price
has not certainly been sinking since that
date. The EeamiaeT then raised bitter
cry against the vast expenditure fer hor
ses in the Rebel armies. II said, "The
sums which have been expended in the
purchase and support OF horses and mules
in the Confederate service would DO in-
credible, il stated" "Oar cavalry have
been the great sink pocket of tho war"
II this was rue eight months ago it is no
less true to-day. Our readers have no.
tioed that there has been 3 gradual de-
crease in the dashes Of the rebel cavalry
Even Stuart, their daring centaur, has
apparently lost his high daring. The
efficiency Of our cavalry, under the lead
of such men as Pleassnton, Fitzpatrick
Gregg aud Buford, have no dOubt con-
t1bu,ed largely TO the repression of th,
rebel raider, but the lack Of horses had
no doubt, also enforced upon him hi
present state Of comparative quiesence
A friend who 10 supposed to be capa.
bic of forming q tolerably correct judg
ment has estimated the cost Of the hOTse
with which Morgan started on his rsiC
into Indiana at two millions as the very
lowest, All that was q dead loss TO th,
Rebels. TO mount force of ton thou
sand men would cost them not less thai
Eve millions. These are large figures
} aud they loom up before the eyes OF tn
Rebel Treasurer as the handwriting Of
the wall foretelIing the speedy doom o
the Rebel cause. Each month makes th
D supply Of horses less and raises the pTic
I prOpNrtionally. They are now becomin
, exceedingly scarce, hard TO be Obtaine
81 any price
I Cavalry raids on their part must be
} come less frequent and our cavalry raid
{ may be undertaken with greater safety
| for \ cavalry force can always dodge in
r fantry, even when vastly superior j
? numbers. We look for large increas
Of our cavalry force under the auspioe
Of che new Cavalry Bureau, over whio
General Stoacmsn IS 10 preside. Tn
= day foF US 20 strike with this arm Of h
G service has now folly oome.-Phil. In,