New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-11-14
The Security Attained by Recent Niiisar.
Operations Dec options Concerning tho
situation The Question Of ODinining
snppiics Sc;iird-t:rnnf Prepared for
Plank Movements by the HcbeIs-ihc
Rebel Fire from EooLoui Mountain
The Prosecutions OF MON f.cn.
Prom Ouf Special Correspondent
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The military operations in this department
the list week have settled the question Of tie 'cna
biliiy Of this portion Of tie Army IN Chattanooga.
whom Rosecrans fcI back from Chickamauea there
were grave doubts when after . month had elapsed.
with nothing having been done to insure supplies, tie
only route oil the while growing worse and becoming
next 10 impossible EosccTlus relieved tie question
whether the army could remain another FIVE da,s vas
graycr sti But all doubts of this character have since
been cleared up BY opening the river to Bridgeport
Tie question Of supplies which raised fir srrius
doubts than the earno. or magudo Of Brast forces,
does not longer exist. Nor is it believed that 1t lies
within the power uf tie enemy 10 raise that question
llain II was through our own poor gcnernlshipt nM
tie question was ever ra-,d-a iic when no one VINO
pretruds to know PnyhrS OF the -uty 81 VII dispute
Meanwhile our Qualifications have increased aud
nothing more satisfactory could be- desired on that head
There b. TOO much ad In The papers concerning iuc
.itugton of nfmics totally iOfrTl from the truth
TIA, who has n opportunity 20 eci the deception
il lcf 10 make pasitt, assertion Lest II VIII come 90
he classcd with exploded exnegcrations Policy. no
doubt ~ times requires not ON! The withholding oi
some mart uf the trth but coi1rlng 10 that pult 90
which utteran'c given. |. Was s t1lt repfcsent'd
lie postion of kosoci all thot could hc Desired
when IN fact Was ic post piecailos tll hi> route
al .uuplirs WA secure hen the next dA 500 wagons
and millions ofpopcrty were burui ui ihc enemy ihht
a high officer of Tho Government cent here from
Washington ~ make the inspection. PRONOUNCED TIE
rommissarai and the Quirternasioi' Department as
being on u satisfaction! bas' when no lieutenant IN the
scr,icc ignorant OF reckless 49, 10 express such
/ an opinion ,t.
no longer any occasion for them, II ever there was
m, truth may now be- safely .oi. We see our WI!
clear Nothin. but tie most monstfous ih'Sm'has'
ment can ohstruct b. Under present auspices no one
/ here look for any thing of tie Kind Hereafter
me question OF supplies being settled the on'y one
ft l. nat alsin, out Of the purposes ana uDis " thc
eu,uN OF the strong neccssii! on lH', i'' VI W..
E,bc, 10 r,po,se5s Eastern Tennessee ana 20 'S'v"
the threat OF DAVIS, iN'rn can W a" sJ,s ~ -
" t,,,,,,s army hnt for the whole south. Added 10
Mis- ia The more purely military aspect so iuhN COM
n,SseI by The Chattanooga Rbei now printed at Mari
r., THE distant reader Of the threat ol J'n pNl',
J :, rc,aL. tennessee and Kentucky. Of the urgent
n,.as from nj quarters of the south 20 bragg to ie'
commence active operations TO tins emf ana ol TIE
bo~stfl promises put forth IN Rebel papers. that the
threat of Davis viii be MADE good may He.l nave SUMO
| anxiety TO know the prospect IN this particular
| In a general WAY. 1 might answer that Hrant VINO
oycrooks every .hiug now - not man I" De outgeh
craled especially when fpfcN armed Of the enemy pr
nose But We have specific ii not a more satl''
Go,orv answef ON this point N the actual situation of
this Army and its capabilities 10. the supposed ccr'
4 rencv All hope Of linking Chattanooga On our right
has vanished II II existed 10 Is only on our LETT,
| up the river by ciectng crossing above u.s. iha'
I,rngg can have the slightest nope Of making Hank
ovemcnt II would not De proper 20 partlclnllle on
This point; but will say that there Is no ground FOR
| unepsncss IN regard 90 the wntchulness ana
preparaions of Grant for such movement. II, as TIE
GOOD the threat of Davis concerning Tennessee ana
/ kentucky-if their hopes hinge on running round
oyer or through TINS Army and An iccrosaing the i"
uessee i'm considerable force; If these expectations az
hosed ON gaining material advantages. Or on Bragg
changing hs position essentially Tor tie better then cor"
fs HAT able Ia clearer 10 tie end Of tins whole
business than ever before; for there is nothing IN pres
cnt fact future probability that N the ianl'Ss sie.