The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-11-17
THE DAILY REGISTER,
TUESDAY NOVEMBER IL, 1868
TUESDAY,. ..NOVEMBER II, I6b;
News, from the the South. tn:
FROM BRACES ARMY.
A RETREAT FORESHADOWED.
The Disaster in East Tennessee.
Charleston still Defiant.
The Disaster in East Tennessee.
= Charleston still Defiant.
From Bragg's Army.
From the Richmond Examiner, Nov.

From the Richmond Examiner, Nov y ~
The country may as we'll prepare itsel
for another retreat in the West. The ind
cations of the annual migration of birds ar
scarcely more unerring than are the augur
les which foretell the disappointment ofth
high expectations formed of the results t.
be attained in that quarter. After con
iinuance of favorable prognostics, to whicl
additional strength was given by the conf
dent tone Of the PresidenL since his recen
tour of inspection; after reiterated assur
ances of the straits to which the enemy wa
reduced; of the precarious tenure of his com
munications; the difficulties of subsistence
by which he was pressed, and the impossi
bility Of his long continuance in his present
position, we now note certain, and some
what indefnable change of tone, which to q
people rendered doubly acute by long habit
and deep interest, serves to mark the fall oi
the barometer and give warning of the com
ing storm. 80
A certain vague mistiness Of detail; an
uncertainty as to the actual position of af-
fairs; confusion and contradiction in the va
! rious accounts which reach as, both from
the enemy and our own side-all these are
omens which the experience We have been
forced to acquire in the art of divlniation
tells us are to be interpreted in bad sense.
1t Is we'll that they should precede the un
pleasing reality, that the public mind, in
f1ated with too large dose of confidence,
and braced to too great degree OF ten
sion, should be gradually depleted and re-
laxed.
The power of adaptation, which is so
strong faculty of the human mind, and
that simple philosophy which, though not
deprived from the schools, springs spontane-
ously out of the rough lessons OF life, will
enable the country to bear the disappoint-
ment Of its high hopes, as it has before DOW
endured more serious disasters with con-
stancy and frmness. A little time and gen
tie preparation will render the process east
er, and give the requisite tone to the ener.
gies and fortitude of the people.
The newspapers were enjoined, at the
beginning Of the war, and they have IN gen
ersl displayed cemmendable disposition to
observe proper reticence as to the move
ments of troops and the probable plans of
our Generals. 1t may be doubted, en- pas
SAINT if the practice now prevalent at
Charleston. of publishing the exact number
of the enemy's shots which strike, and the
amount of damage they do, is exactly in ac'
cordance with the prudent policy usually
observed.
But no matter what may be the general
freedom from censure in this respect, there
is one point on which there is much to
b anne. not so much for any warning or in
formation it gives the enemy as Tor It's sad
effect upon our own people. 1t is the con
tinual aud extravagant representations that
are made of the advantageous positions oc-
cupied by our army, and the great results
that are soon to ensue. The enemy's army
is at one time hemmed in between a river
and our own fcrces at another his flank is
turned. one corps entirely cut off, and its
destruction certain; again, his communica-
tions are so embarrassed that he must tight
to save himself from starvation.
These fanciful statements excite the
contempt of the observer, who knows from
general history of how rare occurrence Is
the absolute destruction or surrender of an
entire army, and how difficult to bear all
avenues of retreat. Applied to our own
position, and read by the light of the his
tory of the last two years, they excite an
uneasy feeling Of apprehension.
They recall too many glowing promises
of the same nature, all of which, after be-
getting an undue feeling of elation and
high expectations, inevitably doomed to be
disappointed even by more signal success
than usually waits on military operations,
have followed by feeling of desp ,ndency
at the unsatisfactory sequel. Let all such
extravagant predictions and Swelling pro-
logues" be considered contraband in future
/ The serious difficulties of the war are
enough to try all our fortitude. Let us moi
add those engendered by reaction arising
from over-wrought expectation
Consistent accounts reach us, not only o
mistakes in execution, but Of disagreement
and discord in the councils OF the western
army. 1t is certain that with such STATE
of things full efficiency cannot be expected
from an army. The chief should be mad
to suit the lieutenants, or the Lieutenant
mado to suit the chief. Until this is dom
. the valor of our troops will probably viii
success upon pitched field, but the ful
fruits of the victory will not bsgrasped, no
the decisive results attained, which depen'
upon the elaborate execution of eXtensiv
combinations.
The "Terribie Blow" Inf lietsd on Gen
- Lee.
From the Richmond Enquirer, Nov. 10.
Military movements are again in great az
tiyity in Northern Virginia, Meade has a
:, ready signalized his advance with wonde
full energy, and has inflicted terrible bio
upon the army Of Gen. Lee. In Wester
Virginia the disaster to Gen. Echols con
S. ma1d show, go enemy active, bold and el
terprsing. TAe Confederate General, d
feated. is retiring, says the Lynchburg H
publican, on Salem, and apprehensions a
entertained for the safety of the railroad.
In North Carolina the enemy have la
- ded sin large force" att Winton, and a
threatening the Southern line of railroad
Winton or some other paint. On t
Oh Peninsula the enemy have been report