The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-01-30

nops baye stopped her neaily.atted churches strip
"a their carpets 10 make blankets for the soldiers
'ome tf them leit even without enclosures. Hotels
md store roons have been converted into hospitals
he warehouses and neatly srfSaged dry goods stores
converted into guard houses and cOmmissary stores
the former well Glled With prisoners and Vermn the
latter with army supplies. Private dwellings have
been desolated fences have been burned sheds and
ont houses have been used horse and cattle stalls
the streets are Glled with composition Of mud and
rubbish while Heterogeneous mass Of exemPts, dis
charged soldiers, pareed prisoners, suffers hucksters
shapeB, camp PeddlerI, smnRglers, money shavers.
and army vultures are TO be seen, either vending
their way in moody silence. energetically eboWing
leach other IN their eager pursun II Of shnplasters;
WHILST II Is no very rare sight 70 see man possessed
Iof spirits Of doubtful cleanliness and evidently
ardent tbah bis own. Judging the place by external
appeArances there appears TO be few traces ofts for
lmer comfort neatness and social moral qualt les
let. The very atmosphere seems impregnated with
the spirit OF extortion and underground tIansporta'
ton. To speculate appears in almost legible Chi
Biography on the furrowed anxious brows OF the oSt
ling denzens who now throng her thorOughfares.
/ Col. o 'BannOn, West Point man, who bears fut
lrepuistion as soldier, is now In command Of thh
post-one Of the most portant, perhaps in the Con-
ederaey. OF course there is little host OF quarter
lmasters, oemmssariss and assistant c0mmisaariss
Iproyost narehals, transportation agents, pest sur
geons hospital attendants, and divers ether military
and government officials Of numberless titles an(
, grades in attendance.
The hospitals appear TO be we'll managed, and
most of the patients, numbering some six huadred
are said to be doing well 1t is but just and proper 4
remark that the medical staff at this place compris
some Of the arst talent In the South
am pleased to note the prosperity and ihcre asin6
popularity Of the daily REBEL OF this pace--a pape
That has given abundant evidence Of the energy an
! enterprise OF its publisher, AZ well as exhibite
). marked ability in its editorial management. "Joh
70 Rappyn OF the Grapevine" turns cut to he a
70 old cSnfsvc OF the Nashville press and quite a
agreeable In his oral Communications as he Is inter
esting and amusing in his dts and Grapevine tel
egTAms.
The situation Of the army Ia the vicinity Of Tulla
"a hOma remains unchanged NO forward movement
Of seems, is contemplated by either army, and it
= probable that none will be made for some time {
~ come. Our line Of defense form sort of obtuse tr
re angle, having its apsh at TullabOma and ihe lin,
lS formed by left resting Shelbyville on the on
side, and our right resting Manchester, on u
ether, constituting the two sides Of the angle
CD Bragg headquarters still at TulahSma. TheI
th are sSme movements contemplated east of Il
n; mountains, which II would not be prudent to parti
ularizo. The feeling OF dissatisfaction with the Ge
OF commanding appears to be somewhat universal bot
" among officers and en- as well as among either
II be esren ntia to suceess that soldiers should 10
and respect their leader, 1t is probable that almS
d any change in the command OF this Departme
or would bs for the better
n Ireturn to Columbus tomorrow. Wis.