The New York herald., 1863-11-21

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denly turns up in East Tennessee, Oh IL he were
the trump oard that the Southern government
always plays when il is in doubt Aud With this
ubiquitous hero Bragg hopes, by mano'avre
| foreaecn four moDths ago, 70 strike and destroy
Burnside before Grant oan interfere, and then
return TO Bragg before Grant can strike that
testy gentleman
Very little bas been publicly known Of the
distribution or position Of General BurDsite's
| corps for an obvious reason, and hence inc
announcement Of ths recent 6ghts, though we
| bad slight premonition Of Il two or three
| days since, has come somewhat sud dIenly
| Moreover, that announcements should come al
| one and the same time Of battes on four sue
| cessive days il q circumstance calculated to
actly o. the government would wish them TO
| be. Yet tho report Of the battles from
our correspondent does not indicate
that there is any element Of news taat
the government might especially wish to
suppress, unless. indeed, II be the general fact
that this man0uvre-the possibility OF which
was 80 clearly acknowledged by Generai Hal
Eastern Tennessee rather inadequate 10 meet il.
For tse conduct Of General Burnside aud his
army has been certainly all that tue country
could desire. Five battles in foar days. from
an army in retreat before a superior force,
| speak ali the praise that could possibly be
given to 4 commsnder or his men. Go0gstrcct.
it appears. threw a force. on Saturday. Novem-
4 A 4 ,In,, A.nt,t t.o
dispatches cal: the Tennessee, though ,5at
name is apt to mis!cad in resnect {, the eeog-
raphv Above its confluence with the Clnch
the stream should be kaowu as tue Iiolston
river, and that name would consequently epply
to it near LOudon. General Burnside imme-
diately gave battle 10 .hs iOrce aud drove IL 10
the river where il was doubtless covered by
artillery on the other side Burnside appears
to have beea successful. aud 10 have doae
all that could have been deae in tbs irs.
battle; but az Longstrec. was able to cross q
larger force at night. Baras;de retired 10 Leaor.
At that place. on Sunday. the 18th. the secoad
battle was fought This time Longstreet had
the offensive, and was repused. Burnside. out
numbered. but certainly moi outiouehi, cOa.
hot. he Tough. 3 third. and apparently a severe.
battle On Monday at Campbell Station la
able to maio,aia his position. he again gc,fcd,
aud fought his ;o.yih battle a short distance in
rear of the ieid upoa which the second wa.
fought On Monday night he again Withdrew.
on tuesday Tough. iiIsh battle near kaoy-
vile. sad expected saotaer on Wednesday. the
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the courage and endurance OF Harnsidc's army
and OF the tenaci,y OF that general. Aa army
not greatly superior ia aumber could not have
kept the impetus Of its advance against such
persisiency as Longstreeis did; nor could an
army not Of the first order in its ,aoTaie. or mol
admirably handled, have marched and fought
"a Burnside's did
Bat we suspec. that the harm has bean
taken out OF i.ongsireei by this time.
Several days ago il WAS reported from
Washington that General GlaC was per-
ectly we'll satisfied with the tosiiion in
East Tennessee OF General Burnside forces;
aud. as this implies .iat COMMUNICATION be-
tween Generals Burnside and Grant was per-
,ect, then it is only reasonable to suppose that
of the Cumberland has found iongstreet's
rear. Or, if that be not 40, inasmuch a. the
withdrawal of .he force under Longstreei must
have greatly weakened Bragg. we ought to ey-
pcct good news from Chattanooga very soon.
N,xiMuI.N GoiNa 80 MhxOo.-it seems
now to he decided that Mayimilian goes 10
Mexico ia February next. lie viii not wait
for the piebSci'e which was stated 10 be one OF
the conditions OF his departure. TO enable the
voice of the Mexican people 10 he taken on the
| question of his election ~oud consume a time
| which would bid fair to outlast tbs, term of his
natural life. Neither wouid it suit The plans of
| his mperi, foster father, who cannot afford to
allow the Mexican question to coetinnc in its
present undecided stale.
IL Is easy to tee from N,polcOus speech 20
| the French Chambers that his mind /. already
made up upon il. He indulgce, il is true, ia
vague generali,ies about the commercial nd.
| vanlages to France Of these foreign cxpedi-
| tions: bat no one better appreciates The fact
| that ALI hope il ut an eud of the remark ever
| proving true ia regard to Mexico. The def
oieucies in his budget III themselves fur
| ni,h present contradiction TO It. whilst
the cunpulsory change which has- taken
| place in his policy towards " answers
| for his convictions ia regard tc the iu-
tre. Moreover the grave aspect OF affairs in
| Europe, rendered still more embarrassing by
| the formidable character oc the French opposi.
| ton will not permit any ltlitler indulgence in
these visionary dreams. For France the McSi.
can expedition will he bnt historical soayc-
mir. She delights in snch empty siories. and
we wish her Joy of them.
As to the poor puppet WHO is to perform the
Office cf the csispaw for the imperial chesnnts
we are really sorry for him. lie will no sooner
land in Mexico than he will bega to feel the
utter desolatsuess OF his position. The French
troops that are there will be gradually with
| drawn fran him for European exiscncies and