The Goodhue volunteer., 1863-06-24
ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.

This place has just been strengthened, BY
= brigade of three infantry Regiments, one
of cavalry, and battery Of six guns, the
whole under command of Col. MersY, Of
the 9th Illinois Infantry. .
! Jackson Tennessee, has just been evacua-
ted by our forces, and all troops, north Of
the line of the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad have been relieved, and sent south.
It is not unreasonable to hope that the head
quarterssf the western army will, instead
of being at Jackson Tennessee. where it
was last summer, be at Jackson Missis
sippi, or some point equally annoying to the
enemy. Thus will be seen the practical ad.
vantage gained: the first summer Of the
rebellion found the Union army with some
holding St. Louis. as the base Of
its oparation. One years hard conflict, en-.
abled General Halseck to make the head
quarters at Jackson Tenn, nearly three
hundred miles further South, and the inter-
mediate country, virtually conquered.
: If the siege Of Vicksburg results as we
have every reason to hope and believe it
will, then the permanent occupancy Of Jack
son Mississippi, would be but moderate
demand Of the country, upon General Grant
as his summer quarters. This would give
him as the result of the Second years cam
paign, march Of over four hundred miles,
into Dixie, and it will easily be seen that
in the same ratio, it will take but one more
fulfill the memorable words Of
John A. Logan, (now one Of our fighting
generals) which he pronounced on the eve
of the rebellion. That 1.-THE people of the
North west would hew their way to the
Gulf Of Mexico, with their swords" But
should Vicksburg fall in the present siege,
we need not wait until another year for the
of so desirable result. It
is more than probable that Grant will not
lay by, and give the enemy time to form a
new base, but will Immediately open sum.
mer campaign, and make q direct march.
either for Montgomery or Mobile, quite like.
ly the latter, as, being the Key to two large
rivers, viz the Alabama and Tombigbee,
navigablc far iato the interior. Montgome
ry would fall by its own weight, while our
source of supplies. for an army in that re-.
gion, would be inexhaustible, of course
Bragg must feel very uncomfortable with
such an army in his rear abundantly sup.
piled. In short, the most obtuse could not
fail to see that he could not maintain his
present position. and thus would the whole
of Tennessee be added to the conquest
How natural it is then, that the rebels, FORE
seeing the result, should cling with such te.
nacity TO the door that is being opened for
all this mischief to their cause. 1t is more
over confidentially predicted, that upon the
opening Of the Mississippi river, the states
of Louisiana and Mississippi, will take i'm
mediate measures, for return to the Fed
eral Union. Knowing as they must, that
with the many navigab)e streams bisccting
them, and those strea ms swarming with
federal gun boats, while every bluff and
hill top is crowned with extensive fortifica-
tons, over which the Union flag would be
playing to the breeze, those States would be
hopelessly lost to the Conlederacy, and the
sooned they place themselves under federal
patronage and protection, the better it would
be for their interest, and their credit. To
carry the speculation little further, let us
Imagine the effect it will produce upon the
balance Of the Coniederacy when one state
takes the initiative, and declares herself back
into the old Union. We might reasonably
suppose that the influence would be electric,
and the return Of the balance (perhaps
South Carolina excepted,) would be as sud.
den as was their departure in the first in.
Istance. ...a
Tennessee is heartily tired of the war and
is only waiting to be relieved Of Braggs ar.
my to place herself right upon the record
Deserters are rapidly coming in from the en-
envy and taking the oath Of allegiance. They
represent the rebel army to Be in very
disconted, and dcmoralized condition, and
affirm that the first serious disaster or break
age in it will be an nirreparable one.
The weather is 3ne and 80 far no one h,
experienced any inconvenienee from heat
There will be but little provisions Of any
kind this year raised in this section Of eoun
try. and tho inhabitants who remain, must
inevitably BE ed from the governmen.
Icommiasasy. D.G. P.
The Springfield (Asss.,) Repu1lican SAP
that from the exchanges Of single mail, /
few days sinos. It clipped ths rsonsd q 10
less than thirty suicides. al Of whieh occurred
within tbe spaos q iostJ-saght hours @
the thirty, sight vsso 6nAles rourtsen
vess heIievsd q hays bsen csuasd from dis.