, 1863-05-01
Fk0kA R0sEcRANS' ARMY.
FURTHER FROM THE REBEI,
ADVANCE.
The Situation Below Eurfrees-
bOT0.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribuac.1
MuRrnEEsDoEo. Tenn, april 50, 1868.
All is quiet on our front tonight. The
weather is beautiful.
A number Of desertcrs have come in, and
their reports confirm the nows already tele-
graphed you Of tho rebel advance.
Gen. Lidell and Brig. Gen. Po1k's brigadcs
are ut Bell Buckle, and large portion if not
all Of Hardee's corps is in the vicinity Of Bell
Bunkle and Wartrace. Breckenridge seems
now to be in command Of corps and there
is probability Of his beng at Winchester
with quarter part Of his forco. The enemy's
troops at Bell Buckle are reported to have
received orders, on Sunday last, t. prepare two
days rations and get ready to march lastnight.
However, If = con.rnhaad wtoh<I consulted
may be relied upon, they had eaten up part
Of their rations, and had not marched. Their
object Was to make q reconnaissance toward
Murfreesboro, but it seems they thought bet
ter Of it.
Bragg and johnson came up to shclbyvillc
on visit, gaee certain orders with regard to
the construction Of iortifcations, 7cconnoit-
cred our front line Of pickets, projected Ger
tain divisions in case our forces should attack,
issued some orders dated headquarters at
shelbyTillc, apparently out Of mere braYado,
and then returned to Tullahoma.
Ihear, although cannot traeo the matter
to any definite source, that the army Of Bragg
and Johnston has been reinforced from &c, 600
to Is 600 men from Virginia. have conrersel
with different persons to-day, all Of whom
stated that these forces had been seen passing
in cars, and that tho whole rolling stock in
Virginia and East Tennessee, rs well rs the
Richmond and Atlanta Railroad, had been en-
ployed in bringing them down.
Adcsertcr brings . report TINT the enemy
has advanced In strong torcc to AcCowans-
vile, Northwest Of shelbyrille. Nothing has
developed to excite any uneasiness. Gen.
Reynolds returned from hisexpodluon today.
He captured shout 200 prisoners, some stock,
&c, md brought in q considerable number Of
refugees and fugitive slaves.
This statement must be taken with MANY
grains It allowance. ALI reports concur In
r .'resenting the rebels to be on short allow.
ance. Those at Shclbyyille have as much
meat IS they want, and not much else. The
most favored get on1y one-fourth pound Of
pork pcrday.
MuRFAEEsBoAo, April 30.-The near ap-
proach Of the rebel force has afforded oppor.
tunities to deserters to come into our lines.
Seventeen came in to-day. They confirm
tic report Of the rebel advance to point
north OF Duck River. Some say Polk's troops
have moved eight miles north Of shelbyyille,
Oh the road to Murfreesboro, and that Hardee
is at Nartrace. Bragg is at Bell Buckle.
They say 1t is Breckenridge who is at Nan
chester, and speak Of him as commanding 3
force.
Rumors Of reinforce ncnts are confirmed,
but the statements generally look like exag-
Ecration.
Dcserters say the rebel commanders talk
boldly Ind loudly Of their intention to drive
Rosecrans out OF Tennessee. Their men yet
quarter ration Of bacon, but plenty of meat.
MuRFREEsBoRo, april 30.-Ycsterday Il
small force Of rebel cavalry appeared on the
Manchester pike. Our videttes gave the
alarm, eaying tho enemy VAS advancing in
force. Gen. Ncglcy, with commendablc
promptness, moved out short distance, but
the alarm proved fa1se. Gen. Neg1ey met
several citizens, residents near the outposts,
| moving in. 1t is thought generally that the
rebel demonstration yesterday WIS made for
the purpose Of forcing Rosecrans to conccn-
! trate his lines, thus leaving Van Dom and
Wheeler at liberty to act On his tanks with
their cavalry, and also to enable them, with
force north Of Duck river, to defeat any at
tcmpts made similar to the ono on NcNiun.
vile.
!, Atprcsent a1l efforts Of the rebel cavalry on
our TANKS are futile.