Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-01-29

less, aud person SAID MOTTO BE- the most
competent 10 lett ip his stead. Uisi,r these
circumstances, we shall be fortunate indeed
If we escapc further trouble with the Indi
ans. Moreover, We get from Missouri mem
bers and others distressing accounts Of ths
condition Of afsirs in Arkansas,
Gen. Hindman Is very lar from beiuQ
favorite, even among his own people and so
destitute are some 0f the new levies who
havo volunteered to come out Of Missouri
20 join. oqr armies, that whole battalions
OF them have been seen marching barefoot
through snow three inches deep. Add to
this the fact that so far IS the public is per
mitted to know, New Mexico and Arizons
are Tor the time being lost to ", aud that
the state Of diSatIection in Tennessee and
Mississippi growing out of the appoint
ment Of incompetent officers aud tho fsncied
neglect OF that country by the Confederate
Governmcnt-not from any lack oi ieyyor
in the cause), which President Davis visit
was intended 10 heal, is likely to revive un
der the depressing influence of Brsgg's re
treat and his continuance in colnnaGd add
al this to the foregoing, aud it viii be seen
that the Yankees have much to encourage
them IN the prosecution of the war, and we
not little to excite serious apprehensions
as to the future.
The remedy for this state OF things is
obvious. 1t lies in the extension and rigid
enforcement of that law to which we owe
our salvation. We must bring out the
conscripts aud diminish exemptions. If
this Is done, the chapter Of failures ia the
South West will come to AN end. The his.
tory OF the battles in that region has been
sufilciently uniform TO JUSTLY a conclusion
which shall not be chargcabie with the vices
OF hasty generalization. II has not been 70
much Tor wAut, IN Dfai,is as for want of
men that we have been compelled to lose
the fruits Of some Of the best fighting that
has been done in this war. At Donelson, at
Shiloh, VI PerTyville, and at Murfreesboro,
the story has been always the same-vic-
tories. achieved against great odds, spstch.
ed away by overwhelming re endorsements
to the enemy. '' "'' ~
As the past has been so will the future
be, unless something is done, and that
speedily, to H. mp the shattered ranks Of
our armies IN the west. Exemptions must
be diminished. The system Of details lnun
be adopted. Young men must not be per.
mitted to evads their duty by slipping into
safe places. Complaissnt frieDds must
turn = deal ear to their entreaties. Able
ooeiou Loh lnuet uOt Uo au0we0 10 stay
At home on the prstext Of attending 70
twenty negroes. Here in Virginia there
are, in many places, contiguous plantations,
numbering in the aggregate hundreds OF
slaves, without solitary white man left 70
guard them. The gentle authority Of ladies
has been found amply sufficient to control
the obedient African population.
With the first opening of spring comes
the last tremendous shock of the war Many
Of the Yankee troops are niue months men.
More are enlisted for two years, their time
expiring in May next Up to that time they
will be available, and we may be very sure
that all the Sighting that can possibly be |
gotten out of them will be had before they
are allowed to go home. They outnuuiber
US two to one. There is a limit to the en-.
duranee Of the brave men at Tull ahoms,
Grenada and Vicksburg. They must be
sustained, strengthened, reinforced Ii
within the next two months We do not add |
seventy five or hundred thousand men to
our forces in the Southwest we shall come
70 grief. Ii we do add them, we are safe
beyond peradventure, aud next summer
will witness the fnsl triumph OF our arms