Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-11-05
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Price has disappeared from the wire.work
iogs Of The censor On he south eide 81 the
0zatk Mountains as he was at last ACCOUNTS
the probabilities are, as We stated few days
ago that be is marching on Little Nklock A
Confederate force, under, we believe, Magru.
der, is reported Ia be moving iftm The 0as-
Chita, noTthwerdly, in. the direction Of that
city This iaot ihcreasesf the bressmb btiou
that Prices movemenl To the s0nth o0ntoln.
plates san attack upon the capital Of Arkan.
sas M effbIIaI
Forrest is unjisputed master OF Western
TeBnsssee With the exception Of Memphis,
Columns, Padnoah, and few minor posts,
his rnie embraces the vholelengtL aud breadth
Of the Tenubsiee. Mississippi peninsula. Jack.
son, in his immediate rear, IS in communica
tiou by railroad wi'h Tuscdm lin. by way Of
Corinthi aud thus is Ihe War Eagle Of the
West ~ his troopers call Forrest ia posi-.
ton 20 Eject rapid Junction with the army
OF Hood Recruiting his squadrons with men
aud horseH, suppdzhig them on tho fat Of the
land, aud gathering immense stores of sun.
plies, be wi have been ehubed by his tiay
ia Western Tennessee, 10 deal with great vigl
or the blow which he is no doubt, preparing
under the direction OF Baauregard. An al.
lack upoD Hoods communications, between
.COrinth aud Iusedmba would probably fol.
low the liue OF tho Tennessee. and may prob
ably have been anticipated by The Confederate
strategy in placing Forrest upon its Aauk
w,th orders TO cut ID navig gation 90 that river
With Forrest holding the western part Of Ten
nesseei aud Dick Taylor encamped With bis
infantry not very lar from Cornth the war in
the West appears 10 have been flung back by
ON lNn NJ . 80 a. 4 n
and Shiloh When will il resuit in subiupa-
tiou2
Hood and Sherrhau have Slipped from the
me mory OF the uensors 81 4 fe y days ago they
gave as 90 understand that the C5nfelerate
general had wAtered his artillery horses in the
Tennessee. Decatnr, il is said succeeded Ia
repelling hs troops but as such statement
can have re lerred 70 but his advance guard,
that place has in all probability been by this
time captured. Possibly, however, Hood may
have left tin his rear, inlorder to swoop down
ell the more suddenly on the rich priz, At
huntsyillei or, perhaps, it may have escaped,
under strategy sugRestiug that, in order
that the line of communication exposed along
the Tennessee shall he limited TO The least
pracllcsble length, lhe future operations of
the great Hank movement shall be based ON
luscumbia. II Roddys reJorted crossing of
the Tennessee. at Florence be accepted in ey-
ldenee OF that conclusion, then may Decatur
escape but, in that event, the coup de main
which has transferred Hoods army 10 It's old
baltle-grounds, viii have lost much of It's dash
aud danger. The moral Of the movement
viii, however, still remain, in ahowing how
utterly useless II is TO waste life and treasure
IN an advance INTO n territory no wide as to
l'srmit OF such sudden undoings of the work
of two weary and bloody canipaigns.
GuerrdlAs swarm in Kentucky. That State,
three years ago, from the Big Sandy to the
Mississippi, n sovereignty OF the Uui5n, isnow
overrun by troopers Of tho Copfsderuey It's
railroad trims, its navigation, its towns ara
all subject to the will aud pleasure of irrepu..
lar horse that owe allegiance to the Govern.
ment at Richmond The Ohio is dominated
by thousands of guerrillas, and is no longer a
saie highway for the Iuerehsnt STEAMBOAT
The war Ia Kentucky has thus surged Up fur
ther TO The norlhward than it did even in ,b Q
DAYS of Albert Sidney Johnston.
Ia Virginia We find but the old story of
miscarriage Sheridan who moved for ward
some tiue ago to capture Lynchburs, aud TO
march down upon Richmond from the North,
came to a full halt half way up the Valley
One fourth OF HIS army destroyed in his late
splendid victory near Cedar Creek he has
AT last been compelled to fall back. Oanno D
firing IN hts front has been heard at Hagers-
town s.Federal general har been, ordered 10
tue onnihnd Of that town; and the lrains of
the army operating in the Valley have been
ordeted 10 rendezvous at Martinsbufp, These
facts'iudieate very deoidedly that Sheridan
il even nov in lnll retreat toward his old po-
sitiou at Harper's Ferry and, if so, proves
conclusively that his adventure in the foot.
rlep9oi Hunter has turned out a bloody fail
ure When shall Victory result, according
to the experience in this instance in the acl
complainant Of spbjugation2 F''
Grant still supplies us with The same old
story of death aud defeat The grand aGFsnce
wiith Was to break the Backbone of tue re.
bellion' and play hayoc with the Confederate
States once lor all, has at last been attempted.
And where Is the Lieutenant General now2--.
Precisely where he was before his late move
ment--. enseonsed behind the works OF tue last
few months! Wonderfully great advantages
will, we aFe Bssuted lhs oltAined by the kholOI
ledge obtained during ne Advance; bat the
bard fact yet rem aims that after a heavy Idss
in men-hlliedi wounded and missing--and
with some loss in material, the general adj
vance OF The whole army on both tanks re-
colled from the enemy's position and, .har-
rassed by cavalry fell back to its old erouAd
undef the cover of night This GRAND ad.
vance having thus resulted in a miserable
failure, We presume that whatever show Of
activity may te maiolained on the Janss un
Ill the day Of the Presidential election, the
campaign n that quarter may be held closed
for the Winter--if not forever--NsO York
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