Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-03-15
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1T Il a1d stands, sre hs 6bieets C..
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The fAfmeis Of The dorthsFr aud central
portions Of Mississippi, rel Sidg % > Fed
eral advance, and feeling secure on account
of their isolattO1J from rebel -impsessment :.
had planted largely both q: corn and pota-
toesi 1913 pptW stal ding the 10 "a Tor
immunity, no sooner had theereps matnred Z
lslel1J uGisr1Isse-aht
Forrest WAS sent lhithsE 80 gather ethemi
and send them 20, railroad stations tf0rs
tF4nspp ton % k3eoEgiAS The SnbSiBt-f
enee thus obtained Was matter eOfsstheli
hrst impsEeRnss q. the ,rebsls; and NeIl4
did the Richmond " deelAfe1 that tOtl
cut ,lhese. o6 would he 30 damage Them
more than 70 yin q ilietoEyS1 j reifzsises
I - In the next place, the pailroad afrom
Selma 70 the Big Black HassinaFaAninE
ordefS and 8eshaEe reason q helieKel that
J IL vas mediIsted 81 Richmond 10 Seizs5Apd1
hold some point on the Mississippi lhlst
\ = hoIdit long fenoughs 10 sihteErnpt CONS
t1nnteatiou iteE s9mel times and, perhaps
tfp draw eipfoTeemenlsifr from ArkGnsRs,l
Tor Texas. In The attempt they must have
tHiledt bpt large force Hoplds have be6ns
necessary, in order to thRart their deSignc'
Indeed, 2 few thousand rebel tF6OpBg j1dl.
cioqslY .distrib1ted, might. keep5a. large
army emPleysdf IN defsading The ban<sOf
j we iF1yer,s g giszsro tds5z g5ssf =
4 The expedition of SheEmAn5h has not Unly
lieut. OF The rebel supplies, to. :RhiehiUe
have referred, bnis il has also rendered 40,
attack on any point on the MissisSipp1 anss
tenAble. the destruction Of the Hailr6Ad
to the Tombigbees is better than, asdefend;
ling force of 90 900 men,. 81 ss5e sse5i -
Il a hat road has been effeet1ally Destroy
ed. BEidges, ties sad e0lHeEt1IVets burn
/ ed, and rails be1t so Is 70 arendeE them
worthless, and,We-are all aware that there
are mol facilities 70 Dixie. l6Teplacet theu;s
Indeed We dpRbt If RndeF a1y rirCumS
stanees, the road copld he put IN runnlng
order n four mGnShs.s 80 53se ~ IsN &
But this MAS, not ALL The sex1eosiun % 4
1 this road des1rpYedas far e. the Tom }
bigbee. and perhaps farther, 1houEhirGe
have no pasiIige Information upOa thar
point and abe Mobile and OHM road Was
rendered equally WORTHLESS, "a tar south,
as Qui1mens and tot..a plaee tRshtyi miles
north OF Meridian. Csz q Il 81; ss4l
This will efeeluAlly eut on the corn-
fields Of TNprth Mississippi and RiIlsendialI
aPPrehensions. of A,tebetsraid oniIhe Mis-
slsslPPl river "a % raseI s-soSns bea
II is almost eertainVIhHt Sherman would
have penetrated e; tar assM Montgomery; had
not the expedition OF Smith and GrieEsou
L Jailed, AID rendered c0mmnnica lion with
4 the Tennessee river impossible. Much has
been lost BY that failnre; hut with this
drawback, Shermau's expedition. 9has deed
Productlyeiof as many advantages assauyi
father since the war, began isin rciidsTI
1--WE will qlsoi refer 70 one, thing more it
effected. u is now out OF place to refer.
4 lQ.tns Eeakness Of our Eatmy, during the
on account OF zthe Sbsencaiof9two.
thirds Of the men on YeleEhn5 iurlough;s the
return Of the greater portion l0fsIheseI
troops, with The arrival OF largo bodies Of
recruits has rendeEedsit useless ttoi cholCf
the,secrst logger. oTheEdigsFsiDnl crehted
by ShermRnipFeYenteds Johnston from Al 1
I SStemPuug to take any advantage Of we AZ
tnsss.l and u nothing but this had beeniaea
4 cgtnPtshedf The expedition NOuldsnOt only
ihaYe been fully justifsds hut absolutely
i9emanuea'sr & % ioiFo sa9a ron 5Iis ihl
4gst.I4 - F6mine ThFeatensd..
From the Richmond Dispatch, March 8. =
4 The enemy failingsin All his expedients
his foreign nlistfn ems, e his n sgso EegIs
,Ements, his negro I1surreelionR, his divers.
ltPFoOtGmatieas OF 6ut1ssty s., Sss:, and. eboy "a
ellS in his. baI tles with orr Southern troops
lin the field, has ihtfodqced u new field Of
strategy In the war Itais famine The
mills, the corn cribs, The barns, the sub.
stance and the support of, the peopls,tars
81 folb4 Destroyed TO- sIarye them into sui.
nsa94 ITO their Yankee masters The
teams and the labor Of the country are 10
De carried OF, aud ths ggteuIturAI imple.
ments are to be burned that there shall be
bimore seeding and, harvesting.
A fitting counterpart TO sthese designs OF
the Internal GOVERNMENTS at Washington,
was the plan 10 massacre HE oficers oil
4 GqNethment here aud sack and destroy
this city, as developed lathe DahiRren
papers. Had the purpose OF the invaders
< 6eend known to our people no prisoners
would have been taken, and that the " were
not hung up Instantly, all that were IL. our
lsiaandSs pPon readingawAat those, 'puSpOsei
were, Is an example of foEbeaFGucs of a
a community under The EXTREMIST proyoca-
ton that has hardly a precedent. ,WhSt.
ever - done about this raid and its par.
Hcihauts 10 our hands, IL would De mad.
z pes5 70 suppose any. future expedition .ol
. lhs sort towards this city comes with .any
: other purpose than thai which lured. 81
: the band OF cut thrgRtss 1ndsr RilpatEioL
and Dahlgren, OF course eyeFy,mSn can
!, answer, and. rightly, what .sh0uld De oul
( policy and duty when such saOtheFs coca.
8But the orders epjoined on the, whole
route those acts Of barsarity which; ara
tqteudSd 10 starye the people, Not only
! PAU ahe mills were 20 pc burned, bot. every.
: thing that eopld 5s of service 10 The rebels
i bEss ordered % be destroyed. Thelacts o
khsse raiders and their orders are only II
hsentormtty With the deeds Of iallithe iaVa-
il IN every part oftk country especial
!. y. the last year of the war. There is nc
II nay p meet this kind Of warfare but By
the most summary pupishTent of GEefJ
. ensea1ght 70 the. act q, its prosecutions.
Q 1sfSe59 ssSgnmlander 13des4g whose authority
sqeh dssdsI9Se sopmittSd ahell ID be put,tS
ideAlhs immsdiltely be IS caught tand ~
etiminality clearly, estab Iished. Fhis.uay
cheek the osHltEE4gss and compel The eusmy