Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-03-01
From the Richmond Examiner, Feb. l.
The Rebel Military situation

The action of the army in re en!istng has
given new impulse TO the war IL quiets the
uneasy distrust which had pervaded the people 1T
home. and silences the enemy : confident predic-
tons of speedy and easy suhjugnton The
Southern home population may have been gloomy
ana Respondent before. but brighter auspices
have now dawned upon the The corrup-
ton, sehshneSs and greed which had begun to
hold high sway in the land, may have shaken
the faith of many; but the army's action has in
spired new trust in the race to which we belong
This people are not vet ready for the cOnqueror's
yoke, and still endowed with the patience Of
privation. the persevering resolution. and the
stern and naughty courage which Unfit them for
subiugatiou. The army has revived the public
self respect, cheered the popular heart put back
sders to sha me, and opened IA new oh tpter in the
history of the
We'll nav the Northern President proclaim
new draft; for il is more than probable that the
South will be stronger in the campaign Of 1864
than il has been in any previous wear of the war.
The feeble reconnaissance on the Rlpdan has
di>proved the current assertions at the North that
Lees army WAS reduced To skeleton by deser-
tons and furloughs: and Meades own retirement
from his advanced position is an acknowledgement
OF the superior strength 0f his adversary.
Whilst the patriotic action of the army has re-
leved the Confederacv ct apprehension for the
spring campaign. the enemy exhibits symptoms
of feebleness The generally expected invasion
of North Carolina from the seaward. has not been
prosecuted: if ever projected by the enemy. it
has been deferred for want Of troops
Buffers imposing advance from the Peninsula
upon Richmond has dwindled into petty attempt
/ to help few prisoners run away.
I The land attack upon Charleston was repulsed
by "A single brigade: and the renowned siege of
/ that doomed" city, ab Ut which the world was
made stand on tiptoe for painful length of time.
. IL
I of modern times.
Beaufort Island. which was to have been the
base of an extended territorial conquest that
would absorb full fourth part of the Confed-
eracy, has degenerated into "A nest of petty spec
ulatOrs, pennileSs Adventures and dem0razed
negroes. That military colony instead of being
the pride, is the OpprobIum of the invaders
Florida. though abandoned bv the Confedera-
CIV, still asserts herself against the Yankees, by
occasional feats OF courage and adventure. which
utterly disprove the pretense of subiugation
Even Trans Allegheny Virginia, where the
presence of Confederate troops was supposed to
have become Obsolete idei, has just witnessed
some important oUerations-one Con federste ex-
petition having penetrated in the neighborhood
Of Cumberland. made important captures, and
broken chief line of railroad another having
advanced 10 the very banks of the Ohio river
ami captured on its waters a government vessel
/ Department Of the kanawha. Further west
Longs'reet has virtually captured Knoxville. but
refuses to realize his prize ON account of the
pestiience which infeSts il. and has turned Cum
berland Gap. whose fall has become a mere ques
ton OF time. Ii Middle Tennessee j. still under
the enemy's dominion. West Tennessee and North
Mississippi are for the most part reclaimed 10 the
/ Confederate allegiance by an army under Forrest
recruited from the region itself.
/ In Arkansas. Confederate hopes are revived
BY successful affrir Of arms the Mississippi
AID and a promising advance on Little Rock -
I In West Louisiana the invader is losing instead
of ginning ground: and in Texas he confines
himself to the sesbosd. aud has made i'm l.
preston upon the country. Nowhere does the
enemy exhibit auy vitality. or Is he making any
progress. except in Central Mississippi; aud pro
badly he will Ind. when he shall reach the real
ground of battle. that his advance has been i'm
prudent. ii not rash and ruinous.
The affairs OF the Confeieracy not only wear
a hopeful, but cheerful aspect
sE- Lincoln has received the Endorsement OF
the Plug Uglies in the Baltimore City Council