The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-01-15

b Said to have been Forwarded
l5qtO tOn..Dem OraliZa.
H ,tt0n Of the Rebel Army.
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t. The following extracts from the Memphis
correspondents Of the St. Louis Republican,
are thus editorialiy indorsed by that paper:
a0f the Correctness of this information we
have NO doubt, forit comes from sources
likely to have the best means of informa
tion; this would involve the complete dis
bandment of the rebel force in Arkansas,
Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, and the
immediate return Of those States to the
Union.n& ! . 81 a@@-~h- ~ -s&' - -.
.9di srler Io A REBEL OFFER. D-,
I Il learn from good authority that a Quar-.
termaster in the Confederate army, at Her
nando, acting by authority of Richmond Of:
teials,I has offered to General Hurlbut to
sell to- him, or the United States, all the
cotton now remaining within certain dis.
|trict in Mississippi, now outside of the Fed
eral lines. The quantity embraced in this
offer is about fifteen thousand bal es, which,
think, Is all Confederate States. cotton.
The offer is to sell and take pay in green
backs T. am credibly informed that Gen!
-Hurlbnt iapors the purchase, and has al
ready communicated to Washington the
offer that has been made, with his recon.
mendation that the cotton be bought In
deed, understand that General Hurlbut,
Commanding this department, would favor
the purchase by the United States Of all the
cotton in Mississippi. He is said to favor
it for several reasons. First, it would put
q stop to the operations of rascally specula-
tors, and the corruption and, bribery SO
common now. Then it would be heavy
blow to British holders Of Confederate Sc
curities, based on cotton, and would remove
one of the strongest motives for contribut-
ing aid to the Contederacy. Then, payment
being made In greenbacks, the receivers OF
such funds would become stockholders IN
the Federal Government, and interested in
| its success.
# But the offer of the Confederate officer
4 to sell the fifteen thousand bales, is very
conclusive evidence that the rebels foresee
very clearly that the portion of Mississippi
in which this cotton is, must very soon pass
out of their control. The whole of Missls
sippi is, in fact, doomed. The Federals will
have the whole of it early in the spring.
| STARTLING OFFER.
am credibly informed that the rebels
west of the Mississippi-all of them, leaders
aud led, military men AID civilians-con
slider the secession game "played OUT
that Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas must
Inevitably pass out of their control, and
that all struggle to hold those States is vain.
They perceive two things l. That the
federal power is fully adequate to dispos-
sess them-that they cannot maintain an
army in those States, for tue very cogent
reason that their soldiers are tired and
hopeless, and that every new conscript
runs away the first opportunity. 2. That
the people of those States--the masses
are determined to get back into the Union
and that the war shall end. Rebel officers
and rebel soldiers speak out plainly their
thoughts and convictions on the subject,
and th ewhols country may be certain OF a
speedy and complete repossesslon of the
entire tras Mississippi region by the FEEDER
al power No one could be here week,
and meet, as have done, citizens of Ar
kansas, Louisiana and Texas, who, for two
years and more, have lived within the rebel
lines, in constant intercourse with rebel
generals, subordinate officers and soldiers
Of the rebel army, and citizens OF those
States, and hear their statements about the
prevailing hopes and fears f the people
among whom they have lived, and for one
moment doubt that the rebellion is practl
cally dead in that region, and any vigorous
or protracted fighting on the part OF the re-
bells impossible.
| And in this connection | will stale
somewhat startling statement which heard
last night. 1t is affirmed here that recently
| G eneral Kirby Smith sent an authorized
messenger to Washington to propose to the
Federal authorities to furnish every requi
site facility to get out all the cotton in the
portion of the Red River and Washta
district within rebel control, the money
for the same to be paid to the class of Off
GERS excepted from the amnesty offered by
President Lincoln, they to retire from the
rsbel army and 60 into Mexico.
| should hesitate to make this statement
if had not received it from very high
source here, with the assurance that there
were good reasons to believe it to be true.
The fact is, the rebellion is coilapsing; and,
as rats instinctively desert sinking ship,
the rebels feel the sinking of the fouada-
tions of their fabric of treason, aud hasten
already to escape the tumbling OF the walls
| oEFERs TO DESERT. .+
Within the past ten days, Gen Hurlbut
sent out a flag of truce on some business
to Sen. Forrest. On going out, the party
met flag of truce from Gen. Forrest. At
ter an exchange of greeting, and the par
ticular business was transacted, the rebels
who had Come out from Forest proposed to
return with the Federals to their camp aud
! join the Federal army. Being under flag
of truce, the Federals declined the proposal,
not wishing to abuse the sacred rules of
flag of truce to any such purpose. They:
however, reported the fact to headquarters
J on their return. Desertions from the rebel
ranks. and entry into the Federal lines are