Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-05-04
TnH war Is Tnlc WEST.


Ar Early CampHign PrsdIotsd-Ths
meat an Kentucky and TehnesSse.
The Nashville correspondent of the Chi.
cago Journal writes, under date of Gath
iustauG 1t is evident lha. the Spring cam
paign Is to begin within fortnight-per.
haps by the frat OF May. The camps are
cleared OF all unnecessary iucumbrAnces:
officers are forbidden 10 take any baggage,
save such as they eau CARY with them,
thus reducing them to level with the pri /.
waite soldier, 50 far as that is concerned;
and 10 addition, large number OF deIach-
ed garrisons-all that can possibly be spar.
ed from their pOsts-hAve received orders
to march to the front.
The object is evidently, 10 press the en-
envy everywhere At the same time, to pre-
vent him from concentrating all his troops
in Virginia, as he Is evidently attempting,
am fully convinced that, unless demon.
sIratiOn is made toward Atlanta within a
very short time. Northern Georgia will be
evacuated, aud the troops sent to reinforce
Lee.
East Tennessee is clean OF rebel troops;
and now that the smoke of uncertainty ha )
cleared aWaysit has been ascertatned that
during the last two months, at least, Long,
street had not 10 exceed fifteen thousand
mem perhaps not more than twelve thous.
ami, aud ii is this force that has been SO
long threatening the invasion of Kentucky,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, &c.
II Lee collects every available mao in
the COntederacy he cannot raise Que hun.
deed aud fifty thousand men; and these
must be stationed at three or tour points
t.NN b.Aa -
humbug about the enormous forces OF the
Coutederscy; the idea arises from bun.
deriOg Generals, who. like the command.
ant OF our forces in Louisians, fought a
whole army With brigade ri a time. An
officer who understands massing troops
aud handling them, will never be con
tronted by superior forces hencetorth. The
rebels have exhausted their resources; they
have all the men in the service they can
get.
There are at present a twenty three
dnys stock OF provisions on hand at Chat.
tauooga, aud twenty. i've days ut Knox
vile, and there will be at least thirty DAYS
at both points by the fret OF May. The
cars now supply the army, aud accumulate
tiftecu per cent. daily. There is IA very
deep aud bitter feeling in the army here,
relative To the late massacre at Fort Pill.
low. IL Is useless 10 attempt to iRnore the
fact that Sambo, as a soldier, is becoming
popular, aud the white troops will not en-,
dure the barbarOus treatment Of him by
the eHemy. Therefore, let Forests men
beware, If ever they fall into our bands.
There is a general impression among
loyal men that there has been great
hlunder in the management of affairs in
West TENNESSEE but where to place the
responsibility ~ not easily d termined.
think a little investigation would not be
injurious to the interests Of the public, or
to interests of The service. low Forrest
should have been allowed to go uumolest.
ed for weeks, and to have devastated
third of q State, When our troops ny the
thousands were available for pursuit, is a
mystery which the public would like TO
see solved. The Ouly rational conclusion
is, that somebody has bluudered. Ihnve
my own opinion about the guilty party, bu,
do not prefer to publish it until further
evidence has been furnished me. Doc
thing is certain. he was not the command
ant At Fort Pillow, but one far elevated In
the scale of rank above him.