, 1864-01-25

brave soldiers enduring hardship and pttTa
ton at the post Of duty: This is but ii e1
ample Of what Is Witnessed all over tn
/ country. EE Htso diseeuanax.
THE MEANS or sURJCaArIoy,
From the Richmond Examiner. jan 121
There is bnt one mode BY which flvs mil:
lions Of people, with arms In t}1tr hands and
superior courage, can be spbdued; and thai
tial question In all military operations is that
Of the comm1ssariat- Without bread and meat
no army can be Kept in the field. Upon
supply. Of rat1ons depends, not
mere merely T. the , question of az ar@y's exist
:tfon Of discipline, The. best order
:and discipline Of the most perfectly organ
| lied army are lost In fortnight under the
| failure Of rations; from inTincible vetenns
| the best soldiers degenerate into howling
nrmy Of one hundred and fifty or two hun
| dred Thousand effective men actually in the
| field, over and above the sick and. th. skulk-
ers, deserters and licensed strEllers ever the
afhntry, there can be no danger Of snbIuga-
ton. We never could pretend to. matoh the
| established this tact, that where: the enemy
knows we are well commanded, they do not
| dare to attack with less than three or four to
one. THAT was true. Of Mcclellan
and Copperhead Generals, but: not Of
the radical Gene1als:-ED.1- This has
always been the case where Lee, or john
ston, or Beauregnrd were known to be
in command, and1t is at this moment the
case in East Tennessee, where OFF gallant
army, amid the SHOWS Of this bitter winter, Is
under the able lead OF LonEstreet, Ransom,
and William E. Jones. The problem Of
southern independence has long ago resolved
itself into this whether we can keep two
hundred thousand men in the field as long as
the Yankees can invade with two or three
times that number. The question referring
not to muster roll strength, but to effective
men actunl1y and continually in the field.
The natural feeling Of the army has been that
they ought to be reinforced !; and this feeling
practices Of extortioners and speculators-
chiefly men who had procured substitutea-
who remained at home, fleeing, pillaging, and
starving army and people.
TIE WAR IN TENNEssEE-LoNGsTREET
IFrom the Richmond Examiner, 17th.]
Wc are pleased to be assured that the suf-
ferings In Longstreet's command have been
grossly e1nggelnted By reports. It Is asserted
that tile soldiers In the army Of Northern
Virginia have, at various times, flor instance,
when the army came out Of Maryland, after
the battle Of sharpsburg, been in much grea-
few Of the soldiers are actually barefoot, al
though many number Of shoe-shops have re-
Gently been established In Longstrcet's army,
sufficient to provide for # during the
winter.
airy IN the West Many Of the casalrymen
are rather ffeebooters and spectators than
soldier g. It Is said to be not unusual to see,
In Tennessee, caval1yman leading his beast
laden with spol1s like Sumter mule, and
fanked with sides Of leather, &c. A reorgan-
has been recommended to the Government on
the highest authority, and It is reported that
the whole force will be united under Buckner.
TIE RAILROADS.
From the Richmond Exnminer:1
The principal railroads in the Confederacy
to increase their stocks, and to provide for
the contingencies of future service OF loss.
Under the delnsiye expectation of an early
termination Of the war, the railroad compa-
nies have, heretofore, relied almost wholly
on their existing stock, aud made but few ef
forts at supply or reputation In different
parts OF the Confederacy, Iron is now being
provided and rolled for machinery and the
construction and repair Of locomotives and
rolling stock. The Secretary OF War has
recomrnended that skilled mechanics be fur
nished from the army for some Of tho more
delicate machinery needed by the raiIroadB:'
The railroad transportation is, of iucalcula-
bic importance to the Confederacy. Shut on
from the sea, and With command Of very few
Of its rivers, the Confederacy is dependent,
ain 1pf II an a nJ11x
cation and transportation. -
j.. From the Richmond Examiner, Jan, 12.]
The Senate, yesterday, passed the House
bill, putting in the army an who have hereto
fore furnished substitutes. This 1t the men
proposed to be put in eubmIt} will curtail the
Lie institutions, u hose names are ssfamlliar
as household words ''tto the public In this
category are embraced the railronds of Vir-
ginia, whose executive officers can now hard
y keep them running in good order, by MI
the means at their command. An Viryinid
ruilrudd iron Is nearly tco4n out, and so Gre tie
me'. acor1ing the'n.'' - =:
lF1om the Richmond Enquirer, Jan. Ia
We learn that the commissary agents in
different parts Of the South arc taking cen
eus Of stock, not as demand for all pork in
excess Of LEO pounds. to each head in the FAM
LIZ, but rather to ascsr tain the probable quan-
tity Of pork which can be secured for the pres
emf re . of fha orrnv orH IN forn ~, oofin,ta
frnn, ~ 1n;nhar ~ sfnc1- hoota and oatt1a -
thn fnImoa ~ rean1rcee M ~ the cS;,n1rW ~ u
lirarr ~ ia hnna N ~ "a +,n-s as,,o,,aa ~
the GorarrraaI{ oaeuts Tbe 1oaa ot ~ ~
,ne 1";e;,as 4aT,itn4y t,ast - ta u
~, ~ 49, par HSs.nnp
sinre1 @ the s,nn1v nf thIs articie u an1 u;snTons
meaenrss 1 ar 1n,ded ~ ~ = Heer he 1 trn6na n
n,eats The otIs1 ~ the hnes whIch ID IL ~
taoI ernh az 90 +Sa he Ssa5s ,".nhanas -. ~ IA
.Iors,,the eoss ~ orn.,1r @ H. 5ean;one1' a15
sp;nne5 r. sthe snfi;e4a sneh n the 1,et;,sa Tuo
ftnR, fha a1anrhter.honses NJ cannot he nsed
10 the frnonE IL necassov for soan Treose
soap beinr fndfsnensab]e to the cleanliness
:end henrs ~ 4}es .haoith " carnfort 49, sa1f'
resnect IT soldiers. thp lard il nsed os n snhz
sfifnte far hnron :an;1 m no-+{o1 ~ The Hor
II iost to the service The ssnnrhter;n1 Z
mt he;np done IN cont,actA Int Is nn3er the
charra n} an officer or the enrernnaent, a..
nccIajiv fastened to this dntys
c;reaf ecanomv ia necessary IN the vse of
our meat supplies.
The Richmond iSntine, sees alarming signs
of tronhia in North Carolina. Spealdnr Of
the papers In that State. it saws: =
1hoaa 1ocotod at Ro,e,gh rara1r fa,, tn
,nh1;a1, srarp <,I,o1rx art;sia sna ~ ir4a,n
4arata por encn!1a+fnns aoainat mr. GoVcrnmant
Twhirb anvThere anne3r. Their editnrfaIs in.
cr1cnte 4Ha annre eeNt;rcente a. their se1ec.
f,hns n adi;t;cn fhav contain frannent de.
nnnciations of fhe secessionisfs. who. thav
aiiere: bronrht IN the war st}dr no sniff