New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-01
TIE SITUATION.

TIE SITUATION. -
We still in front OF Keresaw Mountain and still
diminishing heayily-sti advancing orr parallels bat
trife moro slowly than heretofore. Tho night asdht
wings are resting on their mskets albeit they ecp.d
push on without disastrous opposition. They have
reached lines where they compelled 10 wait for the
center which. with old Kenesaw IN rs 'front.' must De
pardoncd for making haste little more lsarely than
other portions OF the lines In the advance on the pres.
ent Rebel position the center corps have done most OF
the hard fighting: and having good natural barrier to
wrest om the enemy their progress 10 the present
ment has been most crcditabIe. Kcncsaw Mountain Is
the apex OF the Rebel lines their wings being 70 refused
as b. form but little mere than right angle.
onr center contents this apex has worked up To the
base Of tie mountain and related below. has car
RED some knobs west Of Kenesaw hch give US s' en-
iiiating Ere that mogntain which must prove O
thcrn IL the eaemys side These knobs were lost by
sheer negligence cr they wee too strongly fortified to
5e carried even by Whtaker's gallant boys, unless
there wrs weak spot in the defensive economy
Joc Johnston endeayored yanly TO recover them tho
evening Of their capture: and orr forces have now so
strengthened them that they cannot be wrcsea by The
heaviest and Frost furious attack. Irr-L
The Rebel batteries are no longer dumb. Their en-
forced end sicalihy silence has been btoken because
the list place. we ore enfadi1g them, aud In the
rex. place. oar troops ROW within such short range,
tht the Rebels could hold out 10 longer in hope OF an
.u Yesterday the eicalys she'll fell in rapid sue
,ion over nrUlGt, and in Dr lines md th morning
leavy shower Of item descended from the kenesaw
batteries for several hours with BIZ. little damsf"
Round lGfs o! vepor float through the branch
Kenesaw Ike blue caflands from Ike lips q. q
sugish thuds in quick succession thnnderonfiy sin!e
the car.
Ii is useless TO speculate to when shall push the
enemy south of tLe Chattaboochco River This army
satisfied TO know that il IL purely question Of time. Ii
Is hnbit TO push the enemy from one position to sn
other ard whatever degree of 'nlantry isiequrtd OF
tie men, they arc ready and eager 90 supply l.. Kenc
saw Hountan be cariied ~ cur adVan- rg paral.
esfn few days. and tho indications arc ihat ond
Marietta AID fic country north Of the ChatiGhocchee
River win be ours In few day.. But our position Is
now elso an excellent ono for another grand h'nking
movement Therefor, as the enemy 10 douhy Nuiner-
able, there Is suspense felt il this army though lis
faith does 10; give birth 20 any relaxation Of effort
Tue MsgrIEs OF CAMPAIGNING IN TIE RAIN.
Fer ,wo weeks Together the clock runs the rain
lss fallen upon this army rrorc or eSsgcnerely mo,c
-, Quantities about great could descend through
'h5 t'ck trecT, and ii win scarcely he ditablc a,
rieser' tb9t matters are generally very MOTT Tie
extent u Which such state Of affairs IS productive Of
has NOT actually fenced It viii utterly fail TO up
7reciFts TO those who are permitted 10 he get IN
carp tho mud II iJbhed ~ mach 81 it, terror bus 70 ar
arry core pondcni, who mast be ngo9 IN II weather.
unless he Is content with uadoub'ed fact and bali
per month ont II which TO make fem.veesy letter OF
unqnesiionable yeI1oity and tfustworfiness, u u
great voxat.On. Lctfhe reader look for short tine
in;o carip rainy day end motto what presents
!iseL
Look lust few minutes ct tie teamsteis' camp in
the evening sitter days march, when tho Wagons are
parking for the night In Convenient uac. OF open
woods lie ,rin OF one ccrps. forming line seven miles
hing and composed OF abOu. CSC wagons will be uiassed
oiac woods 500 or 400 wagons h.rc already disposed
Themselves In order and the sixa-lc teams are tied
rOuHd tree elsewhere, while each individual mule ct
them divides his spare tine between kicking The re-
naming FIVE and braying bis own variations o! the
ossinire symphony
In Gre r.icc ,osstor Is attempting 10 "carr," one
Of lis anuals TO wa.cr ara lead the remainder is lus
;lahy ii unrgly caravan under an oyer'enc'ng limb
and Suddenly deposited in the mlrei In another place.
one is gathering savory oak bouChs part OF which he
spreads bore the team 10 hng.hen their pincEcd ra
ton7 ard with nnoticr part spreads for himself couch
part o! Ne wagons hare not vet come ~, aud aie
still In the Mast OF the troubles OF march. In pro-
icnnd slough at tie bottom ci valley they ere aooIng
through the mud which Is nearly hub-deep. wbs- ore
oftLe anini'. week hon long ssTTation Il cas-, ana
The driver, nominal effort 20 restore lin 10 his
feet cat. lin o Of bis harness aud drives over him u
be- cen.
when &c, wagons have passed over the place Che |
wraehcd ute il lnf submerged, and soon disappears
entirely. any part Of the army swear, II is tie
tea,ns,r md r. any part IS exersabi for H. il they
In the camps Of the soldiers everything eiscomfori
The tired and beiraggled soldier is often wiling 70 sat
isfy hi hunger With hard cracker and al 9 OF raw
meat rattor than lose en- boar from sleep 10 Aiade
fire Others arc determined TO DO con!ortahe al eli
hazards and gel about It with much ingenuity. Oae
cuts .cind tie base 81 large Eeo and diTidng tue
BARI io sps. strrs M Orion fifteen or twenty fest
ard, iii slips wei ihis will yield hie aver; useii
slab Upon this ne MEASURES OIL bis ovn stature As
dow D. IN their Outside up he stretches hnse, Gren
ihs5O ltasr hi, P9fp tent ana Sssrr ,ovor ,,,
not OF the nature Of feathers. i nevertheless, dry
anci.s! more Intent stiil comfort nails eol.,c
min &c tree or craclisi the keines In cop with the
esd VI Lis MGsLet. collects Alc wafer hon resei
soir whero sral regiments haze already dipped etd
proceeds to make cup OF aiiny coffee. IL ssgrnsus
10 these S0 may net hare seen II. what an snodt q!
subsiastia comfort the soldier appears 10 extract non
pint 81 Tho sorry beyeiagc. Bad as h. II goes hrto
compensate Tor e, org discomfort that mny beaE DE
spite Gil effort and inennnty the rain VIII overcome
everything. Though tie soldier may have elevated
himself above tho surface of the ground by ooniIy-
Gncc VI furked sticks and poles sin whercyes leaf
,ou6bs TIC canvass there the water VII dt'
liz 10 lind fi,sseI dnnp ms tie night before.
WA nothing bat a bayone. to construct ditch
abos his tent sudden food OF water vilIireak over
the sight barrier, and spread itself oozy and hing
oil t:cush his solitary Blanket together with so many
LayGslcks OF Lard tick ~ may unGckih have been
is ,pan tie ground; does the atleIee Of capillary
tired soldier wEo has los. Lbs tent in battle "a other
wise without IL. willihr0@ himself upon the ground a.
midi g and may be seen neat morning sleeping sound.
w. While little pnriug strcan risks through bis flowing
bead and thence vashcs the onirc coast through the
di'asidated shoes and issuing out through convenient
opc,iug at the too. I,
Dl then Ito marching the neat day afier The rain,
yAa ten thousand men have already passed over the
ROAD Evil DO upon the head Of the maker of army
shcas who forgot 10 mako them boots. Bat to emu.
mo s' sei"f Ina. the soIcrs lie Is clways irst and
damp. Not so il Is happy one there 1. auch " Dc
found. Very soon the sen appears The mud IS asauaged
tho days Of wateiy memory are quickly forgotten the
soldiers face beans again with smiles erd lie swears
10 hsre tor many hours,
AcpheTso's three eorls OF the left Ike those on tne
right cannot safely advance beyond the posnons ,ue!
nov hold until che center carries kenessv. Logan.
Dcdce and Blair confront the enemy closely IN strong
voiks and extreme left can now DO said 10 rest on
the Cbattahoochcc River. which rises 10 the nor'hr
than onr rig ht flank The Rebels have opposed the sd
vance of our lef with less discrimination than other
portions Of the line though Tor all that there has been
ala Gesh