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s, August 3,) of the Atlanta Appeal, that some important changes have been made in the department of the West. Gen. Johnston, in compliance with a long-standing request on his part, has been released from the charge of affairs in East Tennessee. Bragg is now in full command there, while Johnston devotes himself to Mississippi, Alabama, East Louisiana and West Tennessee. The arrangement heretofore existing was very cumbersome.--Generals Bragg, Maury and Pemberton had special charge of the depaGenerals Bragg, Maury and Pemberton had special charge of the departments to which they were assigned, while Johnston had nominally, or more properly, advisory charge of all. It was his mission to take special command in any of the departments when peculiar danger threatened. The correspondent adds: Probably no two Generals have precisely the same ideas as to the proper disposition of armies for offensive and defensive war. Without venturing into particulars which might be dangerous, I can illustrate my point by saying that the ideas of General Johnston
ed, improbable that there will be a concentration of troops on both sides, and that the next tremendous struggle will be, on the one hand, for the possession of Richmond, and, on the other, for the capture of Washington. Since the retreat of Bragg, Gen. Rosecrans has not ventured beyond Tullahoma, and for good and sufficient reasons — his army is not strong enough to advance any further into the interior, and keep up at the same time his line of communication with the base of his supplies at Nashville. To what point Gen. Bragg has fallen back we are not informed. A portion of his forces, under Hardee, occupies. Chattanooga, and, as the position is a very strong one, and is also well fortified, the latter is not in any serious danger of having it wrested from him. Gen Grant's army has been broken up into several divisions — part of it garrisons Vicksburg, part has gone up the river, and part has gone down to assist Banks, many of whose troops have served their time out, an
Letter from a General's mother. --The Texas papers publish the following letter from the mother of Gen. Jno. A. Wharton, the famous cavalry officer in Bragg's army: Eacle Island, Brazoria county, June 23, 1863. Editor Telegraph: I have seen through the papers that my son, John A. Wharton, has been nominated for Congress. I feel deeply grateful to the friends who have deemed him worthy of so high a position. These Grounds, believing the election would not come off before November, doubtless thought there was ample time to hear from him, but by the recent law of Congress, the election takes place in August. The total interruption of communication from east of the Mississippi renders it impossible for him to speak for himself I, therefore, as his mother, feeling I know his sentiments on this subject, take the liberty of withdrawing his name, or rather of saying, I am satisfied, as long as this war for the independence of his country lasts, and as long as he has strength