Burnside has been called to
Washington, with all his troops.
Of this there seems to be no doubt whatever.
The traitors in
East Tennessee, who profess to have planted their crops in the hope that they would be reaped by the
Yankees, are, therefore, likely to be disappointed.
Burnside will not prevent troops from being sent to
Johnston, as the New York
Herald suggested.
The movement of
General Lee, whatever may be its object, seems to have been, in the language of a lard-room, "a ten strike." It has disconcerted all the latest schemes for crushing out the rebellion.
The success of
Gen. Chalmers in sinking several transports below
Memphis, proves what we said some time since — that even though
Vicksburg and
Port Hudson should both be captured, the
Mississippi can never be considered open for trade as long as a hostile population inhabits a portion of the territory lying upon its banks.
Flying batteries will always be found to annoy trading boats, and security is the life of commerce.