It is now said that Meade's army has not retired, and that
two corps of it have not been sent to Rosecrans. Well, we shall know more soon,
for Lee is preparing for a movement. It may occur this week.
In the West it is said Gen. Johnston is working his way,
with a few brigades, from Meridian towards Nashville.
Lieut.-Gen. E. Kirby Smith writes for authority to make
appointments and promotions in the trans-Mississippi Army, as its “communications
with Richmond are permanently interrupted.” The President indorses that he has
no authority to delegate the power of appointing, as that is fixed by the
constitution; but he will do anything in his power to facilitate the wishes of
the general. The general writes that such delegation is a “military necessity.”
The Enquirer and the Dispatch have come out in
opposition to the fixing of maximum prices for articles of necessity, by either
the Legislature of the State or by Congress. It is charged against these
papers, with what justice I know not, that the proprietors of both are
realizing profits from speculation.
To-day I got a fine shin-bone (for soup) for $1. I obtained
it at the government shop; in the market I was asked $5.50 for one. We had a
good dinner, and something left over for tomorrow.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 2, p.
62
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