New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-11-20


We have adviees from Chattanooga to Saturday
evening, and interesting tidngs from that quarter.
The Union encampment near sale creek, about
thirty miles by water from Chattanooga, has been
broken up, and the traitors, 800 in number left for
parts unknown. Last Thursday night company
of cavalry started from Athens, another fToIn
Cleveland. and another from Charleston, Tenn,
for the Cliffs Union camp, on Sale creek. Al the
same time the Seventh Alabama regiment inst
from Pensacola, left for the same destination hY
water. The purpose. was to meetin the vicinity o
the Union camp, and to surround the enemy Tho
cavalry companies reached the scene by land first,
but much to their surprise, they found the enemy
had dispersed. The Seventh Alabama regiment
reaehedthe same destination, and supposing tAe
cavalry companies were the enemy, hlazea away,
woIndiDg two men and two horses. The mistase
was discovered, and the firing ceased.
The enemy having fed, the Seventh Alabama
Regiment returned to Chattanooga oa,Saturday
evening. The cavalry companies, under command
of Col. Watkins, are now securing the mountains
through which it is supposed our enemies are adj
vancng to make their way towards Kentucky,
where, as appears from letters found on persons
charged with bridge burning, they to be joined
by the infamous Dan. Trewitt, who has notified OLD
Dif-the head of the Union men-that he will NEST
him in the vicinity OF Sale Creek. Great excite
ment prevailed in Chattanooga on Friday and
Saturday. The town is under martial law ana
every preeantion is adopted TO hwart the eneInlHs
in their midst. 49,.
The citizens have turned out to patrol duty, and
an earnest determination is evinced TO bring khe
guilty to punishment and to put down the mises-
able traitors, few in numbers and powerful only
for mischief. .--. -ua
Several important arrests have been made IN and
around Chattanooga. The town is known to Ess
full of disloyal men, but heretofore but little at
tention has been paid to them Now, howeyeg,
| that their reasonable efforts have been dselose5
| they will be thwarted in their every move.
Already six Union sympathizers have been ass
rested at Chattanooga. We give their names MS
follows: VIM: Crutehfield, very rich man, George
River, John Blackford rich man, COL Vaugtny
an old citizen, but disloyal, said to be very sly "a
his Union movements, James Cameron jacob
Humphreys, and George Alexander. '=''
On the person of one of these prisoners papers
were found directly duplicating him paFtiti-
pator in burning the bridges. The papers referred
to advised himself and comrades Of the hour al
which certain bridges would be fired, and enjoinsa
on him simultaneous execution Of his portion Of
the work. No names ara mentioned but it s be-
lieved that the prisoners would make such disele-
sures to lead to the arrest of the rngleadefs II
not of all who were engaged in that inGe naiary
affair.
The attempt to burn the bridges in East Tennes-
see, and the partial success which attended tbs
effort, is regarded by the loyal portion of the peg
pie as fortunate occurrence, ,inasmuch as the ps-
cuniary loss and temporary annoyance is amply
| reimbursed by the development Of the diaboica4
plot which has now been happily baf7ed, but
which might otherwise have been in measure
successful .a
portion of Gen. Carroll's brigade reached
Chattanooga on Friday night They will renaSn
there just long enough to be armed, when they
will proceed at once 10 reinforce Gen ZolEcoHeEs
who, at last accounts, was at Jacksboro.
/ There has been some delay in the transportatlan
OF the 1nalis, owing to the fact that the train to-
wards Knoxville have TO wait to have their pas
sengers and freight 1erried across the streapas y
which there were formerly bridges. 1t takes frusa7
three to five days now TO get to or from Richmond.
The heavy freight is all carried now over the DAB
ton and Atlanta road, instead Of Knoxville, Brls-s
| tot. Lynchburg, etc.
The tdings from East Tennessee for sometime
to come will be interesting, and may become eA~
citing.