, 1862-09-09
r. ON Cen. Kucli.s Army.
Correspondence Of the Cincinnati Gazette.1
DEcMEbD, Tenn !, Aug. 25, 1852.
nTTEE<EE Alien

Tic late movements OF General Buell. have
btgD made iu ans er to the play Of the reb-
els, 2nd their aggressive drm.aro1 has forced
Buell. t., ahnncOn North Alabama AID concen-
trate his forces for the defense OF Nashville.
Gi,ts lis movements as you will-l@t bis
friends and aGmirt rs in this army say what
they please about designs i'll East Tennessee,
l. is l,lan to any ohsclver present that Gen.
BULL is forced into hi@ present concentration,
and that ht: IS unwllipslg placed on the de-
tsn-ive. He has hEcs, forced TO abandon his
halt completed lice Of intrenchmentsi in North
A.atlna, bein. bu,lS on magnificent SC ale,
and is now in Mir die Ttuaess see. moTlng north
and northt asst with all til. rapid1ty OF hts pow
CT To NY ntit he Las been ou:generslei.
ard ut sl:tll br fortutate it We get out Of this
as we'll US McCI- Ian id out OF HArrisoa's
Bad.
THE EVACUATION OF CHATTANOOGA.
On the 18th inst it became evident to Maj.
Gen. Alex. McCcDk, commanding at Battle
Cr1 ck, that The enemy had evacuated Cuat-
I nooga, ag, inst vi hich Busl1 has hreu so lous
demonstrating, 1t is rep,r ed that tee evacu-
alton Of this point had neen commenced by
the rct els wetk before It WAS discovered,
and il fact concluded. A,ou* the samc time
us this Morgan. at Cu:nherl ind G,p, was
turned, the rrbcl movement tnr Tint purpose
r, resulting in battle ne6r Tazeweil + il sup
poe.d tEat tire troops making this movameus
pete from Chattanooga, aud I presume there
II QAG 4&tllC Gs'AoI vi 1%o tIAt1 0t.1EE "u-' IN
II ccmmund Of the rebels. il ssi1 to he Il, ,000
strong. Movlrg ftom Chattanooga he cross
ed the river according to the b.st informl-
tion a1 kin2s ston AID London, a d has had his
adyarce as far as P'kcvh1e and Sparta. These
movements aid positions you can easily
| trace On 'be map. j short studs would re-
real how necessary il would be fur Baell to
bury North for the protection Of Nashville
also how unimportanl CnattaaooSa becaane to
Our army.
ABANDONING BATTLE CREEK,
Although the fact Of 1h- evacuation Of Chat
| tanoola ap.cArs to have been known to G. Gus.
| Buell. and McCo"k IS early IS the Ism, no
movement Of the troops vas made uutil tue
| Esd. On the I'D G-n. Buell. tstiIy Lett
| Huntsville, where be had quarters for 4 month
past, and went to Battle Greek. 4 consulsa.
ton with McCook and Cr,ttenden resulted In
movement on the day follo~iog. On ths
afternoon OF the 23d, the transportation o.
McCook began 70 make its appearance at Sc
yc, son, and trsius we're there ready to trans
port it north OF the mountain. But the troop
did not come by the same route It was stated
that tie two divisions hud moved norlh by tht
5. quatchy Vall~y road 70 PIk.vi1te. THIS i
au improbable story and do not think tr ~il
prove true. It is hardly p ssible that - 900 .
cur army are going to push forward 1cto tn
mouth Of the CIT my in q country where rapi'
concentrations arc almost out Of the question
think the army will make its appearanc
shortly at some point further west and utar1
the railroad bF which It's transportation wa
CARRIE over the mountain. Stevenson is tnirt
miles from this point, and between the tw
p1ac' S, running northeast and south~est Is
. high spur of the Cumberland mountains, an
| ctcesed by the railroad, through a tunnel2 20
: feet long at the summit.
, TIE RIGHT OF BUELL. LINE.
The right Of our line, as far as known
this time, ia Tracy City, q point twenty miIf
q eat OF this. Here Gen. Thomas division hs
- taken up its position within q day or TWO pas
{ ard is prepared to hold it. The line exteut
# north TO McMinnvllle, and is capable ct rapi
!. concentration at any given point Whe
McCook and Crittenden are to make their a.
7 pearance is an important fact, which tiu
y Oa the 24th yesterday Gen. Schoepff, no
[e commanding the first {rhomas') division, se
l. out reconnoitering party iuto the valley
the Sequatchy, overlooked by the mouutalt
% in Ehose fertile aud beautiful c0ves Tfacy CT
r; is situated. What the report OF the party N
~ have been, do not know; but it caused
advance into the valley. All the wagon trai
OF Of the division hsVe arrived here, and from
III officers accompanying It understand that t
= division moved with eight days rations Ia
Se the valley to attack Gen. q Htrdee, said to
there with strong force. It Was a1so report
that Hardee had attacked McCoak aud u
tenden, but there is some doubt Of this.
ol was also said that Hardee had crossed the ri
er. at Chattanooga, pu> he'd up the S.qu atchV =
1ty, and was shout to dem olish M:C )oE q
IL" form o junc1ion with Bragg at P4kegilte. Il
NJ. is half gossip and half pure invention
- though do not believe ths' Bragg intends
~ let us rest long, that he will preclplt4tc n
II f~ e.,