Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-15

Correspondence Savzpnah Republican,
LOOKOUT MoUBrALs, TENNESSEE

/ Correspondence 5AFANla4 hbHu9leAlsI
LOOKOUT MoUETALs, TENNESSEE, I
October 1863.
More rain, followed By frosty mornings, deer
blue skies and e braCing atmosphere. The
change is acceptable to The two armies, both Of
which have resumed tbsir work of f~0rtifyins
ard strengthening their positions with fresh
energy Il the position of r sscraas is strong,
so IS Gen. B-sgg's The batteries Of The latter.
however, do not command the works Of the
former, IS hss been stated ia several Of the
public journals. This fact was abundan.ly
demonstrated s few days sgo, when an effort
Nss made to shell the enemy's Lines. Neither
DuE splendid tWeniy-BoundsT PARROTS, nor cur
best twenty fOsr-pounder rlAs-guls, produced
sny a1pTscsbls result, so far as could be
discovered, owing 70 the distaucs At which thay
we're fred. If Bragg were provided with siege
guns Of the requisite e~ai5ro, be might drive the
enemy out Of Chattanooga, but hsid artillery is
unsuitsd for such heavy work. Even the latter
might be moved forward in the plsin which
spreads out before the town snd brought within
easy range; but il that event the ground would
be IN favor Of RlBecrans, whose forts and bat
teriss crown every emineHce within the limits Of
the town and its Immediate vicinity. L is est
mated TO be two miles from the base Of Mission
airy ridge and the side Of Lockout mountain,
where our batteries are placed, to the eBemy's
msiR warks. Oar PaTOtt guns will carry that
distance, but not with sufficient accuracy 20 ac-
comp6sh much.
Scouts Just in foUa East Tennessee report
that one division only Of BuEnside's forces bsa
gcns to the relief Of Rlsecraus, aud that the re-
msindeE-sstimated at 1900 maskets-waa
still at Rockville, aud as actively engaged IN
tCrtiiying hat place as R1secrans IL at Chstta-
uo0ga. This, If true, is an important and sig
nifosrt fact.
If tine be allowed Rosecraas and Burnside,
or MS successor, TO render thsir position imBgsg-
nz5.s, and 10 accumulate supplies for the win
Ter, they will be enabled not Only TO hold us al
cay, but TO laugh q siege to scOm-" / fear we
but hatter ourselves when we imagine that the
condition OF the roads in the winter will lead
TO tho evacuation Of hose s~tTongholds. One
railroad was found sui sent for the Transports
h0n Of the supplies for J0hDson's army s. Cen
terv;lle and feg Lees army st Fredericksburg ;
aud the road from Nashville to McMinnvilla and
Bridgeport VIII probably be found capable of
performing he sans service for RDsecrans.
TIE mountainous coBntTY between those
points and Chattanooga, and the condition Of
The WsgoR roads crossing it, may oppose serious
obstacles 20 the transportation Of supplies; but
those obstacles hardly deserve TO Be named in
comparison with those which Ha7nibal sur
mounted uadsF Infinitely more adverse circum-
stances, aesyiy two thousand years sgo, when
he cond0csd bis army over the Alps and drew
his supplies after him. What Hannibal did for
the subsistence Of his army ia Italy, RozecrsDs,
though 3 pigmY By bis side, may DO in Tenuss.
sse-A country that presents no such difficulties
as hose which opposed very step Of the great
C~afthagenian general. The Federal commander
has another advantage in the vast reGourcss sad
mesns of transportation which MS Government
possesses. and Of which it is row avaiIing itself
with al its immense energy.
I was il error in saying chat in the late battle,
Polk cor manded en- 5bo right, Hill in The cen
/ ter, and LsBggtreet the left. There were bat
swo grand divisions If the army the right
wing, commanded by Polk, and tho left wing
COMMANDED by L0ngstEsst. Hill Yves under
Polk as BHeknef was under LoBgstTcet; but il il
said that Hill is the officer who is reslly respsn-
| sible for the failure to attack at sunrise On Sun
! day morning, and pot Polk, who, it Is sfirmsd
issued orders for his command to move st tina.
hour. General Bragg, hoWaver, could not, it ia
sad. look beyond General Polk and bis subal
terms, especially since be neither complained Of
thqir~ delinquency nor pus them uader arrest
Presideat Davis arrived at Atlanta this eve
ming, ard is expected here tomorrow
P. ". A.