Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-11-10
VAR NEWS.

barpo placed upon the news from Chat
tanooga By Gen Bragg we have been
able 70 learn very little from that scene
of great interest at the present time, but
sufficient i known to show that it is not
very favorable. The fact that The e-e-
nv have succeeded in getting and hol
ing possession o,l this side OF the river,
shows that they are not in bad posi-
ton as we had been led to believe
They are No longer in a state OF siege,
as they. are now enabled to get provls-
ions to their army The enemy claim
to have possession of Lookout Mountain.
This is not true, but they have posses
sion Of L",lvout Valley. That our rea-
ders may understand the topography of
the country around Chattanooga, we
publish the following from the Rich
lnond Dis, atch:
'sJust at Chattanooga the river makes
bend IN fle form of a horseshoe, the
toe Of the >hoe pointing south. Onthis
toe, ami u, the south-side OF the liver
Chattanoo4s is situated. To the west
of il, and 4 the distance of two miles
anu llalI IS Lookout Mountain, which
runs down % the very river Along the
base o. the mountain runs the railroa l.,
which crosses the river about twenty
five miles below. To the west of Look
out Mountain lies Raccoon Mountain,
and between them lies the Lookout
Valley. a creek running through the
middle OF j.. The Yankees the o h n
night left Chattanooga III poltoons,
foated do IN the river, without being
hailed by a single sentinel, so far as we
can learn, ltnded and occupied Raccoon
Mountain, almost without resis- ;nce.
They have thrown bridges across b.
low, and are constantly receiving rein
forcements in that direction. Hoods
brigade, under the command of Gen.
jenkins. Tiled to dispossess them the
other dav. but failed. The battle viii
be fought in the Lookout Valley and
its vicinity
We were informed on Saturday eve
ming last by a gentleman who came on
the cars thai evening from Miliboro' that
Col VIM. l.. Jackson's forces fought
the enemy under Gen. AveriH, supposed
to number between five and seven thou
sand, al day Thursday at Mil Point, in
Pocahontas county that Col. jackson
was reinforced by Gen. Echols on Thurs
day night, but that they had to fall back
in the direction of Lewisburg, owing to
column Of the enemy th~ea+e ning their
rear from the direction OF Ganley Bridge,
On Saturday evcring a telegraphic des-
patch was received b re from Gen. Sam
mel Jones stating that Gen. Echols and
Col. jackson had been defeated with
great loss. The Lynchbnrg Republican
which went to press on Saturday night.
says: zs&
eAuthentic reports were received here
Saturday. that bloody battle was Tough.
Friday, near Lewisburg, in Greenbrier
county, between Gen. Averill, with Z,
goo men and Gen. Echols, commanding
the Confederates, with about 1000. The
great DISPARITY of numbers between the
opposing forces, made it necessary fol-
Gen. Echols to retreat after fight Of
two hours, in which he is reported te
have lost very heavily in Killed and
wounded
If this H. WIS be true, the enemy now
have possess sion of Lewisburg. General
Imboden Was on the march to reinforce
Echols and Jackson, but it was impos
sble for hi q to get there in time to rem.
der assistance in the night which is re.
ported to lave occurred on Friday. L
is hoped that he will form junction
with Gen Echols in time to render val
liable assist ance. -
On Saturday last two of our brigades
on picket on the Northern side of the
Rappahannock river-Hoke's North
Carolina, and Hayes Louisiana-were
attacked bv about 10000 of the enemy
Our men fought well and killed a great
many OF the enemy, but were compelled
to yield to such superior force. Those
of our nen who escaped had to cut
their way Aut and chen to swim the riv
er. OF about the 1900, reported to
have been there, it is known that coo
succeeded III making their escape. The
famous AMI! immortal "Stonewall Brig.
ade" had Just been relieved from picket
by Hayes Brigade. IF the enemy had
SuCCCCOOQ III CdptulliiS tllett DllSdOS luS
Yankees would have burst every can
non and broken every bell in Yankee
dom in ringing bells and firing cannon
in honor OF the event.
On the evening of next day Sunday
we returned the compliment by captu-
ring, as reported by passengers on last
evenings trim, about 1900 prisoners
in fight v llich occurred near Jno. Mi
nor Bots farm in Cnlpeper. Thus
far. at least, we have given them "tic
for tat
The following official dispatch was re-
ceived at the War Depertm 1T Sunday
NARRows, via Dublin, Nov. S.-The
following has just been received from
Brownsville "Our cavalry, under Big.
Gen. VIM. Z. Jones and Col. Giltner,
yesterday CAP tuled at Rngersv;lle eight
hundred and fifty prisoners, four pieces
of artillery, TWO stands Of colors, sixty
wagons, and one thousand animals
Our loss two killed and eight wounded:
(Signed,) r. RANSOM,
Maj. Gen."
The enemy are still wasting ammHni
ton at Charleston without doing us
much damage