Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-22
From ,ao amy Of Tsaze.srs.
ARHE o. FEgsEssEE

AHEF o. gEFEEssEE,
Missionary a. Sc, November "a. l303
The enemT. sinco sGseting q Judgment IN
Lookout valley, has not bssn idle Hohaa thrown
I ap deiczaive Wsiks flr his infantry and erected
I batteries on tha Iauga of bills which. aiart7pg
az Browns ferry, ruu up ths valley On fhs vest
Z side ai Lookout creek ard divide It nearlv into
/ we equal parts He is aitil engaged upon these
Z Forks The batteries are intended not onlv 70
I defsEd he valley ferry against assault, but IN
[ conjunction with tha M8ceasia guns 70 sweep
I TIA north face of Lockout msu1tain The DOS
session OF this m5u1taln is ali that is necessary
90 render ihe position Of tie enemy sGfa and sa6
sfactory, and st the same time 20 reader cur DO
siton Gnsate and unsatisfactory. Two Federal
I espf=ias dsseft6 and esnas into our IiBes few
nights ago, who stated that call had been made
for volunteers 10 storm he m0uutsin, with
promise 20 .ne guTviv0fs Of sixty days fariauEh.
There nae been no Response TO the call Hp 20
The .iuc Of their departure, and fearing an olisr
W0ull Be issued .8 make the asssat anyhow.
tho Precious c5wsrds toT Episs) concludsd tEoy
Would 5av5 thsmsslvas at tLs cost Of shsir own
irfamT. Tie tadsEais say, as we lssrn BY Ire
uGlF Fgfouud re- lF0Gd thas they sir have L10k
ali n1UH ain 81 they have to dig in down.
They h1ToeTeetef small sarthEGTl noun ting
tOUr or i7s guns, some ivs hundred vsrds in
advance Of L1sir enter HDe Of intTcnchmsHfs,
ard Just within t1eir picket ina. It's in iron.
Of 5se ralvay depoE as one locks southeast
tcF sTd Missionary ridge. Other works have
been 1Icuglt 10 view recently by sh6 telling of
the iI-7s in and arouud Chattanooga The da-
mand for hIa'vo1d 1a- been pressing, and hardly
Q tee is left iU OF about the town. Among Other
works bTauEht to light are those on Cameron
jill which s. crowned DF q t0rnidGblH y
lad rioboned By lines Of iutrsnchnsHis non
the bottom ts the top. But Do not imagiue thsr
Gen Bragg has been id's or allowed his sdvar-
5srT &c 90 sil Che HorlL. Since the loss cf 10-
out valley. be has been giving more Of dis per
soma atteHi0z % the condition Of cur lines than
tefmerlT. This is very well FOL She most .a;th-
mi officer viii be all the mora VigilEnt when be
Ha0Ws sbs5 his work Will be iuspsesCd bv ais
CHIEF Ib0ro HGs hardly day ASS winter when
re WaalEef WQuld admit Of its'thAt General Lee
did not Inspect ihe whole or part Of his lorg
lines in 'front.' Of Fredericksburg T6eIo was
not part Of tie ground ioF 0isienca Of fTa
miles 0r more, that be did not know 8s wsil a5
tba man p aoss tsRt vas pitched upon it. o- the
Officer whose special duty is Eas 10 Jafaad t.
SacA is the prico which Eenies and patience pay
for victory
lis but just to add that Gan. McLaws sug-
crested b hI5 corps commanders the Importance
Of toTiiyiCg Bf0Wn's ferry, and thss sa engj-
ns8r was sent 10 examine Eze ground; bat lae
latter reported aF1iu5t tho work as unnecessary,
and thus the ferry, Lockout valley, Rsce0oR
mountain, the railread snd the river down to
BridgePart, were .0st The engineer IS proba-
bly, Of ihs 8sme opinion still, aad Ike Dr. San
grado would G1heTo 20 his theory, though The
whole army should perish.
A8aiEs i9 East Tennessee are becoming inteT-
esilg q D0rti3u Of eur forces % last accounts, I
Wcrs as London, aud in view On ths opposite
zido or TIE Tennessee were tive Federal rsgi-
ulor-g, gGpsossd 20 be the advaHcs gusrd Of the I
enemy. Prisoners rap1rs thst BHnsids's head
quarters weTs i.5 or six miles beyond Loud5B,
end tbal His forces were iis'ribated aiuzg De
uvef back 10 KaoxviLle. They say lhsiT sup
plies ago AEuied 3u5 hundred and 6itF miles 10
Knoxville aad thence distributed to lne army,
sad that 5Boy axe inadequate, at Gmes net ez-
cs7dirg Cne-f7urth the usual nations. The cen
5iti9n Of the prisoners furnished ample evidence
OF tLs thin iesI-0i l.slr report. Rum01s pre-
vailed ai LOad1u thht Burnside was retiring to-
ward Cumberland gap and other passes ia ihe
rHeHutaI1g. III these rum1rs were without fUBR-
dauon, 10 is not improbable that you vii receive
stirring HsUB rom thst quarter ia q sh0zt iiu8.
Oar movements have bssn delayed by the de-
s-ucti0E Of tae railway bridges at Charleston snd
L9ud1n, By Gan. BHchner when be withdrew
from Esg. Tannesrse. Is seems Impossible for
e Coniederats sf66er 90 comprehend tho idea
shss when he 5uras q railway 5ridgs within our
Ia-s, 10 only iDjuTss bis own irioHds
Taa weather continues good. p r. A.