Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-10-05
Rebel News.

The follo ing is from the Richmond
Examiner OF September oath;
The telegraph this morning adds but
little to what was already known of the
great battle in Tennessee. There is
some ampliGcation of details, but we
have no. new light on what is the great
and critical uncertainty of the story, the
fall of Chattanooga If our victory
ends with Chattanooga it is comparative.
ly unimportaRt We will have repulsed
the enemy. but viii leave him in posses
sion of his stronghold in Tennessee, and
in occupation of his former lines.
We trust, however, that our victory is
not thus negative, and that it will prove
something more than a mere check to
the enemy The context of our own tel
egrams and the Northern accounts of the
battle alike induce us to believe that our
army had either got between the enemy
and Chattanooga, or was in position to
compel the surrender of that place, and
thus follow up and consummate its VIC
tory Chattanooga is said to be one of
the most defensible places on the CONT
nent; but if Rosecrans' communications
are cut and his rear threatened, as we
have reason to suppose, he cannot hold
this great citadel of the West, and the
splendid army that be has marched from
it is at the mercy of the victors who pur-
sue it Chattanooga taken, we shall re-
gain the control Of East Tennessee, re-
establish the defense of Virginia, and
shield anew the heart of the Confede-
racy.
The enemy's accounts of the recent
battles are given in another column.
There is the usual Yankee equivocation,
but the general conclusion is that Rose
Grams has been GLADLY BEATEN" that the
intelligence Is painful" and that the
details are only likely to confirm and
amphfy the sense of disaster The com
binations of circumstances, the tone of
the Yankee press, and the imperfect
suggestions of the telegraph, all induce
US to expect great consequences of the
battle in Tennessee. 1t may have
changed the whole front Of the war in
the West; illumined the prospects of the
Confederacy; and, in the estimation OF
the world, be a sudden and propitious
novelty in our fortunes. We are safe
in concluding that we have won the
greatest victory of the war-if it is only
justly completed, and not left imperfect
through ineficiency or omissions of our
fKS Observation-Disclosures
Flght---Letter from Col. Scribner.
The New Albany Ledger has been Der.
mltted to make the following extracts
from letter received from Col. Scribner
by Col. E. A. Maginness:
In TIA FIELD, Sept 81, 1868
DEAR NED: have again nssaa6
through the 6ery ordeal WITH hut little
damage, except the wear and tear which
my ssoat constitute can stand very we'll
l have beer struck four tines mus
49, 80 "a" lore my shoulder little, Sigh
ape on the check, and grszed twice
on the legs, comprise the damage done
My little gray horse had one of his leg
shot off by a cannon ball, and carried nj
along for some distance before / discoy
cred it.
The Army of the Cumberland ha
fought grandly, nobly, VIGOROUSLY w
were greatly outnumbered and taken a
| ShOob 0AooOfoAIoSOt yCk VIC uCot LhCnl vi
time and time again, as they brought oil
their fresh troops They surrounded III
and interrupted our communication witt
our ammunition train. Yet we Tough
out. Ny noble brigade has been terribly
torn up. Col. Maxwell and Major Eli
are killed, and Major Beatty wounded
I fear that both he and Col Ely are il
the hands of the enemy.
Our division repulsed three desperate
charges with frightful loss to the enemy
Buckner, Breckenridge and Hill opposes
US. Walkers division of Johnson's arm
also engaged us.
The Army of the Cumberland has no
been defeated We are now two mile
from the field of battle, taking new posi-
TONS 1 think, however, that we cal
select better positions between this an,
Chattanooga. 1t is needless for me t.
tell you that we never retired without OF
ders to do so.
l have lost more than half of my brig
ade in killed, wounded and missing.
hope it will not show so bad when tn
smoke fairly clears off
The glorious 38th has as usual blet
freely. 1t has but 100 men this morn
ing.
: Do not think am unable to discharg
what duties are necessary to be done.
Yours, FRANK