, 1863-12-12
Eastern News.
Dates to Nov. 26th.

dlLH6T, OIduG anu I1dINey 5 corps CndTgeu
on the first line of rife pits between Cbatta-
nooga and the creek and captured, nine Of
fcers and about 300 men Our loss was
100. 500 s l3 AA 9e)al
To-day, Hooker, with Grangers and Os
terhaus divisions, and two brigades Of the
4th corps carried the north slope of Lookout
Mountain. The enemy's loss is about 600.
Our loss small
There has been continuous fighting from
l2 O'clock till after O'clock We repulsed
the enemys attempts to retake the posi-
ton. 81 'No.
Sherman corps, stationed at the mouth
Of Chickamauga with three divisions of 49,
600 and one division of the 14th corps, car
ried the northern extremity Of Missionary
Ridge. .f I'D. J
Our success, SO far is complete. The
troops from Lookout Valley carried, and now
hold, the eastern slope of the Mountain, and
points higher up. o -0g
We have the following from Chattanooga,
dated Nov, 25th: Gen. Bragg evacuated
the summit Of Lookout Mountain last night
Our troops now occupy that position. Bragg
still holds the rife pits on the base of Mis-
sionary Ridge. % }a 9m.5 sdi oi..r srsr
Hooker reports 1000 prisoners1 taken in
one assault on Lookout Mountain.
Gen. Sherman attacked the enemy on
Missionary Ridge this morning, and gained
at that portion Of the line complete victo-
ry Gen Coffee led the rebel assault and was.
repulsed with heavy loss. Gen Coffee be-
ing wounded, the second assault was made
with Col. Loomis' brigade They had near
ly reached the summit of the hill, and enc
my's works, when they were hanked, and an
hours fighting ensued, the enemy being
compelled to protect their right.
General Grant attacked their weakened
center, and after an hours hard fighting
broke it, and we gained possession of the
Ridge Our killed and wounded is unknown,
as the Killed and wounded were on the
ground in possession Of the enemy at dark.
Prisoners say that Bragg was on the Ridge
just before it was taken The main force Of
the enemy was driven north, toward Sher-
man, who caused them to break up and flee
across the Chickamauga.
We have taken not less than 5000 pris-
oners, and perhaps 5000,
Hooker will probably intercept the flying
enemy in the vicinity.
1t is reported that we have taken whole
corps We have taken forty pieces of artil-
lery. Hooker captured five boxes of muskets
on Lookout Mountain. Our forces have en-,
tire possession of the field, and full control
of the Railroad, and the river to Bridge
port
Our loss will not amount to over three
hundred killed and 900 wounded, in three
days operations. Our success has been
brilliant.
The enemy is reported about two miles
beyond and south Of Missionary Ridge COL
Phelps, of the 38th Ohio, and Major Riley,
of the 32d Indiana, were killed. ,e....
Washington, Nov. 26.-The Star says
we have positive and reliable intelligence
from Burnside at Knoxville, up to noon of
the 20th-24 hours later than previously
received. Burnside still holds his position
without loss, and also kept intact his line of
communication. Evrything looks favorable
New York, Nov. 24.-The President yes
terday, in the course of a conversation, re-
marked that the next two weeks would be
the momentous period Of the rebellion.
THE Sountags-Zejtpng relates strange
story. A Russian spy had succeeded in OBJ
tanning proof that priest named Dodcki,
living near Warsaw, was an agent of the
Polish National Committee He was arrest
ed, but no proof of his guilt could be OBJ
tanned, and he was about to be released, when
his accusers learned that great CONSERVATION
existed abroad lest some Of the secrets Of
the National Government should be forced
from him. Bribery was now resorted to-
a prependary stall and rich beneiice His
resolution was thus overcome. He stipulated
for confessor to absolye him from the guilt
of breaking his oath to the National Com
mittee. This was granted, and the Confessor
was left alone with the intended betrayer.
A longer time elapsed than usual, and event.
ually the door of the cell was broken open.
The priest lay dead on the floor stabbed to
the heart, and the confessor was in the last
agonies Of death, having poisoned himself
with Prussic acid.
THERE is a great deal of vanity in some
peoples humility, great deal of poverty in
their wealth, and a great deal of insolence
in their cOndescensiOn. ... r...
AN Irishmau who was reprieved, as he
stated, " the night before his execution"
wishing to get rid of his wife, wrote to her
as follows: was yesterday hanged, and
died like hero; do as 1 did, and bear it
like man"
THE London Times states that the Rus
sian Government has ordered four thousand
pieces of artillery from English manufac-
lures, none of them smaller than sixty-eight
Founders, and many probably much heavier.
KING George, the new ruler of Greece, has
renowned his right to the succession of the
Danish throne in favor Of his younger broth
er and heirs. fl
THERE is a story that Stonewall Jackson's
death was at the instigation of jealous par
ties in Richmond