Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-05
Aspect OF ChattanoOga-ssige by
From the Chattanooga Rebel Aug. Is.

From the Chattanooga Rebel, Aug. rs.
A friend just down from Athens, Tenn,
reports the rumor current at that place of
fight at Washington, Tenn, small viii
lage on the river, on Saturday last, be-
tween General Forests command and q
large force of the enemy, in which the
latter were repulsed and driven back seven
miles. Loss on both sides heavy. Subse-
quently another fight occurred at Poor
Hook, and the Yankees were again repuls-
ed. No particulars received yet.
The reported advance of Burnside ON
Knoxville is confirmed. Operations are
for the moment enveIoped in obscurity.
Chattanooga, go long hospital and
baggage room, is now camp. Almost
every vestige of what is technically known
as the rear is gone; all signs of local
domesticity have faded away. It is true
the cock still CROWS the coming dawn from
mauy yard and r0ost, but the house
holds, beneath whose glimmering roof
trees they were wont to make their mat
ins, are removed. The place has been
literally cleared for action, and nothing
may now be seen in the streets but the
rude paraphernalia of war. Il is we'll.
These initials % vigorous and bloody
operations have transpired without con-
fusion or alarm. The warning which
awOke the army and the town on Friday
was not neglected for q moment. All men
seemed to understand, by that tacit intui-
tion which sometimes moves large masses
of people as in single impulse, that bat
tie was impending, and citizen and soldier
at once began to prepare for It. By dusk
ON Sunday evening private families had
retired beyond the range Of danger, in the
event either Of Q direct assault upon the
city or other periIs incident to active ope.
rations in its vicinity. The military has.
tened heavy baggage to the rear, and tbs
several commands received orders, which
suddenly electrified them from the torpoI
of camp life to the animation Of the feld
The sights that now ill the eyes are verI
| different from the careless pictures Of I
! few DAYS ago. There Is little pomp or cir
\ cumstance, for the gilt and the tinsel ar
faded from the military coat Of arms bu
there is that which passes shoW-deel
earnestness and desperate activity. Thl
crowded th0roughfares, with ladies stroll
i ing hither and thither, with market wagon
vending fruits and fish, with ambulances
drays, and private vehicles coming ant
/ going, with officers aud soldiers, quite list
less 10 everything but ease and idlenesa
/ with Jews aud Gentiles, unbleaehed do
mestics, dogs and cats, all jostled In on
/ rolllng CutEenI OF uuAouAhSt H1uS RossS'
from view like the magic castle OF Aladdin
of old. In their stead, officers are TidiuI
in every direction, squads OF cavalry gal
lIop through the streets, and ordnane
! trains lumber along from post 70 post.
i Now aud then, as We look out upon tn
scene, battery rolls by in q cloud Of dusI
its brass pieces shining mysseriousl
through the sandy mist, and its wheels an
gear muttering aud growing for the fo'
4 At times the distant ring of the rattle {
musketEy, or deeper bass OF cannonadt
rolls mp to the quiet skies, where the SUN
mer clouds play like one of fleece aroun
the orags Of Lookout Peak.
And here We sit, quite as rebellious {
> ever, dropping our ink drops In the ear
] the fosman, as he drops his shells into, Y
; iwere almost about 70 say, our own. How
3 belt, we shall stand our ground as best y
{ lmay; therefore, as the man said IN 4