, 1863-10-10
U)itago Qribune.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1858.
REPORT OF THE ONO SANITARY
COMMISSION.

.CEc1xHAT1, Oct. 8.-The Commercial say!
saJE Chas: i. Ctst, Esq who, in behalf of tbs
sanitary Commfesiou, proceeded to Chatta
nooga Immediately after the b.ttle Of ChIcka
manga, arrived In this city yesterday after
1oon: He left Chattanooga on Friday last
ard Bridgeport at 1oon ofSunday. He fully
| confirms the encouraging reports that Wt
hare had Of the position, condition md spifi.
| of the army, from Ill who have been With II
sirce the battle. Tho army does not feel that
1t has suffered reyerfe, and there is general
evaporation amoDg the eoldiers at the exag
gerated tales ofdisnster put in circulation il
| the North which have reached them. The
army theory Of the matter ts that the battle
Eas fo1 TIC possession Of Chattanooga TheD
have 1t and claim substantial victory. 1t Is
mistaken notion thA: the Army Of the
Cumbeslard Ea1ched oat from Chattanooga
and WeIe beaten back into It,.
In ro'nt Of f.ct fou1-tlflhs Of the army we're
never In Chattanooga until after the battle.
The main bndy cf our forces crossed the
Tennessee rtTer and the mountains that shelter
North Geo:gta, to tie right Of Chattanooga,
nenaeing Bfaeg's line Of eommunfcattons..
rtar and separated from his re1nfoscements,
When our army had cross ed the mountains,
B1sgE's rk1nfoEce11 ents came up, and he pre-
pared for battle THIN 1t Was a race bstWeen
the armies wh{ch should get into Chattanooga.
TEey came In contact 1tar that place, and
qEsttcn Of deteat or success with our army
was, wlether they slsould Eecure base Of
operations At Chattanooga, or be driven back
into the mountlios through which they hal
advanced, and compelled to rest OF Bridge
port. The result ie known, and 1.-THE prizs Of
Chattanooga il In tur 1ands.
It Is believed that If McCook's and Csitten.
dtn'c ctr rps had been efficiently commanded,
the rebel arny would have been by this time a
1ro%A nt,+n a.. - =
time" '
1t Is believed'at the Adjutant Generals oflcs
that the Losses in the battles In killed, wounded
:bd 56ns,nd missnE f. VII not ,se exceed thistesa
mere in killed than We did. and have more
men seriously wounded. They took fen
more prisoners and ten more guns THAI We
cid. The large number OF our slightly
wounded is accounted for In part by the fact
that the enemy used u great many Is buck aud
tall'' cartridges. The buckehot temporarily
disable grtat many men, putting them out
of the fight, but do not kill large proper
tion. Our soldiers ave armed Exclusively
With rif1es.
There WAS q good deal Of interest felt In
our army as to the opinions of LopgBtreet's
men Ct the comparative lighting qualities
Of the Eastern and Western troops.
The Intelligent. prisoners belonging to
intef1ogated on this point Their testi.
mony Was thst the soldiers If the Army Of
the Potomac were as brave as those of the
Army Of the Cumberland, but they said
the fire Of Rosecrans' men was more
dead1y than ttat Of the Eastern eoldiers-they
we're. In the sggre gate, much better marks
Eeu, ard they rallied more rapidly when they
had been broken. The rebs we're somewhat
surprised at the teaacity with which the regt.
ments Of the Army Of the Cumberland main
taired their organization under reYerses,
They repeatedly found regiments that they
supposed had been routed, pnt into firm
fighting condition in few minutes. Every
wounded, and they are generally pretty well
supplied with neceEsa,ies, but they are suffer
frg terribly In being transported over rough
roads.
No uneasiness need be entertained As to the
Adequacy Of supplies tor the army. There are
raid, though serious annoyance. can only
amount to u temporary mischief Their force
is not strong enough to hold any poaition On
the road for twenty four hours, and they will
be orturate they hare not as much diff.
John Morgan had IN repassing the Ohio after
Lis raid in this direction. Il is confidently
expected that the rebel 1afding force will be
knocked in pieces By our hotlT pursuing cav
airy. Provision WAS made In advance for
speedily repairing the railroad, II It should be
broken The timber is ready, and has onlyto
be moved to the spot and put up, 60 We may
count upon 1t that damages wifi be repaired
IN very brief period.
Tie arrangements for taking the vote Of
the Ohio soldiers or Tuesday next have been
completed. There Is no Valiandigham party
In the army. Occasionally there IL fegi.
ment where there are one Or two Valiandig-
ham men. but they are 30 rare as to be- cQri-
ositief. The patriotic feeling among the boys
eince they marched with full ranks through
our cities On their way to ''the big wars"
cheered By all the people, some ofwhom have
unfortunately suffered their sense of duty to
their country and its defenders, to be- OBJ
ecmed BY the passions that arise in partisan
controversies.