The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-05
The Latest from Chicamausa.

| The Latest from Chicamausa.
| The Marietta Confederate, of the 2S,h nit,
has the following:
| uuarterniaatero sergeant OF Texas bri
| gade, who left the extreme front yesterday
| morning, gives US sundry Interesting items.
| He says that Chattanooga is closely invested
| hy our troops, who are well fortified that
| one half 81 our forces eau defy the whole of
Eostcf.,tis' army. Our lines extend from the
! river, below tue city, along the side OF Look
! out Mountain, at au elevation little above
| the tops Of the trees aud sufficient to com
mand a view ot the eneinys lines, and at the
| distance of about niile from the cnemys
! outer line, and pass around to Missionary
| Ridge, and thence to the river above the city,
ranging from Que TO two miles IN distance
| from the enemy's lines. Our Notifications
| consist of heavy logs, rails aud stones cover
l ed with EARTH and about breast high, except
at some points mountedb by cannon, where the
| earthWorhs are heavier The enemy are al,
SO well fortified, having al inner line OF
| strong toriIications and an outer one u!
| .ife pits for shar,,shnoirr- The inner line
| embraces the square fort thrown mp by ten.
f! bragg OF an elevation SHufh III iiif town,
| in wii,h were TIVE >: I;oHndetF, which were
| spiked aud abandoned, hut the enemy had
| tluspiked aud had pat tiom III position III
| The ior. They have also 4 iottlicaton-ou
! the north side of the river, lrhm which they
. could enillde our line on the lett i'll case ot
| lis ady.inre into the valley or plain below
| Some Of our sharpshootera had their rile
| pits IN 300 yards of The enemy. LOngstreet's
| corps now occupy the position on the left,
| near the base cf lookout Mountain, Hills
| next, Buckner's neEt, and f0ih's the e8
| treme right.
| Our informant, who belonged TO Long
! streets corps, says that on Friday evening
| last, near night, the enemy made A demon
| stra,ion on our LETT with one piece Of artii
| lery, aapported by two re%ineats of inian-
| try, ard fred grape upon our lines. Two
Soath Carolina regiments, OF Hoods diyi-
| sion, (which occupies the extreme le1t,) ad
yanc.a to meet them, and were fred upon
bysa body oi aharpGho oters, masked ut the
distance ot ten steps, losing five OF six men
killed, skirnishing OF this kind is frequent,
and Tue lire oi sli.rpahoofers, Oil either side,
| iucts saut.
Ga Fri lay four scouts of Ector's Texas
brigade, Hoods division, fired on a Hat boat
titled with Yankees Fifteen oi them jumped
into the river aud were drowned twenty two
| and one ncafo surrendered and were brought
of, aud thee escaped by swimming to The
north bank. They complained of short ra-
liouS, aud said they were boating provisions
from across ihe river. tD Saturday The
same scouts captured five Yankees eight
miles below Chattanooga, engaged III killing
ho.s They profcSstd 10 belong to Cfitttu-
d-n's corps, an,! said that they were starv-
ing, had not been in the teht, and had no
stomach for it.
All the prisoners-some oi them field Off
ccta--With whom our informant had con
Ver8ed admitted that lliey had been badly de
| eated, but said that they would whip us the
next time They admit that III the attack ty
Long streets aud Hills corps on Eosccianss
centre, composed uI their heayirGt crack
corps-Crttrnien's aud Thomas 's--lhe3e
two corps lost fnily one-hai OF their meu.
On Friday ui"it lat, Whc,lef'8 and For
rest ; cavalry irit ulidtr orders, crossing ihc
river, provided with ten days saiions.
OuT Informant says that among he pieces
i ordnance captured We have several iiGe
Napoleon aud 70 pound i rarrati guns. He
says We can easily she'll any palt OF the ene-
my lines We had thrown sheil to the
railroad depas, made body OF Yankees
acamper away from the tan-y yard between the
city aud Lookout Mountain, aud scattered
another LOdy II The eneiny's wagon ya,d
| across the river. This was done with 10
FOUNDER Parrott sosna ON lockout. One oi
the 20.pounder3 had burst.
The enemy have a pOnfooD bridge across
the river Immediately opposite Chait anoogt,
and, prisoners say, treatle bridge higher
up.
In addition to the FOREGOING statements,
which our informant YOucup8 fol~ as aSrcr-
was deemed reliable authority, that Forrest
captured, on Thursday last, 20 supply Wa@
ons, containing II barrels of Hour each, ana
lG4 ordnance wagons, filled with anmuui-
tion and took number oi prisoners, who
we've made To drive tine wagons into our
lines. Another officer told Us that he saw
10 Wagous, which we're captured by Wheeler
on TucSdly last, containing quartermastefs'
stor III great variety, and among them
quaGterma8ters' papers aud Il large lot oi
horse shoes.
A letter from Dalton, Ca, to the At
Ianta I,teNtgencey, dated the 28th, says:
In the fist place, there is no probability
OF a speedy encounter with Rosy army Tor
some days. Both armies confront each other,
our pichets being within few hundred
yards oi the euemya Our army lies in
valley forming semi circle, extending On
the lett from the base of Lookout Mountain
to that of Missionary Ridge on tue right
From the heights OF the latter ridge, some
40 feet high, \ commanding view ia pre-
sented OF the valley and town oi Chaitanoo-
"a, and OF Walien's Ridge, on the opposite
sii,. Of the Tennessee The enemy i position
ia very strong and well fortified, they taking
advantage Of The works NC had constructed,
hesides having since erected three lines oi
pntrenchmrnia fronting Sonth \ large EN-
campment OF the enemy Is pia,aly to be seen
on the opposite side Of the river, and it Is
supposed that there is not force 81 over
| 3 900 troops in the town, which Is sufficient
In hold il against great odds. As We hold
Lookout Mountain and command the Nash
vile and Chattanooga Road to Bridgeport,
the enemy's communication 's cut off for oe,
tanning supplies, except by the rugged road
across Walden's Ridge, across the fisef aud
opposite the town. He Is no doubt forced
to send heavy escort with all his trains for
fear OF being cut off by our cavalry. which Is
eaid to be already In his rear. TO attempt TO
carry Chattanooga by storm At this time