, 1863-12-22
FROM THE ARMY OF THE CUM
BERLAND,


The present s,tuatton and WIN. mu.t
be bone Rei1re an AIVanee wv ~ aas can ~ 1se be
Orlcred-Backlngan and Filling by the
War Department., In the Case ofGcn.
er1es OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES IL aridsenns Indian nlscov-
From onr Own Correspondent
| NEAR BR1paEroRT, Dec. II, 1869,
Since The recent battles, the army has set
| tied down to ibc conyict;on thot f,r,,+;nr ia
endci1 for tba c,,,,n,, -, o,,,h. as IT, t.a
a.4 ~ w eon..us unontn'' "no .nat tuo'e
VINO prepare winter quarters md lay IN
stock ofenjoyment for the next three months,
arc serving their country most faithfully.
There will he nm more nm rc,r,re an;1 ~, ~ ;.
~ y. ~, ~ '.,o1e : l4'a. enios'7 ano no n.o5e
eamPalsns nntll me spring opens, and but
little interest will attach to our movements.
labor. which ran on1v he accomnl,ahcd hr q
1oro. seaeo,, ~ -,ona.., ~. IT,. nr..N. 1 ~ .
a.-o.e A., To,,saco.. 49,
-ina yvo+s- o.d ~ .s,,ss as.ooe ~. nuu-
ain5 ""te', auu tns ia!Noao hence 10 Chatr
tanooga must oe feoullt7 ana vast accumu-
latton Of supplies secured, before the army
will be in condition to move. ThIs cannot
49, ~ - % pH:.t.. .so uoaeAe:
1ne oliuse ~ o5aogepolt Is neafIy compile
TED, but that at Running Winter hangs heavily.
MS ',S Is occas1onea part!y ~ 1hc delay of the
t1a tm1llatafs authontles IL furnishing transporta-
LII LII .os ine o1aas, *nen "a noT IN Nash
nnr of the " egk p 1na pLey 9eeauso
nul.o me crap, ny the he7p OF which
steamers can get thfohgh the ,"suck" ut
he!lcys fofo: 49,.
9ote1n9cnt tfa9spoftatlon must be re-
nsMea' 5otses aao Anes are worn out and
tae e nnt3 nnd aIs s 1o.mafa can be
.aken n. un.n tney a1e Iepiaeeo. presume do
I not ovefstatc 11e lact, when say that from
1ne Rlst 10 the iast IN the campaign Just end
ea, We naFe tost not less 1hau ten th onsand
mu'esa !a' "a aolees1 5heee Qaoori 60 dead line
tne M r1aa ,, ,,a'a iron 56!I'dgeport to Chattanooga
to Chattanooga BY WY Of Shell Mound and
nIeslees. H.. A. least 1fee million dollars
Mort4 OF tn1s k,ho Of ttansp oTtatton has gone
INTO unele sans great sinking fund. To re-
place nus immense 9uadrepedai army and to
plosiQe an accumulation 1or It, Is no light
"A0~A ><<'s'
~ 49, FA1aLn. Ill.,
Soon after the battle Of Chtckamauga, Gen.
Palmer rendered his resignation, giving as q
reason that the arrest Of Generals McCook
ana Cfttendcn and the subsequent absorp-
lion of the2th ana s1st army corH5, seemed
to reject upon bis conduct us one Of the d.
vision commanders "ho fought that battle,
and to giye to the statements Of fugitiYes
from the battlefield the dignity Of history.
That resignation was forwarded with the IN
aorsement .disapproved' By Gen. Rosec1ans-
since t1en, Palmcr has been placed in COM
m3nd Of the 18th army corps, end has prop
e11y performed his duties. TE:o or three
days ago, he received from tie W.T. Depart
ment nothcatlon o. the acceptance Of his
resignation, and he Immediately turned over
pared to return to private life In nlinoIs. He
aad yesterday reached Ills place on his way
home. when he received a telegram from
Gen. Halleck, to the effect that the accept
come other General, and ordered him back to
Chattanooga to the command of the 14th
corps as heretofore. Palmer left for Chatta-
by this backing and filing, and tie general
way in which this business Of the oiIlce is
conducted, does not especially impress out
sfdcrs with the belief that it's claim for dig
nifty and impartiality In the conduct Of lis
affairs Is well founded.
Within the last few iiavs severn, very cnr,-
Gus and jntercsting mementoes of a race1onr
since passed awav. have been djacoyered ~
the island il tho Tennessee. onnositc Rrid1a.
port This island Is betWcen two ana ffTee
miles long, and o third Of mile wide. and
like all the bottom lands along The riyer nre.
sents the appearance Of ha7ing BEEN The
DWELLING nlnce of n rnce nf Ahorigfrs 90 ,n1n'
rior to fhc later Indian trihea THs al, Iu iSan
al1uyium, peculiar to the Tcnnessea VaiIer
and is composed 1arpe1r of the de.r;s y
fresh water shells. ~
tent, Which are Wholly ~ c6mnoseG y of 1Fon +heaa
shells, md are known bv tie inhabttants % os
she'll nonnds. The railrnad station ~ eba1; ~
Mound is built upon one Of these these hiI1ocSs' ii @
six miles above Us, on the Tepnessee. Thcsn
mounds seem to have been THROWN M by fi,e |
Aborigines, who appear to I1nvc Gathered
them from ali direct{ona. manr f n tfcn nIu hav.
ing evidently been brought 1onr % distance
from their original nlace n denns3t Thav
are Of many yaiietfcs. the ordinarv fresf ~.
ter bivalye, or muscle shell. predom;nat;n1
1oorts nF ~ Spe u snsse "nen give evident
paratiye1v faw ana ~" insEn,dnaat nat are CON-
Recently military works hare been nro;ect.
ed and finished across the island. whose line |
lea 1hrough one Of these singular mounds,
M"csIan;,a n4he 4h peea removed altogether to
: These fnn,,E hear ,e1; npm,s+o,,oh,. an,ao
of having been the burial rlacee nf InS;ans
Thirty skeletons Of a race whicl, mnst have
exceeded seven feet In hnfrhf hava n1rao a., /