, 1863-11-02

but let It driz=le, drizzle, drizz{t a good MANY
doUs." That p,s5er was soon answered. The
r.iu began to fall, and It has fallen almost
continuously eVer since. We are aick of 1t,
and dry earth. !
The food question ia becoming au interest,"
ipg oEe with ,ns, and although ne have /
enough at present, We cannot help wonder
irg wtat ne shall do when the fall ratns rcn.
der the roads 1mpasfable. This contingency
may have been provided against By the mill
ta,y apthoriles-hope it has. What is all
imperative, is to open and secure railroad
place. To do this, we must hold Lookout
Mountain and Lockout Valley. This is Just
now a work Of great difficulty, but with the
troops we have here and those advancing,
tie attemEt ehon]d not long be delayed.
RESIGNATION.
Soon af;cr.th batt1c Of Chlckamauga, in
consequence Of repnrtG concerning the con-
duct Of the army corps to which he belonged,
which first prevailed, and tie seeming dis
Ger. Palmer tend. red his resignat or. This
pasted through bis corps commander to Gen.
koeecra1B, who sent It forward to the War
Department, with lis ditapproTal, and With
complimentary a1lusions to the conduct and
gallan:ry Of Gen. Palmer. That paper Is nov
before the Department for action. In com,
mon with eyery losal man in the Department,
I trutt resignation wIl not be accepted.
The Army Of the Cumberland can1ot afford
to lose ole Of their ablest Generals.
SMELLING.
Las' night the guns from Fort Wood and
Fort Palmer. on the left Of the line, opened
npon the rebel encampmcnt at the foot OF
Missionary Ridge With considerable effect.
The firing was continued at intervals during
the night, and, nc hr as We were able to Judge,
cccssioned great excitement. The enemy
obstinattly refused to reply, Adeserter, Who
came In this morning, Gays that three men
were killed and seTtn wounded out Of his
own company.
Daniel McCann, private Of company G,
45.h MjesieFippI, Lowrey'e Brigade, Clai-
bones Division, HIf's Arny corps, gaze
ard was brought 10 headquarters. He says
that Lorestreet himself has gore to Virginia,
and B1agg to Atlanta. The evidences, be
thinks, ate that the whole rebel army will fall
back to the other eide Of Missionary Ridge,
leg and fortlfylng the pass at Rossrllle. The
rebels are even. now laying pontoon bridges
ncross CLickanauga Greek at ChIckamanga
Station, intending to send tho bu1s Of tho
army to Atlantis ard Rome. .Longs:rett's
corps occupies Lookout Mountain with Buck
with President Davis to Richmond, In anticl-
patton Of "big fight" With Meade: "They
feft IN hurry" 80 Gen. LoHrey told my III.
fo1mant Yesterday at II o m wagon train
was tu!1iedly prepared and left Mac1amoEe's
Core. Lor gBtIeets men we're drawing cloth
they were t. return to Virginia to take part in
stirring scenes about to be enacted there, This
dese1ter said the rebel soldiers wero scantily
fed, ard What little they did get was In bad
condition. Soldiers threaten desertion en-
ncsse ii Bragg does net withdraw from his
p1etent petition. The above ~ the substance
tion with facts already known, Is believed to
be true. It Is RENT rkable that since the dny
Of the bombardment the enemy have scarcely
fred shot at us. The Inference 10 that they
hare removed the grs ater sEare Of their artll:
1cry, and Eosaibly the ereater portion CT the!l
army
4 movement is On foot which will speedily
| determine ThetEer they intend to show fight
| ard may develop an army where We little ex
| pect one. c.n be mere explicit In my next
| DEPARTURE.
President Davis left Bragg's army for Rich
moad, On The I4th. Great satisfaction Is sa.t
to b felt at the result Of his visit. JEFF. in
dnlged in . pleasant little ,speech before HI
left, in which be said 1--WE had been looking
into tie face cf the enemy, but that We Woult
| eocn see their bscks." all rebe1dom is jubi
liant, bEcanse hc raid that most impottan
movements we're On foot which must eventu
ate In glorious campaign.
TIE HAPPY FAMILY At LnGdERuEADs.
The Reid eeyerc]y crltfcisea that portion o
Jeti.'s speech alluded to in the preceediu,
paragraph, In which something Is Said Of th
"Ehafts Of malice" which have been hurle
agnlust Gen BEsgE, who, In contradiction
thereto is pronounced q diamond Of the fra
HateH-"a military commander Of the fr6
Order" 1tssys:
We DO not object toa free expression os OPT.
ion al and f no to 9a5a
19ht to puf Gen. Bragg to bis he arts content, bu
q 1as hoe who inc VIII hia
BY going ort Of his way to invelgh against ii
! thousands Of patriotic citizens, wEose homes IN
the interests Of tie whole court1y, sacrificed t
the b1nndec1ns lnnacy Of this man, The Piestder
ofers gratulious ineulr which Initiates hut csz
God Ia his wisdom and glory eau bear witucf
TO the purity Of those Hto belicrn in their hea:,
that Bfaxton Bragg ia not only no qsne1a. but th!
b 1p i 70 al IS Sd a9n os z ss a et
Of power In the Confederate States.
GEN, wuEE1ER.'s OPERATIONS.
TIE rebel Gen. Wheeler, has made tFo 0
flcial reports for different markets; one
published, aud the other written repor
| The former appears in late Southern paper
. | the latter Was captured by come Of our scou
| ffcm the cou1ier, Nho was ca1ryfngitto hea,
quarters, In the game package mas . lett
ffom corfet pendent df Coma Southern jou
nal, also In our possession, which forces ffol
its readers the exclamation "HoW this Horl
isgiyen to ]Jing!' It processes to give
veIitable account Of the McMlnyi1le and She
tyy1lle ofEfrs, IN which our loss is aaid to
several Thousand killed, wounded aud prl
: cne1e, over 81 ,000, 900 worth of property ca
! ried aWay ano destroyed, besides captnrfn
!. railroad trims and burning bridges, ad inf
+ ttum.
: Heisa magnificent liar, that journals
Wheeler is more moderate, though even
does not stick Il g1osslng over an nnpalatah
truth, or hesitate to tnda1ge In his tavod
!. game Of brag. Wheeler admits thnt he \
. . crossed the river ead1y demoraliEed, aud nj
!, = loss OF nearly thousand men and thr
- - pieces Of artillery.
. AFATR1o1Ic DOG.
8 There WAS dog fn tbs 5th Indiana Bat e
d Of Gen. 6:s16Wtashea's brigade, that y
j wounded at Shiloh, wounded In two places
a Peuyrille, wounced at Stone River, n
!. either takec prisoner Of war with his 0 wns
:. Lieut.. F1ausburg, the commander of the bt
tfry, o. it mag &c, killed at Chick kamaus
The fata OF that dog is more to be eavied II
that Of q no.moTe means'n no more men
the.war coppe.head! BOD
4 Slave 1nsurreetion.