Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-09-25
LATEST NEWS.
THE NEWS FROM CHATTANOOGA.
WHAT THE REBELS SAY.
Account of the Battles.
by TELEGRAPu
70 THE WORCESTER DAILY SPY

WASHINGTON, Sept 24.-Advices received
by government to day, from the army of the
Cumberland say our wounded in the three
days battle before Chattanooga, have been
conveyed to the hospitals at Stevenson and
Bridgeport, i'll Alabama, and from thence to
Nashville, as fast as they are able to be re-
moved. The number of wounded recovered
from the field is not officially stated, nor
whether any are now in the hands of the
enemy.
Richmond papers of the 22d have been re-
ceived. The Enquirer, in a leader, headed
"Victory in Georgia." says:
"Charleston an Chattanooga are the only
points where the enemy present the least APP
pearance OF fight. If they are defeated at
Chattanooga, and driven back upon Nashville,
the Vallandigham men would carry the cleo
ton in Ohio next month with little difficulty
The peace men in the United States would
once more assert their manhood, and speak
out as they did before the late disasters had
choked their utterance; but it is not among
the peace men OF the United States that vic
tory at Chattanooga would most tell upon the
cause. Here at home its effect will be great
est. 1t will re-animate our people. The ar
my needs but little re-animation, but the peO-
pie have not experienced the same hardships
that the army has, and they are more easily
made respondent. The army never despairs
Of the republic, because it is itself able to
bear its fortunes and its mistortunes also. A
victory is wanted by the currency"
CINCINNATI, Sept 24.-AIr. Shanks, The
correspondent of the N. Y. Herald, has ar
rived from the battlefield where he witnessed
he two days fighting. He says that the Off
cial reports of the battle from Washington
are in the main totally false, and that really
the army of the Cumberland has met with a
defeat which must put it on the defensive for
some time to come. Gen. Thomas corps is
really the only one which did any fighting.
On the first day it defeated Longstreet, with
horrible slaughter, driving him in great con-
fusion over a mile beyond the ChicamingO
river. LongStreet, in two hours fight, lost
one thousand men in killed and double that i'll
wounded.
McCook's and Crittenden's corps were both
badly beaten the same day, and the enemy
broke the center, driving Crittenden in every
direction. The defeat of this part Of the line
caused Thomas to abandon his field and fall
back to protect his flank and re-establsh his
line. AT the same time the enemy not know
ing what he had accomplished, failed to pur-
sue tile advantage, and Generals Wood and
Negley went in the center and re-established
that part of the line. The day was ours
though the enemy held the field We had
taken three pieces of artillery more than we
had lost on the first day when Gen. Thomas
had defeated Longstreet.
On the second day he saved the army of
Gen. RosecranS from humiliation. From 10
to II on Sunday he fought the enemy and re-
pulsed him in three charges; when, finding
the assault in vain, the enemy pushed forward
on tine right and center, and at the first charge
broke Crittnnden's and AIcCook's lines, and
In disgracetul panic into Rossville and Chat
tanooga. Gen. Thomas, with his corps, still
contested the day, and was enabled, by the
timely reinforcement Of General Granger, to
hold position until nightfall covered his re-
treat to Rossville.
Mr.. Shanks left the field at P. NJ Sunday
night, and Chattanooga at noon of Monday.
RoSecrans was falling back on Chattanooga,
where he was perfectly safe from all Gen.
Bragg could do. His lines of communication
were perfectly secure, and he had plenty of
ammunition and stores in Chattanooga to
stand months siege. The result is virtual.
ly defeat to US, as we have lost tremendous
~ in material, not less than fifty pieces of ar
tlllery falling into the hands of the enemy,
though Bragg's army lost twenty.
The rebel loss in killed and wounded will
exceed cur own. In killed he has lost dou-
Die our number. Rosecrans is in no danger,
bat, at the time Mr.. Shanks left Chattanooga,
the danger to Burnside was very imminent.