, 1863-10-10
Eastern News.
Dates bal sent. 29th.

awe suppress eXultatOn at the result Of
the battle on account Of what yet remains
tG be done, and the possibility Of losing all
that has been gained 10y failure to com.
pete the work. Situated as Rosecrans is,
victory that does not disperse and capture
his whole army, is a lost opportunity. Il
he is permitted to hold Chattanooga, then
our victory will be without profit, and we
have only to mourn that so many brave men
have died in vain Rosecrans must not on
y be beaten in battle, but must be de
spoiled or driven from East Tennessee;
Otherwise, the battle had as we'll not have
been fought. If This stronghold is noC
wrenched from him now it will hardly be
done hereafter If lie holds it, lie holds a
point from which he may at any moment
strike a blow at the very vitals of the
Confcderacy. He holds region peslilent
with disaff. ction, which needs only the pres
ence Of Yankee army to ripen into fall
blown treason. He holds a country that
must furnish wheat for our army, nitre for
our powder mills, and iron for many of our
manufacturing establishments Possession
of that country is Of indispensable necessi-
| ty to us. 1t is prize for which we will
contend until we have won it. We can but
rejoice with fear and trembling over what
| has been done, aud should our army win it.,
it will be the best achievement of the war
New York, September 26th-A special
from Washington to the Times says it now
appears that all three of Roscerans' grand
divisions were en1aged IN the late battles,
two of which were driven back consider
able distance. RosccIans, in his dispatches
imputes the loss Of the battle to disobetli-
eace of orders by Gen McCook, who failed
10 occupy an important position assigned
him. Had he done so. RoSecrans' opinion
is that the battle would have resulted in a
splendid Union victory. By extending his
forces too much the rebels were enabled to
penetrate our lines.
There is great anxiety in the army for
the safely of Burnside In order to rein
force Rosecrans the only safe course for
him would be to cross the Tennessee river
and mountains or penetrate to some of the
gaps and move down behind the mountains.
The opinion of military men seems to be
that if he attempt to move down on this
side Of the river he will run great risk of
being cut off
A Washington special to The Tribune
says Of the battle at Chattanooga that in
the course of Thursday the l7b, there
were unmistakable indications that the reb
els had discovered the weak points in our
position and were massing their forces in
front Of our centre aud lett, with the mani
fest purpose of crushing these points Of our
/ on hot pl
nooga On Friday morning portion Of
expected reiuforccments, consisting of the
brigades Of the reserve corps under Coils.
McCool and Mitchell, appeared aud were
Immediately ordered to make reconnoi-
sance towards the right to develope the in
tentions Of the rebels in that quarter
| They came on the advance of Longstreet's
corps, pushed it back some distance, and
took number Of pri,o and established
| the anticipated concentration of the enemy
in front Of our left All day Friday cur
cavalry were covering our front and Skin.
mi>hiug with different bodies Of rebels. o.
Fliday night the divisions Of Brandon aud
Baird, together with Johnson aud NJ Cook
corps moved from the rear Of the left Of
Crtenden's corps They were in. their
new position at day break Two other di.
visions Of Cooks corps, under Davis
and Sheridan were to move into the posi-
tion abandoned by Thomas's corps, but they
had not time to assume it fully before the
commencement of the action
The next morning, shortly before II
O'Clock, the storm that had been brewing
on The rebel side, burst forth in the expect
ed direction At that time a long mass of
rebel infantry was seen advancing on Bran.
dou's division on the extreme left 1t first
came upon the second brigade, under COM
mand Of Col Croxtos and soon forced it
back, in spite Of its determined resistance
Two other brigadcs Of the division at once
came to its assistance, and succeeded in
checking the advance Of the rebels and
driving them back, but their column being
largely reinforced, they advanced again
with wild yes. So powerful was this as
sault, that it pushed Brandon back to and
beyond his position in the line, and thus
uncovered the left of Brandon's division:
making prompt use Of their advantage, the
rebels changed their course to the left, and
speedily enveloped Scribner and Kings d.
visions (the latter were regulars); they
were almost surrounded, but managed to
disentangle themselves, after heavy loss
The rebel mass next came upon Johnson's
division, and drove it back upon Reynolds,
which also became speedily involved in the
struggle. The resistance Of these divisions
and the sweeping fire of some batteries
posted under the supervision Of Rosccrans,
arrested the.rebeI advance on the divisions
Of Brandon and Davis, until Thomas or
dered general advance Of the right, and
soon the tide Of battle was briefly turned in
our favor Oar line advanced. halting only
TO scatter the enemy with muSketry Sew
eral times the retreaiing line Of the latter,
stopped and tried to retain their ground,
but failed. The corps Of Polk and Hill,
formerly Hardie's, moved to a most deter
mined and well executed attack on Palmer
and Van Clcave's divisions in the centre
Its object was to relieve the defeated rebel
right Palmer and Van Cleve soon found
themselves overpowered and their divisions
breaking Their complete route was immi-
nent when Davis division came to their
support on Vaa Cleve's right This timely
reinforcement at first had the effect Of
checking the enemy and restoring our lines,
but the rebel attack was speedily resumed
with greater numbers, and our centre was
again compelled to yield; Davis was forced
to the right and Van Cleve 10 the left, and
he rebels advanced through the opening
thus made through cur line, threatening to
take our centre and right by their aanks, as
they had done our left before. At this
critical juncture Sherdans division ap-
peared and was at once thrown upon the