Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-11-18

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nixed - vdiAble suthdssty b miliisr,
AGaisA i oss Win 40 srsis!s tkis scel
90 4hs sssemcYai Of Rossesa1s which
yattfacts stientioa. Ne have not yet
= Itcstvcd the Journal, but end in exten.
ssissly aotised-aud quoted IN the New
York papers OF Friday last. The follow
Nj 6g extract tells the story Of Chicks-
n iscurrentlv reported that General
Rosecrans took possessiou,of Chattanoo-
8 q asd tbeu i'm prsdently passed beyond
i aqd got besten at Chckamanga. Pre-
ciscly the reverse in the case. The reb-
els, indiog their position at hattanoo.
gsturned. moved out TO plant themselves
on the main road tine l:osssilie road
between Rosecrans and Cnattsnoog,. -
Tue contest Of two DAYS at Chickanau.
Ga was for the road by which be night
get into Chattsnoogn. BY an all night
march he succeeded in reaching the road
6rst. soon t,IloweA b. the rebels, eech
j coming u il .. an asgic, the heads Of the
! coiernas giving battle, and the line grad
sally closing together in the manner IN
which, 10 use the ittustya ionof General
Garfeki, eve h.,ud cose apa pass OF
shears. Gen. Isosecrsas held tho road
aud then the situation. but Ch'ckamau-
GU was the price that ha to be paid for
It. s.v.-v
We have no intention Of again enter
Jog upon an ana!y-s Of this Dattle, and
viii merely touch npoa such portions OF
General RosecranA' conduct dn,ng tn $
acton ~ ~ere made the occ sion f,r
his removal When the rebels pierce
the sight wing. a fatal step actach ~os
eceasioned by an ombiyuousiy ~orc'ed
ora.r of a stot Jteer mica oecas,oned
= sihe euhdsawai II Gen. .Wood's disasion
from is pos ton IN the line Of b.t,l.),
Genera, X secraus and st If were { iced
back IN he ront anil separate! by tie
rebei, from tho RICH, anil Genre Of the
army. La otd.rt to reach The right and
cen,e, Ge'cral RnsccrAns had 70 Climb
Mi ST Ridge anil make deiour o.
seven or eight miles. Whea lie had
got a, "a as Ro.svile, he point at which
he might either tuin southwark and
mako to the right and centre, Or tu,n
north ward snd to Chattanooga, VOID
was received TIN, Neglry's DIVISION bad
been broken AID routed. Now Negey
held the extreme lett. Unfortunately.
Mt The same time, there was general
luli along the whole b.,ilc front 50 that
to Genera R,secrans apprehension
every circumstance conspired to raise
the conviction that the whole army hal
been route |, and that The best thing he
could do Was 10 return to Chat inooga,
prepare tor reorganization Of It's sbalter
OF fragments aud for defensive battle
lie did 20, and on reaching Chattanooga
tetfyrophcd TO Washi, gton lis belief
Mat the army had been deuten and yout
Genera! CART Id accem gained General
Kosecrans to that 20 Mt. which in bis "a
reer, a. well a in the face OF TIE county
was tho 'crossny Of the woods" &c.
questtd tbat he m,yht tie allo we'd to 90
on and tsy and reach The right and cen
ire under Thomas. liz did Sc, aud bv
night was ane 10 send "a dispatc! to bis
chic, t,iii"s him ,ha' not OILY was the
army not rout ID, bat lhlt j, had made
most gallsnt fighting ard held its own.
Here we undoubtedly haze the true
versiou Of the whole matter in dispute
Rosccrans' conduc, at Chattanooga and |
the basis Of It. The Eceai"g Iost ia
giving the above Statement. says 1t il
made upon the authority, as we ave
reason to believe, Of one Of the highest
officers on the Generals staff, and one
who 10 his personal friend. And the
Commercial Aavrrtiser remarks that
"tbe facts stated are derived LON the !
higdost authority" That anthori.v is
nose other, ~e assume. than Gen. Gar
dald, the Chief oil General Il ,secrans'
staff, and the same who has lu.t been !.
promoted to NJ .ior Genera ship BY the
President. He has teen sol ,urfing il
New York for the past few days,
route from Washington to Cine nnaii.
and the above limitations, ~ well ~
the Journals remark: which we lave
italicistd Ito use the illustration oi
Gen. ,iariicli' tina, he, an eve.
witness TO all, is the iu!o,maat. The
Journal. Ia commenting upon the re-
NOV 4 o! kosecrans under Il es. ,itcu,n
stances regards it as "a deplorahle mis-
take, enc the motives for the order a.
"nuwo'thy the dignity Of those who di
rect the mllitary operations OF a great
nation engaged in war"
Thomas De Qnincy, aa,hor Of ssCoa-
fessiops OF an English 0 .iuu Eater is
thus described hy a writer in the North
Britt h Revie,c: II
There Is one tace that just nov holds
or attention more than ali the rest-,he
portrait, os a small man with "a large
t,ai', Oppressive in brow, and pee,i, o
nue ~ ovn. Int l.Avn s.nr .,,,ab ! l