Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-10-08

lnhset, hhen We hpenen upah theH rliu e47foulutt
trom pgtjscllea o. Lockout hounisln, tystOOkiDe
TIE railroad TIE PuitIng Of tbs san 10 peaFIlOn vas
dche very quietly ID much 20 that oSh troops we're
rot aware q What Ras eSins on. fht enemy Sets
Completely asouhded When sne after shell exploded
Ia tie very heart VI the town. L 4 supposed By the
uDinitiated that this gun and others that being
mounted will, eetu.ly command their PontoOn bridges
II this be So Rosecrans may as well capitulate. II bis
bridges remain intact bis army is still in very pre-
carious position because We hold the river abose and
below Chattanooga and the railroad along the base Of
Lookout Mountain thus leaving him only one source
from whence draw the immense supplies necessary to
feed his large army.
The Columbus Sun, of the I'd inst, says;
Some of the statements which we copy to-day from
the Atlanta papers represent that have siege gun
planted on the peak of Lookout mOuntAin-our main
batteries being the side of the mountain below the
precpce II this be so, have siege gun seventeen
hundred feet a6Ove tie eVe Of The city, and only q
mills distant from it in straight line. Ii therefore
commands tbe enemy's batteries on bog Mountain,
Isometiues called Camerons Hill which is the highest
position within the enemy's lines Our main batteries
on this side of Lookout supposed to be on the roll
ing plan around and below Mr.. Cravens residence and
therefore several hundred feet above any Of the hills
within the enemys lines, hog Mountain not even
cepted. This position alone commands the entire city
and its immediate vicinity whilst the Lookout Peak
commands a view Of the whole country for a hundred
seem as if Rosy is in fair way to be "shelled out"
The following paragraphs are from the Register 3
Among the rumors brought from the front is enc that
four regiments Of Hills corps advanced night last
week. upon several regiments Of Yankees eneamped in
front OF the squire fort built by Bragg when they fed
incontnenty ieaVTg their guns stacked aud blankets,
irving pans &C. Our men gathered the blankets and
frying pans supplying themselves literally, but had not
time 20 gather the guns the enemy, getting into
the fort turned loose their big guns Smelling the woods
iuriously. e.tIr llastE st
Rev. Mr.. Werner, of Blount county, East Tennessee
arrived here yesterday. He state that the whole Fed
eral force in East Tennessee does not exceed 10000
men, they are fortifyng Knoxville, buying all the
wheat at one dollar per bushe and Contracting for
ali the pork They OILY leave wheat 70 SOW and meat
enough to subsst each uy, they being judges. No
depredaions have been committed except that the ne
grOes have all gone TO work on the Notifications
A correspondent OF the Atlanta Confederacy, under
date of 9th u tWoanda half miles from Chattanooga,
writes:
The Northern dispatches from Rosecrans to the effect
that on Saturday the rebels pierced his CENTRE but that
he afterwards reganed it. is wicked and premeditaed
falsehood for am confident (bepg in the centre myself
that We drove them nearly two miles and held our
ground whilst the troops on our left we're turning his
right budding his forces as it we're in confusion in
very narrow corn pass causing finally his complete feat
On Sunday we still held the ground and The driving
PROCESS began early, that by II o'clock RosecTans
brought up all the available reserve he had and masted
them behind hastily constructed beastWorks, but his
regulars would stand thempetuOus charges ON their
works and by sun down took in brigaoe aportion
of McCOoks corps and Russeaus division. The truth
is that il we had had q Joshua among us that day
TO have commanded the sun 10 stand still, the route
would have been complete The final closing scene OF
this awful day Of blood certainly the grandest spec
tlce ever expect to witness just before Us, in field
of nearly 1000 acres rounded by thick woods, were
the hosts OF the enemy whilst in frontand both tanks
the brave soldiers struggling for freedom, were pouring
death and destruction INTO their confused ranks Twenty
pieces Of artillery kept up incessant fire upon them
as fast as the infantry drove them from the works, and
the only alternative death or surrender OF that
portion In range, i
The prisoners running into lines, dscarding
All arms and AccOutremenls, holding up their hands IN
application The concentrated fire OF these howiizers
moved down the enemy by scores every round, and
felt they were like signal bells, sounding notes Of our
redemption. | voluntarily raised my cap, and in ieVer-
entail Sue aud fearful eyes, praised our God for this
manifest alton OF His Goodness 10 mas staudiug
too on Georgia SOIL my Old home, the land OF my brGh
and oh What issues stake IL was at TINS mo-
ment thought that the Whst0g Of our shells as they
vent screaming the flung foe was the sweetest souId
had ever listened TO.