New-York daily tribune., 1863-11-23
FIom On .olIaI IoEc'. .on1eni
CHATTANOOGA. Nor. lG. isC3.

CnAITASOocA. Nor. l6, 1903.
Beyond considerable artillery lrng from the
Rebel batteries on Lookout end Capt. Mayors battery
on Moccasn Point the previous qui, bas tie las, few
DAYS remained unbrokon. IL has been ascorained from
deaetcgs tlat Capt Mayors firing has been ofexcceding
accuracy and Las proved serious TO the Rebels the
highest peak Of Lookout body OF infantry encamped
out Of danger they supposed because some distance
from III crest were dispersed By several shell bursting
.sycy among them, hilng some dozen, including
an officer Or shells b.rst very frequently within tie
Rebel works on TIE mountain Miic..ng serious loss.
This is In remarkable contrast with the Rebel trlug
Athoulh probably not less than 1900 shell have been
thrown by tAem, cannot hear tn,t more than three
persons have been burt. Capt MAYOR. whose guns are
constant target las received 10 damage oi any SOFT
While the Rebel iling Is extremely poos, ouis Is very
Nothlrr has been ac,rtaned TO prove disproye the
report! br0ugl. In by deseriorS that our cavalry has
cut tie hallway between Bragg AID Atlanta. / an
assured Ola good authority mat the presIn,e o' our our
cayal.y IN that region is not deemed impfobaple-that
Ia fo i sloul DO th'gc. predict ihat some tearing
up sad Lowing NAY be looked for before long III aotl,f
Citizens from Knoxville report that the Rebels lalc
retired 10 the south sdo o. ,ho Tennessee and ,hat
Bur- sides headquarters are az Icnors. Later and
Trustworthy reports are 70 thc eie't that the Eebc'
throw tAcir pom lou5 over tie Tennessee tao mOahs
since.
Cen Sherman reached Gen. Grants headquarters yes.
tcIdoy tgo days IA ad'a Of his troops. Con.
officer has brought up nom Ncksburg 10 field that
will nor prove less glorious. it is hoped VIII Only say
that t las reached Bridgeport, Gnd that itS nuJer
and par cnlar fled Of operations may De eVhJee.Icu
f.oui whatever data the reader may have
IL Is understood that Gen. Johnston IL aDou 10 re-
enforce Erage with bis ontire einy nei! IN MsSlS-
pp Tie reports that Lee has reoiorcei brass ao
10 nersstonty adhered 10 repeated that there Woud
s,u m De something IN it, though the report thnt Lee
II h Brac- nlao repeated by descgtcis, Is doubtless
unworthy of the iigAcst credit.
The tllcncnt Of tho $50 as between the war Do
nertmcnt and Gen Bosecrans. but really labored de-
iense of that officer. published simultaneous in THE
TrmuEr and Cincinnati GG.afe has attracted coasd
cradle attention here principally however. for the ox
raordnaly statement that IL was necessary 80 fight the
battle Of Clickamauca to get into Chattanooga. When
the writer was giving quotations from dispatches be-
twc,n tho Department and tie General. ho ought not
II hc intended to b. fair 10 hnyo omitted the dispatch
pnt by Gen RoscCrans 10 the Department the 9th
Septeinber--ten days before tie battle which was In
substance IL not In these precise words: Tho enemy
has evacuated Chattanooga, and Is letredting South.
NV Aauk movement continues, and hope 10 cut OF his
rear" III, truth is Gen. ROsccrgns was elated with
tbs easy occupation OF Chattanooga, and instead OF
stonpn 10 gather In his troops and supplies directed
by ihe Departmcnt, 10 BET out after Bragg. by m ex
tended flank no, cment, and got whipped. This,
know was al tie tme as II IL low, tho only view OF
iLe ease IN tlis army. The idea that the battle OF
ChlcEamanga was essential 10 our occupying Chatta-
nooga is purely aitcrthought. an invention more
,red,tahlc 10 tho skill OF the writer than his honesty.
10 asigy history. the facts, and tho record thus rcck'
lcssy Is little less than crime.
Gen uul.er has arrived on some special duty as ln'