The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-11-21
FROM CHATTANOOGA.
(rROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.

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Missionary Ridge, Nov. l4th, 1863
The enemy since effectins Judgement In Look
ou Valley, has not been Idle. He has thrown up
defensive works for his infantry and erected bat
s,ries on the range of hills which, starting al
browns Ferry, run up the valley on the we~t f'"e
nf Lookout Creek, and divide it nearly In two
equal parts. lie Is still engaged upon these WORKS.
The batteries are intended not cRiy 10 defend the
Valley Ferry against assault, but, In conjunction
witt the Moecasin guns, 70 sweep the norm taee
Of I.oekout Mountain. The possession OF tais
nou.taia ia all that Is necessary to render the po-
.bion Of the enemy safe and satisfactory, and at
lie SAME i,me IL renders onr position uhs;'ie ana
unsatisfactory. Two Federal Captains deserted
aud came into our lines O few nights ago, VINO
stated that call Rad been made for volunteers 10
s,otm the mountain, with promise To the suf'i-
vors of sixty days' furlOugh. There had been 10
response TO the call up 10 the time OF their departures
and fearing an order would be issued I'D make the
assault any how, the precious towards (os spies)
concluded they would save themselves at the cost
of their own iufamy. The Federals say, as we
ieasn by the underground railroad, that they Will
hsy., Lockout Mountain If they have to d's II
down.
They hav, erected a small earthwork, mount
Ing tour or five . uns, some i've hundred yards IN
advance of their Oh ter line u s -, ";,a h
Just within their picke. line. IL Is In IRON. oi Tue
railway depot ,,s one looks southeast TOWARDS MIS-
sionaIy Ridge Other works have been bfoueh' 10
view fecenty hy the telling On the trees IN ana
around Chattanooga. The deWanI .o' ire ~ ". w
has been pressing and hardly tfee - 'eIt ~ "
near the Town. Among other works bIougnt !"
light are those CamerOn's Hin SaShich Is crown
cd by formidable battery aud Tibboned ny Hnes @
OF entertainments from the bottom 10 the Top b"'
do not imagine that Gen. Bragg mas breh idie, I"
allowed his ADVERSARY 10 do ali the work. Since
the loss OF Lookout Valley he has been giving
more OF his personal attention TO the cohdiioh Oh
cur lines than formerly. This IL very wei'; Tor
Tue mdst faithful officer will be all the more Vigi
liant when he knows that his work will be In
spected by his chief. There was hardly gay iast
winter, WHEN the weather would admit Of II, that
Ten Lee did not Inspect the whole or some part
H his long iines In front Of Fredericksburg Ihefe
VAS not foot Of the ground for q distance OF nve
niles OF more that he did not know as wen az inc
man whose tent was pitched upon II or the omcef
Whose special duty IL was u defend IT, such Is
u> Price which genius and patience pay iof VIC
tory.
IL H. but Just to add that Gen. McLawA sug-
grated H. his corps commander the importance oil
terrifying Bfown's Ferry, and that an engineer
wassynt To examine the ground; but the later re-
PORTED against The work As unnecessary, ana mus
dhe ferry, Lookout Valley, RaccOon Mountain, the
railroad and the ri, or down TO Bridgeport, were
aos, The engineer il probably ofthe same opinion
slil, and, like Dr. sangrcdo, would adhere 70 h''
'Ae"Iy though the whole amy should perish:
Ahaifs Ia East Tenassses are becoming inter
sung a portion OF our fDices ~ last accoun.s
, sis al ioudOn, and In view, Oh tbs 0pposite side
~. .'he Tennessee, were tsSO FedsTaj regiments,
opposed 10 be the advance guard of tie sFuiy'-
.ers ,isohers report that Burnsids's beadqHaFters
ss ete hve OF SIX miles beyond L"udoD, aud thas
ioiees were distributed along thu river hank 10
,aa 'nliis. .' They say their supplies are haniea
y. hundred aud fifty miles 10 Knoxville, anu
h' 'cs disesibu,ed 70 the army, and that they are
ihade 'uase, ~ times not exceeding one fourth the
Usual %tons. The condition al the prisoners
furnished ample evidence of the truthiutness of
t,ttf report kumors prevailed at London that
harss,de was teiiriag towards Cumberland Gap
aud other passes ~ the m0uutains. II these ru-
ssts were without hasdaiton. u II not impfoba-
Vic TIA, you VIII ice. svs s,irdng news from that
Isanef In a shoft fims snr movements have been
ss.ysd by ths destruc,iou of tbs railway bridges
s.aa,ssos h. and Loudon b. Gsn. nscsnss wnen ,
~. slhdrew tom kast Tennes Ses seDnss .a
,hs ,h"saee tos copfedesAte officer 70 Sompsensna
H. as asa that when he burns railway D1soes VIM
~ nhes he oaly Injuries his own isse
weather cOptiuuss gOOd. ''AIIo"-