The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-09-29

5000 to $4,000. Large Quantities Oh arh'S "1
baggage have been brought to tue various aepo's
in our rear Many wounded are at the tlelo
Hospital, near Rock Spring. Others have peeh
brought to Dalton, Marietta and Atlanta.
LATER NEWS FROM THE BATTLE
The Victory a great one indeed.
The following official dispatch has been re;
ceived from Gen. Bragg at the War Office
NEAR CHATTANOOGA, Sept. "a The report
from Gen Hood last night was favorable. Our
prisoners will reach seven thousand men, OF "nont
two thousand are wounded. We have 20 stands OF
colors aud guidons So pieces of artillery, and have
already collected over $4,000 stand OF small arms,
over and above those left the field by the Killed
and wounded-and more are being found.
BKAxroN BRAGG.
ATLANTA. Sept. 25.-several trains laden with
the wounded and prisoners have arrived. Reports
received are somewhat conflicting, but we con-
clude that the enemy is terrifying Chattanooga,
our lines being within four miles of that place.
Officers state that Rosencranz had sent two nags'
of truce asking permission to bury their dead and
relieve their wounded, but Gen. Bragg rejected
both propositions, replying that he had enough
Yankee prisoners to bury the dead, and Yankee
surgeons to attend the wounded
The Yankee prisoners have abundance Of
counterfeit Confederate money. Some were
brought in irons for having passed some OF It,
MORE PARTICULARS.
The Atlanta papers of Thursday publish the
following:
We learn from sources deemed reliable. that on
yesterday (Tuesday) Gen. Forrest destroyed the
pontoon bridges across the Tennessee river, by
which the enemy expected to cross in the event of
defeat, but being driven from that portion OF the
river, they fell into our hands.
1t is also stated that the right wing of our army
had succeeded in getting in the enemys rear
cutting off his retreat by way OF the Tennessee.
Rosencranzs reported to be without
any rations or ammunition, all their stores having
been destroyed to prevent their falling in our
hands.
Our capture of light artillery will foot up SO
pieces many of which are very fine Parrott guns
The battlefield is represented as literally COW
cred with dead and wounded Yankees, and very
intelligent gentleman informs Us that the enemy's
loss Will exceed ours five to All our wounded
have been removed from the field and are being as
well cared for as circumstances will permit.
Several of the Yankees captured Tuesday re-
port that they are subsisting green corn, and
state that if cut of from crossing the river, the
whole army will surrender rather than starve.
Longstreet's wounded scott at the idea that all
should not be right with army. They say
they never were whipped, nor even checked, in
Virginia, Maryland or Pennsy lvania and it would
be singular if they we're beaten in Tennessee.
They declare they never saw Yankee corpses
strewn thick any previous field; that our loss
was very heavy particularly on Saturday evening"
small eminence, where our boys literally
mown down.
Many of the wounded are from Breckinrdee's
division. They say Cheatham was ordered to
charge the line of the enemy the heights on
Saturday night, but was forced by the severity of
the fire to make his men lie down. Walker then
advanced to- make the charge, but he also was
forced to order his men to lie down. The fire was
terrible. Breckinlidges division was then ordered
forward, aud they carried the heights with loss
of two-thrls >of the command, In Helms lst
Kentucky bri gade, 1853 men went into action;
432 only came out of it The fighting of Brock
ges division is said to have hardly been raral-
leed even in this bloody war. Maj. Gen. ". Fl.
,Lyte, of the Yankee army, a man Of fine poetical
and literary talent, killed.
Last evening, thu ee trains arrived with 1880
captive blue bellies. The williams were insolent
and imperturable They belonged chiefly to Nc
Cooks corps, and are from Ohio, Illinois, &c.
A private telegram, received in this city this
morning, from Capt. Butler, telegraph superinteu-
dent for Gen Bragg, to gentleman who is re-
fugee from Nashville; says:
"Come on home, the road is clear"
We are able to obtain few details regarding the
losses of our heroic troops. From all that We can
learn, there is no reason left for doubt that these
are very heavy in numbers, but have the graft
fcation to state that the proportion of killed and
desperately wounded is comparatively very small
This is owing to the fact that the nature Of the
ground on which the principal part of the battle
occurred was dense forest, giving room FOR the
play of artillery. Hence most of the wounds are
from gun-shots in the face and arms
The herOSm of oar officers and mon pac ,,,ov
ampled. Gen. Bragg Was with our troops along
the lines night and day.
The killed Gems. Deshler and Helm; Coils
Hewett, I'd Kentucky; Bland, of South Carolina,
aud Lard, of Tennessee; Lieut.. Col. Inge,- 18th
Alabama; Wheaton, 22d Alabama; Caps Deas !
Mott >of Mobile and Col Richmond, Folks aid.
Wounded: Bris. Gems. Adams and Brown; Judge
Terry, of California; Lieut.. Reed, of Hills staff;
and Lieut. Col. Herudon. .-. --.rr
The enemy were pursued yesterday, with no
general engagement. .. u ~t4.!a-- 81.
The loss OF officers in the late battle is unprece-
dented in the history of wars. The veteran 10th
Iennesses lost twenty-five out of thirty, and the
18th Tennessee is led by Lieutenant The
"a kentucky, with small proportion of officers,
lost twenty. Col. Palmer, of the 18TH was shot
through the shoulder, and lieut.. Col Butler was
wounded Ia the groin. al 49, GuHD e-t#
FROM THE WEST
dispatch dated Memphis, Sept 18th, (north
ern news we suppose) says that Kirby Smith has
been repused aud fallen back from Little Rock