Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-11-17
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From the Progress.
len. Bragg. his Officers and the President.


few mouths ago the Richmond Enquirer was the pc.
culisr and special champion of Mr. DAVIS 1t NorthCar-
ona paper dared murmur word of comp amt as to The
of The protest against the petty ty-
often exercised by subOrdnates the enquirer NJ
raised the cry of treason against The goVerument 70
word against the Preside capital offence ana
the offender registered upon the black list
for, i'll the eyes Of the EHqTrs and other parzanS me
Kin G could do no wrong. we have Always gwen MI
Davis credit for pure motives and exalted patriotism
though have Offene1 differed with him TO the policy
pursued in the management Of the war But the EaYusr
has fallen from grace the SeRtiaeL has got the INSIDE
track - and become the "Organ, and Mr. Davis is no
longer the nfble immaculate ruler that he has been
represented-by the Enquirer.
We have been an admirer Of what we supposed to be
sndiey qualities in General Bragg but may have been
saken; yet we are not VIKING To JON IN me nue. anu cS
against him without more satisfactory evidence
of his unftnesS tor command But if the following letter
which appears in the Ea4nrer be true and 1t is Vouched
for by that paper it evident that Gen. Bragg ana mis-
Lieutenant Generals should be separated. Ii he remains
where he they should be transferred 10 some other
and if they are to remain with their present Commands
then Cen Bragg should give acceptable to
the division and corps commanders of the army And
such change is made will render the army on which
much depends, efficient, President DAVIS, and no one
NEAR CHATTANOOGA, Oct 81.
send You an extract from an Atlanta paper which
gives you idea, but only faint of the dePiora6e
condition of a out here in the hope tbat you may be
able to draw from facts which may aid you IN VIZ
ting up IN the subject wish that could Truly picture
what the cost country has been by the command OF
this department being the hands Of General Bragg; OF
opportunities upon opportunities he has neg ected to hold
first Kentucky then Tennessee and lastly to improve and
pluck the fruits of the victory of Chckanauga, which
LOngsreet for him.
When Lopgstreet took command on Sunday morning.
the 2uth of the left wing of the army he found arrHnge
heter SHELTER with gaps mile long batween the bgades
aud every thing in confusion generally. The position
chosen the light by Gen Bragg most undvOraole
in case repulSe and altogether favor Of the enemy
The order for the right bgn the attack at dawn
but it was eleven o'clock before was opened and then it
rolled along until the left took mp In very short tlme
Gsneral Braggs words, the right was dlsas-
trousy repuSei and had no light In 1t aud LonStFeet
had to gh the enemy entirely alone After Soue hours
hard ghting he drove him the widest confusion from
every position took thirty forty pieces of artillery
thousands of prisoners and converted their army into ."
terrified, flying mob. 1t then he saw BY forward
movement of the whole army that Gen kosecrans who!e
force could be captured in twenty hours and that no OBJ
stacle between aud the Ohi" aud srhipS} peace
lie therefore word Wheeler, who his LETT,
dash forward between Chattan rl and the enemy and
him pieces; but just Wheeler about To exc
this movement be received order from Gen Bragg
directing hm TO picA up arm" ana S'faSSieis.
had heard from Bragg but once during the day, and
then it he WIS beaten on the right. DE now
to beg him to advance, but the Genera! incef de-
cined aOmg Then council Of generals entreated him
to move on knoxville off Burns de- RSecranS at
Nashville and g. into kentucky He consented 10 the
move; the troops put in moticn but after marching
miles he Recalled the without explanation to his
euenantS, and placed ii. without object 10 achieve
bore this place where sickness and deseron doing
thaa the enemy hope for. Dissatisfaction and deec
ton awtuy prevalent and no one heSItaeStron the
highest the lowest to speak of their contempt for the
commander We all hoped that surely Mr. DAVIS would
the danger which threatening the country by the
inauit Bragg and his arrival hailed with joy he
did perceive the intense feeling against him. a:d called
IL corps commanders meet B.agg and himself head
.riers. When they had assembled he began with Gen.
LOngStreet and asked what he thou hit of hn as Gene
raj and Of his conduct in this fight Gen ongstreet
piled that he had not Bragg half hour the fed
before he he not the command army,
and particularly this army, it then situated that
his disposition of troops "horrbe. and that his
tics wretched that he had the least confidence
in him. and begged that if he removed that the
President would send him (LougStreet back Virginia.
He took down the map and shovel how ROSecFuuSex-
posed himself by turning Bragg who with concentrated
armv allowed himself be driven Of Chattanooga by
enemy whose army divided into three portions,
seventy miles apart and unable RENT other
cep By single mountain road whic, Bragg could always
hold The other Generals replied in the manner all
saving that they had the least confidence in him. and
ali asked TO be relieved. D. Il. Hill sid among other
things that he personal Coward. Mr. Davis said ne
greved 20 hear this, deeply grevedand that all
he has said done Bragg is still in command the
for the campaign passed: tue enemy will hold Chat
tauOoga base for spring operations. = Last Ten
nessee with its nre caves and Middle Tennessee wiki
necessarles of life lost us currency being
circulated in fewer square miles, and with all this Pha-
Oah haTCens his heart aud will not let the people go"
We hive bad in the list three weeks even opportunities
for striking the terrible blow by moving Ste
Their depot and cutting off Chattanooga; but Bragg
took weeks to think OF the Uan and in the
the enemy sent thirty thousand men there and fortified it,