The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-11-14
THE DAILY REGISTER.
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER IA, 1863
Additional from the south.

8 The Situation at Chattanooga-Ihs Respet
tiue Forces-Eeonomy Advised-From a
Carolina-Aunifcent Donation-Georyi
Election-Retief for Soldiers Families
/ ,DistHlation Tnterdictcd-FTom Bragg
Army. tI
THE SITUATION OF CHATTANOOGA.
From the Richmond Dispatch, Nov. A.
This is a subject Of deep anxiety to th'
whole Confederacy at this moment-tht
deeper, perhaps, that the late movement o
the enemy by the river, and his occupation
! of Raecoon Mountain, seems neither to have
been resisted nor anticipated. Itgives him
at the same time great advantage by
placing him ON our left flank at the mo-
ment when our centre and right are occupi
ed with the body Of the place itself. The
Yankee newspapers say they have assem-
bled 10000 men, and that Braggs force is
only 10000. We do not believe that this
statement is correct in any particular. We
have no idea that the Yankee force is so
large, or that Bragg's is 50 small. Be it,
however, as they represent, 10000 of our
men, placed as these are, may very we'll bid
defiance to 10000 Yankees. We have no
apprehension whatever of defeat.
The worst that we fear is one Of those
furious and indecisive battles so character
istic of this war. We do not believe that
any force the Yankses can bring will be
able to carry the exceedingly strong posi-
ton of General Bragg, fortified with so
much care and defended by so many brave
men as he has with him. 1t is evident, in
the meantime, that great battle must in
evitably be fought in the neighborhood Of
Lookout, if it has not already occurred.-
the enemy will make desperate exertions to
break through our lines at that point, it be-
ing his object to secure possession of the
railroad where it runs south of the Tennes-
see, and thus render it an easy thing to sup
ply Chattanooga with provisions and troops.
we await the eventwith anxiety, but with
out apprehension. r--- -
We have before given au account of the
locality of Chattanooga, and here repeat it,
that our readers may have clearer idea OF
the operations in progress. just at Chat-
tanooga the river makes bend IN the form
of horse shoe, the toe Of the shoe point
ing south. On this toe, and on the south
side of the river, Chattanooga is situated.
To the west end of it, and at the distance
of two miles and half is Lookout Noun
tain, which runs down to the very river
Along the base of the mountain runs the
railroad, which crosses the river about
twenty-five miles below. To the west OF
Lookout Mountain lies Raccoon Mountain,
and between them lies Lookout Valley, q
creek running through the middle of it
The Yankees, the other night, left Chat
tanooga in pontoons, hoated down the river
without being hailed by single sentinel,
so far as we can learn, landed, and occupied
Raccoon Mountain, almost without resis-
tance. They have thrown bridges across
below, and are constantly receiving re-ln-
forcements in that direction. Hoods
brigade, under the command of Gen. Jen-
kins, tried to dispossess them the other day,
but failed The battle will be fought in
Lookout Valley and its vicinity.
The hopes of the country were very high
when Rosecrans was first driven back to
Chattanooga. 1t was believed that he
could be shut up there, and that hissupplles
would be so effectaally cut off as to render
it imperative upon him either to fight Bragg
at great disadvantage, to attempt to re-
treat across wide river, and rugged and
impracticable country, thereby running the
risk of ruin to his whole force, or to sur
render. But the exceedingly diatory
movements of our army have lost US all the
advantage we had, or believed we had, a
few weeks ago. They have afforded time
to the Yankees to collect troops from the
most distant quarters, to restore their COM
munications at their leisure, and to threat
en- us with siege, instead of undergoing
one themselves If Gen, Bragg should be
driven from his position, We not only lose
East Tennessee entirely. but we open the
door for the invasion of Georgia, where
there is a very large supply OF cotton,
which formed the main inducement OF
Rosecrans's invasion of that State. 1t will
thus be seen that the most important In
terests are involved in the operations
around Chattanooga. The existence OF the
Confederacy is not, it is true, exactly In
volved, but the length Of the war un-
doubtedly is. Could that Yankee army
have been destroyed the war would have
been virtually at an end
THE RESPECTIVE FORCES.
The correspondent of The Savannah Re-
publican, writing of the situation in Tennes-
see, says:
We have the enemy's forces in this quar-,
ter distributed as follows: The main army
At Chattanooga, under Thomas, exclusive Of
cavalry, $4,000 men; the left wing at Knox
Vile and vicinity, under Burnside, 5000
the right wing consisting of reinforcements
sent from the Potomac, under Hooker, II,
600; other reinforcements from Grants army
advancing from the West, under Sherman
to form junction with the right wing, 10,
600. Total, $4,000. Add to this l5,0O(
cavalry, and We have an army gathering
for the invasion of Georgia, under the su
preme guidance of Grant, of lO' 900 men,
To meet this army-to defeat and over
: whelm twill require thsy best skill, tn
highest and the most perseverlng and uni
IL.