Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-09-22

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Our army has at length come 20 .t,ad stiIl Add
what an Grmyi The most gail nj The world ever be-
led. As 10 pc mp ard Pegsantry, ne lave nothing 10
boast o.; but cDn6d'Lce OF winning the victory Bhen
the hour OF battle comes, never more prevalent
An unboundcd spirit of enthu ism and eagerness for
scion il predominant The retreat has Only mad ten
dercy 10 arouse the latent patriotism, and be assursd
Napoleons guard, or more a0ciently speaking Leoul
DIS with hi boased thne huadrad Soarfhhe never Old
c5varous Sighting tnan ths graz army under the
persecu.ed Bagg II do his eagerne fJr action Is
not prompted fromh mai cous feehug but iroI high
sense of their countrys irju.iesher wounded pride
aud patriotism. ~ -40k .iat 4.>-t"
More than once has neral Bragg O red the epeny
battle, ard as OfeD raj ced They more desiroga
Of whipping by INK mjYemsnt5 AMI cxhaussipg odFe
supplies than by meet ug US in open cnmbat 's''l
Ro.ecrans seems at present falling bAek in the drec
ti)n Of hltt nOoga TIE main portion of lis trmy Is
ma,std on bis right Crittenden's corps moved down
on the Rjnggo,d and Dilton read few days since.
This done for the purpose a prot log immense
wagon trAins which were Immediately s,nt 70 tho VI
ciaitJ OF Pea Ridge. TLis being cOnsumma,ed oae da
son followed the train while the remainder OF e
corps went down the Lafayette r)ad 10 Leaks Spiogi.
Here they met Cen. Prgram who, With the 6.h Gaoygi4
Co. Hart and Ruckers legion, Col Ru ker commanding
gave IN m battle. The fig II lasted three hour
TIE casualties were imal in GJn, PegrlHi's command
f0ur killed and two wounded. Capt or6e p. YAe. Of
Gen p 3 san, was slightly sounded. 0ftpe Y4nkets,
twelve killed aud twenty wounded. Oar fcress
fell back 70 bund yards Ehani the Yankees took
fright aud Ietreatod Ia conusOn They Irssstd ei;i
zenI TO guide them out the heights Of Pea Rdgd.
TT o. scat er, through TIE corfelds Ike partridge
Off Jers and all in confusion, remarking at every srp
that 'the rebels had them surrounded" omitted 20
speak Of the engigement that Colonel SCOTS cavalry
big DE- hal vita the same force oa the nrgold aud
Dalton road. ..,.. ...rrs~,-rsr
On the morning Of the 10 b, Gen Forrest with O..
S.'A brigade, went TO Rbggold. On the way thth'f
evidence of infantry having rased into tho town WEB
visible Had not o,en in Town more an halt hoi
b. fore scouts reported the enemy the GaysserOas
In few minutes more signal guns were fred from III
the heg Is adjacent the Simultaneous with this
fir pockets we're Gor ed in on al The roads nor
OF RI ggolt The artillery soon hurried back on q
Dalton read With portions OF the cavalry In u lev
minutes tn. Enemy began to shell the to~n. Ia the
me milne their sharpshoo ers had cur oil any Iuther
retreat o. the Dalton road. One Hundred and forty
men, under Lieut. Gel. MoatgOmt ~ OF the 5a TenDes-
see, thus Gu Of and we're I, nsed 10 Climb aye
mnuuuiatou b OF Ripggod The en- ;my followed WbH
much tpirt Two nj es on G. e Dalton road, where oaf
artillery, beiag put in position, opened them tftr
an homs JueUg, the enemy began TO turn our Aink4
by their hyperion forces Forrest TetiTedlo Tunnel
hill On the road several ambuscade we're formed for
the Yankees which ulIed in checking their advance
considerably, aud The hiding Of come twenty Of the
enemy. hNL
At Tunnel hill au amIls force was concentrated 10
give them good fight bu, they did no. hing more than
that Gen Forrest charged the enemy's liro and Wss
slightly wounded Cavalry skrmishe, occur almost daily
The Appeal says at is veto bedeSelop4d what mas.
tery strategy there in yielding up Chattanooga
TIE enemy, and we shall confess onrSelf enthusiastic
admirer Of that which shal dislOIge him I. miyte
as in chess The sacrifice of the queen in order in
duce speedy check mate. We shall ace. We hear
that General Brag: in better tpits or higher
bnp hall etcioa hot h..
shall emerge in triumph from the difcllt straits in
which he ssens a. present to be pllced." t-s'f I
The following paragraphs arc from the Rebel, noW
published at Marietta, GS.;f ~ rHJPN1IHt 4 (
A lady of Nashville, W o recently came } oash the
lines reports that some ten twenty thousand horses
passed through that city before 5-e l 70 b us 4 by
RosecTaEs for mounted infantry. No dolb. lie con-
templates settling doNn quietly ia ChatsncogA ts via
ter and emuse himself by sendng,ut raiog tres TO
destr0y tue products of the deencceJ1 wioNs aud
phans the farms III North Al bAma and North Georgia
We risi that be viii sojn be disappointed in these
pra seEorthy protests. ,.sg-
We are informed that Pro sideGt Davis hear 10
exceim in circle Of friends st the Capitol thet lie
would snatch Tennessee from the cut hes Of TIE Abc
onists, If It took the united armies Of the South TO
accomplish H. From tie slgns If Lhe times, IL begins
TO look very much If that obstinate h,
he said. We b.gin TO believe Low that we shall DC
diving quill IN the Capitol of Tennessee before an
her uoLth has passed . -.., q 17is sf.t ~. 1s.
Gen. Bragg is surrounded by gahxy'of higher mil
tary taen ana backed by u llrger army han be ever
before commanded duTiug his whole military cneer.-
Polk III Buckner, Breckenridge, rho will perhaps
miranda corps Cheatb4m, Stewart, Lorirg. Clsburne
Wa ker, with those caiefEin5 of the Sudne Forrest
Whor Oh, Wuceer, Scott, Pegram, johnson and hest
Of Others, equally efficient and txpsrienced, comprise
Iii abls corps VI ASSISTANTS. 5, y, i aat - slsg
vel plEoEed ma OF ivTe for the ptuFe Of strong
force OF the enemy was defeated 90 SiutdL ~, by the
failure Of tte eoIhntnder TO shpin wa ennp ,lIt
bI ines Of cutting The etemy in ths rear TO eoneu
FROM MIDDLE TENNESSEE
On the authority of gentleman from the yicrity OF
CLaksvl e. the nebt gives some inportan: inleli-
gence as 10 the movements Of The FedeFIs lisiptei
geEee from ClArkssille, the CuWSsiliod, il up to
Monday fortnight an is to tie following effect:
Rsocras ia beiog b, aviy reinforced BY G ant, and
large numbers Of troops Id ID daily Gla sve
70 Shirh point the Cumbeiland steamboat navigation
il sill open. The troops are marched from that point
to Nashville and here take The rjroad toAurlret sboso
where they Test One day and Len proceed 10 Che Ter
nesses river other arrivals tkg their place. The
Inducements arfving a. ClaIksse at the rate O.
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