, 1863-10-30
LATER FROM THES0UTH
Richmond Views Of the Recent
Military Operations.
THE SCARED c0AfEDERATES IN
EAST TENNESSEE.
Another Rebel Victory is
Claimed,
We have received files OF Richmond papers
to Saturday last, the 24th inst, from which
nc take the following extracts:
From the Richmond Examiner. Oct. q.

VIC take the following extracts: !
From the Richmond Examiner, Oct. q.
THE LAsT FAILURE.
It IL scarcely time to form q correct esti. |
mate Of the late events on the Rapfdan and |
the Rappahannock No fn1 account Of the |
to the JailuTe, has Jet been received ffoBa
Confederate source The enemy's accounts |
are equally minute ard e4ultaut, and they are |
go tar confirmed BY the abbreviated and DIS
eIcated te1egrams sent under military cen-
eorsblp," that we are only justified In dsscrib.
interpose corps Of his army bet Feene large |
portion Of Meade's force at Cu1peper, and |
Washington.
One tfg tfght-aprarently between division of
the Confederate army and larger body Of |
the enemy-occurred during the movement,
cannon, and were generally Worstsd., Why
such fight occurred cannot now be said. It
can scarcely have been the Intention Of Lse to
pit one division sgainst tro army corps. At
present the collision bears the appearance Of
IN ambuscade, or Of blunder, which was not
Generals who have the gift Of inspiring their
troops with their OWE gallantsy, aud there are
Generals who have not that gift. It would
appear that Lcwisburg, Gettysburg, and Bris-
tow Station are illustrations Of this truth.
In the meantime, the loss at that place was
elsewhere. Against Meade's 450 prisoners
Lee has Placed !, 600; and the campaign In
Northern Virginia has closed for the Season
nearly at the spot where 1t began tTo years
ago, With The enemy 10 rttreat, and our own
army victorious, though batiisd.
broken up his {Meadc's) winter quarters; for
ffom Culpepper to Bristow the Yankees had
copttructcd their huts and cabins. And here
st Bristow they had torn down au elegant new
| house to get The weather boarding to con-
ttruct huta for their winter occupation.
The country people hereahouts are loud in
their PRAISES ct Mosby. They say that he has
dore the Yankees much harm, besides COM
/! pelllng the enemy to keep at least 10 90 men
I az railway guard, and preventing struggling
| aad iding parties from goipg through the
from the Richmond Enquirer, Oct. g.
| Army or NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
| Cu1rEpPER CouEr.uousE, Oct 20, 1863.
| Gen. Lee having finished the work Of de-
Inolition Of the Orange and Alexandria rail-
| road from Btlstow Station back as FIR as the
Rappahannock bridge, and having driven
Meade to The heights OF Centrevlae, 1t be-
can't a military eSpedient, # not necessity,
for b1m to recross tpe Rappahann ock, which
hss been accordingly done.
| Nv lc6tletter Wa5 written from Br16toW Sta
tion. From this point back, even as far as
Culpepptr Court Hcuse, the atmosphere tor
/ every jA4Ad ID lAA fACSAatN0 TAeA kAu
6t.Lch OF dead horses, which 1ie abcnt on every
hsud. also eaw dead Yankee unbnried moi
more than tTo miles from Cutpe2per Court
Rouse. How many Of the human species car
live IN land filled with such Offensive odors,
and literally now barren waste, passes mi
comprehension. YaLkee bones bleach everJ
hillside Of this part OF the Old DominIon-nt
less living monuments to the BRAVERY Of oul
Soutbe1n race than they are iuperishablt
memorials Of the folly Of the crusade upo1
which our foes have embarked.
The troops hare all, doubtless, recrosscd
retiring co1umna-if, indeed, they kuew Of It
Thus you see the campaign is oycr. It's re-
suits are briefly summed up: ne have cap
tu,ed about ], 500 Of the enemy, with sone
small arms, Killed and wounded az many
moro, and torn up the Orange and Alexandra
rot over ], 200 In killed and wounded, some
COO p1ieonere, md four pieces Of artillery
{thoke lost By Hil's corps at Bristow Station.
Whether the game was worth the candle ]
will not attempt to decide. Some thiak re
hare done wonders. It has only taken ter
days TO do al this.
i The prisoners taken by each are abou,
equal. The rebels lost the most Killed an1
Wounded-ED1
TIE OPERATIONS IN EAST TENNESSEE
From tile Richmond Examiner, Oct. 25.l
By private letter from highly respectable
and trustworthy. citizen Of Bristol, dats{
tic account Of the last raid Of the Yankees
upon Brieto1 and the Virginia and Tennessee
Railroad. At the time Of the fncursion d
the enemy, the telegraph brought US the mos
alarming accounts, stating tie number Of ths
enemy TO be upward Of ten tlousand, tbs
they were sweeping everything before them
. and were making their way toward tbs salt
| works, which, 1t MAS very strongly lntitnated
| our troops would not be able to protect, q:
. they had not been able, by reason ofthe over
tol and the railroad. In two days after these
tlftt accounts, others were received giving In
; | formation that the enemy had fallen back tt
Bristol, and were believed to be retreatfng
This movement Of the enemy 1t Was dil1ieul
to understand, as we had been taught to be.
, lieye their force was SO eupeeior to ours IS to
, make it next to madness far us to attempt t.
, | check their career.
The extract we give from the letter above
, mentioned wi1l explain why the enemy re
+ treated-why we retzeated to Abingdon can
) not, We fear, be so satisfactorily explained
We quote from the letter:
II returned from Bristol yesterday evening
! The enemy did very little damage there, ant
!. left on Friday evening after eojourn Of tweu
i ty-f four hours. Their army marched through
!. tie town in pursuit Of our men, and to miti'
o Provost guard in Bristol 10 prevent plilagiDg
= They took of ill the horses and mules the
e could find along their route, and burnt sevel
' nj email bridges between this place and Brit
+ tol. In Bristol they burnt twenty -fSe treigt
n tore up a considerable extent Of railroad
). Their force, as stated By straggglers who wei
. captured, Was about 5000 me1- This stat
5f ment Is confirmed BY the actual count Of tn
n citizens Of Bristol. Our force was near 4, ,Q0l
J. leave yon to draw your own eonslualon'
1nr so13ah WI fla
/. burning the railroad bridge, and tearing u
.. the track at that place."
is Through another source we are inforrie
d that our forces in that quarter, having hear
!, Of the blow inflicted upon the enemy
q Philadelphia By Gen. Carter Stevenson, hay
If plucked up heart and yentured again int
y Tennessee.
s, Our Government do not Hesm alive to th
q importance Of retaining this country. Th
n people OF the Confederacy we're sorely cas-
v down by the loss Of Vicksburg. The va1a
j Of Vlekeb burg to us WAS nothing compare
" fo1ded US nothing; from East Tennessee an
i the adjacent counties Of North Carolina au
t Virginia we are to draw the meat upon whic
a the army are to be fed during the current an
n the coming years.
Is ANOTHER VICTORY IN TENNESSEE.
Il CAPTURE or aEvES HUNDRED YANKEES, 81
:. PIECES OF ARTILLERY, ETC.
Official Dt.patch.
70 CmcKAxAudA, Wednesday. Oct. 2i, 1868.
:, To General s. Cooper:
y y The following dispatches have been r
- ceiged from Maj. Gen. Stevenson:
l. CHARLESTON. Tenn, Oct. %, 1853.
[r The cavalry, under Morrison and Dibbors
a attacked the enemy's caYa1ry in force,
>, Philadelphia, to day, capturing about for
q hundred prisoners, their artillery, small arm
| 9yr 6r7r1 4hfnn srhn