, 1863-10-15
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribuue. I
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Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tsiburs.1
CHATTANOOGA. Oct ., 1868.
THE SITUATION.
The situation Of the coutendtag armies il
unchanged I can compa'e It t. nothing morn
Ike tsan the appearance Of two members Of
the Fancy, who- meet in the prize ring pre-.
pared for pugilistic encounter. Each stands
In opposite sides Of the enclosure. Viewing
with p1acuced eye the athletic forms and SID
'ewy Limbs Of his adveraa1y, desiring, vet
dreadiDg the conflict. When the survey viii
be ended, when slime" will be called, md
the dreadful contest begin no one knows.
Meantime the bottle holders are selected, the
surgeons are OF the ground, and the spscta-
tors are gathered together. To drop the ns-
ure. the two lines are drawn up within mus
ket range. and: each holds the other at bay,
There IL little firing between pickets, and,
since the day cf the bombardment, there has
been little artillery practice, and that little
confined altogether to our, own side Of the
line. The enemy are evidently dissatisfied
With the result Of that first Days bon,b2rd.
ment. and have adopted tho better plan Of
fsTirg their ammunition.
:. ON TIE p1cKET LINE,
Yesterday visited the advance picket
line, which On the tight, the portion yia-
tied, extends along the bank Of Chattanooga
Creek, ard alotg The outer side Of q large
Chattanooga, supplied the Confederate army
with leather. This taDnery is owned BY the
Bank OF Chattanooga, and IS one Of the most
complete establishments Of the kind have
ever seen. An excellent steam engine re-:
mains uninjnred. and the entire works will
be pntlie1urbed, unlets the rebels attack US
at this point. In which event 1t will be
burned. Tho building Ia filed between the
partitions with cotton and combusttb!es, du-
II saturated With tn pentine, which tie guards
sre instructed 10 to ueh OF whenever dcta-
on:,1uttcn Is made In the rear Of, the tan
nary is another large establishment, q Ruling
I'LL for the 4 anutactory of iron rails for tho
five railroads centtring 1u Cha.tanooga The
engines and dies are here also intkct, and will
abeye. From ny, point Of observation the
picket line IN tho font. tho / Re,
terye in 1te Eesr, and ,etill further
IN the back g'ouad, tho Ehitc Tents TIE
rebel eoldte.s.. A good understanding exlsts
between the pickets. They have abjured the
ea1ba1ous practice OF firing upon each other,
sId to "etand picket" usually the most Aaz-
ardous Of q soldiers duty, il but little mora
are Often courtebies baIWeen the soldiers, and
exchanges of newspapers. Until the pahl-
cation Of recent or&er, the boys were In the
habit ct meeting upon mutual ground! and
Chatting quite 1nresetTcdly.- This has lately
been broken up, exeep: 20 far as exchanging
, ZION Of commits J!ol cd officer. In this visit
CT uine. the rebels had no papers and could
net exchange. They belong to Gen. Long
streets corps, and pride thcmtelyes as be-
longing to diff rent and superior race to
Bragg men, whom the, contemptuoasly
ent opinion Of their Briggs nen) fighting
qualitits 5, and eay that "one Of ttcir bt7gades
can Thip whole army OF them"
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.
When On the picket line, was two miles
Nearer the base Of Look Out, and / had on
NY return much clearer perception Of It's
wonderful capacities for defense aad ohserya-
eeems more difficult, ard I find myself won
derirg at the ents1priee which has drawn up
the rugged sleeps 50 many cannon, and plan
ted them where they can hurl death
end. destruction upon Us whenever
rock stands ont bold laced, With huge
fixtures oye1grown by dense nnde1growth,
extending from base to tur1et into which one
rash step would plunge the unwar5 into m
abyss hundreds Of feel deep, whose very dark
mountain is approached over broad p1s-
team fhickly oEergrown with oaks aud un1er-
brush, nDtu the base is reached, and tnen the
ascert Ia made gradually by q road cut into Its
t1des 1ud extending aod ascending towards
the SPUR which o!eflooks the bend Of the riv-
er. At cye7y suitable bend OF turn Of the
read, the timber is 1eveled, the earth thrown
ont, aad black brist)ipg cannon thom their
pg'y facea, as If only waiting the word Of
command to be1ch down upon MS fire and
death. From our stand point ne could see
the new made road as 1t wound towards the
summit, aud 1t did not require very vivid
Imagination to picture those ragged cliffs and
dsnte forests filled with eoldIefs and b1I5t1tng
with cannon.
The mountain itself il clothed by dense for
est Of oak whose trunks looked In the dis.
taree like spectral army. Farther up, and
nearer the summit the oaks give pl.ce to
pines whoEe denas green foliage showed in
bright contrast to the grey rock, and the thick
masses Of white Tapor nhich just then begun
TO enct'cle the top ct the mountain: 1t was
on exquisite view, the grey rock, the whito
fleccy fog, the huge trunks Of the oak, the
green pine, the quiet valley, and the TeInea-
zee st its bate, = hich only needed extent and
volume to remind one Of the throbbing
OCEAN. o.
CONFIRMATION.
In rny last mentioned the ridiculous ru-
Eor, brought In by deserter, that the rebels
Ttre rt-cnuc1irg the tragedy Of the Kilkenny
Cats-that, falling to dnd uny Yanks" upon
Ehom to vent their il.humor, they had ex-
tenporjzed fight among themselves. To day
another yetacious rebel has come in and rcaf.
tirul5 the story. He says that the ena-7tte oc-
cured in Gen. Cheatham's L division, between
brigade Of MisEisslpPt.ns and brigade OF
Iennetsecans, and that large number On
beth f!dea wezc killed and wounded. The
ri yy MY Ia $7S ali fhn 3~$
division Of fLoDgatreet' men was gent to cnd
the tumu1t. UpoE their appearance both fac.
tit ns united and cleaned them ont. This is
What tile teserter eaye. An agent Of the
Treasury who waa crossing Waldfon's Ridge
st the tine the fight WI: progressing, saWthc
looks the valley, and gives cEedanceto the re-
pert. At Deraltment Headquarters they be-
lleTe there has been fight, bu. instead Of
battle between themselves. they think Burn
sae has msae hs aps1anss in The 'ssy
Of Brogg's ,nen. They have not heard from
that General for several days, and the impress
sion M u gaining ground that be
tbs deuce generally. 1t IS thought that hia I'D.
vnrce n ay have encountered the enemy, mud
that the reported fight Is the result. Ali this
occurred tie day he enemy opened upon u1
HAAA 40a III t141tJ}% ~ ~ l0uuE4k LUIS MAS Q1U6
to distract our attention ard prc7cnt uB from
noticing The tunult In front and taking nd
vantage cf 1t. These are the reports, and your
readeIs can attach Whit importance to them
thty deserve, and this Imagine is ye1y little.
- ARTILLERY suEI1IuG THE Woods:
Yestcrday afternoon our batteries opened
upon Lookout, and Oh the left, shelllng the
woods" vigorously without e}icitfug reply.
The raDge which we have been able to attain
is remarkable, and excellent shots Were made.
There has been q change In the selection Of
DAVIS takes division, end Brannan, Chief Of
Arii lery. Very likely bcfore the work Of con
eolidat1on aid reconstruction is concluded
,thefe may be another shuttle Of the cards, aud
new deal had all around. Bod.
Admiral Farrnsut Crus1.es 4 Copper
ltau Lie.
seEe weeks ago the F1eeman's Journal Of
Men York had m editorial headed " "Ontrages
on Catholics" in which the editor attempted
| to chow that our soldiers and sailors dis
played no respect for the Catholic clergy,
churches, or Institutions. After mentioning
one or two zeal or imaginary grievances suf.
fered by priests in Western Virginia, ho re.
lated the following malignant and d,ab bolical
lie az fact, ard gave IT his editorial sanction:
But the deepercry ofaDguIsh reaches us from
Louisiana A gentleman frnm that rTtvi a 1e.