The New York herald., 1863-10-19
Mr.. r.. ID. WcstfalI's Dsspatch.
hEhoorARTERs, ARMY or TUE GJMmRLASp,
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Get. J, 1858. \

have Just and copversed with ar intelligent and
rebel Of whcelers cavalry command, who
capture and destruction OF large
ply train Of Ours In selultchie VALLEY day two
since OF that aair-its brutality bclsti inhu.
mauy-f will speak hereafter at present will only in
troduce a remark of the young man, which
PLAIN the rebel idea OF the situaton" at Cha,tanooga
"lak about yocr old Roscy, Bragg hac got you all
where hs war,s ,you; you can't get out the sorape
aud in lew days you Will be whipped Community"
However 1t may hat B. Bragg has got the Army
OF the Cumberland where he II, II is less
that he dare finger disturb Its peaceful
after the toll Of ehicgmau.a. His vast auxiliary
OF vigorous viSginlape paroed PembertoDans, To-
gethcr with his original rgar guard Of "playei out
Tepncssecans, &C Long streets termahem, still
keep watch the appr aches TO Atlanta ard Rome,
do venture to investigate the defcnces OF Chat
tanooga Their pioketsatons are within two hrn dred
yards OF ours, and the bags hold reInent
gcther. bat corlne themselves 10 peaceful dsccssion
playful badinage rblasphemous okes Nothing Of saeavy
eadcn character ever passeG between them. TLay
cupy Lookout Mountain Gu the right and Missiuary
idge the left, and extend all tbs valley
front. At night thousands Of camp fires marx THAR
xhercabouts in the woods, ba. their guns silent.
Three days since they were engaged on diminulivo
carthwork-l Of military blo<ch face Of
fcoxoat-ciose by the hamlet OF summcrtown. From
shis position they could overlook tho Yankees Chat
IL
with he guns at their command and dropped
work. Our inos contracted right that
Dohire smaller than rinee hiry-,wos can harmus. 50
Lookout Mountain. Ora, quite bugscar AMI panic
maker the 10 tie trenches, gazei upon
oooly, as not with disiaIn.
rHs FAy0KTE cAxE oF HRAcG.
Large bdes Of rebel infantry and artillery have been
sccn marching and countornrching over Missionary
Ridge on lac len, at intervals within They too,
are lar out ~ reach. and uacs object be % impress
pcopo vi.h exalted idea OF their strength or TO
get up anul aoxicty IN r1garl some gigantic move
men, against Or LEFT, atm at loss TO conjecture why tho
insurgents exercise themselves much In fact every
fhiug suporlaLve'y quiet Not soldier who lounges
sboui his camp bthnd the works, OF duty; an occr
who snoozs through hc heat o. the day oxcmp
icafy bowers, sentinel who walks his beat on Tho
frowniug fots wi,ha sight Of the enemy, expects an at
ssnx, though cverybsty prepared. They credit Bragg
with Ii,llc common tense, and srguo that he viii not
"oucx mself 10 aour against the spIsndid highly
psrfecisd chain Of works which encircle Chattanooga
cvn LIN CHATTANOOGA
The long continued qus has rcassured ,kesc citizens OF
Caianoogs who nd 10 cares aud secret places on the
approach Of Danger, aud Of them returned TO
thssr bones and aro hclrg soldiers osssume rs
tsonn no Other way Cor am ompced 70 say that the
ony azens haTe met pxsoxs OF unsauivosal Soyth
sys pathIes They ars thankful enough, kovsver.
Cor Y4ass hard ts, and dssroa enough 70 keep .s,,
mouths shss except While cngses< Nfasng n. rKs nah
cisizens w 10 nuusber, most OF yAm aIirns W sbs
kmaies By Tar the kgct portion sxe natives, and n
pains me to sac % many degraded os~ snur and whs
key are the "partIekiar wiics" Of good looking
females, who. vtb training Under any ow Astem than
slave system, would have LAen nnc ladies'. Lazy and
uDeducased low brcd and low minded needed only tho
pusfencc among them for fcw months OF 40 army of
sscs gentlemen Brags has ct his bach 10 reduce them
70 the lost stages Of "demorslizatlonr charitable
Seush - believe that have never seen Chattanooga
sdythat tby hsd gotten Themselves out Of the track OF
war before svep Bragg visitcd their town
ut wotSDED tHrcwAxArcA
Tuesday lest psgcsaiions were opened with view TO