Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-11-19
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| PHILADELPHIA, Nov. is.-The Subscription
Agent reports the sale Of 81 '3O0,sOo OF the iye-.
| twenty loan to-day. e-=-
| r.@ts, a-.. r
FBOM CHATTANOOGA.
| The Situation Getting More erestiac-
Bragg X kepOrted to be Evacuating-Forces Z
Sent against Burnside.
CHATTANOOGA, Nov. s.-TCorrespo idenc 9
Cincinnati Gazette. l-Interesting movem nts
| though not great battle may be expected soon
| Each day makes it apparent that the enemy
does not intend to remain IN our front In
making close optical reconnaissance to. day
was convinced that large numbers of the tents
which few days since were strung along OH
the top and at the foot of Missionary Ridge,
have disappeared. This can be explained in
part on the ground that troops have been sent
away, as was stated by rebel prisoners to on
pose bun side-a story which Is strength n d
by stat. menis in late rebel papers Bat lnis
| Will not account for 1t all.
One OF our scouts, Who is considered perfect
ly reliable, has just come in with the news thai
one corps Of Braggs army has moved back TO
Atlanta. Several days ago, as wrote you.
| deserters told this same story. Those who
have come in since still confirm it. Last night
| two c"ne into Hockers lines who say tnat
| Bragg has ordered the evacuation OF Looko ont.
| and that the shooting from that point which
has be. going on the last few days is intend
| ed as bind to this important retrogaoe. / an
not prepared 10 give much credit t. the latter,
| but it may be among the probabilities.
Lookout is, in fact, useless to them. II is no
Iongtr the key to our comm atoms with
bridgeport Hooker holds, and will coatiuue
10 hold, the valley between that and Racco,n
Mountain, also the road to Shell Mounta,n
along which he came-and mt an while Sher-
man Keeps coming. True, they may throw
shells enough from that commanding point to
make 1t little UNPLEASANT for us, but with all
The guns in the Contederacy, they could scarce
jy make this place untenable.
The Position Occupied by Buckner.s
Forcf-lhe Effect on the Rebels of Tai .
ing Browns Ferry-Ihe Responsibiiity
OF the thick amauga Campaign.
CHATTANOOGA, Nov. S.-fCcrres pondence
New York Tribune. THE rebel force under
Bnckner, which advanced to London, has
1a.leL BACK 10 Charleston, on the Hiawassee,
Where IT has bridge nearly completed Beyond
this point General Burnside feels confident
that he can prevent its advance.
I he pr. sent position Of the enemy presents q
nne dlsplay OF Dferprise and the live qualities
Whlch alone VIII win victories and circum.
vent the entm my. While l hope that It will be
improved, shall not be disappointed If it is
not Tie general who is great in battle, or
opportunity OF mnIcrng mortal blow on the
enemy
Deserters from the rebels say that the taking
of Browns Ferry, and the way it was done
was perfect ctstunnsr. especially to Longstreet,
whose forces covered that position. II is a
point they were prepared to defend to the last,
because it is the key to the river, and the DOS
session Of it solved the question OF supplies 1t
is said, furthermore, that the rebels threaten to
Ie,ahe The place at almost any cost. think,
within The last few days, they have withdrawn
their forces, excepting a picket guard, from
their position nearest the Ferry.
says everything indicates 8 grand battle at an
early day, ssor else movement by one or both
armies which will materially alter the situ-
up to Pragg to transport the sick to the rear,
that his troops are concentrating, and everv
furlout he'd man hurried to the front.
OF these preparations tor a great battle there
visible Ia
of Buckner toward London, nothing unusual
Is or has been going on among Braggs troops.
The Rebel further says that Gen. Howell
Cobb has been placed in command OF all tho,
territory south and east Of Ourtencla ar d
Coosa rivers, to be called the dis strict OF North
east Gecrgia.
Bragg has rendered his resignation, but Da-
Wis decline to acct pit it.
The Rebel expresses the opinion that on the
Issue OF the pending struggle for the recovery
Of Tennessee depends the duration of the war
The rebels seldom fire from any other battery
tLan that on Lookout, though they have others
equally nigh the town. At times their practice
is bad, their shells exploding frequently with
in their own lines but lately they have done
better. though with but two or three guns, one
OF which appears to be OF larger caiiber than
the old marine pattern. There are many guns
of this description in the hands Of the rebels,
stole n principally from the Norfolk navy yard
and subsequently rifed and handed Ia Par
Tott.
Whenever there is anything at all to be said
atouteyents and transactions which, from their
into It is that the ens
and, ii possible, the whole of IT, should be ut-
tered. In this view, an expression in the letter
the goth ut.. the effect that the main respon-
sibility" OF the Chickamauga campaign-a the
original agency in inaugurating the unsuccess-
full operations'-was not with Gen. Rosecrans,
has Eeen read with much regret An entirely
erroneous view Of the facts is here taken, as the
writer is probably well aware by this time
The responsibility, and the " original agency in
iEausuIating the unsuccessful operations"
which result6 d in the defeat at Chlckamauga.
belongs wholly to Gen. Rosecrans. The fur
thest that the Government, In reply to his ap-
pIlcation 10 undertake an extended campaign
would consents TO his going was Dalton. But
he pushed on notv ithstandiug, chatting and
complaining that the authorities at W ashington
restrained him. In the next few days he liz
overwhelmed with defeat-a dear penalty for
disobedience and misjudgment. Gen. Haileck
has written letter distinctly denying the re-
on the shoulders of Gen. Rosecrans, where it
solely belongs fact rs well aftested, and In g.
thousand different ways, as TIE TACT tnat the
campaign itself was badly managed In almost
every particular.
There were abundant reasons for the re-
moyal of Gen Rosecrans, now almost uniyer.
sally conceded here, for giving some of which
the time has not yet come. since by doing SO
information no less valuable TO the enemy than
yulsed. Enough to know that the very high
est Considerations dictated the change, no less
than the safety OF the army itself and the fruits
of It's previous campaigns.
1t is a fact that Gen. Rosecrans and Gen
Crittenden did both sleep in the same room i'm
Chattanooga on Saturday night, having left
the field OF battle ia time to make some tventv
miles to get here, and that they had no mart in
the severe fighting of Sunday morning.
, propose not to write review of the past
events only TO correct some errors, and TO
state what do know.
- Ihe Detroit papers are complaining be-
cause the people OF that city have to pay tan
cents pound for their mutton-chps, the same
for !" spare. ribs" !" sixty cents q bushel for po-
tafoes, and SO on for other articles entering
into household consumption. they should
come East il they want 70 know how 1t feels TO
live at '-princely prices"
Rxrrprxxxr OF LIEUT.. BRowNKLL.-Lieut.
Prank Rrownell, who was transferred to tue
rerular army for his connection with the
Eiisworth-Jackson affair, has been placed ON
the retired list. The reason, tits said, is par
tial loss OF voice. R8 =