Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-12-07
Vexatious Suspense.

udS DSSH dWluIJ smdSncu. 1Hat jun
nal of the evening of the 9th friday
says that the Yankees had achieved a
laundering victory-that their army
was victorious everywhere-that they
had captured sixty pieces of artillery and
5000 prisoners-that Bragg was in full
retreat and Hooker pursuing him-that
the Western Atlantic Railroad was in
their occupation-that Dalton was as
good as gone-that Longstreet's commu-
nications with Bragg were all cut off,
and that in short, bragg was utterly
routed" Such are the stately headings
of the American, under which it an
neunces the latest news from Grants ar
my, which reaches down to one o'clock
Friday, the 9th. On that day and at
that hour, Grant flashed off the following
telegram:
"The route of the enemy is most com
plete. The pursuit will continue to Red
Clay in the morning Ii. e. Saturday, the
28th) for which place I shall start in a
few hours"
Such, ip brief, is the Yankee version
of the stirring operations in the vicinity
of Chattanooga during the past eventful
week. Turn we now to the miserably
meagre intelligence from our side.
Our latest despatch from Atlanta is da-
ted the 9th, Friday-published in our
last) written at some hour of the evening
or night of that day, for it commences
by saying: "Nsthing since morning
from the army" It then proceeds to
give US sundry items about the fight,
which closed on Wednesday night,
(25th) during which Bragg, to. escape an
enflading fire frem the enemy's bate
ries on Lookout, erected that same night,
was under the necessity of %evacuating
Missionary Ridge and falling back be-
hind Chickamauga, with his headquar-
ters at Ringgold, Ga. There was no
fighting, says the Atlanta despatch, on
Thursday (26th). This winds up our
information from that busy field Of op.
erations, and brings US down to Thurs
day night. The results, according tc
the same authority, were-a loss on oul
aet-exceeaine41
wounded, whilst that of the enemy was
" at least 20, 000"-our loss in prisoners
not known, that of the enemy 600
Washington and Cobb's artillery all los.
and our men not disheartened or dis
organized.
1t will be seen that the enemy's tele.
grams supply omission in a very disa
greeable manner But then the Yanke
!, Generals are VIGOROUSLY so regardless
and reckless of truth that it goes yer,
much against our grain to attach an
serious Importance to their statement
about the issue of battles. We comics
!, with the Petersburg Express, that on th
| present occasion our fears are that Grant
representations are not altogether fl
G titious, and these fears are warranted b
: the long continued silence of Bragg, VIII
= surely by Saturday could have manage
| to transmit a somewhat definite ofici
9 despatch to relieve the public anxiet
l. and aflay the painful approximations e1
r cited by suspense at SO Important a jun
q ture. He must have known with VIII
sagernsss the people everywhere at
distance from his headquarters, wou
s naturally and reasonably look for furth
n advices from him. He had prompt
telegraphed the War Department on t
Oath and 25th, respecting the struggle
a and capture of Lockout Mountain by t
i'll enemy sand of his Withdrawing all |
forces to Chickamauga. Five days ha
elapsed since the last of those despatc
es was sent by him, and, notwithstan
" ing their obvious tendency to alarm t
.e public mind as to his situation, not E
to other word has been heard from him
ch the subject, up to the hour we are Il
so writing. In the meantime, as was