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STATESVILLE, R. GtJ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1863.
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November 25th, 18C3. J
Myilaet ktter was clbsed rattier abruptly
ly the order to; march towards Ciiancellors
ville ; but, strange to ear,-! legin tliia sitting
within. ft(y yards of the. very ppot wliere'I
jiiuUhed he ;pther; under different circum
stances though, then we hak no shelter
arc a portable, Yankee tent ; now we have
, n very snug cabin, roomy and comfortable,
with oneVhote; gable end for a chimney and
fire-place. Weare ertcauipc(iiblDut an eiglitli
. of a mile in r$arof .the line of fortification on
"the Rapidnn hills Some thinlk nfiMtlonn
a more propria (; word than f fort i," since
they hav, leen etrngthencd, doubled and
trebled, until our works look like a contiuu
bvti fort from the uiouih of 1 1 it Jiappalian-
, nock. to the .'.J'lne JJidge. If the war hit'u
year or to longer we will havy the Conft'd-
v4tray ditched loorfc fronj the abolition king
dom in the" JCorth. . Uut hi winjt to know
bowit haiened that we got Uack here after
leaving started on our wsv to- eome other.
toint. ' I don't rey emher the date of my let-
ter cuthort so tmcercmonionsly, but I had
scarce ttiite enough to bundle up my tricks
nft'er the firr!t ulariii wa gvn, wlien aH were
oft', as. if joi a. race fut- life ; nor
was the gai(
slackened until we were seven
miles f
from, this place, though preciotml
tytle. if uny j
nearer Chanceflordville. An hoir t
y sun in .
the .evening (it was Frtday he) 13th in,tM) j ; We wereVb. Httlb gratified, when we ascer
we halted, andifter a hoit re?t went in , a t,mt t)ie;Doctor ha.J obtained his con-
camp in a magiiihcent forest 01 oak wxi pine
on the road leading from C)rarige C. If. to-
1-rcdcr.cksbufg. There we remamed during
Saturdny 14d, rrWri 2wt
rumor, north rfjort of a single gun dis-
turbed our pcae. A more charming day
inoi-pr lipmnpil in the SlinnV Soiiill. ?0 Cfllll). I
ao mild and serene. Even the slimmer bird
were tcmpjed to try their voice!, .and larks
and robins were turning up aroinuj ms in a
way that carried us in fancy back toourboy
hood's days, and male us wish, when awake
.to the reality, that sueh a thing as war had
nevers'been invented. The men stretched
themselves in the brown rustling leaves and
fclept, "and dreamed of tiunity days long gone
hv. ala-j ! with tnanv of us nel er more to
return. . ! !
Soon after dark (night of the l4tht) black, i
f.eavy cloiida arose ; glaring ICS of light- '
iring illuminated for a moment the Western
horizon leep t-hunder mutteredj ominously,
and i-re .we had temporary shelters construct
ed. a erfect slfiicje-ot water fell and tame
near inundating our " w hole camp. The
.liower did not last more than half an- hour,
but that wasi long enough to u
calculations about a tinfur!a
set all our
lc
snooze,
On tl)e
whiah wc had hail in anticipation.
.next morning at dav-hreak we leu another
f . .- T .
shower after the .same 8tvle, but it lasted
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I.iiim.v cf.j limn . 1.1 1 liAui-ll.- until T
.v..hV t 'v
o'eltck a. sin., when the clouds broke- away
again and the bright beams of tl sun shone
out cherily. JUilhow great lu? changelince,
yesterday in the aeiiect of ufTairs arou
us
Instead of quiet all was bustle and luiypy and
confusion in cariip; while on the; river five
or six miles' :uway
heavy discharges of can-
non kept up a , continual roar, fi
ling every
and dread
mind with painful apprehensions
forebodings. The drums throughout the
cauf were beating the l.on'g roll, jeome .were
drayving wet loads from their guns, some
were counting their cartridges and arranging
Jjiem- conveniently in their boxei. new caJV, - rcview
iniic ps n pn ihiuimii diil run iidips ri'ni mi . v
c . . j- "
others were bverhanliiig their knapsacks in I
order .to see w hat aiticlcs tliey could best dis
pense with, and away sucli articles would go
iu the. huhc5,--6ome wringing lieir blank
ets to get as much of the water out as jossi
Ue ; uoialew were Irving their jlest to get
ficli pr lame, aid went prowling round in
the woods 'eutting walking sticks and uta
kin inquiries after the M. D's. and the am
bulancescooking utensils ir were J carried up
and rations half cooked" thrust carelessly in
haversacks. Every thing and everybody was
turned. up side down, when the command
fall in";infctantly brought "order our of
chaos and the line took up itsi ni arch di
rectly towards the cannonading. Many
hearts beat violeutly in many manly boeoms,
not through fear but from intense excite
ment and suspense natural on all such occa
sions. After making a qnick and tiresome
march to a point within eight of the river we
halted, stacked arms and awaited further or
ders.j In the course of hal fan hoar a courier tons of metal per day, and. "those con
arrived bringing intelligence thatjthe enemy j tractors are delivering it kt Fort Sum
"had recro6sed the river to their own pide- ter "free ol charge, and without the
that the whole uproar was the result of an ' slightest injury U the old fort or its
nttnipted cavalry; raid on the part, of tli rc,?en ( j . j
enemy thatquiet was restored and we might
return to our camps. We.felt immensely re
lieved, and without delay returned to the
camp we had left that nfdrning. Meantime
the firing Lad ceased, and the. evening was!
as calm as any Sabbath we ever witnessed
at home. Quite early4 the following morning
we returned over the same road to this place ;
andnce then latigue parties have been at
work day and night repairing and Strength-'
eningbur line of breastworks.' The men have
erected comfortable shanties, an J altogether
are well prepared for winter should we get
to remain here, an event very uncertain ; for,
though rh 6tir was up an hour ago, nor has
been duns the last ten days, yet sines be
gin ivinglthia letter we have received orders
to prepare two days rations and be ready to
jnove at a moment's notice. My' luck ex
actly, just as sure as I begin a letter to the
Express, so sore do we get " marching orders,"
and if 4 certain member of the band ge,ts a
letter we are certain to march. Very dis
couraging, is it not? I expected that this
beautiful weather would brii:g bn a move
ment if not a fight, and now it seems likely
to do both. But ere long we will hnve6now,
and rain, and mud, and then all military
operations will enrol y cease. We will then
be located in a permanent eamp, somebody
wiTl briiig us boxes, no matter who, whether
Mr. Dillon or Mr. Chipley or any one else,
Jet them come, nor give us cause to think
that gentle hearts in Iredell, once so warm
and jitiagnaninious, have now grown cold and
sordid. We don't ask sharks, shirkers or
'speculators to 'remember us, but 6urely the
kind ladies ha Tiot forgotten that to th.era
we-owe nine tenths of the comforts we enjoy
in ih armv.
And in the melee pray don't
Your old friend
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'or the Ircdt-U ExjjfeiiS.
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Review Of Dr. Ramsay's Address,
jeered L fore the You, . Ladies f Concordh
.: vtale Cvllcae on Commencement dau. May
on,, Igai. "
Hcnt to pronoTmce the Literary Address at
i our late Commencement. From specimens
ofllon like occasions, in other institutions,
1 flome or wMcn ve reaJ. we antlcipflted
j' L-a a,jJrej8a to us ft rich entertainment
w , f that our anticipations
were more than realized. To say that we
were pleased would be to express the truth.
. but la 5art. We were not only much more
j bfjjhJy jilcased than we had been promising
j onrrfi'lf ; but we were delighted, entertained,
I edified. We doubt not th.it a discerning
j public vittFdA-th discourse justice, by agree
! ing with us that it is one of the Doctor's hap-
We' have been regretting that it has be.en
so ltlng in making its appearance before the
puMic in print. 15ut circumPtarices beyond
Ueir control, 'as our editors have intimated,
prevented its soonerappearingin the Express.
Tolhose who hal the pleasure of listening
.p tp its .eloquent delivery it will Le regarded as
' an old friend somewhat forgotten ; but met a
second lime, with 'great pleasure,. In its pre
' sent form the many excellent- truths it con
tains may be reviewed at pleasure, and may
be more deeply impressed upon the mind and
heart r good. By those appreciating read
ers who iliil not h'ear it a rich feast will be
j i -i ,r ' , r -i i v
; enjoved : while thev cannot fail to discover
t-, . , ' ' . . ,t i
; i he Doctor s earnest solicitude for the social,
I
I civil, intellectual and moral improvement
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; n ,v F!l'llUv 'uA v-u i Knmi,:pnfiv
evinced in their earnest request to see it in
print. We believed that it would do good,
if published. We ctn safely say that it can
not fail to do good, if but heeded apd reduced
to I'ractice. A4id without these 'things the
best discourse $n any subject must prove un
availing for good. To bespeak for the ad
dress a patienhearing even where the au
thor pinches hardest or deals most severely
with vices, r-nnd follies and failings of both
parents' and children, is one main object of
r i
A
1 T'i 1 It If f 1 X T I -V L I k I
Advancing:.
Ln conseqence of the continued advance in
the price of jtnnUng materials, many -of the
papers of the South are again-advancing
their terms. Two weekly papers published
iu Richmond have gone up to 20 per year,
and we see that the N. C. Presbyterian in
tends to advance to 0.5 These advances are
actually necessary in order to live and pay
expenses. We intend either to advance or
reduce the size of our paper (which. -would
our patrons prefer?) we would prefer to ad
vance the price and keep the paper at its
present size. Charlotte Democrat.
. .
Irog Contract.
Xho difficulty qf procuring iron in
the Southern Confederacy to be used
in easting shells antf ronnf shot gave
the officers in the Ordnance Djepart
ment a vast deal of trouble till General
Beauregard came to their relief. He
has contracted with Gillmoro and Dhal
gren, of the Federal arim-, for several
The House oil Eothschild.
Amocg all the Congresses held this 6um
mer, of piincea, lawyer, musicians, school
masters, social science men, political ecorcK
mists, and a hundred otjrl, one very notable
meeting has almost escaped public attention..
A few days ago our Paris correspondent told
us that a Congress of tlie members of the il
lustrious house of Rothschild has been sitting
at Paris- The purport bf the meeting was
nothing less than to re arrange the domin-'
ions Of the great banking dynasty. Inxne
word, the greafiobject 0f the great Roths
child Congress was to reduce the five branch
es of the house who now rule Europe to four,
andfollowing the example of Garibaldi, to ,
strike another sovereign of Naples from the revacuatea lKout Mountain, and withdrawn
list of reigning monarche. Henceforth there the right of Chattanooga creek. About 8
are to be bui lour kings of the houe of Roths? clock, . m. the fog cleared and revealed an
child, with secure thrones'at London, Paris, mmense-foree of Yake Uog-tfc baee of
Vienna and Frankfort
'It is now exactly a
, 1
hundred
Ired years since a poor Jew, called May- '
nsetni, made his appearance at. the cit ,
aLoyer, barefooted, with a sack on his t
er A
of Hat.0
shouldersjand a bundle of rags on bis back
Successful in trade, like moet of his co reli
gionigta, he returned tp Frankfort at the end
of a few jers, and set upasmall shopm the
"Jew Lane," over winch hilng the-eign-hoard
of a red schild, called in German roth-schild.
As a dealer in .old and rare coins, he made
the acquaintance of the Serene Elector of
Hesse Cassel, who happening to be in want
of a confidential agent for various open and
secret purposes, appointed the. s1i re wd look
ing Mayer Anselm to' the post. The Serene
Elector, being compelled soon after to fly hi
country, Mayer Anselm took charge of his
cash, amounting to several millions of florins.
With the instinct of his race, Anselm did not
forget to put the money out on good interest,
so that, before Napoleon was gone to Elba,
and the illustrious Elector had returned to
Cassel, the, capital had more than doubled.
The rulerof Hesse Cassel thought it almost
a marvel to get his money safely returned
from the Jew Lane of Frankfort, and at the
Congress of Vienna was never tired of stnging
the praise of his Hebrew agent to all the
Princes bf Europe. The dwellers under the
sign of the Red Shield laughed in their'
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lreat fact that the electoral two millions flor-
Iras had brought them four millions of their
iyw, Xever was honesty a better policy.
W' Mayer Anselm died in 1812, without hav-
ing tle supreme satisfaction of hearing his
honesty extolled by kings and princes. He
Jett live sons,- who succeeded Jjam in the
bao king and money leuding business, and
who, conscious of their social value, dropped
the name of Auselm, and adoptiug the high-
er sounaing one oi itotnscuiiu, taKen troiu
the sign-board of the paternal house. -On his
death bed their father had" taken a solemn
oath from all of them to hold his four mill
ions well together., and tbey! ha vejfalth fully
kept the injunction, Jiut the old city of
f ranktnrt cJearly wartoo narrow a realm
for the fruitful sowing of four millions; and,
in conscouencet the live were determined af
ter a wljiile tp extend their sphere of opera
tions by establishing branch banks at the
chief cities of Europe. The eldest eon, An
selm, born 1773, remained at Frankfort; the
second, Solomon, born in 1774, settled itVi
enna; the third, Nathan, born in 1777, went
to London ; the fourth, Charles, the infant
terrible of the family, established hi nself in
the soft climate of Naples ; and the fifth and
youngest, James, born 1(J2, took up hie
residence at Pans.
Strictly united, the wealth and power of
the live Kothschilds was vested in the eldest
born; nevertheless, the shrewdest of the sons
of Mayer Anselm," and heirofhis genius,
Nathan, the third son .soon took thereinsof
government into his own hands.; By his
faith in Wellington and the flesh and muscle
of British soldiers, he nearlyf doubled-' the
fortune of the family, gaining, more than a
miHion sterling by the sole haitle of Water
loo, the news of which he carried to England
two da6 earlier than the mail. .The weight
of the solid, millions gradually transferred
the ascendency ui the family from Germ an' v
to England, making. London ; the metropolis
of the reiirnin dynasty of Rothschild. Like
the royal families of Europe, the members el
the house of Rothschild onlyintennarrv with
each other. James Rothschild married 'the
daughter of his brother Solomon ; his son
Edmond, heir apparent of the French line,
was ui.ited to his first cousin, the daughter
of Lionel, and grand-daughter of Nathan
Rothschild ; and Lionel again -member o
Parliament tor Ixmuon-atave his hand m
1830 to his first cousin Charlotte, thedaugh
ter of Charles Rothschild, of Naple3.
. It is unnecessary to state that, though
these matrimonial alliances have fcept the
millions wonderfully together, they have, not
improved the nice ol old Mayer Anselm, o
the Red Shield. Already signs of physica
weakness are becoinin-Jvibfe in the grea
family. So at least hint the french papers
inlheir meagre notices about the Rothscln!
j Congress at Paris., From all that can be
L7 altered out ot the wilderness oi canants,
sjnnn taces ana iuick ncnon, n appears uiai
MS .
the sovereigns of'.tlie Slock Llxchanffe met in
conference for the double purpose of central
izing their money power and widening their
matrimonial realm. "In other words, the th e
' reigning kings, descendants, according to the
law of primogeniture, ot the five sons ot Jiay
er Anselm, came to the decision to reduce
their number to four, by cutting oft' the Ne
apolitan branch of Charles Rothschild, while
it was likewise decided that permission should
be given to the youngest members of the
family tonarry, for ihe benefit af the race,
beyond'the range of first eousinship. What
has led to the exclusion of the Neapolitan
line of Rothschild seems to have been the
constant exercise of a. highly blameabie lib
erality, unheard of in the annals of the fam
ily. Charles, the prodigal son of Mayer An
selm, actually presented, in the year 1840,
ten thousand ducats to the Orphan Asylum
of St. Carlo at Naples, and the son and heir
of Charles, Gustav us, has given repeated
signs of his inclination to follow in the foot
steps of his father. Such conduct, ntterW
unbecoming of the policy of the house of
Rothschild could not be allowed to pass un
noticed, and accordingly we quote the ru
mor of Paris journalism the dcchchancc of
the Neapolitan line has been pronounced.
However, Baron Gustavus de Rothschild is
not td retire into private life, like the famous
Charles V, with only a cassock on his horJ-
der and a prayer book in his hand, bnt is al
. f j
lowed to take with him a email fortune of
45O,ftOO,OO0 francs, or aoot fcix millions 6ter: ;
ling a mere CYumb from the table of the de
scendants of the poor-Mayer Anselm, whd
Wandered shoeless through the Electorate of
the good King"George I II. It is certain that
no romance of royalty is equal to the romance
of the house of Rothech'ld. London Globe.
The ate Battle.
A' correspondent -of the. Knoxville Register j
furnishes the following particulars of the late
; battle near Chattanooga : ' ' ,
The morning of the 25tli came Very thick
and rlsy
During the night our forces, had
.DiiBgionarv ttinpe. vren rraff naa vanatea
ma-quarters aurmg tne nignt, nence, wnen
the enemy opened, their terrific cannonading
onJ hat point, they, found no game.
The fight conliwiied furiously during sever-
at hours, when comparative quiet reigned.
We could not perceive the result, but from
the fact that that point is only four and a
half miles from Chickamauga Station, and
that the enemy had not made-any demonstra
tions on that place, they could not have gain
ed much advantage over our left.
At 9 o'clock heavy canonading was heard
on our extreme right. Soon the battle raged
furiously. Gen. Qleburne had taken position
during the night on the extreme right of Mis
sionary Ridge and massed the greater portion
of his forces near the Tunnel At this fint
Swell's battery was posted and during "the
entire day it kept up its continuous music.
1 he 'Yankees marshaled their forces ' in
long and broad columns 'from Chattanooga,
and the various positions along the Citice
creek, advancing like the cloud on the un
flinching heroes of Cleburne's and Cheat
ham's commands. Sherman's corps, sup
posed to number 35,000 men, advanced to
the assault, and made assault after assault
against the impregnable position.
During the hours between 11 a. m. to 5 p.
m., the firing of musketry and cannon was
ncessant. We have never heard it equalled
on any field on which it has been our lot to
do battle. But their charges were unavail-
ng. They were beaten back time aud again.
At one time they came within fifteen feet of
Swett's battery, when the 5tli Arkansas; with,
a yell and a volley that echoed high above
the dim of war, drove them back. Numbers
of the men finding their guns so fouled as to
be useless, cast them away and threwrbeks
mt A (ha frj fo r f ilia Cva i
111 tit v t0 J 1 VU j J J.
On Irishman whose left baud was eo
shatted that he could not hold; hfe- gun,
threw stones until he was exhausted, and
came back swearing that while ol J Pat was
there the boys could whip all the damned
Tramreeh niey-couTd bring against them.
riie 2d Iennesseealso,wa8 supporting this
battery, and for infernal stubborn fighting it
has never been surpassed.
One more assault at 4 p. m., and Sher
man's corps' received a terrific punishment
that made them turn and fly down the hill
and soon they were ldSf to view in the 6ink
ing murky clouds of war. Our forces pur
sued them rapidly, and the last, account we
had. from the foe was that thev had crossed
the Tennessee, and we had destroytd their
pontoons at the1 month of the Chickamauga
At 4j p m an attack was made some dis
tance down the ridge towards our centre, and
judging from the terrible and rapid firing of
musketry our forces were slowly retiring over
the crest of the ridge. The continuous and
heavy firing was heard at 5i p. ni., when the
train left.
We can form no estimate of aur loss,
though we know a laVge number of wodnded
were received at theneld and general hospi
tals. But the Yankees turned their pale and
bloody faces to the setting sun on the western
slope of the ridge by so many hundreds, that
wc are satisfied that hell had one)f its grand
est jubilees over its accessions from their
ranks. The slaughter in the path of our bat
teries was awful nd immense, but not one
assault on us proved successful.
Green's Victory in Louisiana.
A correspondent of the Louisiana Democrat
writing of Green's victory over the Yankees
under Franklin at Bordeaux, near Opclausas,
says,:
' General Green attacked the enemy, con
sisting of the 13th army corps, commanded
by Gen. Bainbgriage, of the United States
army, causing great havoc among them, dri
ving them from the field, -throujh their
camps, taking possession of their whole en
campment, completely routing their entire
command and capturing their artillery and
parts of their cavalry, &c. The fight com
menced yesterday at 12 o'clock, finishing at
two. 'Fhe enemy conleot el airery inch of
ground, falling back slpwly before onr brave
boys, who made the woods resound with
their continuous eheers, and the earth trem
ble under the steady tramp of their resistless
The infantry commanded bv Col. Roberts,
JOf, Walker's Division, consisting of his own,
Col. King,8 and Ilarrison's.regimeots. were
thrown on the extreme left, resting on Bayou
Bourdeaux, being sheltered by the woods
which skirted the Bayou for four hundred
vards on each side. Here began the fight
with the rrreatest' fierceness, and here the-
brunt 6f it was borne. In the meanwhile
Green's and. Major's brigades, Bopn's-battal-
ion, and one section of Daniel's and the Val-
verde battery, "were ordered through the prai
rie od the fextreme right to flank the enemy's
position and charge his haitery, which was
pouring a hail of shell and canister through
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the ranks of our infantry, without much
damage on account ot the thicKness or the
woods. Our battery sections were soon in
position, supported br-Green's dismounted
brigade,-opened with a telling fire upon the
enemy 8 guns. Alajor was aireaay in posi
tion with his cavalryto the right of the -batteries.
At this juncture of affairs, Gen.
Green ordered the entire command to charge,
leading it side by side with Major Tbe cav
airy, at fall speed, flanked the enemy, whilst
the infantry at double quick, with intermin
able 8houts,charged frantically npon them,
taking their battery, routing and scattering
their boatted "13th Army Corps" to -the four
winds. It was one of the most -beautiful
sights of the war. The cavalry and infantry
- 1 charging at full run, over an open Jpfairie,
a . .
some fifteen hundred yards. The enemy left
over one hundred dead upon the field. Out
loss" was very.slight. We captured 538 non-
commissionen ofheers and privates. 14 lieu-?
tenants, 10 captains, 1 colonel and J lieuten
ant colonel ; besides these, there are fifty
wounded in our hands 6hot through the arms
Or body, who were able to walk from the
field ; a' like number who were, not able to
move were left behiul. Nearly 11 of our
wounded Were brought off. The -enemy
came up with their entire command, where
upon we fell back to our former position.
We were only able to- bring off one of the -pieces
of artillery captu red, a 10 pounder Par
rott: The others having their horses killed
and disabled, we spiked and left them on the
field. Their tents, commi8ary and ordnance
stores being destroyed, our army fell back in
good order- ajid arftvxeadx- acH-Bit -tarn
eet them agaiu. .
Description of Lookout Mountain.
A correspondent gives the following de
scription of Lookout Mountain, which is in
teresting as giving a correct understanding of
the situation and importance of this point
and the position of our army :
The ascent. of Lookout Mountain is gained
by an excellent road that rises from the con
fluence of Chattanooga Creek, two miles west
of the depot at tJhattanooga, and reaches trie
top of the mountain ai mile in the' rear- of
Lookoiit peak. I here we found a most ex
cellent summer resortt resembling in appear
ance a fashionable watering place, with beau
tilul and commodious,hctel buildings, and all
else to render the place attractive to seekers
of pleasure. Fine freestone springs1 are also
flowing in profusion. This beautiful village
is known by the appellation of Summer
Town There is quite a commanding view
from the fourth floor of the hotels hut the
8ubhmest scenery is spread before the behold
er from the huge borders of rock that rise so
rough and rugged from -the extreme north
west point ot the?mountain oveiwoking the
1 ennessee river. Ihis peak we suppose to be
near three miles trom Uhattanoaga, on an air
line; direction nearly west; eleva'lion (near
two thousand feet above the river
The general course of the Tennessee river
flowing from the northeast to the south west,
but as seen from the Lookout, the .shape of
the river, from above Chattanooga to Brown 6
Ferry, below the mountain. s somewhat sim
ilar to the letter S, Chattanooga being in the
southern- bend and Moccasin ridge in the
northern. .The abruptness of the lower bend,
however, is better represented by- the name
Moccasin Bend. The beholder is struck vith
the similarity of the neck "of land embraced
by tljis bend to an Indian moccasin. Chat
tanooga is the instep, the confluence of Chat
tanooga Creek is the tbe, and confluence of
Lookout Creek the heel, and the pontoon f
bridge at lirown a rerry the ankle above the
heel. The shrubbery along the river banks
represents the fringe or beads of the moccasin.
Lookout is opposite the bottont of he foot,
and Moccasin Ridge is the leg and foot. ..The
batteries th?.t fire so frequently upon us may
be styled the top of the toe.
The distance from the pontoon bridge in
the rear of Chattanooga, across the apkle 5f
Moccasin Ridge to the pontoon at Brown's
Ferry is apparently about, a mile, while
around the river it is five or six miles. From
the stand-point we occupied, Missionary
Ridge is seen extending from north to south,
three miles southwest of and fronting Chat
tanooga. Chattanooga Valley and Creek are
between Missionary Ridge and Lookout
Mountain. -
Lookout Valley and Creek .are west of
Lookout Mountain, and between it and Rac
coon'Mountain, which is five" miles beyond
the peak. Walden's Ridge is 'on the oppo
site side of the river, nearly north. Between
Raccoon Mountain land Walden's Ridge is
the passage of the river, with the "suck" and
suck and
"honing pot."
The Federals now hold Rac-
coon Mountain and the Valley of Chattanoo
ga beyonLChattanooga Creek
Gen. D. H. Hill's Card,
. Lieut. General D. II.. Hill has published
the following card in defence of his action on
the bloody field ofX'hickamauga :
A CARD".
As several erroneous statements have been
made in regard to my being relieved from
duty with the Army of Tennessee, ii cannot
rbe improper to give the facts in the, case.-
When the order relieving me was ,receired,
I called npon General Bragg and asked the
cause of it. He said tha't he had no cause
of complaint against me up to the close of
the batlle on the i-Uth of September ; that no.
imputation, had been, or could be made
against my military character,-, and. that he
would nromi'tly rebuke any one making such
in his presence I then asked what could be
the reason for his action. He alleged as the
eaupe an expression f opinion on inr part
I inquired why I alone was held responsible
for this utterance, when-the other three corps
commanders (Longstreet, Bnckner and Chea
tham) had concurred in it; To this no satis
factory answer was given.
The insinuation made by some of the army
correspondents of my Deing;tardy in attack
.i - . ,-.-. . , ri I
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ing on the morning oi the zuth oeptemoei
is. unjust." The first intimation I received
that we were to be the assailants, was an or
der to adrance from the wing commander,
(Gen. Tolk) received at 7:25 a. m. And the
first I heard bf the contemplated attack at
daylight was from Gen. Bragg himself, some
half hour later; I he four-essential prepara
tions for battle had not been made; at Z a. m.,.
and, in fact,' could not be made without the
presence of the Commander-in chief, who
then appeared on the field.
Lieut. Gen. Longstreet has since told roe
that he was so far from being ready at day-
light, that he was not evtn ready when I be-
corfts was engaged more than an hour before
a trigger was drawn by any other troops.
To the fierceness of the assault- by thisheroKS
corps, the ankees ascribe thefr massing on
our right. If 1 am not greatly mistaken, we
had gained the Chattanooga road, turned the
Yankee worfc3. and nearly reached .the Kelly
House before the left wing came intb action.
The Yankees concentrated their forces rati
idly to regain the key point of their position.
Generals Helm and Deshter were killed, and
Gen. Adams was wounded and captured by
the overwhelming masses thrown against my
sinele cornsJ Gen. Adams told me that the
: Yankees, in conversation with him, ascrjbod''
j
the ,lpf the battle tO'their withdrawing
too raaj troops front, their right to meet theV
nwmirj attack of mjr .heroi men ok their
left- I fy would seem that the delay in attaei
ing on ur left led them to believe ihat our
force! Jvere massed on the right. All th
Yanfcei accounts of the battle agree in this
TfewMqur plan tf attack. X
I Juertni no Urine on oar left until
finelrps of -Walker and LiddeU had com
to oqrfnpport. . ' " , .
Tllefjcharge of tardiness being disposed of!
it mye well to ijuote to the self-constitoted
critics 3lh following extract from the letter
of th.Ldjutant General, in refusal of inr ap
Pl.,c,f or a wirt or inquiry: "Indeed,
wuojj asa omcer oi your past eemca and p-.
proved gallautry, military delinquency is a
presfittiption not to be ind aired br anv one.
And Mudnly rnt in' Uiae U Wrg
or cnvpiaint sanctioned vy tbe iepartment.
5 "R:
en; Rragg haying been relief el, of
the eimand of the army, of ths. West at Us
owniruest, Qtn. Jos, E. Johnston has bee
appealed in his stead. The' Confederate ar
my 'fa ig:e th e late retreat from Chattanooga
had -jWfen reorganized and was in Hoe of bat
tle dh Ah Is side of Ringgold Gaand near
the ofn. . Speaking of the late battle of
Chafpooga ihe Atlanta yucr saye:.
, Sd tyr- as the battleitself is concerned, we
have ypth i ng to deplore. The Federal loss
was .tenfold greater than our own, and we on
ly regjet (hat prudential consideratiOM pre-,
cludfc n exposition of all the facts which
would atiefy every Southerner, that the,re-
versi Unstained, was unavoidable. That one
win the army should hate failed to main
tain it position with distinguished valor and "
succje of the other, is a fact of which we
mayf r&t now with propriety give any explan
ation. .
The supplies of Grant's vast army are not
more abundant now than before the retreat
of Brajg's army. - The facility of communi
catin6with Bridgeport is improTed, ' hut a
6Inghs jine4p railway will not furnish , sup
p'iesj .fF more than one hundred thousand
meir artd thirty thousand horses." Grant can
not ;vit prosecute the invasion. Ha mar.
when he river rises. His cavalry mfty- be
com touhles6mebut this will be annoyance
rathBKthan a cause of disaster, if the people
dothiffduty. ' ; ' ' ,
Th( Register says Lieut Martin, Quarter
masteg in . Cobb's Begion, who deft IiOng
stret cemtnand oh Saturday laetat 12 o'- '
clocfc.epbrts that Gen. Ransom- and Back
ne.r'4 fvisionB, un4er.Gen. Buehrod j'ohn-'"
stonj Adjoined Longetreet; Uiat a portion
of 14itgrtreet'8 forces were. on the north side
bf tepolstpn river near Knoxville and that
Burnsgle was completely surrounded.
Priineis.aA wall as euiun wre constant-'
ly amy ing within, our lines. They report
t h atles enemy was entirely out of bread and
but ia mall quautity.of meal remained for
their, sSibBfetance. . "
Theenemy burn houses every night to
previ the city being stormed.
Bofirnlow had escaped with his Press but
our ;fcfcc captored his type and paper 30
miles lom Knoxvillej. 1
irf)roop8 have an abundance of supplies
excepting satt.
Honjble Murder A Wife Contrives
tne ueatn of her Husband. '
A ifttrocioua " murder . was recently
perpetrated in the county of Carroll,-Va;
Mfiarvin, an Old and hiirbry respectable
citizia was assassinated by one of his, sir-
vantin last b nJay. The means eroploved
was ariiet of wood, with which the victim
was Mocked senseless, when his throat was
cut foi earto ear . He was then dragged '
to A efipin, uutil nieht. and. under cove? of
1 v nfl1li:neHs pnuvevorl tn u wall j
tUr,&n Tl, vvi j-jLu:.- i:rAi
a colbxd5 woman, who exposed the crime
and right the culprit to apprehension. A
search vas niade, and the body of Mr. Irvin,
mand and-ereeped- tn gore, was found, at .
thehTotJom of the well. The negro man; on
beiu carried, before his mistress, charged
hef wiljt being ihe instigator of the murder.
He eay that she offered him a thousand
dollara'and his freedom to make way with
beiMiusi)ana.
' Shocking Murder.
- A we man named Helen Macarthy was
murdered Thursday evening by her husband.
JoeephiJohn Macartby the partieslived
in a tenament bouse at tbe corner, of Gary,
and jth streets. About 8 o'clock Tharsdav,
the. neighbors beard a considerable noise and
the cry; of "murder" in Macarthy's apart'
ments. ooon after, the lifeless body ofJlra.
Macarthy was discovered at the foot of ike
stairs and, on further examination, Macar
thy Uitnself was found with aMliaflieicd
wound.m his side, rhercwere several gash
es upoa the neck of Mrs. Macartby, all in
flicted ith a shoemaker's knife found on
the premises;
1 he husband was a shoemaker by trade.
He, waajient to the Alms House Hospitals-
There Vere no witnesses of the foul deed, and
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l -ff n a rnfltrMHAn jfl t a ninMMtoi I MmsiH tin.
,Bb'v, y " "
known til disdosed by Macartby.
The df ceased was apparentlyaboat thirty
five '.-yeaia of age,-Richmond Whig, v u "
nPresident Davis. ;,
The Georgia Legislature hat Jttdopteji the
following resolutions: - --:,
Vnt aws, his Excellency, -Tefferson Davis,
President of the Confederate States for hie
unselfish; patriotism and untiring devotionHo
the interest of the whole coontry in;' the try
ing period of onr conn try's history, ie entitled
tathelgfattrudeof Ihe people and ommerr
J datwrv oJ eery enlightened patriot, Useremre,
Besotted, ly the Senate end JIovwCj Itepr-
tentative cf the State of Georgia ik General Ai-
lemMy &el, TTbat the state ot Ueorgie, fully
appreciating the onerows triale end ardaooe
dutietevoiving npon the Cliief Magistrate of
the (federate States, and hi ielf denying
sacrifices, tenders to him the assurance of nn
abateonfidenee and an unaUerable' deter
mination to sustain him in his effort to con
quer an honorable pescs and maintain th
liberties ofct he people.
v RetolrvU That his Excellency the Govern
or be requested 4o transmit toHrs Excelleocy,
the Ptesent, a copy bf tl7e forolng pream
ble and retolutkr-