back and took position as the left wing. War¬ 
ren’s (2d) corps, on the right, drove the rebel 
skirmishers beyond Robertson’s Tavern, and 
formed the center on the right. Gen. Prince’e 
division, consisting of the 2d and 3d corps, met 
a heavy body of Ewell’s corps and fought them 
several hours, until the remainder of the corps 
came up, and later the 6th corps. The 3d corps 
lost heavily. The loss Is estimated at 500 killed 
and wounded and many prisoners, but we se¬ 
verely punished the enemy in killed and 
wounded, and took, as Gen. French reports, 900 
prisoners. Our forces on the center had no 
severe fighting, and consequently our loss is 
light 
On Saturday morning it was discovered that 
the enemy’s center had fallen back. 
Their skirmishing lines are in the woods, some 
mile and a half nearer Orange Court House. 
The heavy rains, it was thought, would hinder 
any heavy offensive field operations on Satur¬ 
day. 
It was reported that Gen. Kilpatrick's cavalry 
division and Gen. Custer attempted to cross 
under the rebel batteries at Racoon Ford on 
Friday, and were driven back. Heavy guns 
were heard there all the P. M., tending to con¬ 
firm the truth of the report that the enemy used 
no artillery on our front on Friday, and we have 
very little, owing to the densely wooded and 
hilly character of the ground. 
had seized the end of Missionary Ridge next to 
the river and was entrenching himself. General 
Howard with a brigade opened communication 
with him from Chattanooga on the south side of 
the river. 
General Hooker scaled the slope of Lookout 
Mountain, and from the valley of Lookout Creek 
drove the rebels around the point He captured 
some 2,000 prisoners and established himself high 
up the mountain side, in full view of Chatta¬ 
nooga. This raised the blockade, aud now the 
steamers were ordered from Bridgeport to Chat¬ 
tanooga. They had run only to Kelly's Ferry, 
whence ten miles of hauling over mountain 
roads and twice acrosB the Tennessee River on 
two pontoon bridges brought us our supplies. 
All night the point of Missionary Ridge, on the 
extreme left, and at the side of Lookout Moun¬ 
tain, and on the extreme right, burned the camp 
fires of loyal troops. Tbeday had been one of mist 
and rain, and much of Hooker’s battle was 
fought above the clouds, which concealed him 
from our view, but from which bis guns were 
heard. During the night the sky cleared, and in 
the full moon the traitor’s doom shone upon the 
beautiful scene till 1 P. M., when the twinkling 
sparks upon the mountain side showed that 
picket skirmishing was going on: then it ceased. 
A brigade sent from Chattanooga crossed the 
Chattanooga Creek and opened communication 
with Hooker. 
Gen. Grant’s headquarters during the P. M. of 
the 23d and the day of the 24th, were in Wood’s 
redoubt, except in the course of the day he rode 
along the advanced lines, visiting the headquar¬ 
ters of the several commanders in Chattanooga 
valley. 
At daylight of the 25th the Stars and Stripes 
were discovered on the peak. The rebels had 
evacuated the mountain. Gen. Hooker moved 
went through the wheel-house. She was struck 
by a shell in the boiler deck. There being a 
heavy fog, she escaped further injury. No lives 
were IobL 
There is a report, which is authentic, of a 
strong rebel force gathering at Clinton La., and 
another at Woodville, MisB. 
The rebels are very active all along the river, 
from Baton Rouge to the Mississippi State line, 
and all their movements look to preparations for 
concentrating and planting batteries to obstruct 
the commerce of the Mississippi. 
From Western Louisiana there is newB of a 
very well managed reconnoiseuuee and surprise 
of the enemy on the 20th. Cavalry w-ere sent 
out on the Abbey ville road and the Vermillion- 
ville, In the rear of Camp Pratt, supported by 
infantry and artillery. They took the enemy 
completely by surprise, capturing the whole of 
the 6th Texas, with the exception of 25 men, 
commanded by Col. Bagley. The Lieut.-Col* 
onel and Major were absent and escaped. They 
also dispersed the 2d Louisiana cavalry, (rebel,) 
and returned with a slight loss. 
The nows from Gen. Banks, in Texas, con¬ 
tinues good. He has captured Corpus Christi, 
and several smaller places. 
The Texans are exhibiting evidences of Union¬ 
ism wherever the army marches, so much so 
that arms and equipments for them, particularly 
for the cavalry service, are being sent from New 
Orleans. 
The N. O* Era has dispatches from Mobile 
papers of the 18th, which say that Charleston 
has been burning 63 hours, and Gilmore's shell 
are constantly making it worse. Nearly all the 
men in Sumter were killed by the fall of the 
remaining wall, under which they had taken 
refuge. 
The Era says St. Luke’s Church, on Hercules 
street, had been burned by incendiaries, because 
it was used as a negro school. 
The Navy Department has been informed that 
recently acting Lieutenant-Commanding Smith, 
of the steamer Bermuda, re-captured the schooner 
Campbell, off Pensacola Bar, from a gang of 
rebels commanded by the notorious Jas. Duke. 
Two other schooners were In company with the 
Campbell,—one was burned and the other went 
safely up to Pensacola Bay. Six men were cap¬ 
tured, but Duke escaped. 
Very latest by telegraph to the South-west 
Pass: 
New Orleans, Nov. 21.—On the 17th inst 
our forces attacked Aransas City, TexaB, and it 
surrendered. We captured 100 prisoners and 
three guns. 
2Tt)C Nots €cmi>cn0er. 
This year’s crops in Canada are a success. 
Emancipation in the Dutch East Indies works weH all 
Our flag on the land, our flag on the ocean, 
An angel of peace wherever it goes; 
Nobly sustained by Columbia’s devotion, 
The angel of Death it shall be to our foea. 
True to its native sky, 
Still shall our Eagle fly, 
Casting his sentinel glances afar:— 
Tho' bearing the olive branch 
Still in his talons staunch, 
Grasping the bolts of the thunders of war. 
around. 
Peru employs 250,000 persons in the India rubber 
business. 
Fifty tuns of grapes passed through Detroit one day 
last week. 
The Washington hotels are going to charge $3 per 
day this winter. 
— Six inches of snow lately fell in Machias, and a foot 
in Eastport, Me, 
— A woman was recently smothered to death la a mud- 
hole in St. Louis. 
— The official count in N. Y. State gives a Republican 
majority of 29,505. 
— Wm. E. Dodge, of New York, has given $10,000 to 
found a college in Syria. 
— Lord Brougham in a recent speech referred to a work 
he published 50 years ago I 
— The receipts of tho North-western Sanitary Fair at 
Chicago were over $65,000. 
— They are going to have a wine “congress” iu Paris, 
to decide which Is the best. 
— Rations given to Vicksburg people during thirty 
days coat Uncle Sam $52,000. 
— The cotton that came to New Orleans in September 
and October was 23,400 bales. 
— Thirty editors and printers were among the killed 
and wounded at Cbickaznanga. 
— New Ipswich, N, H,, entered her full quota of nei, 
under the but call, over a week ago. 
— English landlords are bewailing the increased emi¬ 
gration from Ireland to America. 
— The subscriptions to the Rhode Island hospital reach 
$275,000, and arc still coming in. 
— The rebels now hold as prisoners no less than seven 
correspondents of the N. Y. Herald. 
— Edwin Hammond, of Middlebury, Vt., lately sold 
two Spanish Merino ewes for $1,600. 
— The loss at tho late fire in Nevada City was $550,000, 
of which only $50,000 were Insured. 
— Java yelds the Dutch government a million dollars 
annually by the traffic in bird’s nests. 
— The Maryland farmers are importing German agri- 
culturists—no negro labor procurable. 
— Prir.e property to the amount of $1,860,183 89, has 
been sold in New York since the 15th ult. 
— Tho Cincinbati Knquiror says the Government has 
recently purchased some twenty steamers. 
— The voters in Venango Co., Pa., the great oil county, 
increased In two years from 1,713 to 6,265. 
— Black Squirrels are swarming the Canadian woods to 
a greater extent than for many years past. 
— Consul Giddings is to be tried for kidnapping Red- 
path, before the Buperior Court of Canada. 
— The cranberry crop of Cape Cod amounts to 8,896 
barrels, at the aggregate value of $88,000 25. 
— Bishop Polk is not likely, Southern people say, to 
re-enter the pulpit when this cruel war is over. 
— Corn 16 feet 4 inches high, from West India seed, 
has been raised this season at South Norwalk, Ct. 
— The Waynesburg (Pa.) Republican puts Abraham 
Lincoln for President at the head of its columns. 
— The last survivor of the massacre of Wyoming, 
Jeremiah Spencer, died on the 22d ult. at New-Hartford, 
Conn. 
— It is said there will soon be enough colored troops on 
the Mississippi to guard the whole river and garrison the 
towns. 
— There are 38,183 houses of worship in the U. 8., of 
which 12,814, or about thirty-three per cent, are in reb- 
eldom. 
— The inmates of the Massachusetts State Prison are 
making articles to be sold at a Sanitary Fair to be held in 
Boston. 
— A bill to allow any one to change his name as often 
as he chooses has been introduced into the Vermont Leg¬ 
islature. 
— It is expected that coal can be obtained at Fabius, 
Onondaga county, N. Y., and a shaft is being sunk for the 
purpose. 
— One hundred million more feet of lumber than usual 
are iu the Western markets, and yet the prices are higher 
than ever. 
— There are 8,650,000 bushels of coal in the Yougiog- 
heny and the pools at Monongahela, Pa., waiting for a 
rise to get out. 
— Oswego prepared corn is a favorite article in England, 
for puddings, custards, &c., and is largely advertised in 
the Loudon papers. 
— Not leas tlian 30,000 persons have emigrated from 
California to Nevada Territory, attracted by the gold mines 
in the latter region. 
— The government taxes levied thus far upon the prop¬ 
erty in the 3d Congressional District of Massachusetts 
amount to $700,470. 
— The city fathers of Schenectady have authorized the 
purchase of 100 cords of wood for the use of the poor of 
that city this winter. 
— During the quarter ending on the 30th of September 
last 1,314,375 letters were delivered by carriers from the 
Philadelphia post office. 
— More than half a million of bricks have been used 
iu the construction of the dome alone of the new Catholic 
cathedral in Philadelphia. 
— A submarine volcano has lately broken forth about 
twenty five miles from Sicily, and formed a small island 
eighty or ninety yards long. 
— The English fleet of gunboats built during the Cri¬ 
mean war are fast decaying, and many have been declared 
useless, and are broken up. 
— The total indebtedness of the State of Georgia is 
$14,149,410. This is $47 of indebtedness for every white 
male inhabitant of the 8tate. 
— Coal that ia shipped to Cincinnati on speculation is 
confiscated by a municipal committee, and distributed 
where it will do the most good. 
— Great complaint is made at Richmond that business 
men, Instead of investing their money in Confederate 
scrip, are purchasing real estate. 
ROCHESTER, N., Y., DECEMBER 5, 1863. 
The Army in Virginia. 
On the A. M. of Thanksgiving Day, the 
Army of the Potomac broke camp and marched 
toward the Rapidun in three columns. The 
right, consisting of the 3d corps, supported by 
the 6th, was ordered to cross at Jacob’s Ford. 
The 2d corps to cross at Germania Ford, and the 
5th, supported by tho 1st. to cross at Culpepper 
Ford, between Germania and Ellis’ Ford. The 
center column arrived at Germania about noon. 
Only a small picket of Georgia cavalry were 
seen on the other side. 
Early’s corps (formerly Gen. Ewell’s) was for¬ 
tified from a point near Mountain Run, south of 
the Rapidun, following the crest of hills west- 
wardly to the railroad, where it connected with 
Hill’s corps, which covered the Rapidan, thence 
westwardly. The enemy’s right flank near tho 
mountain was protected by a line of works di¬ 
verging from the river defences, running south 
and then south-west, resembling our own posi¬ 
tion at Gettysburg. Our crossing points, there¬ 
fore, were all between the Rappahannock and 
the rebel position. A portion of our troops 
reached the other side of the Rapidun during the 
day, aud tho remainder on the 27th, together 
with the headquarters, which moved before 9 
o’clock A. M. The enemy were discovered in 
force, but contracted their lines aud fell back 
from the river.. No opposition was made to our 
crossing, excepting at one of the upper fords. 
Shortly after this, 9 A. M., a heavy cannonading 
commenced, and continued up to 5 P. M., with¬ 
out intermission. 
The. Army of the Potomac advanced at 6 
o’clock on the morning of the 27th from near 
Germantown, Culpepper and Jacob's Fords, and 
formed in line of battle, tho center resting on 
the Fredericksburg turnpike, near Robertson’s 
tavern. The left advanced along the plank 
road, forming a curve toward Gordonsville, and 
the rest terminating near the Rupidan, south¬ 
west of Jacob’s Ford, 
Department of tho South. 
The correspondent of the Boston Traveller, 
writing from Folly Island under date of the 
16th, says: 
The loss of the rebels is said to be from five to 
twelve dally. Our casualties a few weeks ago 
were fully equal to the rebels, but now that the 
effective guns of the enemy have been silenced, 
our casualties are rare. Fort .Sumter suffers in 
meek silence, not displaying even her flag more 
than half the time. Fort Moultrie and Johnson 
shoot with no great vigor, and our men easily 
dodge under cover and avoid danger. Mean¬ 
time new forts are being thrown up on this and 
adjacent islands, which will shortly command 
all navigable channels, and give relief to our 
blockading squadron. Thus slowly but surely 
the work goes on the right of our cause and 
the strong arm of the nation prevails, and the 
good time so long coming still advances. 
The N. Y. Herald's Morris Island letter says: 
During Sunday night the monitor Lehigh, 
while on picket duly near Fort Sumter, got 
aground. Daylight discovered her position to 
the enemy, who at ouco began a furious fire upon 
her, both from James and Sullivan’s Islands. 
Three other monitors, the Montauk, Passaic and 
Nahant, moved to aid her. The Admiral 
boarded the Nahant, and called for volunteers to 
carry a hawser to the Lehigh. Out of the num¬ 
ber who offered themselves, the surgeon and two 
sailors were accepted, and proceeded on their 
desperate mission uuder a tremendous fire. 
After three attempts, they succeeded iu getting 
a line fast to the Lehigh, aud at the turn of the 
tide the Nahant towed her off. Admiral Dahl- 
gren promoted tho two seamen on the spot to 
the rank of petty officers. Commander Bryson, 
of the Lehigh, and the executive officer, Lieut. 
Hopkins, were both wounded. 
Fifteen shells were thrown into Charleston on 
tho 19th. There is very little firing this 
Movement* in tho West and South-West. 
Tennessee. — Major-General Grant has 
been giviDg us glad tidings from his Department 
Our space will only permit the publication of the 
following official papers: 
Chattanooga, Not. 25—7,15 P M, 
7b Major-General HaUeck ;— Although tho 
battle lasted from early dawn till dark, i believe 
I am not premature in announcing a complete 
victory over Bragg. Lookout Mountain top, 
all the rifle pits iu Gbattauooga Valley and Mis¬ 
sionary Ridge entire, have been carried, and are 
held by ns. II. S. Grant, Maj.-Gen. 
Ciiattanoog 4, Nov. 25—Midnight. 
To Maj.-General HaUeck. General-in-Chief:— 
The operations of to-day have been more suc¬ 
cessful than yesterday, having carried Missionary 
Ridge from near Roseville to the railroad tunnel, 
with a comparatively email loss on our side, cap¬ 
turing about 40 pieces of artillery, a large quan¬ 
tity of small arms, camp and garrison equipage, 
besides the arms in the hands of the prisoners. 
We captured 2,000 prisoners, of whom 200 wore 
officers of all grades from Colonel down. We 
will pursue the rebels in the morning. The con¬ 
duct of the officers and troops waa’ everything 
that could bo expected. Missionary Ridge was 
carried simultaneously at six different points. 
As the center advanced, 
it came upon the enemy’s pickets and skirmish 
line. Subsequently the enemy’s line was 
strengthened by the arrival of re-enforccments 
from Ewell’s corps, on the Rupidan front. 
About 10 o'clock a slow and irregular cannona¬ 
ding commenced on the road leading to Orange 
Court House, and there was considerable firing 
between the skirmishers. The enemy does not 
reply with artillery. 
At 4 o’clock it was announced that Hill’s corps, 
which had previously rested on the Rapidan 
near the railroad, was approaching on the center, 
and half an hour later heavy musketry was 
heard on the right, allowing that the 3d corps, 
forming that wing, was engaged with the enemy 
up to 6 o’clock P. M. of Friday. Our casualties 
were few in the center. The only officer of rank 
at that time known to be killed is LieuL-Col. 
Hesser, of the 72d Pa. regiment. 
The battle ground is in the wilderness, with 
but little open country, consequently an accu¬ 
rate description of our position cannot be given, 
but it will be perceived we have the enemy’s 
fortified position, the heights skirting the Rapi¬ 
dan on their right, and can compel them to give 
battle if they intend to fight upon ground less 
favorable to us. 
Jeff. Davis, owiDg to the unfavorable weather 
of Wednesday, did not review the army, as he 
intended, and he is said by prisoners to have re¬ 
turned to Richmond on Thursday. 
Gen. Greig's cavalry and artillery had a severe 
fight with the enemy’s right wing of cavalry on 
Thursday P. M. We drove them back on their 
morn¬ 
ing. The enemy has been busily engaged in 
erecting a formidable battery in the rear of the 
Moultrie House, on Sullivan's Island. For some 
weeks past the hospital flag has been shown at 
the Moultrie House, in order to protect it from 
our fire, but it seems the house, instead of being 
used as an hospital, has furnished tho rebels a 
screen, behind which they built the battery in 
question. 
The steamer Fulton, from Port Royal the 2fltb, 
arrived in New York on the 23d. She had the 
rebel blockade runner Banshee in tow, having 
captured the latter ori the 17th, after a long chase 
aud firing mauy shots at her. According to in¬ 
formation in possession of the Navy Depart¬ 
ment, the Banshee was built at the yard of 
Jones, Qniggan A Co., in Liverpool, and launched 
in the latter part of November, 1862. She is a 
paddle-wheel steamer, and called a steel boat, 
the plates used in her construction being of Bteel, 
three-quarters of an inch in thickness, which are 
said to be equal to iron plates an inch thick. 
She is 220 feet long, 20 broad and 12 deep. Her 
bottom is flat, and her hull is divided into four 
water-tight compartments. Her engines are 
oscillating, of 120 horse-power, and so con¬ 
structed as to be under the decks. When fully 
loaded, she draws only eight feet of water. 
Major-General Butler was at Newbern on the 
19th ult., on a tour of inspection to the different 
military posts in this Department. 
We drove them back on their - 
infantry lines, when we were compelled to fall Department of the Gull 
back. Ilis loss is said to be about 150 killed. The steamer George Washington, from New 
The 5th corps coming up, the enemy was in turn Orleans the 21st, arrived at New York on the 
compelled to retreat. ogth ult 
A tiain ol the oth corps, advancing on the The steamer Bermuda arrived at New Orleans 
plank road, were attacked on the flank by the on the IStb. with six pirates on board, taken from 
rebel cavalry, who destroyed fifteen or twenty a schoone r which they had captured a few 
wagons, killed two men and several mules. ’ hourB previous. Another schooner, captured by 
Lee has evacuated Fredericksburg Heights, a portion of the same gang, was rim ashore and 
which are now occupied by our cavalry. burned. 
On Friday morning it was found that the The prize schooner Matamoras, with cotton, 
rebels had fallen back from our center to two has arrived at New Orleans, 
miles nearer Orange Court House. The British brig Volant, with a general cargo, 
The above intelligence is up to the evening of arrived at New Orleans on the 19th, a prize to 
Friday, and was brought to Washington by a the gunboat Virginia. 
special messenger, who came near being cap- The British brig Dashing Wave arrived at 
Hired by guerrillas. Additional information, New Orleans ou the 20th, a prize to the gunboat 
which has come to hand through another source, New London. She was captured going iuto the 
states that the line was formed on Friday about Rio Grande. She had on board a cargo of 
noon, on the road leading to Orange Court clothing and medicine, and $70,000 in gold. 
House. Reports from the Mississippi river are that a 
Gen. Grelg's cavalry, on the left, had a severe rebel force of 5,000 to 10,000 men are trying to 
fight with the rebel cavalry, and drove them concentrate at some point on the river not far 
hack on their infantry, and then fell back on the above Port Hudson, to impede navigation. 
5i.h corps, who in turn drove the rebel Infantry On the 8th the steamer Emerald was attacked 
G. H. Thomas, Maj.-Gen. 
Chattanooga, Not 27—1 A. M. 
To Maj.-Gen . If. IP. HaUeck :—I um just in 
from the front The rout of the enemy is most 
complete. Abandoned wagons, caissons, and 
Occasional pieces of artillery are everywhere to 
bo found. 1 think Bragg’s loss will fully reach 
sixty pieces of artillery. A large number of 
prisoners have fallen into our hands. The pur¬ 
suit will continue to Red Clay in the morning, 
for which place I Bhall start in a few hours. 
U. S. Grant, Maj.-Gen. 
The following statement is from Quartermas¬ 
ter-General Meigs, U. S. A., who was at Chatta¬ 
nooga during the three days' battle: 
Hbawhtartbrs, Chattanooga, Not. 26 
To E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War: — On the 
23d instant, at 11.30 A. M., Gen. Grant ordered 
a demonstration against Missionary Ridge, to 
develop the force holding it. The troops 
marched out, formed in order, and advanced in 
line of battle as if on parade. The rebels 
watched the formation and movement from their 
picket lines and rifle pits, and from the summits 
of Missionary Ridge, 400 feet above us, and 
thought it was a review aod drill, bo openly, de¬ 
liberately and regularly was it all done. The 
line advanced, preceded by skirmishers, and at 
2 P. M. reached the picket lines, and opened a 
rattling volley upon the rebel pickets, who ran 
into their advanced line of rifle pits. After them 
went our skirmishers, and after them 25,000 
troops, which Gen. Thomas had no quickly dis¬ 
played. Prisoners assert that they thought the 
whole movement a general drill, and that it was 
too late to send for re-enforcements, and were 
overwhelmed by a force of numbers. It was a 
surprise in open daylight 
At 3 P. M., an important advance position of 
Orchard Knob, and the lines right and left were 
in our possession, and arrangements were or¬ 
dered for holding them through the night. 
The next day at daylight, Gen. Thomas had 
5,000 men across the Tennessee and established 
ou the south bank, constructing a pontoon bridge 
about six miles above Chattanooga. The rebel 
steamer Dunbar was repaired at the right mo¬ 
ment and rendered effective aid in this crossing, 
currying over 6,000 men. At night Gen. Thomas 
ordered to storm the heights, upon which not less 
than forty pieces of artillery, and no one knows 
how many muskets, stood ready to slaughter the 
assailants. With cheers the men swarmed un- 
ward. They gathered to the parts least difficult 
of ascent, and the line was broken. Color after 
color was planted. on the summit, while cannon 
and muskets vomited their thunder upon them. 
A shell from Orchard Knob exploded a rebel 
caisson, when the driver of the gun whipped up 
the horses and attempted to get It off. A party 
of our soldiers intercepted them, and the gun was 
captured with cheers. 
A tierce musketry tight broke out on the left, 
where between Thomas and Sherman a mile or 
t wo was occupied by the rebels. Bragg left the 
house where ho had held his headquarters and 
rode to the roar us our troops appeared on either 
side of him. Gen. Grant proceeded to the sum¬ 
mit, and not till then did we know its height 
Some of the captured artillery was put in posi¬ 
tion. Artillerists were sent for to work tho guns, 
and caissons searched for ammunition. The 
rebel log breastworks were torn to pieces, carried 
to the other side of the ridge, aud used in forming 
barricades. A strong line of infantry waH formed 
in the rear of Baird’s line, hotly engaged with 
the rebels to tho left, and a secure lodgment 
effected. Another assault to the right of our 
center gained the summit, and the rebels fled. 
Hooker cornlog Into pusillon swept the right of 
the ridge, capturing many prisoners, and the 
battle of Chattanooga was won. 
The strength of the rebellion in the center is 
broken- Burnside relieved. Kentucky and Ten¬ 
nessee rescued, Georgia threatened from the 
rear, aud a victory added to the chapter of'“ Un¬ 
conditional Surrender Grant.” 
To-night the estimate of our captures is sev¬ 
eral thousand prisoners and thirty pieces of 
artillery. 
Bragg is firing the railroad as he retreats 
toward Bealton. Sherman is in hot pursuit. 
Today I reviewed Ihe battle field, which ex¬ 
tends for six miles along Mission Ridge and for 
several miles along Lookout Mountain. 
But one assault was repulsed; but that assault 
calling to that point the rebel reserves prevented 
them from repulsing any other. 
A few days since, Bragg sent to Gen. Grant a 
flag of truce, advising him that it would be pru¬ 
dent to remove any uon-cnoibatants who might 
stilt be in Chattanooga. No reply has been re¬ 
turned, but the combatants have removed from 
this vicinity. 11 is probable that non-combatants 
can remain without injury. M. C. Meigs. 
