There is but one important item in the American war
news. General Sherman has effected his junction with the army of the Ten- nessee, and so enabled General Hooker to push across the river to the left bank, and drive the Confederates from Look Out Mountain on the 28th October. On the night of the 28th-29th, at midnight, General Hooker was attacked by moonlight, and had to fight hard for a few hours for his advantage, but the Confederates were repulsed at every point. This enables the Federals to restore the interrupted railway communication between Chattanooga and Bridgeport, on the left bank of the Tennessee,—a very material point for their supplies, —which, while they were excluded from that bank, had to be carried across the hills to Chattanooga on mules. There seems to be some sign of a Confederate attack on General Burnable, as the telegram reported yesterday that he had retreated from Loudon, Tennessee, to the heights behind the town.
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