Show the rebel version of the battle of chattanooga ch a not the least noteworthy fe flatmo atille of the me lecent great success of tile national arms in ill blont of chattanooga lias has been tile the extraordinary tra delay in the reception of tile alie aebel versions of the affair at tile north INT Orth alere fofol e when whenever ever an ail important colli bion took place at any point of the theater of war the accounts ot of both sides readied reached the alie northern prints simultaneously or followed each cadi other in quick succession of rebel triumphs the southern authorities of course always made particular efforts to inform the loyal public at the cai liest possible moment and evell events of doubtful issue arnd 1 IM ad outright reverses to their cause we must do our adversaries tile justice to say they hardly ever attempted to conceal A full week has however now elapsed since the grand coup of our army at chattanooga but the rebel story of its it is still tame farne and meagor meager this remarkable silence admits of but one explanation the disaster of biagas army fell with such appalling 0 suddenness and crushing weight upon tile southern public and created such universal univ eisal consternation saud i despondency that tile rulers of the C confederacy 0 Ue deracy determined to close all channels chall of communication with the north until their subjects had recovered from the first effect of the fatal intelligence from northern georgia and would not lot present to the outside world the spectacle of a people wrape in gloom and woe that there lias has acen a great collapse of the high expectations of the final triumph of the rebellion entertained in ill the confederacy and especially in richmond since the battles of the chickamauga Chica mauga is is evidenced evidelle by the first whisper of the state of public feeling 0 in the rebel capital produced by braggs rout wafted wafred northward the rebel interpretation of gen grants viory y as given by our correspondent is belie je lie ie crafty ingenious 0 concoction of fiction and bilenda mendacity city which wo we expected 4 the mcbell leaders to use as an ail anodyne to allay apprehensions in regard 0 to tile the stability i of the confederacy braggs discomfiture r b must naturally excite not only throughout 0 the rebel states but also among among 0 their sympathizers in the north and abroad brais braggs 0 9 aimy already on oil the retreat when gen grant struck his first blow only three regiments r surprised and but 2000 rebels killed wounded and captured and fifteen pieces of a artillery lost A striking 0 contrast there is indeed between these facts and figures of the rebel story and the official returns 0 of f the fruits of our offensive operations ill in the form of prisoners small arms and 48 pieces of artillery but then we presume the former will answer for consumption by southern and northern rebels and their foreign well y N V Y tribune dec ad |