From Northern Georgia.
continued pursuit of the enemy — railroad communication Resumed--Gen. Hood not dead, etc.
"The Latest from Headquarters.--Our army is near Chattanooga. We expect to be there to-morrow. Rumor says we occupied it to-night."
Private advices represent that two thousand prisoners will arrive on the down trains to-day.
A large corps of bridge builders have been sent to the front. Orders have been issued to examine the railroad from Dalton to Chattanooga, via Cleveland. It is supposed that the trains will run on to Chattanooga to-day, as the road to Cleveland is known to be in good order, and that from Cleveland to Chattanooga is not known to be destroyed.
This morning a dispatch from Ringgold was received by Capt. Butler from Gen. Bragg's operator, addressed to the Nashville refugees here. He says, "Come on home; the road is clear. "
[Second Dispatch.]
There is no confirmation of the report of the occupation of Chattanooga by Gen. Bragg, but it is generally believed.
Information comes in slowly from the front.
Our loss is variously estimated at from five to ten thousand, of which five-sixths are wounded slightly. The loss of the enemy in killed, wounded, and prisoners, is variously placed at from 25,000 to 35,000.
Large quantities of arms, baggage, etc., have been brought in to the various depots in our rear. The army trains have moved forward.
Many of the wounded are in hospitals near Rock Springs. Others have been brought to Dalton, Marietta, and Atlanta.
The Press Association reporter is at the front, and it is hoped that he will be permitted to send in true reports.
Gen. Hood is not dead. His right leg was amputated. He says he will live to fight the Yankees at least another battle.