Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-10-20

Oar news from h4u.geky Goes not, oy any means,
Justify the s1pecaioss which had been founded on the
telsgrsphlc intelligence of the previous few days. By
the tenor of tbs t~elegFGns received from the West, We
haa been led 10 beiisvS thar General Bragg had gained
4 brilliant victory, and that the euemY's army was
thoroughly beaten, if rot completely demoralzsd. We
can scsrSsly conceive how such reports get into clrcula
ton. B,.tlss mere, battles there, battles everywhere,
we're described all Of them being Confederate victories,
and resulting ia the capture Of muligudinous prisoners
and i.sljts artillery. 10 be sure iI vas rather dificui.
% comprehend the strategy Of these complicated move
ments, add tbs tyc.i,s Ct lhess numerous fields; but,
nevertheless, ta5 reports came from 80 many sources,
aud szree5 so well in their general features, that We we're
izcinei 70 e-sl.. them With e, least a basis Of truth
Ts, Is tu-ns out ,h4', sitter he bli;e OF Psuyvine on the
: a ins,sns no general aeaon VAS fought. Kirby Smith
encountered Critsendsas force, near Frankfort and de-
fsated them, aai this Is tie last We hear OF any fighting.
FOR scme days no,h,1gi Is knOWn Of the movements of our
army. We hSd Imagine e advancing on Louisville o.,
psrtspS crossing the Kentucky river. and threatening
Cincinnati We mad cherished the delusion that il WAS, at
less, holding = commanding position in TIE Hidst OF
the fertile aud teem.ng region Of central Kentucky. Bat,
AZ this time, i! VAS accommodating back is the polite
~tsrm-hom the neigsborhood Q: Louisville 70 the ex.
irene South western coruer Of the State; from the pre-
dueive BlleFFlN country, 20 .he mountain eOuntie7,
~here life ia a bur,hea . q yrAsshoP7er. OuS last sd.
yiees render /: certain tha, Brzss's amy is sosn4oricg
E'ntekJ end That il isnow in posiIoa IL the n~eisLbOr.
hood Of Cs15eIlud Gap. We DO not knos, AID 10
10. pretend 20 vine, The canes OF this s~e.rOssat,
movement. W. Go kloE thu. It has profoundly disap
poiatsd and mor-asi oas people, snd d,shed the iond
hopes they hal ic-asd Of GSsrs.ng Kentucky AOd Ten
lsssee. We h.t expected, and fSSsaNbly expected,
IRON G5ns5sI 8aggs al-9ife,c Amy, something
aors than e msTs incurioa to tie EeignsoShoOd
Of the Ohio .yss; s~one.lias more than truidsss
marches s1d barren baals. We had aaicr
2,:sd IRON ga Blsg something more than boast.
iui orders 20 - troops, sud soga4ias procanAaous
90 the people bayJui .ie Ohio. We bad formed
eNLled hopes ., the goat expedition which be led
across the Tennessee river, AID nearly up 70 the sub
urbs Of Louisville. His long delay at Tupslo, his hest
fancy At Chattanooga, has tAriy advance into Kentucky,
had shaken public coailsaee; bs; .eE we're wiling to
co2dsnn 30 loug a. opportunity yet remained for c
CT the grand Objects OF the ~e4@gsiga. Il
= I'll OEes no.. TIE Esa,ueNy mOVenent. in the hanis
Of Gen. Bragg has turned CO. to be simply a sac. No
other word can TO appropriately describe r.. 7 has bser.
.rcm b~sgilliuc 20 ED. a biilla1! biun6sr aud : mag
p'6,sEt failure. Without losing 4 battle, Gen. Bragg
As SUI red al toe eolssQlsace, Of dsteI, Aisr march.
hundreds o. miles in pursui: Of Tying enemy, after
c,puriag to=ns and ciass, nsnsciug C;neiansi, and
threatening LoaiEvi.e, sighting and Winning battles, and
taking Thousand Of prisoasr.. ne turns his back on biz
co-q1ess, and saEts TO the beaten sd v1ad.ricg enc
M 81 the advantages Of victory. We are told that
oar army yailsi a glorious triumph q! Pssrv..as, and
tAat Ersy Snah defeated CH:,saisn near Frankfort.
", knos ,hlt -, slippsd Ss.soa & Resuoaj, sad
shlt KoIgsr performed the uos. sNl.ns e~K7!ots al
Many p0lnt: ila, Es TOOK town si:sr toxin, AID cap
tl,sd Va: nznssrs Of prisoners. Al 'Less are achieve
usuts Which NJ stosa og' history; but viii they com.
paasA,e for the asIp25!I.nsut OF oas hopes, aid the
failure Of our grand Sheuss fos tie liberation Of Ken
lccky and the redemption Of Tennessee The fact re.
nAirs that after al our glorious successes, our marches,
Bl,lss, and Ti;.oFisS our army is near Cumberland Gap,
aud the enemy "a possession asAia OF al Kentucky, The
campaign ia over, aai General B.Igg has dOne-just
nothing a. al