The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-05

We make some further extracts FROM our late
Northern papers:

We make some further extracts from our lates,
Northern papers
THE GENERAL. sIrgATIoN.
The Baltimore American Of the 3Osh, which hal
not yet received the news of the big asht, thus
speaks of the situation !"
Eut let us sn npposc that Pope AS did Den Bank
of iste-hoids his own; thar his forces although,
badly cnt up. are not dianrganized. hopelessty
beaten uPsp what must then be the Hank IT TN.
enemy Mcclellan. with every thing available about
Washington. viii pour down, whilst, meauw lii,
iiurnsde may get mp to aid Pope and thus cut oti
the rebel retreat towards Richmond, should be be
wsrsied by n" much desperate lighting. Ia that
ease destruction To the rebel host wonii be Ger, ain
--haal *' -
These are mere specuatons Of course but
based upon the actual positions held by the hostile
coiunins they nay, In the absence Of any ythin,
.iefnite help to elnclhate the hopes and to calm
The APfrehensons of our readers whilst aW Waiting
news from the great battles anticipated
meanwhile, happen what may, because ut any
moment speculation may give place to reality, and
the news from the field reverse the most hopeful
calculations, let us be Of good cheer; let nothing
snake our trust In the tiuai success of the good
cause Relieved Of that Terrible feeling Of stagna-
'ior which bas so long weighed down. exulta,t
even. that We shall sonnet hing decisive
happen. We can Eo longer at least, be left ia that
horrible condition Of suspense which, to the earnest
lover CT his country il worse oven than he tenn.
porary disaster which might to arouse To
neediul to Insure great achievements SO Ear AZ the
rebels are concerned in this desperate and hole.
SALE perhaps final, raid their "autsciiy' is worthy
of q better cause,
situation let us look elsewhere to what az.
is'ts the Union eiUse pre- esents If tho old adag-
is true that The darkest hour of the night is just
before day.. then the pcrtents are, in hat sense,
calculated 10 excite best hopes. Al the latest
advcss Buell. was hopeessiy alnbargoed either by
his own want Of courage and enterprise OF by the
presence of superior forces of The enemy. The
Union General Morgan. in command at Cumberland
Gap, was even in mere hopeless predcament -
one. in fact amounting to great peril whilst the
whole country from that point through Somerset to
Ciarksvilie between Nashville an | Louisville was
oyerrdn WITH and III possession cf, rebel maranding
parties, Nashville beius in fact 'iui isolated--an
oasis III Un;oIsm in the great OF rebelGom that
extends on every side. 10 be sure, two or three
counties ale held by detachments Of Union troops
On the road South TOW ards huntsville an, even the
latter place; hat the gon between i, ..ad the Ten
nessee line was awarnng with guerriilaa, " no hte
into every train ami imperii every advance.
Going hundred miles or &" westward to the
heart OF West Tennessee, matters look bat little
better. although Grant isrepolted as having moved
sOuihW ard with the army OF Gt rinth some thiT
ty thousand stronR; but what he is TO effect in 4
country reduced 10 he starvation point, and with
IN enemy who will probably retire from his path
leaving only a scene al iesJlatoI, 10 ona eau say.
Coming Ia fhs point need not PURSUE The
animation, f,rthes tn" news from most ether sec
items showing that all waiting for something
all apparently referring everything ~ the an'ic-
pated battle upon " hict depends tEc tate ct tha
capital ol the rebel Confederacy, and the advance
ne at al the new evie5 which TO hold What is
to win if further Ii ghting ia needed
We have said, repeatedly, we hsva no fear OF
coming rosiis lat IN the contrary, We have the
utmost faith in the ultimate triumph of the Union
ariIia-.n tEeir spstig triumph, Indeed. The rebel
lion ii at th4 last gasp both as to means snd men
whilst those OF the Union were never anything like
formidable and what is 10 tbs purpose they
daily polIiHg forward in steady streams tor the
different sc@ues Of conflict Sisud temporary snd
aerious await forces at all points the
only effect ond be IL intensity patriotism aud de-
yot,on 10 tEe cause il would I- all that was needed
10 stir the 10y al men Of the land to that madness
viii, would not leave in the whole area Of ps1
triati,m Il shot gun revolver, and the hands
to them, in concluding the great conflict. The
n.iu: is long distance short of that point yet
Let ns hope that The Rent few days or hours may
mol ,.auguraie OF which yet Ne have had
no adequate conception