The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-09-22

Tns S,fuArrox IN East Tennessee. -
Gen. Braeg seems to US to have a grand
opportunity Of immortaliGing himself,
and doing signal service to his country.
He is said to have force fully equal, II
not superior, to that Of Roseerans' ana
the operations in which he is engased, II
successful, will have q, more important
bearing upon the issue OF the war tha'i
anv that have been yet undertaken. u
Gen. Bragg should destroy the army Of
Posecrans should either dispense 1t by
= sreat battle, or hem it in and surround
;t-he win al once liberate Tennessee
and Kentucky, and thereby add one hun
dred thousand fresh troops to the banners
Of the Confsleracy 1t is true that he
made q bad start, but then it must be re-
collected that the habit Of retreating has
become so natural to our Generals in that
quarter ofthe Confederacy that they seem
10 think it the greatest accomplishment
Of all officer to be able to make a skilliul
retreat. lie has resolved at last to ad-
vance, and to fight the Yankees wher-
ever he can find them. We should con
ceive great hopes from his proclamation,
did not the campaign Of Kentucky come
like q shadow over Our memory. How
ever. let us hope for The best Let us
believe, If possible. that this proclama,,
ton really means what it processes, and
that we are to have business done in that
Quarter. 1t is the more pleasing thought
Of the two. and we shall soon know the
issue. Gen. Bragg must be conscious
that he has already sufficiently proved
his skill in making retreats. Let MS hope
that the fame he has earned in that line
of business is sufficient to satisfy HIM.
and that he now desires to achieve re-
nown Of another description. II he is
determined to fight, we see not what Is
10 prevent him from beating his adver-
sary. if as he says, he has been largely
reinforced
The defeat Of Rosecrans would not only
secure Kentucky and Tennessee, and pre-
vent the enemy from invading Virginia
and cutting of the supply OF salt, but it
would be the death blow to Grants iu-
ture operations. 1t would give us. pos
session of the Ohio, and a certain.port,on
Of the Mississippi below the Junction oil
the two rivers, thereby enabling us to cut
off his supplies, and compel All abandon
inent Of the operations he has no" III
contemplation The probability is that
he would never reach the Yankee States
again except as captive.
S.-Since the above was written the
intelligence published in another column
informs us that the great struggle for
Tennessee has begun. A battle com
lnenced on Saturday on the Chiekamau-
ga river, q small stream running tor about
% miles along the base of the mountains,
rising near Lafayette, in Georgia, and
emptying into the river near Chattanco-
70, Tenn. The conflict, it will be seen,
continued through Sunday and was yet
undecided, though our forces had gained
a material advantage As the armies Of
Rosecrans and Bragg We're facing each
other, about six miles apart, mt Summer
vile, Ga, on the 18th inst, it is proba-
BILE that the former was retreating TO
Chattanooga when Bragg precipitated his
forces upon it. This is the more likely
from the fact that Cleveland, Tenn, was
captured by our troops on Thursday last,
and Roseoans's left being thus threaten
I'd forced him to retire ON Chattanooga.
The line ofthe Chickamauga river is about
ten miles from Ringgold, Ga. The dis
patch from Gen. Bragg tells all that We
can know about the result OF the two
days fight. 1t is to be hoped that during
the day intelligence may be received, Civ
ing additional news OF the same cheering
complexion.