, 1863-10-01

WASHINGTON, sept 70 1865.
As the emoke of the great battle near Chat
t.pooga clears away, it begins to seem that
Y hat ia to the National forces zepu1se, aud
q eefere check, is to the rebels substantial
defeat. They had concentrated every avail.
able man under Bragg, in order, by the ami
hilation OF Rosecrans' army. to recover Ten
uessee, Kentucky, and the Southwest. They
failed in this great md somcwhat desperate
enterprise, upon which they had based their
hopes ofretriegtng their waning fortunes. and
that failure is equivalent to great defeat.
They wi1lnerer have another such opportunity
Of turning the tide Of fortune, and the rebel
press Of Richmond seem to be not altogether
unconscious Of the extent Of their misfortune.
To the friends Of the Union the 1epnlse Of
Roaecrans is source Of modification, and
subject Of profound sorrow for the Loss ofso
many valuable lives; but as 1t regards the
strength Of the national cause, things remain
Just as they we're before the battle. We hold
all the ground weheld before, and are rela-
lively more able to hold 1t, since We can
better ntford to sustalnlosse than the enemy.
No sensible rebel would undertake to main
tain that their prospects are nov as bright rs
they were on the eve OF the battle, in which
they played their best cards, aud with which
they expected the most decisive victory Of
the war.
1fthis letter were to be published to-mor-
row, Or the next day, it would be improper
to state all that Is known here, In regard to
the Eeinforcements which are going forward
to Rosecrans. But suffice 1t, that they will
be ample, and that they will give decided
p1eponderance to the national cause. Unless
/ am greatly mistaken, one Of tho best officers
in the service, Gen. Hooker, will have com.
maDd Of large reiuforcements, to say nothing
OF what may be sent forward by Generals
Grant md Burnside. With the army which
Gen. RosecFans will beye under his command
by the middle Of next week, and with two
such officers as Hooker and Burnside added
to the able corps he now has around him, no
fears will be entertained for the result.
1t Is now believed that the great bst.le Of
the var, ut least the decisive one, is to be
fought IN Western Georgia. The rebels
tSeir choice iii be G deisTfed s ito to- now re-
mairs to be eeeu whether they will keep the
appointment, or whether, failing in their at
| tempted surprise, they may not run away,
according to Braggs usual habit.
The gold and stock gamblers arc making
the most Of the depression consequent upon
tion Of them who cherish treasouablc sympa.
thies are sure In the end to be bitten. When
gold went up to seyenty.two-or rather when
he d{scount on Treosu?y notes WAS at that
f]gure. which is a yerr different thinp.-thc
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n,ata - earne.t shont prrt7denti51 nomit1a
tions ard n1atforms, and The nnof71cial hnsi
ness which IA rener3lIv The chief business. o
he next Con~fsss viii he IN a1Tanae for In,
| great political campaign Of 1864 The m
lions Of Europe would be incapable Of grea
political excitement, in the midst of the great
/. est civil E8r the world ever knew: but th'
fact only proves their inferiority in ciytllza
tion. II they had n daily newspaper In ever
respectable Town. two, three. OF tHenty. il
cyery city, and a weekly oaper in eTeEy III
1aee' viii a w Universal reanilfnr nl n non,1iat;on
they gould understand rs in this teepect; bu
1t wm require, perhaps, two eentnIles Of Pre-