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

The Chattanooga Ketet has the follow
inc article on the situation in East Ten
nessee:
The federal designs for4hc occupation OF |
East Tennessee are beginning to be devel
0ped. The weltcoDcerted aud deliberate
programme SO long in preparation Is already |
partially unfolded. II is evidently the de
sign Ot Gen. Knsecrans to fall back upOU
Chattanooga, entreneh himself behind earth |
works IN that strong position, and make II
the base Of his future operations fsr the fur
ther invasion Of the Southern territory. But |
this viii not be begun until the slfil'r Oi |
iSL4 In the meantime, il not dislodgs b.
direct assault or sndden flank moveIM Mt by |
Gen Bragg, he will proceed quietly t. pre-
pare for the winter, establish his depot, OF
subsistence, guard the line Of railway eeM
III lnication to the strong garrisOned city Q.
Nashville, and keep up continuous line
of communication with Louisville and
the East lie will bridge the Tennes
see with pOnto0aS, with q sufficient pOr
tion Of his army on the opposite side
oftlie river to protect the crossings. With
aweli-furnished corps of engineers and sap
pers and nliaers, sfreBgi hened by the force
of negroes impressed from the farmers oi
Kentucky and Tennessee, he will proceed tc |
construct new roads and extend old ones
| through from the Kentucky railroads ta
Knoxville. ALREADY, as we are told by the
| New York 1ssses, Gen. Burnside hiss ordered
| the impressment Of six thousand hbofers
! flDm fhe negre population OF kentucky, To
| be employed in the construction OF military
roads in that State. 1t is intimated that the
/! Central railroad, which extends from Gov
| ington (oppOsite Cineinna.D TO point four
teen miles soath Of Lexington, is 10 he con
| timed across the Kentucky river, and that
| the Lebanon branch oil the Louisville and
I Nashyi ie railroad is to he continued south
I fs<1,,1 1f
| which place it is intendelto reach, no doubt,
| by the proposed military highway.
"A large portion of the grading" says the
New York Tunes, "which is needed for the
road between Lexington and Danyilis, has
been completed some years, and sbntmenis
constructed fora wire suspension bridge over
The Kentucky river, quite superior to those
| sustaining the suspension bridge at Niagara
Falls The work needed to extend the rail-
road from its present terminus to Danvilie
| will be comparatively slight. and may be fin
| ished up In few months by small part, Of
the force impressed by Gen. Burnside. The
extension of the Lebanon branch OF the
Louisville Road to Danvilie will be heavier
undertaking. but the topography is move IA
yorable than on the other line, and the road
bed. With the force called out, will be speed
" prepared. The project for military high
! way through Kentucky to East Tennessee Is
| substantially the same as that entertained
by President Lincoln At the beginning OF the
war, and warmly recommended by him
| along with the extension of the Southwest
Railroad of Missouri to Springfield, in that
State-in q message to Congress.
Thus far, the projects of Mr.. Lincoln. to-
ward the occupation Of Southern territory
has been carried out, In the opening up OF
the Mississippi rive, the possession Of New
Orleans, and great portion OF Mississippi,
| and tle entire States of Kentucky and Ten
nessee. His projects for the holding Of Ten
nessee may be defeated. =.
| There are two certain ways in which .ha,
defeat may be accomplished.
| First. by the main strength of Bragg's army
hurled against the Federal armed force on
our border, and the rout Of that army in ir-
retrievsble disintegration and irremcdiable
diaster.
Tie second certain plan for the accom-
plisLment of the same end will be the send
iusc of heavy column of cavalry TO Steven.
son, Ala, and from that point to penetrate
Tie heart of Middle Tennessee, in the rear
OF the Federal army, destroying the Nashville
| and ChattanOl ga railroad as they advance
and cutting the Federal commander oil from
| his supplea. Thea a simultaneous move
ment oi our strongly reinforced army across
the Cumberland Mountain from I.oudon, and
!; we venture the prediction the Yankees will
"cl.ange front" faster than they ever came
|, into this country.
: All lucas ABOUT fOet1c, IntiisSIy anu otHcI
wise, will be abandoned in the more lnOmen
tous effort to save all entrappcd army from
capture, aud get il safely back TO its former
| base In the event Rusecrans has these de
| signs, and does eutrench himself III Chatta
nou.s., will he be permitted TO remain ther,
, until his future plans are arranged, rs he Was
permitted TO remain at Nashville, as he was
l.permittcd to remain ut MuEreesborO', ant
afterwards ut Tullahona and Winchester
| Or OH the other hand, will he he attacked Al
4 | Chattanooga, or shall we wait until he /:
tsuiiicientiy fortified 10 make respectabl,
battle of il :? Or, will he be withdrawn frun
this side OF the Tennessee by wellexccute,
flank movement, or will he be permitted Il
4 staud in the door of the Southern granar,
aud provision house, while our army is stafy
| inr outside for bacon and corn? These ar
, ntoinentons questions, but time. alone vii
: bring the answers.
n -" from the vicinity Of Ciarks
rived at Ma,,s.. lives US some In
| vile, yesterday, thc Htoes -.
portaut intelligence as to the moyen,...
the Fedesas. His intelligence from Ciarks
| vile, on the Cumberland, is up to Mon.l,y
week ago, and is to the effect that Rose.
Grams is being heavily reinforced by Grant,
and that large numbers of troops are landed
daily at Ciarksyiiic, to which point on the
Cumberland steamboat navigation is still
| open. The troops are marched FROM that
point to Nashville, and there take the rail
road to Murfreesboro, where they rest Que
day, and then proceed 10 the Tennessee
river, other arrivals taking their place. The
| reinforcements We're arriving at Ciarksyiii..
| at The rate of from regiment to q BRIGADE
per day, aud the stream continuous and u,l-
interrupted.
lie also stated that the Federals were
pressing large numbers OF negroes IN the
counties OF Montgomery, Robertson, and
| the northern part ct Davidson and Sumner,
| ID Tennessee, aud In the counties of Logan
and Simpson, in Kentucky, ostensibiy to
i work upon the foftiiications at Gailafin, at
which place they were DIGGING good deal 81
dirt. They had erected seven strong stock
ades in the public square, aud felied all the
| timber on the. southeast side OF the town.
and constructed ont OF ii q regular abattis.
| The pressing Of negroes is widespread aud
/ indiserimiuate. Immense numbers in the
| counties named had been faken, aud the
| owners when they applied for them were in-
| formed that ii they woaid take the oath OF
| allegiance they could get \ receipt, which Is
all they could get. The negroes ae Ieyer
/ returned.
The country about Columbia was fully
occupied, aud thoroughly devastated, by
| Federal troops.
A letter from RinggolJ, Ca, dated the
18th inst, says:
| Rosecrans seeins at present falling back in
the direction OF Chattanooga The main
/ portion OF his army Is Massed on his right
Grittcnden's corps moved down oa the Rinss
gold and Dalton road few days since This
| was done for the purpose Of protecting ius-
nense wagon trains. which were imMcsiiafc-