The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-09
BRAGG AND ROSECRANS-THE EX
pECTED FIGHT.

The reports from East Tennessee are very
vague bat one fact saems 10 be certain, and
! that ls that Bgssg has fallen back to Chatta
uoo,9 thus uucoVefing Middle Tennessee and
North Alabama IN the lncutsionsis. Ills head
4aatlele are at Bridgeport, and the Tennessee
aver Is lis line of defence. Roascrans is snp
4 t)ssd 10 have 81 GOO men. The lsf; wing ol
Tie Confederate army extends to within q
sholi diet .ncs Of 1uIahoma The Chattauoogs
B "b'i of Saturday, says
q Passengers report ths evacuation Of Tnlla
bona by oar lroep. Ii il be true, the move
n msui Ii a good one, and will meet The sauctioI
u the rank aud lie Of tue army, and OF all
q "ht SNOW alythiuY about the nature CT that
81 ies'oh OF couutty Oar rrst and last duly IL
q 80 Why R0seor4ns. Tbat tie miud OF Den
Dis9k has lhis Intrat, no more, seems clear,
q aid whether The .traahing comes vt Tuliahoma
4 u some other p0.ut involving a better posi-
z "So, is question to be- determined 10y those
& "euerals VITO compose tbs military family oi
n VIZ Commando, IN Chief
oaf mind il, and has always been, that 1ul-
II T"'ma Is no place at all 1t ia low and marshy.
= may TO TUNED On either hand by half a
''-7h c'retent routes. 1t is the funnel Of 10
q shre .oi any signal point There are maay
@ ,la's aong tbs iina Of the Nashville and
'HaAaGooga Railroad more available by far,
a @a' whatever indneed the erection of fcr,ii-
b 'ls there has always been mystery to
mial' We looked upon the matter as a
about It
8 We" VIII hot speculate upon wha. will hap
ueH The movements of the army and
f'A"s vi lie diiec ions are topics ies6 fJr
sPal or dit4ni-ition than for ciose conceal
- ai-er tim di sciosute of events aud the
n' s' u opera i)ns is ihe time fDr critic IN.
' Y~' ueai', mesnwhils, beats high with sah
,'a ~a' Ut 10, ami We look TO Gen B.asg, his
x ~' Aho hia officers, with earnestness, but
s 'oHhdt nee We are glad that Gsneral
~ - Resolved TO take his time and select
s,s ~ gAltie ground Tha, he means 10 tight,
q. Nv usat well Il, a conclusion forced upon
.i' every circumstance Of the last few days,
n"a,he ,ihaeeeo by the indali'atle evidences of
tssr o, so that Tie country al u d ..aLcs eau
''is easy On that tcore
A1uors were current IN the styeets during
se'sfeay "ay that thirty Thousand Eederals were
nns down the old Nash vile and Chatta
ca,sIu aud Pelham stage road. Parties imme-
ID h., ''ym tbe front state that it was report
tout .pTy SIX thousand Yankees were on that
L,et oas II Was believed they had been driven
ia Forrest, who was watching them on
sla slt we'll known oiIicer of ourearnly,
d,y aMs through from that section ysstsr
ijs,aa' @s That there il no: a Yankee bet swesn
Tia, 'a Sas Aud Mancheetsr. and IL was believed
usa rsefans, rss \ discovering that bis flank move
OD, au ossn anticipated, had fallen back.
ny s.s. we're skiSmishiDg with the cue.
oils, ,,Ss 1--WE Yesterday about four milss the
eoss .ass s'as oi Alisonia4 The enemy, though
i.aemsa saaugh 70 our iinse 70 give battle st T1i.
10 lss sna At Dschssd, for our man wsrs
psia y, s. sasls .sl dsy yesterday ~ the lsstsr
essIs -. ..'s.she big sppressh, nsnilsstsd po