The New York herald., 1863-09-27
ihe Army of Roscorans-The Key 60 the
Ilenrt q the Rebellion.

| INC uctaiis cannon De stated We are lett 4
conjecture. therefore, what this GLORIOUS news
is; but though it may be something more, W
conclude il can be nothing less, than that Rose
Grams has|been heavily reinforced, that Burn
side has formed junction with him, and tina
their consolidated forces are ready for defen
sive or offensive battle at any moment. Gu,
latest advices from Nashville will certainly
bear this construction. We may therefore
dismiss our apprehensions regarding the safety
OF Rosecrans, and await without anxiety the
Developments Of the day
In order, in the meant time, to impress upon
the administration the necessity Of strengthen
ing, as fast ss possible, the army of Gen. Rose
Grams for another and more successful advance.
| we would especially call the attention Of Presi-
dent Lincoln and the chiefs of the War Office to
the following extract from leading editorial
OF the Richmond Wing Of the 23d Instant
situated as Rosecrns is the victory that does dis.
perse or captnre his whole army Is iost opportunity.
no is permitted 10 hold Chattanooga then our victory
VIII be without profit and only mourn that 50
many brave men have died VAN and chiefly tina, the
gallant Hood has scaled his faith with his blood Rose
Grams must not only be beaten In battle he must be
destroyed or driven from East Tennessee otherwise tho
battle might IS we'll not have been fought II this strong
hold not wfenched from him It will hardly be here
aftor II he holds he holds point darpui from which
he may At any strike the very vitas OF the
confederacy. He holds a region pestIent with disaiec.
ton that needs only the presence or Yankee to
rpen full blown treason He holds the country That
must supply meat for our army nltre sor powder
mills and coal and iron for many Of manufacturing
establishments. The possession Of that country IN
DIS ensable necessity to II is the prize for which
Bragg is conterding. Unth no has It but
joce with foir and trembling what he has done
should he wns II will be the superbest achievements OF
the war.
This confirms our Late view of this subject
that tho failure Of Bragg to demolish or dxiye
from East Tennessee the army Of Rosecrans lis
equivalent to rebel defeat and Union victo-
ry, notwithstanding our heavy losses in artile ry
ammunition aud supplies in the recent bloody
battles. But the Richmond Wig, with all its
important specifications of ths value ofl East
Tennessee to the rebellion, fails TO tell the
whole story. While General Rosecrans holds
his position at Chattanooga he not only holds
the Southwest, but menaoes those last remaining
lines which pass through the heart Of Georgia
and the complete snbingation Of that State aud
Alabama. Nor is this all. We dare say there
are now in the northern and interior counties
Of Georgia and Alabama hundreds Of rebel
emigrante, with their thousands OF slaves from
Kentucky. Tennessee and Mississippi awaiting
the rebel reoocupation Of the country between
Chattanooga and the northern borders Of
Kentucky, and the expulsion of "the Yankees
from Mississippi in order to return homeward.
| We dare say that in Central Georgia and Aiaba
! ma there are heaps of cotton bales stored away
for safe keeping equal in value to two or three
hundred millions Of dollars. In fact, the army
of Rosecrans at Chattanooga menaces the con-
centrated wealth in slaves and cotton of all the
| cotton States east of the Mississippi river.
| All these considerations, together with those
! presented from the Richmond Wing, will salts
factorly account for the desperate efforts
made by the concentrated rebel forces under
Bragg to crush the army Of Rosecrans and for
the dismal reiocings at Richmond over VIC
tory the trophies Of which are twice told
those captured al the first battle Of Manassas
With all these captures from the broken and
disordered columns of our army, they amount
to nothing while Rosecrans remains In East
| Tennessee. with his columns reunited in q
| ments.
Impcrilling the army Of Lee and the rebe
capital to secure the destruction of Rosecrans
the failure to destroy him cndangers ths
army Of Bragg, and places JEFF. Davis himsel
in very critical situation But his cause wa
desperate, and this. grand experiment il
Georgia was worth all the risks involved; for
with the army of Rosecrans destroyed
!, Bragg bad only 10 move forward by rail 4
junction with Lee, in order to crusl
the army Of Meade, or drive it behind the forti
ficAtions OF Washington. General Thomas. wit
} his unconqucrablc corps Of Spartan soldiers
has saved the country from these terrible dis
astcrs. This grand enterprise Of Davis, whict
\ II ifsucccssfu,. would have compensated him fo
the loss OF vicksburg and Port Hudson, hs
failed and his failure, including the losses
bis soldiers in killed AMI wounded, is indee
only another disaster to his sinking cause
What nex. II Is possible that Bragg ma
. next try the game Of concentration in virgini
I while RQseSrans is repairing damages in Te
a nessee. We hope that this contingency h'
been anticipated at Washington. ard that u
e absence Of the corps Of Longstreet and d. ]
! rIiil from the army Of Lee is an advanta,
q which will be probably seized upon by
Army of the Potomac.
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/ CIVIC HosrnALnIEs 70 rnE OrrIcERs or III
Rrssiss FrEEr.--for the first time in our n
: tioual history we have an opportunity of w
: coming - he Empire City OF this continent d
: officers o. Russian naval squadron. The
:. may have been one or two vessels Of that n
ton in this port before; but this is the first occ
sion Of general rendezvous Of its ships-of-w
n in the barbor OF New York. The event shou
!. not be allowed TO pass without Citing recogr
) ton, and we hope that preparations will imm
i diately be Sc, on foot for extending to the Office
: Of the Russian squadron public reception th