The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-09-23
TmE BArrL. IN EAsr TENNESSEE.

TMI BArrLR IN EAsr TsSSrssrr -
Thus Gar Gen. Bragg seems 10 be com
pletely. victorious. The results are
greater than those Of any battle fought by
the Dake Of Wellington in Spain, so far as
The loss Of men inflicted upon the enemy
i. CONCERNED. with the single exception
al Salamanca. and. so far as artillery Is
concerned. with the single exception OF
Viito,ia In no one battle in he PENN
su,s exeeot Salamanca. did Wellington
ever capture i.ofi0 prisoners, and IN no
one battle. save Nit,oria did lie ever
CAPTURE as many as 80 pieces of cannon.
What the loss Of the enemy i'll killed and
wounded amounted to.we have no means
Of asceHaining, but when we consider
that Rosecrsns had sixty thousand men,
1t is not TO DE supposed that he would
have yielded, after two days fighting,
and left I 900 men, 80 pieces of artillery,
and all his dead and wounded in our
hands unless he had sustained loss in
the latter of at least ID, 600 men. HIS
entire loss, therefore, can fall very little
short Of 90. 900 men killed, wounded,
aud prisoners. and these are Western
men. the very flower oil the whole Yam
Ree army There can he no doubt,
Therefore, that thus Ear zen. Bragg sue
ces. ha- been brilliant. and that II goes
far IL redeem ail the errors imputed to
him on former occasions.
Nevertheless. there is still a feeling OF
uncertainty in this community, who hal
tao we'll remember Muiirccsho:oush, AMI
how the glorious promise OF one day was
turned to sorrow bv the dispatch of the
next They see Chattanooga. III all It's
strength. directly in front al Hragg and
they wait to see il retahen before they
give way 10 JOY. For the relief Of
.anch donbtcrs, wcare happy TO announce
that Chattanooga * ,!e!en>lhle only
ayainS: an enemy on the opposite side OF
The river. Against an enemy Oh the
sang side with Itself, especially ii he
come i,om the east. as Bragg does, it is
altogether indefensibe. The mountains
terminate Just there. and present nut
mernn> elevated positions. which com
mand the place. The probability, there
lore. is that RosecralS will not at'emi'i
o make stand there. but will continue
his retreat TO Nashville. II will all de-
pend, however, on the vigor with which
he is pushed by Bragg. That General will
shortly receive, or possibly has received,
heavy reinlorcrments, and he has had Bit
ter experience of the evils resulting from
delay in this war, in which procrastna-
ton has always been the object of the
enemy. We trust and believe. there
tore, that the enemy will be allowed no
lime To rest Every consideration points
to continued operations. The enemy
evidently does not mean to advance from
Tennessee into Alabama and Georgia
during The present season. Rosecrans's
plans is 10 get possession Of the whole Of
Tennessee, and render it impregnable in
The frs, PLACE. Thcnce, having the best
possible base, Ire viii advance next SUM
mer upon Georgia and Alabama. He
had already stolen ten thousand horses,
upon which he designed to mount infant
Nv this winter, and scom the whole
North OF Georgia and Alabama. 1t is
Ia he hoped that he will lie disappointed
in these views Gen. Bragg has at least
made good start in the attempt 10 dis
appoint him Unless, however, he be
driven back across the riyeg our late vie
tory will have been of no value.
II will he seen from Il dispatch from
om own correspondent, dated at Ring
gold Yesterday, that there r"s no hattie
m 10 3ag and bnt little skirmishine,
and ,hat yesterday an advance of our
troops Was TO be made on the Enemy,
, who il; supposed to be in position GA
Mission Ridge, twelve miles from Chat
tannoga From this we infer that
Rosecrans fell back during Monday,
without being iiercely pressed ~ oui
troops OF the assault Oh his preSen;
position, which was 10 have been made
yesterday, We may get the result 10 day.
The Yankees never have beaten and
never will beat our armies in the field.
In every Instance in which they have
claimed the victory, their only. show OF
right 10 do 50 has tecn the retreat Of our
troops al the very moment when they
were preparing TO retreat themselves. -
Mcclellan had already commenced re
treating from Sharpsbnre, and Meade
Was already retreaiing from GcttyS-
iirg, when oar General began 10 ial!
back, and This was the signal for them
Ia sneak back and claim victory
At MurIrccsborough every officer in
1soSecrans' = army, except I.eseerans him
sell, WAS in favor Of a retreat WAIT II
little while, said Rosecrans, and you
wilrScc The enemy himself rctrcaling .
And so ii turned out. In all three Of
these I.a.,les we fairly beat the enemy,
and IL We had but known il hc would
have reircaie.l. aud we have saved the
honor oil our arms
While eNultin:. in our success We cam
not hut pause tn pay IA passing tribute to
those brave officers who paid for our sue
cess with their lives. OF General Hood,
in particular, it grieecs us tn record The
serions nature Of his wound, although
va hope it is not mortal, as one account
represents lie was one Of the hest Of
Ulcers and noblest spirits in the whole
army-bfavc as the sword hc wore. chi
salr"us as Bayard, humane Ms 4 pro-