The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-12
The Wilieafy ?Isuat'eS-A N.rtkarn view.
The BAlfinore Gazette, of The 9Th inst, II
it, sanmary Of news, has The fellow ing:

The Mi1isafs sIlas'ss-A N.rsksra view
The Balfinors Gasefse, Of The 9Th fsst., Il
it, sannary Of news, has The fellow ing:
since The battle Of 0sstysbarg, and The esp
ture OF Port Hndson and Vicksburg, the Feds.
raj fofcss under Meade, and Grant, and Ross.
Grams, and Banks, respectively, xppear ~ hass
OF she Potomac rests somewhere IN the vicinity
Of tho Rappahannock, worn cus BY long
ma, ,chss, and grealy weakened BY Ito losses
at Winchester and 10 Pennsylvauia. By the re-
turn home. Of the Psnnsylvsnia militia, Of the
New York troops, hpuied forward BY Cav.
Seymour, and Of ,hs many rsgimsnts whose
term Of service had expired. Gen Meade
sise, and viii probably contsn: himself, IL he
is permitted to do %, with watching the noss.
nen.s Of the enemy until adeq quats rsinsorup.
nisnts shalireach him. His rosiiion IL said % BE-
aa.urally strong ons, and 10 strengthen Il still
further ne has made aiibsralu uss ofths pick and
spade I. may be that the authorities as Wash.
iagtor have really ordered Msade to advance,
az the correspondence Of the Boston Courier,
which we published yesterday ,icdicatee;but ths
new commander in-chief Of the Army Of the
Potomsc will scarcely hszard his reputation
by taking the initiative in o new campaign,
unless assured Of sufficient support TO justify .
forward movement, and we doabt whether
such suppor. could bs had wi,hou ,ntireiy
stripping the dsfences of Washil ,.on Of
foree for the purpose. Ia the meantime, how
ever The Confederate army, under Lee, now
lying between the RappahannOck and the
kapilan, may not be content to remain inac-
tive. its nombers are said to bs at least equal
to those Of the Army Of the Potomac, and IL
such be really the case, Gen. Lee will scarcely
bs inclined to stand for any considerable length
OF tina on the defensive, unless he, too, is ex.
pac.ing reinforcsments from the Southwa ast -
Il is not, indeed, improbable that there will be
= concentration Of troops on both sides, and
thai the mex: tremendous struggle will be, on
sthe one hand, for the possession Of Richmond,
and, on the other, for tho capture Of Wash
in2ton.
Since the retreat Of Bragg, Gsn. Rosscrans
has not ventured beyond Tullahoma, and for
sood and sufficient reasonable army 10 not
strong enough to advance any further into the
interior, and keep up at the same time his line
of Communication with the base Of his cup.
plies at Nashville. To what point Gen. Bragg
has fallen back we are not informed. A por-
ton Of his forces, under Hardee, occupies
Chattanooga, and a. the position 10 very
strong one and is also well fortified, the latter
is not in any serious danger Of having It
wrested from him.
Gan Grants army has been broken uo into
several GivisiOns-part of it garrisOns Vicks
barg, part has gone up the river, and part has
gone down to assist Banks, many Of whose
troops have served their time out, and have
been, or will be, mustered out of service. The
capture of Vickshusg and Port Hudson was not
acco Ii she'd without heavy loss, and apart from
casualties Of battle, the diseases incidental to
the climate must be taken into account. These
c7mbined causes have, as q matter Of course,
Simply reduced the number Of effective men
which Grant had at bis disposal; whilst the
oompar atively email force under Banks has
been etill further reduced by the return home
Of thoss volunteer regiments whose term OF
service has expired. Notwithstanding, there
fore, the successes which havs bsen achieved
in the Southwest i. is manifest that any fur
taer operations, especially at this season Of the
year, wonld scarcely be consistent with that
prudence which governs eeneible command
er. 1t is true that We hear that Mobile and
Savannah are to be the next points Of attack
bus it Ia far more likely that such troops as can
be spared will be sent 10 Meade in Virginia,
and Gilmore before Charleston, whilst, per-
hsps, those that wera drawl from K3secrans
will be returned TO him.
The war on the lower Mississippi ia evi.
IDENTIFY over for the present, and If Mea de does
not advance, and is not attacked, popular ia.
tereet will centre on Charleston. where Git.
more is struggling to overcome the manifold
difficulties which beset him on every eide, and
which are even now taxing his engineering
skill to the utmost. Will be succeed evensu.
ally? There are thoss who are ssnguine
enough to predic. that he will Bat battery
Wagner still holds out, shot aud shell making
no aeriOus impression upon the sand Of which
the works are composed. The garrison and
It's supporting force can be relieved or strength.
ened from Charleston at will, and 1t cannot be
iiansed from the adjoining islands, as fortifca-
tions equally formidable have been construct
ed there, or are in progress Of construction
three thousand negroes having been called for
by Gov Bonham tor that purpose In addition
to those already actively at work.
More than thirty days have elapsed since
tie Federal troops landed On Morris leland;
two sssauts upon Battery Wagner have besn
made, and both were repulssd with such 60
vers loss that correspondents inform us there
will he no further attempt to carry that work
by storm To take it by siege 10 . slow and
sxhaustiug procsss at best II is believed,
however, that although Battery Wagner may
hold out for long time to come, and perhaps in
definitely that the heavy gums no " being place
IN position will be near enough to batter down
Fort Sumter, and that Sumter once abandoned
Charleston nuet fall. We doubt if this rssnl.
follows necessarily. The complaint
now is. that the monitors have been but OF
little service, and that ths capture of Charles
ton ia necessarily dependent upon the success
of operations on land. Ii this be tFus, and il
it be also true that Gen. Gilmore has suffered q
ioss of enc third Of his force, 1t is at l.ast q
matter of doubt whether Charleston can be
taken at ALL Certain it il, this result can only
be attained by much larger army than 10 now
unds r the command of Gan Gilmore