The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-11-28

,...ox oun OWN CORRESPONDENT



MissieaaEy Ridge, Nov. 3lsisS
..., General sherman does not ssaes
T"s .,,,r under his feet. meRsh aeo II
thss'a'' .,.sv.A that he would Germ junction
VA, y. -. army ., Cha.sa"oosa before sAe ars' o.
WV" WINS. whereas the Louisville 1'sssa'' on '"e
fe''" ,aerms rs that he hes already joined
III" '" 9th those Of Gen. Thonas. had ne
m' - "a move along The Memphis ana Chas'es-
eo"""a es.A and to sepair ne track - he came, 1t
toa ra" n. ,ha, he would have arrived here be
isH" -,,,ns. Il 10 not believed that his forces
fare eS'' some 10 Chattanooga, hut have atop
have stevenson and Bridgeport, from which
pea ,,ex conveniently threaten our len Hank
p''"s ~" crossed the Tennessee at all, they are
II '"s' -. ,e,shherhood Of Bridgeport, OF some
sti' !" '" n. ,at,road between that point and
p,awa's Ferry. g..
bf""" movements yesterday were just
The err ~ iu.tify the suspicion that he intended
suaele"'. force iaio McLeMore's Cove to-oay
70 'h"" ua. his design he has abandoned IT, 'or tne
II snch WI ,s.s,: hut whether on account Of the
present =. i.., uixht aud TO day, or because he
heavy iA', The ystiaht eyes Of the CoRfederates
foaad h"s him Il Is impossible 10 say. That he
were srsa,ya u his whole army out OF Chattanoo-
has wHha' few divisions, there can be but little
&. rHce, chief doubt feit is In regard 70 his de-
do"b'' s.,her he intends 10 make an assautt upon
signs, ~"n,nnn,ain, or TO re,3At the manauvFe of
l.oakea, "d and move down Wilts's Valley In the
s,s Rome Ga Tvs ned s xsi",y Of
fo'ces WV" VIA ,bey are probably concealed In the
shs north side Of the river, Or In Lookout
!imoe, ~ Possibly portion of them have marched
'snes ,,ver 10 the assistance OF burnside, now ne
up "e "'d N Knoxville. Thomas has declined 10
ieisua ,,r,her flags of truce for week I" come,
aiio" a ~ itself t. significant Of desire tor co"-
and This on "s''
.a.neui. 49,.
eesa ',a,m has certainly gathered, and the thnn
.l",t i. forged and ready 20 be iannched Dat we
hopr ." = conductor, and that IL the lightning ne
sf, s,syrd altogether II may at least he di'e"ed
fn,,n our devoted heaas' , ,,. ,,ieenca
.ttssn received at headquarters oi any engaee.
hsu :" q. ,he uei.hbOshOod OF Knoxville othcr Wan
h" M" h.,ween wheeler and the Federal "avhuy, III
hitch we capturcd about 3OO prisoners, "tH'" """
naded about 100, and drove the enemy ""'
Na,yyitie back into knoxViiie. u,sp hish
ir., heen received from Gen. l.0nsssFeet, !" ~"."
' s,a,es that Burnside had retired upon h"'As'ne'
wber. ne now has been surrounded: |" was .,.. u
,ired that Gen. Lonsstrcefs c"nneruon WI" W., ' va,
eYn,ditiou should not be made pmbiic oi '"e ~.
ut. bnt sIuce IL has found Its way into the news
n,nrrs (, need not be disguised that ne Is III com
pi'ind Of our forces now operating In East Iennes
The letter published IN the New YORK Herald,
ao,ng ~ have been written by Col. NoFthfOp,
Ppm;..s,y General of the Confederate States, to
,.s secretary of Wal, In relition To an apprehend
". va .c,,cit, of supplies and detailing hls interview
with certain Southern Governors al MlIledseviile
and with Gen. Bragg at Dalton, Us transparency
a,'aery a"" No such trip was ever made by Colonel
Sn1,hfop, aud Gen. Bragg never saw him or wrote
-, him on the subject. AT the time spoken OF,
Zen. B. vas at Tuilah0ma.
Persons visiting their friends In the army would
,.,i IN hiring their blankets with them; fer mel
,s.r u" ohrer. nor men have enough to share even
Sb hro,hers and fathers. When the visit Is com
',r,ed they might do another good thing, aud that
!. leave their blankets with their army friends.
rhs weather is clearing up as | write-l0 o'clock
a, night, and there is prospect of blue skies to
"ar,"w. SALLrsT.