The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-11-07

To sessegls fdf he possefsios a Neses Look.
ost snA Ne HaaAvills snd CAattauooea nasisosa
mas eonAsnced. TIE sasay hes takea pesses-
MOI o. aAA fbrtiAca Raecooa Mauntain, sa sseva.
tasa pasalei - that held ~ our forces, ava which
coasaaads postion ei the valley bsswesn Il
sed tee Lsok"st mage. Ths Co,anSss t0sosxfa)
ssS teI's AssAas Il has greater elsvaeioa IL its
saase sosthwsstwasd than does Mount Lookout, !,
ase Commands the lslses ssme ten o. nlaeen asiles
eosth OF he river, though NOT 80 high BY several
tundsed feet 1t the paint Near The river. Tho
enemyS bstisEtes on Moceasin Poiat afs sone
nns:s headEsd feet lower than ouss on Loot
out Point, and eli approaches 10 our posItIoa
exespt by naAk movemeut on the Rsccoon
Mountain and an advance upon our rear, seems
Impossible. Our lines OF defence on Monnt
Lockout fosa, v, the apex Of which rssss on the
waass; the line forming thaeAsseru side extending
back -four OF Eve miles and forming jancton with
the line On Missionary Ridge, our guns on the two
elevations commanding the Chattanooga Valley
below; tho line formias the western side extends
southwest beyond the point opposite 4he Junction
Of the eastern line with that On missionary Ridea.
The Sasa adds:
The abandonment Of Mount Lookout nv our
forces would not, necessarily, canse the abandon
mcne Of our position on Missionary Ridge, but Il
would ennele the enemy 10 open railroad comh,u-
nication with Middle Tennessee, and give him ihe
quiet and undsputed p0ssession Of his present pO-
sition tn Chattanooga, which II probably all be
designs for the present. Even the possession Of
Raccoou Mountain wiiieuable him to resume CON-
munieat!on by railroad fiom tbaa point TO Bridge
pf, ana enable HIN estah3iAh Aopos OF supplies
some ten o. twaiye miles from Chattanooga but,
In attempting to move suposies from this new de-
pot BY wagon trains, hs would have to cross the
river twice-Arst at Raccoon Mountain, then AZ
Chattanooga.
TIE Marietta Rebel, Of Saturday evening, In its
article on "the situation" says:
To make front assault upon the enemy's strong
position 10 given up as totally impfacficable, al
the same time that II Ii generally conceded that he
can be drawn from the shelter Of his star forts and
rlne pits by Hank movement, and by that alone.
We feel satisfied that one of two events will take
place before great while; either Bragg will flank
Grant, or Grant will flank Bragg. Heaven defend
Georgia and the South from the last, snd God speed
the advance OF the Army Of Tennessee into the
land OF wool and grain and comfortable winter
quarters.
The correspondent Of the Atlanta lnt.lligsnce.
writes from camp before Chattanooga, October
%, AZ follows:
A division Of the enemy, escorting about one
hundred wagons Of supplies and a number Of am
the way Of Jasper and crossed to this side of Kei
ly's Ferry, ten miles below Lookout, coming up
Lookout Valley to Browns Ferry, three miles be-
low Chattanooga, where they have just finished
pont0on bridge. After skirmIsh with our pick
cts, 1.-TWO regiments,) our men fell back, and the
train succeeded In passing--ihe wagons crossing
at Browne Ferry. Our men, as they fell back at
Hmpted to burn the bridge over Lookout creek,
but did not succeed. This IL quite a success for
the Yanks, who will now make an effort to get the
possession of this road, that they may thus obtain
supplies, which would set them on their feet again.
They will not be able to obtain the possession of
the Nashville and Chattanooga Road on this side of
the river, 80 long as We hold Lookout; but they
may, as Is already seen, cross below at Brown
Ferry, and, consequently measures will be so
taken, doubt, to cut them of ftom this means Of
Lookout Valley is formed by the west side of
Lookout Mountain and Raccoon Mountain. The
mouth Of Lookout Valley terminates towards the
river at Browns Ferry. 1t Is a Continuation of
Wills Valley, which is formed by the slope of
Lookout and the continuation Of Kaccoon Noun
tain, called Sand Mountain, running southwest.
The Willis Valley Railrood runs from Chatia-
nooga to Trenton, a distance Of 81 miles. As the
enemy now controls the occupation of RaccoOn
they will be able, unless driven out,
also to hold WINS Valley The bridge over the
Tennessee, which crosses Long Island Mt Bridge
port, Ia nearly completed by the enemy, and Ii is
reported will be finished In ten days. They have
hen only to rebuild the bridge over Running
Water Creek, Is miles below Chattanooga, to OBJ
ain the full occupation Of the road up TO Browns
Ferry. This will soon enable them to take the
offensive, and IL they make another flank move
ment by Will's Valley will necessarily compel us
10 fall back. Our plans. however, which of course
are not known, may change the whole complexion
Of things.