The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-28

practicable line is that by Blue mountain I,isfr
from the enemy lines, and Is protec from as;,ut
by rivers and mountains. 1t is, therefore, se4u,o
and reliable. Still it has sorne disaav,,,,o., IT,,
terminus is too far from the enemy's line to srve ~
a convenient btse for Us. Tie distance from E,,,.
mountain to the Yankee line OF communication II,
Georgia, the Chattanooga and Atlanta railroad, is
about seventy miles. This is five days march, and
is only practicable III toerablc weather and roads
Our army cannot remain nearer the enemy's line
than Blue mountain. Our operations then, must,
for the present, be limited to frequent raids upon
his railroad In five days, reach his railroad
in five days, can destroy it for thirty miles and
i'll five days, return. Thus, We make the raid in
fifteen days. We can do damage enough to employ
the Yankees thirty days III rebuilding the road.
When neatly completed, We can make another raid
and destroy ii again, repeating the operation Of
ten As he rebuiids
lie cannot keep an aiIay Ill Atlanta, or near it
under such conditions. How then is he to prevent
our destruction of his road He can do it only by
attacking and destroying our army. He cannot
defend the road between Kingston and Chattanooga
without leaving Atlanta and putting his army be-
tween Kingston and Rome. This involves the
he puts his army between Kingston and Chatta-
nooga then strike it i'll Wills Valley, near
Bridgeport, and destroy it there lie cannot defend
all points at once. Even on the road from Kings
ton to Chattanooga he came. offend all points. If
he divides his army between several points,
thus divided it cannot resist Ii he masses it
at Kingston, We can strike the road near Dalton
1t he masses his army at Dalton, W. can strike the
road near Kingston, and So Neither dispersion
nor concentration will avail him. Our line Is
perpendicular to his, and opposite tO the cen
ire Of his line from Bridgeport to Atlanta -
We can strike any part OF his line for enc
hundred and seventy miles. There is but small
difference i'll the distance from base to any part
of his line. Our line being perpen'liculdr to hi~,
only one point of it, the terminus, is exposed, and
our army covers that. He cannot reach IL without
encountering our army. If he had Blue mountain
he could not hold it twenty days for want Of supplies
FORREST
Forrest is operating on the Tennessee river be-
low Florence, Alabama. lie says that he is deter
mined that the State Of Tennessee shall have fair
vote i'll the next Presidential elect lion none at all.
FROM MISSOURI.
The only news We have from Missouri is through
the Northern preSs--t chaune So mud,tle,l with po-
litical eagernes1 and military bombast AMI lies that
there can bG reliability whatever placed in their
statements. They full ot Inconsistencies from be-
ginning TO end. They say that they tthe Yankees
have badly defeated PIicr, and that he Is on the re-
treat The next paragraph gives out that they them
selves the retreat, aul are greatly disturbed
about Prices movements. Kansas City is in Mis-
tba th. IL F}V VI urlrrpi I
emptes into the Missouri it is four miles from West
port, and was formerly known as Westport land
ing. On the opposite side of Kansas river is the
town of Wyaniotto. Independence is sixteen miles
lower down the river and Is place Of imp,r-
tance, having been for years past the out-dtting
point and rendezvous for Santa Fe traders. Taking
ali the Yankee accounts into consideration, tn.
enemy are the retreat towards the Kansas line
a ID Price IS following up with portion of his army
ut least a third of his command including CLARK,
Shelby, Anderson and others, being engaged III op-
erations the north side Of the Missouri river.
Hal there been any likelihood of the campaign of
Price proving failure, he would have 1t long
SINCE and retrcatea before penetrating 50 far into
the State. lie has met with success at every turn.
Volunteers have tlockel to llim, not by hundreds,
but by thousands. Supplies ct aims and aInlnuni-
o concealed for the past Two years, have been I'M
tombed and borne INTO the fight by men who have
the will to use them. Fort and garl~ona have been
captured and their pols made to serve the south
EN- cause. The march has been onward and up
ward until the Old general has reached the extreme
border Of the State AMI pressed the Federals across
the Kansas line.
Having penetrated thus far, the next move will b,
| back Lexington and towards Jeff rson C!ty, the
object OF Price having been to give every possible
portion OF the State opportunity to aid the Con-
federate cause-which object is now accomplished
| We may be assured that our arms have suffered nC
reverse III Missouri.