The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-11

From our latest Northern AIes ~ got
some intelligence Of interest," Mnieh want
Of space has prscluded our rlbibhing.
The summary below win - lbsnd 10.
tsrssting:
A Last Of ths SrAsmss Hare Boet Dkd,sAsd.
Ths New York Herald, Of the alsh ais, in
blissfal ignorance OF thu disas.ers which had
bssallsn the Yankee arms, drew OF tks follow.
log lst Of the esasmss of our '.er1ing lFssh-
rsn" Of the North. and the progress they had
msds,
First, the designs lately entertaioo& bstWeen
I.oa aRstreet, In East Tennessee, and Joe John
s.oa, tundrsd and fay miles 10 ths south.
wastward, near Dalton, for the sxppldon Of
our army from Chsttaaooga, In an stack by
way Of Kaoxviils, have evidsntly bean cir
cnmventsd. L0ngstreet has been e6mpsilsd
TO fall back, and is probably moyi1g for .
juEe ion with Johnston, against the ilumn Of
dsu. Grants forces which has advanced TO
within three miles OF Dalton, aitaepgh net
wisioo. some sharp fighting at the hsnatain
p,as of Tunnsl UN Coniisnt thai h m,ys-
nisnts Of Gen. uFaHs's soiaYsss isxat1 ~
Atlanta bas bseu cleared Of the e.e5,y. In
this eysDt tas absolute lnes Of tha Tennessee
snd Virginis Railroad will be apt to expsdite
sae evacuation Of Ricbm md; for the rear of
tha! city will bs opened to GIANT with tbe
possession OF t6is rOsd
SECONDLY, Willie the principal c,luuas on
bo.E sidss, as between Grant aud tsa enemy
are cperallng near Dalton and Kaoxyi;ie, .hsrs
hrs, extending westward from Chattanooga to
tbs Mississpp! river, several heavy Union
banking colnnaDs moving south ward, or q wait
ing thsir opcoi sanify for q blew at some OF
posing re5ai datSei, Gsc: F,r instance. .4e,.
erals Smith and Gsisrson, with o heavy BODY
OF cavalry, ara reported by the r5bsls az al
vancing sousaward from the extreme north.
western coIner Of Mississippi supported by a
ooiu nn OF six thousand infsnt.y, which the
teosi zen; r,srsss was vaiaiy endsavori3g to
ho'd In caass' Thus. from tae north, the
co Commanding corner Of Georgia, and the en-
ira ffont oi Alabama ana Mississippi, are
covered by he advancing TO ees OF the Uaion.
Thirdly, 4 Aimisai FArrsa ", wita a DO wsrfr,
qu,drou, expressly prepared for the purpo,a
and with a cooperating land force 10 in front
OF Mobile The city, as g :rresponient in.
iorms us,is defended by twenty thorsau,
men, am by one or two form dable iror.oiad
ram=. TAs cnly serious impodimsots n"m
ever, to Admiral Fsrraeat, ars ths two raes.
.ar iorts which command the main entrance 20
Aan!ls Bay, and they may require many days'
shsl'ing hai0re thay are silence; or weak .naH
seteienly to enable our daeb to run taa o.nns
let. This doae, the iaud force Of She rahal,
Will be Of iittIs avail against bcr1oarinan,
OF the city from the water.
we now come to the great csntral expsd;
tien t General Shsrm IN, moving eastward
from V!cksburg, aud reported in our last &c
counts 50 having crossed into Alabama and
advanced to Selma, place the great mill
tary Importance Of wh.si, as a rebel csntra
o: supplies, aud .0n account of it's military
workshops and naval depot, aud as com
manding the navigable Aiabtna river
down to Mobile and up to Mon.yomarv
can hardly bs over estimated. Tns ooaDtrv he
tween Qaitman aad Mobile is poor and ttinlv
Inhabited; but the country bstween tha Mis-
sissippi State border aad Selma is exceedingly
rich, aad especially in slaves aud cotton Tans
II three Alabama counties on the linz of n an
Shetu ms naarcH-Sampter, Marenyo. and
Daiias-there is an agyrega.s Of SOM a;x,v
THOUSAND slaves against a white population of
twenty five thousand. Gen. Sherman. tbaa !,
striking into ths very heart of ,hs negro aud
cotton aud corn rsgioa of Alabama. and the
with or without any axbtjng.
mas. be exceedingly disastrous to the rsbs.
cause. Ths objects OF this expedition are 10
ont Z Mobile from Joe lohRsi4a ,;:......
Polk 5 broksa and dsmorsijsX arnv =
to secure the A'ab .ma river, to seizs and use
or destroy Important rsb-l military depots an,
stores Of supplies, and 10 carry CONSERVATION
and decentralization throughout tas so.oallon