The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-02-06

AFFAIRS IN The UNITED S1uES.
From our Northern files, of thf LIST inst,
We give some additional intelliget1ce:

From our Northern files, Of thf LIST inst 3,
We give some additional intelligence:
WHAT ruT coSsrpxgArsx WILL no NsvaK wssr
The Philadelphia Inquirer. of the IA, has the
following editorial under the caption k3vea above
When men are in desperate straits sand befo Y
they are about to abandon their cause As hopeless,
they make desperate resolves; the 'oHsa more ef.
foff." Is apt tn he attained with unwoned energy,
aud is proforttonaliy the more dangs4ous. Just
such, AZ We have often shown, is the r4bei condi-
ton at present, and just such Is the m9atfest ten
daney of their plans. Threatened iIisasoas of
Eastern Kentucky and Southern Tennessee, ny a
movement of Isongstrcet westward, andhy north
erh movement from Alabama, seem ta zadieTe a
purpose to make one more h"rcuieaf effort 10
transfer the war from their own biasteH aud desc
lated fields into regions of plenty. We should not,
therefore, rest cnateat with what has zen don Z,
OF lnli ourselves into security that th%ead is SO
heaf They viii not give up without aeaiher and
harder struggle. There are plans TO b9fhwarted.
new combinations TO ne ntt hard battles to be
fought before reach the end. They have at least
two hundred Thousand men in the fstd, and the
forced c0uScrpt:on of every arm-beSYiHg man
which they rtishessiy cafryiisg out. will
swell those ranks before the winter Is ever into n
formidable mass. If we have four hurrired thou
sand let III remember that stand towards tfisrn
In the attitude OF heseeers, occupying u exterior
line sti and that we should have all other tnns
being equal, much larger force than hsirs. To
this end the cry OF every Genera in hiea comma nd
Ans htt A'tt 'bt pifStit lBNG Nv s''A5 En, ana
ict us work in these precious months Of Minier / ],
prepare an oFerwhe niag advance IL sh<~sp1ing,
earlier II need be.
Every effort the rebels have made 10 invade the
loyal North has been failure, but we think il not
unlikely that they will try again In the spring, and
in the directions we have indicated OF This we
believe our most distinguished officers feel tolera-
bly, sure. How Ii such plan l. be met Byex
tsrme vigilance at every point for the present; great
mobility IN the troops, rapidly reinforcing any
threatened point but, above all, by couuier plans;
BY new incursionS upon them as soon As may be -
We are forced 10 be content al present with that
apparent inactivity which merely masks vigorous
bot silent preparations; but We are sure that the
spring and summer of 1854 will constitute an
eyentu period, the issue OF which will depend on
ourselves. To those who listen to srrpn voices
which undeIyaiue the foe il may he disastrous. TO
those who think nothing has been done, while
everything remains to be dDnc, and who grow re
energetic, more vigorous, more determined, as VI:
near the end we predict a speedy and complete
success We have received the inteiIi geuce that
Johnston's army has fallen back from Dalton be-
yond Kingston, and probably 10 Atlanta.
At glance this seems 10 accord with our general
view. ihey have sent additional forces TO Long
street, feeling sufe that just now Giants principal
attention Is directed in that quarter, and that ie
viii hardly advance southwark on their line OF re
treat. We informed that Morgan, who IL was
runIorfd threatened IN cut the communications be
tween Chattanooga ana Knoxville, is really going
to make raid in Eastern Kentucky with seven
regiments of cavalry. Knoxville, and raids ftnm
IL every direction, form the present field OF chici
interest. There the Eagles are gathering.