The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-02
LATEST NORTHERN NEWS.

Esgive some further very inte resting extract =
ta4 ogr Northern flies OF the 27lh ut. This expe.
aiaG et Gen. Banks wss S, Fortress Monroe on
assi and was 10 sail for ia destination Ia day
H'n5 Tte Baltic is tie flag ship, and tie mum.
-foi nen composing the expedition is stated at
aoN Il appears from ths Northern papers that
=ssedericAsburg movem4n. was ds.errnined on
= l. l3:h ult on the occasion OF the visi of Hal
"a . Burnside. and that the consent Of Lincoln
sn 10, obtained until the following Saturday.
L.psIca from offusts Cross Roads, in Mor I.
s-ay county, I'D, dated the 2e.h. gives tie fol.
..rg account Of Confederate dash:
II. rO-nias st daylight body Of rebelcavalry,
:tf1aet TO b. sixty s,rong, entered PooIesv;lle
szi-i sessrs Cherry sud sargesnt, .h- Cover
Ii iele graph operators stationed there in bad
ilA-i . III and permitted them 10 telegraph
-s' -shaps 10 Washington This boldness Of the
.ata sss caused much excitement in rtis neigh
s--sci
III DINING BATTLE AT sAsHvILIE-THE POSI-
f1s OF THE OPPOSING FoRCEs-aEs Ros.r.
ftiss-HIs INTENTION TO FIGHT, Ac
3'obsbly the key point Of the theatre Of war In
e Ees, wes. Ii the city OF Nashville. the capital
Isanessee. Seated In the midst Of the great
sas'A bsain Of the State. surrounded by highly
- Aad very fertile agricultural district er 10y.
i eousid-rable facilities for mill s-y Ilanufac
-iss tie focus 0! several importsn. paved roads
10 railways. and within two dsys If the Ohio
fTs'b BY water when the Cunbsria;id is at a coed
fAss lie political and strategical Importance Of
AsA'iie san hardly be overrsted. letter, dated
= L'il ul' ssys Of its defences
N-el LEI; here 10 September the for, Oh St
'.ai Aiil had hardly been begun Now IL covers
@' taHIr tliI, looming Into VAST proportions and
-ta-lea With q title. Not gun had been mounted
nte-pi' dug; the Capitol remained uborna
-eaea Wio ,iege guns. and Ia wa.er.works had
~ -. aaelpat-o beng turned in'o . fort. Now the
n! .neirc.ed by chain of rife pits and forts-
s s.'es'z lave been Darricaded and pitfalls mace
~ Aui9st Impossible TO get in Or Gu. o! the city
Tic aexi battle is expected to occur on Duck
r'"' nes Xix Ridge, about nfty miles south Of
'~Asue Unless the Confsderstes should advance
'-s CITY. correspondent Of the New York
= N'''a sends tlas paper & map. showing Morgan 20
"ea'y niles from Nashville: Forrest q: La
'"tIs TIE same distanee Rreckinridse at Mur.
''''0fo, twenty niies this side of Forrest, and
-1'-fs'ne, Buekner's, Che stham 3, and Withers's
~'a''a' Lear Elk Ridge. The letter gives the fol.
""i'z arrangement OF .he YANKEES forces:
oea ao5ecrsns's line row extends from HASH
e Vigt. "ina} to Lebanon, Qeit wipgJ and that
10y oe represented by the turnpike road, as laid
~ oe y, !hs map which send you accompanying
49, iils ilne hes been thoroughly rec0naotered
"a &c enemy, and they are we'll acquainted
.. @ u a. our own officers Porrsst and John Nor
"a -A'e '7Versi times paid their respects 10 IL.
80 ..' oI 40 Of their reconnoisSAnCes have re
80 hss seriously. Ii will Dc .eeo by ref
,,I 70 iae inIp that from the right and left po-
.p. .a' oi tie army Two turnpikes run nearly par.
rt-i Gna nj 7Ak iUSP
n. IT. eehEs! road converging with the eastern
H.. xafireesboro. 1t is by these roads that
ni. niS.1 -1pect Gen. Bosecrsns 10 operate, and
,a,y evident that they are making their prep
=" '0s 10 opp se lis march by thess routes.
'Ie writer estimates the whole Confederate
''Istt a. n.55D A letter from Nashville, dated
teu all, sises same Information given by
A''asfs's prisoner cap turei ,he day before. II
aYs
.s,s.sses rses ,hs, tn Taursday evening he accom-.
b. et. feeonnoiterng force 10 within six miles OF
l0,fy. The LunA.ic Asylum, on the Murfrees
st.A upiks, wss the nearest point 70 the city TO
n, Cne ne rebels csme This place 10 visible from
,sostitol with the naked eve, but it is ard.y
.,se ''asa ths. anything bni the buildings csn be
lstss - .ae force making the reconnaissance con
to,So, =, lhe Firn Tenne sses cavalry, about twelve
"a, s1ons and Ffesmau's battery, consisting
p.ecss de neral Forrest Of euerr lila fame,
ssds 80 general survey Vi the country Wes
.pS picket ltas examined, and also the hedges
dssss. eadsr establishsd beyond Il. These bas.
tora.. 900 tostsuctions are made by building .
ts,.s.a Q. parallel faAoss aad filing the space
II with brushwood II q perfectly Ia psssa.
.ni.. :. ,.avAry. Gen. Forrest nmasksa, on exam
DussM met IL must be the work OF some damned
lssc TLs Reconnaissance wss not eosn
l. usa late 1t night. whss tbs force retusnsd
stks .sa ans whsrs II wsnt Into saaap. This force
ssssrkost r,.a Of the enemy, ana II hAld - post IT
When THE .tny movss yosssst VII