, 1862-12-23
THE WAR IN TENNESSEE. EEE.
Important from the South via,
Nashville.

NEW YoRK, Dec, Pa SPECIAL to the New
The Chattanooga Daily Re1cl Of Friday the
MOBILE. Dec. 17.-Thc following is
special dispatch to The ddec'tts.':, dated Vicks-
burg, 10th:
Two Yankee gunboats went up the riTer
yesterday and another this morning.
The Mobile Tribune learns thnt the Union,
lists fired cn the train bctwecn Inpc1o aud
Okalona. Nobody hurt The train proceeded
to Okalona, which was Immediately cTacua-
'1i]lo was taken Oh Monday morning, and Pom
tiae ut u O. clock, BY twenty five Abolitionists,
which is said to be the advance Of 5000, who
are marching through that country. Shannon
VAS atfacEed by Unionists at o'clock tie
E:mc day.
."ACGUsTA, Ga, Dec. 1T.-Thc steamer Her
aid arrived at Confederate port to- day, with
valuable cargo and the remains Of Gen. Tom
Cobb.
Major Generals Loripg and Nef, recently
commanding in Western Virginia, hare ar
rived at Jackson, Miss. for duty in that de-
partment. Gen. Lowell WAS relieved By
lpring.
In tic Rappalannock battles tile B1,taes.
says, Areh;ts brigade suffered severely: It
was formerly commanded by Gen. Bob Hat
4sh, and 7th Tennessee regiments Gen. Hood,
Of Texas, commanded; ii division aud was
mortally wounded. He was one Of the best
|. rebel generals.
BcaRregard is expecting an attack at Charles
/. ton by land and water.
/ Pemberton's army was at Grenada On the
| Eth inst: Price was six miles west. Tilssll-
mans division was six miles east. Van Dorn's
| headquarters were in Grenada.
| 4 correspondent Of the Richmond Enquirer,
/ giving an account Of the unionists crossing
! the Rappahannoek, says; 1.-THE Unionists
were resisted by Barksdale's Mississippi bri-
| gadc, ard i shell from Union gun Knocked
I; tall chimney down upon the Eth Mssis-
.Fippi, wonnd1ng twenty ty-eigat Of the1a.-- The
rcbcls lost $50 III this affair. Two rebel regi-
;ments sent TO cover the retreat Of the Missis:
,,iRsi ,itR'a!o regiments broke and fled from the
The Viclzsburg Hhig Of the 18th says two
| Union gunboats went up the Yazoo on the
! :th inst. At Blake's plantation they ran over
| two torpedoes, which exploded without doing
any mischief The bouts Tired four shots and
Withdrew.
| The publication Of the Memphis .8ppeaz will
t soon be resumed ut Jackson, Miss.
Morgan is reported to have been in force at
HonesVille on Friday night, and preparations
were made for him. Gen. D. Stanley followed
no signs OF the enemy. We have reports that
Morgan has crossed tile Cumberland in strong
force at Rome above Honesyillc. No conhF-
NATION yet
A rebsl detachment, With artillery, threw
about Is shells yesterday everywhere they
supposed our piekets were; Gen. Van CleYe
sent u force nfter them. They slzcdaddlcd.
Twenty rebels in O. 8. overcoats undertook
to surprise Col. Stanley's escort Of cavalry O
12 men and were badly handled. Stanlcy's
mandcr, killing two or three, and chased ths
enemy home.
This afternoon stanley's brigade was at
lacked while foEagfng, and the enemy wa!
again rcpulscd. Three or four Of them wer,
wounded, as many killed, and six captured
| The remainder Of the sklrlni=hing during thi
week Was i'll o1sr favor.
Reports continue to exaggerate the rcbe
strength: &c, ,0n is very big estimate.
4 special to the New York Uera1a, latet
: Nashville, Dec. q, SAYS:
Confirmation has been received Of tile re
ports Of the reinforcement Of the rebels b,
: Van Dorm.
The Richmond ErauiueY says, in summin.
| up the recent fight: Our right wing dgoy
T. the enemy back, killing two to one, and a
night We held the ground occupied by tn
] c1leny's batteries in the morning. It says
Longstreet's victory is complete. He drov
the enemy into the streets Of :Frcdericks
burg, killing from 5000 to 1000.
: The Richmond DispateA says Sigcl has no
: more than 5000 raw leyies. .
The Herald learns from Baltimore that tn
rebels are supposedto be moving large bodie
= Of troops west. There are literally no troop
I | in Richmond or on the Peninsula. Lee ha
5000 at fredericksburg, excluding gueri}ia'
Teere are no other troops in Virginia. eXceI
l:,e00 ut Petcr6hnrgh There arc 40 tAl0 :
Charleston, II, ,0G0 at Sry:.nnah; and 20, 900
= Mobile. The great strength Of the rebels
being concentrated towards Nashville NJ
! Vlcksburg. and at each Of these places fhel
d will be 10000 troops in a few days.
!. The Richmond Dispatch states that Go
Letcher has determined to hold the Unic
prisoners, taken recently by Gen. Floyd,
f. solitary confinement, Until Col. Thomas, eli:
l. the II French Lady" is released by Lincoln.
\ The New York Tribune says the rumor
y the reuaoy:.l'of Gen. Saxton is unfoundcd.
:. CINCINNATI, December 2I-Adyices fro
$, Rusccrlls to-day report The cneuly 1noyi1
y OIL cur line slowly, evidently with intcntit
= to give us battle. Movements on the enemy
l, left indicate IN intention to tllln our rig
1T flank. Rosecrans writes to gentleman
&c this city: II am fully prepared to meet t
r. enemy, and, if am nt;~ vastly mistaken
u ihc character Of the work, will give Bragg
I'd terrible logging. My soldiers arc actively
o. The alert ,,:lld will not be taken by surprl:
~ Nv railroad communication to Louisville N
- be cut off; but that will only be Temporal
4 general engagement may, occur at 4
as ti1nr.''
le Government authorities are using extra {
"a crfions to have supplies Forwarded to Ma
:" vile, and the Coul1nissary here says IN Il,
re quate supply will be sent in q few dnys to 81
ut ply all wants.
We have further reports Of Prices ana Y:
Dorn~s moving to reinforce Bragg, and a
"a movements Of Grants army to aid Ro
ut rc1nE