Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-03
FROM TENNESSEE.

uoraIus LArsR RIPOArBD IRON HOOD OUR CAVALRY
AoHoss prcE RIvsa-YANKss cPISlou a. HOODS
MOVEMENTS.
The oouvenisn. tumbling down Of the telegraph
wires 10 given ~ the for NO later news fro
General Hoods army Our readers viii remember that
the latest news from Tennessee, pabishsd yesterday
stated that Thomas had rssTeAtsi to franklin tO.nts
m lie, nsarsr to Nashvlt than Columbia, the scene OF
PODS reported "rspulss," and that the Herald nt
maud that Thomas would probably evscuste Franklin
aod retire to Nashville. QUE reading of the Ysuks.
ssuos therefore 10 that ThomI has rstreatsd 10 Nash
Vls aud that be lie vAiny calling for those promised
rsinforcsmentt" to check Hsods steady ADVANCE
The following are the "shoddy" dispatches vherest
the YANKEES nav ia at present cramned:
NIsHvILLT, Nov. 2s.-EothDg has been heard from
Hoods army front since yesterday evening the
telegraph SiFts berg down.
Hood made sn aesault on our works at Columbia,
south of Dnck River, on Saturday, and badly re
pulled.
email portion of the rebel cavalry have succeeded
in ,osBing DICK River.
Hood las made other dsTsle pnsnI of his plans,
bat thus far be has accomplished nothing further than
col G. ip ling 81 me Of his dear friends"
There isno foundation for the rumor Of the evacu-
aion of JOhntonVe, except proper preparation for
possible continger ciss.
The military situAtion 10 satisfactory to the su-
tboriIes, :.
The impression gains ground that Hood will move
east, seross the Chattanooga, possibly With The
hope Of accomplishing something BY cooperating
with BreckinIidgs.
The Times contains . special Warrington despatch
commenting upon the above which airs the following
theory in rfgsTd Hoods ultimats Intention IL has
the merit OF being ingenious II nothing else:
WLsHITeroE, Tuesday, Nov. 90 -Hood's movement
in Tennessee sesm to reveal the intention of making
his say inv East Tennessee. Tie lima on which he l.
moving would indcIte On attempt to turn Nashville On
the cas-, side and maize hs way to form junction with
Br cknr6ge. II 10 believed that no sil then essay the
cap Of Knoxville, which VII give him railroad com.
municItIon by way OF the East Tennessee AID Virginia
W ley v III LJnthbWg and R edmond The successful
Issue Of SbermAn's move Wil have severed commu l.
caIion between the two mAn.reoe armies and HOod's
resent campaign seems to be directed towards seeur-
Jog such connu licAtion by the lps mentioned -
Hoods army ia eis would Do in pliton to join
Lss's, should this move become sdVsasls.
The Herald co n snts upon ths nsss from Tsnnet-
sse snd iSdugsi in ySst deal ct freddie, going to
prove that "taougs the statements ara apparently
ira 1ctery, tteJ ere not irreconeilable" thus pro
tssti sglrst the idea Of anybodyS becoming alarmed
when everybody Shou!d express himself as nnenfsly
dfish 81 at the cheerful t.uaop, and refers to tie
vicious notion" that General Hood is sbt 10 sweep
10 the o 10 much after ths manner OF "Shsrnans ad-
vance through Georgia."
Lot no one listen for roment to the vicoua notion
Hat ere Ia parallel 10 thu military prospto of The
lUO Power, snd that steFnsu's advances through
Gsorlia IL matched By od's thFor ga Tennessee =
Thsfs 10 Tallsi at sil Sherman. sih an immense
veil SQu pptd tni veil fed srnT, muehes throushs
10 tile Ooultry without sny hostile force on hs 'front.'
ard goss toSards bass WAer, supplies aud ammuni
ton vi meet him. Hood, With s9all army, marches
With army in front sbundantl, tb.s TO hght HIN,
and u he shou'd mareh % fer O. lesmau will thsi
distance viii iGsars bis eonplsts dssifue.ioa.