New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-08
Tho War ia the West.

To he EG,Jy Of The Boston Jouraoi
SIR: / have lust arrived from Murircesbor-
ouch and further Sousi. | reached MlrtiecsboTone
on Tuesday at midnight and tod at the depot that
fight was expected ~ the morning. renamed
therefore. till noon to-day but although there were
sounds there no signs OF an enemy.
Gen. Rousseau is Ia command at Murroesborongh;
Gen. MelgLer at Chattanooga; Gen. Granger &c Ste
venson Col Taylor of Kentucky at Bridgeport. Iui-
ahoma 10 evscnaied ana all tho towns betwl zen that
post ana hlnrIeesboTough ] have already sent 'oa
the news that The entire line Of railroad nom Athens 10
Stevenson lnelgding Decatur, has been evacuated by
our forces.
Forests cavalry was wltlin twelve miles Of MGR.
Peterborough Tuesday evening, or AZ least the Sen
eTal commanding believed Ia he was end She olLcer.
seemed confident that the e1eny word attick that
place IN order 10 have fortified base AID cot Oh me
forces stationed at points Dolow from tho army oi
Thomas
ON Wednesday forenoon We heard occasional cannon
aiding Int from three TO five IN toe afternoon II Nfs
fierce and incessGEt end toward the Close toc solid
seemed 10 indicate that amy had either been de-
feaed or was falling back toward Hasalilc. Ee'Ween
thiee and four o'clock this Mof1nEte caunonrdins was
resumed and this tine more vigorously than BEFORE ln"fs
distant also; but alter it ceased twas not again re-
sumcd.
Mai Gen. Scdman reached MnrsrcesborouGh with
about 1000 veterans about nOon, md arrived heIe
safely this evening.
Chaitanooea is well garrisouad and rrovisioncd for
several months. II attack -bapd be made On ste
venson the tr0ops there ere numerous enough 20 resist
H. however strong, and make ther Nay 70 Chattanooga
bridgeport can be protected by tho cHA1oats, and Mur
viii leach ihefe) viii have force which. behind the
strong Publications Of that pat. can DEFY the entire
Rebel army The town nigh; b. capIarcd Dui ~ near
y oil lis proyisionssDd goods have been leEo'ru iAtiue
the fort tie Rebels would gain nothing by attempting
to take it, Besdcs, IT is under our guns ara AZ hoy
ranks Rousseau II might be desfroyetHn efeli WHOA
would only damage Rebels aud iebcl syiDpathzers.
Rousseau does Lot believe IN damaging psyte property!
while Niiroy is described a. being ror6'' on citizens
That is the situation south Of the two armies. lon
will SEQ that the runor current here taa we have
an IN Spuft
hardly well founded When We fell back .ion IrlcsN
the flank movement limited at 70 previous letter was
have bat little Tine before toe aii olcsss 70 learn
The details Of the situation here, but brieb! they are
these:
confronted each other at Pulaski There vas no hghi,
on y Sigh; diminishing. On Tuesday afternoon Gen.
Hood extended his left FOR the purpose % Ranking IN
lash. which compelled Gen sctSneid 10 'lh oIes on
Columbia lie reached there on "Wednesday morning.
Gen. Hood ca.npcd ON The railroad between TIE two
places On Wednesday afternoon 81 three o'clock Hood
attacked Schofeld They fo1ci. TIL daTs--rcslt, be.
tween 5000 and 600 Rebels killed nGd wouuc j, and
bet 1sen 100 and 800 Union killed md wOundrl. The
disparity IL ow ing 20 tie feet that The Rebels aiacAed
position where they were exposed 20 GideIyus cross
ire Of masked batteries.
his morning Hood ngain attempted 20 flank our
army which tel "a X and arrived here IDS
afternoon and oyeuiss Hoods army s said TO DC en-
campci Ia might between s!a Esd cight miles Nun
Nashville.
TIE country which Hood nov occupies affords ample
supplies Of corn cattle auG hogs 10 support "a aiul VI
invasion. II IS satisfactory to Know thIs Le VIII sup
port himself on his ifIeHds-ior Middle Tennessee. or
The district AZ least, low occupied by ne EsDeL' Is
almost uualloycdy roOcllyUs IL Is .!mlathies.
Before Iny letter roachos'Sou the Rele.s VII cave
either made % new NOV CmeLt, attacked :as city ~
eithcr ease the telegraph viii anticipate vEatc' er
M! Git now write of the upinions If osicers.
Great excitement prevails in Nashville among the
ci,izens But among tie troops there is leeing Of
confidence.
but MARCHED directly on Nashville after faukng Sher
man, IL is believed that he could bAys qasy esltnred ~
but hat his opportun'! has lass~d We negccl'd
II il too late now Thirty steamboat loads Of troops
from Memphis ulier Smith, and about 100 men from
Chattanooga have arrived within ihiTtysn hours.
BERWICK
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