Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-12-17

t-o locomotives, four cans, four stage coachsa,
10 barrels OF salt, sio6, 900 worth OF stores II
me sspeditlon vss eoasidsrsbly har..sed
on its return By large bodies Of the snemy's
truops, but suffered no material losscs, and
ercushtsbsck more recruits than the entire loss
% effective men. ~ ~
= Major J. D. Cook, commanding the I'd cav
airy, distinguished himself and his command
TusrsnS ,ss Ris s,.e npdr, w.. s,,,.u ~. ,o,Ss o
from behlnd their strong stockade on the oppo-
site side OF The river. Our men had 10 charge
acroes the bridge dismounted, with nothing
out r.llrcsa NJ tics for path, and In tho face Of
4 have announced Major Cook In general or
dets az promoted 70 the vacant Lisutenan,
oolonelcy OF The regiment, subject 70 the sp-
proval OF tho President.
x J,oHaH 4. R. ClSBr, Major General.
J. .s..,F crrI PoInT, VA, reosmbsr 10, 1884
Lfs.d Oh. u s. Grad, Wssahgon D, c.
me Richmond DtpateA ofto-dsy. aner fully
ceparmins the previous reports Of the capture
vsnced up the railroad towards Abinrdon.
which we preeume fell Into their hsnds, though
We have no information Of the fact. The next
We hear Of them they had, at O'Clock yesier-
day morning, pounced down on Glades Spring,
depot on the railroad, thirteen miles this aide
OF Abingdon, taking every one there By sur
prise, and capturing all Of the railroad en-
ployees except one, who managed 10 escape to
tell the tale. At last accounts the enemy were
pushlng up the railroad In the direction OF Ma
rion, which is twcnty-seven miles this side Of
Abingdon. sf'l 1t.i. l
"This is raid in Breckinridge's rear, the
raiders, leaving his forces somewhere In the
neighborhood Of Knoxville, came mp the north
II A. - 49, n IL a
Bristol. Il IL probable the raiders separated,
one party proceeding to Bristol and the other
70 Abingdon. II unchecked, II ID likely they
win come mp the railroad, even as far ss Salem,
and thence escape to Kanawha BY the route
followed by Hunter last summer.
\ " Il is unknown who 10 In command Of this
expedition, but u looks very much like some
of stspeman's galloplng work. None Of the
dispatches received say snythlng shout Salt
Vile. If II 10 unprotected 1t has doubtless been
visited by the enemy. II, however, there were .
any troops there, the Yankccs were apt tofiKht
shy Of IL, and confine their operations 70 the
railroad.
- ''rus BATTLE or vRASxLu.
"0en. Hood's officisl report Of the battle Of
Franklin hiss ct last been received. Il win be
seen that our reported extraordinary loss OF
general officers IL but too true. Tho following
Is Generals Hoods dispatchi
SHrADauAsrI Rs ARMY or TrSxrssrr,)
un..,si,s, a ~, tzos -, n,,a, sa,hvLLr,
WTo Hon, d a Sd1on;
"About 4 O'clock p, NJ. November 10. ve
stacked the enemy at Franklin, and drove
them from their center lineot temporary works
into the inner lines, which they evacuated an.
ring the night. leaving their dead and wounded
In onr nossessIon' and retirea 10 N.sh.iI,a
closeiy followed by oor cavalry. We cantnrs3
| several stapds of colorp. and nbout one thou
sand prisoners. -
1
Wa have N lament the loea Of many gallant
offleer. and brave men, Msjor Gen, Cieburne.
arIrsdie, l,.nsr.Is John WIuI.n,. Ad.,,.
Gr,s, st,sbJ and a,snharv wsra li,l.S M
Gess,sl John Rsown .nS R5gsdisr G.narsy:
n Garter Msnignspl, onarIes CoclsrsiI and
Scott vere yonndsd R,tg.SJ., aensr.i CO.
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.'.s oaon win Vim .n1 Aee nee., Whnoot at.
1i,tysnIs sty ay .,.,ts III &m, .u Ne cannos
hnndred men 10 the assault OF sherman's whole
army was piece OF e1Isvagance that our
r.u, pe1' "'a'' '''ou''e' ao not seem W war;
The E1amhrep has the following,
Fort McAllister commando the entrance 70
pgesesee 9 river, , and ha pre,snssa ,S the % ene%y
! lieye tbere are other No,ks fnrthsr mn ~,
stream which would render the payiaatian al
the AtSssssr ~ ths egomy exuemeiy uncomIort-
able. The fan Of Fort mcAiiister does not by
any means involve the loss OF savannah, but
vii necessitaie me reinforcement OF the troops
delending the city,
AZ eisdes spring tne enemy captured an
engine and fourteen mats, with some railroad
hands. On these party OF men were mounted
sna sent up me ROAD towards Marion, and
xsr. Al two o,cIoch w,th,n ~ . ,u,,. W ~ ,h.y ne,
place Their object is easily OWNED; 1t is TO
burn the bridge over the Holston, and break
..To "a Ssl,.iIIs ,hs main bads Iii nndora,st,,
so, N ai na.nsn 9sy p.Voso.y mss seaoy gone;
.ams ,s.srvss, vSat umhsr. ss 40 NJ, SnnS
n the.s can cSeck Them by sny .serisra rs,n'