Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-30

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tsat ath which the public in,slsGtlss wrought Z.
ous time 10 pitch Of uncomfortable Intensity, has q:
ready invested them. Our only source of informs;
linn continues to be the dispatches aud istteIs from
tbs Yankee CON mAndsr in Tennessee sud the COR
,sspouden.s Of the newspapers who are with tie
srmy- From these alone have We hitherto received
any iutellieenes from the neighborhOod Of Nashville,
N tbese alone are We indebted for all WeknoW with
,svard 10 the position of Hood aud tothe sC6ouuts
,hey transmit 70 the Yankee Journals, is alone due;
che dependency which had at one time settled down
upon the public mind Ike dark shadow, but which
ia cow gradually dispensing before the light OF hope
and T, sCton 1t may not be Amiss while IN this state
of uncertainty, to slquire into the probabilities con-
psoted with these Yankee reports, which have had
such powerful ,soL upon the spirIs Of our peoples
The utterly mendaOiOus ciaiGc!Sh, Of the Yankee
Nation has long since grown iltO a pfoSsFb. i il
kuoun, not OalJ 10 US who are placed Ia the best
situation 10 Judge, bui 10 Europe apd the world At
large. TO le like bulletin Was once popular say
mg. To lie ike a Yankee Ia saying OF sVsn wider
Ation But 10 lie al once like buedn and -
Yankee. is 10 the fullest meas lure, OF meadscy.
Or necessity Yankee bulletin must be thepsrtectoh
of All wing and 1t ID TO Yankee bulletins tai ne have
bssp uus,ing all this lins Tor news b en- Ged1 Hood.
Wen as We knoM their ohAIscleFi We. have 81 hSfsn
,hs,r bulletins TO throw into spsSmI OF spprehtR
sion never once sue pseIing issehoGd OF even e1 u.
seratiou where, iEOu iormst experience, No had no
ught 90 s9peeG anything else. We have Observed
sn,. dsposiuOn in ouf people, more than once sinCs
.his war began. D-sPlsrng ths YtlSs;s as Ihs most
eoasummate Of liars, Tat ingenious peaplI have ept
40 invent any tae, 40 matter new lueredlis IN order
90 lusure belief Bat ttw wstks ago, they 1Od che
mos. uaoustlOus lies about rrlce's sapSdinoG We
suoy now that they Weis lies, but No suffered them
men to throw Us iulO au agony vi hjubE List sam.
.ner aad fsl, While lasr PtSstdsnEik claVssI was in
uroSrss, their Isltg,sph IesGed wish Ve!Otles, mos
Of ,hsm as ideal 40 Gns land OF utoP.Ai aud yet We
.sys some fAilhIO lhem, until the prOgrees oil ns de-
IN onsrattd their tslsehOOd. Now again, We arc IN a.
parOIysm, with quite AZ uaSh SGusy, add possibly 10
more. ~ . I:
We hive not, nor have We ever had very high
cpniou OF General HOO4'j lalenH, though he " O.
Grave AID deserving soldier Bat upon careful study
and comparison Of The eusml Z own, statements, We
gave come the eepsIusiou, not only that no.
bsen Annlhaled as they pretend but that he hss In
"a liars are always apt 10. do, prove too mnoh. l.
hood had been 90 dss rou9y defeated, he would have
los. more than $40 prisoners in the battle, ami Wosd
nave reeated more thaa twenty Wo niles in the Two
st days aud more than nineteen ID the three succeed
aF II be had lost ten thousand man. 1t would have
psea from pursuit much more rapid than that Of
Taonas who, DE days after The balls, had only Ad
yancsd tNenty-sx miles in pursuit.. Ifhe had lost
40 900 usn in ALL out OF IS 600 a. the Yankees say
hs would no. have made slsad fJtiylORe miles from
the field Of battle II be had lost hfsy- eisbt cannon
Itill less would 10 lave made stand. ii his army
dsoTganizsd alter losing 20 large portion of L,
il would have disbsnded, which they DO not pretend
that &, has done. Toe whole statement Is genuine
YArkee-mads Up Of lies and buster designed for
the latitude OF Nav Tor lhe draft
market. 81 / IT, -:
We suspect the truth to be that Hood 6ndlug he
could not take Nashville, dssighsd 10 draw tH.haI
in attempting TO do 60, he was StaEksd-tha drawn
battle vas fought on the Is h-thst Hood sl6Esy re-
r d. and that Thomas did not dare 10 folltw him SO
closely as to bring on general engagement
We strongly suspect that ibis is about The extent Of
aOods Disaster He has already BEEN jutued b. Forrest
aud the very of Forrest lie tower Of strength
Hoods army is not destroyed as YsnEssdou would
have US believe. Let out people, therefore, lit up
their hearts. N