Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-12-23
The Late victories.

The New York Tines of Monday, sums up
Sherman's and Thomas victories as follows:
Official dispatches are not usually supposed to
be livery fascinating or exharating kind Of litera
ture, but we venture tosay that the people Of this
country never had more agreeable chapter Of his
tory presented to them than will be found in to-
day S bulletin from the War Department. Sher-
man. by his own hand, sends news of conquest
Thomas sends news of triumph. Every line is lu-
minous with victory. The sententious swelling
sentences are every one rich with such spoils as the
great soldier loves to lay at the feet of his coun-
try.
The Secretary of War puts sherman's dispatch
first in order; but Thomas stands side by side
with it in Importance; and certainly the last is not
least
Sherman first sentence reports the capture Of
Fort McAllister withit garrison; the second the
opening of Ossabaw Sound and communication
with the feet ) and the third the investment Of
Savannah and the destruction Of all the railroads
leading to it. He then goes on to mention the
splendid order Of his army, asserting to be equal
to anything; tells rs that supplies were abundant
and his march most agreeable; that he was not at
all molested by guerrillas; that he has not lost a
wagon on the trip and that his teams are in far
better condition than when he started; that he
has gathered large supplies of negroes, mules
and horses; that he has destroyed over 200 miles
of rails and consumed stores and provisions that
were essential to Lees and Hoods armies; that
he has captured two boats on the Savannah river,
and prevented the enemy's gunboats from coming
down and announces that he regards Savannah,
which has a garrison Of Is, 600 men under Hardee
and population of Il, 200, as already gained
Thus in few words, Sherman brushes thousand
rebel lies, and proves his great campaign to be a
eonsamate success.
The news from Gen. Thomas concerning the
great battle which he opened at Nashville, st 9
clock on Thursday morning last, which he carried
on VIGOROUSLY to the close of the week, and which
is probably still in progress, is also of most glo-
rious character. As the result of the three days
operations, he had pressed the enemy from before
Nashville, and away downbeloW Franklin, and the
number Of rebels mentioned in the various dis
patchesas taken prisoners is not short of ten thou
sand, or a larger number shan has been taken in
any field engagement in the war, SO far as we at
present recall. We understand Hoods entire
army to have numbered about 40, 600, and if to the
prisoners we add those killed and otherwise put
hors d,, conbat, it win seen what havoc has been
made with Hoods army, and viii furnish justif-
cation for the remark that it is completely demor-
alized. We did not at first imagine that Gen.
Thomas would be able to make pursuit for very
great distance but his latest dispatch announces
he is pushing beyond Franklin The notable cav
airy leader, Forrest the best cavalry officer in the
rebel army, is also reported killed by Gen. Rous
seau at Murfeesboro
We think it is evident, from the dispatches of
Gen. Sherman and Gen. Hood, that out of Vir-
ginia the military power of the Southern Confed-
eracy is now pretty well broken up