Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-15
THE NEWS.
FROM GEORGIA.

|. FROM GEORGIA.
Pie visit OF the AnGses TO hllsdgsVls has worked
vi nlsrfal change, as the CONFEDERATE U"ion SAys
All the S,s 1nsTs0tOnlss and tspd war nDn have hs-
oons the hot advocates of everlasting strife rather
thAn submission or oOnPrcnise, ald, HiyOb!ls deta
all the nrivsrsAiStE believe in hell Ere. r
/ While thtrJ the TArkssG had mock Legislature,
FL, otsa Speaker, Cle,k, BE, and we're inrJdTcirE
6i Is, resolutions, &c., al furious rate, when
courier burst into their midst almost bresthleS sIb
the announOsmsni-"The Confsderatss are coming
oh an the whole concsru abtquauisted with the most
precpitSts haste and alarm.
This was not lad lrAVs tie on the closing hours Of
tue late session. .- s
Mr. OAIrinston, Clerk of the House, succeeded in
saving the records OF his department, having re-
moved them via Savannah, Them.svlls, Albany and
Na6ou, and thence back TO the capital. r...
G ,nernl g. W. Smith, on the lsL isIued the follow.
ing address to portion OF the lTSOps Of tia Georgia
Safe Line;
Major Central Hlrdee has ord,rsd the militia bril-
gade aud the too regiments of the Georgia State line
20 move this afternoon to SAVAnnAh-this will sspa
rate me from yourself and your tSo bG,talious. Gen
Root son 10 left 10 command. wish to avail myself
of this opportunity rhsnk youIstf and the ocsrs
OF both the Athsns aud Augusta BsttSlionS for Ihsr
gallant conduct upoa the field Of battle and their
uniform good conduct as soldiers, AIloE ms 10 col
grs ulste you s upol glorious OF yesterday.
With hearty COCA wishes tor the Tesrs OF ell CT you.
/ remain, very truly, yours,
.. CIV. sinTH,
L BsgadlSr General.
Ia another column will be fOuad other dstaiIs Of
CD ratiOns in George, Cleaned from our Georgia eI-
changes received this morning,
The REWLRD OF DEsEsFLR.
Pdvats n. Alexander TaTWsitef, oil Burroughs bat
tsIy, was hung near Dublin on the oh instant His
crime sas dessrdon, having been captured in East
| : Tsnbsssas Ia tho Rsrvice OF the enemy.
DON'T LIKE SOLDERING.
The LyBohbuIs VTg,njaa salas that uekro be-
Ilopgirs TO Captain Carey BFeekilrdge Of Bottourt
and sGO EautcF With Hunter Last Spring, came into
the lines Of P.oEstte Division, bbforo chmond, few
dsys since. saGbo was atred IN FIJI Ysrk5e uniform
hut left his erms behind IL sag that ell the neg
men taken eff by Hunter, in his raid through THU
country, vars put into the army when they reached
Plrkslsbug. BE represents thu; they are very IN.
happy ovsr the exebslgs they nave made, and are
| anxious to get home to their masters.
| Ii the poor dsibeys.
FROM GEN hoods ARMY MORE OF his VICTORY All
| FRANKLIH.
The Augusta Chronicle aad Sentinel, OF the 9Th
states that parties just from the West bring sddtioua
n .ws ss to Hoods victory at F auklD. they say ths
he has achieved glorious victory at Franklin, rou
ing the enemy aud compelling him to fall back to .sh
vllls The snemys loss 10 prisoners. ported q
irom four 10 six thousand. The number of dsad snt
wounded We hare not yet learned. The enemy, II &
said. made stand near ,shvle only 20 enable hin
| to get away the e,oEes from that city.
Northern accounts of the battle at Franklin left
ldoub. Gu our mind that g. neral Hood's army ha,
| gained victory. ''.'--4
Our army fought With desperation heretofore no
equaL d-a large portion oft bsing composed Of Ten
nssseeans fighting for their homes. The defeat Of Ia
Fsdsrals in an ntrenched ositioD Us the assur
snce that Hoods army is An Overmaloh for them, aa'
/ will be able to drive them ffom Tennessee. -
CFr6n Bristol NO l,srn that rdmors still como Vi
from t1s direction Of ROCKVILLE that Hoods victory ii
Middle Tennessee Ea4 complete, and that tie enemy 1
preparing to evsCusts Eisl Tennessee.
A despatch from the army says the men are all II
ane condition. and have sR abundance to eat. Tit
lind is said to be overt wing with provisions.
The spirit of this army Is uncOLq usrsbls they ar,
on The soil Of the od Volunteer State, msuy of thsr
have t65ir fsc,s hoInssard, end Il will be terrbl,
force that can rspulss them. Thomas cannot holt
them beck.
The following prsss despatch from Tdscumbis, Ala,
publsbed 10 the papers further South, Usual failed
ss.sOA tie Wig:
TUscUSBiA, Via Tallahassee, Madison and Doctor.
town, 90. Tas following is the statement Of th
Rev Mr.. Browning, just from the Army Of Tsnnes
see:
Afiht took place on the 80 b us. between Hsrpeil
Greek and FnnIln, In which the IN amy were route
tsR biz sFtsstvUkA losing 1000 killed and W0phds
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