, 1864-10-10

Important n Weinfofcem.ntO of Our Car
A1ry-VHe AFu row m sfsh for FOR
fest-A11s Dangerous Position.

teAt-aa1s Dangerous Position.
1From our Special Correspondent
NAsuy11LE, Oct +, 1864.
The great want tn this department has been mea-
eurab ; supplied We hAd mcu in sufficient num-
brrr, bu. they were d1amuunted, and the result
has been that while important pol1t- could be de-
.cDdtdngaintt FORESTS msB. 10 pursuit could be
carried on nnd The rebels conld m0Fe around from
point to puus, and remain long rs they liked,
aud kuep She1man's communications constantly in
dsIcef. But tue arrival OF some :, 600 mounted
men. ftpm Kentucky, and some c,G0 hossee to
mount otbert, hs- nov given ue Il cavalry force
sufficient to meet and whip Forrest wherever
found. and no, only IL drive hun. but to divide
and cut blu od.
It's evihrnl shat the WHY rebel has learned OF
these xccet slime to nounte furcs=, a. he made
few teiLte on seve.a! oct houses In u vicinity
x1s Colupltir. and they comurcced retreattns to-
ward the TenEessee river. but bv VII It road nave
rot rositiven. learned. ta"ugn 1 know he mus
strike oslou he .hoalr. perhaps between Flor
The larre turce Which n oved up rom Stevenson
holne ever. ford o. the river Hbuve Ft0reuce, and
bclo that pint there are 10 pi';ct wnere huree
men can crusR except In th~ very invest etaeee Of
water. and fortunately tho TeanrB- ee has swe lei
three feet within the ,aei tweuty hours and Is
steam up 10 the very foot the eho$1s, thouQh I
10 not k1,ow II there are any 10 BIZ 70 employed,
At least, Forrest must cross On b''sts; aud OF
1heee hs bur none, Except lar nbuxe the taulds;
aid tLeRc doubt Less, III bY this
1lme: at least they ca not be noated ds*n.
brorRhi 10 os,tie' saa Il 70. be iii ret arub.
b1ng equul 10 'hst given him BY 4. J. smith near
Tupslo. rhsps he viii hase few Of Esrly's
Wheeler only c-cnpcd because o. our laez Of
cavalry. We IRE lot deGc!en! in that arsa Of the
me taiiure Of the taiders II strike the Chatta-
roora kstluAt viii ouubtleeB cautt Ere1t m ottlt.
cation Hraopx tie rebel authorities. Hood moved
his 'orce aronna 70 the sonahweat o. Auanaa, IN
which, 1t vas helieved, won 80 interfere with
Shetman't supplies. that be viii have 70 fall hsck
and thus yied 1p kanta once 9se M 10 5oe
have to BE- t!aeted, The ra1lro4d from here t. At.
l.uta rrnaiux intact and cannot b. disrupted: and
FS9ress h..p pdiTided It, foIces force % opsrss in dit
fcrcnt dirrcions-.a policy which was perfectly
feasible ~ le We lacked cavalry, but nos. WIN
av.ilsble point strongly ru.raca ;; Infantry, Re
has been cotnpeicd to recall hts scattered detaeh-
soie a,y a % is It ppesept es IN alid DC COLUMN,
cHAT1AHooaA; October the rebels have dis
appeated fr,m AiIatoonA. Our v1c'ory there vac
hospitals into onr hands with from four AZ hun
ured r,bcl wounded. General Enrre was slightly
wenneed IL ,he cheek a9:o CO cSlos; y; rourel!ette,
division attacked Aua.oune, under Frenca. Len-
tenant Amsotu, uf the 1s:h Wisconsin battery,
GeuerpI Bradley telceraphed from Bridgeport
TINT th, Gun aoat General Thomse bsd arrived from
Decatur, Ala., With newe that Forr--t'd tIa'n had
the Shoale, and be WAS falling back towards the
river -
NASHVILLE, October s+-In the tsht near A1la-
toura, on tic 9TH instant our forces completely
yanqui.hed the repes, who rrt1eated. leaving N
our handr bet tweeu four and fve hundred Killed
bud woucdtc.
ek.rp,ishlug. occurred all day On Thursday at
:Shonl Creek, between the ULiou sosce Of General
Moran 9Ld rebel 1ofce under B1ford, Five
prisoners CAPTURED bY General StArxw+atter's
cuunand, r,rr Pntaek1, rcppr.ed Forres. IN roats
5ar Florcuct frn,n Lswiencebur-; A late dispatch
reports lurEe unien 1uFce near Fl0reacc. 4 t.
III WIS uoIneutesilY exp.c'ed.