New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-19

bom5ast that has boon tho staple o. Rejc. ao'
counts OF Shermsns situation and fortunes since
he cut loose from Atlsnta--.he ominous wills
pors that IN. thundcrbolt was about 20 siriE'
him-the wholc-cloth flbroations o. outfagei
committed BY his troop5-!he dismal portraya!'
OF the fatigue. encouragement. and dcmoraiiza'
lion Of his force3-the bulletins o. hcToe
battles fought 10y Wheeler with bis cavalry
wherein our troopers were regularly CIV; W
and acatte-ed-the reports that Sherman was
hurrying with all hi3 nigh, TO take refuge on
shi,board at Dsrion, Brunswick or some
other soulhoriy port-the gas importing
that tremendous preparations wore making 10
arrest him at some uncomfortable point, %c.'
&o.-tbc collection would not only be read with
amusement, but would serve TO throw Light On
Rebel re solree5 and Rebel rhetoric gcneraiiy
Tho Proclamations firod at Con. S. by Gov.
Brown alone would have suilocd to annlhilatc
his whole army proclamstions were cartridges
and contained bullets. The calling out an
r7asss Of the militia and reserves OF Georgia anu
Souts, Caroina-,hc summoning of Alabama 70
the aid or her northerly sistcrs-the spirits
called fr N al manner of yaSty deeps--SurcIy'
ssmf,,isg sho,.ih havo been realized from al
these devices that should have sutiiced to arrest
Shermsn's march for at least day. i, seems
however that slavehcding gnSconadc is TO be
taken with even mora than tho average dis'
count. though those who fro proolama'ions III
yolleys ayo seldom expected TO discharge more
substantial missiles.
The result Of Hoods Lacquer OF Nashville
appears even more disastrous than The issue Of
that warriors usual undertakings. We cannot
doubt tha, Gen. Sherman, when he parted from
Con. Thomas, directed him to lure Hoods army
so Car north, and keep it across tho Tennessee
river so long. as possible. Still the audacity OF
laying siege 10 fortified city Or depot like Nash
vile. with an army inferior of least numerically.
to that Of It's defenders, and those deiendersc
mandel w veteran Ike Thomas, has had no
parallel since Leo, with less than 10000 men,
held McCiellan'S 200, 900 spcll.bound in front of
Washington. overlapping our mighty host On
both wings. With Buell. at the head Of our
forces in Tennessee. Hood might safely have
passed Nashville and invaded Kentucky; but
with Thomas in command, no could pnidcntly
do nothing but get out Of the neghborhood OF
tho earliest moment. This he was doubtless on
the point o9 doing. if tho movement had not al
ready begun. when Thomas decided 60 force n
battle, and thercupon made ,hc Increment
whose result now clectrifes the country.
Until Hoods account Of the hgh,at Franklin
was received, there was prclcst for doubt o.
cayil as 70 TIE reality Of our success there; bu;
we $40 moi how there can be any longer Our
arm wa, retTeating to concentrate. aud, being
SHARPLY pressed. was compelled TO fgh, or absn'
don its trains. Schofe,d decided to fight. fully
aware OF thc cncmy's superiority in numbers,
but trusting TO the position TO enable him TO
check The Rebel ad,Gnrs until his trains could
10 safely got away. And tho calculation proved
a sound "ac. Though his center was once
broken by The great momentum and vchemcncr
OF the R-ir, charge. 4 WAS reformed and tle
lost ground rcgaincd in q oounter-cbargc which
gave VA nearly thousand prisoners. On this
point, Hoods report is uncandid; bu', as he
does no, claim TO have captured q gun nor a
wagon, and admits a loss Of 5000 men. inelud-
ing Mai. Gen. Cleburne AMI three Brigadlers
Killed, with Us many wounded or capturcd.
il il c!ear that SchoGelds account Is the
true one Tho Rebels were repulSed
with fearful loss, and our retreat during the fol-
loving night was precisely what Schofold had
parposcd. He had not proposed with two corps
to eight pitched battle with tho whole Rebel
a-my; he meant to stop it Ill! he got lis trains
away; and tha, he achieved. indctiny loss at
least twice as heavy rs he incurred. The Reb-
els had no officer out OF Virgin, 70 effective in
O fight n, Pat Clebune. and his loss cannot
well b. repaired.
On the whole, il seems plain that the Rebels
aro decidedly oycr-matched, and are going rap
idly TO the wall. II more soldiers are needed TO
make SPEEDY end OF the war, we trust The
President will not hesitate 10 call for them
promptly and frankly. With 100000 more men
in our armies, the 4th Of March next should see
Mr.. Lincoln inanguratcd President OF nation
reunited and 0t peace.
THE DITFICULTN WITH CANADA.
Nautical U;t,eSs q 4 brp prcJt qat .iac.