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NASHVILLE Eov.7.
Geo. Hood /. moyips ia the direction Of
C'r1pth. bavi.e, By this time bseh upde-
ttusins ont ~tth th- impression that there
were int IS. 900 mfn b.t~eea the Gambler.
lima snd Ail.nta, he nHturs1lJ believed him
self able to n.nAe 3 suctehssut faux move
nent Rnd cut Our co0mualc 4ttons. thereby
c: mpeaiiLg the eTacnztiou Of GeorSia, ana
prtaps TenneBee+; nut fodtng he had made
trifsng error Of nhou: 100 600 he evtden,lY
fbfl Is It ehftr TO get out Of the way, acd
thus be Ia doing.
nis men a,c 10 state ofgreat destituuon.
cult If be has p.elt5 of 0agons; for thera are
corn and SWEET potatoes In abundance, but
ths lack Of waEu. 9 conpe]s HIM u scatter
bis army, tn ugh 1t Is probable he Will Goa.
ctntIate 1t at Cortnth, Whcte he eau rely up
on the Mobile a. a1apana Railroad, at 1east
u Ill II 1s cut; but y1u will oe&e in ntad one
fhtxe; and t1a. l., that II there Is another
siege OF Ccr1ntb, Florence, and not Pittsbnrg
Lsndtt e, viii Le the base, aad the approach
es Will not be made alter the. style of 1868;
and T6ius which were then forbidden. az Ut
preccdented. will be all the rage low Nor
will tue advance be Halleck creep, hut
such an one as cal1ted the positions betwetn
A'ltlt4 and Chattanooga, during the past
tuu,1ptr.
Hot as men are nearly destitute of cloth
i1g. abe Southern papera aamit this fact,
AID observations BY scouts, and the revela-
tons bP ceserttts and refugees con1rm it;
end while It can eub9ist, 50 fkz IS food Is co1-
ce.Lcd, If al1o wed to scatter or control the
Mobile Railroad, it must euffer terribly from
Want Of Eboes, oVefrpata and blankets, II
, tisTt tre.e 10 cosan.u>teatsoss - tn Wst.HinQfon,
ard ofhe- srts tohtTs blockade runners nFT5se in
great numbers, from nts4Tal Bdash poTts.'
will suppose case. ITaomas had with
him men enough to attend to hood SO that
She1mtn could advance to the east ward from
Atlauta and Destroy both the lines Of railroad
through Georeis, Hood would be uuaole to
clothr his men. do not ssy such will be
the care, bnt only argue alphabetically, aud
ltaTe clfcumstaaces to deve1ope themselves.
However, lcok out for bteaKers.
FoHREsT's RAID,
All the cavalry attached to Hoods amy
bHe bf en- 1LiDed 10 thnEe recently with Dlck
Taylor, and together. they form force Of
about 8, COO Effective nen; and these are oil
npslating Il West Tennessee, making corlnrh
|, Rect nt1y they planted battery OF 70 pound
snd a1eo battery opposite the place. and on
the IL, cur gunnost attt, Consisting of
three VT IT, trc Key Vest, the EIfoc. aud
anoft er, steamed up the river, to m.Ee
Rr attack. An tnconnt5r Of several hours.
retnltfd In the driving back OF the bo1ts,
. vB1n1y eDdesyosipg to sf1tnce the batteries
Opposite the town. the guuboate, which were
Of little Fafue, were n0sEdoned and burned.
Stx Transports were Likewise destroyed, to
prtyent tie enemy from seIzing them
The town Of JohnsoLVfllt Wss shelled and
contt:eraole damage Effected But fe were
ktl1td atu WCuEced on either side.
Last Ltebf, tie advance Of the 23d Corps,
Gtn. Schcdeld, rearned the eceLe OF action,
ard our cavalry are also moving in that df.
Yxr {rF "a c1a1a H..
danaEe. Ihe lored 1r0ots gu2rd1ng the
place, behave robly.
II Is probable thst FORE at will be able to
have hOs own Nar, for time, ia West Ten
nesete, Is be can only injore his friends,
Hhem he is 1oboiDg Without m merc7. Gun.
toate, ofafues estant al character, have arrived
fIcm Pac ueah, an6 the rebels cannot now ef-
feet crctei1 6 Of the Tenne sssee, 80 that cur
eomnunicatone arc entirely safe, and WILL
contlbne &c.
Johpso1vllle is a point Of the utmost iu-
poitsn:e. Tae Tennessee is narigable for
he largest boats, du1tssg the enttrs year, to
the rlsce; az d trns Shernaa has been en-
at1t d to get supplies, despite The Low ~ater
IL 1De Gun btrlahd aud the guerilla raids on
tue Nashville g. Louisville Railroad; and
while IT Is e.senttal to Us that 1t should be
bel Its cspture would be of the g,e2test im-
pottsnee 10 tie rebels themselves. because 1t
would enable them 10 6tstroy the Very best
line Of ctumunicstion we have.
LATEn.
have Just met cne OF the officers OF the
E]6p, Hlo etates that but one nan was killed
aid tive " nndec OF our side. Tne wheel Of
the E.tn waB badly damaged, and the boat
Was n.ored 10 lot OF hs!boats ard coutIp-
usd to pl5 Its guns uhtil 1t ~as Impossible to
fire abother Ihot, when the crew left It, aud
Young nan named Spencer a. Wright, Of
Chicago, walked on board With the greatest
coo1ntse, set 1t on fire, threw a shoyelfQl Of