Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-15
The NsHs from Hood.

The NhW8 from nOOu'
When the Yankee reports OF their victory AZ REAha'
lin 6rst cane 70 hand oOLClsdsd At once that they
had mat .th ErsaI disaster. We we're VET aware o.
aha pseulisr talent for establishment possessed oy
that sccoa p.ishsd people, and 70 thought We eOala
,v. evident sigus that they had that oeoasioV.
A, that interesting art 10 Is utmost capacity Beng
plain people ourselves, and Ossd 20 the Aior-0i Ae'
s,,ls se could not comprehend boF lt VA hat vic
torious general should Ihnk proper - abandon ths
sesns OF his glory, While his enemy vas Jet ding be-
fore MIN, and IN dark night OF the lea 81 November
rstIre eighteen miles, puIsusG al NE say BY bis routed
foe, AID llAs so eOse Ihas al snnriss when ne hAa
ballad aud taken up his position, thas enemy SAs Ss
diminishing With bis rear We draw tae inference
vbioh every plain man would draW-IhAi ths YANKEES
instead Of co, qusriI g. had been aeieztso; inssssd
of retiring from the hsld after having SePhl'ed the
spsmy had bean driven from It pstt NELL, without As'
Ing the ability 10 stay. Oar inference seems TO be N
fair way 10 b s.hsd BY the iscts a. they ara e1-
,osIsd IN willingly from tho Yankees. They nOU Sc
kpo.lsdgs loss OF naos thsR GWo theuaand in thrs,
divisions, whereas at Asst sbeJ said they had only lOs
,bout i've huadrsd In a htlls tins NO shal have
all, qlOrs extensive acknowledgment, although II Id
hardly plObAbls that she whole Fnth Sin ever come
out. from lhem 81 least
N,ss begins 60 arrive. also, Gon our eva sids.-
Tbs,s h.s b en- no direct communication from General
good 40 far as We kaos; but gentleman from ras-
,umbs. uho vas here lev GayS ego, r,ports that
q. cd gained great victory =. Franklin, which IL
,srf.e,y consistent Sth the subss qosn. movements
Of the Yat kss army aud She blockade ~ Nashville
rb,eA the Confederate general has instituted Il il
on.stspt asO With The reported movement Of G,nera
s,seles oerps which, but for che imminent danger 10
vAjeb Nashville Is placed By the defeat Of Thomas,
and The sUpariO-iIJ OF Hood, Wculi never have LET,
tbs trans Mississippi eQun;ry, Ehsre s presence must
be Eseaty needed VIVA! the sFaus!h'oi S.seies d
Vision Il. We have no Of jsdgns. The Yau-
kssssayHis Is 90. We may therefore conclude
th.titi IA Al least one third oil that fgurs At The
yary ou,.ise il will nOs replace the usnbsrs Thomas
b.s los, since HOOD crossed che Tennessee, IL il b.
,,us that in tbs battle Of FsAnklil Hs espursd be
evssp Eve and siI thousand mon.
The Yankees ssem very much puzzled uigh regard to
Hood. future ;Doysaents The suaIssi,t Of the Nsu
Yosh Times ,sysrJ much afraid he vail lake possession
Of z at Tennessee sud thus open Lees co-zuae.
,ion With taat region. sboh would be Verv iuoouys
n,snt as the stratsga. sfOrs'ad Laj just Opposed OF
- by The hands OF Sherman who, ssc0rdsg TO hu,
ma on hand one Of those grand PR ses sO often fore
shsdovsd la the Times bat acted on by sny o.
Che Yankee Gonsrsl. Ssrhan is 10 pas by Savannah
aud Charleston take possession Of Bulls ~ eslabis
q base there, silh q secondary base ~ BranehViIe
march into North OrOlins where he il 10 mset no op
position establish q third base on the ocean there
sweep everything beiers tin a. he goes, come upon
LES rear e strange operation seeing tha Lee 'front.'.
che soaGh, whence these are 20 come and crush
the rebellion for the hundsed.h Tins By crashing bee
All this pretty campaigning oil be spoiled, it seems
Hood succeeds in uriDg RAst Tennessee, ard thus
opsOs Ihs line OF communication With Lee. The strate
sst 10 therefore deter mined that il ,hA not bs opsp
cd 70 spoil his beautiful Plan aud a. a eampaiR. 81
upon paper always has plenty OF al hand Thon-
a. is u stop the progress OF Hood IN that direction
lest Lse concentrate force which will save him from
the aeru4hiug operation, Oitsu threatened sod ouet
attempted, By lorcs Of SOOO 900 asn, bu. never earned
through.
Another Yankee theory is, that Hood will keep On
10 Kentucky where eoal eisEoe lsl them there musi
bs thousands pIa thousands o. bold spirits ready ana
eager to asssJ IN breaking the bonds Of Yankee
tyransy, and GVeugrg the slrc eous ousrsg5,
thsy have Suffered az Yankee hands. ShoulS
thai be his dslsrm ,ton Tbomai viii necessarily BE-
compsl 10 follow BIN, and there may stll be- upon
the ozark AID b cody Ground" war which will en-
title Il vet more 10 the Il bears. At any rate
Hoods movements are source Of great anDOyaHcs and
anxiety 10 the Yankee, aud To-. him move in Nbic
direction be may ii Is scarcely possible for him to pu
ooe foot b,fjrs the other whOu. materially damaging
the Yankee cause. Should he move into East Ten
nessss, We 500 not how Thomas can prevent bis rr-
covering that country. Should be into Kentucky
add let Il be known that hs stay thers, and
not to ia back and leave the people 10 Yankee vsn-
Rsanes We feel ooIR sht that be would be largely 70
inlOFcsd The Ksntre5isDs have surely by this time
had enough Of Yankee rule. They we're deceived
originally by the belief that q could remain neutral
in this war singular and nOSt unhappy infatuatOH
cut surely they must ioug siLsS have awakened from
taaI dream OF security TBsy have their slaves
carried of b. thousands serve 10 the Yankee a7mles
hils nssssobussts.is making millions out Of the war
Tsey cannot but sel aculsly tie Illuminating situation
IN which thsy Lave been plscS3. d old, they we're
brave. high spirited race. We he them to be SO
s, 10 spits OF the fatal mistake they made. There
ample time ID atone for past sTsor', and We eau bu
hops that the opportunity ssy be sf,rdsd them.
Yankee Finances