New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-09

Macon. but did NOT stop TO oceupy it, lie had whipped
WsyDes and Cobb's militia at Ooonee Bridge driving
sbem in every direction Port Royal Herald, lei.
Rebel War rn,clIigcncr, Such As H Ia.
We have Richmond papers Of Monday, 9Th
inst ffon which We take the following:
From Tie Richmond Examiner, Dec. ;.
HOODS affair At FRANKLIN, TENN.
We shall not have Gen. Hoods account OF
this sfair for soae GGys the courcrs who bring his
dispatches will Lave ride long distance before The!
reach our ie gaph. The Yankee accounts are dated
Deeeubr l. Tie battle was fought tie dgy before
The Yankee journals claim great victory. and tab OF
the "Rebels' being repused No one can examine The
facts stated Ii tie Yankee dispatches without being
satisfied that ttey--the Yankoes--were yerr badly
vbnoed and that Nashville IS in great danger IL Hood
attacks The plain facts of the battle at trankin aIs
eucumbcred q all tits eoubas are thesc-the Coniei
,rates reached Franklin AZ O'Clock, attacked the enemy
in his works and broke them; night ended the bate;
the enemy abandoned bis Notifications and the town,
and retreateo ell night 10 Nashville. closely pursued o.
the Conede rates WHO ri ltt accounts within nve
miles Of Nashville. Whether they viii attack that
place also remains 70 be scen IL hes no Other ysiae
whom Schofeld says he took prisoner is only colonel
who acting bIigacier. Col Gordon. Of Tennessee
FROM GEORGIA.
Two important statements have reached MS. One Is
that po tlon of SheImans army has pdsstd Mftn The
enemy has entered the town. Tic other statement
is 10 the effect that the column which has been nger
Ing for some time in the ncghboihOod Of Macon has
lelt Tie country and gone oil to the mnin body What
and where is the main body These are questions
which Unsb,e 10 answer; but we presume that
1t is the column which IA represented 10 baye passed
Mien" WHITTIER is il eOingi This also is question
which be answered with gertrude but our own
belief is that Sherman all now make all speed ior
wick, the coast, and probably may reach II
with some ~ Lis army.
Ths is MOI vet sltocother sure His long delay his
lingering and hankcring between Macon and Augusta
have given the Confederate Generals time TO collect
large bodies ef troops al important points ana. before
Sherman The blue weter in al human probability
he must fight more general actions IL - not
imposs that such battle may take place to-day or
10 morrow. At any rate this campaign is evidently
drawing 10 It's close and the end VIII be the reaching
of the by Shefnsn or hM deent 0nd perhaps BIS
surrender, point near to that where he now IS
FROM SOUTH cAEoLIYA
Yankee soldier who escaped from Charleston D
.shori time since ard made his way TO Chicago report
ed there that Forest and Dalleren were cosnIant OF
Gen shermsns pans and would cooperate with him by
landing force ut Beaufort 10 demonstrate against
Charleston aboutthe time Sherman attacked Savannah
Tile soldier no doubt stated the Truth TO extent
"a We know that Foster and Dahlgren seveisiy at
tempted last week 10 cut the railroad between Charles
Son and Savannah at (irahamvillc al Coosawhatchie
and were signaly repulaed They. doubtless, believed
that Sherman IN the vicinity OF Savannah at th9
time they made the demonstrations, but IT happened
fortunately for no that be was gone some forty miles
north Of Savannah ri the time The movements OF
Foster and palgren anticipated and so well pro
vided agains; that the enemy NOT only repulsed
RON the RAILROAD bnt dfVeo oacA ~ CONFUSION 70 nIoao
River.
We haze nothing additional from the valley relative
10 Gen Rosseis brilliant expedition 20 New Creek and
Piedmont except some details OF the quantity OF spis
brought of and within Gen Eary's lines. We
obseye that the Yankee papers suddenly dropped the
subject when they ascertaned that Gen. KOsser had
made clean sweep Of the country through which be
passed. well as "bagged two regiments OF cavalry.
Thu exploit ii Gen. Rossers aects great credit upon
Jtim and the troops engaged
PROM GEORGIA.
From The Richmond Enquirer Dee. 8
Oflcih information was received here yestcr-
A.
operating III the neighborhood Of Macon. has dsap-
Jeared, i IN believed, ~ reioin the main army
Mlen. Information received from official and other
searces 70 lndcste that SherInuins objective
Scint 10 DarieY the mouth OF thu Alabama River,
Ny miles south OF Savannah.
correspondent OF TIE Richmond Enqvire, writing
II I'm the field ON the e5th ssys:
We think the evidence thickens that Sbermaus army
dc e. not exceed twenty five or thirty thousand Shall
we ,ef fnem escape and make q base a. Savannah or
Hi Son Headi II we do. Charleston and Wilmington
fall and Gra1s and Shsrnsns forces united, will
ces. Es ,o j., me e, eyYaeeation OF Richmond
hbe IN AjNedgeville. Sherman made his head1usr
ters the Executive mansion our informant saw and
was sntec,ised BY Sens JEFF. Davis and Klpatrick-
The ssatt House was not tarned but much 'nutia:sd
The ieenitsntiary Arsenal, &c. were burned. The
magazine wa eown up by the guard they Left
she cSy. Friday loa m We heard The double report,
burned Int Gen. Ferguson had constructed pontooas
sor his wagons 70 cross
AEyAIRs IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA..
The following Official dispatches. concerning
syapts iriey given in Saturday mornings issue perc
roeet I'd at q late hour Friday night last:
HlADQ'Rs AENY NoRrByRs yAt
Dec. 2 1864.
keA. JAS A. SEDDox Gen. Early reports that Gen
Rossel' with Psybes and his own brigade encountered
on the 9Th ult.. koorfsld snail party Of the
snemy and captured forty prisoners and one piece Of
artillery.
On tie 2ssh he surprised and captured Fort Kelly at
Now Great With four field pieces four siege enns be-
tween scyen and eight hundred prisoners large num-
Der II hors' and mules and cigh. stand Of c0o and
destroyed tvs' hundred wagons and quantity of CON-
nssafy and sidance stores.
lie brought of the held pieces and rome wagons.
spsked ihs siege slns and destroyed The carriages
lie alss captured Piedmont. destroyed all the Gov.
Ssonept bojbdings eVntainsGr o ppmbeY OF engine,