The New York herald., 1864-12-23
REBEL ACCOUNTS.
The Situation In Tenn esses MsIanehoIy
Enough.
From the Richmond whig, Dec. 2o.l

From the Richmond whig, Dec. 201
We have a. yet no direct intelligence from Gsasral
HOOD do wc expect 10 receive for days
come. Meanwhile tho Yankee accounts, which alone
depend be received with many grains allow
Make what allowance We may, however, and ~
situation Is melancholy enough.
black day for the Army OF Tennessee, tho day
tho taken from General Johnston and coa-
ferred upon General Hoo brave man, true, and
excellent division commaoder, but wanting In
ability, everybody at oil acquainted with him VIII ~
ready 70 testify. Everything mas happebsd which wss
feared would happen, aud nothing which was hoped
against hope) has occurred General Hood was socAa
fauked, beaten and compelled abandon Atlanta He
then stepped out Of the way, hat in hand, and asksa
Sherman to walk through Georgia. Hs himself NOV "a up
Tennessee whore he has aoasn Assf ossts
and this tirn,, zoe fear, badly enough. tt e. q
Tho confederacy has three great generals Of the
highos. rank. Each Of them has shown himself equal
to every emergency. In the hands Of those generals
Il would be safe. One OF ought command sach
OF the throo great armes--vs, Lce, the army below
Richmond Johasou, the army OF Tennessee; and Besu-
regard, the ansMssissppi army Had such besn the
arrangement Banks captured last spring.
Forrest would assisted Johnston BY cutting or
mans supplies and be would have been fsrcsd 70 nsbs
at dsadvantage, fall back into Tsnnsssss; EARLY
would have entered Washington, and Grant would have
been bound change bis base Bot only of these
great generals, It seems ands favor The ohsr two are
prescribed never placed they be any great
service sH ~
Qaic.ud deirant reyes plcctuntur AchivL
Tho people sro suffering prodsioasly from this dscL
sion. But no matterl II Is the royal decree.
Putting the Best Face ON n.
A SUGGESTION FoR THE NEW Y0RE REBEL rAPsRss
fFrom the Richmond Examiner Dec. 20
That the campaign In Northern Tennessee has ecd~s
dsasrosly for u.s. havs dosb bnt We are NOS mwcn
affected By the kilograms OF Thomas and the Dulso d
Stanton which recount the second overthrow ana rous
OF the Confederate army under hood. hs uus thsss
bad general may arrange hm troops 'nss snsy v %
dssss,sd without loss BY adversary. History. nom
tbs dsvs Of vsrro and Fapus W The days Of Hood ana
Joesnh Johnston, 10 full Of sucn Incidents. Bas While
,h. ,c.s az less three hundred on The fsesfss
80. ao.s not absolutely dlsprovs tho general stassr
...,s a Thomas, shs fact that hs has no car
-. an tho Confederate side 70 brag d throws
80, doubt on his claim victory In battle 10 must -
ooscted that the snsmy's accounts Of afAirs on
,bs previous day represent the Confederate army 70
have been already motion; and strongly nclined
n bssye that the explanation Of the whole sequel VIII
IA found in the that Hood actually retiring rom
The lines before Nashville when Thomas attached him,
taxing from him prisoners and guns. In sps snseors
Of these ballstBs and tessrams, We rsssv asass
whether there hes bsen anything deserving Ne name o.
pitched battle ii all; and We thai ~ wcrss
sa,e n nov to,d the nexs accounts viii diminish ~
ana probable sossesasSess u thsss easrss
able eysn.fs