, 1864-09-08
VYTfE ELEIE'& IkAID NEAR
NASHVILLE.

Interesting Ado1ttAhal &'8fIlCu1AF~ q f
a;et4 AksIusseaus~ s;hn.e nix-r abe II 4ld-
-5s-eriduyss Eatt aud ~ II heelnrss
Defeat aud drliEht-FFvIn Sherman.
Its ua, +. the 1eb.1 General, atrct being thor.
oulhl, whipped. IL flying tuwafd tho eoutaward
with The view oi getting across the Tenne=scc 1t
Wedp+eday Inet 1t becamu evident that be was
nc,r:ng Na-hsillt, snd accordingly dispositions
we're mace tn meet him by Gen. Rousseau. On
-. d men, chlefy infantry. ma1chtd ont TO give
Nlet LEI battle, and found htm about teven ullles
from loen. NEAR the Luuatic-Asyluu aud the
m.:rnlug III Thursdas fchung c1mm-nc-d- Nn:h-
ips, hs,we.er occurred. save gkirmIshtnp, az tbe
rthel. did not tu fsnt, but t0 destroy ii POSI-
BILE the 'he railroad communications With the
South, IiueR OF hattie, however, wefe formed.
q, d Nausr.Ap's march retarded ~ much Us pns Il.
bic curing The day. whi q portion Of the raidera
we're employed aee.roginK 1he track between
b'tckhoures, which they did pretty eaeetuail5 for
The. .onl, tried to ozce one b,ockhoa.e, that at
Antioch, a,o ~e1e .handeom.ly repa'ssd By The
Edd:*, Of 1bc 1.s.h Ohio, the xssa,lants losin!:
shout twrnfy men. Uh1ls not i man oi the xarri-
Alter tbs failure, the rebels, in the picht cYu,
ID. nceo h 1ttreat. cln-e:y followed By Ronsseau.
who had received s00 cavaity reioiorc 3ueots nd
who sent hie infantry to the rear. ~ he then had
munn1cn men sufficient 70 meet Wheeler any
whert he choae 10 make Stand.
On Friday, he overlook htm near Fransltn+ at
which pace Wheeler WIS 1nakfne dash to onrn
bi,dg re nver Barpeth Greek, Al bnrn t~o trims
"A treieht II a paeeensr1 -tnen IL to IN. The
1ebeib were completely thEasted, however. In
thcre rtttmpts, as Gen. Rousseau had takeu time
q the .oIelock, he always dors tu great emer
eency and semi Capt Voot,s, Of his etaE. vito $50
| men, 10 eeize the place, and reinforce the gar
risou.
Az The rcin{orcements arrived, the rebel advance
was eetu cotDlng up, and Immediately charge
was made, and tie to9n. the bridge d the tra!np
savco. In the meantime The fures3 q Srtrkxea:h~r
aid Mllroy, from lutaeki and Tul1ahoms, struck
tbe ratlruad come thirty miles .outh Of the rolds,
aid having formed junction, were Darchin. up
trum tie eo1th, VIII e Roussesua e main furcs as
e9ulied Wheeler In tho rear.
The rcbtl tommanoer at oace attempted 4 fest
| which. had he hem suceeeefa,, W0aiu hare Eased
| him. lie EFtauy outnum1ered Rousseau, And
h,tn. Bat he iai,sd 70 = us.s ,ssnai nasnner Al.
Itr H.ht which lated from ~ IN the morning till
tn* ,na psat ~
! un lhe t,:onnd. at lrast hundred more "onnd-tl
were carried of, and General Kelly, CON aandfA.
1,I:,ep ., "hsfs t0s "a we4nae
| Litut. Col BEawhlow, OF the 1st Tennessee. xas
| ieadsnr body y dismouLted men, and va. ee:
Sy II boo shs
Jury, It Is hoped, will not provs fat1l, as the
Culcnr IL ont. Of tbe bert officers IN the eervics
After hir osfea', Whet1es aeo down tns soad ,e to
tolces under Mtroy au'' St1rlwaather, ton'sne1eed
| y 1+t1est 10 the westward. having dute litda dam
tge to the railroad fGtNeen 0ett anu UeC3fHF.
| THE broken communications viii ali be repaired
! in y few tssys. The resnl. upon Shr rman't IN ,vc
| lrente war int rothtn', a. be severed hts COUNT
| pica,l.ns cf his o1Tn accurd ten days alnce.
do Lot believe Wherler csu pussbly escape
| the tlieposiu6ue m4de by Grn. Rousse4 III vert
most admirable, aud will Eesuls 10 bri!'aat sue
cro.e tnr Ttnneeree and aid him: but the g. ii
The river prevented this junction Of lorcer, aud h'
+ result j., Wheeler, the most Incompetent OF ID,
rebel csvairy officers, is lett alone TO compete Will
| ef IN -, Hn.h1