The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-16
THE W1H NERS


i Nothing worthy Of notice h1s ocst<sed
| on the military lines north of flames
river Four-fitths Of Grant'a a1y1y i
k1S0wa aon the south side; tbe Sikh and
Ninth corIssAt the front, tie second spd
Fifth in resery O. the lines neil d
the Appomattox all intercourse between
the pickets Of the two armies has beer
stopped by-peremptory orders from Their
Irrespective generals.
Warren's troops, during their expedi.
ton to, and return from, Bellfeld, treated
the country people with the harshness
and cruelty now commonly practiced by
Yankee raiders. Most of the dwelling.
houses on their route were burnt, and
the owners beaten and otherwise NAL
treated. As the raiders were much more
savage on their retreat than-on their out
ward trip, it is to be presumed they
sought to punish the defenceless country
people for the injury inflicted on them
selves by General Hampton's bold troop
| ers
| FROM SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.
| Unofficial, but reliable, telegrams have
been received in this city, stating that a
force of Yankees (nu-bers not stated
broke suddenly into bristol, Tennessee,
before daybreak On Wednesday morning !;
and there being no Confederate troops
there, took quiet possession of the place
SO completely was their coming sur
| prise, that the engineer and train hands
at the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad
| depot were all caught asleep. Three
trains which were standing at the de-
pot, were destroyed. The enemy then
advanced up the railroad towards Abing-
don, which, we presume. fell into their
hands, though we have no information Of
the fact. The next We hear of them
they had, at nine o'clock yesterday
morning, pounced down on Glade Spring,
a depot on the railroad, thirteen miles
this side of Abingdon, taking every one
there by surprise and capturing all of
the railroad employees except one, who
managed to escape to tell the tale. At
last accounts, the enemy were pushing
up the railroad in the direction of Ma
rion, which is twenty seven miles on this
side of Abingdon
This is raid in Breckinridge's rear.
The raiders, leaving his forces some
where in the neighborhood of Knox
vile, came up the north side of the
Holston river and crossed over to Bris-
tol. 1t is probable the raiders sepa-
rated, one party proceeding to Bristol
and the other to Abingdon. If un
checked, it is likely they will come up
the railroad even as far as Salem, and
thence escape to Kanawha by the route
followed by Hunter last summer 1t is
unknown who is in command Of this ex-
pedition, but it looks very much like
some of Stoneman's galloping work.
None of the dispatches received say
anything about Saltville. If it is un-
protected, it has, doubtless, been visited
by the enemy. II, however, there were
any troops there, the Yankees were apt
to tight shy of it and confne their ope-
f;ouc 10, The
THE BATTLE OF FRANKLIN.
General Hoods official report of the
battle of Franklin has, at last, been re-
ceiyed. 1t will be seen that our reported
extraordinary loss of general officers is
but too true. The following is General
Hoods dispatch
-" HEADQUARTERS ARMY ca TEsNEssKE
Six MILEs FROM NASHVILLE,
NASHvILLE, Dec. I, VIA AoBIIE, 9Th.
" Hon v d. ssadon;
About o. clock r. NJ November 80, Ne attacked
the ehemy at Franklin ana drove then i10n1 their
centre lines Of temporary works INFO the inner lines,
which they evacuated dunns the night, leaving
Their dead. and wounded IN our POSSESSION, and
tired 10 Nashville, closely pursued by cavalry
We caprnIed several stands OF oolors and about
" Our troops fought with great gallaniIy.
: We have 10 lament the loss Of many gallant
officers and brave
..MajoT-aanelal Cleburne, Brigadier- Generalsl
JOHN " iiiiams, Adams, Gisf, Straln and Granbur7
were killed; Major-Ge John Brown and Brig
aisr-s5enefals ~ Carter, Manlgnault, Quarts
C9tksteu and Scott wounded Br1gadlsry
Gsnefsd Gordon was captured
:. J. b. HooD, denerai''
A subsequent telegram from General
Hood says that our loss Of officers was
excessively large in proportion to the
loss of men.
FROM MGEoRGIA-FORT McALLIsTER TAKEN
BY SHERMAN.
Official intelligence was received yes
terday that the enemy, on Wednesday,
carried Fort McAllister by storm The
garrison of the fort consisted of one
hundred and fifty men.
Fort McAllister is on the ogechee, fif-
teen miles southwest Of Savannah, At
the point where the river is crossed by.
the Savannah, Albany and Gulf rail-
read. II is about six miles from the Os-
sabaw sound The capture Of this po,8
sition puts Sherman in communication
with the Yankee feet Without attempt
ing any military criticism, we cannot
withhold the opinion, that exposing one
- u - y.