, 1864-11-05

From Our Special Correspondent
NASHVILLE, November 2.
hood is massing his forces on the North
side Of the Tennessee river, opposite his
crossing place, which il near Florence, He
does mol appear to be in hurry about
moving North. BE evidently believes that
his present movement will Wind him up.
and be does not Wtah to bring On the d.
notsen,<nt till after the Presidential election,
lest he damage his party in the North.
must say he has taken unnecessary
trouble during his movement In order to
deceive Sherman he moved to JackHonville,
ard then went North to the Tennessee. He
evidently thinks his antagonist dreaded to
see him cross this river, when In reality he
might have done 80 ut any time, u It was
Just what Sherman wanted. He would not
have been molested South OF the river at all,
and Ill his extensive movement of hundred
miles was useless, as he will learn to his cost
very scon-~
His new base Of supplies viii be Cherokee
Station, East Of Corinth and near to the Ten
nefsee river; but be will rely almost solely
on the country through which he Is to
march for the Subsistence Of his army.
His force is nearly as stated yesterday in
ny Litter, though the figures may hare been
There are Indications that whep. he does
move 1t will be down the Tennessee River to
JobnsonVtlle, and as auxiliary to his advance
Forrest made dash upon the river near, or
at Fort Henry, and captured the gunboat
und1ne, which was without armament, and
tWo W. transports the Mazeppa and two others,
This, however, may be q 'te'pt to draw
troops tn that direction, while Hood atrikes
the Chattanooga Railroad, near Mur(reeaboro
or Decbard; but In either event Gen Thomas.
te Mhq % 10 experimenting matters, is prepared
bnt until HOOD moves all will be uere con-
Jes1ore as to the future; but Of one thine the
e9;nMnhly es;M h h1s eea rest assnred-the rebel army
The movements Of our army are kept pro-
toundly secret. Rebel sympathizers here
are aston1Ehed at the TACT that they can
learn nothing. Oue OF -rhem-a good Nc
clsllsnite-aPproached me last night aud
"Do yo1 know anyt Thing about these troops
1"What troops :" asked.
"Wby, never saw 60 many."
where did they come from :" I inquired.
came in on extra trains from Louisville. y
cited him to the biblical remark about
the wind blowing where It 1isteth, aud LEFT
him. Others a1e In IS great q quandary as
he; perhaps their suspense will be relieved
In due time.
There is one thing to be remsrked, and
that Is, the rebel sympathfzers here are not
sangnine OF the result OF the approaching
contict-the first time that such has ever
been the case. Let not Corpetheads rejoice,
then, until they are ont Of the woods.
Te1egrsphtng from hers fs not allowed, and
I shall be compelled to send daily news By
mail, hereafter, taking care that nothing
shall be impaired that Is contraband
FROM ATLANTA.
There need be no tea1s of the situation at
Atlanta Our army te ali right, and there
are no rebels confronting them. all the
available men aTe with Hood. Communities
tion between Chattanooga and Atlanta Ia per-
fect, ano In no danger; and even II It were
not, the garrison could subsist Itself 4 pri-
vate letter from soldier OF the Goth CORDS
reached me yesterday, which was dated Oct.
list, AID from which 1 extract the following,
which may interest your readers. 1 can as
Eu5e you the writeris reliable, and is an in->
telHgent man, and is fully conYersant with
the situation.
A trigade has returned from q forag,nr
expedition, all right eide up with caTe,''
although NE had ali kinds Of rnmoss aboutlt
while 1t Tas gone. Another expedition went
out this morning, which makes the third Of
that Kind. Each tine they get from GOO to
s00 wagon 1onds OF corn, besides cattle,
borses, hoes, sheep, sweet potatoes, and In
fact almost every thing you can think Of, in :
abundance. By this you can see that We
could live teIa quite while, even It Hood
should succeed N keep rg the railroad cut.