The New York herald., 1864-12-02

PRICE FOUR GENTS.
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enough butt up aga,nst t. should do he would
surely meot with signal deca,. think that Hood
win avmd general ensa cement no dnds out the
strength Of Tbomss' army N
He has haa shs advantage along or having his asuy
concentrated aud ready to nur gwen point, whi
Thomas was scattered, su,rdug eompan,cailosa
For the present aba,don niiuor p,skioas
snd cooceosAte IN order ~ meet ooi the Heidi Hood
900, trying 10 create neral eeos
as scs on 10 Sosrmau's great campaign Quo thing 10
certainhe cannot seriously irsure lie still nss his
bass Of sup lies at Florence. How supply ug his
army 10 almost mystery. He s leaving .hs country
bare Of cattle aud provisions.
Skrtch " Fulaskf, Tsnnessec.
Our forces, under Genera RcDsrd w. Johnston evacu.
ated Pulaski on sbe 23 uII, retiring upon Coumbl,.
Pulaski the u jst.ce oS Giss county
and st tho begsnons Of tne had population
eleven hundred persons rhe has pvobiby Increased
this popsas0n doubtless changing The the
ionabtsnts, ~ u generally has dons 10 thu prucipat
cities occupied BY w. Pulaski h handsomely buis ana
be utfuhy located the curk Rcnland creek
important branch OF Ek river. Tue pacs occupied
BY our forces, under General Ns9,sy, April, 1882, an
svacuacd In the following September. ou the retirement
Of General Baen 10 Ksosacky. The Tsbci General Van
remained possession until after the eampagu Of ulaa
homa, In Ju,y, 1855 ~hen again sei into hands.
rsmanaug In possession until Inc 23d Hn. During
this time the town and vicinity tho sssas Of
several skrmlsbes, but general suaagenenA Br,ga
ds. General st.rkwsssher mas been commsndiss We
post for soms months past; bus was atsy relieved.
large fort and sever. minor works, defending hs town,
were sbandonei.
Sketch sa oiumbia, Tenn.
Columbia, Teno. abandoned By our forces tho night
ofthe 2o. uIthno. ID OF the hsndsomest cities n the
etas, and located u tho district OF Middlo
Tennessee. is the residence Of Gen. Gideon J. Pillow,
Gen. LuOius J.. Polk, ana several otpers Of Polk
family OF Tennessee; A. o. p Nich,soa formerly United
States scnsor; w. Wnnthorne, the rcbe Secretary Of
Bsae OF Tennssses and wealthy and notorious
febeia The CITY Is ioce on tne high and rong ground
south Of Duck rlvur, which y here quite an ieortans
stream. To populu len At the beginning OF the war
amounted TO three thousand.
Columbia fell into hands in March 1852 being
pied BY General eueps army Oh rue march to shiloh.
Brig d'Or Geaera Jas. ). Negey, OF Pennsylvania,
placed in command OF the city and dis ict and remained
In possession, although frequently attacked by tho
enemy, un embcr s. when 1t was evacuatef Gene
ra Nuley Te iring I, Nashville. The rebes neid pos
sessi 70 rntil July Of 1868, when u was evacuated
by the retirement Of Brags's army to Chattanooga u
was thou rcocsupied aud IortreJ Col John Wilder.
Seventeenth III Ill na, Deen I'D commauu pOSs
for several months past, and has added materially
TO the strength OF Its deiences. General thomas,
army fell back this position on .he 22d utmo; but
Hood succeeded Ia napkipg the position aud compelling
us to evucuate This completed on The n,ght OF No
yembcr Is, troops resriog TO Fraokin, whsre the
battle Of tho 20 h appears to have been Fought
.ks,ch Of Erani<lin, Tenn. ssn
The battle Geld Of tho 23th ult. probably emoraosd
~ I'm hunits tOgn o F.un han
never beeo properly apeak,ns occupied BY but or
over year past, troops occupied two torss ou
the north bank a she Big Harpeth river, and overlook
Ing and commas4tng the tosn 10 more than prosaoss
thas HoodS atlsek On shs 29tn ulG vas IRON poseoa
hsnSsowA ss-~ az --n'ta hasand 10 "a - s !
Fraakfm b handssus t0Wss pseasssy sssas-Ss 49,
Harpcth rives aad the county set of Williamson
county /. has popoia.ioa Of about dssn hundred m
habitsnts There public budiogs OF impot LANCE
Frapku ZEN into our hsnds March, r0S2, being eap-
tursd BY Gsssra Buslps army on the march 70 ssaoo
Il was svaouassd the September foiowing On she retro
grsde nsvsmsst OF The same army. During shas
simo s was several timss Astaoled. IL was rsocou-
pied for q few hours December IL by General
D. s. Stanley chief Of Rosecrans cavalry several
m and various other property belonging 20 the rebels
were burned Tho place was permanently occupied I'm
meaa,ely after the battle OF Murfrecsboro, and -
consequence Bragg's retirement from tho position.
Forrest and staff narrowly escaped capture on
this occasion.
General Van D,en. with his own and Forrest's CON-
msud made adetermuai assault the position on The
10th OF April, 1861 General rdon Granger doieodcd
the position ana repused tue e.smy driving him out Of
the town. with heavy Our loss was loss han one
hundred; that OF the enemy three times a. great.
In September General Rusec.iDs ait cked Wheesr
in franklin and defeated him with considerable 'oss
One rebel brigadisr general Kelly was mortay wounded
snd died the next day IN The town.
sketch OF rprtnc Hin.
sprirg Hii, Tenn, town of only about 500 nhabt
tao Il s situated twelve miles south Of FraDkiiu and
has been the scene several engagements Gene
ta, Van Dorm was killed here 1859 by DE- Peters,
physician OF the place
Reported Arrival OF the Rebel Capeatn
scmmes at Bsxaad. Mexico.
CAso, Dec. l, 1894
Information Of seemingly roaoe character "a TO the
effect that Captain semmcs, Of ths pirate Aabama ar
rived ~ BAgdsd hcSco tho 10Th Of October on hs
| way TO Richmond va Malamoros.
Tho satisbary Emutc.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS % IN. ArTEMPr o.
our PaIsoSEKs 10 EscArg-A ooRngsr STATE
Mssr or fHs APtA AIR.
(Fron The R,chnpnd Examiner, Nov. 20
The following re.t statement Of TINS matter
On friday Ia the 2.th u November, about two occck
l. NJ the 'ede, prisnnsrs connnsd at -sisbnry ., do
au attempt to estspe thy atemp,o hrst Z" see tue
arms OF the guards duty ,thm me rson. and 10
w, ,euchng rom hIm musk the, thrust him through
Uun Tie bayouet Two ohes ards were N'ich " inc